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Checkpoint for Thursday 3 December 2015
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Today In Parliament for 3 December 2015 - evening edition
6:50 PM.Bill English steps up to answer questions about climate change on behalf of the Prime Minister - who's away in Paris for this week's United Nations Climate Change Conference; Government's Resource… Read more Audio
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Experienced Maori tradies are helping the next generation
6:45 PM.Experienced Maori and Pasifika tradespeople are helping the next generation of apprentices. Audio
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Govt to redesign special education
6:43 PM.The government is promising a signficant redesign of special education in response to demands from more than 3-thousand parents and teachers. Audio
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IS recruiters working around the clock on Facebook
6:40 PM.Islamic State recruiters are spending months working 24 hours a day on social media trying to convince teenagers in Western countries to join them. Audio
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EPA to decide if pesticide is allowed
6:37 PM.The Environment Protection Authority is deciding whether a new pesticide, which could be harmful to bees, can be used in New Zealand. Audio
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Farmer fined for breaking cow tails
6:34 PM.A Taranaki farmer has been fined 20-thousand dollars for breaking the tails on more than half the cows in his dairy herd. Audio
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Auckland real estate firm says prices still climbing
6:26 PM.Auckland's biggest real estate firm says prices are continuing to climb despite government and reserve bank measures to try to cool down the market. Audio
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MPs urged to stop shark diving before someone killed
6:23 PM.The Government is being urged to ban shark cage diving near Stewart Island before someone is maimed or killed by a great white shark. Audio
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Murder accused admits spending son's money
6:18 PM.A Taranaki farmworker accused of murdering his son told police he'd spent thousands of dollars the younger man had transferred into his bank account. Audio
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Mass shooting at holiday party in America
6:14 PM.US police have just named the suspects in the latest mass shooting. Audio
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Review finds CYF failings in roastbusters case
6:11 PM.The latest investigation into the so-called Roastbusters case has found social workers initially took complaints of rape seriously, but then decided the sex was consensual. Audio
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Pink cycleway opens in central Auckland
5:56 PM.Auckland's most ambitious cycle project, the 15 million dollar Nelson Street Cycleway, has opened. Audio
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Judge accuses police of brutality
5:53 PM.A North Shore man's prosecution in Queensland has become embarrassing for police who've been accused by a judge of assaulting him and ordered to pay up. Audio
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Breakers say racial slur never happened
5:47 PM.The New Zealand Breakers won't apologize to the Perth Wildcats over a racial slur - saying it never happened. Audio
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Court action over a bill for hotels and alcohol
5:44 PM.A mining company is accusing a state agency of asking it to pay for contractors' hotel and alcohol bills, and other unjustified costs. Audio
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Police officer recalls being punched in supermarket carpark
5:43 PM.A senior police officer has today recalled being punched in the face outside a central Wellington supermarket. Audio
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Evidence from a woman accused for murdering her husband
5:39 PM.A woman accused of murdering her husband wept as she told the court she tried to push her lover away as he repeatedly stabbed him. Audio
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UK votes to authorise air strikes on Syria
5:35 PM.Britain's House of Commons has overwhelmingly voted to authorise air-strikes on Syria after over ten hours of debate. Audio
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Evening Business for 3 December 2015
5:33 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Fishing boat abuse carries on at wallet level
5:26 PM.Workers on foreign-owned fishing boats contracted by New Zealand companies are being forced to sign away their rights to complain about conditions. Audio
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Serco blamed for teens locked up for 23 hours in Mt Eden
5:22 PM.The Corrections Department has laid the blame on the private company Serco, for teenagers held at Mt Eden Prison, being locked up for 23 hours a day. Audio
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Big fine for obstructing collapsed slide investigation
5:18 PM.A Waikato businessman's been fined more than 100 thousand dollars for obstructing an investigation into a big blow-up slide that collapsed with children on it. Audio
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Two US shooting suspects dead
5:15 PM.Two suspects believed responsible for a shooting spree at a social services center in California, that's left 14 people dead, have themselves been killed by police. Audio
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Five teenager boys in court over Opotiki sex offences
5:12 PM.Five teenage boys with links to Opotiki College have appeared in a packed courthouse charged with sex offences against underage girls. Audio
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Review finds CYF failings in roastbusters case
5:07 PM.The latest investigation into so-called Roastbusters case has found social workers initially took complaints of rape seriously but then decided the sex was consensual. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 3 December 2015
5:00 PM.The latest investigation into the so-called Roastbusters case has found social workers initially took complaints of rape seriously but then decided the sex was consensual. And Five teenage boys with… Read more Audio