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Checkpoint for Monday 25 November 2019
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Police widen inquiry as more women runners attacked
5:09 PM.Police are reviewing all assaults on women in the Auckland area to see any of them are the work of a vicious serial attacker targeting women out exercising in the East Coast Bays area and west of the… Read more Video, Audio
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No apology from DHB after baby misdiagnosed, dies from meningitis
5:18 PM.The father of a baby who died from acute bacterial meningitis after he was sent home from Ashburton Hospital twice is angry his family is yet to receive an apology from the DHB.
Seven-month old Zoren… Read more Video, Audio
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Ex-negotiator praises police response in Tauranga hostage saga
5:26 PM.A former police negotiator says police should be commended for saving children from a hostage situation in Tauranga on Sunday.
The police shot a man dead after he was holed up for 15 hours holding… Read more Audio
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Police crackdown on naming Grace Millane's killer online
5:29 PM.The police have warned one person, and two others are under investigation, for naming Grace Millane's killer on social media during his High Court trial.
On Friday, the 27-year-old was found guilty… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 25 November 2019
5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Cricket: Black Caps beat England in first test
5:37 PM.The Blackcaps have beaten England by an innings and 65 runs in the first test at Mt Maunganui.
The agonising 'Super Over' draws in recent ODI and T20 games have finally been overcome with New… Read more Video, Audio
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Cattle suffering poor winter grazing practices - taskforce
5:42 PM.Farmers have until next winter to clean up their act when it comes to winter grazing, or face beefed up regulations.
It follows the release of a damning report by a government appointed taskforce… Read more Audio
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Greenpeace protestors unmoved on Timaru oil drilling vessel
5:53 PM.Greenpeace protestors are still holding up a oil drilling vessel in Timaru and have no plans for leaving.
They arrived early yesterday morning to stop the vessel, owned by OMV, from leaving the… Read more Video, Audio
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What was wrong with the NCEA Level 2 Maths problem?
5:56 PM.A curly question in last week's NCEA Level 2 maths exam has prompted dozens of complaints, with a university maths professor saying those who put the test together 'messed up'.
The question asked… Read more Video, Audio
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White Ribbon Day motorcycles crowd Parliament forecourt
6:09 PM.Around 20 motorcycles rode onto the Parliament forecourt on Monday afternoon, in an event marking White Ribbon Day.
Over the past week the White Ribbon Riders have driven across the country, in an… Read more Audio
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Groups get together urging govt fix relationships problems in welfare system
6:14 PM.A coalition of NGOs is demanding the Government make urgent changes to the way relationships are treated in the welfare system.
It comes as at least one beneficiary claims she was forced to lie to… Read more Audio
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Northern NSW locals on alert as huge fires continue
6:20 PM.Residents in northern NSW are again on alert as the massive Myall Creek fire between Coffs Harbour and Byron Bay has today been raised to Emergency Alert level.
There's 67 bush & grass fires still… Read more Video, Audio
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Wainuiomata wall transformed by lego 'Banksy'
6:26 PM.It's not your typical lego creation. One by one giant spray-painted lego heads have been popping up, brightening a boring concrete retaining wall near the Lower Hutt suburb of Wainuiomata.
The artist… Read more Video, Audio