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Checkpoint for Thursday 24 March 2022
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Immigration Minister details Aus asylum seekers deal
5:07 PM.New Zealand's helping bail Australia out of a long running controversy over asylum seekers locked up in offshore detention centres.
In 2013 it introduced a policy preventing anyone arriving by boat… Read more Video, Audio
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Weather: Gisborne remains cut off after heavy rain, slips, floods
5:14 PM.Gisborne remains cut off this evening - roads are closed all around it - after heavy rain battered the region, causing slips and widespread flooding.
The sun was shining for most of the day but slip… Read more Video, Audio
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Weather warning for Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa - Metservice
5:22 PM.The weather system bringing the torrential rain to Tairāwhiti is moving down the island.
An orange alert has been issued for Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa.
Metservice meteorologist David Miller is on… Read more Video, Audio
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Police combing Glen Innes property after shooting
5:25 PM.Police have been combing a property in the Auckland suburb of Glen Innes after six people were injured by gunfire early this morning.
They say people approached a house about three-o-clock and fired… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 24 March 2022
5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Auckland mayor reacts as CBD offices prepare to let staff back
5:36 PM.After months at home workers can trade the trackies and kitchen commute for a return to the actual office, with the government ending most mandates from early April.
The question is will they?
Some… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid: Omicron rates now highest among Māori
5:42 PM.Omicron cases have surged among Māori, with tangata whenua now having the highest rates.
As another pandemic inequity emerges, the health ministry is again defending its response for Māori.
Jamie… Read more Audio
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Govt 'pulling rug' from under vulnerable - NZers with disabilities
5:46 PM.Some of the country's most at-risk people say the government is trading off their safety by easing restrictions so soon.
From April 5, vaccine passports will not be required anymore - and many… Read more Audio
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US President in Europe as Russian invasion of Ukraine goes on
5:49 PM.The US has officially declared that Russian troops have committed war crimes in Ukraine - days after President Joe Biden called Vladimir Putin a war criminal.
It comes as Biden arrives in Europe for… Read more Audio
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McDonald's sues Germany's greenest city over packaging tax
5:57 PM.There is a David and Goliath struggle going on between a small picturesque town in regional Germany, and fast food giant, McDonalds.
The tiny town of Tubingen, near Stuttgart, has just 90,000… Read more Video, Audio
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First US woman secretary of state Madaleine Albright dies at 84
5:57 PM.Madeleine Albright, America's first female secretary of state has died at the age of 84.
Former President Bill Clinton, who appointed her to the role, called her "extraordinary" and says her death is… Read more Audio
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Amnesty International celebrates deal for NZ to take refugees
6:07 PM.Amnesty International NZ's executive director Meg De Ronde told Checkpoint it's a huge relief to have the deal for 450 refugees to come here from detention in Australia and offshore centres.
"Amnesty… Read more Video, Audio
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Tonga economy hit by volcano, tsunami, Covid, and food aid
6:13 PM.Tonga's economy is being hit by a severe downturn with both exports and local sales in decline.
In January this year, a volcanic eruption sent tsunami waves and ash rain that devastated the nation… Read more Audio