Checkpoint for Thursday 1 September 2022
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No money spent yet from government's $6 million ram raid protection fund
5:07 PM.A $6 million fund designed to help small business owners hit by ram raids is yet to pay out a single cent.
The crime prevention fund was announced in May, by the then-Police Minister Poto Williams.
… Read more Video, Audio
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Consenting system needs major renovation - Master Builders
5:13 PM.Construction delays and budget blow outs are symptoms of a broken consenting system that's in need of significant renovation according to Master Builders.
The industry group wants the number of… Read more Video, Audio
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Auckland housing market far from crashing - realtors
5:18 PM.The downturn in the housing market is at its fastest rate in 14 years - but CoreLogic thinks the market is beginning to bottom out.
So what does all that mean for buyers and sellers? Felix Walton… Read more Audio
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Wonky Box food delivery saving fruit, veges from the landfill
5:26 PM.Are you guilty of fruit and vege prejudice? Bypassing the knobbly stunted carrot in favour of the better formed one?
The truth is most outsized produce does not make it to supermarket shelves, but… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 1 September 2022
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Expensive clean-up bill for Marlborough after devastating floods
5:37 PM.It will be an expensive clean-up bill in Marlborough - after the region took a hammering of rain two weeks ago.
The scale of the recovery is still being established - paddocks are flooded, there are… Read more Video, Audio
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Gloriavale leaders thought they were above law - ex-member
5:43 PM.A former Gloriavale woman says the Christian community's leaders thought they were above the law.
The Employment Court has been hearing evidence from leavers who claim they were working in slave-like… Read more Audio
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UN confirms evidence of abuse, torture of Uyghurs in China
5:45 PM.The UN has accused China of serious human rights violations in a damning report into allegations of abuse and torture of ethnic minorities.
The report details the horrific abuse of Uyghur Muslims… Read more Audio
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Dunedin deli saves plastic with returnable packaging system
5:49 PM.A Dunedin deli is trialling a takeaway that you bring back - containers that is. It's all part of a project to get more businesses in the city to ditch single use and even recyclable containers and… Read more Video, Audio
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The conspiracy theorists running for councils around NZ
5:53 PM.For the first time, Local Government New Zealand has unveiled its guide to getting to know your local body candidates.
It comes in the wake of conspiracy theorists and extremists putting their hand… Read more Audio
