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Maria Foy on school absenteeism
10 Nov 2022Forty percent of NZ parents are comfortable with their child missing a week or more of classes each term, according to a new study. Happy Mum, Happy Child website founder Maria Foy talks through the… Read more Video, Audio
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Calls grow for overstayer amnesty to help staff shortages
10 Nov 2022Calls are growing for an overstayer amnesty to help plug stubborn staff shortages. Across the economy, employers are struggling to find workers, with some having to close to give exhausted staff a… Read more Audio
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Student nurses at breaking point with unpaid placements
Just weeks out from finishing their degrees, nursing students have told Checkpoint they are already at breaking point.
The third-year AUT students, who have asked not to be named, say they have been… Read more Audio
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Fresh manure and candy floss - NZ Agricultural Show back in action
9 Nov 2022The smell of fresh manure and clouds of candy floss as big as your head - it can only mean one thing - the return of the New Zealand Agricultural Show.
The huge event has faced two years of… Read more Video, Audio
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Napier man in battle with EQC for help recovering from flood
9 Nov 2022A Napier man is in a fight with the Earthquake Commission seeking support to help recover from a flood that wreaked havoc in the city two years ago.
Paul Matthews says he had his own emergency two… Read more Video, Audio
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NZ housing market sees major value drops in main centres
9 Nov 2022The housing market has experienced a sharp turnaround over the past year, with double-digit declines in value in all the main centres.
And there's no sign yet that house they've hit the bottom.
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Evening business for 9 November 2022
9 Nov 2022News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Rugby League World Cup: Kiwis' booked to fly home before final
9 Nov 2022The Kiwis are pulling no punches when it comes to what their captain is calling a "disrespectful" move by organisers at the Rugby League World Cup.
The Sydney Morning Herald has revealed the world… Read more Video, Audio
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Motel emergency accommodation 'damaging' - Rotorua Mayor
9 Nov 2022Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell says it is very disappointing to hear the Social Development Minister say there is no end date for Rotorua motels being used as emergency housing.
"It is absolutely one of… Read more Video, Audio
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Woman assaulted by stranger at North Shore Hospital ED
9 Nov 2022A woman has been punched in the face by a man she didn't know as they waited to get into the overcrowded North Shore Hopital ED last night.
The woman had been brought to the hospital by ambulance… Read more Video, Audio
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Latest from US as crucial midterm polls close, votes counted
9 Nov 2022In the US it's a crucial day in the country's politics.
Today's mid-term vote is not only a battle for the control of Congress and the Senate but a referendum on the first two years of Joe Biden's… Read more Video, Audio
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High Court orders Tūhoe stop scrapping huts in Te Urewera
9 Nov 2022Tūhoe has been ordered to immediately stop scrapping tramping huts in Te Urewera after one their own took legal action.
The land belongs to Tūhoe, and its operational entity, Te Uru Taumatua, has… Read more Video, Audio
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