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Checkpoint for Friday 8 September 2017
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 8 September 2017
5:00 PM.Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 8 September 2017. Video
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How do lunches at different decile schools compare?
5:08 PM.A simple social experiment: Go to a decile one school, and go to a decile 10 school, and ask to see what the children are having for lunch. Zac Fleming reports. Read more Video, Audio
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One hungry child is too many - Bill English
5:19 PM.The National Party leader was asked to respond to Checkpoint's story that revealed 15 out of a class of 26 children at Kingsford Primary had turned up to school with nothing for lunch. Video, Audio
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Hurricane Irma kills 10, bearing down on Cuba
5:21 PM.The category five storm is packing winds of 300 kilometres an hour, and is pushing waves up to ten metres high well inland on some islands.. Video, Audio
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Labour announces climate change policy
5:24 PM.Climate change was a big topic at The Press debate last night and Jacinda Ardern has unveiled Labour's goal to get to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Audio
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Decision on Christchurch Cathedral imminent
5:28 PM.The Anglican Synod is underway in Christchurch, with a decision about the future of the city's quake-stricken Cathedral expected as soon as tomorrow. Audio
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Evening Business for 8 September 2017
5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Patients swamp dental surgery for free checks-ups
5:41 PM.Forty people turned up to the Milford Family Dentist on Auckland's North Shore to take up an offer of free dental care for adults on low incomes. Audio
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Maori Party would prefer coalition with Labour
5:47 PM.The Maori Party is hovering just above one percent, enough to secure one seat, but not quite enough to bring in a second MP in to Parliament, assuming it wins an electorate. Video, Audio
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All Blacks get taste of country life
5:50 PM.Taranaki is home to the three Barrett brothers. Middle brother, Scott, who plays lock, took a group of curious All Blacks out to visit the family farm. Audio
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Music used to treat post-traumatic stress in Christchurch
5:54 PM.The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra was keen to help and has teamed up with Banks Ave School and put on a concert. Read more Video, Audio
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'They've been in power for so long and so little's been done'
6:08 PM.Chris Williams, the Principal of Kingsford Primary School, a decile one school in Mangere, says the Government is ignoring child poverty. Video, Audio
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Hurricane Irma due to hit Florida over the weekend
6:13 PM.After leaving a trail of destruction and death across the northeast Carribean, Hurricane Irma is now starting to lash the Turks and Caicos Islands, before heading towards the Bahamas and then the US… Read more Audio
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Will David Seymour get back into Parliament through Epsom?
6:23 PM.The Act Party is languishing in the polls, but it's electoral lifeline - the Epsom seat - will almost certainly guarantee David Seymour will return to parliament. RNZ reporter Sarah Robson went to… Read more Audio
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Special school ball for James Cook High School
6:27 PM.At the Manukau Institute of Technology staff and students have gone all out today to make a school ball a bit more special for the students from James Cook High School. Video, Audio