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Friday, 8 March 2013
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Evening Business for 8 March 2013
8 Mar 2013The petrol company, Z Energy, may be listed as early July this year, after its owners confirmed it's preparing to float the business. Audio
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Dentists plead NZers to get checked
8 Mar 2013Dentists are telling New Zealanders to bite the bullet and get their teeth seen to before they get worse. Audio
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Drug kingpin loses assets and is jailed for 12 years
8 Mar 2013A Waikato drug boss who is tonight beginning a 12 year jail sentence for running a large meth-manufacturing ring has been forced to hand over more than five million dollars worth of assets - the… Read more Audio
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Campaign begins for national risk assessment
8 Mar 2013A new political campaign has begun calling for an overhaul of the way New Zealand is responding to the risks of global climate change. Audio
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Court battle over prison smoking ban
8 Mar 2013A career criminal's battle against the prison smoking ban at the High Court could pave the way for inmates to get compensation. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 8 March 2013
8 Mar 2013A South Island tribe is reaching the end of an 18 year journey to resolve its grievances with the Crown; A group working to ensure that Maori get hooked up to high-speed broadband says it's proving… Read more Audio
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Warning not kill eels in Auckland parks
8 Mar 2013The Auckland Council is warning that it is illegal to kill native eels in public places. Audio
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Proposal to allow cycling on Rangitoto angers conservationists
8 Mar 2013An Auckland conservation group is condemning a plan to allow mountain biking on Auckland's protected Rangitoto and Motutapu Islands, calling it fool-hardy and desperate. Audio
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Child abuse laws failing children in P labs - research
8 Mar 2013There are calls for child abuse laws to be strengthened to protect children left in the care of cooks in methamphetamine labs. Audio
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Evening Business for 8 March 2013
8 Mar 2013News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Ministers may call Solid Energy former CEO to appear
8 Mar 2013The Prime Minister and other senior Ministers say they'd be comfortable with Solid Energy's former chief executive appearing before a Parliamentary committee to explain the company's financial demise.
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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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