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Checkpoint for Wednesday 7 September 2016
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Wednesday 7 September
5:00 PM.Watch Wednesday's full programme here. It starts 5 minutes in. Video
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Chiefs players warned as stripper's allegations dismissed
5:08 PM.New Zealand Rugby won't be chargng any of the Chiefs players with misconduct, saying an alleged assault on a stripper at an end of season event "did not take place as reported". Video, Audio
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Labour hijacks urgent debate in Parliament
5:11 PM.Question Time in Parliament was cancelled for the first time in eight years today as Labour hijacked an urgent debate on special housing areas. Audio
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Colin Craig allegedly sent love poems to press secretary
5:16 PM.Letters and love poems were read out in the High Court today in the defamation trial against former Conservative Party leader Colin Craig. RNZ reporter Sarah Robson joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio
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Dunedin motorcyclist's sister responds to driver's sentencing
5:21 PM.The tourist driver who killed Dunedin man Riley Baker last month was sentenced today. Baker's sister tells Checkpoint she wants testing and more help for tourist drivers. Video, Audio
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PM arrives in Laos for East Asia Summit
5:27 PM.Prime Minister John Key has just arrived in Laos for the 18-nation East Asia Summit. Our deputy political editor Chris Bramwell joins Checkpoint from Laos' capital Vientiane. Audio
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Evening business for 7 Sept 2016
5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Democracy or more of the same in Canterbury
5:36 PM.Democracy may be returning to Canterbury's regional council elections this year but commentators say the system has already been rigged. Video, Audio
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Wannabe Auckland mayors discuss Maori seats
5:43 PM.Former Labour leader Phil Goff will push for dedicated Maori seats on the Auckland Council if he's elected, but other mayoral candidates don't agree. Video, Audio
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Donald Trump ahead in US election polls
5:46 PM.Donald Trump appears to have wiped out the lead enjoyed by his presidential rival Hillary Clinton according to the latest opinion polls. Audio
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Principal under-whelmed by targeted funding
5:50 PM.Schools found out today how much money they'll get next year from new funding targeted at children from welfare dependent families. Naenae College's principal says it's not much at all. Audio
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Pahiatua water issues impacting local businesses
5:54 PM.Frustrated residents and business owners in Pahiatua are relieved a test of the town's water bore has come back negative for E Coli for the second day in a row. Audio
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Strippers allegations against Chiefs unsubstantiated - Steve Tew
6:08 PM.NZ Rugby CEO Steve Tew is disappointed Chiefs players hired a stripper for their end of season function - but says their investigation found everything that happened was consensual. Video, Audio
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Barack Obama on final trip to Asia as US president
6:18 PM.US President Barack Obama's final trip to Asia has generated considerable media interest, with a spectacular diplomatic faux pa by the Phillippines President yesterday. Audio
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Department of Conservation to crack down on illegal hunting
6:22 PM.The Department of Conservation plans to crack down on hunters who break the law, especially those hunting after dark on public land. Audio
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Syria govt accused of choking dozens in chlorine attack
6:25 PM.Syrian government forces have been accused of a chlorine gas attack in the Syrian city of Aleppo that has suffocated dozens of people. Video, Audio
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Havelock Nth business package not worth it - local butcher
6:26 PM.Just one Havelock North business hit by the town's water crisis has had its application for financial help processed by the Hastings District Council. A local butcher says it's not worth the hassle. Audio
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Today in Parliament for 7 September 2016
6:55 PM.Government bogged down by a filibuster as Opposition parties hi-jack its Housing Legislation Amendment Bill, introduced under urgency on Tuesday, tabling amendments which have to be debated beforeā¦ Read more Audio