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Checkpoint for Monday 6 May 2019
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Fears NZ's 'people's beach' will be damaged by growing popularity
6:21 PM.Massey University Professor Steve Trewick wants DOC to impose daily limits on the number of visitors to Awaroa Inlet - the so called "people's beach" bought through a crowd funding campaign. Video, Audio
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Disabled sleeping rough on Northland's streets - homeless day centre
6:18 PM.A Whangarei day centre for the homeless says about 100 people are sleeping rough or in their cars each night, and the numbers now include people with serious disabilities. Lois Williams spoke to one… Read more Audio
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Council misses its own deadline to be chlorine-free
6:11 PM.Christchurch City Council is going to miss its self-imposed deadline for getting chlorine out of most of the city's water supply. Audio
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Milton family stuck with flood-prone house
5:52 PM.When the Lambert family bought their cottage in 2006, it had been 15 years since the last big flood hit the small town of Milton. Since then, it's flooded every two to three years, inundating their… Read more Video, Audio
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Sri Lanka's tourism suffers following mass bombings
5:50 PM.Travellers are cancelling their holidays en masse to Sri Lanka in the wake of the Easter Sunday attacks. And, as David Doyle reports, that's sent the country's $4.4 billion tourism industry reeling. Video, Audio
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Faulty hardware delayed Pike River re-entry
5:38 PM.Faulty monitoring equipment caused the oxygen leak which led to the Pike River Mine re-entry being delayed. Pike River Recovery Agency chief operating officer Dinghy Pattinson joins Checkpoint to… Read more Audio
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Evening business for Monday 6 May
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Is the word Pākehā racist?
5:27 PM.WATCH: Prominent academic Ekant Veer has been labelled ‘racist’ for using the word 'Pākehā'. Checkpoint reporter Alex Perrottet hit the streets to ask people whether they think it's a loaded word. Read more Video, Audio
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Insurer owes $300m to quake claimants – lawyer
5:23 PM.Class action has been launched against the government-owned insurance company Southern Response. A lawyer says hidden costs led to about 3000 people being underpaid. Read more Video, Audio
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Donors upset at slow pace of funds distribution
5:19 PM.Pressure is mounting on Victim Support to hand out more of the millions of dollars it has collected for those affected by the Christchurch mosque attacks. Read more Video, Audio
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Cannabis referendum details to be released tomorrow
5:13 PM.Justice Minister Andrew Little will announce tomorrow what form the cannabis referendum will take at the election next year, including how binding it will be. Video, Audio
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Community fights plans for 4th prison within 4km
5:07 PM.South Auckland locals are concerned their neighbourhood could soon be home to a new youth justice facility - which would make it the fourth prison within four kilometres. They say Manurewa's already… Read more Video, Audio