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Checkpoint for Wednesday 14 December 2016
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RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Wednesday 14th December 2016
12:00 PM.Watch Wednesday's full programme here. Video
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Caravan park paid $472k in Work and Income grants
5:07 PM.A West Auckland caravan park received nearly half a million dollars of government money in just two years, through its residents' emergency housing grants. Read more Audio
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Tuaine Murray and family move to another hotel
5:14 PM.Tuaine Murray has been living in a motel after leaving her HNZ property out of fear. WINZ has been paying $2300 for a motel for the family over the past few weeks. Now they're moving to another motel.
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Four houses evacuated, more on notice amid large fire in Mataka
5:26 PM.Four houses have been evacuated and six more are on notice as emergency services struggle to contain a large pine forest fire in Matakana. Carla Penman joins us live from the scene. Video, Audio
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Father of snatched toddler: It was 'pure disbelief'
5:29 PM.The father of a toddler who was kidnapped in Rotorua is warning parents to be careful with security at home. Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 14 Dec 2016
5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Security of Gisborne power supply under scrutiny
5:46 PM.Gisborne will go without power again for eight hours on Sunday, as crews repair high voltage lines struck by a plane yesterday. Meanwhile, the security of the power supply is being questioned. Audio
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Bill English prepares to reshuffle his cabinet
5:49 PM.National Party MP Craig Foss has followed his colleague Sa Lotu Iiga in quitting his job ahead of Prime Minister Bill English's Cabinet reshuffle Cabinet. Video, Audio
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$70m boost for NZ rugby players' salaries
5:52 PM.New Zealand rugby players have been given a payrise from a pool of $55 million, in a year marred by scandal. New Zealand Players' Association hopes the money will retain players. Audio
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Tourism support package for Hurunui announced
5:55 PM.The government will give $350,000 to quake damaged Hurunui to help boost tourism. Maja Burry reports. Audio
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Tourist attacked by seal in Abel Tasman National Park
5:58 PM.An 18-year-old German tourist was repeatedly bit on both legs by a seal at Separation Point this afternoon. Audio
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State homes empty for months awaiting redevelopment
6:07 PM.Up to a dozen state homes on one South Auckland street are unoccupied, and in some cases have been for nearly a year, as they wait to be redeveloped by Housing New Zealand. Read more Video, Audio
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Budgeting service outraged at families living in WINZ-funded mo
6:11 PM.Mangere Budgeting Service CEO Darryl Evans says it is disgraceful that Work and Income is placing families in motels costing thousands of dollars a week, many of which are substandard. Video, Audio
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David Seymour on why motels are reluctant to rent to WINZ clients
6:13 PM.The Act Leader and Epsom MP David Seymour says motel owners in his electorate have complained to him about the state they find their rooms in after they've been let to WINZ clients. Video, Audio
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Finishing touches to $1.4bn Auckland Waterview Connection
6:20 PM.The two longest road tunnels in New Zealand open in four months. They're covered in 140,000 square metres of paint and have 4000 lights and 400 kilometres of cabling and wiring. Read more Video, Audio
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Report finds migrant worker exploitation rife in NZ
6:24 PM.More than 100 workers, interviewed over two years as part of an Auckland University study, recounted working long hours and being paid next to nothing. Audio