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Evening business for Wednesday 15 March 2017
5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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NZ Trump advisor accused of 'criminal conflict of interest'
5:28 PM.Trump advisor, New Zealander Chris Liddell, was involved in a meeting with business leaders from 12 companies, including 10 in which he held stock, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics says. Audio
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Leaked 2005 Trump tax return angers White House
5:25 PM.A leaked tax return for US President Donald Trump shows he paid $38 million US dollars in tax on more than $150 million of income in 2005. Audio
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Cake company wins contract to upgrade water treatment plants
5:22 PM.Westland District Council is investigating all its contracts issued in the last three years after it was revealed it awarded a contract to upgrade water treatment plants to a company run by a cake… Read more Audio
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Landlord knew building had flood risk but didn't tell tenants
5:10 PM.An Auckland landlord whose tenants lost everything due to floodwaters told Checkpoint he had no idea the building was a flood-risk, but other information and sources contradicts that. Read more Video, Audio
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John Key, David Cunliffe to leave Parliament at same time in April
5:09 PM.Former Prime Minister John Key and his opponent at the last election, Labour's David Cunliffe have struck a deal to both leave Parliament without having to wait for the September election. Audio
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Making New Zealand girls into tech superheros
6:25 PM.Women only make up 15 percent of the IT workforce in New Zealand. A new competition challenging girls to design an app is hoping to change that. Audio
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Save water or face boil notice message getting blurred in Akld
6:19 PM.Auckland missed its water target yesterday, but oddly, Auckland Council is still saying the result is "good news". If daily consumption is more than 400 million litres Aucklanders will have to boil… Read more Audio
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No way to prove eggs are free range - Egg Producers Federation
6:11 PM.Michael Brooks, CEO of the Egg Producers Federation says there's no way to be 100 percent sure eggs are free range, even if they're labelled as such. Video, Audio
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Countdown launches its own investigation into egg labelling
6:07 PM.Countdown yesterday removed Palace Poultry eggs from its shelves. Countdown spokesperson James Walker tells Bridget Burke when the company first heard from the Serious Fraud Office. Audio
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Police officer describes being shot in Kawerau siege
5:54 PM.Damian White was team leader as six Armed Offenders Squad officers made their way into the house. He says he remembers a massive flash followed by pain and noise. Audio
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Minister rejects Aus's plan to ban unvaccinated at pre-school
5:48 PM.Australia is considering requiring children to be vaccinated before they can go to childcare centres or pre-schools, but Jonathan Coleman says that would be detrimental long-term. Audio
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Sea level rise could flood south Dunedin in 17 years
5:44 PM.A professor from Otago University says much of south Dunedin's housing area could be under water in less than two decades. Audio
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Protests nation-wide over water rights
5:41 PM.A 15,000 signature petition has been presented at Parliament calling for all exports of New Zealand drinking water to stop. Video, Audio
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Coral Burrows' killer sentenced to preventative detention
5:37 PM.Stephen Roger Williams, 42, doesn't ever want to be released from prison, and the possibility of him ever being released is now very slim. Audio
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Evening business for 14 March 2017
5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Palace Poultry owner says supplier sold caged as free range
5:24 PM.The owner of Palace Poultry, Terry Fletcher, says Eco Foods owner, Robert Hehewerth, is lying, and sold him caged eggs as free range. Video, Audio
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No way to be sure free range eggs are actually free range
5:21 PM.Michael Brooks, CEO of the Egg Producers Federation, has acknowledged that despite there being a number of systems in place to try and guarantee eggs are free range, there's no way to be 100 per cent… Read more Video, Audio
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'We've been caught in an elaborate scam' - Woodland eggs
5:18 PM.The CEO of Mainland Poultry, which owns Woodland eggs - which sources eggs from Palace Poultry - says he has been duped and yesterday was "the worst day of his business life". Video, Audio
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Egg supplier denies it sold caged eggs as free-range
5:12 PM.The owner of Eco Foods, Robert Hehewerth, has denied his company sold caged eggs as free range. He says his eggs were clearly labelled as caged. Video, Audio
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Police station evacuated amid bomb scare
5:08 PM.Buildings have been evacuated in central Wellington due to a mysterious item at the central police station. RNZ reporter Emile Donovan is at the scene with the latest. Video, Audio
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Government lagging behind on its self-set target to reduce violent crime
6:27 PM.The government wanted to reduce violent crime by 20 per cent by June, but so far the reduction is only two per cent. Audio
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Festival organisers 'incredibly lucky' no lives lost
6:22 PM.People were unprepared and lives were put at risk by the decision not to cancel a three day music and arts festival in Waihi over the weekend, a festival vendor says. Read more Audio
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Auckland Mayor Phil Goff on flash flooding and infrastructure
6:13 PM.Auckland Mayor Phil Goff has been out in West Auckland surveying the damage caused by yesterday's flash floods. He joins Checkpoint live. Video, Audio
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How big of an issue is Auckland's stormwater infrastructure?
6:07 PM.Some of Auckland's stormwater systems can't drain rainfall fast enough, which is a major problem when there's a heavy deluge. John Campbell asks Infrastructure NZ's CEO how to fit it. Audio
