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Checkpoint for Friday 7 August 2015
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 7 August 2015
5:00 PM.Child rapist caught after trying to flee police;Corrections on delay finding out Livingstone fled;Fonterra slashes forecast milk payout to under $4;NZ's largest polytech shedding more than 100… Read more Audio
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Child rapist caught after trying to flee police
5:07 PM.A child rapist who removed his GPS bracelet was caught after trying to break a police cordon in Lower Hutt when someone spotted him. Audio
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Corrections on delay finding out Livingstone fled
5:16 PM.Corrections runs the monitoring of ex prisoners - and the Corrections Minister Sam Lotu-Iiga says the Livingstone situation is simply not good enough. Audio
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Fonterra slashes forecast milk payout to under $4
5:20 PM.Fonterra has this afternoon slashed its forecast milk payout to 3 dollars 85, down from $5.25. Audio
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NZ's largest polytech shedding more than 100 jobs
5:25 PM.The country's largest polytechnic, Unitec, wants to cut 124 jobs - and up to 300 more could be shed over the next three years. Audio
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Trump stands out in first Republican debate
5:27 PM.Donald Trump has drawn boos at a testy first Republican presidential debate in Cleveland this afternoon. Audio
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Upper Hutt mayor furious at child rapist delay
5:40 PM.People in Upper Hutt are furious police took so long to break into the home of a convicted child rapist who'd removed his GPS bracelet. Audio
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Police yet to find Auckland man who sparked armed callout
5:43 PM.The police are still searching for a man accused of threatening a family with a gun in South Auckland this morning. Audio
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Northland school with ghetto classrooms gets re-fit
5:45 PM.Northland College, where classrooms were so bad police asked to train there as it resembled a ghetto, is getting a 14 million dollar refit. Audio
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Robot cranes to cut jobs at Auckland Port
5:50 PM.Robot cranes will be brought into Ports of Auckland at the cost of 50 out of 280 stevedore jobs. Audio
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Many Maori dairy farms better placed to deal with low payout
5:52 PM.Dairy farmers across the country are facing an even gloomier season after Fonterra dramatically cut its milk forecast payout to 3 dollars 85. Audio
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Convicted child rapist has been caught
6:12 PM.A convicted child rapist who removed his GPS bracelet has been caught after trying to flee when spotted in Lower Hutt. Audio
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Fonterra sharemilker says he's now working for nothing
6:17 PM.Fonterra has cut what it expects to pay dairy farmers to $3.85, a dollar fifty below the cost of production. Audio
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Innovative logger: industry could be automated in five years
6:23 PM.Dale Ewers is the Chief Executive of Moutere Logging and D.C Equipment which specialises in servicing and repairing forestry equipment. Audio
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Silver Ferns about to begin World Cup campaign
6:25 PM.The Silver Ferns are about to get their Netball World Cup campaign underway, against Barbadoes in Sydney. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 7 August 2015
6:35 PM.New Zealand First has held its first annual conference since last year's general election, and its leader Winston Peter's win in the Northland by-election in March. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi for 7 August 2015
6:50 PM.The Labour party says a new partnership forged by Iwi and Local Government is an important step for Maori aspirations to get involved in local development; The representative body for Maori union… Read more Audio