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Checkpoint for Friday 30 November 2018
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HIV tests distributed across Rwanda
6:26 PM.HIV self-testing kits are being rolled out across Rwanda in a bid to beat the stigma of visiting a doctor. Results take just 20 minutes and the test can be done at home. Sam Holder reports. Video, Audio
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Halifax investors 'shocked' their money was traded offshore
6:15 PM. Investors of collapsed Australian finance company Halifax say they're upset as they wait nervously for their funds, which were frozen last week.
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Flooding risk could force closure of Piha camp ground
6:07 PM.One of Auckland's most well known camp grounds will have to remove all of its cabins and could shut down altogether after a report into severe flooding at Piha earlier this year. Audio
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Teacher transforms home into classroom for California kids
5:55 PM.A class of primary school children whose homes were destroyed in the California fires, have taken up residence in their teacher's house. Colette Luke reports. Video, Audio
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Celebrations as historic Fiordland viaduct reopens
5:51 PM.More than 50 people, including Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage, flew into Fiordland to mark the reopening of Percy Burn Viaduct - the world's highest surviving wooden bridge. Video, Audio
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Fighting in PNG's Enga causes "humanitarian crisis"
5:48 PM.Police in central Papua New Guinea say tribal violence has escalated to a humanitarian crisis. Audio
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Lower Hutt hard-hit by affordable housing shortage
5:44 PM.A housing crisis in Lower Hutt is being exacerbated by people moving into the city from nearby Wellington in search of cheaper rent, with nearly 50% of the region's emergency housing grants being paid… Read more Audio
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Jones defends comments about Provincial Growth Fund
5:39 PM.The Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones says not everything he says in Parliament should be taken as fact, after flippant remarks he made while defending his Provincial Growth Fund. Audio
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Govt puts nearly $120m towards billion tree-planting goal
5:36 PM.The government has announced it's putting $118 million towards helping landowners and organisations to plant trees to fulfil its goal to plant 1 billion trees across New Zealand by 2028. Video, Audio
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Evening Business for Friday 30 November 2018
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Oamaru on water restrictions as supply runs dangerously low
5:27 PM.Waitaki District Council says it pleased with Oamaru residents on Wednesday to conserve water, but residents didn't heed the call and as a result full restrictions are in place. But as our… Read more Video, Audio
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51 whales dead after mass stranding on Chatham Islands
5:17 PM.Up to 90 pilot whales were stranded last night in the Chatham Islands, but 40 were able to refloat themselves. When the Department of Conservation arrived, all but one of the 51 remaining whales were… Read more Video, Audio
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MTA lost confidence in NZTA over WOF licence concerns
5:12 PM.Figures released to Checkpoint reveal there are just 20 NZTA compliance officers responsible for checking up on about 12,000 garages or people authorised to issue warrants. Motor Trade Association… Read more Video, Audio
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HNZ tenants evicted over meth tests on cusp of receiving compo
5:08 PM.The first state house tenants kicked out of their homes due to flawed meth testing are about to have their compensation claims paid out after Cabinet signed off on a regulation change. Read more Video, Audio