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Checkpoint for Wednesday 29 October 2014
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 29 October 2014
5:00 PM.No charges for the boys who boasted about drunken underage sex. Auckland's plan to raise an extra twelve billion dollars to ease traffic-jams and John Banks goes to Court of Appeal. Audio
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Teenagers who boasted online about sex escape any charges
5:07 PM.A group of Auckland boys who boasted online in explicit detail how they got underage girls drunk and then had sex with them will not face any criminal charges. Audio
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Young man's lawyer responds
5:12 PM.Ron Mansfield is the lawyer for one of the young men investigated by the police. He's with us. Audio
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Government cool on Auckland motorway toll plan
5:17 PM.Aucklanders may have to pay for each motorway trip they take, and motorists nationwide could pay more for petrol under proposals to boost transport funding, mainly in Auckland. Audio
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Transport Minister skeptical
5:21 PM.The Transport Minister Simon Bridges is not convinced Aucklanders face dire traffic gridlock if they don't get the money and new projects the council wants. Audio
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Cameron Slater given a third chance to give defence
5:25 PM.The Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater has been given a third and final chance to prepare his defence in a privacy case. Audio
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John Banks goes to Court of Appeal
5:28 PM.The former MP, John Banks, has been at the Court of Appeal today in a bid to overturn his conviction for making a false electoral donation return. Audio
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Today's market update
5:35 PM.New Zealand shares rose today, with the benchmark Top 50 Index hitting a fresh record during the day for the fourth trading day in a row. Audio
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Auckland Mayor Len Brown on transport funding gap
5:38 PM.A multi-sector advisory board is proposing a charge of up to two dollars eighty per motorway trip, or else rates and petrol taxes will have to go higher. Audio
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Government accused of favouring tax breaks for the wealthy
5:44 PM.The Labour and Green Parties have accused the Government of favouring tax breaks for the wealthy over helping children out of poverty. Audio
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Health sector warns Maori health at risk if TPP goes ahead
5:51 PM.Medical specialists are warning that health outcomes for Maori will be setback if the government signs up to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. They are demanding that the Government release details of… Read more Audio
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Rape Prevention group not surprised police not prosecuting
5:54 PM.Back to our lead story - a group of teenage boys who boasted online about having sex with drunken girls, some of them under age, are not being charged. The Police have now closed their investigation… Read more Audio
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Bali killing prompts NZ family to call for Govt help
6:12 PM.Mr Ellis, who was born in Britain, gave up his New Zealand citizenship decades ago to gain Australian citizenship. Audio
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Teenagers who boasted online about sex escape charges
6:18 PM.No charges are being laid against a group of teenage boys who boasted online about having sex with drunken girls, some of them under age. Audio
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Sexual violence campaigner responds
6:21 PM.Campaigner against sexual violence Louise Nicholas is with us Audio
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The government want to change the flag
6:29 PM.The Government has outlined how it might go about changing the New Zealand flag, and what it would cost. Audio
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Details of Aust corporal cutting Taliban fighters hands off
6:36 PM.More details have emerged about an Australian SAS corporal who cut off the right hands of three dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. Audio
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Lava flow from Kilauea Volcano threatens dozens of homes
6:40 PM.Villagers on Hawaii's Big Island are starting to evacuate as lava flow from the Kilauea Volcano threatens dozens of homes. Audio
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$50,000 reward for solving Dunedin cold case
6:44 PM.The police have put up a reward of 50-thousand dollars to try to close the case of a Dunedin woman missing for 12 years. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 29 October 2014
6:48 PM.Medical specialists are warning that Maori health outcomes will suffer if the Government signs the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement; A Maori sovereignty group is questioning why nearly 26-million… Read more Audio
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Anwar appeal told of miscarriage of justice
6:52 PM.Lawyers for a Malaysian opposition leader once again convicted of sodomy have told an appeal court there has been a miscarriage of justice. Audio
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Court ruling that EQC wants is too complex - lawyer
6:55 PM.The High Court's been told any decision it makes about the EQC repairing flood-prone properties in Christchurch will be too complex to make work. Audio