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Checkpoint for Monday 27 February 2017
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RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 27th February 2017
5:00 PM.Watch Monday's full programme here. Video
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Two dead, several injured in crash on SH60 in Tasman
5:14 PM.Four people were taken to hospital with serious injuries, two by helicopter and two by ambulance. RNZ's Tracey Neal was at the scene. Audio
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MFAT alone spent more than $4m negotiating TPP
5:17 PM.The total cost of negotiating the TPP may never be known, but documents obtained by Checkpoint reveal the travel costs for one Ministry alone were more than $4 million. ZAC FLEMING reports. Read more Video, Audio
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PM Bill English says unemployed need to stop taking drugs
5:25 PM.The Prime Minister says he hears from employers two or three times a week that they are struggling to find enough New Zealanders to fill job vacancies, in many cases because they would not pass a drug… Read more Audio
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12-year-old becomes youngest to swim Cook Strait
5:27 PM.Caitlin O'Reilly swam between the North and South islands on Friday. She spoke to John Campbell exclusively about why she did it. Video, Audio
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Kiwi Oscar winner John Gilbert
5:33 PM.New Zealander John Gilbert has won an Oscar for best editing on the film Hacksaw Ridge. He speaks to John Campbell from Los Angeles. Audio
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Evening business for Mon 27 Feb
5:39 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Dairy owner angry at home detention sentence for robbers
5:42 PM.A Northland dairy owner who has been held up nine times in 13 years says it's not fair the people who robbed him were given home detention. Audio
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Govt inaction on car seats is killing children - Safekids
5:46 PM.Safekids says it's unacceptable children are dying because they're not wearing seatbelts after police find 13 people including unrestrained children, crammed into one people-mover. Audio
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Govt blows emergency housing budget out by millions
5:50 PM.The Government has used four times its annual budget for emergency housing in just three months. Mei Heron reports. Audio
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Retiree will only sell home to first home buyer
5:53 PM.Barry Milne, 84, is selling his Auckland home and moving into a retirement home, but he doesn't care about how much he sells it for, he just wants the right buyer. Video, Audio
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NZ's John Gilbert wins Oscar for best editing
6:07 PM.Entertainment journalist Sandro Monetti was at the Oscars in Los Angeles. He spoke to John Campbell about two unexpected Kiwi winners. Audio
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Woman wakes to brutal attack with no memory of getting there
6:13 PM.The police are hunting a man over what they are calling a "disturbing, nasty attack" where a woman woke in a quarry in Riverhead, finding herself injured and a man standing over her with a bat. Audio
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Crown alleges "unimaginable" violence in Dome Valley trial
6:16 PM.The Crown alleges the woman found in Dome Valley was sexually violated, had her arms and legs bound before being driven to a remote road north of Auckland where there was an attempt to strangle her… Read more Audio
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World record for White Fern with four consecutive ODI centuries
6:20 PM.Amy Satterthwaite is the second person ever to score four consecutive ODI centuries, and the first woman to do so. She spoke to John Campbell. Video, Audio
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Wairarapa woman given access to expensive drug by rival company
6:24 PM.Allyson Lock travelled the equivalent of 12 times around the world to be on a drug trial, but when the trial was cancelled without notice last year she faced paying $500,000 a year until a rival… Read more Video, Audio