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Checkpoint for Tuesday 17 February 2015
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Today In Parliament for 17 February 2015 - evening edition
6:53 PM.More questions about the SkyCity convention centre deal. Debate on PM's statement continues. Tributes to Celia Lashlie. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 17 February 2015
6:50 PM.Three News is shrugging off criticism for their weather reporters' regular use of Te Reo Maori; Meanwhile, the Maori Language Commission says it's encouraging presenters to speak Maori as it's the… Read more Audio
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Report analyses the language used in restaurants' menus
6:46 PM.Restaurants that fill their menus with long, elegant words charge more than establishments preferring descriptions like zesty, rich or crispy. Audio
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DHB asks High Court to step in over HIV boy's care
6:37 PM.The nine-year-old boy whose father refuses to give him treatment for HIV could be asked by the High Court what he thinks of medical care but first he would have to be told he has the virus. Audio
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Lawyers for Bali nine pair fighting to stop their move
6:28 PM.Lawyers for the two Australian men on death row in Indonesdia are fighting to stop them being moved to another prison to be executed. Audio
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Medical records breach in building removal yard
6:25 PM.Plunket is trying to find out how bags of old medical records ended up on the floor of a house in a Taranaki building removal yard. Audio
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Celia Lashlie remembered
6:20 PM.Tonight the former prison boss, author, researcher and social commentator Celia Lashlie, is being remembered for her work with teenage boys and stopping domestic violence. Audio
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Woman rescue from a sinking car
6:18 PM.A woman's been rescued from a sinking car at Northcote Point in Auckland this afternoon. Audio
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Greens miffed at Little's spy committee snub
6:15 PM.The Green Party is accusing the Labour leader of breaking the law by not consulting it about who he's picked to go on a government spy oversight committee. Audio
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Three dead in logging truck crash
6:12 PM.Three people have been killed in a logging truck crash near Tokoroa this afternoon. Audio
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3 News proudly pushes on with Te Reo
5:54 PM.Three News is shrugging off criticism of their weather presenters' regular use of Te Reo Maori. Kanoa Lloyd started working for the channel five months ago and has been surprised by the reaction. From… Read more Audio
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Labour continues criticism of SkyCity deal
5:50 PM.The Labour Party is pushing the Government to say if SkyCity's gambling concessions will be pared back to match any scaling back of the Auckland convention centre. Audio
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Nine-year-old with HIV may be asked for views on treatment
5:47 PM.The nine year-old boy whose father refuses to give him treatment for HIV could be asked by the High Court what he thinks of medical care but first he would have to be told he has the potentially… Read more Audio
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Two men use chilly bin full of snapper to swim ashore
5:43 PM.Two Tauranga men say they would have never survived a three hour swim to shore without their lifejackets and their floating chilly bin full of snapper. Audio
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Lundy family had financial problems at time of murders
5:39 PM.A jury has heard that Mark and Christine Lundy could NOT have met all their financial obligations at the time she and her daughter were killed. Audio
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Today's market update
5:37 PM.The New Zealand dollar has strengthened due to uncertainty over the timing of interest rate cuts in Australia. Audio
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Lashlie determined to start on updated book
5:27 PM.Celia Lashlie had been preparing to start writing new chapters for an updated version of her celebrated book He'll Be OK, in the days leading up to her death. Audio
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Website has been posting alerts
5:24 PM.Darren McManaway edits LiveSailDie.com, Australasia's biggest sailing website which has been posting alerts about the stolen yacht. Audio
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Man arrested for stealing a yacht facing other charges
5:22 PM.A New Zealander arrested on a stolen yacht by Australian police last night has already appeared in a Sydney court, but the woman he was with has been set free. Audio
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Man who killed homless man had 110 previous convictions
5:18 PM.It's been revealed a man today sentenced for the brutal murder of a homeless man, had over a hundred previous convictions, including an assault that left a woman on life support. Audio
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NZ troops still don't have authority to shoot to kill in Iraq
5:15 PM.The Iraqi Government may have invited New Zealand troops to train its army but it still has not given authority for them to shoot to kill if they do go. Audio
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Ferry owners respond
5:11 PM.Fullers Chief Executive Doug Hudson got to the wharf about an hour after the crash. Audio
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Twelve people injured in Auckland ferry accident
5:08 PM.Passengers and tables went flying on an Auckland ferry which slammed into the Devonport wharf this morning. Audio