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Checkpoint for Thursday 19 October 2017
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Jacinda Adern makes first speech as incoming Prime Minister
8:10 PM.The Labour Leader and soon to be Prime Minister Jacinda Adern says she believes she has found coalition partners she can work with. Winston Peters has been offered the position of Deputy Prime… Read more Video, Audio
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Green Party still needs to officially sign up for coalition
8:05 PM.Otago University's expert in electoral law Andrew Geddis on the incoming coalition government. Audio
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Political reporters on standby
7:57 PM.Political Editor Jane Patterson and numerous other political reporters prepare to hear from Prime Minister-in-waiting Jacinda Adern. Audio
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Analysis of the campaign and coalition
7:47 PM.Political Scientist Dr Bryce Edwards shares his opinions on Jacinda Adern's rise to power. Audio
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Jacinda Adern will be the 40th New Zealand Prime Minister
7:38 PM.Former Labour Party Cabinet Minister Clayton Cosgrove comments on the Labour Party's unlikely comeback. Audio
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Labour Party, Green Party and NZ First will be government
7:28 PM.Former Green co-leader Russel Norman and former Labour Party president Mike Williams give their thoughts on the new coalition. Audio
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NZ First will be in coalition with Labour & Greens
7:20 PM.Political Editor Jane Patterson reports from a lift right after NZ First leader Winston Peters announced that his party will be in coalition with the Labour Party and Green Party. Audio
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‘We could and should be doing far better’ – NZ First chooses Labour
6:50 PM.NZ First leader Winston Peters arrives at the Beehive Theatrette and announces his coalition choice is the Labour Party and Green Party. Video, Audio
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Political commentators talk coalitions under MMP
6:08 PM.Political commentator Matthew Hooton, former United Future leader Peter Dunne and former Alliance leader Sandra Lee discuss the coalition talks. Video, Audio
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Final Waitangi Tribunal hearings for Northland claim underway
5:53 PM.The claim by Te Paparahi O Te Raki cover a range of issues from tino rangatiratanga, to te reo Maori, to socio-economic issues. Audio
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Girl gang assault on teen prompts police investigation
5:42 PM.Dunedin police and at least two local high schools are investigating after a group of school girls attacked a 15-year-old girl while other teens - some of them filming - watched on. Audio
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Climate report paints bleak picture of a changing country
5:38 PM.A new report by the Ministry for the Environment and Statistics New Zealand says there are already potentially irreversible effects for New Zealand including for its glaciers. Audio
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Evening Business for 19 October 2017
5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Crown says brain tissue on shirt incontrovertible evidence
5:22 PM.The presence of Christine Lundy's brain tissue on her husband's shirt is incontrovertible evidence, but Mark Lundy's lawyer argues it may have gotten there through contamination during the police… Read more Audio
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Northland Regional Council thinks it knows who damaged pipeline
5:21 PM.Northland Regional Council says it has strong lines of inquiry into who damaged the vital fuel pipeline that broke last month, stopping fuel supplies from the Northland refinery, and grounding… Read more Audio
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Greens leader James Shaw: latest on coalition talks
5:15 PM.Green Party leader James Shaw tells John Campbell his party is on stand-by to ratify any decision via teleconference with its delegates. Video, Audio
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Latest from Parliament as NZ waits for decision
5:13 PM.RNZ Political Editor Jane Patterson joins Checkpoint live from Parliament. Video, Audio
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NZ waits for decision on next government
5:09 PM.The nation continues to wait for New Zealand First's decision on who will form the next government. Winston Peters said earlier today it was a "seriously difficult" decision to make. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday 19th August 2017
5:00 PM.The New Zealand government coalition is decided. Video
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