Checkpoint
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Auckland's new transport card is being extended to buses
From June, Auckland's buses will be added to the city's new multi-million dollar transport card system.
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Te Manu Korihi News for 17 May 2013
A television entertainer and a regional manager for Kohanga Reo will compete to represent the Mana Party in the race for the Ikaroa-Rawhiti seat; The Budget reveals in trend in money shifting away from Crown-Maori policy advice and into the pockets of claimants and Maori welfare services; Whanau and land owners have been given more time to have their say about proposed changes to the Maori land laws; Far North iwi this weekend will be welcoming the Waka Tapu expedition back to Aotearoa after...
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Focus on Politics for 17 May 2013
In the days leading up to this week's Budget there was plenty of talk it would include policies to rein in rising house prices and to help alleviate poverty.
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Sports News for 17 May 2013
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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K2 pulled 2 months ahead of law change
A drug advocacy group says the associate Health minister should see it as a victory that the synthetic cannabis, K2, is to be pulled from shelves ahead of legislation clamping down on the products.
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Evening Business for 17 May 2013
News from the business sector including a market report.
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NGOs hit out at child-unfriendly budget
Some charities and community groups have hit out at what they've branded a child-unfriendly, and empty budget.
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Police officer on multiple drug charges
A police officer has appeared in court on multiple methamphetamine charges and accused of supplying information to gang members.
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NZ researchers use TV to improve literacy
Watching TV may get a bad rap, but New Zealand researchers are using it to teach reading - with great results.
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Te Manu Korihi News for 17 May 2013
A television entertainer and a regional manager for Kohanga Reo will compete to represent the Mana Party in the race for the Ikaroa-Rawhiti seat; The Budget reveals in trend in money shifting away from Crown-Maori policy advice and into the pockets of claimants and Maori welfare services; Whanau and land owners have been given more time to have their say about proposed changes to the Maori land laws; Far North iwi this weekend will be welcoming the Waka Tapu expedition back to Aotearoa -...
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bay hapu suggest remedies for crown's "legalised theft"
Bay of Islands hapu have told the Waitangi Tribunal they seek the return of crown land, including islands - and the right to build houses where their ancestors did.
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New campaign to reduce patient harm launched
Getting doctors and nurses to wash their hands more between patients is a key part of campaign to cut down the number of people who pick up infections while they're in hospital.
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Labour on the collision course over housing
The Auckland Council and the Government are on a collision course over the housing legislation that was the centrepiece of the Budget.
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Sports News for 17 May 2013
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Mayors question bill to combat house prices
Three mayors are questioning the government's plan to speed up affordable housing by working with local councils to free up land and fast track consents for developments.
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Evening Business for 17 May 2013
News from the business sector including a market report.
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Government accused of shonky process over family carers...
The Government is being accused of pushing through a bill to pay family carers of disabled relatives in a shonky way.
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Smaller banks at risk of downgrade
The creditiworthiness of eight of the country's smaller lenders is under threat.
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Collision course over Budget's housing centrepiece
The Auckland Council and the Government are on a collision course over the housing legislation that was the centrepiece of the Budget.
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 17 May 2013
Collision course over Budget's housing centerpiece, Smaller banks at risk of downgrade, Government accused of shonky process over family carers bill, NZTA outlines plans for Canterbury roading networks, Mayors question bill to combat house prices, Labour on the collision course over housing, New campaign to reduce patient harm launched, bay hapu suggest remedies for crown's "legalised theft".
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Wellington council to investigate 'living wage' for staff
The Wellington City Council has unanimously voted to investigate introducing living wages for low paid staff.
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Te Manu Korihi News for 16 May 2013
The development of te reo is one of the big wins for Maori in this year's Budget; The Government is committing new money to set up a Maori Language Research and Development Fund - which will lay the foundation for a new Te Reo strategy, which will be launched later this year; The Whanau Ora Minister, Tariana Turia, says this year's budget is addressing challenges of poverty, with the government making a committment to obstacles such as reducing rheumatic fever and insulating homes.
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Chief economist shocked by how expensive Chch has become
A leading New Zealand economist says he's shocked by how expensive it is to visit Christchurch, citing excessive taxi fares and inflated hotel prices.
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Large increase in suspicious powders entering NZ
Customs is intercepting many more parcels of psychoactive substances used to mimic illegal drugs.
