Checkpoint for Tuesday 19 January 2016
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Kiwi former soldier still detained in Australia
5:36 PM.As Australia uses immigration law like a blunt weapon, with controversy surrounding detention on Christmas Island, on Nauru, and on Manus, a New Zealander has now been held in a maximum security… Read more Video, Audio
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Sotheby's markets $10m Queenstown estate
6:21 PM.The Auckland property market gets a lot of media attention but in Queenstown an increase in the resident population is driving up prices there too. Video, Audio
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White Island Tours owner discusses tour boat fire
5:15 PM.The owner of a tour boat that caught fire with 60 people on board off the Whakatane coast says his company isn't fully insured. Video, Audio
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Albatross set free from Wellington zoo
5:55 PM.A rare Albatross with a wing span of nearly three-metres that had to have a badly injured eye removed, was set free today off the coast of Wellington following a fortnight of recovering at the zoo. Video, Audio
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Neighbour of Cun Xiu Tian sees potential suspect
5:42 PM.A neighbour of the 69 year old woman who was brutally killed in Auckland says she saw a man fitting the police's description of the potential suspect. Video, Audio
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Police Minister defends electronic monitoring system
5:09 PM.Electronic monitoring is under the spotlight as a dangerous fugitive continues to evade police after cutting off his ankle bracelet. Audio
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Suspension wanted for GP charged with stupefying patients
5:23 PM.A family doctor facing serious criminal charges is fighting an attempt to prevent him from seeing patients until the case is decided. Audio
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Turbulence causes terror on Air NZ flight
5:26 PM.An Air New Zealand flight from Tokyo to Auckland at the weekend caused terror when severe turbulence sent it dropping through the air, half-way through its dinner service Audio
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Evening Business for 19 January 2016
5:33 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Breakers announce new coach and CEO
5:47 PM.Yes, they've won four of the past five championships, but today the New Zealand Breakers announced a pretty major shake-up. Audio
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Whakatane boat fire causes hospitalisations
6:08 PM.The Transport Accident Investigation Commission says it is too early to speculate on the cause of a fire that destroyed a tourist boat off the coast of Whakatane yesterday afternoon. Audio
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NZ Ambassador to UN pushes for access to Syria
6:12 PM.The beseiged Syrian town of Madaya, a former holiday resort, where people are now starving to death, because, according to its critics, the Syrian Government simply doesn't care enough to save them. Audio
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Probable carcinogenic pesticide not yet banned in NZ
6:16 PM.A chemical the World Health Organisation considers 'probably carcinogenic' will continue to be used in New Zealand, despite calls for a ban. Audio
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Queenstown to get affordable housing area
6:25 PM.If you don't have a spare ten million dollars, Queenstown's first low cost housing area was today given interim approval. Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, 19th January 2016
5:00 PM.Look back at the complete programme, with presenter John Campbell. Video
