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Beef and Lamb NZ respond to agriculture emissions scheme
Farmers are claiming the government's new agriculture emissions scheme could put farmers out business.
The government plan unveiled today will see famers pay for pollution by 2025 and is largely… Video, Audio
Evening business for 11 October 2022
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
Cricket: Black Caps announce two tours of Pakistan
The Black Caps will make up for their 11th-hour withdrawal from Pakistan last year by touring there twice in the space of five months.
While the double tours come as a result of that hasty exit due… Video, Audio
Immigration just part of answer to nursing shortage - Health Minister
Only 22 nurses have arrived in New Zealand from overseas since the government unveiled incentives to coax health workers here. They are among the 341 new additions to nursing in the past three months.
…Crown appeals sentence for convicted teen rapist
The Crown has been appealing the sentence handed down to 18 year old Jayden Meyer, who raped four girls and sexually violated another.
Meyer was a minor at the time of his offending. He was sentenced… Video, Audio
Govt announces agricultural emissions reduction plan, based on He Waka Eke Noa
Farmers will start paying for emissions by 2025. The government's gone with He Waka Eke Noa's sector consultation document - with some tweaks around the pricing scheme.
There'll be two separate taxes… Video, Audio
News in Niuean for 11 October 2022
The latest news in Niuean language (Vagahau Niue) - brought to you by our partner - Pacific Media Network. Audio
News in Cook Islands Maori for 11 October 2022
The latest news in Cook Islands Maori (Te Reo Maori Kuki Airani) - brought to you by our partner - Pacific Media Network. Audio
Auckland Council chief executive on Wayne Brown's first day
Auckland Council chief executive Jim Stabback says there are financial challenges that need solving in the council's books, especially in an environment of high inflation.
"All the information we… Video, Audio
Coroner's inquest begins into death of Alo Ngata in police cell
The coroner's inquest into the death of a man who was left face-down in a police cell with an incorrectly fitted spit hood covering his face has begun in Auckland today. The man's family filled the… Audio
AT ordered at least 350 Ubers for stranded ferry passengers in past year
Fullers has called on Uber to pick up Auckland Transport commuters on at least 350 occasions this year, when it's had to cancel ferries.
On hundreds more occasions, when the cancellation has happened… Video, Audio
Patient data on dark web after hack of NZ primary health provider
Senstive patient data has made its way to the dark web, more than a week after a cyber attack on a primary health provider. Pinnacle Midlands Health Network operates several North Island GP practices… Video, Audio
Prime Minister dismisses swing to right in local body elections
The Prime Minister is shrugging off the local body election results which saw a dramatic swing to the right across many centres. The opposition parties are hoping to leverage the result to propel them… Audio
Evening business for 10 October 2022
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
Aged care staff shortage may for Auckland rest home to close
An Auckland resthome says it may be forced to close its doors if it can't find 24 more health care workers. The not-for-profit Mercy Parklands resthome in Ellerslie says they're so short-staffed… Audio
1300 UK football fans barred from Qatar's World Cup
The past has caught up with a big bunch of badly behaving English football fans. The UK government has banned 13 hundred supporters from travelling to the upcoming World Cup in Qatar - forcing them to… Video, Audio
Top ADHD doctor charged over wrongly prescribing drugs
One of the country's leading ADHD doctors has been charged with wrongly prescribing ritalin or similar drugs more than 5000 times. Auckland GP Tony Hanne is before the Health Practitioners… Audio
Auckland Councillors ready to work with Wayne Brown
While Auckland's new mayor is not giving much away, Checkpoint called two returning councillors to see what their aspirations for this term are.
Labour aligned Councillor Josephine Bartley won the… Video, Audio
Wayne Brown checks finances on first day as Auckland Mayor
Day one on the job and Auckland's new mayor has been taking a deep dive into the city's books and according to him the numbers arent good. Apart from brief media conference as he arrived at work.. the… Audio
News in Tongan for 10 October 2022
The latest news in Tongan language (Lea Faka-Tonga) - brought to you by our partner - Pacific Media Network. Audio