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Nelson couple sued for more than $1 million
A Nelson couple have been ordered to pay a million dollars after losing a court battle over a fire which destroyed a neighbouring home and a forest.
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Regional New Zealand reacts to the 2013 Budget
Businesses in the regions say the prospect of lower ACC levies flagged in the Budget is good but there are few other benefits for them.
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Sports News for 16 May 2013
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Christchurch City Council intervenes in school closures
The Christchurch City Council has unanimously voted to ask the Education Minister, to push the proposed school mergers and closures back, with the Mayor Bob Parker saying the whole restructuring has been a mistake.
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Evening Business for 16 May 2013
Fonterra has confirmed the final price farmers will receive for selling shares in its latest supply offer into the Shareholders Fund is 7-dollars 92.
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President Obama tries to front foot scandals
An angry President Obama has sacked the head of the US Internal Revenue Service over a scandal sparked by accusations tax officials unfairly targeted conservative groups.
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RNZ's special correspondents discuss budget plans
To look further at what today's budget means for people, with us now is our Economics Correspondent Patrick O'Meara, our Health Correspondent Karen Brown and our Education Correspondent John Gerritsen.
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Budget extends rent subsidy to community groups
The Government has announced changes aimed at driving down house prices and delivering more social housing to people on low incomes.
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Budget reaction from an anti-poverty campaigner
More on the Budget, where there's also money set aside to help low income families.
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Te Manu Korihi News for 16 May 2013
The financial services firm, PwC, says this year's Budget is middle-of-the road for Maori; There's no new money for Treaty Negotiations; The Government is committing new money to set up a Maori Language Research and Development Fund - which will lay the foundation for a new Te Reo strategy, which will be launched later this year; The social welfare policy, Whanau Ora, has received an increase of just over five-and-a-half million dollars in today's budget.
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Tougher monitoring possible for repeat offenders
The father of a woman murdered by her abusive husband is backing a plan to make high risk domestic violence offenders wear ankle bracelets which would set off alarms if a protection order is broken.
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More analysis from RNZ's Political Editor
And with us is Radio New Zealand's Political Editor, Brent Edwards.
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Labour responds to Budget announcement
More on today's budget now with the Finance Minister saying the Government is on track to return to surplus in 2014/15.
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Sports News for 16 May 2013
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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A couple's battle with the fire service
A Nelson couple are bracing to give up their home after losing a court battle with a forest company and the Fire Service who sued them for a million dollars.
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Evening Business for 16 May 2013
News from the business sector including a market report.
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Local councils respond to the budget announcement
Legislation to free up land and let the Government override councils and issue consents itself will be open for submissions for a condensed period of just six weeks, will last for three years.
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More from the Finance Minister on today's budget
The Government will tackle high house prices by passing legislation that enables it to work urgently with local councils to free up land and fast track consents for new housing development.
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Big changes on the way for social housing in 2013 Budget
The Government has announced big changes aimed at driving down house prices and delivering more social housing to people on low incomes.
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 16 May 2013
The Budget spells out big changes to drive down house prices. Local councils respond to the budget announcement and a Nelson couple's battle with the fire service may cost them their home and a plan to make high risk domestic violence offenders wear ankle bracelets.
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Budget 2013
Bill English presents his Budget to the house.
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Special coverage of the Budget 2013
With Geoff Robinson, our political editor Brent Edwards and our team of specialist correspondents.
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Crown giving away high country for free - researcher
A researcher says the Crown has given away swathes of high country land to farmers instead of selling it.
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Te Manu Korihi News for 15 May 2013
A behind-the-scenes disagreement at a Waitangi Tribunal hearing funding provider remains unresolved; Te Taitokerau is conducting its own research about the impacts of mining, saying there may be benefits yet to be realised by Iwi and Hapu; Maori Party MPs are vowing to support Hone Harawira's feed the kids bill, even though the party's co-leader, Tariana Turia, is putting forward a different solution to tackle the problem; A Ngapuhi businessman based in New South Wales says Maori migration...
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South Taranaki hapu's protest has halted dumping
A South Taranaki hapu protest at the way oil and gas drilling waste is dumped on local land, has halted work.
