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Checkpoint for Friday 21 February 2014
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Drop in spending on pokies in pubs and clubs
6:57 PM.Despite a five-year low in the amount being spent on pokies in pubs and clubs, critics say there is still work to be done to tackle problem gambling. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi for 21 February 2014
6:52 PM.The New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, says the government is ignoring the problems of ordinary Maori by appeasing to what he says are 'so-called' Maori leaders; The Maori Council says the… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 21 February 2014
6:40 PM.Disagreement about how to reduce poverty and inequality is looming as one of the big debates of election year. Audio
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Sports News for 21 February 2014
6:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Evening Business for 21 February 2014
6:25 PM.A record number of floats and trading activity last year helped bolster the stock market operator's full year net profit by nearly 23 percent. Audio
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Ali's gloves expected to fetch over half a million dollars
6:18 PM.The gloves worn by Muhammad Ali when he beat Sonny Liston to win his first heavyweight crown will go under the hammer in New York this weekend, three days before the fight's 50th anniversary. Audio
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Bus driver sent to jail for killing elderly man while speeding
6:15 PM.An Auckland bus company says it still has no idea why one of its drivers, jailed over a fatal crash, was speeding. Audio
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Closing submissions made in long-running employment case
6:10 PM.Up to half of the evidence presented in what's believed to be the longest-running employment dispute, could be ruled irrelevant if the Employment Court accepts Radio New Zealand's submissions . Audio
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Telcos need to adapt
6:07 PM.Phone companies are predicted to lose billions of dollars over the next six years as people take to calling each other on cheap internet services like Skype. Audio
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Auction website scamming New Zealanders
5:55 PM.People are being warned not to use the auction website 'DealSave' after dozens lost hundreds of dollars just by registering on the site. Audio
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IPCA rejects Arthur Allan Thomas investigation
5:50 PM.The Independent Police Conduct Authority has decided not to investigate a complaint against the police commissioner by the brother of Arthur Allan Thomas. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi for 21 February 2014
5:48 PM.The Maori Council says the Maori Affairs Minister, Pita Sharples, is trying to break law in his proposals to revive Te Reo Maori; The New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, says the government is… Read more Audio
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Court battle over rescue helicopter funding cut
5:45 PM.Auckland Council is spending about 400-thousand dollars of ratepayers' money fighting a court battle over its decision to slash funding of the region's rescue helicopter service. Audio
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Slip was impossible to cross - Haast witness
5:43 PM.One of the last people to see a Canadian couple alive in Haast Pass says the landslide she was confronted with made it impossible to get beyond to check what had happened. Audio
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Telecom gambles $20 million on name change
5:40 PM.It's a brand as old as the touch-tone phone, but now Telecom is hanging up. Audio
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Sports News for 21 February 2014
5:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Man found not guilty of killing step daughter
5:25 PM.The man accused of killing his step daughter has been found not guilty in a majority verdict. Audio
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Evening Business for 21 February 2014
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Peters sticks to usual targets in State of Nation speech
5:18 PM.The New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, has used his State of the Nation speech to attack immigration policy and Maori. Audio
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Latest school pay-day goes wrong
5:15 PM.There are early signs this week's school pay day has gone wrong, raising fears the troubled school pay system, Novopay, is going through a new patch of problems. Audio
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Tree fall company must pay $100,000
5:10 PM.An Auckland tree climbing company must pay more than 100 thousand dollars for failing to keep a man safe who fell 13 metres to his death in front of his wife. Audio
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Finance Min concedes getting back into surplus more difficult
5:06 PM.The Finance Minister has conceded getting the Government's books back into surplus has become more difficult with the latest financial statements showing the tax take lower than forecast. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 21 February 2014
5:00 PM.Finance Minister concedes getting Govt's books back into surplus more difficult;Tree fall company must pay $100,000;Latest school pay-day goes wrong;Winston Peters sticks to usual targets in State of… Read more Audio