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Checkpoint for Wednesday 15 June 2016
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Wednesday 15th June 2016
5:00 PM.Watch Wednesdays full programme here. It begins 5 minutes in. Video
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Teina Pora offered $2.5m compensation, apology
5:08 PM.Teina Pora has received a formal apology from the Crown and a compensation offer of just over $2.5m for being wrongfully imprisoned for rape and murder. Video, Audio
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Compensation order under consideration
5:14 PM.Teina Pora is aware of and will be considering the offer of $2.5m compensation, lawyer Ingrid Squire told media today. Audio
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Social Housing Minister rejects calls for her resignation
5:20 PM.Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett is rejecting opposition calls for her to resign over a leak from her office about the chairman of Te Puea Marae, insisting she had no knowledge it had happened. Audio
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Stephen Dudley's father criticises school
5:23 PM.Stephen Dudley's father has unleashed a scathing criticism of his son's school, saying it could have done much more to communicate with the family after the teenager died. Audio
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Northland serial sex offender jailed for 20 years
5:27 PM.Former Mormon church elder James Brian Sanders has been sent to prison for 20 years for sexually abusing Northland girls as young as six. Audio
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Evening business for 15 June 2016
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Median house price surpasses $500k
5:36 PM.The national median house price has topped $500,000 for the first time, as prices continue to set new records across the country. Audio
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Parihaka walk begins
5:39 PM.Around 300 people began the three day walk from New Plymouth to Parihaka today, remembering the theft of Maori land in the 1800s. Video, Audio
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Former principal faces sex abuse charges
5:45 PM.A former school principal can now be named as the man facing 15 sex abuse charges in the Christchurch District Court. Audio
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Orlando gunman shot at dead, survivors say
5:48 PM.A survivor of the Orlando Pulse Nightclub massacre described playing dead while gunman Omar Mateen sprayed bullets relentlessly at people on the dancefloor. Video, Audio
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Pressure being piled on Uber drivers
5:52 PM.Authorities are piling the pressure on Uber drivers for failing to comply with the law and hiring drivers in New Zealand without passenger licences. Audio
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Record high avocado prices cause crime spike
5:56 PM.As avocados reach as much as $6 in some supermarkets, some people have been turning to crime to get their hands on the egg-shaped fruit. Audio
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Pora's legal team disappointed at $2.5m compensation
6:09 PM.Teina Pora's legal team is disappointed the Government has awarded him just over two-and-a-half million dollars in compensation for being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned. Audio
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Enquiries continue in massive Northland meth bust
6:14 PM.Police aren't ruling out further arrests in relation to the countries' biggest ever haul of methamphetamine found in Kaitaia. Audio
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New Plymouth meth contamination worse than thought
6:16 PM.A New Plymouth woman says she is shocked to discover parts of her house have higher levels of methamphetamine contamination than first thought. Audio
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Canterbury mental health worries dominate committee debate
6:20 PM.Worries about the mental health impacts of the Canterbury earthquakes dominated a fiery meeting at Parliament today. Audio
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Trainee teacher plan 'a recipe for disaster'
6:25 PM.Educators have told a select committee that putting trainee teachers in charge of classrooms could prove dangerous. Audio
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Today In Parliament for 15 June 2016
6:55 PM.Social Housing Minister, Paula Bennett, refuses to identify staff member who leaked existence of police investigation into Te Puea Marae chairman, Hurimoana Dennis, to a journalist. She also denies… Read more Audio