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Checkpoint for Wednesday 21 December 2016
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Wednesday 21st December 2016
5:00 PM.Watch Wednesday's full programme here. Video
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Ten year culture-change shake-up for Wellington Rugby Union
5:08 PM.Wellington Rugby Union has been told it needs a major culture change after a review into its handling of player Losi Filipo's criminal case unearthed major gaps in its conduct and recruitment… Read more Video, Audio
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Upper Hutt woman was victim of execution-style killing
5:11 PM.Police are still looking for four men seen at Upper Hutt woman Lois Tolley's home shortly before she was stabbed and shot in an execution-style killing last week. Audio
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Kaikoura celebrates as SH1 south reopens to daytime traffic
5:12 PM.State Highway One south of Kaikoura has reopened to daytime traffic after it was closed due to 26 landslips caused by last month's devastating magnitude-7.8 earthquake. Video, Audio
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Turkish police arrest family of Russian ambassador's killer
5:20 PM.Turkish police say family members of the man who killed a Russian envoy have been arrested in his hometown of Aydin. Video, Audio
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Explosion at Mexican fireworks market kills at least 27
5:22 PM.An explosion at a fireworks market outside the Mexican capital has killed at least 27 people and injured 70. Gavino Garay reports. Video, Audio
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Kaikoura family facing homeless Christmas
5:22 PM.Karana Barker and her four young children have been staying with friends after their home was destroyed in last month's earthquake. Max Towle took them back for an emotional visit. Video, Audio
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Lifeguards stretched as they attend non-beach incidents
5:23 PM.Lifeguards say they're being called out to heart attacks, farm accidents and car crashes on top of patrolling the country's beaches - and say the extra demands are leaving them stretched. Audio
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Checkpoint looks back on the stories from 2016, part three
5:31 PM.Checkpoint looks back on the stories of 2016 which surprised, delighted and shocked New Zealanders. Part three. Video, Audio