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Checkpoint for Thursday 14 November 2019
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Grace Millane case: Accused details putting body in suitcase
5:09 PM.The man accused of murdering Grace Millane told the police he sobbed and vomited as he put her body into a suitcase the day after she died in his apartment.
Video footage of the 27-year-old man's… Read more Video, Audio
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New head of state care abuse inquiry acknowledges failures
5:15 PM.The new head of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care concedes there are fences to be mended in gaining the trust of survivors working with the investigation.
Former district court Judge… Read more Video, Audio
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Political lines drawn on future of public media
5:25 PM.The political battle lines have been drawn over the future of public broadcasting, with National coming out strongly against a plan to create one public broadcaster to replace RNZ and TVNZ.
RNZ has… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for Thursday 14 November
5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Former cop acted unlawfully, abused his power - IPCA report
5:35 PM.Former inspector Hurimoana Dennis is standing by his actions and insists he was a good cop, despite scathing reports revealing he abused his power as well as unlawfully detaining a teenager in 2015.
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Crowds of farmers march on Parliament protesting forestry creep
5:39 PM.Hundreds of farmers marched on parliament on Thursday, saying the countryside risks being swamped by tree planting and their livelihoods risk going to the wall.
They say slow-growing trees do not pay… Read more Video, Audio
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Corrections calls for more powers over prisoner correspondence
5:43 PM.Corrections is calling for more powers to read, copy and store letters coming in and out of prisons, now that a review of its mail system has identified 'deficiencies' in the law.
The independent… Read more Audio
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'Wahine toa, be brave' - govt urged to fund HPV test
5:46 PM.There are calls for the government to save more Māori women's lives by immediately funding a DIY test for the virus that causes many cervical cancers.
Māori women are more than twice as likely to be… Read more Video, Audio
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Jack Daniels, beer after overnight blaze battle to save home
5:54 PM.An Australian woman has told her story of survival after battling seven hours through the night to save her house from a deadly bushfire.
Ann Windress, her husband Mick and two relatives used hoses… Read more Video, Audio
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Stress, sadness still clouds Kaikōura, three years after quake
6:08 PM.Kaikōura business owners say stress and sadness from dealing with insurance companies still hangs over them, three years to the day a massive earthquake rocked the town.
On November 14, 2016 a 7.8… Read more Video, Audio
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Peter Ellis case to be decided by Supreme Court
6:16 PM.A case that has gripped the nation for nearly three decades has reached the country's highest court, two months after the death of the man at the centre of it all.
Peter Ellis served seven years of a… Read more Audio
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Relief, regret as Seymour's euthanasia bill passes Parliament
6:19 PM.Opponents of euthanasia are warning that politicians haven't taken their concerns into account after voting through David Seymour's bill.Lawyers, doctors and now a mental health nurse have spoken up… Read more Video, Audio
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Who will win big at NZ Music Awards?
6:24 PM.The 54th New Zealand Music Awards are about to kick off in Auckland - celebrating the best in Kiwi music.
Awards up for grabs are album of the year, single of the year - best pop, rock, classical… Read more Audio