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Checkpoint for Wednesday 4 December 2019
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Shock as Samoan toddler denied MMR vaccine in Auckland
5:10 PM.The family of a 15-month-old Samoan boy denied a measles booster by a South Auckland medical clinic on Monday say their son was given antibiotics for a scratch but denied a vaccine because he was not… Read more Video, Audio
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Clinic sorry for not giving Samoan boy MMR vaccine in Auckland
5:15 PM.RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch asked the Prime Minister on Wednesday afternoon if it is acceptable a clinic in New Zealand denied Samoan toddler Frederick his MMR booster shot on Monday.
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Parents of babies killed by nurses’ error urge Samoans to get immunised
5:22 PM.Five more babies in Samoa have died after contracting measles, bringing the nation's death toll from the measles epidemic to 60.
While the country's immunisation rates have never been high, a… Read more Video, Audio
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New details revealed on NZ First-linked company and Shane Jones’ office
5:30 PM.New information released to RNZ reveals that Shane Jones' office was sent documents about a forestry company's bid for $15 million from the Provincial Growth Fund multiple times and many months before… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 4 December 2019
5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Major blaze, explosions at Takanini warehouse fire
5:43 PM.A large fire has broken out at a warehouse in an industrial area of South Auckland, sending plumes of black smoke across Takanini.
Twenty fire trucks are responding to the blaze, which started around… Read more Audio
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Foreign donations bill passes third reading
5:44 PM.A bill cracking down on foreign political donations has passed its third reading in parliament, with MPs using it as an opportunity to air the dirty laundry of other parties.
The government… Read more Audio
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Pike re-entry possible by Christmas
5:48 PM.A recovery team could start exploring deep inside the entry tunnel to the Pike River mine by Christmas.
It comes after Worksafe signed off on the Pike River Recovery Agency's plan, as they work to… Read more Audio
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Paula Bennett brandishes 14g of mock cannabis in Parliament
5:52 PM.National's deputy leader Paula Bennett has pulled a stunt at Parliament, brandishing a bag of 'look-a-like cannabis' to demonstrate how much a person could buy every day under the proposed legal… Read more Video, Audio
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Mixed views on cannabis in Nelson
5:54 PM.New Zealanders are set to decide whether or not to give the green light to legalising cannabis use next year.
The government has published a draft bill setting out the rules for the use, purchase… Read more Video, Audio
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Classroom disruption, less reading blamed for poor test scores
5:55 PM.Principals and researchers agree that a declining love of reading and rising classroom disruption could be to blame for New Zealand's poor results in a major international test.
Our 15-year-olds'… Read more Audio
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How Samoas's mass measles vaccination will work
6:09 PM.The death toll in Samoa from the measles epidemic rose to 60 on Wednesday after five more babies died overnight.
On Thursday the country will shut down for two days so mobile medical teams can visit… Read more Video, Audio
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Tremain's work cut from Otago Daily Times after racist cartoon
6:14 PM.Protesters gathered outside the Otago Daily Times in Dunedin today to show their anger at a cartoon which poked fun at the measles epidemic in Samoa.
In response, the newspaper has announced it will… Read more Video, Audio
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Truck driver speaks on 2012 crash that killed tourists
6:18 PM.The driver of a truck that slammed into a campervan killing two tourists a decade ago has accused the police of washing away evidence that would prove a mechanical fault caused the crash.
A second… Read more Audio
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Hawke's Bay grower in disbelief as avos stolen from 50 trees
6:22 PM.A Hawke's Bay avocado grower is in disbelief after 50 trees were completely stripped of their fruit.
It comes as the Avocado Association is warning growers to keep a closer watch over their crops… Read more Audio
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Firefighters continue to battle industrial fire in south Auckland
6:24 PM.Firefighters are still battling a big blaze in an industrial area of South Auckland. Fire and Emergency says the fire broke out at a furniture removers, and 22 fire trucks are at a warehouse on Inlet… Read more Audio
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Conservation dog stranded on sub-Antarctic island heads home
6:26 PM.Flint, the conservation dog who spent 36 hours alone, muzzled on a subantarctic island, has been reunited with his owner.
The small Jack Russell-Fox Terrier cross was preparing to leave Campbell… Read more Audio