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  • Evening business for 28 July 2016

    5:31 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

  • Home ownership out of sight for working poor

    5:22 PM.The voices of young, poor people are often missing from debates on housing supply and demand, with no obvious lobby group to speak for them. John Campbell went to Manukau to investigate. Audio

  • Auckland councillors try to exclude Maori members

    5:19 PM.As Auckland's councillors assess their response to the Unitary Plan, a group has failed in its bid to exclude Maori representatives from the final debate. Audio

  • Pharmac announces funding for chickenpox, HPV vaccines

    5:15 PM.Chicken pox and HPV may become things of the past after New Zealand's drug buyer Pharmac announced further funding today for vaccines to prevent them. Audio

  • Tweets cause employment row

    5:12 PM.The Meatworkers' Union and Talley's-owned meat processing company AFFCO are caught up in a stoush over the Union's tweets, which AFFCO says are untruthful, derogatory and breach the duty of good… Read more Audio

  • Twelve sign up for govt relocation offer

    5:09 PM.A total of 12 people have been paid out a government grant to move from Auckland to regional towns including Tawa and Invercargill. Video, Audio

  • Unitary plan shows Akld going up and out

    6:09 PM.A revised version of the Unitary Plan has been unveiled by an independent hearings panel, and recomments nearly 60 percent of the city be zoned for higher density housing of two or three stoires. Video, Audio

  • Bacon and egg pie wins top pie award

    5:57 PM.A bacon and egg pie from Patrick Lam's Gold Star Bakery in Tauranga has beat out more than 500 competitors to be named New Zealand's best pie - its baker's fifth Supreme Pie Award. Audio

  • Council annouces water consent crackdown

    5:54 PM.The Canterbury Regional Council is getting tough with farmers who are breaching their water consents, saying people who continue to flout the rules will be prosecuted. Audio

  • Women speak out about high prices for sanitary goods

    5:50 PM.The Salvation Army has joined with a supermarket and a Labour MP to raise awareness and call for donations of sanitary products for vulnerable women unable to afford them. Video, Audio

  • How effective is the Mr Big scenario

    5:47 PM.Lawyers are divided on the police undercover technique known as the Mr Big scenario, with some citing its effectiveness in cold cases and others fearing false confessions. Eddie Gay reports. Audio

  • Access to Taranaki walkway at risk

    5:44 PM.A stoush between a Taranaki farmer and the Department of Conservation is threatening public access to one of the region's most famous walks, the White Cliffs Walkway. Video, Audio

  • IS terrorists kill priest in Rouen

    5:41 PM.One of two knife-wielding attackers who killed a 85-year-old priest and severely wounded a hostage in northern France has been revealed to be a well-known jihadist. Video, Audio

  • Evening Business News for 27 July 2016

    5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

  • South Akld property manager kicks out tenants

    5:27 PM.Up to 150 people renting unconsented garages and single rooms in South Auckland from 'property manager' Debbie Iskandar now face homelessness. Audio

  • Ray White's Chinese move "kick in the teeth" - Peters

    5:23 PM.NZ First leader Winston Peters has spoken out about leading real estate company Ray White's decision to partner with a Chinese company, calling it 'a kick in the teeth'. Audio

  • Grey Lynn residents sanguine on increased density

    5:21 PM.People living in Auckland's Grey Lynn appear pragmatic about the looming prospect of high density housing development in the future. Audio

  • Special interest groups express concerns on Plan

    5:17 PM.Residents' groups Character Coalition and the Panmure Residents Association say they are shocked and disappointed by the Unitary Plan released today. Audio

  • Akld mayoral candidates on revised Unitary Plan

    5:14 PM.While PM John Key calls Auckland's new Unitary Plan 'reasonable', three of the city's mayoral candidates are divided on its efficacy - and whether it takes too hard a line. Audio

  • 422,000 homes needed for Akld by 2040

    5:10 PM.The plan for Auckland's future is finally out of its box - and it includes much higher density housing across the city than previously talked about. Akld Correspondent Todd Niall joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio

  • Ukranian mountain stands in way of Parker

    6:25 PM.Six foot seven Alexander Dimintrenko has been confirmed as Joseph Parker's next opponent as he prepares for his world championship bout. Audio

  • More needed to prevent Maori reoffending, say iwi

    6:23 PM.Members Ngati Kahungunu iwi say the Corrections department is not doing enough to stop Maori inmates from reoffending when they are released. Audio

  • Big avalanche in Remarkables' back country

    6:20 PM.Skiers and snowboarders are welcoming the latest snow dump brought by the recent cold snap but it has raised the risk of avalanches, particularly for those wanting to go off piste. Audio

  • Sweet reward offered for stolen hives

    6:16 PM.A honey company is hoping a $20,000 reward will lead to the recovery of 200 beehives stolen from the Topuni Forest in Northland a fortnight ago. Video, Audio

  • 19 dead in Japanese mass murder

    6:15 PM.The worst mass murder in Japan in 70 years has left 19 people dead and 45 injured at a facility for the disabled near Tokyo. Video, Audio

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