Checkpoint for Monday 25 January 2016
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Workers in Glen Innes, Royal Oak and Epsom on home ownership
5:07 PM.Once again, Auckland's property market is in the news. The issue, again, affordability with the Demographia survey finding median sales prices in Auckland were 9.7 times greater than median household… Read more Video, Audio
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Man donating kidney to brother calls for more people to donate
6:25 PM.Glenn has just arrived in Auckland to prepare to donate a kidney to Shayne on Wednesday. Video, Audio
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Kidney disease sufferer tackles dialysis head-on
6:22 PM.About six hundred people in New Zealand are waiting for an organ transplant. While donation rates are increasing, many in need of an organ, like dialysis patient Serah Lupo, face years on the waiting… Read more Video, Audio
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Christchurch man crowdfunding to buy slice of National Park
5:42 PM.A Christchurch man loves a beach in the Abel Tasman National Park so much, he wants to buy it and gift it to New Zealand. But he needs your help. Video, Audio
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Economist warns Auckland's unaffordable housing getting worse
5:11 PM.Shamubeel Eaqub is an economist who wrote the book Generation Rent with his wife Selena Eaqub. He talks to us about Auckland's housing market. Audio
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Home ownership more affordable now than 2008 - Housing Minister
5:17 PM.The Minister says this year's Demographia survey shows that New Zealand's housing affordability has improved since 2008 and that the ratio of average house price to income is now at 5.2, down from… Read more Audio
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Fish & Game says cattle in high country lake a PR disaster
5:18 PM.Fish and Game says a photo of a herd of cattle in a Canterbury high country lake, is a public relations disaster for the country's clean, green image. Audio
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Taika Waititi talks about his film 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople'
5:23 PM.Film-maker Taika Waititi says he knew he was on to a winner when the Sundance film festival audience applauded his latest film. Read more Video, Audio
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Evening Business for 25 January 2016
5:34 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Quick action by lifeguards saves the day at Hot Water Beach
5:37 PM.Surf lifesavers at Hot Water Beach say if it weren't for the quick actions of 7 young lifeguards, four people would have died in a rip last night. Audio
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The dig out the weekend's blizzard begins
5:48 PM.Millions of people have begun to dig out from a monster storm that slammed the East Coast of the United States over the weekend. Audio
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Kiwi pie shop does roaring trade during US blizzard
5:49 PM.New Zealanders Gemma Gracewood and Gareth Hughes own Dub Pies, a shop which sells pies and flat whites in the New York suburb of Brooklyn. Audio
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DIY backyard swimming pool brainwave
5:52 PM.While New York froze, Auckland sizzled - but not everyone made a beeline for the beach. Audio
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Report into the financial performance of seven iwi
5:54 PM.The Maori economy is doing well. It's estimated to be worth 40 billion dollars, with the biggest investments in the fishing, forestry and farming sectors. Audio
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Auckland's deputy mayor survey shows housing less affordable
6:07 PM.There are warnings New Zealand faces an inter-generational crisis as Auckland's housing market becomes ever more unaffordable. Audio
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What a half million dollar house looks like in Auckland
6:13 PM.So what is actually available in Auckland if you're in the market for a house that won't break the bank? Audio
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Portugal elects new President
6:18 PM.Portugal has a new President. Centre left candidate Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, a former MP, law professor and journalist won with 52 per cent of the vote. Audio
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T.W Ratana turns 143
6:19 PM.Ratana church followers are celebrating the official birthday of their prophet who was born 143 years ago today. Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, 25th January 2016
5:00 PM.Watch Monday's full programme here. It starts 7 minutes, 45 seconds in. Video
