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Checkpoint for Thursday 26 June 2014
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Te Manu Korihi News for 26 June 2014
6:51 PM.A Northland school has delayed spending money on digital technology, and is instead diverting its funds to a successful Maori teaching programme; The Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, is keeping… Read more Audio
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Kangaroo conservationists find 'new species' in PNG
6:44 PM.Australian scientists believe they've discovered up to three new species of previously unidentified mammals in Papua New Guinea, in one of the country's first crowd-funded scientific expeditions. Audio
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Search for Malaysia Airlines jet shifts south
6:41 PM.Australia's deputy prime minister has announced the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will shift south along a narrow arc identified as the most likely resting place of the plane. Audio
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Self defence law to be revisited
6:36 PM.A law professor says there is a strong case to look at redefining the scope of self-defence, a move that's being pushed by the latest inquiry into family violence. Audio
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Sports News for 26 June 2014
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Future of Queen Elizabeth Square
6:27 PM.Auckland councillors are going head to head over the potential sale of the city's iconic Queen Elizabeth Square. Audio
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Cairo researcher says journalist jailing politically motivated
6:20 PM.Australian journalist Peter Greste says he is "devastated and outraged" by what he calls the "gross injustice" of being sent to prison by an Egyptian court for seven years. Audio
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Trolley buses to be taken off line
6:12 PM.Wellington's fleet of 60 trolley buses have been consigned to the scrap heap despite a last ditch attempt by one councillor to stave off their axeing. Audio
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CAA sees no need to change pilots' medical checks
6:09 PM.The Civil Aviation Authority says it sees no need to change the medical checks that commercial pilots undergo. Audio
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Poppy contract returns to Christchurch, but not to disabled
5:57 PM.Anzac Day poppies are going to be made in Christchurch again, but not by the disabled people who used to make them. Audio
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Hamilton to put fluoride back in the water - for now
5:54 PM.Hamilton people will get fluoride back in their water within a week after the High Court today threw out a bid by an anti fluoride group to stop it. Audio
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Govt ploughs on with back-room mergers despite bungling
5:52 PM.The Government is pressing on with merging parts of some departments, undeterred by the fact that its trailblazing merger at three big agencies was bungled. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 26 June 2014
5:49 PM.A Northland school has delayed spending money on digital technology, and is instead diverting its funds to a successful Maori teaching programme; A Far North iwi has taken over the lease for land it… Read more Audio
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Phone hacking scandal continues to dog British PM
5:44 PM.British Prime Minister David Cameron is under pressure over his decision to employ a communications director who has now been convicted over conspiring to hack phones. Audio
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The axe falls on Capital's trolley buses
5:41 PM.It's final - trolley buses will soon be a thing of the past in Wellington. Audio
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Final consent ruling out but Ruataniwha Dam could be unworkable
5:38 PM.The final resource consent decision on the 600 million dollar Ruataniwha water storage project is out. Audio
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Queenstown votes to put $32 million into convention centre
5:36 PM.A publicly funded convention centre for Queenstown has got the go ahead with district councillors voting to commit 32 million dollars to it. Audio
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Sports News for 26 June 2014
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Suarez awaits verdict in Cup bite case
5:25 PM.Whether or not it drew blood, Luis Suarez's shoulder bite is continuing to draw flak around the footballing and advertising world. Audio
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Evening Business for 26 June 2014
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Dunedin council investigation searches for missing vehicles
5:19 PM.Cars, scooters and even dog control vans may have gone missing at the Dunedin City Council. Audio
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Man found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity
5:14 PM.A High Court Judge has found a man who bludgeoned a stranger to death on an Auckland street eight years ago not guilty of murder by reason of insanity. Audio
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Fatal motorcycle crash in Christchurch
5:12 PM.A 26-year-old man has been killed crashing his motorbike into a car while fleeing from the police in Christchurch this afternoon. Audio
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Jet passengers at risk in fog landing
5:07 PM.A hundred and twenty eight Air New Zealand passengers were put at risk when a pilot decided to land in fog despite not having clear view of the landing strip. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 26 June 2014
5:00 PM.Investigators find jet passengers were put at risk in a landing in fog. A man is killed fleeing the police in Christchurch and that bite at the Football World Cup - will Fifa now sink its teeth into… Read more Audio