Checkpoint for Monday 2 October 2017
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Prisoners' garden to feature at Flower and Garden show
6:26 PM.A garden project created by prisoners at Auckland Prison in Paremoremo is set to feature at this year's New Zealand Flower and Garden Show. Read more Video, Audio
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Three golds for NZ rowers at World Champs
6:14 PM.The New Zealand team won seven medals, including gold in both the men's and women's double sculls, and the women's pair. Audio
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Thousands evacuate volcanic island in Vanuatu
6:11 PM.Authorities on the Vanuatu Island of Ambae fear they may have underestimated the number of people who need to evacuate by as many as 4000. Video, Audio
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Child critically injured in Hastings fire
6:08 PM.Two children fled the scene after a fire broke out in a derelict building in Hastings. Another child is in a critical condition. They are aged 10, 8 and 7, the Fire Service's assistant commander Nigel… Read more Video, Audio
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What the Green Party has achieved in its 21 years in Parliament
5:53 PM.Despite doing deals in the past with the left and right, none of the Green Party's MPs have ever held ministerial posts - so what's it achieved? Chris Bramwell reports. Video, Audio
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Humanitarian disaster looming in Puerto Rico
5:46 PM.Almost two weeks after Hurricane Maria, more than 3.4 million Puerto Ricans are still without power. It could be weeks before schools reopen and electricity and cell towers are restored. Video, Audio
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Relief teachers giving up because of retraining rules
5:41 PM.Relievers in their sixties say a required course is not relevant for people who don't want a permanent teaching job, and the rules ignore their decades of experience in the classroom. Audio
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Inquest into death of man shot by police in Myer's Park
5:37 PM.Coroner Katherine Greig is considering whether 21-year-old David Cerven provoked police to shoot him. RNZ reporter Edward Gay, who was at the inquest, reports. Audio
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Evening Business for 2 October 2017
5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Should the date of the Women's Golf Open change?
5:29 PM.Organisers of the New Zealand Women's Golf Open are questioning whether it should be moved to February after the weather played havoc on what was supposed to be the final day of the tournament. Video, Audio
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DHBs 'revolt' over budgets as 'pressure reaches boiling point'
5:22 PM.The country's district health boards are so stressed about budgets, their leaders are speaking out at "unprecedented" levels, Labour's health spokesperson David Clark tells John Campbell. Audio
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Peters speaks to National & Labour leaders for first time since election
5:19 PM.Preliminary discussions between New Zealand First and Labour, and also with National, will begin this week, but Winston Peters reiterates no decisions will be made until next week. Video, Audio
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Vanuatu struggling with Ambae mass evacuation
5:12 PM.Thousands of people are evacuating Ambae island in Vanuatu, but arriving in neighbouring islands and towns that do not have the facilities to cope with the influx. Video, Audio
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Men rescue children from burning derelict building
5:08 PM.A child is in a critical condition and another has also been injured in a fire in Hastings today. Three men who rescued them were also in hospital. Emile Donovan joins John Campbell. Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 2nd October 2017
5:00 PM.Watch Monday's full programme here. Video
