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Checkpoint for Wednesday 11 September 2019
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Labour president resigns over assault complaints fiasco
5:10 PM.Labour Party President Nigel Haworth’s resignation was announced just before midday on Wednesday, as the fiasco around allegations of assaults by a Labour Party staffer.
The Prime Minister accepted… Read more Video, Audio
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Arrest made in Lois Tolley murder case
5:20 PM."This is not the end." That's the message from the police inspector in charge of the investigation into the brutal killing of Upper Hutt woman Lois Tolley after an arrest was finally made in the case.
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Ihumātao: As negotiations continue, core occupiers remain
5:25 PM.It's been dubbed this generation's Bastion Point. The stand-off at Ihumātao in South Auckland burst into the headlines in July after an eviction notice was served to protestors who wanted to stop a… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for Weds 11 Sept
5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Quantity surveyor speaks out on dodgy quake assessments
5:40 PM."They were just numbers" - that's how a quantity surveyor describes how Arrow International treated customers during his time working there.
Arrow International - which collapsed earlier this year -… Read more Video, Audio
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Health officials grilled over antidepressant brand switch
5:44 PM.Health officials have been accused of using patients with depression as guinea pigs by changing an anti-depressant drug to a generic one.
The comments came at a Health Select Committee on Wednesday… Read more Audio
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Survivor of abuse by Marist brother has her day in court
5:48 PM.A woman sexually assaulted by a former Marist brother as a young girl has told a court her life was destroyed by the abuse.
Michael Beaumont abused three girls while working in his community as a… Read more Audio
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Labour president Nigel Haworth resigns - political analysis
6:10 PM.Labour Party president Nigel Haworth is the first political casualty of the Labour sex allegations scandal - tendering his resignation today, effective immediately.
The Labour Party and the Prime… Read more Video, Audio
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Measles: School nurses to vaccinate Auckland students
6:17 PM.School nurses are finally being signed off as vaccinators to reach 17,000 or so Auckland high school students who may not have had the MMR jab.
Dozens of nurses are doing their final practical… Read more Audio
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Queenstown closer to introducing bed tax
6:24 PM.Queenstown is one step closer to taxing its visitors in a bid to cover infrastructure costs.
The government has thrown its support behind a levy for the resort town, saying it will help to introduce… Read more Audio