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Checkpoint for Thursday 10 May 2018
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Confusion on the cobbles: Coro to jump forward 18 months
6:22 PM.Diehard fans will have two options - keep watching the current series at their own pace or watch a condensed two hour special. Read more Audio
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Eyebrows raised over Filipino labour-hire contracts
6:16 PM.Auckland construction worker told he'd have to pay $5k or be deported in order to get out of his contract. Audio
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Pregnant women won't be turned away from Middlemore hospital
6:12 PM.Counties Manukau DHB says pregnant women won't be affected if it is forced to remediate or rebuild the quake-prone Galbraith Building. Video, Audio
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Why it takes days to remove Auckland's derailed train
6:08 PM.Kiwirail COO Todd Moyle explains why Auckland CBD's only train station might not be back up and running till Saturday. Video, Audio
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More volcanic eruptions could shoot out 'ballistic rocks'
5:59 PM.An explosion in Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano is likely to be the first of a series of larger explosions that could throw rocks and ash from the crater, threatening a nearby town where 43,000… Read more Video, Audio
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EQC battle leaves Whanganui couple shattered
5:53 PM.A couple who has been battling the Earthquake Commission since their property was damaged in a big storm in Whanganui nearly three years ago, has been left shattered by the experience. Video, Audio
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Māori housing policies under fire
5:48 PM.Far North housing provider Te Ahikaaroa Trust says people in desperate need of housing are suffering because the government-run Māori Housing Network isn't working properly. Video, Audio
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Shouting match over Chch water issues
5:45 PM.Tempers flared in Canterbury Regional Council as opponents to two water bottling plants told the council why they shouldn't go ahead. Video, Audio
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Evening business for Thursday 10 May
5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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RBNZ holds cash rate, on hold into next year
5:33 PM.The easiest decison he'd ever made.... That's how the new Reserve Bank governor described his first call on interest rates today, when he left the official cash rate at a record low of 1 point 75… Read more Video, Audio
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Caught out: Cricket club runs down thieves
5:25 PM.Glenavy cricket club members have taken the law into their own hands, solving a crime themselves after their clubrooms were burgled. Read more Video, Audio
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Has NZ lost the battle against Mycoplasma bovis
5:17 PM.Thirty-eight farms are now infected with Mycoplasma bovis and another 100 are likely to be infected, making it a whole lot more challenging to eradicate, Biosecurity Minister Damien O'Connor says. Video, Audio
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Auckland trains could be out of service till Saturday
5:12 PM.Services in and out of the Auckland CBD's only train station might not be fully back up and running until Saturday. Video, Audio
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12 hospitalised after building evacuation
5:09 PM.An unknown substance has caused twelve people to be hospitalised and dozens more evacuated from a 16-storey office building in central Auckland. Video, Audio
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RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday 10th May 2018
5:00 PM.Watch Thursday's full programme here. Video