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Friday, 23 April 2021
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Kauri dieback: Waitākere trees to get full health check
23 Apr 2021Auckland Council is giving thousands of kauri trees in the Waitākere Ranges a full health check.
The forest is being surveyed to monitor trees for years to come - tracking how kauri dieback disease… Read more Video, Audio
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Dawn chorus as Wellington bus drivers start 24-hour strike
23 Apr 2021It was a noisy wake-up call for some Wellington residents this morning, as bus drivers on strike started the picket line well before sunrise in one of the capital's suburbs.
Chants, car horns, and a… Read more Video, Audio
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UK MPs criticise NZ stance on China's alleged human rights abuses
23 Apr 2021UK politicians have slammed New Zealand's response to China's policies and alleged human rights abuses against the Uighur minority.
It comes as the UK declares it genocide and crimes against… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 23 April 2021
23 Apr 2021News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6249968995001 Video, Audio
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Antidepressant prescriptions at all-time high, new figures show
23 Apr 2021New figures show the rate of antidepressants being prescribed over the past four years is at an all time high and there's a huge disparity between ethnic groups.
Data released to Checkpoint under the… Read more Audio
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Govt limits Abuse in Care inquiry scope as commission looks at years extension
23 Apr 2021The government has made drastic changes to the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care's inquiry, meaning abuse that's happened over the last 22 years can no longer be investigated.
The inquiry is… Read more Audio
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Anzac weekend begins: Auckland traffic update
23 Apr 2021Traffic is busy heading out of Auckland on Friday afternoon, as the long weekend begins.
Checkpoint reporter Louise Ternouth is on a motorway overbridge in central Auckland with the latest details. Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19: High risk flight limits expected to cut cases in MIQ
23 Apr 2021New, tougher border restrictions are expected to slash the number of Covid-19-positive returnees from India alone, by 75 percent.
The government has classified India as a "very high risk country"… Read more Video, Audio
Thursday, 22 April 2021
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'We are scared' - survivors urge more action on sexual violence
22 Apr 2021We are here before you, because we are scared" - that was the message to Wellington councillors from the Alliance Against Sexual Violence this morning.
Three weeks on from their rally which called… Read more Audio
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Golf course development critics claim house values will drop
Rotorua residents fighting to save Rotorua's Springfield Golf Course claim a proposed development on the site could wipe up to $100,000 off the values of neighbouring houses.
But the group Saving… Read more Video, Audio
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Smiles between Mahuta, Payne despite trans-Tasman tensions
22 Apr 2021Australia and New Zealand's foreign ministers were all smiles during their first face-to-face meeting, despite an assortment of festering trans-Tasman tensions.
Marise Payne has made quick use of the… Read more Video, Audio
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Isolated NZers want to be heard on health reform
22 Apr 2021People living in isolated areas lacking health services want their voices heard, following the health reforms announcement.
Health Minister Andrew Little says a new entity - Health NZ - will strive… 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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