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Thursday, 16 March 2017
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Evening Business for 16 March 2017
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Lower milk production weighs on economic growth
16 Mar 2017The gross domestic product grew 0.4 percent in the last quarter of last year - roughly half of what had been forecast. Economics Correspondent Patrick O'Meara reports. Audio
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Government faces backlash over data-gathering plan
16 Mar 2017A CYF privacy breach has been cited as proof the Government can't be trusted with private information. The government plans to require all agencies seeking funding to provide clients' details. Audio
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Thousands sign petition calling for end to hospital parking
Almost 10,000 people have signed an Auckland man's petition calling for parking fees at hospitals to be scrapped. He has spent hundreds in parking fees to visit his premature son. Video, Audio
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Parents demand school postpones asbestos removal
16 Mar 2017Parents with students at Hobsonville Primary in Auckland are concerned their children may be exposed to asbestos while a large amount is being removed from the school's backyard. Read more Video, Audio
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Judge stops Trump's revised travel ban
16 Mar 2017US President Donald Trump's new, revised travel ban has been stopped in the same vein as his original, just hours before it was due to come into effect. Audio
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Countdown pledges to 'make things right'
Countdown spokesperson James Walker says the company will "make things right" to customers who purchased Palace Poultry eggs believing they were free range. But what does that mean? Audio
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Customers could get refund over free range controversy - Consumer NZ
Consumers who purchased eggs from Countdown believing they were free-range should be entitled to a refund since it has been proven they were actually caged eggs, Consumer NZ says. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday March 16, 2017
16 Mar 2017Watch Thursday's full show here. Video
Coming up
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
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Student couchsurfs to raise money for a scholarship
15 Mar 2017A Dunedin university student is spending 16 weeks couch surfing in a bid to raise enough for a scholarship for someone less fortunate. Video, Audio
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Food fraud a growing issue
Executive Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for Food Integrity says selling caged eggs as free range is akin to labelling meat as halal when it's not. Audio
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Tech experts among protesters outside Peter Thiel's home
15 Mar 2017Protesters have gathered outside controversial NZ citizen Peter Thiel's US home to voice their disapproval of his role in facilitating Trump's plans for mass deportations of illegal immigrants. Audio
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Checkpoint is RNZ's drive-time news and current affairs programme, tackling the national and international stories of the day.
The show airs weekdays fro4-6pm and is hosted by Lisa Owen.
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