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Checkpoint for Friday 19 October 2018
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We farewell our colleague Zac Fleming
6:22 PM.Today we're bidding farewell to another colleague. Zac Fleming has been part of the Checkpoint team for the past two years. In that time he's worked as a producer, reporter, cameraman and sometimes-… Read more Video, Audio
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Skepticism over plans for 'free' high-tech stadium in downtown Auckland
6:18 PM.There's no such thing as a free lunch - or a free stadium - say skeptics of a plan to replace Eden Park with a high-tech venue in downtown Auckland. A group of Auckland businesses, the Waterfront… Read more Video, Audio
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Lisa Owen joins us with the latest on Jami-Lee Ross
6:10 PM.Rogue MP Jami-Lee Ross has done a u-turn on his decision earlier in the week to resign instead vowing to stay on in Parliament as an independent in his Botany electorate. Lisa Owen joins us in the… Read more Video, Audio
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Bumper to bumper traffic north of Wellington
6:08 PM.Our reporter Matt Chatterton is at the start of the detour route, the Paekakariki Hill Road, to talk to us about the traffic chaos north of Wellington. Audio
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Security camera installed because honesty box users not honest
5:52 PM.Fresh fruit, and vegetables, free range eggs and honey - help yourself, but don't forget to pay. Thats the message from Grass Esposti who has a road-side stall just north of Auckland which operates an… Read more Video, Audio
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2000 more hospital beds needed in Auckland and Northland in next 20 years
5:46 PM.Up to 2-thousand more hospital beds will be needed in Auckland and Northland in the next 20 years, just to keep up with population growth. Video, Audio
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Evening business for 19 October 2018
5:44 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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National MP Mark Mitchell on Jami-Lee Ross
5:35 PM.National MP Mark Mitchell responds to the news that Jami-Lee Ross won't resign, and talks about the latest secret tape released. Video, Audio
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Jami-Lee Ross admits affairs, will not resign.
5:27 PM.In the past half hour rogue MP Jamie Lee Ross has released a second secret recording of a conversation he has had with National leader Simon Bridges. Our political editor Jane Patterson joins us. Video, Audio
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Aurora to invest $750 million to fix decaying infrastructure
5:23 PM.Aurora Energy has announced it will invest almost 750 million dollars in its electricity network over the coming decade to fix its decaying infrastructure. Audio
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Brother of helicopter pilot gives emotional tribute
5:19 PM.Jonathan Wallis has this afternoon paid an emotional tribute to his brother Nick describing his death and the death of brother Matthew in July in a similar accident as a cruel reality. Video, Audio
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Men flee and shoot at police, described as "cowardly act by dangerous criminals"
5:16 PM.In what's being described as a cowardly act by dangerous criminals, Police say two men in their early twenties shot at officers as they fled dangerously across Auckland today. Video, Audio
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Transport Agency spokesporson on Wellington road chaos
5:12 PM.The Transport Agency Wellington spokesperson Mark Owen talks about what kind of damage has been done on State Highway 1 north of Wellington, and when he expects the road to re-open. Audio
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Traffic chaos north of Wellington following hazardous goods truck crash
5:09 PM.About 3-hundred trucks remain queued bumper-to-bumper north of Wellington, following a truck crash this morning. Video, Audio
- Checkpoint for Friday, 19th October 2018