Checkpoint for Friday 15 December 2017
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From Matauranga to Infinity at Dunedin's new science centre
6:19 PM.A complete $2.5 million rebuild of Otago Museum's interactive science centre has for the first time melded Ngai Tahu's Maori world view with traditional science. Read more Video, Audio
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Hangry scenes in Parliament during debate on child poverty bill
6:16 PM.Parliament erupted in hangry scenes when MPs weren't allowed to go on their lunch break on time as they were debating the government's Families Package. Audio
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300 people visit Auckland City Mission in just one morning
6:14 PM.Auckland City Mission says the demand for food parcels and Christmas presents has never been bigger. Audio
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Pursued by police, car hits North Shore property
6:11 PM.Residents in a property on Auckland's North Shore that was hit by a car being pursued by police, have described how the walls shook as if there had been an earthquake. Audio
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Govt lacks plan to cope with climate change - report
6:08 PM.Billions of dollars worth of infrastructure and thousands of homes are at risk of sea-level rise and severe weather caused by climate change, but a new government report says there's a total lack of… Read more Audio
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NZ's longest emergency motel tenant gets keys to HNZ home
5:51 PM.Robert Erueti spent more than 58 weeks in a motel as emergency housing, and weeks living rough or in a boarding house after being evicted from his HNZ home. Today, he picked up the keys to his new HNZ… Read more Video, Audio
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'Green fairies' vow to continue supplying medicinal cannabis despite arrests
5:47 PM.Suppliers of medicinal cannabis are defiant despite a spate of recent arrests, saying they'll carry on growing and making their products for the people who need them. Read more Video, Audio
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Five years imprisonment for babysitter who killed one-year-old
5:43 PM.Aaliyah Ashlyn Chand died in January 2015 after suffering skull fractures and brain bleeding, injuries which the Crown says 21-year-old Shayal Upashna Sami inflicted in a moment of frustration. Video, Audio
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Kaikōura to Picton SH1 reopened
5:39 PM.$500 million later, State Highway One, which was devastated by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake last November, has reopened. Video, Audio
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Evening Business for 15 December 2017
5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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478 days later, does Sky World have a WoF?
5:23 PM.Sky World hasn't had a WoF for 478 days because of safety issues. At least six companies say they're waiting to be paid for work they did, but as Zac Fleming explains, it's not only money that's been… Read more Video, Audio
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NZ Ballet asks for independent investigation
5:08 PM.Royal New Zealand Ballet has asked for an independent review into its employment processes, and how it manages complaints. Board member Isaac Hikaka spoke to John Campbell. Read more Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 15 December 2017
5:00 PM.Watch Friday's full show here. Video
