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Checkpoint for Monday 27 January 2020
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World mourns NBA star Kobe Bryant, killed in helicopter crash
5:06 PM.The world is tonight mourning a basketball legend after former NBA star Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were killed in a helicopter crash along with seven others on Monday morning (NZ… Read more Video, Audio
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Kobe Bryant 'a genuinely nice person' - Newport Beach mayor
5:14 PM.A vigil is underway in Newport Beach where Kobe Bryant lived with his family. The star NBA basketball player died in a helicopter crash on Monday morning (NZ time). The city's Mayor, Will O'Neill… Read more Video, Audio
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China flights land in Auckland, but no coronavirus screening
5:18 PM.Hundreds of air passengers from mainland China arrived in Auckland on Monday, but not one person volunteered to be checked by medical staff at Auckland airport.
Much of China is on high-alert for the… Read more Video, Audio
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Schools told to monitor foreign students for coronavirus
5:21 PM.Schools have been told to keep a close watch on foreign students arriving from regions affected by the deadly coronavirus.
About half of the 20,000 international students expected in New Zealand… Read more Audio
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New Zealander trapped in Wuhan as coronavirus spreads
5:28 PM.A New Zealand software technician trapped indefinitely in Wuhan by the coronavirus outbreak believes New Zealand should be doing more to get its people out of the city.
Joanna, who wants only to be… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 27 January 2020
5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Shane Jones' comments on Pania Newton 'sexist' - open letter
5:40 PM.Sexist, misogynistic and an attack on the leadership of Māori women - that is how recent remarks by Shane Jones have been described, after he called Ihumātao protest leader Pania Newton a young… Read more Video, Audio
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Netball: New Silver Ferns team building depth - Taurua
5:44 PM.The Silver Ferns have started the year on a high, winning netball's inaugural Nations Cup in London after beating Jamaica 67-56.
The side is quite different to the one that captured the World Cup… Read more Video, Audio
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Coronavirus not as infectious as measles, flu - Director of Public Health
6:10 PM.It's not a question of if the deadly coronavirus will make to New Zealand but rather when, according to local health officials.
So far, it has infected more than 2,750 people, most of them in China… Read more Video, Audio
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LA mourns as Kobe Bryant killed in helicopter crash
6:24 PM.Many in Los Angeles and around the world are mourning after US basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter were among nine people killed in a helicopter crash in the city of Calabasas, California… Read more Audio