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Wednesday, 9 June 2021
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Robyn Malcolm in MIQ 'naughty corner' after candle confiscation
9 Jun 2021Actor Robyn Malcolm says she feels like she's in the team of five million's naughty corner after being bailed up by MIQ officials for lighting a candle in her room and displaying one too many bottles… Read more Video, Audio
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Three breach Melbourne lockdown, fly to Auckland via Sydney
9 Jun 2021Three people breached Melbourne's lockdown to travel to Sydney and then on to Auckland.
The Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says the group will have to spend two weeks in managed isolation -… Read more Audio
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MTA boss urges scrapping scheme for existing vehicle fleet
9 Jun 2021The government should pay people to send their old petrol cars to the scrap heap, according to the Motor Trade Association.
Transport belches out nearly half of New Zealand's carbon emissions. The… Read more Video, Audio
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Climate Change Commission report underwhelming - Greenpeace
9 Jun 2021The Climate Change Commission has urged the government to get tough on the way New Zealanders live and work, in its final advice for reducing emissions, presented to Parliament.
But critics have… Read more Audio
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Nurses protest for better pay, safer work conditions
Nurses have taken to the streets around the country demanding more pay and a safer place to work.
They say they were gutted by the government's call to freeze the pay of most public service workers… Read more Video, Audio
Tuesday, 8 June 2021
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Sophie Devine encourages athletes to take care, avoid burn-out
8 Jun 2021The White Ferns captain Sophie Devine is encouraging athletes to think about themselves first and sport second after taking a break from top level cricket.
Having missed the New Zealand team's last… Read more Audio
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Death of Bridget Simmonds: Trial begins for two men
8 Jun 2021Warning: Details of this report may distress some listeners.
More than two years after a Northland mother went missing, two men charged over her death have gone on trial.
Bridget Simmonds, 42… Read more Audio
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Health Minister to meet nurses on strike at Parliament
8 Jun 2021Rallies and picket lines are organised across the country and tomorrow nurses will strike after negotiations with district health boards reached a stalemate.
At least 30,000 nurses will take part in… Read more Audio
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Drug bust: Head knocked off importing beast - Gilbert
8 Jun 2021The head has been knocked off a drug importing beast. That's the take of a gang expert, after New Zealand police carried out raids across the North Island as part of an international sting led by the… Read more Video, Audio
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Murphy quits retirement to race Bathurst again
8 Jun 2021Kiwi motorsport legend Greg Murphy is getting back behind the wheel to compete at Bathurst.
Seven years after his last spin at Mount Panorama, the four time winner is coming out of retirement for… Read more Audio
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Cautious optimism as Alzheimer's treatment is approved in US
8 Jun 2021There's cautious optimism among Alzheimer's experts here - after the first new treatment for the disease in nearly 20 years was approved by US regulators.
The new drug is supposed to slow the… Read more Audio
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Goldsmith finds little support over colonisation comment
8 Jun 2021National Party MP Paul Goldsmith has little support in his belief colonisation was good for Maori "on balance".
His comments have been called abhorrent and ignorant by other political parties and… 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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