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Checkpoint for Friday 27 July 2018
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Bruce McLaren's replica race car on display
6:23 PM.The replica of the first car raced by Bruce McLaren featured in last year's documentary about the legendary Kiwi-born Formula One driver has just gone on display at the Southward Car Museum, north of… Read more Video, Audio
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Lower Hutt businesses gutted by fire
6:13 PM.A massive fire in Lower Hutt ripped through a commercial building today, destroying at least two businesses. Tests are being done to establish if damage to its asbestos roof is a public health risk. Video, Audio
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Nurse left alone to keep baby alive
6:08 PM.A nurse tells John Campbell she was left alone for 50 minutes to keep a newborn baby alive as her calls for help went unanswered. Video, Audio
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Joseph Parker promising heavyweight boxing fireworks
5:51 PM.Joseph Parker will head into the ring with Dillian Whyte in London on Sunday for his first fight since losing to Anthony Joshua. If he's successful he'll have a shot at reclaiming the world title he… Read more Audio
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Questions start as Greece searches for survivors
5:49 PM.Grief is giving way to anger in Greece, as rescuers search the blackened land for bodies, and any miraculous survivors, three days after a wildfire destroyed a village outside Athens killing at least… Read more Video, Audio
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23 percent of women drink during first trimester
5:40 PM.Nearly a quarter of women drink alcohol during the first three months of pregnancy, with some drinking heavily, and 13 percent continued to drink further into pregnancy, a longitudinal study has… Read more Audio
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Evening business for Fri 27 July
5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Fonterra chair quits for health reasons
5:33 PM.Fonterra chair John Wilson has resigned for health reasons. Video, Audio
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Stickergate - Do we need stickers on fruit?
5:25 PM.They're small in isolation, but when added up stickers from fruit are leaving a massive environmental footprint. Zac Fleming meets a man who is on a crusade to change that. Read more Video, Audio
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New Accord won’t change vote, nurses say
5:20 PM.A nurse and moderator of the Facebook page 'NZ, please hear our voice' says an Accord on safe staffing will just tell health managers what nurses already know - that they're understaffed. Video, Audio
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Health Minister introduces Accord to improve nurses’ safe staffing levels
5:18 PM.Health Minister David Clark has formed an Accord, to be signed by the ministry, nurses' union and DHBs, to address nurses' safe staffing levels. Video, Audio
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Teen will spend minimum 11 years in prison for murder
5:14 PM.Rosie Lewis has been sentenced to life in prison for robbing and murdering 30-year-old Indian national, Sandeep Dhiman, who she met on Tinder. Audio
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DOC plans to meet Matt Lauer in person over easement debate
5:09 PM.DOC's Director General Lou Sanson says Hunter Valley Station leasee, American millionaire Matt Lauer, is being open and encouraging about access and the application for an easement should be put on… Read more Audio
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RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 27th July 2018
5:00 PM.Watch Friday's full programme here. Video