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Checkpoint for Monday 31 July 2023
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Growing number of lithium batteries poses growing fire risk - FENZ
5:55 PM.Fire and Emergency says the increasing number of vehicles and devices powered by Lithium Ion batteries poses a growing fire risk. The warning comes after a person suffered critical injuries when an… Read more Audio
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Prosecutors challenge view that Dickason was psychotic when she killed daughters
5:51 PM.A jury has heard how Lauren Dickason told a psychiatrist that killing her three children was a package deal. The 42-year-old is on trial for the murder of her three young daughters, Maya Karla and… Read more Audio
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Hundreds still living in temp accommodation months on from summer storms
5:47 PM.Hundreds of people with storm-damaged homes are still living in hotels and motels more than five months on from the Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabrielle. The contracts for these lodgings have… Read more Audio
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Secondary teachers should get 14.5% pay raise - arbitration panel
5:43 PM.Secondary teachers should get a 14.5% pay rise delivered in three instalments according to an arbitration panel ruling. The pay stand off went to arbitration after talks broke down between the… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 31 July 2023
5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6332162620112 Video, Audio
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Not too many surprises in Labour's new list rankings
5:29 PM.It can be a fraught political process, ranking incumbent MPs and any aspiring members of parliament on the party list. The list determines placing for MPs and candidates, for those who don't end up… Read more Video, Audio
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Silver Ferns in unbeaten form at Netball World Cup
5:25 PM.The Silver Ferns are in unbeaten form at the Netball World Cup, where they're hoping to go back to back, after winning in 2019. But the side will be without star shooter Grace Nweke for their next… Read more Video, Audio
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'Laughable at best' Transport Minister on National's roading promises
5:18 PM."Breathtakingly misleading" and "laughable at best", that's Transport Minister David Parker's take on the National Party's costing for one of its big election roading promises. The opposition party… Read more Video, Audio
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National places emphasis on new roads in transport plan
5:14 PM.National has unveiled its plans for New Zealand's transport network, if its elected in October. Its Transport for the Future plan has a big emphasis on roads, but it insists public transport hasn't… Read more Audio
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Take it or leave it: Hawkes bay councils not able to negotiate on flood buyouts
5:07 PM.It's been revealed five hawkes bay councils have been offered a take or leave it deal by the government for the shared buy-out of high risk homes hit by extreme weather. In June the government… Read more Video, Audio