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Tuesday, 21 June 2011
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Evening Business for 21 June 2011
21 Jun 2011News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Fears for emperor penguin ashore at Kapiti
21 Jun 2011Kapiti Coast locals are scared that a rare Antarctic visitor is going to be ripped apart by dogs. Audio
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Prime Minister stands by comments about Pike River mine.
21 Jun 2011The Prime Minister, John Key, is standing by his statement that the way the mine was constructed would not have been legal in Australia. Audio
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Cabinet ministers meet tonight on Christchurch abandonment
21 Jun 2011Cabinet ministers meet tonight to try to finally decide on a plan for what land in Christchurch will be abandoned. Audio
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Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre in Darwin is monitoring the ash
21 Jun 2011The Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre in Darwin is monitoring the ash cloud and its head Andrew Tupper is with us. Audio
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Ash cloud threatens travellers again
21 Jun 2011Disruption looms again for travellers with a number of trans-tasman flights cancelled today as the volcanic ash cloud from a Chilean volcano makes its second circuit of the globe. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 21 June 2011
21 Jun 2011Volcanic ash once again grounds some Transtasman flights. Cabinet Ministers meet under pressure to announce a decision on Christchurch and John Key denies doing an about-face on Pike River mine's… Read more Audio
Monday, 20 June 2011
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Fisheries officers' union demands batons, pepper spray
20 Jun 2011The union representing fisheries officers is demanding staff be armed with batons and pepper spray to counter an increase in attacks on officers. Audio
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Public being warned that survey details being sold on
20 Jun 2011The public are being warned that any information they divulge in New Zealand Post's latest survey could end up being sold-on to marketing companies. Audio
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The latest news from UK
20 Jun 2011To London now, where our correpsondent Barney Burnham has the latest news from the UK. Audio
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More on why New Zealand's poor do well in OECD school tests
20 Jun 2011New Zealand children from poor families are outperforming children in similar circumstances in most other English-speaking countries. 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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