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Monday, 17 July 2017
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New housing development for Edgecumbe families
17 Jul 2017The Government is contributing 2.6 million dollars towards the construction of five two-bedroom homes at Kokohinau Marae in the Bay of Plenty. Audio
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Aussie companies in running to manage social housing project
17 Jul 2017Two Australian companies are vying to run one of the biggest social housing projects in NZ. Tamaki Regeneration Company CEO John Holyoake explains why no NZ companies were shortlisted. Audio
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Woman rescued after getting lost on Mt Ruapehu
17 Jul 2017Local knowledge and volunteers are credited with saving a skiers life after she became lost on Mt Ruapehu overnight. Constable Conrad Smith talks to Sharon Brettkelly. Audio
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Australian who nearly severed man's hand sentenced
17 Jul 2017Australian Shaan Roker has been jailed for six and a half years for assaulting his former partner and her father. Audio
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Winston Peters labelled hypocrite for push to scrap Māori seats
17 Jul 2017Tukoroirangi Morgan, one of the men who won a Maori seat alongside Winston Peters in 1996, and Hone Harawira, say the New Zealand First leader is a hypocrite. Read more Audio
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Brighter Future?: A tale of two deciles
17 Jul 2017As part of RNZ's election year series, "Is this the Brighter Future?", John Gerritsen, spent a day with two girls attending schools at opposite ends of the decile spectrum. Video, Audio
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Evening business for 17 July 2017
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Elderly man stuck in campervan for three days
17 Jul 2017A 70-year-old Paeroa man spent three days and two cold nights wedged between the drivers and passengers seat of his campervan before being rescued. Audio
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Dunedin man blocked from eye appointment for three years
17 Jul 2017John Elsey, 83 from Mosgiel, is losing his sight because of cataracts, but he keeps getting letters saying his case has been assessed as routine, and there's not enough medical staff to see him. Audio
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Thousands of people getting wrong Working for Families payments
Forty percent of people receiving Working For Families payments are being underpaid and about 25 percent are getting too much. Audio
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Split views on Meteria Turei's benefit fraud admission
17 Jul 2017The Ministry of Social Development won't say whether it will take action against the Greens co-leader Metiria Turei after she admitted to benefit fraud as a solo mother 24 years ago. Audio
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Trial begins for man who shot and killed two year old daughter
17 Jul 2017Gustav Otto Sanft admits to illegally having a sawn-off shotgun, but denies a charge of manslaughter relating to the death of his two-year-old daughter Amokura Daniels-Sanft, who was fatally shot in… 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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