Checkpoint for Tuesday 18 July 2017
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Auckland Grammar School hires first Maori language teacher
6:19 PM.For the first time since it opened its doors in 1869, the boys college has made Te Reo Maori a compulsory subject for all year nine students. Audio
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Out of work paua fishers to get half a million dollar package after quake
6:18 PM.November's Kaikoura earthquake lifted parts of the coastline up by several metres in some places, leaving thousands of paua exposed to dehydration and prompting the fisheries' closure. Audio
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Family of Australian woman killed by US police demand answers
6:14 PM.Justine Damond dialled 911 shortly before midnight on Saturday night but was shot dead in her pyjamas as she approached the police car. Video, Audio
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Labour fleshes out plan to immediately resume Super Fund contributions
6:11 PM.The Labour Party is pledging to immediately invest $500 million into the Superannuation Fund if elected to power, after National ceased payments in 2009. Audio
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Mum tells of desperation to hug daughter after fatal shooting
6:08 PM.The partner of Gustav Otto Sanft, accused of shooting his two year-old daughter in the face with a shotgun has told a court she was desperate to hug her child after the incident. Audio
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Ready, steady, slow World Snail Racing Championships
5:57 PM.Snails have returned to Congham in Norfolk, eastern England, for the annual celebration of the gastropod games, otherwise known as the World Snail-Racing Championships. Video, Audio
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Warehouse workers 'should be paid', Aucklanders say
5:55 PM.The Warehouse has struck a deal with the Government where it gives 1000 young jobseekers, or people on the benefit, work experience for three full time weeks, but doesn't have to pay them. Video, Audio
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Prince William and family tour Poland, Germany
5:54 PM.The Prince is on a four day tour with his wife Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, and two children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. Video, Audio
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Prisoner held for too long sues Corrections for compensation
5:50 PM.Shane Gardiner is asking for compensation relating to the Supreme Court's ruling that Corrections had been incorrectly calculating release dates for some prisoners. Video, Audio
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More people housesitting to save up for their own home
5:47 PM.A rising number of people, and not just in Auckland, are choosing to look after other people's homes, in order to save up for their own. Anusha Bradley reports. Audio
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Mother and daughter attacked outside their home
5:44 PM.Two Auckland women who were viciously attacked when they confronted would-be car thieves are traumatised but recovering. Audio
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John Key receives Australia's highest honour
5:35 PM.John Key was invested as an Honorary Companion in the Order of Australia at a ceremony in Canberra this afternoon. The former Prime Minister spoke to Rowan Quinn. Video, Audio
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Evening Business for 18 July 2017
5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Dunedin MP camps out in Octagon to highlight homelessness
5:23 PM.MP Clare Curran is defending the plight of two homeless single mothers forced into emergency accommodation, while MSD says yet another motel won't take them due to their anti-social behaviour. Read more Video, Audio
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Labour told it's multinational tax policy is "wrong way" to collect money
5:15 PM.A tax expert says Labour's threat to slap a punitive tax on multinationals ducking their tax obligations is the wrong way to collect the money. Audio
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Chairlift may have spread Port Hills fire, Christchurch man says
5:08 PM.A Christchurch man who lost his home in the Port Hills fire says video appears to show the chairlift spreading the fire. He says he's been searching for answers for months, but no one is helping.
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Tuesday 18 July, 2017
5:00 PM.Watch Tuesday's full show here. Video
