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Wednesday, 26 August 2015
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Test of how bail's granted in family violence cases
Judges will be given all the family violence history of defendants under a new pilot programme that aims to keep victims safer. The pilot begins next week in Porirua and Christchurch after two judges… Read more Audio
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PPTA wants to ban foreign exams in NZ schools
The headmaster of Auckland Grammar School has rubbished suggestions state schools should not be offering foreign qualifications like the Cambridge exams. Audio
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Class action filed against govt-owned insurer
A group of Christchurch homeowners are taking a government-owned insurer to court claiming it underpaid them by millions of dollars. Audio
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Australia looks at mandatory chemical castration
A child sex abuse taskforce in Australia is looking at chemically castrating paedophiles against their will. At the moment it can only happen if offenders choose it. But courts could make it… Read more Audio
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Nurses win 2% pay rise: DHBs gulp
Nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants have won a 2% pay rise. But District Health Boards say some of them will struggle to pay it. Audio
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ACT denies breaking its word on Rugby World Cup games
The Green Party is accusing the Government and Act Party of breaking their word on the Rugby World Cup Bill, which is expected to pass into law tonight. Audio
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Australia asks whether IVF parents may choose child's sex
In Australia experts are about to grapple with the vexed question of whether parents conceiving through in-vitro fertilisation should be allow to choose the child's sex. Already couples have been… Read more Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 26 August 2015
The Horowhenua District Council will continue with plans to pump wastewater into land near a local marae, despite iwi opposition; The former Minister of Maori Affairs, Pita Sharples was awarded a… Read more Audio
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Fair trial risk claim raises rebuke from Attorney-General
The Attorney-General has accused the Law Society of inaccuracy and a lack of rigour over its claims about law changes risking the right to a fair trial. Chris Finlayson says the society's got it all… Read more Audio
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America casting jaundiced eye on China ructions
The ructions on Wall Street where the stock market took its steepest one day fall in four years, has America finally waking up to the global perils of China's slowing economy. Audio
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Drug bust targets church metres from police HQ
Police have searched a central Auckland church metres from their own headquarters during a street drugs bust. Eight men and eight women were arrested as officers searched ten addresses including St… Read more 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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