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Checkpoint for Tuesday 22 October 2019
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Titirangi chickens heading home to roost elsewhere
6:26 PM.Rogue free-ranging chickens in a west Auckland suburb are finally being rounded up and taken to new homes.
At least 200 chooks have made Titirangi their home - and while where they're popular with… Read more Video, Audio
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Fatal Christchurch police pursuit 'tragic' - Superintendent
6:15 PM.An innocent driver has died and five others have been injured after another police pursuit ended in tragedy in Christchurch.
The motorist died after his car was hit by a fleeing Toyota at just after… Read more Video, Audio
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SkyCity fire: Health warning issued as smoke clouds CBD
6:08 PM.Health warnings are being issued in Auckland amid fears that the smoke pouring out of the massive fire at SkyCity's convention centre could make people sick.
Plumes of black smoke have been billowing… Read more Video, Audio
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Opposition expected for Wellington Airport expansion
5:57 PM.Wellington Airport has revealed its plans to take half a golf course and build a new terminal, but it won't be without growing pains.
The airport says the more than $1 billion upgrade is necessary to… Read more Audio
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'Sentry should have been in hospital' - police senior sergeant
5:53 PM.A senior sergeant has told a coronial inquest South Auckland police officers are reluctant to take injured prisoners to Middlemore Hospital as they are often turned away.
Twenty-one-year-old Sentry… Read more Audio
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Rugby World Cup: England confident ahead of All Blacks clash
5:47 PM.England coach Eddie Jones believes his side have the weapons to upset the All Blacks in this weekend's Rugby World Cup semi-final in Tokyo.
That is so long as the English players don't fall into the… Read more Video, Audio
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Anti-terror law change delayed without National support
5:39 PM.Legislation to clamp down on returning foreign fighters will be delayed after the Justice Minister failed to get the National Party on board.
The counter terrorism bill was scheduled to have its… Read more Audio
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Speed limits on many Auckland roads to be lowered in 2020
5:36 PM.Speed limits will be lowered on hundreds of Auckland roads next year, with drivers limited to 30km/h in most of the CBD.
After more than 11,700 public submissions, Auckland Transport's board of… Read more Audio
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Evening business for Tues 22 Oct
5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Police announce independent review into bullying
5:26 PM.The police have announced there will be an independent review into how bullying complaints are dealt with in the organisation.
It comes after an RNZ investigation in which more than 100 current or… Read more Video, Audio
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The painful price of waiting for prostate surgery at Southern DHB
5:20 PM.What is it really like to be an unspecified number on a hospital waiting list - with no idea when you might get the operation you need? Eighty-one-year-old Dunedin man Geoff is not sick enough to be a… Read more Video, Audio
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No review of policy after Christchurch police pursuit death
5:15 PM.An innocent driver has died and five others have been injured after another police pursuit ended in tragedy in Christchurch.
The motorist died after his car was hit by a fleeing Toyota at just after… Read more Audio
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SkyCity fire: Black smoke billows from convention centre blaze
5:10 PM.Fire crews from across Auckland are battling a massive blaze at SkyCity's embattled Convention Centre on Tuesday evening.
The blaze broke out just at around 1pm, sending flames into the sky and… Read more Video, Audio