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Checkpoint for Thursday 28 January 2016
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Chch bellringers plans to bring tolling back to city
6:26 PM.The bellringers of Christchurch's quake damaged cathedral are trying to raise $230,000 to build a temporary bell tower next to the cardboard cathedral, made out of shipping containers. Audio
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Dillon Boucher and Paul Henare in the studio
6:20 PM.Dillon Boucher and Paul Henare are in the studio to discuss stepping into the two top jobs at the NZ Breakers. Audio
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Auckland's St James theatre to stay
6:16 PM.The theatre was closed in 2007 because of fire damage, with a seemingly unpayable 65 million dollar repair bill. Audio
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How would Auckland's mayoral candidates pay for City Rail Link?
6:12 PM.Auckland's crucial City Rail Link may be picking up speed but who's going to drive New Zealand's largest transport project? And how would Aucklanders like to fund it? Natasha Frost and Murielle Baker… Read more Video, Audio
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Rural communities brace for impact of dairy payout cut
6:08 PM.Rural communities are bracing themselves for tens of millions of dollars of economic fallout following Fonterra's lower dairy forecast payout Audio
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Terry the piglet becomes facebook sensation
5:55 PM.Carolyn Press-Mckenzie from Helping You Helping Animals is the current owner of Terry, a Captain Cook pig. He was rescued from the side of the road after his mother was killed. Video, Audio
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Seymour defends government's record on charter schools
5:49 PM.ACT party leader and Parliamentary Undersecretary to the Minister of Education David Seymour, discusses the Whangaruru charter school closer. Audio
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Whangaruru charter school to close
5:45 PM.The Education Minister, Hekia Parata, is defending the funding of a Northland charter school that's just been forced to close. Audio
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Little and Goff agree to disagree on the TPP
5:37 PM.There are reports of a split in the Labour Party over its stance on the controversial trade deal due to be formally signed next week. Video, Audio
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Evening Business for 28 January 2016
5:34 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Olivia Hope's father still wants answers after photo released
5:26 PM.A grainy photograph, supposedly taken of Olivia Hope days after police say that she was murdered raises questions about just what happened to the 17-year-old and her boyfriend, Ben Smart. Audio
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No evidence of match-fixing: ASB Classic director
5:22 PM.Match-fixing suspicions have fallen on Auckland's premier tennis tournament, after the New Zealand Herald reported four matches played in the past five years have caught the eye of investigators. Audio
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Fonterra says no doubt farmers are having tough time
5:17 PM.Fonterra's CFO, Lukas Paravicini, discusses the reduction in the company's forecast payout. Audio
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Police re-open 40 year murder mystery
5:07 PM.For forty years, the family of Tracey Ann Patient have never known who it was that stole the teenager from them on a street in West Auckland, strangled her with a stocking, then dumped her body in… Read more Audio
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Waikato farmer shares thoughts on milk payout drop
5:07 PM.Today, Fonterra reduced its forecast payout for the current season to $4.15 a kilogram of milksolids. It had previously been $4.60. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, 28th January 2016
5:00 PM.Watch Thursday's full programme. It starts 7 minutes, 45 seconds in. Video