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Checkpoint for Friday 15 July 2016
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Checkpoint with John Campbell Friday 15 July 2016
5:00 PM.Watch Friday's full programme here. It begins 5 minutes in. Video
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More than 80 dead in Nice
5:08 PM.More than 80 are dead in Nice, France and many more missing after a truck drove into a crowd of people celebrating the country's independence day in an act of terror. Video, Audio
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Witness describe scene in Nice
5:14 PM.Grace-Ann Morrow, a Texan visiting Nice, was on the scene in Nice and posted pictures and footage of the attack. She describes the aftermath. Audio
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Journalist describes 'heartbreaking' scene in Nice
5:20 PM.Australian journalist Ben Terry was a block away from the promenade in Nice when the attack happened. Audio
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Local journalist visits scene of attack
5:22 PM.Nancy Heslin is a local journalist in Nice, having moved there from Canada 15 years ago. She has this morning been to the scene of the attack and joins us. Audio
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Evening Business for 15 July 2016
5:33 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Coroner: Kirsty Bentley's death no accident
5:36 PM.Eighteen years after her body was discovered in bushes near the Rakaia Gorge, the coroner has ruled the death of Kirsty Bentley was not accidental. Audio
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Crown says murder accused swung bottle seven times
5:40 PM.The Crown says Vincent Skeen swung a lethal broken beer bottle at Luke Tipene at least seven times and literally went for the jugular. Audio
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Mt Eden prison sitting empty
5:44 PM.A suggestion that the old Mt Eden prison could be used for emergency accommodation has been dismissed but homeless advocates say rejuvenating old buildings should be looked at. Audio
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Anger as freedom campers use Maori burial ground as a toilet
5:47 PM.A Dunedin rununga is angry about freedom campers using a Maori burial ground as a toilet, on the coast north of the Otago city. Audio
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Otago shearer has no regrets about cutting open vending machine
5:58 PM.An Otago shearer was so angry at a vending machine with-holding his chocolate bar that he cut it open with an axe-grinder. Audio
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NZer in Nice describes chaotic scene
6:14 PM.A New Zealander living in Nice has described people screaming and running away as the truck struck the crowds celebrating Bastille Day. Audio
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Terrorism analyst: Dr Greg Barton
6:17 PM.Joining us is a terrorism analyst, Dr Greg Barton at Deakin University in Melbourne. Audio
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Thirty Eight albatrosses killed off the West Coast
6:20 PM.The Department of Conservation is welcoming the prosecution of a fisherman whose actions allegedly caused the death of 38 albatrosses off the West Coast in April. Audio
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Kiribati residents fighting for their existance
6:23 PM.People living on the tiny Pacific atolls of Kiribati are fighting for their very existence. The United Nations warns if sea level rise continues at the current rate, the islands could be completely… Read more Video, Audio
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Bicycle floats to light up Wellington waterfront
6:26 PM.Wellington's waterfront will be lit up by a colourful spectacle of flashing and moving bicycle floats tomorrow night. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 15 July 2016
6:40 PM.A proposed law which is expected to see many more people with severe addictions to alcohol or drugs being detained is almost universally being seen as move in the right direction. But there are fears… Read more Audio