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Checkpoint for Thursday 3 July 2014
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Resignation a blow for CTV survivors and victims' families
6:55 PM.The man who led the design work for the collapsed CTV building may still be sanctioned and his career as a chartered professional engineer ended. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 3 July 2014
6:52 PM.A new strategy designed to rejuvenate Te Reo has been approved by the government and praised for giving back tribes responsibility for its revitalisation. A former Treaty lawyer hopes the Labour… Read more Audio
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CPG says government obliged to help poor schools
6:45 PM.The Child Poverty Action Group is calling for smaller classes, free breakfasts AND lunches as well as higher pay for teachers in low-decile schools. Audio
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Leeza Ormsby escapes with just 10 months in Bali
6:41 PM.The New Zealand expat Leeza Ormsby is being held up in Australia as an example of how to get a light sentence from an Indonesian court. Audio
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Sports News for 3 July 2014
6:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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New water standards 'a backward step'
6:28 PM.New minimum national water quality standards are being labelled 'a scam' by a freshwater ecologist. Audio
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US steps up airport security
6:22 PM.The United States government will put into place "enhanced security measures" in certain overseas airports with direct flights to America. Audio
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Surf Lifesaving responds
6:17 PM.Returning to our lead story about the jailing of a Hastings community constable for indecently assaulting teenage girls at drunken surfclub parties. The Ocean Beach Surf Club has refused to talk to… Read more Audio
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Mental Health leader says he would have supported breaking law
6:14 PM.The head of Mental Health Services in Waikato says he would have supported staff breaking law to restrain a patient, who escaped and then killed a woman. Audio
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Latest on the community constable jailed for indecent assault
6:08 PM.Teenage girls have told a court they don't trust the police anymore, as a Flaxmere community constable was jailed for indecently assaulting them. Audio
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Houses struck by lightning in Auckland
5:58 PM.Several Aucklanders are counting themselves lucky to be alive after lightning set a bed on fire, travelled under the concrete floor of a home, and flung bits of the tiles around. Audio
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Labour policy won't stand in way of rebuild
5:55 PM.Labour is promising to rein in the wrecking ball in Christchurch but insists its policy to protect the city's remaining heritage buildings will not get in the way of the rebuild. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 3 July 2014
5:50 PM.A new strategy designed to rejuvenate Te Reo has been approved by the government - and praised for giving back tribes responsibility for its revitalisation. But there are reservations among some… Read more Audio
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Maori King's son discharged without conviction
5:47 PM.The Maori King's teenage son has been discharged without conviction on charges of burglary and theft and has been given a conditional discharge without conviction on an earlier charge of drink… Read more Audio
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Freshwater ecologist hits out at water standards
5:42 PM.Minimum national water quality standards are being introduced for rivers and lakes for the first time but they're already being dismissed as a scam. Audio
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Southern DHB says no cuts to patient services
5:39 PM.The Southern district health board says a crackdown on spending after a budget blowout will not affect patient services. Audio
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Jailed police officer also did good work in the community
5:37 PM.More now on the Hawke's Bay police officer, Adam Dunnett who's been sentenced to 22 months in prison for indecently assaulting five young women. Audio
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Sports News for 3 July 2014
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Evening Business for 3 July 2014
5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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McCully accused of appalling negligence
5:22 PM.Labour MPs have accused the Foreign Affairs Minister, Murray McCully, of appalling negligence in the case of a Malaysian diplomat accused of trying to rape a Wellington woman. Audio
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Former boyfriend jailed for "execution style" murder
5:17 PM.A High Court judge has told a man who repeatedly stabbed his ex girlfriend and then cut her throat that he's cowardly and weak. Audio
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David Harding could be de-registered
5:14 PM.The man who led the design work for the collapsed CTV building may still be sanctioned and his career as a chartered professional engineer ended. Mary Wilson talks to IPENZ chief executive Andrew… Read more Audio
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More from police commander
5:11 PM.The Hawkes Bay district Superintendent Sandra Venables joins us. Audio
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Community constable jailed
5:08 PM.A community constable from Hawke's Bay Adam Dunnett has been jailed this afternoon for 22 months for indecently assaulting five teenage girls. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 3 July 2014
5:00 PM.Community constable jailed, More from police commander, Former boyfriend jailed for "execution style" murder, McCully accused of appalling negligence, Jailed police officer also did good work in the… Read more Audio