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NZ woman facing double mastectomy speaks out
It's one woman's medical decision that has received worldwide attention. In an essay published in the New York Times, the Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, writes about having a double mastectomy after discovering she carries a gene that gives women a higher risk of breast cancer.
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Sports News for 15 May 2013
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Business News Update
Snakk Media is launching into the New Zealand market. The tech company helps clients advertise on smartphones.
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US Attorney General says AP leak put America at risk
To the United States, where the Attorney General Eric Holder has defended the seizure of journalists' phone records at Associated Press, saying leaks about a failed terror attack put America at risk.
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Advisory service for struggling Chch property owners...
From tomorrow, Cantabrians struggling with earthquake insurance, repairs and rebuilds can phone a hotline to get in touch with an expert.
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Laser ban a headache for Customs, says importer
Powerful laser pointers will be banned from general use to combat the massive rise in strikes on planes, up from from three in 2006 to 102 last year.
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Greens doubt Govt's promise to put brakes on housing
The Finance Minister is promising tomorrow's Budget will have significant measures to put the brakes house prices within two or three years.
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50 year old message in a bottle found in Chch
A message in a bottle, hidden under the floor of a Christchurch home for over fifty years, has been discovered during earthquake repairs and its writer's been tracked down.
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Kiwirail wants to cut millions of dollars off its wage...
Kiwirail is looking to slice millions of dollars off its wage bill for its Cook Strait ferries saying it pays between five to 60 percent more than its competitors.
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Te Manu Korihi News for 15 May 2013
Te Taitokerau is conducting its own research about the impacts of mining, saying there may be benefits yet to be realised by Iwi and Hapu; A behind-the-scenes disagreement at a Waitangi Tribunal hearing funding provider remains unresolved; Maori Party MPs are vowing to support Hone Harawira's feed the kids bill, even though the party's co-leader, Tariana Turia, is putting forward a different solution to tackle the problem; A Ngapuhi businessman based in New South Wales says Maori migration...
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Coroner says quad bike arguments a "Mexican standoff"
A Mexican standoff is how a coroner has described the arguement over whether roll bars should be attached to quad bikes.
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Faster public transport = higher house prices
Wellington researchers say speeding up the city's public transport by just minutes could boost house prices by tens of thousands of dollars.
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Sports News for 15 May 2013
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Foundation inundated with enquiries after Jolie article
A New Zealand cancer support group says it's been inundated with inquiries from women since Angelina Jolie revealed she's had a double mastectomy.
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Evening Business for 15 May 2013
News from the business sector including a market report.
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Collins defends lack of progress on MMP changes
The Justice Minister is vigrously defending the way she's consulted with political parties on altering MMP and she released information today showing National is against the changes.
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Laser pointer ban to combat aircraft strikes
Powerful laser pointers will be banned from general use to combat the massive rise in strikes on planes.
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IMF says NZ houses are overvalued by 25 percent.
The International Monetary Fund says houses here are overvalued by 25 percent.
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Opposition parties - Budget will slow house price rises
The Finance Minister says escalating house prices are threatening the economy and he's promising to announce a significant package in tomorrow's budget, aimed at putting the brakes on the market within two or three years.
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 15 May 2013
A new plan to rein in house prices - but will it make homes more affordable? Banning powerful laser pointers and Collins defends lack of progress on MMP changes.
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Cordon round cathedral opended to public
People have talked of an emotional return to Cathedral Square in Christchurch after cordons around it were lifted for the first time in two years.
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Te Manu Korihi News for 14 May 2013
The Maori Party says it has about four people interested in standing for the Ikaroa-Rawhiti electorate; Meanwhile, the woman putting her hand up to represent the Labour Party in the race for the Ikaroa-Rawhiti seat says jobs and youth are her top priorities; A man accused of stealing pounamu from his tribe is grateful his iwi stepped in to resolve the matter rather than going to court; An iwi has described a school's efforts to share Maori history as exceptional.
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Milk in Schools programme rolls out nationwide.
The nationwide roll out of the Milk in Schools programme began in Southland and Otago today, with more than 19 thousand children handed a small carton of low fat milk.
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Debate over design of new convention centre
A landmark like the Sydney Opera House, itself financed by gambling via almost five hundred lotteries run in the 1950s - or a dead block of space in central Auckland?
