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Checkpoint for Friday 6 July 2012
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Australian Girl Guides drop Queen and God from promise
6:58 PM.For decades, Girl Guides have promised to do their duty to God and serve the Queen. But Girl Guides Australia has decided to embrace a new promise without any reference of the two, as the group looks… Read more Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 6 July 2012
6:53 PM.A hui in Auckland today of Maori social service providers, has voted to collate evidence of what they say is discrimination and bad faith practice by the Government; Liquor stores throughout New… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 6 July 2012
6:38 PM.Members of Parliament will soon have to decide where they stand on the age people can buy alcohol. The Alcohol Reform Bill is due to get to its Committee Stages at the end of the month. Audio
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Sports News for 6 July 2012
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Evening Business for 6 July 2012
6:22 PM.Methanex New Zealand has restarted production at its second methanol plant at the Motunui site in Taranaki. Audio
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Auckland Disability Law fights against closure
6:15 PM.It says they've been told by the Ministry that there won't be contracts for specialist centres. Audio
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New Zealanders arrested for internet child expolitation
6:07 PM.Two New Zealanders have been arrested and face dozens of charges after an international operation targetting child abuse and internet child expolitation. Audio
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Householders unhappy about changes to EQC repair rules
5:56 PM.Some Christchurch homeowners fear they're being rail roaded into using the Earthquake Commission's preferred builders when it comes to earthquake repairs. Audio
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Kurow's only bank to close
5:51 PM.Businesses in the Waitaki Valley town of Kurow have been left facing a 120 kilometre round trip to get change after the National Bank decided to close the town's only bank. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 6 July 2012
5:46 PM.A hui in Auckland today of Maori social service providers, has voted to collate evidence of what they say is discrimination by the Government; The Interim Chairman of the Iwi Education Authority's… Read more Audio
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Former leaders convicted of stealing babies in Argentina
5:43 PM.In Argentina, hefty jail sentences have been handed out to nine key figures from the country's military dictatorship of the 1970s and 80s, over the systematic theft of babies from political prisoners.
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Rifle shooter wins appeal against exclusion from Olympics Team
5:39 PM.A Levin rifle shooter has become the first person in possibly a century to successfully appeal his exclusion from the New Zealand Olympic team. Audio
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Scientists believe they know how PSA got into NZ
5:36 PM.Criticism is mounting of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's response to the kiwifruit disease PSA, at the same time as scientists believe they have now identified how the disease entered the… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 6 July 2012
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Petrol prices rise again
5:28 PM.All but one of the main retailers has added an extra three cents a litre at the pump, bringing fuel to just under two-dollars-a-litre. Audio
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Heavy fog disrupts air travel for second day in a row
5:25 PM.Heavy fog has stranded large numbers of air travellers around the country for the second day in a row, forcing airlines to cancel or delay scores of flights. Audio
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Evening Business for 6 July 2012
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Manawatu Gorge closes again
5:18 PM.The Manawatu Gorge is closed again less than two months after it partially re-opened. Audio
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Co-pilot had safety worries about Queenstown flights
5:14 PM.A Pacific Blue co-pilot has told the court he didn't like flying into Queenstown because the airline had not given him enough training and the procedure was complex and difficult. Audio
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Government books better forecasts for second month in a row
5:10 PM.The Government's books were better than forecast for the second month in a row in May. Audio
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New Zealanders arrested after an international sting
5:07 PM.Two New Zealanders have been arrested and face dozens of charges after an international sting targetting child abuse and internet expolitation. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 6 July 2012
5:00 PM.New Zealanders arrested after an international sting, Government books better Budget forecasts for second month in a row, Co-pilot had safety worries about Pacfific Blue Queenstown flights, Manawatu… Read more Audio