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Checkpoint for Tuesday 12 July 2016
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Tuesday 12th July 2016
5:00 PM.Watch Tuesday's full programme here. Video
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No dividend from Housing NZ, say Nats
5:08 PM.Steven Joyce's surprise announcement that the Government will not receive a Housing NZ dividend has sparked questions and controversy. Paula Bennett joins Checkpoint to discuss the dividend. Video, Audio
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Modular housing plan announced
5:14 PM.Paula Bennett today announced more details on a plan to use modular housing - temporary pop-up homes - as a response to NZ's housing shortage. Audio
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Real estate company partners govt for motel buy-out
5:16 PM.The government is using the real estate company Colliers International to find motels for homeless people to stay in. Audio
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Controversy over ACC-Serco prison venture
5:20 PM.Questions have been raised about why ACC invested in a joint venture with Serco to build and run Wiri prison, after it banned all investment in the British-based company over ethical concerns. Audio
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No bidding war over Snell memorabilia
5:29 PM.The Sports Hall of Fame says it won't enter a bidding war with national museum Te Papa for Sir Peter Snell's Olympic memorabilia. Audio
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Evening Business for 12 July 2016
5:33 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Westpac clamps down further on home lending
5:36 PM.Westpac Bank is clamping down on property investors, cutting its interest-only lending term from 15 years to a maximum of five years. Audio
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ACC to fund injury prevention programmes
5:39 PM.A multi-million-dollar campaign has been launched to help prevent older people from falling over and injuring themselves. Audio
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Witness changes evidence at murder trials
5:43 PM.A key Crown witness has denied she was under pressure in the trial over Luke Tipene's death - despite changing her evidence about seeing her cousin being fatally stabbed outside a Grey Lynn Halloween… Read more Audio
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Study shows link between thumb sucking, allergies
5:55 PM.An Otago University study has found that children who suck their thumbs or bite their nails are much less likely to get allergies in later life. Audio
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Cats go missing in Timaru
5:57 PM.Fifty cats, many of them the stay-at-home type, have vanished in Timaru without trace in the past year - and local residents are up in arms. Video, Audio
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Wind turbines North of Dunedin rejected
6:12 PM.Plans to build three wind turbines to generate electricity for a small rural community north of Dunedin have been rejected due to claims they ruined the beauty of the area. Audio
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Former Police Commissioner gives evidence at hearing
6:14 PM.A former Police Commissioner has told a Court that the Ministry of Social Development took all the practicable steps it could to protect employees and could not have foreseen a shooting at its… Read more Audio
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Do gang members have a positive role to play in prison?
6:18 PM.After Corrections Minister Judith Collins' comments that the only place for gang members in prison was behind bars, Mongrel Mob member Harry Tam is speaking out about his experience working as a… Read more Video, Audio
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Waihi community steps up to help Fiji
6:23 PM.A Waihi man who rallied support from his community to send a container of aid to Fiji following Cyclone Winston says six months on, some villages are still without electricity and adequate housing. Audio