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Checkpoint for Wednesday 23 December 2015
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Six point tries for NZ rugby competition
6:52 PM.Where Welsh rugby's gone New Zealand is following with six point tries being tested out next season. Audio
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Map reveals dwindling wild bee population
6:48 PM.The first national map of bee populations in the United States has revealed some worrying information. Audio
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Kayakers take on upper Karangarua River
6:44 PM.A team of kayakers has made the first-ever descent of the often crazily rough upper reaches of the Karangarua River on the West Coast. Audio
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US drone registry in the wrong, argues lawyer
6:40 PM.To the United States, where thousands of drone flyers are up in arms over a new registry meant to make the skies safer. Audio
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NZ warbird flyer halfway through historic bi-plane flight
6:35 PM.A woman who fell in love with vintage aircraft in New Zealand is making her way across southeast Asia in an open cockpit bi-plane, recreating an historic flight from England to Australia. Audio
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Maori Interns try out the corporate world
6:28 PM.The closure of the only road into Otaki Forks north of Wellington means uncertainty for two people living near an unstable slip-prone road. Audio
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Otaki road closure poses questions for couple
6:25 PM.The closure of the only road into Otaki Forks north of Wellington means uncertainty for two people living near an unstable slip-prone road. Audio
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Chrischurch Cathedral could be restored.
6:21 PM.Kim Dotcom's US lawyer is forecasting the extradition case will now go all the way to the Supreme Court and take up to another four years. Audio
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Tuhoe leader Tamati Kruger
6:17 PM.Kim Dotcom's US lawyer is forecasting the extradition case will now go all the way to the Supreme Court and take up to another four years. Audio
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Kim Dotcom's US lawyer forecasts Supreme Court ahead
6:12 PM.Kim Dotcom's US lawyer is forecasting the extradition case will now go all the way to the Supreme Court and take up to another four years. Audio
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Parking Horror in Sydney - 3 hours stuck at the mall
5:56 PM.Here's a story to strike terror into Christmas shoppers. You've completed your expedition to the mega mall, you try to drive out of the carpark, and get stuck - for three hours. Audio
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TPP investment chapter text divides experts
5:50 PM.Opponents of the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement say an analysis of the investment chapter proves New Zealand will be more vulnerable to legal attacks from foreign investors. Audio
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Nurofen maker agrees to explain product titles
5:46 PM.Nurofen medication targetting specific pain will no longer be sold in the current packaging after the company agreed it could be misleading. Audio
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Behind the death that sparked the Christmas Island riot
5:39 PM.It was the death that sparked the Christmas Island riot. Fazel Chegeni - a stateless, unschooled Kurd tortured in Iran, who became a boatperson and a refugee in Australia then a detainee locked in a… Read more Audio
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Another reprieve for Christchurch cathedral
5:36 PM.Another reprieve late today for Christchurch's quake-munted cathedral with the Anglican Church agreeing to investigate rebuilding it. Audio
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Evening Business for 23 December 2015
5:34 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Buskers bring Christmas cheer
5:26 PM.Christmas buskers are out in force in the capital - some are doing it for fun, some because of hardship and others to finance a neverending world tour. Read more Audio
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Cliff cracks close only road in to Otaki Forks
5:22 PM.Around twenty trampers may need to be helicoptered out from Otaki Forks after cracks were discovered on a cliff face, forcing the closure of the only road into the area. Audio
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Chainsaw-wielding man cuts into kauri
5:19 PM.A chainsaw-wielding man in black has cut into the hotly disputed kauri tree in Titirangi , even as a protester was perched up in its branches. Audio
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Crown repeatedly breached Treaty in dealings with Te Urewera
5:15 PM.Some Te Urewera families were forced to live in caves and food shortages meant they had to eat rotten potatos. Audio
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Dotcom vows to appeal judgment paving way for his extradition
5:08 PM.Kim Dotcom is vowing to appeal this afternoon's court judgment paving the way for his extradition to the United States to stand trial on criminal charges. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 23 December 2015
5:00 PM.Kim Dotcom is vowing to appeal this afternoon's court judgment paving the way for his extradition to the United States to stand trial on criminal charges and some Te Urewera families were forced to… Read more Audio