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Wednesday, 11 May 2011
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Government shifts KiwiSaver costs
11 May 2011The Government is moving to push more of the cost of KiwiSaver onto employers and workers, saving itself hundreds of millions of dollars in the process. Audio
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Link between BMW contract and donation to National
11 May 2011The Labour Party is making a link between the renewal of a Government contract for BMWs and a fifty thousand dollar donation to the National Party. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 11 May 2011
11 May 2011Labour links a fifty thousand dollar donation to National with the BMW deal. Plans to cut the kiwisaver tax-credit and 360 thousand dollars for two innocent men jailed for more than nine months . Audio
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
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New footage of endangered tigers
10 May 2011Secret cameras belonging to the conservation group WWF have recorded images 12 rare Sumatran tigers in just two two months in an Indonesian forest. Audio
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Seeks sees increase in number of job ads
10 May 2011The job website, Seek, says the number of vacancies being advertised rose 8-and-a-half percent in April, and is now 29 percent higher than in April last year. Audio
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Dunne and dusted?
10 May 2011The United Future leader, Peter Dunne, has called the election for John Key more than six months out from polling day - and says the real question now is which party will support National. Audio
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Heads scratching over reports of kiwi found in Russia
10 May 2011A report out of Russia that a kiwi has turned up in a Black Sea resort town has people asking how it got there or if the report's just a hoax. Audio
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Alzheimer's expert says testosterone might be a breakthrough
10 May 2011A world leader of research into Alzheimer's says testosterone could be a breakthrough treatment that stops the disease getting worse. Audio
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Rat tracks found on Rangitoto Island
10 May 2011Rat tracks have been found on Rangitoto Island in the Hauraki Golf, sparking a major search and trapping operation. Audio
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Slow legal aid payments leave lawyer badly out of pocket
10 May 2011A lawyer handling post-quake domestic violence cases in Christchurch, says she is thousands of dollars out of pocket because of unpaid legal aid bills. 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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