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Checkpoint for Friday 4 May 2018
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Slices of old royal wedding cakes up for sale
6:27 PM.Five slices of cake from weddings dating back to Princess Anne's in 1973, will go on sale at an auction in Las Vegas next month. Video, Audio
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‘Bombshell disclosure’ stunned Whitehouse
6:20 PM.CNN senior congressional correspondent Manu Raju talks to John Campbell about the extraordinary revelations out of the United States that Donald Trump knew about the money paid to Stormy Daniels. Video, Audio
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Women kidnapped, locked in boot by five people
6:18 PM.Two women were allegedly assaulted when they returned to their car near Albert Park in Auckland. Detective Inspector Scott Beard said they were kidnapped then locked in a car boot. Audio
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Education Minister joins chorus claiming underfunding
6:15 PM.The Education Minister is accusing the previous government of leaving a $1 billion education funding shortfall, which will have to made up in the May 17 Budget. Video, Audio
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People evacuated as Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts
6:13 PM.The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has erupted sending lava into a residential neighbourhood and prompting mandatory evacuation orders for nearby homes. Janet Babb, from the Hawaii Volcano… Read more Audio
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Billion Dollar Bovis Bill: Farmers facing $30k each
6:08 PM.The Government may end up asking farmers to contribute $30,000 each towards the cost of eradicating mycoplasma bovis - 40 percent of the estimated $1 billion it will cost. Video, Audio
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The NZ woman who fixes butterfly wings
5:51 PM.Linda Archer wasn't going to let butterflies die because they'd broken their wings. So the Levin woman taught herself how to repair their wings, giving them a new lease on life. She talks to John… Read more Video, Audio
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Smile! You're on Candid Camera - primary school style
5:48 PM.The national launch of the My World My Vision project, which will see 400 disposable cameras distributed to children, took place at Laingholm Primary School in West Auckland. Video, Audio
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Syrian refugee living in Kuala Lumpur Airport
5:40 PM.Hassan Kontar has spent the last 59 days at a Malaysian airport terminal, after airline staff denied him access to a flight to Ecuador. He can't go home, and Malaysia won't let him back in. He spoke… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for Friday 4 May
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Former military attache accused of hiding camera in US bathroom
5:27 PM.Alfred Keating, who was the Senior Defence Attache in Washington DC, has been accused of attempting to make an intimate visual recording in July last year. Video, Audio
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Staff given no notice of Dunedin Cadbury World closure
5:20 PM.Nearly 40 people will lose their job after a shock revelation that Dunedin's new hospital will come at the expense of Cadbury World, which is on the same site. Video, Audio
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Cadbury factory to become new Dunedin Hospital
5:16 PM.A rebuilt Dunedin Hospital will occupy two central city blocks - the southernmost of which is the former Cadbury factory - and cost $1.4 billion dollars. Video, Audio
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Government unveils plan to tackle homelessness as winter looms
5:12 PM.The Government's unveiled a $100 million plan to get people out of cars, off streets, and into safe, dry and warm shelter over winter. Video, Audio
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Two women allegedly kidnapped, locked in car boot
5:09 PM.Two women say they were kidnapped and forced into the boot of a car that eventually crashed while it was being pursued by police. Rowan Quinn has the latest details on what unfolded in Auckland last… Read more Video, Audio