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Wednesday, 25 March 2015
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Police say missing pair's car is in the sea at Curio Bay.
A grim development today in the search for a missing eleven year old boy who was taken from school by his step-father 12 days ago. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 25 March 2015
25 Mar 2015Police say missing pair's car is in the sea at Curio Bay, German plane crashes in French Alps - 150 people dead, Fans gather to farewell Black Caps as they head to CWC final, TAB says record turnover… Read more Audio
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
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Today In Parliament for 24 March 2015 - evening edition
24 Mar 2015Ministers face questions about Housing & Workplace Relations. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi for 24 March 2015
24 Mar 2015A waka tour company has joined Auckland's largest hapu in demanding the plan by the Ports of Auckland to build two wharf extensions be stopped; Three highschool teams from French Polynesia are taking… Read more Audio
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Head of Ak Grammar backs St Bede's decision
The head of Auckland Grammar is backing St Bede's decision to pull two students from a sports event, and says the matter should never have ended up in court. Audio
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Rugby forward fined $20,000 after calling opponents faggots
Campaigners against homophobia in sport are welcoming the heavy fine levied against a New South Wales forward after he called ACT Brumbies players faggots at the weekend. Audio
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Police bust black market synthetic cannabis ring in Chch flat
The police say they have busted a black market synthetic cannabis ring being run out of a central Christchurch flat. Audio
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Peters hits back over trade deal
In Seoul, John Key, a day on from signing the FTA, had this to say about Winston Peters and the trade deal. Audio
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English denies scaremongering over Northland
The deputy Prime Minister, Bill English, says he's not scaremongering by raising fears about the future of trade deals if Winston Peters wins this weekend's Northland by-election. Audio
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More on the Black Caps semi final
Now to Eden Park where rain has stopped play between New Zealand and South Africa for more than an hour. Audio
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Minister defends housing sell-off
The Government is not ruling out selling off thousands of state houses to private developers. 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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