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Thursday, 22 October 2015
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Asbestos requires action - MP Clark
Asbestos dust has been found in corridors and clinical rooms in Dunedin Hospital, David Clark is Labour's acting health spokesperson and the MP for Dunedin North. Audio
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Asbestos risk at Dunedin Hospital
Asbestos dust has been found in corridors and clinical rooms in Dunedin Hospital, and staff and patients, including pregnant women, may have been exposed. Ruth Hill reports. Audio
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Motunui Epa goes on display
The precious Motunui Epa which was illegally smuggled out of the country in the 1970s has gone on public display in New Plymouth today. Audio
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Vanuatu government MPs jailed for corruption
Fourteen corrupt Vanuatu government MPs including the deputy Prime Minister have been sent to jail. A Port Vila academic Tess Newton Cain spoke to Radio New Zealand International's Sally Round. Audio
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Jury deliberating in Social worker's sex charge trial
22 Oct 2015A jury in the trial of a social worker accused of having sex with her underage client, has begun deliberating. Audio
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Lifeguards prepare for long hot summer, bigger waves, more rips
A predicted strong El Nino summer has lifeguards making preparations for bigger waves, more rips and a long and hot summer bringing more people flocking to the water. Kim Baker Wilson has been at… Read more Audio
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Workers concerned about asbestos exposure at Dunedin Hsopital
Radiologists and laboratory workers at Dunedin hospital are worried they may have been exposed to asbestos at Dunedin hospital. Dr Deborah Powell is the Apex Union national secretary and spokesperson… Read more Audio
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Evening Business for 22 October 2015
News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Botched South Dunedin cycle network scaled back
The Dunedin City Council is scaling back its botched South Dunedin cycle network, saying it will have to do less of it, better. Audio
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Former MPs spend 700k on taxpayer travel
Former MPs and their partners have spent almost three quarters of a million dollars of taxpayer money on travel in the year to June. Amelia Langford reports. Audio
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Tribunal report - Crown deceived Whanganui Maori over land grab
A Waitangi Tribunal report has found the Crown was deceitful when it bought land from Whanganui Maori and is responsible for the deprived state many of them live in now. Audio
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Checkpoint is RNZ's drive-time news and current affairs programme, tackling the national and international stories of the day.
The show airs weekdays fro4-6pm and is hosted by Lisa Owen.
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