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Friday, 1 May 2015
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Te Manu Korihi News for 1 May 2015
Thousands of Aboriginal rights campaigners demonstrated their opposition across Australia today over the Western Australian Government's plans to close down their rural communities; A Maori advisor… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 1 May 2015
The past week should have been a good one for the Prime Minister John Key. He attended a peace conference in Istanbul, the Anzac centennary ceremonies at Gallipoli and then visited the Gulf states to… Read more Audio
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Asian students see questions before they sit tests
1 May 2015Millions of Asian students sitting American university entrance tests this weekend may have already seen the questions Audio
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Criticism mounts over lack of convention centre info
Criticism of Christchurch's planned convention centre is mounting, but the city's recovery authority is refusing to give details about the full cost and who will actually own it Audio
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UN finds Iranian sheikh deported from Australia unlawfully
1 May 2015The lawyer for an Iranian sheikh deported from Australia says Canberra should accept a United Nations ruling that it breached the man's human rights. Audio
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Former Kiwi league coach predicts Anzac test win
The former New Zealand rugby league coach Graham Lowe says the forecast wet weather will favour Australia in tonight's Anzac Test in Brisbane, but he's backing the Kiwis to win. Audio
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NZ company says it's too risky to return to return to Nepal
1 May 2015A New Zealand adventure company which lost five Nepalese guides in avalanches on Mt Everest six days ago says it's still too risky to return, despite the government in Kathmandu urging climbers to… Read more Audio
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Tamaki residents blindsided
Some Housing New Zealand tenants in Tamaki are feeling blindsided by the Government's move to transfer two thousand eight hundred homes to a redevelopment company it owns. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 1 May 2015
Thousands of Aboriginal rights campaigners demonstrated their opposition across Australia today over the Western Australian Government's plans to close down their rural communities. A Maori advisor… Read more Audio
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CCTV at home to police domestic violence
1 May 2015To Australia now, where women at risk from violent partners are getting CCTV in their homes as a deterrent under a trial announced in Victoria. Audio
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Maui consent should be withheld - campaigners
Enviromental campaigners have told a hearing that a consent to operate the Maui gasfield should not be granted. 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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