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Checkpoint for Friday 4 December 2015
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Boat reveals hardships of asylum seekers
6:52 PM.New details have emerged about the conditions endured by 66 asylum seekers who were trying to reach New Zealand. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 4 December 2015
6:35 PM.The Prime Minister raised a few eyebrows this week when he called for the elimination of fossil fuel subsidies at the world climate change summit in Paris. Audio
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Auckland to Wellington express, moving out of Britomart
6:29 PM.The country's premier long-distance train service is being moved out of Auckland's downtown railway station, to a platform in the city former rail yards. Audio
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The biggest track cycling competition NZ's ever hosted
6:26 PM.The biggest track cycling competition New Zealand has ever hosted has just got underway at Cambridge's indoor velodrome. Audio
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NZ risks losing international sporting advantage
6:22 PM.New Zealand is at risk of losing its reputation as a leading sporting nation says a leading British sports administrator. Audio
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Central Auckland fruit fly scare over
6:15 PM.The fruit fly which brought restrictions to parts of central Auckland for most of the year has been declared dead and gone. Audio
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Northland Maori take back control of a popular swimming spot
6:15 PM.A Northland Maori community group is taking back control of its local swimming spot. Audio
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Errors in public hospitals up 16 percent
6:11 PM.Harmful mistakes and preventable injuries in public hospitals are still on the rise. Audio
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'Make or break' game for the Phoenix
5:55 PM.The Wellington Phoenix are playing the Melbourne Victory in Auckland tomorrow, and the football club's calling it a 'make or break' game. Audio
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Father recalls terror over giant slide
5:50 PM.A Coromandel lawyer says he's appalled about official inaction over accidents on a giant slide whose owner has been hit with a huge fine. Audio
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US chief executive convicted over mine blast that killed 29
5:44 PM.It's 2010, and a coalmine explosion kills 29 workers after a build-up of methane underground. Audio
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Fiji sedition lawyer lives in fear after "torture"
5:39 PM.A Fiji lawyer says members of the security forces tortured two people close to him last month because he's representing dozens of people who are before the courts charged with sedition. Audio
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Victims of San Bernardino mass shooting identifid.
5:36 PM.The names of the 14 people killed in yesterday's shooting rampage in California have been released. Audio
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Evening Business for 4 December 2015
5:34 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Jetstar passengers forced to move seats on off-balance plane
5:24 PM.Passengers on a Jetstar flight from Melbourne to Perth were forced to move seats during the trip so their off-balance plane could land safely. Audio
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Harmful mistakes in public hospitals are still on the rise.
5:19 PM.Harmful mistakes and errors in public hospitals are still on the rise. Audio
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Psychiatrist says Rizalman high on lying scale
5:17 PM.A court has been told the disgraced Malaysian diplomat Muhammad Rizalman scored highly on a test for being likely to lie. Audio
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Five troops sacked for illicit drug taking
5:13 PM.The army has sacked five soldiers for taking a powerful hallucinogenic drug called N-bomb on a night out in Palmerston North over Labour Weekend. Audio
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Reservoir attacker carrying zipties, wearing a balaclava
5:09 PM.It's been revealed the Dunedin reservoir attacker went out intending to assault a woman, carrying zipties in his backpack and wearing a balaclava. Audio
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One of Auckland's biggest housing projects in receivership.
5:07 PM.The developer behind one of Auckland's biggest affordable housing projects has gone into receivership. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 4 December 2015
5:00 PM.The developer behind one of Auckland's biggest affordable housing projects has gone into receivership and It's been revealed the Dunedin reservoir attacker went out intending to assault a woman… Read more Audio