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US prosthetics doctor using expertise to save animals
6:27 PM.A miniature pony might not be alive today if it weren't for Derrick Campana, who swapped from making prosthetics for people, to making them for animals Video, Audio
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Cyclone Debbie 'the worst we've ever seen'
6:24 PM.Airlie Beach resident Lyn Boal tells Checkpoint Cyclone Debbie is the worst she has ever experienced. Audio
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Kaumatua stake hapu claim to Motiti Island
6:20 PM.Elderly claimants from the Bay of Plenty have been granted an urgent hearing before the Waitangi Tribunal, arguing that Motiti Island's hapu are tangata whenua, and they should get their own treaty… Read more Audio
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Shared interests & special menu at lunch for Chinese Premier
6:14 PM.On the last day of his visit, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told Prime Minister Bill English and about 600 other guests that New Zealand and China's relationship will scale new heights. Audio
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NZ equestrian wins $140k world championship with dislocated shoulder
5:54 PM.Vicki Wilson, from 'Keeping up with the Kaimanawas' fame, has won Road to the Horse in Kentucky. The event gives competitors just three hours to break in a wild horse, before completing an obstacle… Read more Video, Audio
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High-powered delegation urges Auckland Council to pick new port site
5:47 PM.A delegation including business leader Sir Stephen Tindall has urged Auckland Council to make a decision on the future of Auckland's port, and the best alternative for a new site. Video, Audio
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Illegal US man deported after wife votes for Trump
5:41 PM.Roberto Beristain entered the US illegally in 1998. He's now been deported after his wife voted for Donald Trump. John Campbell talks to the family's advocate Adam Ansari. Video, Audio
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Piha cliffs focus of search for missing woman Kim Bambus
5:38 PM.Kim Bambus drove out to Piha beach on Friday morning, telling friends she was going for a run, but the 21-year-old hasn't been seen since. Video, Audio
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Evening business for 28 March 2017
5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Euthanasia drug checking app being trialled in New Zealand
5:24 PM.Exit International, a voluntary euthanasia advocacy group, has commissioned an app that can check whether the drugs people receive are the ones they've ordered, and will end their lives. Video, Audio
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Baby murder accused admits he gave false statement to police
5:20 PM.Troy Taylor says he lied to police to protect Ihaka Stoke's mother, who he says was to blame for the 15-month-old's death. Audio
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Destructive cyclone smashes through northern Queensland
5:17 PM.Cyclone Debbie has made landfall in northern Queensland today. Channel 9 reporter Tessa Hardy joins Checkpoint with the latest developments. Video, Audio
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Cyclone Debbie hits Queensland with force
5:08 PM.Tourists and locals in northern Queensland have sought refuge inside as Cyclone Debbie struck the mainland and Whitsundays islands with speeds of more than 200km an hour today. Video, Audio
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NZ man decides not to evacuate ahead of Cyclone Debbie
6:28 PM.People living in Bowen in Queensland are being told to evacuate ahead of Cyclone Debbie, but one man is standing strong. Kiwi Graham Wilson tells Checkpoint why he's staying put. Audio
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International artists descend on Napier for worldwide art festival
6:25 PM.More than 50 murals have been painted on walls in Napier over the last two years as part of an international festival which highlights the plight of the ocean, and the creatures that live in it Video, Audio
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80-year-old pleads for council to fix flooding stormwater drain
6:14 PM.An 80-year-old Auckland woman and her daughter are pleading with the council to fix a stormwater drain so her house doesn't continue to flood after every heavy downpour. Video, Audio
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Date set for NZ-China FTA upgrade talks, China denies steel dumping in NZ
6:11 PM.Talks will begin next month, meanwhile the countries today signed an agreement to allow chilled meat from 10 New Zealand processors into China. Audio
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Defence Force acknowledges for first time Afghan raid may have killed civilians
6:07 PM.After initially denying any civilians were killed, Lieutenant General Tim Keating says rounds from an Apache gunship hit a building which could have housed civilians. Audio
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Aaron Smith breaks silence around airport toilet tryst
5:56 PM.All Blacks halfback Aaron Smith says he should have taken more time away from rugby after he was seen entering a disabled toilet with a woman who was not his partner at Christchurch Airport. Audio
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Wellington considering fining slow property developers
5:52 PM.Wellington mayor Justin Lester is considering penalising developers who don't build quick enough by way of financial penalties or targeted rates. Audio
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Still hope woman missing at Piha is alive
5:49 PM.Kim Bambus, 21, was last seen on Friday morning when she told friends she was going for a run in Piha in West Auckland. A survival specialist says there's still hope that she's alive. Audio
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Deal with China brings new cancer treatment to NZ
5:46 PM.New Zealanders are being promised early access to clinical trials for immunotherapy, an approach that's sweeping the world with drugs like Keytruda and Opdivo, which were funded in NZ last year. Audio
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Residents forced to don masks due to health risks from quarry dust
5:37 PM.Dust around a gravel quarry on the edge of Christchurch contains levels of crystalline silica 20 times higher than the safe limit. Video, Audio
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Evening Business for 27 March 2017
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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China and NZ set date for FTA upgrade talks
5:28 PM.After years of lobbying China has finally agreed to allow New Zealand's chilled meat products into the country, while also agreeing to start talks on an upgrade to the free trade agreement with NZ. Audio
