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Checkpoint for Friday 21 September 2018
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Student uncovers early Jewish history in Auckland's oldest cemetery
6:21 PM.Hebrew-reading student Richard Myburgh has been meticulously translating and documenting Hebrew enscriptions on more than 80 headstones in the Symonds Street cemetery for two months - simply because… Read more Video, Audio
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PM says US talk show appearances will focus on NZ
6:18 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she weighed up carefully the value to New Zealand of her appearing on American television shows while in New York for the UN General Assembly next week. Audio
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Police look for source of 'bad batch' of synthetics
6:16 PM.Ten people have been taken to Christchurch Hospital in the past 48 hours after smoking synthetic cannabis and as a result suffering seizures and heart attacks. Detective Inspector Greg Murton told… Read more Audio
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New home announcement 'pimple on a pumpkin'
6:11 PM.More than 7000 new houses will be built in Auckland's Redhills and Whenuapai thanks to a $339 million interest free government loan to Auckland Council. Audio
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Carterton school students going through decontamination process
6:08 PM.Carterton Mayor John Booth joins Checkpoint live to provide an update on what is happening at South End Primary School. Students started vomiting this afternoon after a pungent smell of sulphur was… Read more Audio
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Nana Ngaire's Olympic spirit inspires granddaughter
5:54 PM.Seventy years after she swam backstroke at the London Olympics, 92-year-old Ngaire Galloway's granddaughter Gina is about to compete in the same event at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires. Video, Audio
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Auckland City Mission moving out for redevelopment
5:50 PM.From tomorrow, the Mission will be based on Union Street while its Hobson Street building is demolished to make way for a new multi-purpose facility. Video, Audio
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New Zealand dumping plastic in Malaysia after China ban
5:45 PM.New Zealand's plastic waste exports to Malaysia have tripled in the first six months of this year after China banned waste imports. Video, Audio
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Displaced Kaikoura residents want payout but council has no money
5:39 PM.A dangerous cliff in Rakautara has forced five homeowners out of their homes or holiday homes, after it rained boulders down on them during the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake. Read more Video, Audio
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'Today we failed the clean athletes of the world' - Anti-doping VP
5:36 PM.The World Anti Doping Agency has done an about face, lifting Russia's anti-doping body's suspension and imposing a watered down version of its orginal demands. Sports Editor Stephen Hewson reports. Audio
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Evening business for 21 September 2018
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Aurora CEO threatens staff over leaks to media
5:24 PM.Dunedin's Aurora Energy's Chief Executive Richard Fletcher has warned staff against leaking information to the media and threatened to bring in forensic experts if it continues. Audio
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Two shark attacks in Queensland in 24 hours
5:21 PM.A 12-year-old girl was attacked in the Whitsundays yesterday afternoon - the second shark attack in the area in less than 24-hours. Audio
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10 people in Chch hospital after smoking synthetics
5:17 PM.Police are knocking on drug dealers' doors looking for a bad batch of synthetics, after 10 people, some suffering seizures and heart attacks, were admitted to hospital in Christchurch after smoking… Read more Video, Audio
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Some tenants might not be eligible for HNZ meth-eviction compensation
5:10 PM.Housing New Zealand says people who rented their state houses through third party agents, and were kicked out over dodgy methamphetamine tests, might not be eligible for compensation. Read more Video, Audio