Checkpoint for Friday 13 October 2017
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Radio Dunedin still going strong
6:23 PM.Documentary Director Grant Findlay joins John Campbell in the studio to talk about his documentary about Radio Dunedin, and the story of the volunteer announcers who launched the station 95 years ago.
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Maori rangatahi call for conversation about suicide
6:16 PM.A group of Maori youth have united in calling for Kiwis to talk about mental health and suicide. Their video - Time to Talk - has been viewed more than 100,000 times, but it's the message that counts.
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Small Northland Maori forestry company hailed as model
6:12 PM.Taitokerau Forests Limited started with a government loan 30 years ago. Now, according to economists, it's a regional development success story. Audio
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NZ First board will meet Monday to decide Government
6:08 PM.New Zealand First MPs met at Parliament today, to finalise the policy proposals and the likely costings from both parties, for consideration on Monday. Video, Audio
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Police honoured in Bravery Awards
5:56 PM.Constable Darren Critchley and retired Senior Constable Ross Andrew were two of the three honoured today. They put themselves at risk of drowning and hypothermia to help those in need. Audio
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John Campbell joins police on NZ’s worst road
5:46 PM.John Campbell joins police on the beat after a disastrous weekly road toll. They describe how they remember every crash, and every time they tell someone a loved one isn’t coming home. Video, Audio
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Ponzi scheme victims 'embarassed' after being duped
5:41 PM.Sixty-year-old Shane Richard Scott has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison after previously pleading guilty to 27 charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office. Audio
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Evening Business for 13 October 2017
5:31 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Disabled man's benefit cut by Work and Income
5:25 PM.A severely intellectually disabled man's benefit has been cancelled because Work and Income says it didn't receive his yearly update form. His father is hoping for changes to the ministry he says has… Read more Audio
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Wife sentenced to home detention for husband's manslaughter in 2011
5:21 PM.A Hawke's Bay woman has been sentenced to 11 months home detention for the manslaughter of her husband six years ago - a death the coroner initially ruled involved no foul play. Video, Audio
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Kiwis unfazed: 'It's Winston being Winston'
5:17 PM.Despite the country still being in the hands of a caretaker government, most people don't seem too concerned that a coalition - or some permeation of that - is a few days away at least. Audio
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National and Labour officials on stand-by to meet NZ First
5:13 PM.New Zealand will have to wait until next week to find out who's going to form the next government after Winston Peters confirmed the NZ First board won't meet until Monday. Video, Audio
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'It's impossible to remove all the risk' - Defence Minister
5:10 PM.Defence Minister Mark Mitchell joins Checkpoint live to respond to the death of soldier Wayne Taylor. He says while the force does all it can to remove risks from training exercises, it can't… Read more Video, Audio
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Special Operations Officer dies in training exercise off Coromandel
5:08 PM.Soldier Wayne Taylor died after falling during a training exercise off the Coromandel coast this morning. He was a father of four who served in Afghanistan and East Timor. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 13th October 2017
5:00 PM.Watch Friday's full programme here. Video
