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Five O'clock Report for Tuesday 15 January 2019
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Junior doctors take to streets demanding safer working hours
5:09 PM.Striking junior doctors took to the streets today to protect safer working hours for them in public hospitals. About three thousand junior doctors began a two-day strike this morning in a battle with… Read more Audio
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Two drones a week found dangerously close to airports
5:13 PM.An average of two drones a week are coming dangerously close to New Zealand's airports, according to the national air traffic control agency, putting the flying public at risk. Airways New Zealand is… Read more Audio
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Special grades given to students in disrupted exam last year
5:24 PM.NCEA results published today include special grades for nearly 11-hundred students whose online English exam was disrupted last year. The level 1 students lost their connection to the exam server for… Read more Audio
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Petition calls for resignation of New Plymouth councillor after anthem comment
5:26 PM.A petition has been started calling for the resignation of a controversial New Plymouth councillor who posted on social media that he's 'ashamed' of singing the te reo version of the national anthem… Read more Audio
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Woman forced out of job after disability complaint
5:32 PM.An Auckland woman has been forced to leave her volunteer job at a charity store, after a colleague complained about her intellectual disability. Rebecca Gibbs had been volunteering at the Hibiscus… Read more Audio
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Police association president eagerly awaits pursuit report
5:36 PM.The president of the police association is eagerly awaiting a report into police pursuits after three teenagers were killed on Sunday night in after fleeing police in Christchurch. Chris Cahill says… Read more Audio
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First business survey of the year reveals positive outlook on economy
5:48 PM.The first business survey of the year is pointing to a generally positive outlook for the economy but with some warning signs. The Institute of Economic Research's quarterly confidence survey to the… Read more Audio
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Young Jazmin Hotham selected for national sevens squad
5:50 PM.In the last three months the young Waikato rugby player Jazmin Hotham has gone through a range of emotions, from the lows of injuries to the highs of national selection. The 18 year old was today… Read more Audio
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Auckland gallery celebrates gnome-coming
5:54 PM.The directors of an Auckland Gallery are 'positively ecstatic' that a huge bronze statue of a giant gnome has been found safe and well. The 55-thousand dollar artwork was stolen from its plinth… Read more Audio
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Efforts made to ensure queen bees delivered alive
5:56 PM.A bee company is taking matters into its own hands to make sure queen bees are arriving to customers alive and well after a number died while being couriered. Southern Sun Queen Bees in Horowhenua… Read more Audio