Checkpoint for Wednesday 26 June 2019
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No pain relief available for mother during fast labour in Lumsden
6:27 PM.A fourth baby has been born in Southland before the mother could reach a primary birthing unit. Each of the mothers planned to travel more than an hour away to primary birthing units, but either were… Read more Audio
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MPs: Why we’ve changed our minds on euthanasia bill
6:14 PM.MPs are set to vote in the next few hours on the second reading of David Seymour's End of Life Choice bill. National MP Judith Collins voted against it in the first reading but will now vote in… Read more Video, Audio
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Government tells principals it won’t increase pay offer
6:08 PM.Primary school principals have rejected the government's latest pay offer, holding out for pay parity with secondary school principals. Secretary of Education Iona Holsted told Checkpoint the… Read more Video, Audio
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Treaty of Waitangi document sold for $31,000 to private collector
5:57 PM.The buyer of what's thought to be the only remaining proof copy of an original Treaty of Waitangi proclamation of sovereignty says he's thrilled with the purchase. Spencer Scoular bought the rare… Read more Video, Audio
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Victim Support to distribute a further $2.5m
5:49 PM.Victim Support will tomorrow tell the victims of the mosque shootings how it plans to hand out $2.5 million donated to them, promising this time it's listened to the victims. Video, Audio
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Facebook to give French hate speech suspects' info to courts
5:47 PM.In a world first, Facebook has agreed to hand over the identification data of French users suspected of hate speech on its platform to judges. Lisa Bernhard reports. Video, Audio
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Middlemore Hospital staff increasingly escorted to cars over safety fears
5:44 PM.Security guards at Middlemore Hospital are escorting staff and visitors to their cars more than 4000 times a month as safety fears continue. The DHB says that's an eight-fold increase since March when… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for Wednesday 26 June
5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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'Huge mud crater' opens up in woman's backyard
5:25 PM.Rotorua resident Susan Gedye thought it was an earthquake when her Whakarewarewa house shook and the earth rumbled early this morning. But it wasn't an earthquake - it was a bubbling, steaming… Read more Video, Audio
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End of Life Choice bill faces toughest hurdle yet
5:22 PM.A handful of votes looks likely to make the difference in whether the voluntary euthanasia bill is voted through its second reading tonight. The first reading passed 76 to 44 last year, but this vote… Read more Video, Audio
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‘There are going to be teachers paid more than principals’
5:13 PM.The principal of a small rural school says she can't help but consider a return to teaching, after she rejected a pay offer that would have left her making less than a senior teacher at a bigger… Read more Video, Audio
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Primary, intermediate principals reject pay offer
5:09 PM.Primary and intermediate school principals have rejected the latest government offer, holding out for pay parity with secondary principals and higher salaries for those at the helm of the smallest… Read more Audio
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Checkpoint for Wednesday 26th June, 2019
5:00 PM.Watch Wednesday's full programme here. Video
