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Checkpoint for Thursday 8 May 2014
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Te Manu Korihi News for 8 May 2014
6:50 PM.Ngati Whatua o Orakei isn't happy that only 61 sites of significance to Maori are to be protected by the Auckland Council; The Urewera-Tuhoe Bill is another step towards being made law; The Maori… Read more Audio
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Search is on for more species of Weta
6:46 PM.The search is underway for more species of Weta and researchers are calling for volunteers to help find them. Audio
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Man sentenced to prison for nailing possum for tree
6:40 PM.A man who nailed a live possum to a tree and filmed himself torturing others to death has been sentenced to 2 years and 4 months in prison. Audio
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Pilot links hospital and community to boost diabetes care
6:36 PM.A new approach to managing diabetes has helped some of the most needy patients return to almost normal blood sugar levels. Audio
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Sports News for 8 May 2014
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Lawyers want to show court that preacher helped Brits
6:24 PM.Lawyers for a radical Islamist preacher on trial in New York on terrorism charges will try to show the court evidence that he helped British authorities and gave them information. Audio
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WHO report sounds alarm bells over air quality
6:22 PM.Smokey wood burners are getting the blame for most of the air pollution in Christchurch and small towns. Audio
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Proposed plans to develop Auckland's Queen's Wharf
6:19 PM.Aucklanders could get a chance to have their say on designs to reshape the city's historic Queen's Wharf next year. Audio
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Ministry of Health has more
6:14 PM.While the police clamp down on synthetic drug retailers, the Ministry of Health is tackling the manufacturers and wholesalers. Audio
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Police check shops not still selling synthetic highs
6:09 PM.Police have spent the day checking that the 148 shops that were licenced to sell synthetic cannabis and party pills are no longer doing so after parliament banned the drugs. Audio
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Peters rejects legal view on NZ First contract with MPs
5:57 PM.The New Zealand First leader is rejecting a legal view that his party could not enforce a plan to fine any of its MPs who leave caucus but stay on in parliament. Audio
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Dotcom asks what role did SIS have in residency app?
5:55 PM.Internet mogul Kim Dotcom is demanding to know what role the SIS played in his residency application. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 8 May 2014
5:52 PM.Ngati Whatua o Orakei isn't happy that only 61 sites of significance to Maori are to be protected by the Auckland Council; The Maori Party is issuing a wero (challenge) to the government to join world… Read more Audio
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Auckland rescue helicopter secures council grant
5:45 PM.The Auckland's rescue helicopter trust has secured a grant of nearly a million dollars from the Council, but has been strongly criticised for its conduct in pursuing the funding. Audio
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Herne Bay primary school remains closed
5:36 PM.A Herne Bay primary school in Auckland remains closed tonight after an asbestos scare. Audio
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Sports News for 8 May 2014
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Evening Business for 8 May 2014
5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Police officer admits fondling teen buts says consensual
5:22 PM.A Hawke's Bay police officer has admitted intimately touching a 16 year old girl while off duty but claims it was consensual. Audio
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Opposition MPs sail close to the wind over Chinese businessman
5:19 PM.Opposition MPs sailed close to the wind this afternoon in their questioning of the Immigration Minister over his meeting with the businessman at the centre of Maurice Williamson's resignation -… Read more Audio
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Hundreds trapped by police in roadblock ruled arbitrary
5:14 PM.A police road block in Christchurch which trapped hundreds of young drivers and their passengers for more than six hours was arbitrary and unlawful detention. Audio
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Kupa's lawyer responds
5:10 PM.Kupa's lawyer Kelly Ellis is with us. Audio
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Jurors weep as they find CYF foster father guilty
5:08 PM.Two jurors wept this afternoon as they found a foster father guilty of three rapes of two girls and other assaults on the children in his care at the Child Youth and Family home he ran with his wife. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 8 May 2014
5:00 PM.A man in charge of a Child Youth and Family foster home is found guilty of rape and abusing children in his care. Police unlawfully detain hundreds of young drivers and their passengers and heated… Read more Audio