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Alliance meatworks hiring 100 overseas workers
5:39 PM.New Zealand Meatworkers Union says there are plenty of local workers vying for jobs that could now be going to overseas workers, but the company says it's recruiting to cover a worker shortage. Audio
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Evening business for 15 August 2018
5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Retired netball veterans recalled to Silver Ferns
5:28 PM.New Zealand netball veterans Casey Kopua and Laura Langman have been recalled to the Silver Ferns squad for the upcoming Quad Series. Audio
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Ngaruawahia responds to Māori King advisor's misspending allegations
5:24 PM.Ngaruawahia locals are calling for the Māori King to intervene after allegations of misspending were made yesterday by his former advisor Tukoroirangi Morgan. Audio
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Search for survivors continuing through night in Genoa
5:21 PM.Witnesses have described apocolyptic scenes after a motorway collapsed in the Italian city of Genoa killing at least 26 people and injuring dozens of others. Video, Audio
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Queen’s Counsel to lead inquiry into Bridges’ expenses leak
5:19 PM.Parliament's speaker Trevor Mallard has launched an inquiry into who leaked National Party leader Simon Bridges' expenses to media this week. Audio
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Teachers on strike: 'It's a crisis'
5:09 PM.John Campbell joined teachers as they walked off the job and hit the streets in the first strike action in 24 years. They tell him how it's come to this, and explain what they want. Video, Audio
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Man denied treatment for MS because he couldn't walk 500m
6:23 PM.A man living with multiple sclerosis says Pharmac denied funding for his medication because he was unable to walk more than 500m - one of the criteria patients and advocates say needs to be… Read more Audio
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Māori look for solution to building on communal land
6:11 PM.Most Māori have some rights to land, but are constantly coming up against barriers which prevent them from being able to build houses on it. Audio
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Parents take day off for teachers strike
6:08 PM.For the first time in 24 years, parents around the country are figuring out what to do with several hundred-thousand primary and intermediate school children who have no school tomorrow because of a… Read more Audio
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Should supermarkets allow BYO plastic containers at the deli?
5:55 PM.A Wellington shopper has been left frustrated after staff at a Countdown deli told her the reusable container she'd brought with her, was no longer allowed. Video, Audio
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Case between Silberhorn and Commerce Commission continues
5:48 PM.Now to Dunedin, where a hearing to settle disputed facts arising in a case between the Commerce Commission and Silberhorn Limited - producers of deer velvet pills - entered its second day. Audio
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Police investigate claims into Wally Haumaha
5:40 PM.The Police are investigating claims the deputy commissioner Wally Haumaha, whose appointment is the focus of an independent inquiry, contacted a witness to a bullying incident he was involved in. Video, Audio
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Evening business for 14 August 2018
5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Chch man told insurance will go up by $10,000 a year
5:29 PM.A Christchurch man has been left stunned after his insurance premium rose by 440 percent after his insurer decided his property was at a higher risk from earthquakes. Audio
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National demands inquiry into Simon Bridges' expenses leak
5:26 PM.Details of a large Crown limo bill for National leader Simon Bridges were leaked to media, prompting questions about who was responsible, and why they did it. Audio
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Four Brazil nuts or one liquorice allsort for 68 cents
5:24 PM.Go Bus boss Nigel Piper was adamant drivers didn't earn $17 an hour, but they do earn $17.68. So what can you buy with that extra 68 cents? Video, Audio
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Striking Go Bus drivers earn $17.68 an hour
5:15 PM.Go Bus boss Nigel Piper was adamant when he said no driver earns $17 an hour. So how much do they earn? John Campbell was leaked details of their pay, so called Mr Piper, who admitted some drivers… Read more Audio
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Kids going hungry while Māori king's advisor lives it up – Tuku Morgan
5:09 PM.Former Kīngitanga advisor Tuku Morgan has written a scathing email criticising King Tuheitia's leadership skills and says his chief advisor Rangi Whakaruru is paid $250,000 and takes extended trips… Read more Video, Audio
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Act calls for end to Māori seats and fewer politicians
6:25 PM.Act leader David Seymour has called for an end to Māori seats and fewer politicians in Parliament, ideas first tabled by New Zealand First leader Winston Peters last year. Audio
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Man steals plane from Seattle airport
6:21 PM.The FBI is now involved in investigating how, 17 years after 9-11, a Seattle airport ground staff worker managed to taxi an Alaska Airlines turbo-prop aircraft onto the runway, take off and fly for… Read more Audio
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Man accused of one-punch fatal attack was angry, court told
6:17 PM.The Crown says Carlos Pula took his anger out on an innocent man and killed him with a single punch. But Mr Pula's lawyers say it was dark and there's doubt over who threw the fatal punch. Audio
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Waikato bus drivers striking over pay and ageing fleet
6:12 PM.More than 100 Waikato bus drivers will strike tomorrow over pay issues and concerns over Go Bus's ageing fleet. First Union's Transport and Logistics organiser Jax Oldham talks to John Campbell. Video, Audio
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MetService warns of 'bumpy' 48 hours ahead
6:08 PM.: It's been an unusually warm and sunny weekend, but that's about to change for some parts of the country. MetService meteorologist Georgina Griffiths tells John Campbell there's a front about to hit… Read more Video, Audio
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'Paradise' without a physiotherapist for one year
5:49 PM.It's been a year since Hokitika's sole public physiotherapist resigned, and the position still hasn't been filled. Occupational therapist Terry Gee is a one woman cheerleading team on a mission to… Read more Video, Audio