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Wednesday, 15 April 2020
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Insurer botched quake-damaged house repair - Christchurch couple
15 Apr 2020A Christchurch couple says their insurer totally botched the repairs of their quake-damaged house - and now will not pay for it.
Their lawyer said all householders should be worried this same thing… Read more Audio
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Trump turns on WHO as he faces criticism for Covid-19 response
As Donald Trump faces criticism for his administration's own handling and downplaying the Covid-19 pandemic, the US President has turned the tables on the World Health Organisation, freezing their… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19: David Seymour wants all MPs to take pay cut
15 Apr 2020Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, government ministers and about 30 public service chief executives are taking a 20 percent pay cut over the next six months - but it does not go far enough for Act leader… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19 lockdown price-gouging - the major complaints
New Zealanders like a fair deal, so it is not surprising that the government's Price Watch inbox now has thousands of complaints.
Price Watch was set up as a repository for consumer concerns over… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19: Sixty NZers stranded in South America return home
Sixty New Zealanders who have been stranded in Peru and other parts of South America are back on home soil.
The government-assisted charter flight touched down in Auckland early this morning -… Read more Audio
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Covid-19 lockdown: Landlords not helping in crisis, renters say
Tenants struggling to pay the rent as the lockdown drags on say calls for landlords to show compassion are going unanswered.
A pause on mortgage payments has not trickled down to rental deferrals for… Read more Audio
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Leaders concerned Māori will suffer more after lockdown
15 Apr 2020Māori leaders are worried their people will suffer higher rates of unemployment after the level four lockdown lifts.
Māori unemployment is currently 8.4 percent - double that of the national average… Read more Audio
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SEEK job advertisements down 70 percent since lockdown
15 Apr 2020Since the beginning of the lockdown the number of real jobs being posted online has dropped by over 70 percent according to one online job search site.
The government announced that unemployment… Read more Audio
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School Term Two begins online under Covid-19 lockdown
15 Apr 2020About 800,000 children went back to school, though none of them left their homes.
Because of the lockdown, teaching is being done over the internet or down the phone.
RNZ education correspondent… Read more Audio
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Trump pulling WHO funding 'foolish' - Helen Clark
15 Apr 2020Former New Zealand Prime Minister and UN Development Programme Administrator Helen Clark says US President Donald Trump's decision to pull funding from the World Health Organisation is "foolish".
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Covid-19: Trump halts funding for WHO
US President Donald Trump has announced the United States will halt funding to the World Health Organisation for three months pending a review of the organisation after blaming it for mismanaging and… Read more Audio
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Huge waves batter Wellington coast, flood homes
15 Apr 2020Huge waves have been hitting Wellington's south coast on Wednesday forcing people to leave their homes and injuring one person who got dragged out to sea.
A big southerly swell sent waves about six… Read more Video, 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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