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Checkpoint for Thursday 21 September 2017
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RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday 21st September 2017
5:00 PM.Watch Thursday's full programme here. Video
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Desperate search for survivors after Mexico quake
5:08 PM.Rescuers are desperately searching for survivors after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake devastated Mexico City. More than 230 people are dead and many more are missing, including school children. Video, Audio
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English votes as party leaders near end of election campaign
5:12 PM.Political leaders are making their final push for votes as the spectacular 2017 election campaign hurtles towards an end. Video, Audio
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Fuel pipeline won't run at 100% until next year
5:17 PM.The amount of fuel being piped out of the country's main refinery won't exceed 80 percent until at least the start of next year. Audio
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ACC confesses to using false names on legal documents
5:21 PM.ACC is the second government agency that's admitted using fake names for difficult clients. Lawyers and beneficiary advocates condemn it, but managers argue it's necessary to protect the safety of… Read more Audio
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Pensioners in poverty: Quarter of caravan park residents over 65
5:24 PM.Increasing numbers of pensioners are struggling so much to make ends meet they're turning to campgrounds and caravan parks for accommodation. Zac Fleming reports. Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for Thurs 21 Sept
5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Strongest storm in Puerto Rico in almost 100 years
5:37 PM.Hurricane Maria has slammed into Puerto Rico as the strongest storm to hit the US territory in nearly 90 years. Juan Pablo Abreu describes the scene to John Campbell. Video, Audio
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Victim's family upset at killer's sentence
5:42 PM.Family members of Leslie Putt swore and yelled at the High Court in Auckland today as the man who fatally shot him was sentenced to six years and three months. Audio
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Rohingya Muslims living in ‘unimaginable conditions’
5:45 PM.Charlotte Glennie, an ex-pat New Zealand journalist working for Unicef on the border of Bangladesh, describes the conditions 400,000 Rohingya people are living in after fleeing Myanmar. Read more Video, Audio
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Dhb deficit $117.5m, but not finalised – Coleman
5:52 PM.Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says the combined dhb deficit for the 16/17 year is $117.5m and the audited result is unlikely to change. But Checkpoint understands it could be much higher. Video, Audio
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Both Labour and National could form Govt according to final election poll
6:10 PM.RNZ Political Editor Jane Patterson joins John Campbell in the studio to discuss the latest poll which has National on 46 percent and Labour on 37 percent. Video, Audio
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Who is paying for remedies to the ruptured pipeline...
6:15 PM.Are tax payers footing the bill for the ruptured pipeline? John Campbell talks to Energy Minister Judith Collins. Video, Audio
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Nurses told euthanasia may be legal in a decade
6:20 PM.Nurses have been warned that assisted dying may soon be legal in New Zealand, and that they will be at the front line if it is. Health Correspondent Karen Brown reports. Video, Audio
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Go Bus says its Otago Peninsula bus isn't being used - but is it...
6:24 PM.At least 100 school children face longer travel and walks of several kilometres crossing busy roads, but Go Bus says it has no choice because of falling passenger numbers and fares. Video, Audio