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Checkpoint for Tuesday 7 May 2019
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Porirua project aims to create healthier homes
6:24 PM.The Porirua East Housing Project brings together local community organisations, in a bid to get homes healthier, quickly, and to monitor them to make sure it's making kids healthier. It's believed to… Read more Audio
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Family of man killed in Panama just want to come home
6:20 PM.The family of New Zealand man killed by pirates off the coast of Panama have been able to retrieve their belongings from the yacht, and just want to return home, Alan Culverwell's sister says Audio
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Checkpoint canvasses public opinion ahead of cannabis vote
6:14 PM.How high is the cannabis referendum on the agenda of voters? We sent Checkpoint reporter Alex Perrottet out to West Auckland to run his own 'reeferendum' in two different electorates. Read more Video, Audio
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Andrew Little: Legalising cannabis ‘a decision for 2.9m voters’
6:09 PM.Where does Labour sit on the cannabis question - yes or no? Lisa Owen interviews Justice Minister Andrew Little about the upcoming cannabis referendum. Video, Audio
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Tiger Woods awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
5:57 PM.Tiger Woods, who stunned the sports world when he won his fifth Masters title last month, has received his country's highest civilian honour, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Chris Dignam reports. Video, Audio
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Cancer sufferers and families deliver petitions to Parliament
5:54 PM.People desperately seeking cancer treatment which could extend their lives by years, took their battle to increase Pharmac spending to Parliament today. Audio
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Trackless trams urged for Wellington
5:50 PM.Efforts to reduce the capital's traffic problems are supposed to be sorted with a project called Let's Get Welly Moving. Problem is, it's stuck in gridlock. Michael Cropp reports on a possible… Read more Audio
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Waikato DHB replaced with commissioner
5:46 PM.Health Minister David Clark has replaced the Waikato District Health Board with a commissioner. That has one member worried health services will have to be cut if a ballooning deficit is to be… Read more Audio
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Mosque shooting victims need money ‘as soon as possible’
5:35 PM.A plan for how to distribute the remainder of the money donated via Victim Support to mosque shooting victims will be announced this week. And as Logan Church reports, that money is desperately… Read more Video, Audio
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Congratulations flood in from around the word for Baby Sussex
5:35 PM.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are celebrating after the much-anticipated birth of their first child. The baby boy, seventh in line to the throne, was born early this morning and weighed 3.2 kilos… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 7 May 2019
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Legalising cannabis: A grower’s perspective
5:12 PM.As the government announces its plans for a cannabis referendum, a self-described "cannabis master" who grows and sells marijuana, provides insight into the illegal business he's running, and what a… Read more Video, Audio
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Cannabis referendum details revealed
5:08 PM.The government has announced its plan to hold a yes/no vote on cannabis legislation, but New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says whether New Zealanders can smoke pot or not isn't his party's… Read more Video, Audio