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Checkpoint for Monday 14 December 2020
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Queenstown operators want exact date for trans-Tasman travel
5:07 PM.Queenstown tourist operators need an exact date for quarantine-free travel with Australia so they can ramp back up after cutting staff and services in the wake of Covid-19 and the closed border -… Read more Video, Audio
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Grim findings in Auckland Prison visit - Chief Ombudsman
5:14 PM.A surprise visit has revealed a prison designed to help rehabilitate prisoners is instead keeping them locked down for up to 23 hours a day - with little access to education and rehab programmes.
A… Read more Video, Audio
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Ihumātao deal expected, PM silent but Opposition cries foul
5:25 PM.The Prime Minister is refusing to be drawn on whether a deal over Ihumātao was given the green light in the last Cabinet meeting for the year.
RNZ understands an agreement for Fletchers to sell the… Read more Audio
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New state homes open in Porirua as housing need skyrockets
5:30 PM.With hundreds cramped in temporary housing - the opening of dozens of new state homes in Porirua is being described as an important milestone.
The 29 new one- and two-bedroom units were blessed this… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 14 December 2020
5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Oranga Tamariki deputy resigns, chief executive stays on
5:42 PM.The deputy chief executive of Oranga Tamariki Hoani Lambert has resigned.
Chief executive of the agency Grainne Moss has just confirmed the news at a media conference in Wellington.
RNZ Māori news… Read more Audio
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Govt ministers in court over 'absurd' disability care issue
5:45 PM.Government ministers are being taken to the Employment Court over what a claimant calls a ludicrous and absurd disability care issue.
The case is around legislation which means people with… Read more Audio
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Pacific leaders urge Australia to set net-zero emissions target
5:48 PM.The Pacific Islands Forum is calling on Australia not to let its neigbours sink due to the impacts of climate change.
The call was made at the Forum leader's summit on the fifth anniversary of the… Read more Audio
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Blood donation changes allow more gay men to give
5:51 PM.The NZ Blood Service has made sweeping changes to the way it screens donors for the risk of HIV, bringing us in line with a number of overseas countries.
Effective immediately, men who have sex with… Read more Video, Audio
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Hoani Lambert discusses leaving Oranga Tamariki role
6:08 PM.Hoani Lambert has resigned from his role as deputy chief executive of Oranga Tamariki, but he says it is not in protest of his chief executive.
The head of Oranga Tamariki, Grainne Moss, has come… Read more Video, Audio
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Govt pledges fund for Southern Response-affected homeowners
6:18 PM.The government has announced a package which aims to pay out Christchurch home-owners who were short changed by Southern Response.
It has estimated about 3000 people will be eligible for the… Read more Audio
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Alcohol-fuelled violence on increase in Auckland - police
6:22 PM.There's been another incident at a central Auckland bar involving a gun - the third in a space of a month.
In the latest, the police were called after a person was seen at a bar on Sale Street with a… Read more Audio