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Checkpoint for Thursday 3 March 2016
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday 3rd March 2016
5:00 PM.Watch Thursday's full programme. It starts five minutes in. Video
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Cricket community pay tributes to Martin Crowe
5:09 PM.Tributes have been flowing for one of New Zealand's greatest cricketers, Martin Crowe, who has died of lymphoma, aged 53. Rowan Quinn reports. Audio
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Fellow NZ cricketer remembers Crowe
5:11 PM.Andrew Jones, a former team-mate of Martin Crowe's, took part in a record test-partnership with the batsman that endures nearly 25 years on. Audio
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Police name woman who fell from car
5:17 PM.Police have named the woman who died overnight after she fell out of the boot of a moving car, bound and gagged, in South Auckland. Video, Audio
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Zika virus possibly transmitted in NZ
5:21 PM.A case of the Zika virus which may have been sexually transmitted in New Zealand is being investigated by health officials. The Ministry of Health's Dr Don Mackie joins Checkpoint. Audio
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Macedonian border situation worsening
5:24 PM.Aid workers have expressed their concern about the situation on the Greek-Macedonian border, where more and more refugees are arriving. Danny Savage reports from Inedora. Video, Audio
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Breakers must win game to win series
5:29 PM.In a best of three finals series to find the top basketball team in Australasia, Auckland's Breakers are one nil down after a narrow loss to the Perth Wildcats,last night. Coach Dean Vickerman joins… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 3 March 2016
5:36 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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RNZI reporter returns to Suva via boat
5:38 PM.RNZ International reporter Alex Perrottet caught a boat from Fiji's Vanua Balavu to Suva after his flight was cancelled. He tells Checkpoint about the experience. Video, Audio
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Councils say Govt should set rules about shops on Easter Sunday
5:42 PM.A law change is being considered in Parliament to change the rules around opening hours for shops and restaurants on Easter Sunday. Audio
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Akaroa residents fed up with freedom campers
5:45 PM.Akaroa resident Chris Goldspink is one of many who have had enough of freedom campers stretching facilities to the limit at French Farm. Audio
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Climbers killed on Mt Cook chose to press on
5:52 PM.A mountain guide who escaped a fatal icefall on Aoraki Mt Cook says he told the three overseas climbers with him that conditions were too dangerous. Eric Frykberg reports. Audio
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Pitcairn Island 'jury' finds former mayor guilty
5:55 PM.In a judgment that took just 45 minutes, two residents of Pitcairn Island found their former mayor did have indecent material in his possession. Edward Gay reports. Audio
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Space station departure 'bittersweet', says astronaut
5:57 PM.NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko have returned to earth after nearly a year on the International Space Station. Audio
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Grant Fox reflects on Martin Crowe's life
6:09 PM.Former All Black Grant Fox met Martin Growe as a teenager at Auckland Grammar, where they became fast friends. He joins Checkpoint to reflect on the cricketing great's life. Video, Audio
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Black Cap Kane Williamson on Martin Crowe
6:16 PM.Black Cap Kane Williamson said Martin Crowe's death had come as a shock to the team despite knowing he was unwell. Audio
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Aftershocks continue in Indonesia after quake
6:17 PM.Strong aftershocks have continued to rock Indonesia today, after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra early this morning. GNS geologist Kelvin Berryman joins Checkpoint. Audio
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Hundreds more pay their respects to Ranginui Walker
6:21 PM.The Wharenui at Orakei was full again today as hundreds more mourners paid their respects to noted Maori academic Dr Ranginui Walker. Audio
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Kathryn Ryan's 2013 interview with Martin Crowe
6:25 PM.We thought it would be fitting to end the show tonight by giving the last word to the cricketing great himself. Audio
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Today In Parliament for 3 March 2016 - evening edition
6:50 PM.Health Minister Jonathan Coleman and Labour's Health Spokeswoman Annette King go head-to-head in Question Time; Former MP John Carter makes a submission to the Commerce Committee on the Shop Trading… Read more Audio