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US doctor convicted of murder for late-term abortions
In a trial that has shone a national spotlight on the controversial practice of late-term abortions in the US, a Philadelphia doctor has been convicted of murdering three babies at a clinic for low-income women.
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Sports News for 14 May 2013
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Evening Business for 14 May 2013
News from the business sector including a market report.
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Japanese politician claims comfort women were necessary
To Japan, where controversy's been sparked by a rising political star saying the use of comfort women during the Second World War was necessary for soldiers who were risking their lives.
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Police talk about drop in numbers
The country has 200 fewer police officers than last year but police bosses insist its temporary and nothing to worry about.
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Reaction to changes to the MMP system being dumped
The review of MMP has been dumped and there will be no change to the voting system - with the Prime Minister saying that's the end of the matter.
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Murderer lunges at victim's mother in court
The man found guilty of murdering Alexsis Tovizi has been dragged away by guards at the High Court in Christchchurch after trying to jump from the dock towards Ms Tovizi's mother, and another man.
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The latest retail spending figures are released
Economists say stronger economic activity and rising house prices are expected to underpin retail spending in the coming year.
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Te Manu Korihi News for 14 May 2013
The Maori Party says it has about four people interested in standing for the Ikaroa-Rawhiti electorate; Meanwhile, the woman putting her hand up to respresent the Labour Party in the race for the Ikaroa-Rawhiti seat says jobs and youth are her top priorities; A man accused of stealing pounamu from his tribe is greatful his iwi stepped in to resolve the matter - rather than going to court; An iwi has described a school's efforts to share Maori history as exceptional.
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Campaign launched to talk to dairy owners
Dairy owners in Hamilton are being challenged by police and health authorities to stop selling synthetic cannabis, as fears grow over the harm the drugs do.
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Housing group says rent subsidy for NGO housing badly...
The Finance Minister has hinted there'll be significant changes to state housing in Thursday's Budget, including extending the subsidies on rents.
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Parents admit neglect charges
A Lower Hutt couple accused of failing to provide for the most basic needs of their children, who were found diseased and with little food while the parents drank, have today admitted the charges.
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Sky City deal stokes rowdy debate in Parliament
The Government's 35-year convention centre deal with SkyCity has been at the centre of rowdy debate during Parliament's question time this afternoon.
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Sports News for 14 May 2013
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Guilty verdict has been delivered on Nikki Roper
A guilty verdict has just been delivered on Nikki Roper, who's reacted by trying to leap out of the dock and attack the mother of the woman he murdered.
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Evening Business for 14 May 2013
News from the business sector including a market report.
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Smith announces new housing initiatives
The number of State houses looks likely to fall even as the Government moves to provide more bedrooms in the houses it has left.
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Significant drop in police officers
The country has 200 fewer police officers than last year despite Government promises not to cut the front line.
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Aaron Gilmore gives final statement to Parliament
The outgoing National Party MP, Aaron Gilmore, has told Parliament that he is not surrendering, but retreating.
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Green Party reacts to MMP changes being pulled
The Justice Minister, Judith Collins, refused to speak to Checkpoint, but joining us now is the Green Party co-leader, Metiria Turei.
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John Key dumps changes to MMP
The Prime Minister has dumped the review of MMP and there will be no change to the voting system.
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 14 May 2013
John Key dumps the MMP review. Police numbers drop despite promises not to cut frontline officers and Aaron Gilmore tells Parliament he's retreating - but not surrendering.
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Decision on West Papuan MSG membership bid approaches
The prospect of West Papuan membership in the Melanesian Spearhead Group appears close.
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Ability to patent computer software a no go
The Government is proposing to remove the right to patent computer software.
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Te Manu Korihi News for 13 May 2013
The Maori Affairs Committee says it's been a 'heck of a couple of weeks' after the death of its deputy chair, and anticipated resignation of another member; Meanwhile, the chief executive of Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Incorporation has put her name forward as a Labour Party candidate for the Ikaroa-Rawhiti electoral race; A lawyer who helped negotiate the return of a big forest to a group of iwi says Ngati Manawa is right to go to court to ensure the land is divided up; The success of Maori owned...
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Greens accuse English of failing to rebalance economy.
Three days before the Finance Minister, Bill English, delivers his fifth Budget the Green Party has accused him of failing in his bid to rebalance the economy.
