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Checkpoint for Friday 1 July 2016
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 1 July 2016
5:00 PM.Watch Friday's full programme here. It starts 5 minutes in. Video
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Police arrest fugitive after 30 hours on the run
5:10 PM.Police have arrested a fugitive who has been on the run in Palmerston North since yesterday morning. Audio
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Community relieved after 30 hour standown
5:12 PM.The Palmerston North suburb of Cloverlea is no longer under siege after police arrested a fugitive. Michael Cropp reports. Audio
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Australian voters head to polls tomorrow
5:18 PM.Political Reporter Demelza Leslie talks to Checkpoint from Sydney about the Australian election campaign ahead of voters going to the polls tomorrow. Audio
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Repeat fraudster jailed for third time
5:25 PM.Yvonne Cash, a woman who fraudulently offered investment opportunities to small businesses, was today jailed for the third time for 13 months in prison. Audio
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Eleventh NZ rowing crew confirmed for Rio
5:28 PM.Russian drug cheats have opened the way for an eleventh New Zealand rowing crew to compete at the Rio Olympics. Audio
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Evening business for 1 July 2016
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Advanced melanoma patient receives Keytruda infusion
5:37 PM.From today, patients with advanced melanoma will be able to access two publicly funded immunotherapy treatments - Opdivo and Keytruda, including Aucklander Barry Hawes. Video, Audio
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Wait for Keytruda, Opdivo too long, say expert
5:44 PM.Oncologists throughout the country, as well as the Cancer Society of New Zealand, have been asking for immunotherapy treatments for melanoma from Pharmac since last year. Video, Audio
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Why did Pharmac wait on funding Opdivo, Keytruda?
5:47 PM.Why did cancer patients in New Zealand have to wait so long for Keytruda? Sarah Fitt, Pharmac's Director of Operations, joins Checkpoint. Audio
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Ozone healing could reduce skin cancers and sunburn
5:56 PM.The hole in the ozone has been healing itself which could reduce the occurrence of sunburn and skin cancer in New Zealand. Video, Audio
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Akld port alternatives far from ideal
6:12 PM.Even the man tasked with choosing options for a future Auckland port, Rick Boven, says those available are 'unattractive' with 'major flaws'. Audio
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Live from Palmerston North press conference
6:17 PM.We're going live now to the Palmerston North police station where the police are about to hold a press conference regarding the arrest late this afternoon of fugitive Caleb Kovaleski. Audio
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Philip Trusttum civic artwork to be removed
6:27 PM.A leading art critic is appalled a work by a prominent New Zealand artist is being permanently taken down from an office building currently under refurbishment. Audio
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Final push to save the Sarjeant
6:29 PM.Whanganui's Sarjeant Gallery has less than a week to find more than $2m in order to survive, having been mothballed since 2014. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 1 July 2016
6:40 PM.The world was shocked when the United Kingdom voted to exit the European Union last week. The outcome of the referendum caused ructions on global stock markets, and a seismic shift in British… Read more Audio