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Checkpoint for Monday 19 March 2018
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Weta Gameshop opens after 6 years in the making
6:25 PM.Weta Workshop has officially launched the world's first mixed reality development studio in partnership with American firm Magic Leap. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was one of the first to have a go.
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Tauranga families in limbo as council assesses their homes
6:15 PM.Thirteen Tauranga families will have to wait indefinitely before moving back into their homes at a troubled housing development. They were evicted ahead of Cyclone Hola because it was feared it could… Read more Audio
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Government stubs out vending machine bid
6:12 PM.The government says it won't pay for dairies to install cigarette vending machines, despite calls by retailers who want them introduced in an effort to stop robberies. Audio
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Waikato Mayor: 'I don't know what the answer is'
6:08 PM.Ngaruawahia locals told Waikato District Mayor Allan Sanson that something needs to be done about the dangers of the rail bridge. He tells John Campbell education may not be enough to keep children… Read more Video, Audio
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Call for Govt to increase dentist subsidies to help poor
5:52 PM.The Dental Association says financial help for those who can least afford dental care is an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff, and there is a case for increased government subsidies. Read more Video, Audio
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Hawke's Bay tourism industry fuming at proposed funding cut
5:49 PM.A proposal to slash $1.8 million from Hawke's Bay Tourism's funding has the local industry worried it could ultimately cost the region hundreds of millions of dollars. Video, Audio
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Christchurch Anglican Bishop steps down
5:47 PM.Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel says Anglican Bishop Victoria Matthews was completely selfless in how she led the church, and she can leave knowing she played an important role in very difficult… Read more Audio
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Estimated $1.35 billion laundered in NZ every year
5:41 PM.In its second assessment on the risks the country faces from money laundering and financing terrorism, police found most of the $1.35 billion laundered is from drugs and fraud. Audio
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$4 million deal to clean up Tiwai waste stockpiles
5:37 PM.Around 22,000 tonnes of partially treated smelter dross has stockpiled in Mataura and Invercargill since the Tiwai processing company, Taha International, went into liquidation 18 months ago. Audio
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Checkpoint weather: 19 March 2018
5:36 PM.The latest weather forecast with MetService meteorologist John Law. Video, Audio
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Evening business for 19 March 2018
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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PM won't intervene in nurses' pay dispute
5:29 PM.Jacinda Ardern was repeatedly asked about the two percent pay rise offered to nurses across New Zealand, but she refused to say whether she thinks it's acceptable. Video, Audio
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Tired, stressed nurses considering strike action
5:25 PM.Nurses have been offered a backdated 2 percent pay deal, a lump sum payment of $1050, pay equity from next year, and a commitment to better staffing, but for many that's not good enough. Audio
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Ardern to raise human rights concerns with Indonesian PM
5:19 PM.Joko Widodo is the first Indonesian leader to visit New Zealand for more than a decade and Jacinda Ardern says she will raise human rights concerns with him. Video, Audio
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Warning system needed on Ngāruawāhia bridge, fire chief says
5:15 PM.Ngāruawāhia fire chief Karl Lapwoof says no amount of public meetings, police interventions, or warnings will keep children off the bridge, so it's time to consider a different solution. Video, Audio
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Ngāruawāhia locals fear girl's death will change nothing
5:09 PM.Ngāruawāhia locals, shocked by the death of an 11-year-old girl killed by a freight train, say something needs to change before someone else dies, but they're not holding out hope it will. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 19th March 2018
5:00 PM.Watch Monday's full programme here. Video