Checkpoint for Monday 10 October 2022
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Auckland Council chief executive on Wayne Brown's first day
6:07 PM.Auckland Council chief executive Jim Stabback says there are financial challenges that need solving in the council's books, especially in an environment of high inflation.
"All the information we… Read more Video, Audio
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Coroner's inquest begins into death of Alo Ngata in police cell
5:53 PM.The coroner's inquest into the death of a man who was left face-down in a police cell with an incorrectly fitted spit hood covering his face has begun in Auckland today. The man's family filled the… Read more Audio
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AT ordered at least 350 Ubers for stranded ferry passengers in past year
5:49 PM.Fullers has called on Uber to pick up Auckland Transport commuters on at least 350 occasions this year, when it's had to cancel ferries.
On hundreds more occasions, when the cancellation has happened… Read more Video, Audio
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Patient data on dark web after hack of NZ primary health provider
5:44 PM.Senstive patient data has made its way to the dark web, more than a week after a cyber attack on a primary health provider. Pinnacle Midlands Health Network operates several North Island GP practices… Read more Video, Audio
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Prime Minister dismisses swing to right in local body elections
5:37 PM.The Prime Minister is shrugging off the local body election results which saw a dramatic swing to the right across many centres. The opposition parties are hoping to leverage the result to propel them… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 10 October 2022
5:30 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Aged care staff shortage may for Auckland rest home to close
5:27 PM.An Auckland resthome says it may be forced to close its doors if it can't find 24 more health care workers. The not-for-profit Mercy Parklands resthome in Ellerslie says they're so short-staffed… Read more Audio
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1300 UK football fans barred from Qatar's World Cup
5:23 PM.The past has caught up with a big bunch of badly behaving English football fans. The UK government has banned 13 hundred supporters from travelling to the upcoming World Cup in Qatar - forcing them to… Read more Video, Audio
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Top ADHD doctor charged over wrongly prescribing drugs
5:17 PM.One of the country's leading ADHD doctors has been charged with wrongly prescribing ritalin or similar drugs more than 5000 times. Auckland GP Tony Hanne is before the Health Practitioners… Read more Audio
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Auckland Councillors ready to work with Wayne Brown
5:12 PM.While Auckland's new mayor is not giving much away, Checkpoint called two returning councillors to see what their aspirations for this term are.
Labour aligned Councillor Josephine Bartley won the… Read more Video, Audio
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Wayne Brown checks finances on first day as Auckland Mayor
5:07 PM.Day one on the job and Auckland's new mayor has been taking a deep dive into the city's books and according to him the numbers arent good. Apart from brief media conference as he arrived at work.. the… Read more Audio
