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Checkpoint for Friday 12 August 2016
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 12th August 2016
5:00 PM.Watch Friday's full programme here. Video
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Fiji, NZ triumphant at Olympics
5:08 PM.Fiji has made history, securing its first medal at an Olympics, while Hamish Bond and Eric Murray won New Zealand's first gold and Luuka Jones and our men's track sprint cycling team won silver. Video, Audio
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Fijians jubilant after their team make Olympic history
5:12 PM.Fijians in New Zealand gathered around the television this morning to cheer on their sevens team, then laughed, hugged and sang in delight when they made Olympic history. Audio
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Fight clubs part of ordinary life at Serco prison
5:16 PM.Mt Eden Prison inmates held weekly fight clubs and sparred in full view of CTV cameras under Serco's watch, an investigation has found. Audio
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Local body wannabes scramble to meet deadline
5:21 PM.Wannabe local politicians waited to the last minute today to finish their paperwork and get their names on the ballot for October's elections. Audio
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Call for pants to be included in girls' school uniform
5:27 PM.A transgender student at New Plymouth Girls' High School is calling for pants to be included as part of the official school uniform. Audio
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Evening Business for 12 August 2016
5:34 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Video, Audio
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Accessible Properties plans to buy 1124 state houses
5:38 PM.Accessible Properties, the country's biggest non-government housing provider, is finalising its purchase agreement for 1124 state houses in Tauranga. Audio
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Silver Fern Farms to consumate its $260m Chinese marriage after
5:46 PM.Silver Fern Farms shareholders have overwhelmingly reconfirmed a joint venture deal with Shanghai Maling, despite a major push by 80 dissident shareholders to stop it. Audio
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Bond and Murray overjoyed at gold
6:09 PM.Olympic rowers Hamish Bond and Eric Murray's gold medal at Rio brought the number of races they have won in a row to 69. The duo speak to Stephen Hewson in Rio. Video, Audio
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Luuka Jones wins silver in canoe slalom
6:12 PM.Luuka Jones won silver in the women's K1 canoe slalom. Barry Guy spoke with the Olympian medalist in Rio. Audio
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Sports Minister comments on Sky's Olympic battle
6:15 PM.Sky Television has lost its bid for an interim injunction against Fairfax Media over the use of its Olympic footage. Sports Minister Jonathan Coleman talks to Checkpoint from Rio. Audio
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Labour MP Kelvin Davis comments on Serco revelations
6:20 PM.Court documents reveal fight clubs were organised as often as once a week at the then-Serco run Mt Eden prison. Labour's Corrections spokesperson Kelvin Davis tells Checkpoint what he makes of the… Read more Audio
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Pete's Dragon's NZ premiere a red carpet affair
6:25 PM.The New Zealand premiere of Disney's Pete's Dragon is being held at Wellington's Embassy theatre tonight. NZ Film Commission CEO Dave Gibson talks to Checkpoint from the red carpet. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 12 August 2016
6:38 PM.Record immigration levels have reignited debate in Parliament over whether it's time to put a cap on numbers. The new arrivals put stresses on the nation, and that can cause dangerous resentments… Read more Audio