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Checkpoint for Monday 11 June 2018
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Actors, TV networks agree to end casting couch
6:28 PM.The largest US actors' union and the four major US television networks have agreed to limit auditions in private hotel rooms and homes following the #MeToo movement. Video, Audio
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Government keeping close eye on East Coast
6:15 PM.Meka Whaitiri, MP for Ikaroa-Rawhiti, and associate forestry minister, says a planned upgrade of last week's event in Tolaga Bay means the area will get more financial and technical support. Audio
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Trump, Kim Jong Un meeting 'a propoganda victory'
6:15 PM.Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un prepare for tomorrow's historic summit in Singapore. Anna Fifield from the Washington Post is there. Video, Audio
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Gisborne area prepares for another deluge
6:11 PM.The Gisborne area is bracing for more heavy rain just a week after flash flooding hit Tolaga Bay. Our reporter Anusha Bradley joins us live. Read more Video, Audio
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Three-strike law repeal called off after NZ First refused
6:08 PM.Justice Minister Andrew Little has had to call off plans to repeal the 2010 three strikes law after New Zealand First refused to give its support. Video, Audio
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Guatemalan woman's family buried under volcanic ash
5:57 PM.Eufemia Garcia watched in horror as the Fuego volcano sent scalding ash and gas surging over her home a week ago, burying her children and grandson among 50 of her extended family. Video, Audio
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Council could partly fund Kapiti Auckland flights
5:46 PM.Kāpiti Coast District Council is considering putting up some money to help get local flights off the ground again, after Air New Zealand stopped its daily flight between Paraparaumu and Auckland in… Read more Audio
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Mum's crusade to name schools that used seclusion
5:44 PM.A Southland mum has made it her mission to find out what schools used seclusion in the past, but the Ministry of Education says it simply doesn't know. Read more Audio
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Farmer blames 'fall from grace' on Mycoplasma bovis
5:39 PM.Two years ago, Susan McEwan was running the biggest calf rearing operation in the South Island, but now she's cleaning in Palmerston. She says Mycoplasma bovis is to blame. You can hear more on… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening Business for 11 June 2018
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Royalists giddy at Duke and Duchess of Sussex tour
5:27 PM.Kensington Palace confirmed today that Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle are set to make their first official visit to New Zealand this October. Read more Video, Audio
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Couple made $4.6m selling assignments to students
5:24 PM.Police Commissioner Mike Bush says Steven Quan Li and his wife Fan Yang made more than $4.5 million from a website which sold completed assignments to students, and their money should be forfeited… Read more Video, Audio
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White House lashes out after Canada announces tariffs on US
5:21 PM.The US and Canada swung sharply toward a diplomatic and trade crisis today as top White House advisers lashed out at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the wake of the G-7 summit. Video, Audio
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Flood warning for Gisborne ahead of heavy rain
5:14 PM.Metservice has issued a heavy rain warning for Gisborne tonight which could cause streams and rivers to rise rapidly. It also warns surface flooding and slips are possible. Video, Audio
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More support coming for Tolaga Bay
5:13 PM.The government plans to declare the damage caused by last week's flooding near Tolaga Bay as a Medium Scale Adverse Event - triggering more support for the region. Audio
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NZ First forces govt u-turn on three strikes law
5:09 PM.In a humiliating about-turn, Justice Minister Andrew Little has dropped plans to repeal the three strikes law after New Zealand First refused to give its support. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with Rowan Quinn, Monday 11th of June 2018
5:00 PM.Watch Monday's full programme here. Video