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Checkpoint for Wednesday 22 June 2016
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Wednesday 22nd June 2016
5:00 PM.Watch Wednesday's full programme here. Video
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Promised Compass savings compromised
5:12 PM.Have Compass's contracts across the country saved as much as originally forecast? John Campbell investigates. Audio
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Reddy jailed at least 21 years for murders
5:10 PM.The mother of Pakeeza Yusuf has described how her murdered daughter came to her in dreams to ask for justice, on the day her killer was jailed for at least 21 years. Audio
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Former Middlemore employees waiting on gratuity
5:19 PM.A year after being made redundant, ten Auckland women and former Middlemore Hospital kitchen employees are still waiting on promised gratuity payments of around $30,000. Video, Audio
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Cameron urges 'Remain' ahead of Brexit vote
5:27 PM.In a rare address in front of his Downing Street office, British Prime Minister David Cameron has made a personal appeal to Britons his age and older to vote to stay in the EU. Audio
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Family upset Maori girl's photo 'stolen'
5:30 PM.An American online store selling products depicting historic Maori is under fire again, this time from the family of an 11-year-old Maori girl who say no permission was granted for her photo to be… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 22 June 2016
5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Scaremongering blamed for drop in vaccination rates
5:41 PM.Scaremongering by anti-immunisation groups is being blamed for a drop in the rate of Pakeha girls receiving the HPV vaccine, from 68 to 58 percent in the past year. Audio
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Transport groups say road charges should be brought in urgently
5:49 PM.A major infrastructure group is calling for road charges in Auckland to be brought in urgently to tackle the city's chronic congestion. Audio
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Boaties have their say on a proposed plan for Fiordland
5:52 PM.All vessels could have to prove their hulls are clean in order to enter Fiordland waters, under a first-of-a kind proposal aimed at stopping marine pests. Audio
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Changes afoot for West Coast councils
5:56 PM.The Local Government Commission is talking with West Coast communities about potential new council models, which may involve joining the four councils in the region. Audio
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Flood victim takes EQC to court
5:56 PM.Whanganui resident Mark Goodier is taking EQC to court, after flooding in 2015 made his home uninhabitable. Video, Audio
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Corporate transparency campaigner linked to two scandals
6:10 PM.A New Zealand-registered company implicated in two international corruption scandals has caught out a well known campaigner for corporate transparency, Bruce Sheppard. Audio
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Reddy jailed for murders of partner and her daughter
6:17 PM.An undercover police operation solved a case that had been cold for eight years, ending with Reddy making a full confession to undercover officers before leading them to where he had buried the… Read more Video, Audio
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Private school funding model could change
6:20 PM.The Government could soon be paying private schools per student rather than from a capped pool of money - though state school teachers are calling for all Government funding to be ceased. Audio
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Iwi and polytech reviving dialect
6:23 PM.The Tainui dialect is being taught at tertiary level for the first time as a language course at the Waikato Institute of Technology to increase fluency. Audio
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Snow drought hits South Island ski fields
6:27 PM.South Island ski fields are praying to the weather gods for snow due to unseasonably mild conditions, Conan Young reports. Audio