Checkpoint for Wednesday 19 December 2018
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Inside the Disgusting Food Museum
5:56 PM.Some of the world's most vomit-inducing foods have just gone on display and are available for tasting in Los Angeles. Simon Thompson from Reuters reports. Read more Video, Audio
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Middlemore nurses protest over unsafe parking
5:52 PM.Nurses rallied outside Middlemore Hospital this afternoon, calling for safer parking for hospital staff after a spate of thefts and vandalism. The Nurses Organisation says some staff cars have been… Read more Video, Audio
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Man's photo published next to paedophile's description
5:43 PM.A man wants compensation from the Sensible Sentencing Trust after it published his photo beside a description of a convicted paedophile. It was on the website for two years before a customer alerted… Read more Audio
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45% of Napier Port to be sold to pay for climate change protection
5:40 PM.Hawke's Bay Regional Council has voted to sell part of Napier Port to free up cash to pay for protecting the region from climate change. Audio
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Family tells govt it must aim for zero suicides a year
5:36 PM.A family whose son took his own life after walking out of a mental health unit finally got the chance today to tell the government what's wrong with the sector. Audio
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Evening business for 19 December 2018
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Baby seal pups' beheaded bodies found in Banks Peninsula
5:28 PM.The brutal beheading of six baby fur seal pups on a remote Banks Peninsula beach has shocked Department of Conservation staff, who are now on the hunt for those responsible. Audio
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Six houses in Dunedin now uninhabitable following land slip
5:25 PM.Six houses now sit empty in the Dunedin suburb of St Clair, after two more households were told to get out after cracks were found under a neighbouring home. Audio
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Red-stickered homeowners’ ‘nightmare’ battle with council
5:18 PM.Angry red-stickered landowners in Kaikōura marched on their council today, desperate for someone to listen, two years after they were forced to abandon their homes following the 2016 earthquake. Video, Audio
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Southern Response chair resigns following spying report
5:16 PM.A day after an inquiry revealed private investigators had spied on New Zealanders on behalf of the government - and Southern Response's chair resigned - no one is willing to talk, despite Checkpoint's… Read more Video, Audio
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Nothing to see here - National responds to spying report
5:12 PM.Former National Party ministers are being forced to defend the activities of private investigators under their watch, saying they didn't know about any unethical activity. Audio
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Minimum wage to be raised by $1.20 an hour
5:08 PM.The largest ever increase to the minimum wage will boost the pay packets of more than 200,000 workers on the lowest incomes from next April. But there are concerns the costs to businesses will be… Read more Audio
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Checkpoint for Wednesday, 19 December 2018
5:00 PM.Watch Wednesday's full programme here. Video
