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Monday, 22 February 2021
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Minister questions Corrections over 'degrading' treatment at Auckland Women's Prison
22 Feb 2021The Corrections Minister has asked Corrections for its side of the story, after a judge ruled inmates at Auckland Women's Prison were treated in a degrading and inhumane way.
Manukau District Court… Read more Audio
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Indecent assault trial: Man claims drink was spiked
22 Feb 2021A man has told a court he believes his drink was spiked by what he calls a "predatory" and "utterly creepy" businessman.
The businessman, who has name suppression, is accused of indecently assaulting… Read more Audio
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CTV survivor recalls horror of Christchurch's fatal quake
22 Feb 2021Just one CTV employee who was in the building during the February 22 earthquake managed to escape before it came down.
For Maryanne Jackson, the pain of losing 16 colleagues has been compounded by… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 22 February
22 Feb 2021News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6234235696001 Video, Audio
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Hopes on high tide for 40 surviving whales at Farewell Spit
22 Feb 2021As the tide rises, rescuers are racing to refloat 40 whales stranded at Farewell Spit, at the top of the South Island.
The long-finned pilot whales were spotted on the beach at 9.30am and a team of… Read more Video, Audio
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'No respect' - dentists decry govt's lack of help with PPE
22 Feb 2021Scarce supplies and the cost of personal protective equipment is prompting some dentists to up their prices.
Now they are calling for government support to fund and source high level PPE to avoid… Read more Audio
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Christchurch remembers fatal 6.3 quake, 10 years on
22 Feb 2021Thousands of people in Christchurch and around the country paused at 12.51 on Monday afternoon to mark a decade since the February 22 magnitude 6.3 earthquake which claimed 185 lives.
It was 10 years… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19 Response Minister on Auckland's move to level 1
22 Feb 2021From midnight Auckland will join the rest of Aotearoa at Covid-19 alert level 1. Auckland was plunged into a level 3 lockdown for three days, and everywhere else went to level 2, after three Covid-19… Read more Video, Audio
Friday, 19 February 2021
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Roaming Rodney the ITM cat finds a new home in Whanganui
19 Feb 2021Could this be the purrrfect ending to the tale of roaming Rodney aka the abandoned ITM cat?
It seems he has finally been found and given a forever home after going missing for about four months.
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CTV widower determined for justice, 10 years since Feb 22 earthquake
19 Feb 2021Ten years after his wife and 114 others died in the CTV building collapse, Maan Alkaisi remains as determined as ever to see justice served.
Alkaisi has for the last decade acted as the vocal voice… Read more Video, Audio
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Police to crack down on gangs under Operation Tauwhiro
Police are cracking down on gangs, with the launch of a nationwide operation to disrupt and prevent firearms-related gang violence.
Operation Tauwhiro is a long-term co-ordinated operation focusing… Read more Audio
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Vaccine roll-out in NZ, but some Pasifika unsure of safety
As the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out begins, there are fears disinformation will put Māori and Pasifika off getting the jab.
A Horizon Research and University of Auckland study has found those… Read more Audio
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Checkpoint is RNZ's drive-time news and current affairs programme, tackling the national and international stories of the day.
The show airs weekdays fro4-6pm and is hosted by Lisa Owen.
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