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How much oxygen do prem babies need?
Research into premature babies by the University of Otago, is expected to change hospital practices worldwide.
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Addiction experts warn of dangers of SkyCity deal
Gambling addiction experts say the SkyCity convention deal will increase problem gambling.
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Sports News for 13 May 2013
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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NZQA urged to do more to catch cheating students
Some tertiary institutions want the Qualifications Authority to have the power to go undercover to catch student cheats and those who help them.
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Evening Business for 13 May 2013
The value of Kiwi Income Property Trust's portfolio of shopping centres and office buildings has risen 21 million dollars .
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Aged care industry groups oppose premium only facilities
Opponents of a proposal to let more resthomes offer only more expensive, premium rooms say this could lead to a shortage of affordable care.
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Tribunal hearing land claims tours Bay of Islands
The Waitangi Tribunal investigating Ngapuhi land claims has been on a boat tour today past islands that today are either millionaires' playgrounds or part of the conservation estate.
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Constitutional lawyer's view of SkyCity deal
Listening to that is constitutional lawyer, Mai Chen.
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Opposition parties criticise convention centre deal
The Labour leader, David Shearer, says it's outrageous that future governments are being tied to a deal with SkyCity to build a convention centre in Auckland.
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Clamping down on pursuits in Tasmania
The police union in Tasmania says restricting rules around pursuits has led to officers being taunted by people in speeding cars or flaunting dangerous driving.
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Data-sharing to target tax dodgers
New Zealanders hiding their tax dollars in offshore havens are being targeted through a new international information-sharing agreement.
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Te Manu Korihi News for 13 May 2013
The Maori Affairs Committee says it's been a 'heck of a couple of weeks' after the death of its deputy chair, and anticipated resignation of another member; Meanwhile, the chief executive of Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Incorporation has put her name forward as a Labour Party candidate for the Ikaroa-Rawhiti electoral race; A lawyer who helped negotiate the return of a big central North Island forest to a group of iwi says Ngati Manawa is right to go to court to ensure the land is divided up; The...
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Court hears conflicting evidence about cause of death
A forensic pathologist has told a High Court murder trial in Christchurch that drowning in a cooking pot of water would be an extraordinary form of suicide.
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Nigel Morrison on SkyCity deal
In return for building a four hundred million dollar convention centre in Auckland the casino gets its licence extended out to 2048, as well as another 230 pokie machines, and 40 more gaming tables.
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Sports News for 13 May 2013
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Police hunt for shooters who opened fire at Mother's Day...
Police officers in New Orleans are hunting for the gunmen who opened fire on hundreds of people marching in a neighbourhod Mother Day's parade.
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Evening Business for 13 May 2013
News from the business sector including a market report.
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Calls for NZQA to go undercover to catch cheats
The Qualifications Authority is being urged to go undercover to catch student cheats.
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Aaron Gilmore accused of "utu" text messages
An acquaintance of Aaron Gilmore, says he got a text saying "Utu. You should learn what that means" from the beleaguered National Party MP's phone this morning.
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Government seals convention centre deal with SkyCity
Listening to that - the Minister for Economic Development, Steven Joyce.
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SkyCity will operate more pokies in convention centre...
Labour and the Greens say future Governments should not be held to the deal to pay compensation to SkyCity if the convention centre deal is changed.
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 13 May 2013
The compensation deal for Skycity casino. Calls for education officials to go undercover to nab cheats and Aaron Gilmore is accused of sending revenge text messages.
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Te Manu Korihi News for 10 May 2013
The Mana Party aims to win the Ikaroa-Rawhiti electorate after announcing it will stand a candidate for the upcoming by-election; A Massey University lecturer in Maori studies says a criminologist's view that the large population of Maori in Hamilton is to blame for the city's second highest number of first warnings in the country under the three strike law system, is shallow; The chair of the only Maori employment training provider in Wellington says more Maori providers must open to get...
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Focus on Politics for 10 May 2013
This week the Government sold its 49 percent stake in Mighty River Power, raising one-point-seven billion dollars. It also introduced under urgency legislation which will make it easier for the country's electronic spy agency to monitor the communications of New Zealanders. And the Finance Minister, Bill English, suggested the Government would not support Solid Energy or other State-owned Enterprise if they weren't viable businesses. But all that was overshadowed by the controversy...
