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Checkpoint for Wednesday 18 September 2019
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Z defends petrol price hike after Saudi oil saga
5:10 PM.Z Energy is defending yesterday's six cent price hike, saying that's how much it would have cost to replace the fuel in its tanks.
Z and BP both increased their prices by six cents after drone… Read more Audio
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Petrol prices should drop after Saudi saga - Energy Minister
5:15 PM.The Energy Minister says she expects petrol prices to come down as quickly as they went up after Saudi Arabia revealed that damage to its production facilities is not as bad as first thought.
On… Read more Video, Audio
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Z Energy boss discusses petrol price rise
5:20 PM.Petrol retailer Z Energy says it cannot always compete with rival companies like Gull because it is a much smaller company.
The comments come after Gull says its competitors such as Z and BP, jumped… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 18 September 2019
5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Mark Sainsbury urges govt to establish 'champion for elderly'
5:38 PM.Broadcaster Mark Sainsbury wants the government to establish a "champion for the elderly".
Mr Sainsbury appeared before the Health Select Committee on Wednesday morning to speak to his petition… Read more Video, Audio
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Lord of the Rings Amazon series to be made in Auckland
5:42 PM.Hundreds of jobs, billions of dollars, and one ring to rule them all - Lord of the Rings is coming back home.
Tech-giant Amazon has announced it'll film a TV series here, based in Auckland, set in an… Read more Audio
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Ihumātao: Kīngitanga, mana whenua unite to see land returned
5:46 PM.The pressure is back on the government to sort out the Ihumātao land dispute, with the Māori King and mana whenua on Wednesday clear and united in their hope to see the land returned.
Kīngi Tuheitia… Read more Video, Audio
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Ardern discusses details of Japan, US trip
5:50 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is defending her decision to leave New Zealand while the Labour Party is still dealing with the mishandling of sexual assault allegations.
Ms Ardern is in Japan this… Read more Audio
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Wellington kitten saved from the litter
5:55 PM.A tiny kitten was almost yesterday's news after it got caught up in newspapers being loaded on to a recycling belt at a wellington waste station.
Luckily the kitten was plucked to safety, just in… Read more Video, Audio
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Vaping in 1 in 10 primary schools in Cancer Society survey
6:10 PM.One in ten primary schools surveyed by the Cancer Society have students who are vaping - even though under 18s shouldn't be able to buy the products.
More than 300 schools responded to the… Read more Video, Audio
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Hapū, locals stoked council held to account for sewage spill
6:14 PM.Bell Block residents and local hapū say they are "stoked" that the New Plymouth District Council is to be prosecuted over a massive discharge of raw sewage into the Mangati Stream in January.
More… Read more Video, Audio
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Fossil of ancient bony-toothed bird found in Canterbury
6:18 PM.One of world's oldest bird species has been found in North Canterbury.
Bony-toothed birds, an ancient family of huge seafaring birds, were thought to have evolved in the Northern Hemisphere - but… Read more Video, Audio
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Rugby World Cup: Arena of dreams or land of nightmares
6:22 PM.The countdown is on to the All Blacks' World Cup opener against South Africa on Saturday night and as they battle to train through the heat in Kashiwa, there's also the pressure of trying to win a… Read more Video, Audio