Checkpoint for Tuesday 27 November 2018
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Prominent PNG journalist reinstated following suspension
6:22 PM.Scott Waide, who was suspended after asking questions about Jacinda Ardern at the recent APEC meeting, has returned to work. Audio
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Business leaders welcome ERA bill changes
6:18 PM.Controversial planned changes to employment relations are a step closer to becoming law - and business leaders say the latest version of the bill is much more palatable than it was initially. Audio
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DHB gears up for mass vaccination programme
6:08 PM.An emergency vaccination programme targeting a deadly meningococcal strain will roll out in Northland next week - more than six months after the District Health Board first raised concerns about the… Read more Audio
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Mussel beds on the move to help clean up water
5:55 PM.Pioneering work to restore mussel-beds to the Hauraki Gulf will be replicated in the upper South Island where commercial fishing decimated stocks last century. Video, Audio
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Sending mail and paying bills will change
5:52 PM.New Zealand Post will close its last 79 shops, saying it will replace them with services in supermarkets and pharmacies. Reporter Maxine Jacobs headed down to Auckland's Dominion Road to find out how… Read more Video, Audio
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Car-free trial to go ahead on Auckland's Queen St
5:42 PM.Plans are afoot to ban cars from Queen St and other roads in central Auckland. Councillors today voted unanimously to trial the idea next year, which would radically transform the city centre. Video, Audio
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'I knew they were all going to die'
5:38 PM.It was cold, dark, and Liz Carlson was alone, desperately trying to re-float more than 100 whales that stranded on a remote Stewart Island bay. She spoke with Lisa Owen about the worst experience of… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 27 November 2018
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Police investigating complaints against Young Nats member
5:26 PM.The National Party is facing questions over a Christmas drinks function held by its youth wing - after police launched an investigation linked to the event. Video, Audio
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Review to probe bullying, harassment at Parliament
5:22 PM.Speaker Trevor Mallard has launched an external review to get to the bottom of whether bullying and harassment is rife at Parliament. But New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says the only person… Read more Video, Audio
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Rohit Singh found guilty of murdering ex-girlfriend
5:18 PM.A jury took just 45 minutes to find Rohit Deepak Singh guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend Arishma Chand. Court reporter Anneke Smith has been following the case, and discusses the verdict with Lisa… Read more Video, Audio
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Lance O’Sullivan: NZ health system is ‘f*****’
5:09 PM.Former New Zealander of the Year, Dr Lance O'Sullivan, says he will quit medicine in two years if the "f*****" health system doesn't change. He tells Lisa Owen incompetent doctors are harming people.
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Checkpoint for Tuesday, 27th November 2018
5:00 PM.Watch Tuesday's full programme here. Video
