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Checkpoint for Tuesday 13 April 2021
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Auckland port workers cast vote of no confidence in leadership
5:10 PM.Disgruntled Ports of Auckland workers have walked of the job today to cast a vote of no confidence in senior management and the board.
The move puts more pressure on port chief executive Tony Gibson… Read more Video, Audio
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Nicola Cruickshank welcomes reward offer for missing daughter
5:15 PM.Nearly 30 years on since the disappearance of two-year-old Amber-Lee Cruickshank, her mother Nicola is welcoming the police's new offer of $100,000 for information that leads to a conviction.
On… Read more Video, Audio
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Banks promise no regional branch closures for 2021
5:25 PM.Six banks are promising not to close any regional branches until at the least the end of the year, but that will not save dozens of bricks and mortar branches already earmarked for the chop.
ANZ… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 13 April 2021
5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6248761166001 Video, Audio
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'Motel generation' feared as emergency housing need continues
5:40 PM.There are fears Aotearoa could end up with a 'motel generation' as whānau struggling to afford rents are bumped across emergency accommodation providers.
Latest figures show there are more than 4,000… Read more Audio
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Cannabis prohibition killing opportunities - Tairāwhiti grower
5:45 PM.The close 'no' vote in last year's cannabis referendum has left Tairāwhiti cannabis growers and its isolated communities in a rut.
They say prohibition leads to more abuse of harder drugs and… Read more Video, Audio
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Govt confident no taxpayer money in political party donations
5:50 PM.Government ministers are confident no taxpayer money has been caught up in donations to the Māori Party, that have been referred to the police.
A donation of $50,000 from the National Urban Māori… Read more Audio
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Three new buildings in multimillion dollar Parliament upgrade
5:55 PM.Parliament is in line for a multi-million dollar upgrade - with three new buildings planned for the precinct.
The Speaker Trevor Mallard says the current set-up is sub-par, uneconomic and… Read more Audio
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Amber-Lee disappearance: Police hope $100k will bring news
6:10 PM.A $100,000 reward and possible immunity from prosecution are being offered in a bid to flush out clues, in the nearly 30-year old cold case of missing toddler Amber-Lee Rose Cruickshank.
The… Read more Video, Audio
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Hipkins defends Ministry's handling of mould problem at Hutt Valley school
6:15 PM.The Education Minister has defended his ministry's handling of serious problems that forced Hutt Valley High School to close an entire block of classrooms.
Hundreds of senior students will have to… Read more Audio
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Nearly 200 NZ schools still burning coal for heat
6:25 PM.It's a scene out of a Dickens novel - coal being shovelled straight into a coal boiler to heat up uninsulated and cold classrooms.
But for many teachers and children across New Zealand, it's daily… Read more Video, Audio