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Saturday, 17 October 2020
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Election 2020: Where are the parties gathering?
17 Oct 2020Where are the parties gathering around New Zealand tonight? We cross to our reporters at National, Labour, Greens, ACT and NZ First headquarters. Video, Audio
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Election 2020 - waiting for the first numbers
17 Oct 2020Lisa Owen, Corin Dann and Guyon Espiner kick off the Election 2020 evening as they wait for the first vote results to come in. Video, Audio
Friday, 16 October 2020
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Labour pledges investment in local journalism, TVNZ-RNZ merger back on table
16 Oct 2020Regional journalism appears to have a golden ticket. The Labour Party is promising to invest in local journalism and revisit the idea of merging TVNZ and RNZ if re-elected for a second term.
Jonathan… Read more Audio
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Hawke's Bay councils work together to face coastal erosion
16 Oct 2020Hawke's Bay councils say they've got to stop the squabbling over funding to fix coastal erosion.
They're planning to bring in a QC or retired judge to figure out how they can get the money to stop… Read more Audio
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NZDF fined $300,000 over navy diver's death in training
16 Oct 2020The New Zealand Defence Force has been fined nearly $300,000 over the death of a navy diver during a training exercise in March last year.
Zachary Christopher Yarwood was found unresponsive on the… Read more Audio
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Election 2020: Everything to know about counting the votes
16 Oct 2020Advance voting could crack the two million mark by close of play today.
The Electoral Commission has been crunching the numbers. Total early votes topped 1.74 million yesterday, already half a… Read more Video, Audio
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Election 2020: One final political poll before the big vote
16 Oct 2020The latest political poll, from Newshub and Reid Research, has been released a day before the final day of voting. RNZ political editor Jane Patterson joins Lisa Owen in the studio with her analysis.
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Auckland pug confiscated over missing registration
16 Oct 2020An Auckland pug has been treated like a thug - with the council seizing it over a missed registration payment and threatening death if the bill wasn't paid within a week.
Owner Semaine Cato was at… Read more Video, Audio
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New Zealanders can fly to Australia, but it comes with a warning
16 Oct 2020Some New Zealanders taking advantage of the quarantine-free safe travel zone with New South Wales and the Northern Territory plan on heading straight to other states once they've landed.
But the… Read more Audio
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'Horrific' screams heard in Taupo before bodies found by lake
16 Oct 2020A Taupo man says he heard "horrific" screams at a lakefront spot last night, near the place where a member of the public discovered two bodies this morning.
Mystery surrounds the deaths, with police… Read more Audio
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Paramedics urge stronger commitment to funding from new govt
Front line paramedics want stronger commitments to funding for St John, than those offered by the two women vying to be prime minister. Labour leader Jacinda Ardern and National's Judith Collins were… Read more Audio
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Minor parties make most of last campaign day in Auckland
16 Oct 2020The minor parties have crammed their diaries today to try and snag any remaining undecided voters.
There were ferry rides, fighting words, coffee making and even tears in the final hours of the… Read more Audio
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About this programme
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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