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Checkpoint for Tuesday 8 June 2021
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Sophie Devine encourages athletes to take care, avoid burn-out
6:24 PM.The White Ferns captain Sophie Devine is encouraging athletes to think about themselves first and sport second after taking a break from top level cricket.
Having missed the New Zealand team's last… Read more Audio
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Death of Bridget Simmonds: Trial begins for two men
6:17 PM.Warning: Details of this report may distress some listeners.
More than two years after a Northland mother went missing, two men charged over her death have gone on trial.
Bridget Simmonds, 42… Read more Audio
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Health Minister to meet nurses on strike at Parliament
6:14 PM.Rallies and picket lines are organised across the country and tomorrow nurses will strike after negotiations with district health boards reached a stalemate.
At least 30,000 nurses will take part in… Read more Audio
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Drug bust: Head knocked off importing beast - Gilbert
6:08 PM.The head has been knocked off a drug importing beast. That's the take of a gang expert, after New Zealand police carried out raids across the North Island as part of an international sting led by the… Read more Video, Audio
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Murphy quits retirement to race Bathurst again
5:56 PM.Kiwi motorsport legend Greg Murphy is getting back behind the wheel to compete at Bathurst.
Seven years after his last spin at Mount Panorama, the four time winner is coming out of retirement for… Read more Audio
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Cautious optimism as Alzheimer's treatment is approved in US
5:53 PM.There's cautious optimism among Alzheimer's experts here - after the first new treatment for the disease in nearly 20 years was approved by US regulators.
The new drug is supposed to slow the… Read more Audio
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Goldsmith finds little support over colonisation comment
5:49 PM.National Party MP Paul Goldsmith has little support in his belief colonisation was good for Maori "on balance".
His comments have been called abhorrent and ignorant by other political parties and… Read more Audio
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'Widespread abuse' of independent contractor role in building industry - employment lawyer
5:41 PM."Widespread abuse" of employment law means tens of thousands of builders may be missing out on their basic employment rights and protections.
The employment court has found in favour of an Auckland… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 8 June 2020
5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6257875086001 Video, Audio
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Aussie accent heard on streets of Rotorua, Queenstown again
5:30 PM.The long weekend brought a glut of tourists to the North and South Island's unofficial tourism capitals.
While leaders in Queenstown and Rotorua suspect the vast majority were New Zealanders… Read more Audio
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Covid-19 vaccination rollout begins for Taranaki Pasifika
5:26 PM.The soothing sounds of the islands greeted a steady stream of people at special Covid-19 vaccination clinic set up for the Pasifika community in Taranaki today. The Whiteley Methodist Church in New… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Fiji outbreak out of control with more than 500 cases
5:23 PM.A Covid-19 outbreak in Fiji appears to be spiralling out of control, with 147 cases confirmed in the last two days.
The country's main hospital is effectively sealed off, after a cluster formed there… Read more Audio
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Billions spent but no progress on family, sexual violence - Auditor General
5:16 PM.Public money has been poured in, but there has been zero progress in efforts to combat family and sexual abuse, according to the Auditor General.
It has issued a report telling government ministers… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19: NZ to receive further 1 million vaccine doses in July
5:13 PM.New Zealand will receive a further one million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccination next month.
The new shipments will arrive in weekly drops - ramping up from mid-July ahead of the roll out to… Read more Video, Audio
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Senior gang members arrested as police work with FBI in global sting
5:06 PM.The net has fallen over several senior gang members today, charged with a myriad of drug and money laundering offences.
Police are calling it the world's most sophisticated law enforcement action… Read more Video, Audio