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Checkpoint for Wednesday 9 June 2021
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Dangerous staffing levels behind DHB nurses' nationwide strike
6:20 PM.Dangerous staffing levels which are leaving nurses fearing for their patients - this issue came up again and again at today's countrywide strike by DHB nurses.
At least 30,000 DHB nurses went on… Read more Audio
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How to cut NZ's transport emissions? Driving industry boss, climate change expert respond
6:12 PM.Professor Dave Frame is Director of the New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute at Victoria University.
He says transport emissions are on the way up and we need to be targeting motorists. Read more Video, Audio
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Climate Change Commission's recommendations divides MPs
6:08 PM.The Climate Commission has stressed a need for the country to work harder to significantly reduce emissions - but how it's achieved has divided Parliament.
The commission has released its final… Read more Audio
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Bridget Simmonds had warned she may die before going missing
5:50 PM.Warning: This report includes disturbing details of violence that will upset listeners.
Northland woman Bridget Simmonds warned she would soon die just before she went missing.
The 42-year-old… Read more Audio
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Church leaders roll up sleeves for Covid-19 vaccination
5:45 PM.Pacific and Māori church leaders are stepping up in the battle against Covid-19 vaccine misinformation.
A dozen senior Catholics from around the Wellington region received their first dose of the… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for Wednesday 9 June 2021
5:40 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6258018634001 Video, Audio
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DHB contingency planner discusses nurses' strike
5:35 PM.Nurses say they are working harder than ever, and are not getting a fair deal.
At least 30,000 walked off the job today, demanding more pay and safer workplaces.
The strike has been running from… Read more Video, Audio
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Robyn Malcolm in MIQ 'naughty corner' after candle confiscation
5:26 PM.Actor Robyn Malcolm says she feels like she's in the team of five million's naughty corner after being bailed up by MIQ officials for lighting a candle in her room and displaying one too many bottles… Read more Video, Audio
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Three breach Melbourne lockdown, fly to Auckland via Sydney
5:22 PM.Three people breached Melbourne's lockdown to travel to Sydney and then on to Auckland.
The Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says the group will have to spend two weeks in managed isolation -… Read more Audio
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MTA boss urges scrapping scheme for existing vehicle fleet
5:15 PM.The government should pay people to send their old petrol cars to the scrap heap, according to the Motor Trade Association.
Transport belches out nearly half of New Zealand's carbon emissions. The… Read more Video, Audio
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Climate Change Commission report underwhelming - Greenpeace
5:11 PM.The Climate Change Commission has urged the government to get tough on the way New Zealanders live and work, in its final advice for reducing emissions, presented to Parliament.
But critics have… Read more Audio
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Nurses protest for better pay, safer work conditions
5:07 PM.Nurses have taken to the streets around the country demanding more pay and a safer place to work.
They say they were gutted by the government's call to freeze the pay of most public service workers… Read more Video, Audio