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Sports News for 10 May 2013
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Evening Business for 10 May 2013
The insurance company, Tower Limited, is selling most of its life insurance business.
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Military must change to stop sex predators - film-maker
A US film maker who exposed sex abuse in the military says as long as serial predators inside the ranks go unchecked, the epidemic of sex crimes will continue.
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Govt warns of economic cost if Auckland housing policy...
The Government is warning of serious economic consequences if it's plan to double the rate of home construction in Auckland, fails.
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Electoral Commission not taking action against Labour
The Labour Party says it made an honest mistake in not immediately declaring a 430-thousand-dollar donation it received from an estate last year.
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Te Manu Korihi News for 10 May 2013
The Mana Party aims to win the Ikaroa-Rawhiti electorate after announcing it will stand a candidate for the upcoming by-election; A Massey University lecturer in Maori studies says a criminologist's view that the large population of Maori in Hamilton is to blame for the city's second highest number of first warnings in the country under the three strike law system, is shallow; The chair of the only Maori employment training provider in Wellington says more Maori providers must open to get...
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Mighty River share price rises on first day
To find out more what's happened to the shares today, we're joined by share broker Grant Williamson, a director at Christchurch firm Hamilton Hinden Green.
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Mighty River begins trading at $2.73
After years of political wrangling, protests and petitions, Mighty River Power today finally opened for business on the New Zealand stock exchange.
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Sports News for
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Evening Business for 10 May 2013
News from the business sector including a market report.
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Housing Minister on Auckland Housing Accord
More now on the Government's plan to rapidly double the number of homes being built in Auckland and the warning that if it fails, the economic pain could be felt across the country.
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A tragic reminder to front line social workers
A coroner says the case of a 12-year-old girl who committed suicide while in Child Youth and Family care is a tragic reminder to frontline social workers.
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Threatening emails from Aaron Gilmore are released
Papers released today by the ministry that employed the beleaguered National MP Aaron Gilmore show he appeared to use his position to threaten an official he had a dispute with.
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Govt warns of economic pain if Auckland house doubling...
The Government's unveiled a plan to rapidly double the number of homes being built in Auckland.
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 10 May 2013
Govt warns of economic pain if Auckland house doubling fails, Threatening emails from Aaron Gilmore are released and A tragic reminder to front line social workers.
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Recycling pit fire being put out but residents still...
A group of Christchurch residents that have been putting pressure on local government to extinguish a fire, that has been burning at a recycling plant for about five weeks, are relieved the fire service are taking action.
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Wood burners blamed for arsenic in air
People illegally burning treated timber to warm their homes are being blamed for unhealthy levels of arsenic polluting some parts of the country.
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Te Manu Korihi News for 9 May 2013
The Government is putting aside millions of dollars in next week's budget to create more than two thousand additional places in its Maori and Pasifika trades training schemes; The Electoral Commission is urging anyone not yet enrolled to vote in the eastern Maori electorate of Ikaroa-Rawhiti to sign up before a by-election in June; A university professor specialising in public health says not enough is being done in New Zealand to get people up and moving, even though a lack physical...
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Parliament continues to debate under urgency
The Government's being accused of double standards in its move to rush through some bills.
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Sports News for 9 May 2013
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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American hip hop artist pays visit to Auckland school
He's known for some of the most famous tracks in American pop, but today hip hop artist and producer will.i.am took a special interest in an east Auckland school.
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Productivity limited by bridge restrictions
A freight transport company says New Zealand's productivity is being held back by weight restrictions on bridges in Southland.
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Ohio man formally charged with kidnap and rape
More now on the man accused of holding three young women capitve in a squalid house in Cleveland, Ohio for a decade - today he's been formally charged with kidnap and rape.
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Kiwirail apologises for its failings
KiwiRail's admitting it failed to identify damage at a crossing in Auckland where a woman got stuck in her wheelchair and hit by a train.
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Unemployment falls to a three year low
Unemployment has fallen sharply to a three year low.
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Auckland rates to rise by almost 3 percent
The Auckland Council has a short time ago agreed on an average 2 point 9 percent rate rise for households.
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NZ copying Australian spy power widening - researcher
An Australian researcher says New Zealand appears to be copying Australia in moving to give spy agencies more powers, and that's worrying.
