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Checkpoint for Friday 5 October 2018
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Tuvalu weaver ‘driven’ to keep art, language alive
6:25 PM.Award-winning Tuvalu artist Lakiloko Keakea has become the first artist from the small Pacific nation to hold a solo art exhibition in New Zealand. Indira Stewart reports. Video, Audio
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Sports fans set for busy weekend...on the sofa
6:20 PM.The All Blacks, Silver Ferns and the Bathurst 1000 motor race headline what is a big weekend for Kiwi teams and athletes around the world. Sports reporter Clay Wilson joins Alex Perrottet in the… Read more Video, Audio
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Police seek overseas help on Pike River
6:13 PM.Police, hoping to re-enter the Pike River mine, are looking for international advice on the best way to forensically examine it once they're inside. Logan Church reports. Video, Audio
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Otorohanga locals curious about prison workers' camp proposal
6:08 PM.A proposal to build a temporary camp for people who will work on the new Waikeria prison has been described as 'a prison to build a prison', but what do locals in the King Country town think? Our… Read more Audio
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Christchurch businesses say taggers putting people off CBD
5:56 PM.Businesses in quake-hit Christchurch say constant tagging attacks by vandals are making it even harder to attract people back into the CBD. Video, Audio
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A night with police at a Petone checkpoint
5:52 PM.Reporter Charlie Dreaver and visual journalist Richard Tindiller spend hours with police at a checkpoint in Petone in Wellington. As they discover, drivers still aren't getting the basics, such as… Read more Video, Audio
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'Probable' Meka Whaitiri grabbed staffer - report
5:43 PM.Labour MP Meka Whaitiri was sacked as Minister of Customs and from her four associate ministries for her conduct towards a staffer at an event in Gisborne in August. Gia Garrick has the details. Video, Audio
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Up to 111 job losses as manufacturing moves overseas
5:38 PM.Finnish food packaging firm Huhtamaki, which has been operating in New Zealand since the 1930s, is moving more than half of its production overseas in a bid to try and increase profits. Video, Audio
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Evening Business for 5 October 2018
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Maranui Café excited to host Prince Harry and Meghan
5:23 PM.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will visit the Maranui Café when in New Zealand for five days later this month. Café co-owner Katie Richardson spoke to Checkpoint presenter Alex Perrottet. Read more Video, Audio
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Wellington taxi driver shooter sentenced
5:16 PM.Dylan Nuku, who was born in prison, has been sentenced to seven years behind bars for the brutal shooting of a taxi driver in November after refusing to pay him for a trip home. Audio
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Rotorua to lose its rescue helicopter service
5:12 PM.There are sighs of relief in Taupo, but outrage in Rotorua after the government confirmed who would keep and who would lose their rescue helicopter bases. Anusha Bradley reports. Audio
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Checkpoint for Friday 5 October, 2018
5:00 PM.Watch Friday's full show here. Video
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