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Angela Merkel to stand for another four years as chancellor
5:52 PM.The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has put an end to weeks of speculation and has announced she will run for a fourth term in office. Audio
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Cornwall Park tree falls, crushing cars and injuring two people
5:49 PM.Trees in Auckland's Cornwall Park are being checked after a large cottonwood fell on several cars, crushing them and injuring two people. Video, Audio
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Families of disabled children missing out on allowance
5:46 PM.Most families with ill or disabled children are missing out on financial help because the application process for the Child Disability Allowance is too complicated, the Child Poverty Action Group… Read more Audio
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Overcrowding in hospitals causing hundreds to die, doctor says
5:43 PM.A senior doctor says specialists knew that overcrowded hospital emergency departments were behind hundreds of deaths of patients a year. Audio
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Opposition parties say PM irresponsible to consider tax cuts
5:40 PM.The Prime Minister is being labeled irresponsible for talking tax cuts when the full cost of the damage from last week's earthquakes is still not known. Audio
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Evening business for 21 November 2016
5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Business as usual for Kaikoura whale watchers
5:29 PM.Five sperm whales were spotted yesterday by Kauahi Nga Pora and his team at Whale Watch Kaikoura. It's business as usual, Kauahi says. Video, Audio
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Calls for Pike River Mine to remain open whilst 'a homicide scene'
5:23 PM.A lawyer acting for the Pike River victims' families say the mine shouldn't be sealed as it is a crime scene, while a Mines Rescue team member offers to go inside. Video, Audio
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Illegal to live in office space, Wellington City Council says
5:20 PM.Wellington City Council general manager of building control Mike Scott says a family living in a Wellington office building should not have been living there. Audio
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Couple rented office space by Prime Properties
5:18 PM.A family living illegally in a now-condemned office building in Wellington were dealing with Jamie Meyer from Prime Properties. This is how he responded to our requests to comment. Audio
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Family lived illegally in now-condemned Wellington building
5:13 PM.A couple living in office space in a Wellington building which now has to be demolished have learnt they were living there illegally - and have no way of retrieving their belongings. Video, Audio
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Road to Kaikoura to take longer to open than expected
5:09 PM.People trapped in Kaikoura were told they should have access to the inland road this week - but today they were told it might be longer before it reopens, leaving them at a loss at what to do. Video, Audio
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Up to 3/4 of paua near Kaikoura are dead - Nathan Guy
5:07 PM.Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy has announced the temporary closure of the crayfish, paua and seaweed fisheries along the earthquake-affected east coast of the South Island. Audio
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Irish rugby fans downplay chance of history repeating itself
6:37 PM.Ireland seek to make history - again - when they take on the All Blacks on home soil this weekend. Audio
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Aucklanders appear (mainly) anti becoming the capital of NZ
6:23 PM.What do Aucklanders make of suggestions to move the capital city north? Alex Ashton asked people on the street. Video, Audio
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Suggestion to move NZ's capital city to Auckland
6:21 PM.A prominent Aucklander wants parliament moved from Wellington to Auckland, saying the current capital is in the wrong spot. Audio
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Reporter assesses damage to inland route into Kaikoura
6:13 PM.Reporter Max Towle is in Kaikoura, and took a short trip along the inland road to assess the damage. Video, Audio
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Whale Watch Kaikoura is closed indefinitely
6:07 PM.The manager of Whale Watch Kaikoura is worried for the future of his business, and the town, in the aftermath of Monday's devastating quake. Audio
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Trump look-a-like pheasant in China goes viral
5:56 PM.A golden pheasant at a park in China has become an internet sensation, because visitors think it looks like Donald Trump. Video, Audio
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Olympic rowers Bond, Murray and Drysdale take year off
5:52 PM.Olympic rowing champions Hamish Bond, Eric Murray and Mahe Drysdale are taking a year off from the sport, but plan to return to compete in the Tokyo Olympics. Audio
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Doctor tells inquiry she doesn't want to be an executioner
5:50 PM.A palliative care doctor fears she will be made into an executioner if medically assisted suicide is legalised. Audio
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Govt drops bulk funding, continues decile funding replacement plan
5:47 PM.The government has abandoned a proposal to introduce a form of bulk funding, which would let schools trade teachers for cash. Audio
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Hawkes Bay Regional Council prosecuting District Council over campylobacter
5:44 PM.The owner of a Havelock North mushroom farm says he was made a scapegoat for a mass water contamination, which has cost him hundreds of thouands of dollars in lost business. Audio
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List of Wellington buildings out of use due to earthquake
5:40 PM.Reporter Eric Frykberg joins Checkpoint with the latest updates in Wellington's growing list of earthquake damaged buildings. Video, Audio
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Wellington mayor under fire for allowing residents back into city post quake
5:37 PM.Wellington's mayor is defending the decision to reopen the CBD days after the quake, even though some buildings were later deemed too dangerous to be in. Audio
