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Checkpoint for Thursday 28 April 2022
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Christchurch locals fed up with council facilities' foul stench
5:07 PM.Fed-up Christchurch residents at their wits end fronted up to a meeting today to describe life living with the combined putrid stench from two council facilities.
Bromley residents described not… Read more Video, Audio
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Police shocked at 1am shop burglary involving 7-year-old
5:17 PM.Four children have been caught by police stealing from a Hamilton mall in the dead of the night.
Police say the children - aged seven, 10, 11 and 12 were found at Chartwell shopping centre around… Read more Video, Audio
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Cancer patients urge govt to boost funding for life-saving drugs
5:22 PM.Cancer patients want the government to step up as many struggle to fund their own treatment.
A report by the Cancer Control Agency has found 18 gold-standard cancer medicines are funded by Australia… Read more Audio
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NZers flock to outdoor conservation areas under in 2020-22
5:26 PM.There's been an unexpected up-side to the whole Covid experience, with tourists unable to visit, more New Zealanders have been taking advantage of their wonderful backyard.
DOC has released its… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for Thursday 28 April 2022
5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6305303572112 Video, Audio
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Auckland Council CEO on possible rates rise to meet needs
5:35 PM.Aucklanders may need to pay higher rates to deal with the financial trouble the council is facing.
Last year Auckland council agreed to cap annual rates rises at three-and-a-half percent for the next… Read more Video, Audio
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Auckland suburbs get govt infrastructure boost for more homes
5:41 PM.Staying in the Super City, where five Auckland suburbs are getting a cash injection to make them 'build ready' for 16 thousand homes.
$1.4 billion will be pumped into Mt Roskill, Mangere, Tāmaki… Read more Audio
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Wastewater plant fire smell 'intolerable' - Christchurch Mayor
5:45 PM.Dealing with Christchurch's bog of eternal stench has taken about 14 years, and will cost tens of millions of dollars.
Today the Council agreed in principle to relocate the organics processing plant… Read more Video, Audio
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Tight race between Fisher, Carrington in K1 500m sprint trials
5:55 PM.It was world champion versus Olympic medalist in the battle to represent New Zealand in the k1 500m at the World Canoe Sprint Championships.
Locked at one-all, the best-of-three internal trials… Read more Video, Audio
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Ram raids for TikTok: What can be done about crime footage?
6:06 PM.TikTok's no longer a platform for dance moves or mocking your mum, it's become the place to catch the latest crime being carried out.
Recent ram raids have been captured on camera - and police say… Read more Video, Audio
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Most extreme online content in Aotearoa from white supremacists - report
6:11 PM.White supremacy continues to be the leading driver of extreme, illegal online content in Aotearoa.
That's the key finding out of the Department of Internal Affairs' first annual report on online… Read more Audio