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Checkpoint for Thursday 23 June 2016
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday 23 June 2016
12:00 PM.Watch Thursday's full programme here. Video
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Government won't pay ransom for kidnapped NZer
5:09 PM.Prime Minister John Key says the government will not pay a ransom for a New Zealander kidnapped in Nigeria if it's asked for, due to standard policy. Audio
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UK prepares for Brexit possibility
5:13 PM.As Brits get ready to go to the polls, today is the day that Britain's exit from the European Union - which it has been a member of since 1973 - will be decided. Video, Audio
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Brits' Brexit vote visceral, says commentator
5:17 PM.Political commentator and journalist Susie Boniface, who writes as Fleet Street Fox, says British votes for and against Brexit are informed by emotional factors rather than reasoned consideration. Audio
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Akld man sentenced for distributing IS material
5:23 PM.A man who distributed Islamic State material that included videos of a beheading lashed out and yelled as he was sent to jail today, in the first case of its kind in New Zealand. Audio
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SSC investigation unfair, flawed and damaging
5:27 PM.An inquiry by the Ombudsman into an alleged leak at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has criticised the State Services Commission and Dame Paula Rebstock. Audio
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Evening Business for 23 June 2016
5:35 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Housing NZ details exit strategy from Queenstown
5:39 PM.A memo from Housing New Zealand details an exit strategy for its presence in Queenstown, relating to the sale last month of a former state house. Audio
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Father, sick son desperate to find housing
5:43 PM.A Te Puke man living in a $200 a week cabin with his sick four-year-old son says he's desperate to find them a home. Audio
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Transport Minister announces 600m road package
5:47 PM.More than 90 blackspots on roads deemed to be high risk around the country will get safety improvements over the next six years. Audio
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Hunger, homelessness new normal for NZ
5:51 PM.Hunger and homelessness are being called "the new normal" for increasing numbers of New Zealanders by the Council of Christian Social Services. Audio
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Two kiwis to ride in Tour de France next month
5:54 PM.Two New Zealand cyclists - George Bennett and Shane Archbold - have now been confirmed to ride in next month's Tour de France. Audio
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Health Minister declines interview
5:57 PM.With Compass in the headlines, Checkpoint approached Health Minister Jonathan Coleman for interview but was told he was too busy to appear. Audio
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Former hostage describes being held at gunpoint
6:11 PM.After an expat New Zealander was taken hostage today, Bruce Klenner joins Checkpoint to discuss his own hostage experience in 2007. Video, Audio
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Britons wake up to historic Brexit vote
6:20 PM.Will Britain leave the EU? The polls are open. Our correspondent Catherine Drew discusses the latest news on the referendum. Audio
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Dive school to repay $1.47m
6:26 PM.The owner of a dive school plans to take legal action against the school's former owners, after being asked to repay nearly one-and-a-half million dollars to the Tertiary Education Commission. Audio