Checkpoint for Friday 17 March 2017
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Honda gives Geraldine man full refund for $1400 spare key
6:29 PM.A man charged $1400 for a spare key for his Honda has been told he will be given a full refund. Audio
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Madeleine McCann wasn't abducted, criminal profiler says
6:07 PM.An American criminal profiler says investigators are wasting their time and money looking for missing British girl Madeleine McCann because it is extremely unlikely the child was abducted. Video, Audio
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How much is too much for a spare car key
5:53 PM.A Geraldine man who was charged $1400 for a spare key has been refunded $900, and Honda is encouraging other people who think they might have been charged too much to get in touch. Audio
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Rugby fronts up to mental health
5:50 PM.New Zealand Rugby has launched a website and social media campaign offering the rugby community help and advice about mental fitness, mental health and wellbeing. Video, Audio
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Crisis all but over but Aucklanders told to keep saving water
5:47 PM.Auckland's worst water crisis in more than 20 years is all but over but Watercare is still suggesting people try to conserve water. Video, Audio
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Trump cutting government department budgets to pay for wall
5:40 PM.US President Donald Trump plans to cut budgets at a number of government departments and programmes to pay for a $54 billion Mexico border wall. Video, Audio
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Run-down Wellington house expected to fetch more than $500,000
5:37 PM.A derelict Wellington home that is so run down prospective buyers cannot even go inside is expected to sell for well over half a million dollars. Video, Audio
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Evening Business for 17 March 2017
5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Parents save son attacked by cheetah in South Africa
5:27 PM.A 14-year-old Christchurch boy was attacked by a cheetah while holidaying in South Africa. His parents, who saved him, say their instincts took over. Video, Audio
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Mondelez confirms Cadbury factory in Dunedin will close next year
5:23 PM.More than 360 workers at Dunedin's Cadbury factory will lose their jobs after it was confirmed production will move to Australia. Audio
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Tenants considering court action after losing everything in flood
5:18 PM.A group of Auckland tenants is considering taking their landlord, Philip Davis, to court because he didn't tell them their units were flood prone. Video, Audio
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Small Taupo community reeling over farmhouse fire deaths
5:16 PM.A woman and a toddler were killed in a farmhouse fire at Rangitaiki, near Taupo, this morning. Three other people were injured. Audio
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Labour MP regrets calling for balding killer to be scalped
5:10 PM.Napier MP and police spokesman Stuart Nash says he went too far last night when he called for convicted murderer and paedophile Philip John Smith to be scalped in prison. Read more Audio
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Public outrage after dog shot and killed at Auckland Airport
5:07 PM.Security staff at Auckland Airport are being questioned on why a tranquilizer wasn't used on a security dog that escaped and ran amok and was eventually shot dead. Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday March 17, 2017
5:00 PM.Watch Friday's full show here. Video
