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Checkpoint for Friday 9 October 2020
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Woman escapes Auckland city isolation hotel by fire escape
5:10 PM.An investigation is underway after a woman escaped managed isolation through a fire escape while security guards were quote "elsewhere".
The woman who arrived in New Zealand on a flight from Dubai on… Read more Video, Audio
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Rugby: Wellington amping up for All Blacks v Wallabies
5:13 PM.Wellington is poised to host the country's first international sporting event since the Covid-19 pandemic, when the All Blacks face off against the Wallabies on Sunday.
Despite the dirth of… Read more Audio
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Pharmac sorry as NZ faces oral contraceptive shortage
5:22 PM.Pharmac is apologising to thousands of women who will be forced to change oral contraceptives because supplies of some pill brands are about to run out.
About 25,000 women take the four contraceptive… Read more Video, Audio
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Collins finds campaign comfort in Blenheim crowd
5:27 PM.The tables turned on the campaign trail today with Judith Collins putting the boot into Labour while Jacinda Ardern was forced to defend a minister.
The National leader has spent the best part of the… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 9 October 2020
5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Early voting up more than 50 percent compared to 2017
5:38 PM.While party leaders are still traversing the country trying to sell their message, hundreds of thousands of people have already cast their vote - well in advance of the election.
Voting is up more… Read more Audio
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Electoral Commission warned over Octover 17 voting day
5:42 PM.Days before Jacinda Ardern changed the election date to October, the Electoral Commission warned they'd struggle to make the date work.
The latest tranche of documents on the governement's Covid-19… Read more Audio
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Missing livestock ship: Debris found near Tokara Islands
5:47 PM.Debris thought to be from the missing cargo ship, Gulf Livestock one, has been found close to where it sank near the Tokara Islands, in Japan.
It's raised the hopes of family members, including two… Read more Audio
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Grandmother's crockpot survives Ōhau fire
5:50 PM.Part of a grandmother's crockpot is among the little left of a Lake Ōhau home lost in one of the most destructive fires the country has ever seen.
Fire and Emergency's contained the fire at Lake… Read more Audio
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Wellington conservation efforts under siege after attacks
5:53 PM.Wellington's environment and conservation efforts are under siege after a spate of malicious or ignorant attacks.
A wildlife sanctuary's fence has been slashed, large bags of bread were ditched and… Read more Audio
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Emergency accommodation providers claim thousands in wage subsidies
6:06 PM.Motels and accomodation providers receiving millions of dollars in emergency housing payments from the government have also claimed tens of thousands of dollars in wage subsidies.
One Auckland… Read more Audio
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First All Blacks team of 2020 named ahead of Wallabies clash
6:14 PM.The first All Blacks team of the year has been named and while three uncapped players will debut from the bench, the match day 23 is a largely predictable side for Sunday's Bledisloe Cup opener in… Read more Audio
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Family Planning warns over oral contraceptive shortage
6:15 PM.Family Planning was not planning for an unprecedented shortage of oral contraceptives, but its now faced with supplies of four brands running out in the next few weeks.
And it is warning women to… Read more Video, Audio
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University sexual abuse research tip of iceberg - survivor group
6:20 PM.A sexual abuse survivor group believes research about sexual assaults on university students is conservative.
A study by the New Zealand Medical Journal found 28 percent of students surveyed had… Read more Audio
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Pacific university students call for more financial, health help from next govt
6:41 PM.Helping students to earn money to live on while studying and extra support for mental health are two areas Pacific tertiary students want given more attention.
Universities NZ figures show there were… Read more Audio