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Five O'clock Report for Wednesday 6 January 2016
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Auckland Property Market Showing Signs of Slowing
5:07 PM.Auckland's sky high property market is showing signs of plateauing, with prices looking static for the second month in a row. The December figures from the city's biggest Real Estate agency, Barfoot… Read more Audio
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Junior Cricket coach says he's not worried about safety
5:12 PM.The New Zealand Under-19 Cricket coach says he's confident the team will be safe at this month's World Cup in Bangladesh, despite warnings from the government attacks against foreigners could happen… Read more Audio
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North Korea Nuclear Test
5:17 PM.North Korea says it had successfully conducted a test of a miniaturised hydrogen nuclear device. The nuclear test is the fourth by the isolated country, which is under U-S. and U-N sanctions for its… Read more Audio
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Russell Packer Lawyer
5:19 PM.A lawyer says a convicted New Zealand rugby league player has been allowed to stay in Australia because he is popular and well connected. Australia's Immigration Minister Peter Dutton stepped in late… Read more Audio
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Tension between eateries and food trucks in Wellington suburb
5:25 PM.A turf-war is brewing in the Wellington suburb of Miramar as trendy food trucks move in to try to sell to movie industry workers. The suburb in the east of the city is home to several film industry… Read more Audio
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ASB Tennis Classic live Report
5:28 PM.There have been a number a shock upsets in the first three days of the women's ASB tennis Classic in Auckland, with three of the top four seeds already knocked out of the competition. Here to tell us… Read more Audio
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Business Report With Gyles Beckford
5:35 PM.Now, for the latest on the markets, I'm joined by Business Editor Gyles Beckford. Good evening Gyles, So dairy prices have dipped down again? And how has the New Zealand stock market fared today? Audio
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Olivia and Oliver Most Popular Baby Names Again
5:38 PM.Olivia and Oliver have topped the list of the country's most popular names for babies - again. Olivia's regularly in the top two and Oliver has been the number one choice for the last three years. But… Read more Audio
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Meat Workers Union & AFFCO Row Hits a New Low
5:41 PM.The long running battle between the Meat Workers' Union and Talley's owned-AFFCO has hit a new low in a row over t-shirts. The union says an employee has been suspended without pay after he videoed… Read more Audio
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Hato Petera whanau renovate hostels for new school year.
5:46 PM.Whanau, old students and members of the local community are helping to renovate the hostel buildings at Hato Petera College in Auckland. At the end of 2015 the North Shore school annnounced it was… Read more Audio
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Lessons Can Be Learned From The Demise of Dick Smith
5:49 PM.A fund manager says lessons can be learned from the demise of Dick Smith, which he describes as 'the greatest private-equity heisst of all time'. The electronics retailer was placed in receivership… Read more Audio
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Clean Water Tour pushing to raise the bar on water quality
5:53 PM.Campaigners are set to start a month-long road trip through the country in an bid to lift the minimum standard of fresh water from wadeable to swimmable. NIWA figures show that more than 60 percent of… Read more Audio
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Corrections Falling Short of Cutting Reoffending
5:55 PM.Corrections says its falling short of its target of cutting reoffending by prisoners. In 2012 the department set a goal of reducing reoffending by 25 percent by 2017. Corrections' Director of… Read more Audio