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Checkpoint for Friday 15 November 2019
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Fourth person reported dead after switching anti-epilepsy drug
5:09 PM.A 26-year-old is the fourth person to die shortly after changing from a branded version of the anti-epilepsy drug lamotrigine to a generic version, Logem.
It comes after a u-turn from Pharmac on… Read more Video, Audio
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Pharmac medical director stands by Logem switch after reported deaths
5:13 PM.A 26-year-old is the fourth person to die shortly after changing from a branded version of the anti-epilepsy drug lamotrigine to a generic version, Logem.
Videographer Dom Thomas and investigative… Read more Video, Audio
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NZ First-linked forestry group planned for govt's tree funding
5:24 PM.A forestry company with close links to New Zealand First planned to apply for up to $95 million under the One Billion Trees programme, which is overseen by New Zealand First minister Shane Jones.
The… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 15 November
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Behrouz Boochani lands in NZ, will he apply for asylum?
5:37 PM.Immigration New Zealand say there was no political involvement in granting a visa to former Manus Island detainee Behrouz Boochani - and he won't be getting any special treatment if he applies for… Read more Video, Audio
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Gloriavale leavers describe fear, oppression in community
5:44 PM.Controlling, fearful, and oppressive - that's how people who've left the community of Gloriavale described their lives there. Read more Video, Audio
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A fifth of NZers drinking dangerously - Health Ministry data
5:46 PM.It's not the drinking, it's how we're drinking, the old adage goes. One in five adult New Zealanders are now drinking alcohol in a way that is dangerous to themselves or other people, according to new… Read more Audio
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Commuter disruption 'regrettable, but unavoidable' - Goff
5:53 PM.Auckland commuters can expect to see even more orange road cones and construction cranes in the CBD as work on the City Rail Link ramps up - with more major road closures announced on Friday.
… Read more Video, Audio
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Mystery surrounds death of manta ray on Far North beach
5:57 PM.Marine scientists have a real mystery on their hands after a giant manta ray washed up on Rarawa Beach in the Far North.
The body was discovered on Wednesday - it's the first time one of the sea… Read more Video, Audio
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Pharmac's retreat on cheaper anti-epilepsy drug change - explained
6:09 PM.Pharmac has been left red-faced as a cost-saving initiative appears to have backfired, and it retreated on its plan to shift thousands of patients from their prescribed drugs to a cheaper alternative.
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Mental health patient in limbo as Pharmac drug switch queried
6:15 PM.A mental health patient who has been taking Lamotrigine for five years says she is now in limbo, and doesn't know whether to return to her preferred brand or stick with Logem.
Erin lives with… Read more Video, Audio
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Taranaki schoolkids put right a 100-year wrong
6:21 PM.Two New Zealand soldiers of German heritage who were killed in World War One, have finally been acknowledged - thanks to four Taranaki schoolkids.
Omata brothers George and Herman Bollinger were… Read more Video, Audio
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E-bikes - a new favourite for Auckland commuters?
6:27 PM.The wheels may be falling off more conventional forms of transport as more and more commuters trade in their cars for e-bikes. Read more Video, Audio