Checkpoint for Tuesday 14 March 2017
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Making New Zealand girls into tech superheros
6:25 PM.Women only make up 15 percent of the IT workforce in New Zealand. A new competition challenging girls to design an app is hoping to change that. Audio
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Save water or face boil notice message getting blurred in Akld
6:19 PM.Auckland missed its water target yesterday, but oddly, Auckland Council is still saying the result is "good news". If daily consumption is more than 400 million litres Aucklanders will have to boil… Read more Audio
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No way to prove eggs are free range - Egg Producers Federation
6:11 PM.Michael Brooks, CEO of the Egg Producers Federation says there's no way to be 100 percent sure eggs are free range, even if they're labelled as such. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Tuesday 14 March 2017
5:00 PM.Watch Tuesday's full show here. Video
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Police station evacuated amid bomb scare
5:08 PM.Buildings have been evacuated in central Wellington due to a mysterious item at the central police station. RNZ reporter Emile Donovan is at the scene with the latest. Video, Audio
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Egg supplier denies it sold caged eggs as free-range
5:12 PM.The owner of Eco Foods, Robert Hehewerth, has denied his company sold caged eggs as free range. He says his eggs were clearly labelled as caged. Video, Audio
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'We've been caught in an elaborate scam' - Woodland eggs
5:18 PM.The CEO of Mainland Poultry, which owns Woodland eggs - which sources eggs from Palace Poultry - says he has been duped and yesterday was "the worst day of his business life". Video, Audio
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No way to be sure free range eggs are actually free range
5:21 PM.Michael Brooks, CEO of the Egg Producers Federation, has acknowledged that despite there being a number of systems in place to try and guarantee eggs are free range, there's no way to be 100 per cent… Read more Video, Audio
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Palace Poultry owner says supplier sold caged as free range
5:24 PM.The owner of Palace Poultry, Terry Fletcher, says Eco Foods owner, Robert Hehewerth, is lying, and sold him caged eggs as free range. Video, Audio
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Evening business for 14 March 2017
5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Coral Burrows' killer sentenced to preventative detention
5:37 PM.Stephen Roger Williams, 42, doesn't ever want to be released from prison, and the possibility of him ever being released is now very slim. Audio
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Protests nation-wide over water rights
5:41 PM.A 15,000 signature petition has been presented at Parliament calling for all exports of New Zealand drinking water to stop. Video, Audio
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Sea level rise could flood south Dunedin in 17 years
5:44 PM.A professor from Otago University says much of south Dunedin's housing area could be under water in less than two decades. Audio
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Minister rejects Aus's plan to ban unvaccinated at pre-school
5:48 PM.Australia is considering requiring children to be vaccinated before they can go to childcare centres or pre-schools, but Jonathan Coleman says that would be detrimental long-term. Audio
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Police officer describes being shot in Kawerau siege
5:54 PM.Damian White was team leader as six Armed Offenders Squad officers made their way into the house. He says he remembers a massive flash followed by pain and noise. Audio
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Countdown launches its own investigation into egg labelling
6:07 PM.Countdown yesterday removed Palace Poultry eggs from its shelves. Countdown spokesperson James Walker tells Bridget Burke when the company first heard from the Serious Fraud Office. Audio
