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Checkpoint for Tuesday 16 August 2016
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RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Tuesday 16 August 2016
5:00 PM.Watch Tuesday's full programme here. Video
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Havelock North locals struggle with campylobacter outbreak
5:08 PM.Civil Defence and Red Cross workers took to the streets of Havelock North today to try to find out how many people are sick, while businesses say they're seriously out of pocket. Audio
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Cancer patient one of hundreds with campylobacter
5:11 PM.Kirsty Webb is a mother of two who has been living with cancer for several years. The Havelock North woman is also one of more than 1000 people who have being sick with campylobacter. Video, Audio
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Financial cost to campylobacter outbreak
5:15 PM.The campylobacter outbreak in Havelock North is affecting businesses as well as people, creating a personal and financial cost, Pipi Cafe & Food Truck Owner Chris Morris says. Video, Audio
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Vincent Skeen sentenced for killing Luke Tipene
5:20 PM.Vincent Skeen has been sentenced to five years and two months in jail after he fatally stabbed Luke Tipene several times with a broken beer bottle in 2014. Audio
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266 hairdressers given work visas
5:24 PM.Of the 200,000 people issued work visas last year, 266 were hairdressers, 104 dairy farmers, 17 sales and marketing managers and 42 cafe managers. Opposition parties are outraged. Audio
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Disappointment in velodrome and triumph on the water in Rio
5:28 PM.It was disappointment in the velodrome and triumph on the water in Rio overnight, as New Zealand's best remaining medal hopes thrived. Audio
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Evening business for 16 August 2016
5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Calls for broader representation on security committee
5:37 PM.Only National and Labour are set to sit on the Intelligence and Security Committee, but the Greens say more voices are needed. Audio
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Headache the only sign before woman died of meningitis
5:43 PM.Public health officials in Dunedin have been contacting 21 friends and associates of 20-year-old Brittany Arthur, who died suddenly of meningitis on Saturday. Audio
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Motorcyclist's organs help seven people
5:53 PM.Riley Baker died after a motorcycle crash. His organs, however, live on in 7 other people. His partner Amy McCarthy talks to Checkpoint. Audio
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Controversial lost luggage bill getting air time in Parliament
5:57 PM.The government has tried to get a roundly-mocked lost luggage bill off the parliamentary agenda, but was stymied by New Zealand First. Audio
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Campylobacter 'same as labour', mother says
6:08 PM.A family of five are among more than 1000 hit with campylobacter in Havelock North. Deborah Berlin tells Checkpoint the pain was equivalent to labour. Video, Audio
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Hastings councillor talks from site of water bores
6:13 PM.Hastings District Councillor and Age Concern board member Wayne Bradshaw talks to Checkpoint from the site of the Te Mata acquifer, where Havelock North's gastro bug comes from. Video, Audio
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Eliza McCartney chases pole vault dream
6:18 PM.New Zealand's pole vaulting hope at the Rio Olympics, Eliza McCartney, is only 19 and hitting new heights every time she takes to the track. Read more Video, Audio
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Gisborne fishers want town basin protected
6:22 PM.Recreational fishers in Gisborne are building a case for a marine park to cover the town basin to protect it from commercial interests. Video, Audio
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Today In Parliament Tuesday 16 August 2016-evening edition
6:50 PM.After asking no questions about the drinking water contamination in Havelock North Labour wins the Speaker's approval for a snap debate. Labour's health spokeswoman, Annette King, accuses the… Read more Audio