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Checkpoint for Wednesday 18 December 2019
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No evidence for sexual assault claims against ex-Labour staffer - report
5:09 PM.An inquiry into complaints of sexual assault against a former Labour Party staffer has cast major doubt on the complainants' version of events.
The public airing of a range of allegations put serious… Read more Video, Audio
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Businessman Sir Ron Brierley arrested for possessing child abuse images
5:18 PM.It's believed an anonymous tip-off prompted a police investigation into New Zealand born multi-millionaire businessman Sir Ron Brierley, who is now facing child abuse image possession charges.
Sir… Read more Video, Audio
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Whakaari eruption: Police divers frustrated body just out of reach
5:22 PM.Police divers have expressed their frustration at being within metres of the body believed to have been missing White Island tour guide Hayden Marshall-Inman, before dangerous swells thwarted their… Read more Audio
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Rua Kenana officially pardoned by Crown
5:26 PM.More than a hundred years since the Tūhoe pacifist Rua Kenana was unlawfully imprisoned, the Crown has pardoned him and acknowledged its wrongs.
Close to 200 of Rua Kenana's descendants gathered at… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 18 December
5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Soldier arrested at Linton on suspicion of far-right extremist involvement
5:36 PM.A soldier has been arrested at Linton Military camp, amid suspicion they're part of a far right extremist group.
The Defence Force has yet to confirm what, if any charges the soldier is facing. But… Read more Audio
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Being a burns survivor - from surgery to self-confidence
5:41 PM.A Waikato woman who still bares the scars of burns to 60 percent of her body has endured more than 25 surgeries since childhood.
Donna Gregory Marshall was burnt on her arms back and shoulders after… Read more Video, Audio
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Uncertainty over what Whakaari volcano will do next - GNS
6:08 PM.The night after Whakaari White Island erupted, heavy rainfall combined with ash, creating a sediment wave that likely flushed the bodies of the two missing victims down a stream into the ocean.
Local… Read more Audio
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No environment care plan as tourist numbers skyrocket in NZ
6:17 PM.The government and the tourism industry have no clear plan to deal with the impacts that ballooning tourist numbers will have on the environment in the coming decades, according to a new report from… Read more Audio
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Birds bound for Northland after Western Springs goose chase
6:17 PM.A wild goose chase at Auckland's Western Springs park has managed to nab nearly 100 birds bound for a happy new life on a Northland farm.
The geese have been creating chaos for months - eventually… Read more Video, Audio
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Police pups and foster parents' Christmas party
6:24 PM.Police puppies and their foster parents - most of them police officers - gathered at Canterbury Central Police Station on Friday for a day of training.
Checkpoint reporter Logan Church and… Read more Video, Audio