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Checkpoint for Friday 27 May 2022
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Rāhui in Kaikohe as hapū call for peace after gang tensions
5:10 PM.A call for peace in a town grappling with gang violence. A hikoi through Kaikohe today culminated in a rāhui being placed over the Far North town in the hope it might quiet a bitter feud between… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid Minister details second booster shot for most at risk
5:16 PM.Another jab is on the agenda for those most at risk of serious illness from Covid.
The additional booster shot has been recommended by the Ministry of Health vaccine advisory group and is intended… Read more Video, Audio
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Gloriavale leaver reacts to community's apology over abuse
5:23 PM.The leadership of Gloriavale is publicly repenting...issuing a statement apologising for failing to protect sex abuse victims and exploited workers.
A landmark court decision recently ruled that… Read more Video, Audio
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Ardern to meet with Joe Biden, Kamala Harris
5:29 PM.The Prime Minister has secured a meeting with the Leader of the Free World. Jacinda Ardern will sit down with US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House next week.
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Evening business for Friday 27 May 2022
5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6306877945112 Video, Audio
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Law Commission details suggested changes to surrogacy law
5:40 PM.The laws governing surrogacy in NZ are outdated and in need of a major overall according the Law Commission review.
Top of the list changing the legal status of intended parents who use a surrogate… Read more Video, Audio
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Western eyes on Pacific as China foreign minister tours islands
5:46 PM.New Zealand, Australia and the U-S are all eyes on the Pacific as China's Foreign Minister tours several islands.
Wang Yi has just landed in Kiribati to talk bilateral relations with the country's… Read more Audio
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Bromley stench: Noses screwed up at council's financial offer
5:50 PM.Locals living in the stench in Christchurch's Bromley feel a bit ripped off by the council's financial aid.
Christchurch City council is promising to spend a million dollars to give some relief to… Read more Audio
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Dignity a priority for Manus and Nauru refugees - advocates
5:53 PM.Advocates say refugees due to arrive in New Zealand from Australia and detention centres in Nauru will need to be treated with care and dignity.
In March, Australia agreed to allow 150 refugees to… Read more Audio
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Cricket cull continues as White Ferns out of World Cup squad
5:56 PM.The cull has continued in the White Ferns with two more players from the World Cup squad finding themselves left right out.
Vice-captain Amy Satterthwaite quit international cricket yesterday, after… Read more Audio
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Surrogacy law expert on changes considered by government
6:07 PM.Would be parents using surrogates will no longer have to adopt their own child after its born if the government accepts changes recommended by the Law Commission.
Its review has found laws governing… Read more Video, Audio
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Worries over Wellington construction flaws and quake risks
6:13 PM.Commercial property owners in Wellington are worried they may be stuck with office towers no-one wants to rent or insure.
There are now about 150 buildings in the CBD which share the same… Read more Audio
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Brotherhood of photojournalist join to help 'angels of the night'
6:17 PM.The "brotherhood" of New Zealand photojournalists has answered the call of a terminally-ill colleague to help out the cash-strapped Taranaki Hospice.
Rob Tucker - a former illustrations editor at the… Read more Video, Audio