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Shops using facial recognition has advocates concerned
Retail NZ says many shops are itching to use facial recognition technology, and are keeping a close eye on a supermarket trial of the system starting today. Up to 25 New World and PAK'nSAVE… Video, Audio
Auckland projects canned unless govt funds - Wayne Brown
A bunch of Auckland infrastructure projects will be canned unless the government kicks in some money to replace, funding from the soon to be axed regional fuel tax according to the Mayor Wayne Brown… Video, Audio
3 areas of Tasman blaze prompts evacuations
Properties are being evacuated and people have been asked to leave local swimming spots near a significant blaze in Tasman. Fire and Emergency says there are three separate areas of fire, spreading… Video, Audio
Corrections facing recruitment and retention challenges
Getting and keeping is staff is one of Corrections biggest challenges, in the face of a rising prison population, including more violent extremist inmates. The Department's has launched yet another… Video, Audio
Civil Contractors CEO responds to Wellington Water woes
There's a flood of experts with ideas on how to plug Wellington Water woes; yet the city is still hemorraghing 40% of drinkable water. Last week Master Plumbers told Checkpoint its members are… Video, Audio
Winston Peters tells demonstrators to 'get an education'
Government ministers have been booed, drowned out and heckled at Waitangi today, as the coalition came face to face with Maoridom. There were insults and protests and the deputy prime minister told… Video, Audio
Sea lion pups emerge in Dunedin: 'Just give them space'
Beware wandering sea lion pups, who are emerging from their hidey holes around Dunedin this breeding season. Many of the pups are now four to six weeks old and their mums are shuffling them off to… Video, Audio
Covid-19 closes school with 40 staff down
Covid's closed a canterbury school today with almost 40 staff down with the virus. Rangiora High school told parents yesterday that it didnt have enough staff to cover classes, just two days into the… Video, Audio
Fire crews working to extinguish huge Canterbury blaze
Fire crews in Canterbury will be working throughout the night to monitor and extinguish a huge blaze that's burnt through 80-hectares of forest and scrub in Kirwee. The fire, which broke out near the… Video, Audio
Evening business for 5 February 2024
News from the business sector, including a market report [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6346260072112 Video, Audio
Waitangi: David Seymour drowned out with waiata
There were attempts to drown out ACT leader David Seymour with waiata as he spoke on the marae. The crowd quieted down after a member Ngāpuhi intervened. The same thing happened with his MP and… Video, Audio
Black Caps racked up total of 551 First Innings
The Black Caps are in firm control of the first cricket test against South Africa. New Zealand has racked up a mammoth 551 first innings total in Mount Maunganui, with Rachin Ravindra scoring his… Video, Audio
Miramar leak: Drinking water down drain for almost a month
A leak in the Wellington suburb of Miramar has been spurting good drinking water into a drain at the rate of a litre per second for almost a month. Wellingtonians are getting increasingly frustrated… Video, Audio
Waitangi: Coalition faces chants of 'e noho,' booing and waiata
The Coalition came face-to-face with its opponents in Maoridom today, in a spectacular clash of world views , with neither side budging. The Government was welcomed to the Treaty Grounds with a… Video, Audio
Cleaning company looking to hoover up Godfreys staff
A cleaning company is looking to hoover up out of work staff from struggling vaccum business Godfreys. Godfreys went into voluntary administration this weeks, it has 141 stores and employs 600 people… Video, Audio
'Gingas in the stings,' event held in Hastings bar
A local red headed reverend's invited her ginger bethren to gather and celebrate the bright red headed patron saint; Brigid of Ireland, who tuned bathwater into beer. The inaugural "gingas in the… Video, Audio
Australia and NZ foreign and defence ministers sit down wrapped
The significant sit-down between Australia and New Zealand's foreign affairs and defence ministers has just wrapped up in Melbourne. The four ministers have just updated reporters on what was… Video, Audio
Maintenance costs for Wellington's water pipes up 71%
Maintenance costs for Wellington's water pipes have jumped a massive 71% in the past three years according to a just released report . The independent review ordered by the council also details slow… Video, Audio
Wellington Council could hike rates up by 15 percent
Wellington City Council could hike up rates by more than 15 percent to pay for its leaky water pipe network. Council staff estimate the city needs a 1.1 billion dollar upgrade to water infrastructure… Video, Audio
Mark Mitchell re-committed to extra 500 police in 2 years
The Police Minister has had to correct the record in Parliament - after wrongly pushing out the deadline for one of the Coalition's commitments. In a rapid backtrack, Mark Mitchell has now… Video, Audio