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Education Ministry paying for school with no staff or students
Tuturumuri School has no staff and no students, but the Ministry of Education is still paying for it, including $19,000 already this year. Katrina Casey from the Ministry tells John Campbell a school… Read more Video, Audio
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Hunting Rangitoto Island's black cat
8 Feb 2018Checkpoint visited Rangitoto Island today to search for a feline pest, alongside the Department of Conservation, in a desperate attempt to keep the island pest free. Read more Video, Audio
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Residents oppose Wellington freedom camping expansion
8 Feb 2018Residents sick of seeing toilets being emptied into Wellington's harbour don't want more space made available to freedom campers on the capital's waterfront. Audio
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Students mistakenly failed after NCEA marking error
8 Feb 2018The Qualifications Authority says its markers mistakenly assigned no marks to 265 digital exam scripts because of a problem with the design of the computer interface used by its markers. Audio
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Lewis Road drinks contain three times advertised sugar
Health experts want better labelling on products after boutique dairy company Lewis Road Creamery's Breakfast Drinks were found to have three times more sugar than their labels stated. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint weather: Thursday February 8 2018
8 Feb 2018Metservice Meterologist John Law with the latest weather forecast. Video, Audio
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Evening Business for 8 February 2018
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Potential MPs invited to National meeting
8 Feb 2018National MPs have spent the day hunkered down at their annual retreat - and for the first time ever, the party's also invited the candidates next in line to enter Parliament. Video, Audio
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Mother wins court battle to be paid 40-hour week for son's care
The Court of Appeal has ordered the Ministry of Health pay Diane Moody for a 40-hour week for caring for her disabled son - much more than the 17 hours it was paying her for. But, Diane's not the only… Read more Video, Audio
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'It's about being paid for five days, but working four'
8 Feb 2018For the staff of Perpetual Guardian, every week is about to be a four day week. But the staff's pay won't be changing. Video, Audio
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Families of special needs children feel forced out of Wairarapa
8 Feb 2018Families with disabled children are moving out of the Wairarapa because there is no special school or unit, no school wants one, and the Ministry of Education has no plans for one. Read more Video, Audio
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Item of interest discovered in Amber-Rose murder investigation
Officers investigating the death of teenager Amber-Rose Rush have found an item of interest in the Blackhead area of Dunedin. Otago-Southland reporter Timothy Brown has the latest. Video, Audio
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