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Checkpoint for Thursday 22 June 2017
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday 22 June 2017
5:00 PM.Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday 22 June 2017. Video
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Labour accused of hypocrisy over interns' living conditions
5:08 PM.Labour has been accused of hypocritical behaviour afterabout 90 foreign interns, mainly from the US, complained about sub-standard living conditions at an Auckland marae where they are staying. Video, Audio
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Todd Barclay employment resolution was sufficient, PM says
5:12 PM.Bill English has defended how his party handled Todd Barclay's recording controversy, saying it wasn't acceptable behaviour, but was resolved in "the correct way" in an employment agreement. Video, Audio
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Do voters think the Barclay scandal has hurt National?
5:21 PM.The prime minister doesn't think the recording scandal has damaged his reputation or that of the National Party. Perry Wilton asked people in Auckland if they agreed with him. Audio
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Hansen names All Blacks team to take on the Lions
5:22 PM.Rieko Ioane has been selected over Julian Savea for the All Blacks test against the British and Irish Lions on Saturday. Some have questioned the move, but Coach Steve Hansen says the 20-year-old is… Read more Video, Audio
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'I'd give anything to have him back'
5:27 PM.A mother-of-four whose husband died after being hit by a car in central Auckland says she can’t thank people enough for their words of support, and for the $129,000 family, friends and strangers… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 22 June 2017
5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Plan B for Dunedin chocolate factory crowd-fund initiative
5:39 PM.Jim O'Malley has withdrawn his campaign for Pineapple Lumps and Jaffas to continue to be made in Dunedin, saying the global owner Mondelez was impossible to work with. Audio
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Heavy rain causes flooding in Northland
5:43 PM.Heavy rain in Northland overnight turned roads into rivers, trapping some people in a dairy and closing a number of schools. Video, Audio
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Govt announces solution to tyre stockpiles
5:46 PM.A new government scheme will see about 60 percent of old tyres used as a biofuel to make cement. Video, Audio
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Waterblasters create asbestos nightmare
5:50 PM.A Kaiapoi couple has been left tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket after their home was mistakenly waterblasted contaminating their property with asbestos. Video, Audio
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Cake or no cake for under-5s?
5:56 PM.Health Ministry guidelines have prompted many early childhood centres to take cake off their menus. Education correspondent John Gerritsen went out looking for icing and found...sausage cake. Video, Audio
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PM rejects National cover-up allegation over Todd Barclay
6:08 PM.The Prime Minister is rejecting allegations he and senior National Party figures were complicit in a cover up over the Clutha-Southland MP Todd Barclay. Audio
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Akld marae that hosted interns rejects claims it's sub-standard
6:12 PM.The marae at the centre of Labour's intern controversy is rejecting claims their accommodation is substandard. Audio
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Little responds to criticism over party's intern controversy
6:16 PM.Andrew Little talks to John Campbell about the party's intern controversy. Video, Audio
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Akshay Chand's lawyer trusted he'd be monitored 24/7
6:22 PM.Akshay Chand's lawyer says she sought bail on his behalf, believing his mother and aunt would monitor his every movement, but there was a two and-a-half hour window when Chand was left home alone. Audio