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Checkpoint for Monday 5 October 2020
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'Like a nuclear bomb has gone off' - Lake Ōhau ruined by fire
5:07 PM.Lake Ōhau residents have been allowed in to see what's left of their village, after fires ripped through over the weekend.
A bus convoy left shortly after midday from the make-shift welfare centre in… Read more Video, Audio
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Lake Ōhau locals describe devastating fire damage
5:12 PM.Lake Ōhau residents have been allowed in to see what's left of their village, after fires ripped through over the weekend.
Hugh and Dwayne are the owners of The Barn at Killin B&B at Lake Ohau. They… Read more Video, Audio
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Auckland to move to Covid-19 alert level 1 on Thursday
5:20 PM.New Zealand's largest city and the site of the largest Covid-19 cluster will join the rest of the country in alert level 1 on Wednesday at 11:59pm.
The announcement by the Prime Minister in… Read more Audio
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Trump slammed for surprise drive-by while Covid-19 positive
5:24 PM.A Covid-19-positive Donald Trump has drawn sharp criticism after surprising supporters outside the hospital where he is being treated with an impromptu presidential drive-by.
The 74-year-old masked… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 5 October 2020
5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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National pledges to address 'emergency' in housing
5:41 PM.National's promising to urgently address what it calls a state of "emergency" in housing. Leader Judith Collins unveiled the party's housing policy in South Auckland today, pledging to pass… Read more Audio
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Police warn landline users of phone scam surge
5:45 PM.Police are warning landline users about a surge in people being conned out of thousands of dollars by phone scammers.
Three men in Auckland, aged in their 20s and 30s, have been charged in relation… Read more Video, Audio
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Labour pledges to ban gay conversion therapy if re-elected
5:53 PM.Gay conversion therapy will be banned by Labour if it is re-elected to government.
The pseudoscience claims to be able to suppress or change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity and is… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19 alert level 1 for Aucklanders, but warnings to be careful
6:07 PM.Auckland's move from level two to level one has been met with overwhelming support from residents strolling Queen Street this afternoon.
Checkpoint reporter Nick Truebridge and camerman Nick Monro… Read more Video, Audio
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Lake Ōhau fire: DOC blamed for neglect of land
6:11 PM.The Department of Conservation has been accused of mismanging and neglecting land at Lake Ohau, where fires have been raging.
At least 50 structures have been deemed uninhabitable.
Farmers who live… Read more Video, Audio
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Justice reforms - what progress has been made?
6:14 PM.In 2017 Labour campaigned on transformative change in the justice sector, promising to target the causes of crime, and the cycle of reoffending.
It held a Justice Summit in 2018 that delved into all… Read more Audio
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Comancheros gang boss' trial - jury retires for verdict
6:18 PM.The jury has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of a Comanchero gang leader.
Pasilika Naufahu and his fellow member, Connor Clausen, deny money laundering and conspiring to supply the class… Read more Audio
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Zealandia shocked at hole cut in predator-free fence
6:26 PM.Wellington's beloved ecosanctuary Zealandia is mounting a large scale trapping and surveillance effort after someone deliberately cut a hole in its predator free fence.
The 225 hectare sanctuary is… Read more Audio