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Friday, 15 December 2017
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NZ's longest emergency motel tenant gets keys to HNZ home
15 Dec 2017Robert Erueti spent more than 58 weeks in a motel as emergency housing, and weeks living rough or in a boarding house after being evicted from his HNZ home. Today, he picked up the keys to his new HNZ… Read more Video, Audio
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'Green fairies' vow to continue supplying medicinal cannabis despite arrests
Suppliers of medicinal cannabis are defiant despite a spate of recent arrests, saying they'll carry on growing and making their products for the people who need them. Read more Video, Audio
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Five years imprisonment for babysitter who killed one-year-old
15 Dec 2017Aaliyah Ashlyn Chand died in January 2015 after suffering skull fractures and brain bleeding, injuries which the Crown says 21-year-old Shayal Upashna Sami inflicted in a moment of frustration. Video, Audio
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Kaikōura to Picton SH1 reopened
15 Dec 2017$500 million later, State Highway One, which was devastated by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake last November, has reopened. Video, Audio
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Evening Business for 15 December 2017
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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478 days later, does Sky World have a WoF?
15 Dec 2017Sky World hasn't had a WoF for 478 days because of safety issues. At least six companies say they're waiting to be paid for work they did, but as Zac Fleming explains, it's not only money that's been… Read more Video, Audio
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NZ Ballet asks for independent investigation
15 Dec 2017Royal New Zealand Ballet has asked for an independent review into its employment processes, and how it manages complaints. Board member Isaac Hikaka spoke to John Campbell. Read more Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 15 December 2017
15 Dec 2017Watch Friday's full show here. Video
Thursday, 14 December 2017
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Five Southern Police investigated for questionable behaviour
Five Southern police officers have stepped out of line for illegal or questionable behaviour this year, but the district commander says it isn't symptomatic of a wider cultural issue. Audio
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National says new families package robs public of tax cut
14 Dec 2017The opposition says the Government is robbing the public of a promised tax cut, replacing it with poorly targeted support, and jacking up debt. Audio
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Families Package 'will lift children out of poverty'
14 Dec 2017Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern talks to John Campbell about the government's Families Package, and how she hopes it will considerably reduce child poverty. Video, Audio
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Downside to NZ's sunshine capital is drought
The top of the South Island is getting ready to seize the Sunshine Trophy for clocking up the most sunshine hours in the country again this year, but it comes with a price. 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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