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Police treating Loafers Lodge fatal fire as arson
17 May 2023Police are now treating the fatal fire at a Wellington hostel as arson, and say it was not the first fire there that night.
The government has also announced it will look into whether building… Read more Video, Audio
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Community in shock after fatal Loafers Lodge fire
16 May 2023In Wellington the Newtown and Mt Cook communities are in shock after the fatal fire at Loafers Lodge on Adelaide Road.
Checkpoint reporter Jimmy Ellingham talks to neighbouring residents.
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Wellington Mayor on fatal Loafers Lodge fire
16 May 2023Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau talks to Checkpoint reporter Jimmy Ellingham about the devastating fire at Loafers Lodge on Aidelaide Road.
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Loafers Lodge fire: Demand for answers in fire alarm confusion
16 May 2023Residents of Wellington's Loafers Lodge were woken to plumes of smoke and roaring flames billowing out of the hostel in the early hours of this morning.
Footage sent in to RNZ by one of the residents… Read more Video, Audio
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Loafers Lodge blaze: 'It doesn't get worse than this' - fire fighter
16 May 2023"It doesn't get worse than this." That from a fire commander at the blaze that's claimed multiple lives at Loafer's Lodge on Wellington's Adelaide Road.
The building appears to have caught fire just… Read more Video, Audio
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Episode 8: May 16th 2023 Mata Reports Te Kākano - Closed Adoption
16 May 202360-year-old closed adoptee Jenny Small is looking for her whakapapa. But the search to find her whānau is complex. It involves one of New Zealand’s most notorious psychiatric institutions and a… Read more Video, Audio
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Full extent of damage after Nelson's August floods made clear
15 May 2023As Nelson recovers from the devastating August floods - the full extent of slip damage across the region is becoming clearer.
Thirty three homes were damaged by landslide debris that came from… Read more Video, Audio
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Top Auckland football club acknowledges conflict with women's team
15 May 2023An Auckland football club has apparently scored an own goal amid allegations it's disrespecting its top women players.
Western Springs Association Football Club wished all the "Springs Mums" a happy… Read more Video, Audio
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Mt Roskill liquor store manager frustrated at multiple robberies
15 May 2023A Mount Roskill liquor store manager at his wits end after multiple robberies in the last few months.
He had applied for assistance from the Government's crime prevention fund but didn't qualify… Read more Video, Audio
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Some food courts struggling after Covid pandemic
12 May 2023Are the days of the humble food court numbered? Empty shop fronts are a feature of many food courts which struggled to recover after the pandemic.
Operators say competition from flash new malls and… Read more Video, Audio
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Pike Mine remains discovery 'vindicates fact we needed to go into drift'
12 May 2023Pike River Mine advocate and father Bernie Monk says the news that human remains have likely been found at Pike River is upsetting, but it strengthens his resolve for justice.
It's been more than 12… Read more Video, Audio
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Whangārei father who pulled son from fatal school caving trip says it should not have happened
11 May 2023A father, who stopped his son going on a fatal school caving expedition because of safety concerns says the trip should never have gone ahead and someone needs to be held responsible.
Whangārei Boys… Read more Video, Audio
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Transport Minister promises fast work on new SH25A bridge
11 May 2023The Transport Minister has promised the new link to the Coromandel Peninsula will be put in place fast.
But for some residents and businesses, "early next year" is still a long way away.
State… Read more Video, Audio
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Coromandel cleans up after fourth major storm in five months
10 May 2023To the Coromandel Peninsula where they've had their fourth major storm in five months.
Businesses and locals are feeling the effects of their fragile roading network - and the lashing of severe… Read more Video, Audio
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Weather: Rinse, repeat for west Aucklanders after more flooding
10 May 2023West Auckland residents are dealing with an all too familiar reality, after being hit yet again by severe weather.
Fast and ferocious flooding swamped the area yesterday.. in the space of a few… Read more Video, Audio
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How Auckland food waste is helping power NZ's electricity grid
8 May 2023In Auckland alone we send 100,000 tonnes of food waste to landfill every year. Now food scrap bins are being rolled out across the city to help use that food for fuel, at the country's first… Read more Video, Audio
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Dannevirke family's months-long wait for home access over river
8 May 2023After two months of using a dinghy, a husband and wife stranded by Cyclone Gabrielle can now leave home on a slightly less precarious river crossing.
The storm's heavy rain swelled the Manawatū… Read more Video, Audio
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Oranga Tamariki cuts funding for 130 trusts working with youth
8 May 2023A Christchurch trust working with at-risk youth is one of more than 130 to have their funding cut by Oranga Tamariki.
The Youth Alive Trust has been around for more than three decades and runs… Read more Video, Audio
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No ocean? No problem - Surf's up for inland Otago wave catchers
7 May 2023When it comes to catching a wave, Hāwea Flat - just outside Wānaka, isn't the first place that springs to mind.
But that's about change with the launch of YourWave - essentially what happens when a… Read more Video, Audio
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Interislander ferry part needed replacing years earlier - TAIC
5 May 2023A vital part that failed leaving an Interislander ferry drifting towards rocks in high winds, should have been replaced years ago.
There were nearly a thousand people on board the Kaitaki when it… Read more Video, Audio
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Piha reopens to public months after Cyclone Gabrielle damage
5 May 2023After more than two months, Aucklanders can finally head back to their famous black sand surf beach, Piha.
Cyclone Gabrielle left a wave of destuction on the region's west coast, meaning only Piha… Read more Video, Audio
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Police oppose renewal of Dunedin supermarket's liquor licence
Concerns over cheap, high alcohol, single serve beer sales is one of the reasons police are opposing the renewal of a Dunedin supermarket's liquor licence.
In submissions to the council, police say… Read more Video, Audio
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Law expert Andrew Geddis on Meka Whaitiri and waka jumping confusion
4 May 2023Despite the best efforts of Parliament's speaker to explain exactly why defecting MP Meka Whaitiri still has a job, some of us are more confused than ever about the tangled web of rules, laws and… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Recovery Minister on what's next for Hawke's Bay
3 May 2023Hawke's Bay locals are onto their third cyclone recovery minister in just five weeks after former Labour Minister Meka Whaitiri's surprise defection.
She anounced she's switching allegiances to the… Read more Video, Audio
