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Evening Business for 10 July 2018
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Two babies die after MMR vaccine in Samoa
5:24 PM.The MMR vaccine has been recalled in Samoa after two babies died within hours after receiving it. But a New Zealand expert warns it shouldn't put people off getting the vaccine here. Audio
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Boris Johnson resigns as UK's Foreign Secretary
5:19 PM.Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May's precarious balancing act on Brexit is now increasingly a referendum on her leadership after three resignations, the latest from Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson… Read more Video, Audio
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Rescued Thai boys 'incredibly in good health'
5:15 PM.The eight boys that have been rescued from the Thailand cave are walking around, eating and enjoying chocolate, CNN correspondent David McKenzie tells John Campbell. Video, Audio
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Rescue party goes inside Thailand cave for third time
5:13 PM.Divers have gone into Tham Luang cave, Thailand, for a third rescue attempt, following two successful rescues on Sunday and Monday. Video, Audio
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Nurses reject pay offer, vote to strike
5:09 PM.Nurses have voted to strike after rejecting the latest pay offer from DHBs. The boards and nurses' union are meeting in a last-ditch attempt to avert the nationwide strike. Video, Audio
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Fashion designers out of pocket after wholesaler closes
6:20 PM.Fashion designers have been left out of pocket in the wake of the closure of one New Zealand's largest fabric wholesalers. Read more Video, Audio
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Murder inquiry launched after Novichok nerve agent death
6:18 PM.British police have launched a full-blown murder inquiry after 44-year-old Dawn Sturgess, who was exposed to the nerve agent Novichok last week after visiting Salisbury, died in hospital. Video, Audio
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Iwi pushing for formal investigation of Awanui Black
6:16 PM.Tauranga iwi are pushing for a formal investigation into claims that a local Maori leader abused children and ran a child sex ring before he died. Audio
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Govt inks largest defence purchase
6:11 PM.In the largest defence purchase since the ANZAC frigates, the Government has signed off $2.3 billion to buy four Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft from the United States. Video, Audio
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France and Belgium to go head to head in first Fifa semi-final
5:52 PM.Sports reporter Clay Wilson joins John Campbell to talk about the upcoming Football World Cup semi-final between France and Belgium. Video, Audio
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Mega chicken-farm protest ramps up in Kaipara
5:48 PM.The campaign against Tegel's plan for the country's largest chicken-farm south of Dargaville has ramped up. A big roadside billboard with signs facing each way has appeared on land beside the site… Read more Video, Audio
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Guard at mental health facility no deterrent for assaults
5:44 PM.A security guard, put in place a month ago at the acute inpatient unit at Christchurch's main mental health facility, has been described as useless by nurses who work there. Video, Audio
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Public servants strike, call for better pay
5:37 PM.About 4000 staff from Inland Revenue and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment ditched their desks for placards today, as they hit the streets calling for better pay. Video, Audio
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Evening business for 9 July 2018
5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Weather will determine next Thailand cave rescue attempt
5:24 PM.CNN Correspondent David McKenzie is outside the cave in Chiang Rai, where eight boys and their coach remain trapped. John Campbell asked him when the second mission might begin, or whether it already… Read more Video, Audio
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Divers rescue four Thai boys from cave
5:21 PM.The four weakest boys trapped in a Thailand cave for more than two weeks were freed in a dramatic eight hour operation overnight, and authorities hope it can be repeated overnight tonight. Here's how… Read more Video, Audio
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Govt to spend $2.3b on four new Boeing aircraft
5:12 PM.The Government is to purchase four Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft from the United States, at a cost of somewhere in the region of $2.3 billion. John Campbell interviews Defence Minister… Read more Video, Audio
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Calls mount for police investigation into Awanui Black
5:09 PM.There are mounting calls for a formal police investigation into Anihera Black's claims that her husband Awanui Black, who died in 2016, was the ringleader of a child sex ring, and a man who preyed on… Read more Video, Audio
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Labour's Māori caucus weighing up Mātariki public holiday
6:27 PM.A proposal to make Mātariki a national holiday is being weighed up by the Labour Party's Māori caucus - and if the bill gains widespread support within the party it could be introduced as a private… Read more Audio
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70 feral goats shot on Banks Peninsula in DoC trial
6:22 PM.Farmers are hoping a trial to rid part of the Banks Peninsula of feral goats will finally get rid of the pest. Logan Church put on his hiking boots and went to Banks Peninsula to see what is being… Read more Video, Audio
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MFAT refuses to front up about Vietnam aid
6:14 PM.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is refusing to be interviewed about a $2.8 million aid project it funds in Vietnam, which was visited by Checkpoint's Zac Fleming. Read more Video, Audio
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Thai diver's death highlights dangers of rescue operation
6:08 PM.John Campbell talks to correspondent Richard Uhrlich in Thailand about the death of a man who was helping try to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped in a cave. Video, Audio
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Entrepreneur plans to build 70m high bungy tower
5:58 PM.A young entreprenuer once afraid of heights wants to build the country's highest wooden structure - a bungy tower - in the middle of Waitomo farmland. Video, Audio
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Eight teams prepare for FIFA quarter-final
5:52 PM.The hopes and dreams of just eight nations remain alive in the Football World Cup, and by the end of the weekend, that will be down to four. Sports reporter Clay Wilson joins John Campbell. Video, Audio