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Te Manu Korihi News for 9 May 2013
The Government is putting aside millions of dollars in next week's budget to create more than two thousand additional places in its Maori and Pasifika trades training schemes; The Electoral Commission is urging anyone not yet enrolled to vote in the Maori electorate of Ikaroa-Rawhiti to sign up before a by-election in June; An Auckland man has been honoured at Government House for services to Maori and the deaf community.
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Warning of two track labour market
A leading economist is warning of a two track labour market and economy with Christchurch and Auckland experiencing the greatest recovery but the rest of the country remaining flat.
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Crown disputes property law claims
Lawyers for the Crown have told the Court of Appeal the legal argument being used by 3 activists who attacked the Waihopai spy base could set a dangerous precedent.
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Continued scrapping in Parliament over MRP
The partial sale of Mighty River Power is done and dusted and details of the next asset float will be announced in next week's budget.
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Sports News for 9 May 2013
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Sharemilking company pleas guilty
The largest sharemilking company in the country has today made an about-face and pleaded guilty to animal cruelty.
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Evening Business for 9 May 2013
News from the business sector including a market report.
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Kiwirail fails to identify problems at Morningside
KiwiRail has admitted it failed to identify problems with a rail crossing in Auckland, where a disabled woman was dragged along by a freight train and critically injured.
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IPCA report finds police pursuit was justified.
A police officer who pursued a speeding car in Gisborne last year, reached speeds of 127 kilometres an hour in a 50 K zone and at times drove with one hand so he could operate his radio.
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Gilmore refusing to resign from Parliament.
The National backbench MP, Aaron Gilmore is standing his ground saying he won't resign.
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Our economics correspondent on the latest unemployment...
Unemployment has dropped sharply but there are fears it won't last.
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 9 May 2013
A sharp drop in unemployment. Aaron Gilmore stands his ground and Kiwirail fails to identify problems at Morningside.
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US and S Korea vow to keep up their guard
The United States and South Korea have vowed to keep up their guard and not reward North Korea's recent bad behaviour or threats of war.
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New CHCH homes restricted to log burners that aren't on...
New restrictions on log burners in Christchurch mean locals wanting one will have to wait at least a year because the approved model isn't on the market yet.
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Te Manu Korihi News for 8 May 2013
Parliament's Speaker has officially declared the seat of the late Parekura Horomia vacant, and a date has been announced for a by-election in his former electorate of Ikaroa-Rawhiti; Ngai Tuhoe descendants have voted on whether or not to sign a Deed of Settlement with the Crown; A Maori PhD candidate at Massey University says Maori are starting to adapt their kawa, or protocols, to allow tangihanga or funerals to be broadcast over the Internet.
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Reserve Bank is tightening lending rules
The Reserve Bank is tightening lending rules to safeguard the financial system from rising housing prices, but the move will hit home buyers in the pocket.
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Tuakau man defends drugs charges
A Tuakau man accused of importing pseudoephedrine from Thailand has had the number of charges against him dropped on the first day of his trial today, including being a member of an organised criminal gang.
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Principal on Positive Behaviour learning programme
Children's behaviour and school trustees are the targets for an extra 80 million dollars from the government over the next four years.
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Sports News for 8 May 2013
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Hellaby Holdings expansion plans
Hellaby Holdings is defending the time it took to make its much foreshadowed purchase of the industrial services company Contract Resources.
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Waihopai trio seek full civil trial
Three activists who broke into the Waihopai spy base want a full civil Trial to decide whether they are liable for damages.
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Questions mount for police over Cleveland kidnappings
The three young women who escaped from ten years of captivity in the American city of Cleveland, have been reunited with their families after undergoing medical checks at a local hospital.
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Labour leader delivers pre-budget speech
In a pre-budget speech, the Labour leader David Shearer has said next week's budget will be one for the boardroom, not the smoko room.
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Ex-National Party president on Gilmore's fate
The Prime Minister has pulled his support for the National list, MP Aaron Gilmore, saying text messages don't match the version of a dinner that Mr Gilmore's given.
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Timaru mayor pleads with MPs to regulate party pills
The mayor of Timaru pleaded with MPs at Parliament today to remove party pills and legal highs from dairies as soon as possible.
