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Checkpoint for Tuesday 28 June 2016
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Tuesday 28th June 2016
5:00 PM.Watch Tuesday's full programme here. It begins five minutes in. Video
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PM and Labour leader head to head over foreign trusts
5:09 PM.The Prime Minister and the Labour leader have gone head to head in Parliament, with John Key facing accusations he misled New Zealanders over problems with the foreign trust regime. Audio
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Britain in turmoil post-Brexit
5:17 PM.With uncertainty on the rise in Britain, racial abuse has spiked, and pundits and voters alike are wondering who the country's new PM will be. Catherine Drew joins Checkpoint. Audio
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Pharmac will fund Keytruda
5:23 PM.Melanoma sufferers will now have two treatment options after Pharmac announced today it would also fund Keytruda. Video, Audio
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Reykjavik gets ready to celebrate
5:29 PM.Football fans in Iceland supping at the English Pub were gobsmacked after the tiny country beat England 2-1 in the Euro 2016, knocking them out of the tournament. Audio
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Evening Business for 28 June 2016
5:35 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Fears about reporting child abuse putting lives at risk
5:38 PM.Child advocates say lives are being put at risk because people are too afraid to report suspected cases of child abuse. Audio
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Diplomatic immunity waived for NZer in Korea
5:42 PM.The Foreign Minister says he understands a New Zealand staff member based at the Embassy in South Korea has now been interviewed by the police there.. Audio
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Residents held hostage by boy racers
5:44 PM.Residents of Governors Bay close to Christchurch say they feel like they're being held hostage in their own homes by boy racers. Audio
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Supreme Court throws out Texas abortion law
5:52 PM.Abortion rights activists are celebrating in the United States, after the country's Supreme Court struck down a Texas law that limited pregnancy terminations. Audio
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1000+ dog owners sign up for free registration
5:55 PM.More than 1000 owners of menacing dogs have signed up to the Auckland Council's offer to register their pets for free - five times the number they were expecting. Video, Audio
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NZ's rich have biggest slice of pie
6:08 PM.In its latest survey of household wealth, Statistics New Zealand found that the country's richest individuals - those in the top 10 percent - held 60 percent of all wealth by the end of July last… Read more Audio
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Local councils having to pick up policing tab
6:13 PM.Local councils are increasing the pressure on central government over what they call the systemic underfunding of the police. Audio
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Battleground seats must-wins in Aussie election
6:16 PM.With less than four days until the Australian federal election, the fight for key marginal Western Sydney seats, such as Parramatta, is ramping up. Audio
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Stress may contribute to breast cancer
6:19 PM.Scientists at Monash University have found that stress drives metastasis - the spread of an existing cancer from the original tumour - in mice with breast cancer. Video, Audio
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Marcus Willis stuns Ricardas Berankis
6:24 PM.British qualifier Marcus Willis - ranked 772 in the world - caused a huge upset with victory over world number 54 Ricardas Berankis at Wimbledon. Audio
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Shock football win for Iceland
6:27 PM.Yvette Shapiro is Irish and a passionate supporter of the Irish team, whose own dreams of a European Cup fairy tale were ended by France. Audio
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Today In Parliament for 28 June 2016 - evening edition
6:50 PM.Week begins with welcome for MPs from around the Pacific. House passes a motion from Labour's Phil Twyford mourning the death of British MP Jo Cox. Questions for the prime minister include the… Read more Audio