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Checkpoint for Monday 20 March 2017
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White supremacist group aims to recruit university students
6:23 PM.A white supremacist group is trying to recruit Auckland university students to join it in its fight against white genocide, while its website says homosexuals and transsexuals are not allowed to join.
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Northland police stations - are they 'ghost stations'?
6:16 PM.There are 21 police stations in Northland, but NZ First leader Winson Peters says some are ghost stations, often unoccupied. Checkpoint called 11 stations to see if anyone would answer. Video, Audio
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Two women found guilty in Dome Valley kidnapping case
6:12 PM.Nicola Jones clutched her stomach and Julie Anne Torrance cried while guilty verdicts were being read in court today. The women were found guilty of attempted murder. Audio
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How New Zealanders will remember John Key
5:56 PM.John Key will give his valedictory speech this week as he prepares to leave Parliament. Sarah Robson asked people in his Helensville electorate what they thought about his legacy. Read more Video, Audio
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ACC earns $4m from Middlemore Hospital car park
5:49 PM.ACC is earning about $4 million a year running the carpark at Middlemore Hospital. The director of hospital services defends the car park charges of up to $20 a day. Video, Audio
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Ministry delays plans to move asbestos from Auckland school
5:43 PM.The Ministry of Education has pulled the plug on plans to remove 700 tonnes of asbestos contaminated soil from Hobsonville School in Auckland. Audio
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Northland police defend handling of youth crime spree
5:40 PM.Kaikohe locals say they've had a gutsful of youth in the town after a gang of youngsters raided a liquor store and broke into the town's Mobil station at the weekend. Audio
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Evening Business for 20 March 2017
5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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PM announces investigation into water exports
5:26 PM.The Prime Minister says the Land and Water Forum will investigate the issue of water exports, while water industry groups argue bottling companies shouldn't be taxed if other industries aren't. Audio
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Concussions left murder-accused with short fuse, Crown says
5:23 PM.A jury has been told Troy Taylor killed 15-month-old Ihaka Stokes after losing it due to the effects of the repeated concussion injuries he had suffered. Conan Young was in court. Audio
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Primodos used in NZ, but withdrawn before UK
5:12 PM.The pregnancy-testing drug Primodos was prescribed in New Zealand and withdrawn in 1975, three years before it was withdrawn in the UK. The drug is claimed to have been responsible for a number of… Read more Video, Audio
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Guilty verdicts reached in Dome Valley case
5:07 PM.Two women have been found guilty of the attempted murder of a 19-year-old who was kidnapped and held captive for nearly a day before being abandoned in Dome Valley, Auckland. Audio