Checkpoint for Monday 23 April 2018
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UN challenge - no poverty or hunger, quality education, climate action
6:22 PM.In 2015 the UN signed up to 17 sustainable development goals and a meeting will be held in July on how to strengthen their implementation. Audio
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Megan Woods: 'We have a plan to fix it'
6:21 PM.EQC Minister Megan Woods says she her government has been left a mess, and she has known for some time the Crown guarantee to fund EQC would need to be triggered. Audio
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Megan Woods 'looks like possum in headlights' - Brownlee
6:12 PM.Former EQC Minister and Ilam MP Gerry Brownlee talks to Rowan Quinn about Southern Response claimant Peter Glasson, who is on his eighth day of a hunger strike, and whether EQC will run out of money.
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DoC insists it's not using Thompson + Clark for spying
6:08 PM.The Department of Conservation is refusing to release the intelligence it's received from Thompson and Clark - and of the communications it has with controversial security firm. Audio
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Avocado thief flees crime scene on mobility scooter
5:53 PM.Thieves, including one on a mobility scooter armed with a 12 foot pole, were caught stealing avocados in broad daylight from an Auckland backyard. The tree's owner Bret Glazier joins Checkpoint. Read more Video, Audio
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Christchurch's newly-chlorinated water not to everyone's taste
5:42 PM.Christchurch residents say their drinking water tastes and smells like a swimming pool, and is giving them headaches and inflaming skin conditions since it was chlorinated last month. Video, Audio
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802 towbars approved by one engineer banned
5:38 PM.New Zealad Transport Agency has revoked the certifications of 802 towbars, all approved for use by a single Nelson engineer, Peter Wastney. Audio
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Naked Nashville Waffle House shooter still on the run
5:36 PM.Four people were killed and several others injured in a shooting at a Waffle House in Tennessee. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said the 29-year-old suspect, who was naked, remains on… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for Mon 23 April
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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NI mayors left out of loop on air ambulance changes
5:25 PM.North Island mayors who were concerned their regions could lose their rescue helicopter services were not aware they could enter the tender to keep the service, Health Minister David Clark says. Video, Audio
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Woman told her benefit was cut over Tinder dates
5:22 PM.Ministry of Social Development has apologised to a woman who was told her benefit was stopped because she had been on two dates with a man she met on Tinder. Video, Audio
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Christchurch hunger striker determined 'to fight on'
5:15 PM.Peter Glasson says Southern Response's lawyers are holding up the process, as he waits to reach an agreement with the government insurer. In the meantime, he continues his hunger strike which has seen… Read more Video, Audio
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DOC using Thompson + Clark to monitor anti-1080 activists
5:09 PM.The Department of Conservation has used Thompson + Clark to monitor anti-1080 activists for nearly two years. DoC maintains it's not using the firm to spy, and has refused to release messages shared… Read more Audio
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RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 23rd April 2018
5:00 PM.Watch Monday's full programme here. Video
