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  • Labour speaks out on WINZ debt

    5:23 PM.Labour's Social Development spokesperson Carmel Sepuloni joins Checkpoint to discuss the $417 million debt beneficiaries have accrued with WINZ. Video, Audio

  • Beneficiaries $417 million in debt to WINZ

    5:08 PM.Beneficiaries are a total of $417 million in debt to WINZ, with some owing as much as $74,000 each. Video, Audio

  • Wellington's Circa celebrates 40 yrs of theatre

    6:22 PM.Wellington's Circa Theatre is celebrating 40 years of bringing great theatre to the capital - much of it showcasing homegrown New Zealand acting and playwriting talent. Audio

  • Emergency WINZ debt at over $50k for family

    6:12 PM.A family that has required extensive emergency housing is over $50,000 in debt to WINZ after remaining in a motel unit for many months. Audio

  • Relatives wait for 4WD group

    6:10 PM.The relatives of the 38 people who were caught up in the snowstorm are eagerly waiting for their family members in Roxburgh, Central Otago. Audio

  • Union says Spotless' payroll system like Novopay

    5:57 PM.The Union representing cleaners says hundreds of New Zealanders working for the company Spotless are not being paid for all the hours they work. Audio

  • Sports news for 23 May 2016

    5:50 PM.Latest sports news from the RNZ Sport team. Audio

  • School in court over marijuana suspensions

    5:45 PM.Secondary school principals say their ability to punish foreign students for bad behaviour outside of school time is being put to the test. Audio

  • Man killed at motocross event named

    5:37 PM.68-year-old Bruce Honore was killed yesterday while watching a motocross event at a Cambridge racecourse after a bike came off the track. Audio

  • Evening business 23 May 2016

    5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

  • Relatives angry ashes moved without consent

    5:27 PM.The relative of a man whose ashes have been moved twice by the country's biggest cemetery without her knowledge says she can't believe what's happened and wants his remains back. Audio

  • Legal action over boxing match possible

    5:23 PM.Fight promoter Duco Events is vowing to go after people who watched the weekend's Parker-Takam boxing match for free on Facebook, though legal experts warn it's an untested area of the law. Audio

  • Rainfall causes surface flooding in South Dunedin

    5:17 PM.Heavy rainfall in Dunedin has caused surface flooding in some of the southern parts of the city, which were badly flooded last June. Video, Audio

  • Treacherous central Otago track notoriously dangerous

    5:15 PM.Central Otago roading engineers say the four wheel drive group was taking a huge risk tackling a treacherous track so close to winter. Audio

  • Family members of 4WD group wait on rescue

    5:10 PM.Relatives of the 38 people trapped overnight in a snowstorm are waiting for their family members to be rescued. Peter Newport reports. Audio

  • 38 people trapped in snowstorm overnight

    5:08 PM.38 people, including at least two children, have been trapped overnight in a snowstorm after driving in convoy on a remote off-road track in Central Otago. Police and emergency services have been… Read more Video, Audio

  • Focus on Politics for 20 May 2016

    6:40 PM.The Director of the Security Intelligence Service has spoken out this week about her agency's role in the jihadi brides controversy. Rebecca Kitteridge has also addressed a Privacy Act exemption, that… Read more Audio

  • Weekend sports

    6:26 PM.Big weekend of sport happening here and abroad, rugby, league, golf, WRC and boxing to name a few. Here to talk us through it is our sports reporter, Matt Chatterton. Audio

  • Parents as First Teachers gets the chop

    6:20 PM.A programme that has helped tens of thousands of parents over its 25 year existence is to be scrapped. Audio

  • Auckland housing crisis worsening

    6:11 PM.The housing situation in Auckland is as bad as the Salvation Army have ever seen, its Operations Manager Rhondda Middleton says. Video, Audio

  • Bluff Oyster Festival to kick off with piping & ode

    5:56 PM.You might imagine a festival dedicated to the world's greatest oyster to be quite flash, but the tagline for the Bluff Oyster Festival, which starts tomorrow, is 'unsophisticated and proud of it'. Audio

  • 75th anniversary commemorations underway for battle of Crete

    5:52 PM.Commemoration services will be held in Crete today to mark the 75th anniversary of the battle in which Allied troops fought to hold the Greek island against extreme odds. Video, Audio

  • Queenstown Council admits glass not being recycled

    5:49 PM.The Queenstown Lakes District Council has admitted that glass from residents' recycling bins is going to the landfill, and say a communication glitch meant residents were not told what was happening. Audio

  • Flooding in Hokitika after heavy rain

    5:46 PM.Heavy rain has fallen across the West Coast this afternoon causing flooding in Hokitika. Andy Thompson from Westland Civil Defence joins Checkpoint. Audio

  • More funding for charter schools in Budget 2016

    5:39 PM.The Labour Party is putting forward a bill to abolish charter schools, but just today a substantial expansion of ACT's charter school policy was announced. Audio

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