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Tait communications may axe up to 70 jobs
Martin Deakin from Tait Communications is with us.
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More job losses in the South Island
The South island has been hit by more job losses, with cuts proposed by Solid Energy and Tait Communications today.
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Te Manu Korihi News for 8 May 2013
Parliament's Speaker has officially declared the seat of the late Parekura Horomia vacant, and a date has been announced for a by-election in his former electorate of Ikaroa-Rawhiti; Ngai Tuhoe descendants have voted on whether or not to sign a Deed of Settlement with the Crown; A Maori PhD candidate at Massey University says Maori are starting to adapt their kawa, or protocols, to allow tangihanga or funerals to be broadcast over the Internet.
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Education Minister announces funding increase, suggests...
The Education Minister, Hekia Parata, has indicated some education programmes will lose money in next week's budget.
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Reserve Bank intervenes in currency markets
The Reserve Bank has admitted it has again intervened in the currency markets to bring down the New Zealand dollar.
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Sports News for 8 May 2013
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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John Banks appears in court to face electoral fraud...
The Act Leader, John Banks, will fight accusations he took donations from Kim Dotcom and Sky City, and declared them as anonymous.
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Evening Business for 8 May 2013
News from the business sector including a market report.
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Reserve Bank tightening lending rules, hitting home...
The Reserve Bank is tightening lending rules to safeguard the financial system from rising housing prices, but the move will hit home buyers in the pocket.
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Solid Energy cutting another 105 jobs
The state-owned coal miner Solid Energy is cutting another 105 jobs from its 15 hundred strong workforce, with office workers and managers facing the axe.
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Political analysis from Brent Edwards
John Key has refused to be interviewed on Checkpoint about Mr Gilmore's future. Our political editor Brent Edwards is with us.
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PM pulls plug on support for Gilmore
The Prime Minister has pulled the plug on his support for the National list, MP Aaron Gilmore, following the release of texts about what he told a waiter.
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 8 May 2013
The Prime Minister pulls his support of Aaron Gilmore.Solid Energy cuts another 100 jobs and John Banks goes to court.
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The police praise the fast response of aircraft engineers
The Police are praising the fast response of two aircraft engineers who managed to free themselves from their helicopter after it crashed into Auckland's Hauraki Gulf.
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Waihi residents voice worries over Waihi mine
A Waihi woman who lives directly above the site of an underground mine that's just won approval says many locals are distraught.
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Wages are not keeping pace with recovery
The economy may be recovering, but wages are not keeping pace.
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Te Manu Korihi News for 7 May 2013
The Green Party says a Government funding increase to fight Rheumatic Fever is just a band aid that will do nothing to eliminate the cause of the disease; Members of Parekura Horomia'sNgati Porou iwi and whanau watched from Parliament's public gallery today, as MPs put aside their usual debates to remember him; Two new ten-thousand dollar scholarships were handed out today, as part of a plan to increase the number of Maori nurses offering health advice over the telephone; The Waka Maori, a...
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Aaron Gilmore has made a public apology today
The National list MP, Aaron Gilmore, has made a public apology today, for what he described as behaving like a dickhead at a Hanmer Springs hotel.
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Rates rebels say council playing dirty over funds
The leaders of a rates rebellion in Kaipara say the council's using dirty tactics in a bid to end the revolt.
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Gay priest human rights hearing
The Anglican Bishop of Auckland, Ross Bay, says he told a gay man there'd be no point in him training to be a priest because it would only reach a dead end.
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Sports News for 7 May 2013
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Parliamentary business suspended for tributes to Horomia
Parliamentary business was suspended this afternoon, while MPs paid their respects to the late Labour MP, Parekura Horomia.
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Evening Business for 7 May 2013
Hellaby Holdings has now completed a 73 million dollar purchase of an 85 percent stake in the industrial services company Contract Resources. Hellaby's managing director, John Williamson, says it gives his company scale, geographic diversity as well as a good management team.
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Inmate says accused said he would kill ex-partner
A prison inmate has described how Nikki Roper said he would kill his ex partner Alexsis Tovizi, just days before she died in December 2010.
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NZ First not interested in sitting down with Prime...
The New Zealand First leader says he's not interested in sitting down with the Prime Minister to talk about updating the laws governing the country's electronic spy agency.
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