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Checkpoint for Tuesday 21 June 2016
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Tuesday 21 June 2016
5:00 PM.Watch Tuesday's full programme here. It begins 5 minutes in. Video
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Akld road tolls seem likely
5:09 PM.The chances of Aucklanders paying road tolls has become more likely with the Government for the first time saying the move will come in time. Video, Audio
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'Bulk funding' plan angers teachers, principals
5:18 PM.A government proposal is threatening to revive one of the most bitter disputes the education sector has seen in the past quarter of a century. Audio
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'Disorder event' at Mt Eden prison
5:21 PM.Mt Eden Prison went into lockdown this afternoon after a group of prisoners refused to be locked up. Video, Audio
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Peter Snell's singlet goes to auction
5:25 PM.The singlet celebrated runner Peter Snell wore at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics has sold at auction for well over $120,000. Video, Audio
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Peter Snell hears news of singlet sale
5:27 PM.Hearing of the news that his singlet had sold for $122,000, runner Peter Snell says he cannot remember when or under what circumstances he gave it away. Audio
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Evening Business for 21 June 2016
5:37 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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White collar crime does pay- latest research
5:45 PM.Tax evasion costs the New Zealand economy thirty times more than benefit fraud. Audio
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Christchurch City Council labelled naive for rates inquiries
5:49 PM.Christchurch council has asked its residents to tell it if earthquake repairs haven't been done so it can accurately assess their property's value. Audio
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Team NZ launches precursor to America's Cup boat
5:52 PM.Team New Zealand has launched the boat which carries many of the secrets it hopes will win it the America's Cup next year - a 45 feet catamaran. Audio
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Road tolls increasingly likely for Akld
6:09 PM.Road tolls look more likely to become a reality in Auckland, following a report released by the Government and the Auckland Council. Audio
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Public health crisis worsens in Pacific
6:12 PM.Non-Communicable Diseases, like diabetes and heart disease, "account for more than 80 percent of all deaths and 50% of premature deaths" in the Western part of the South Pacific region. Audio
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Newspaper apologises for photo publication
6:19 PM.A Samoan newspaper, at the centre of a storm over its publication of an explicit photograph of an apparent suicide, has now printed a front page apology. Audio
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Māori place names get overhaul on train announcements
6:23 PM.Wellington Council has commissioned new recordings for its train announcements, with more accurate pronunciation of Māori place names. Audio
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Would you eat beef coated in chocolate?
6:26 PM.An AgResearch food scientist has come up with a new product: Waikato-farmed beef coated in chocolate produced by Auckland boutique chocolate maker Devonport Chocolates, with the consistency of Turkish… Read more Audio