Checkpoint for Thursday 18 April 2019
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Barman back at work one day after being stabbed in robbery
6:19 PM.Whangarei barman Mark Butler is back cleaning up his tavern today despite being stabbed in the head in an armed robbery last night. Audio
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Questions raised over $55m bill for Yarrow Stadium
6:15 PM.Questions are being raised about a proposed $55 million bill to upgrade the earthquake prone Yarrow Stadium in New Plymouth, including $19m set aside for "enhancements" that would primarily benefit… Read more Audio
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Shane Jones welcomes Auditor General’s investigation
6:08 PM.The Auditor General has ordered an in-depth review into the management, monitoring and evaluation of the Provincial Growth Fund. Shane Jones told Alex Perrottet he welcomes the scrutiny. Video, Audio
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Wellington woman taking on the world’s best medieval fighters
5:54 PM.Hidden away on the streets of Wellington, surrounded by hundred-year-old houses, is a medieval fighting pit where a handful of armour-clad warriors clash twice a week. Reporter Meriana Johnsen went… Read more Video, Audio
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Dunedin cannabis festival moving to new venue
5:50 PM.The illegal Harvest Festival - to be held over the weekend - has changed venues after authorities and residents raised concerns about it being held at a council reserve. Audio
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Ukrainian family granted extension to their business visa
5:46 PM.The Ukrainian owners of a popular Auckland restaurant were declined residency in January and ordered to leave the country by July. But after an outpouring of support, they have been told they can stay… Read more Audio
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Thousands of NZ’s species on the brink of extinction
5:40 PM.Ninety percent of the country's wetlands are drained, 94 percent of urban rivers are not swimmable and native forest which used to cover 80 percent of the country, now covers only a quarter. But the… Read more Audio
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Without a CGT - will the Government have to borrow more?
5:37 PM.The government is rejecting claims it has put its political agenda in jeopardy by ditching a proposed capital gains tax. The policy was abandoned after Labour and the Greens were unable to win the… Read more Audio
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Evening business for Thursday 18 April 2019
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Mosque shooting widow feels let down by ACC
5:23 PM.A woman whose son and husband died in the mosque massacres is having to battle ACC to keep a roof over her childrens' heads. ACC has told Ambreen Naeem it'll pay her 80 percent of her husband's part… Read more Video, Audio
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Alfred Keating found guilty of hiding camera in embassy bathroom
5:19 PM.Former top military attache Alfred Keating has been found guilty of trying to film his colleagues in a New Zealand embassy bathroom. Our court reporter Anneke Smith was in court for the verdict at the… Read more Video, Audio
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Parents’ worst nightmare: ‘Our happy life has turned into hell’
5:08 PM.A year on from a horror car crash which killed their two children, Hamilton couple Sia Mosaferi and Mohy Sharifi are pleading with drivers to take extra care to avoid any more lives being lost on our… Read more Video, Audio
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Checkpoint for Thursday 18th April, 2019
5:00 PM.Watch Thursday's full programme here. Video
