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Checkpoint for Thursday 4 June 2020
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George Floyd protests continue across US - latest details
5:12 PM.After more than a week of protests, authorities in the United States have now laid charges against all four police officers involved in the death of African-American man George Floyd.
The murder… Read more Audio
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Queenstown welfare hub's first sessions booked out in hours
5:20 PM.The first information sessions at Queenstown's new welfare hub were fully booked within hours as migrant workers and residents try to figure out their futures.
Local agencies have been grappling with… Read more Audio
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Rugby: Auckland Blues officially get Carter
5:25 PM.The former All Blacks first-five Dan Carter is officially part of the Blues.
After initial reports last night sent the rugby world into a spin, the two-time World Cup winner trained with his new team… Read more Video, Audio
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Auckland-Canberra flights proposed, but Air NZ says no
5:28 PM.Plans for a trans-Tasman bubble by July have failed to get lift-off - with New Zealand government ministers saying it's too early for such a proposal.
Top business voices want to see a new flight… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 4 June 2020
5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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NZ First flexes muscle over commercial rent measures
5:43 PM.New Zealand First is flexing its muscles within the coalition, now publicly criticising some of the commercial rent measures its partner Labour had been pushing for - which it ended up blocking.
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Customer 'flabbergasted' at difficulty of using Air NZ credits
5:49 PM.Air New Zealand cannot afford to offer refunds to everyone impacted by flight cancellations during the Covid-19 outbreak without dipping into its $900m government loan, Air New Zealand's chief revenue… Read more Video, Audio
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Tourism Minister explains 'strategic asset' funding for Waitomo
6:06 PM.Waikato business Discover Waitomo is the first to benefit from a government plan to protect so called strategic tourism assets, with a $4 million grant to help it cushion the blow from Covid-19.
The… Read more Video, Audio
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'Your lives matter, your dreams matter' - Barack Obama to young Americans
6:22 PM.Meanwhile former US President Barack Obama has spoken publicly for the first time since George Floyd's death, saying that while the protests have been difficult and scary, they provide an opportunity… Read more Video, Audio