Checkpoint for Friday 16 June 2017
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Lorde's Melodrama 'remarkable'
6:27 PM.Four years after taking the world by storm, Lorde has released her second album to widespread acclaim. Alex Behan from RNZ's Music 101 says the album is 'remarkable'. Audio
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Number of pilots in NZ plummets
6:19 PM.Official statistics show the number of commercial and air transport pilots fell from 709 in 2009 to 386 in 2016. Audio
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All Blacks to play Samoa at Eden Park
6:16 PM.All Blacks vs Samoa will be the first international fixture before next week's British and Irish Lions series starts. Matt Chatterton is at Eden Park for the double header. Video, Audio
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Kaikoura temporary workers village nearly completed
6:12 PM.A temporary village will house 300 NZTA and KiwiRail workers fixing State Highway One and the railway corridor between Christchurch and Picton. Video, Audio
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Police come to the rescue of dedicated Dunedin cabbie
5:54 PM.Kevin, Labour MP Clare Curran's cabbie for 10 years, may be the most dedicated driver in New Zealand. Video, Audio
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Team NZ confident one day out from Oracle rematch
5:51 PM.Team New Zealand is in it's sixth America's Cup final in 22 years, and has no fear of the team which snatched the cup from under its nose four years ago. Video, Audio
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Edgecumbe residents forced to sell homes to council
5:47 PM.Twelve Edgecumbe homeowners are being forced to sell their properties to make way for a new stopbank. Audio
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Hundertwasser gets the green light after nearly 25 years
5:44 PM.Funding is finally in place to turn revered Austrian artist Hundertwasser's design to transform an old building in Whangarei into a reality. Audio
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Give prison guards pepper spray, union says
5:39 PM.The prison guards' union is calling for their members to be armed with pepper spray and possibly tasers. It says it will protect prisoners from excessive force charges. Audio
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Evening Business for 16 June 2017
5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Māori All Blacks chase history and winning sendoff
5:29 PM.The Māori All Blacks have the chance to repeat their historic 2005 win over the Lions tomorrow night, and send off long serving loose forward Liam Messam. Video, Audio
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Budget blunder unacceptable - Health Minister
5:25 PM.Some district health boards will have to return money to the Ministry of Health after a Budget funding blunder resulted in $39 million being wrongly allocated. Audio
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GP sees homeless families every week
5:19 PM.A GP working for a Whangarei Maori health service, Kyle Eggleton, says he is seeing homeless families every week, including a family of 15 living in a lounge. Read more Video, Audio
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Woman living in cold, damp bus after surgery
5:15 PM.A Northland woman has been living in a bus while she recovers from hip replacement surgery. Audio
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Criminal investigation launched into London blaze
5:08 PM.Scotland Yard has launched a criminal investigation into the fatal fire at Grenfell Tower which claimed at least 17 lives and left an unknown number of people presumed dead. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with Rowan Quinn for Friday 16 June 2017
5:00 PM.Checkpoint with Rowan Quinn for Friday 16 June 2017. Video
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