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Checkpoint for Thursday 27 July 2017
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Home detention for third man in pokie machine fraud
6:19 PM.The final person to be sentenced over a pokie machine fraud has been characterised as a 'bit player' who was unaware of the level of deception carried out by the scheme's leader. Audio
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Gunman was suicidal in recent weeks, sister says
6:17 PM.The sister of the man who killed two women near Whangarei yesterday says her brother was suicidal, but she can't believe he killed two people. Video, Audio
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Whangarei killer was imprisoned for attack on policeman
6:13 PM.Bruce Howat was on a patrol when he noticed Quinn Patterson, who he suspected was vandalising a property in Hamilton. A minor offence, but what happened next still haunts the former policeman. Video, Audio
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Gunman dies after killing two property inspectors
6:09 PM.The man who shot and killed two women in Whangarei was a troublesome, aggressive tenant - and known to the police. Lois Williams reports. Video, Audio
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Crown makes closing arguments in father's manslaughter trial
5:52 PM.The Crown says Gustav Otto Sanft cocked a loaded shotgun, pointed it at his two year-old daughter - who was as close as thirty centimetres away - and pulled the trigger. Edward Gay reports. Audio
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Virtual clinic replaces GPs in Patea
5:47 PM.An iwi-led pop-up virtual medical clinic has begun operating in Patea which has been without a GP for several weeks. Video, Audio
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Pollution reduction must be made legally binding - Environment Commissioner
5:44 PM.Climate change has been described as the defining inter-generational issue of our time by the environment watchdog, who wants New Zealand's emissions reduction targets put into law. Audio
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Sole parents struggle with poverty and stigma
5:40 PM.Sole parents on the benefit explain how they survive under a mountain of red tape and punitive obligations. Audio
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Evening Business for 27 July 2017
5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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US transgender ban shocks community and Pentagon
5:29 PM.There has been outrage across the United States following President Donald Trump's ban on transgender people from the military. Video, Audio
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Government waters down planned changes to immigration rules
5:25 PM.The Government has lowered the $48,000 threshold low-skilled immigrants need to earn to be eligible for a temporary work visa to $41,000, but kept the 12 month stand-down period once they've been in… Read more Video, Audio
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Toddler 'will very likely die' if she has to leave NZ
5:20 PM.A Tongan family, desperate to gain residency in New Zealand, say their daughter will die if they are forced to return home. Read more Video, Audio
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Gunman called sister to say goodbye
5:16 PM.The sister of the man who killed two women near Whangarei yesterday tells John Campbell how he called her to say goodbye. Video, Audio
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Gunman was imprisoned for attack on policeman
5:08 PM.The gunman who killed two women near Whangarei was imprisoned for attacking a former police dog handler in 1983. The memory of the vicious attack is still incredibly raw for Bruce Howat. Video, Audio
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RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday 27th July 2017
5:00 PM.Watch Thursday's full programme here. Video