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Checkpoint for Wednesday 13 March 2024
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Growing giraffe family getting new enclosure
5:55 PM.A growing family needs more room - and for giraffes that's no exception. Baby Nia was born four months ago and now Wellington Zoo is building a bigger home for her, mum, dad and great aunt Zahara. As… Read more Audio
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Higher parking prices for bigger vehicles: Should it come to NZ?
5:53 PM.Earlier we heard from the mayor of Yarra, in Melbourne, where they're looking at pinging bigger, more emitting vehicles for higher parking prices. Would you support the same happening here? Visual… Read more Audio
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South Africa: An election official has been fired
5:44 PM.South Africa correspondent Elna Schutz speaks to Lisa Owen about an election official being fired, some worrying statistics about who is teaching South African children and a well-known artist that… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 13 March 2024
5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report Audio
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Protesters make voices heard outside seabed mining hearing
5:31 PM.Protesters made their feelings clear today outside a hearing reconsidering an application to mine the seabed in the Taranaki Bight. The Environmental Protection Authority is revisiting Trans-Tasman… Read more Audio
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Canoe slalom paddler joins select group of NZ Olympic athletes
5:26 PM.Canoe slalom paddler Luuka Jones has joined a select group of New Zealand Olympic athletes. A Rio 2016 Olympic silver medalist, Jones will become just the third New Zealand woman to compete at five… Read more Audio
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Govt to give Ruapehu ski field 7 million dollars so season can go ahead
5:17 PM.The government is stumping up another 7 million dollars for Ruapehu Alpine Lifts to ensure the ski season can go ahead on Whakapapa. Cabinet has also agreed to provide three million in equity and loan… Read more Audio
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Latest retail data showing consumer spending dropping
5:13 PM.Squeezed household budgets are putting a big dent in how much money people can spend at the shops and retailers are struggling to stay afloat, some closing doors. Retailers are looking at another… Read more Audio
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Forensic anthropologist responds to found Gulf Harbour human remains
5:08 PM.A post mortem is underway on humans remains found in a rubbish bag floating on Gulf Harbour north of Auckland. Police say their priority is to identify he person and cause of death. They've completed… Read more Audio
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Police looking for people responsible for string of power line incidents
4:45 PM.Thieves are dicing with death and causing significant power cuts scaling high voltage lines to pinch copper for scrap metal and the police need help identifying them. A 42 year old man is facing theft… Read more Audio
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Golriz Ghahraman pleads guilty to 4 shoplifting charges
4:41 PM.Former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman has pleaded guilty to four shoplifting charges. Ghahraman is accused of stealing over $8000 worth of goods from two boutique stores in Auckland and one in Wellington… Read more Audio
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Rugby: 20 minute red card proposal reccomended for vote
4:30 PM.SANZAAR's drive for a 20 minute red card to be introduced across the international game is headed for a crucial vote. The potential rule change, which has been trialled in Super Rugby since 2020, was… Read more Audio
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Post mortem carried out after human remains found in plastic bags in Gulf Harbour
4:28 PM.A post mortem is today being carried out on an unidentified body found wrapped in plastic and floating in Auckland's Gulf Harbour yesterday. A recreational fisherman made the grim discovery yesterday… Read more Audio
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Agency warns NZ's 2050 predator free progress could be going backwards
4:22 PM.An agency driving work to rid Aotearoa of pests, is warning the country's 2050 predator free goal could be an endangered species itself, with areas that are already pest free at risk of being… Read more Audio
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India plans to enact a controversial law that excludes Muslims
4:16 PM.Asia correspondent Per Elinder Liljas speaks to Lisa Owen about a Chinese smartphone manufacturer on track to do something Apple haven't, India's plans to enact a controversial law that excludes… Read more Audio
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Melbourne council of Yarra looking at higher costs for SUV drivers
4:05 PM.Is the great Aussie ute and its close cousin the SUV no longer welcome in the big smoke? The Melbourne council of Yarra is investigating higher parking fees and costs for drivers of chunkier vehicles… Read more Audio