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Friday, 16 June 2017
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Police come to the rescue of dedicated Dunedin cabbie
Kevin, Labour MP Clare Curran's cabbie for 10 years, may be the most dedicated driver in New Zealand. Video, Audio
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Team NZ confident one day out from Oracle rematch
16 Jun 2017Team New Zealand is in it's sixth America's Cup final in 22 years, and has no fear of the team which snatched the cup from under its nose four years ago. Video, Audio
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Edgecumbe residents forced to sell homes to council
16 Jun 2017Twelve Edgecumbe homeowners are being forced to sell their properties to make way for a new stopbank. Audio
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Hundertwasser gets the green light after nearly 25 years
Funding is finally in place to turn revered Austrian artist Hundertwasser's design to transform an old building in Whangarei into a reality. Audio
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Give prison guards pepper spray, union says
16 Jun 2017The prison guards' union is calling for their members to be armed with pepper spray and possibly tasers. It says it will protect prisoners from excessive force charges. Audio
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Evening Business for 16 June 2017
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Māori All Blacks chase history and winning sendoff
16 Jun 2017The Māori All Blacks have the chance to repeat their historic 2005 win over the Lions tomorrow night, and send off long serving loose forward Liam Messam. Video, Audio
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Budget blunder unacceptable - Health Minister
16 Jun 2017Some district health boards will have to return money to the Ministry of Health after a Budget funding blunder resulted in $39 million being wrongly allocated. Audio
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GP sees homeless families every week
16 Jun 2017A GP working for a Whangarei Maori health service, Kyle Eggleton, says he is seeing homeless families every week, including a family of 15 living in a lounge. Read more Video, Audio
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Woman living in cold, damp bus after surgery
A Northland woman has been living in a bus while she recovers from hip replacement surgery. Audio
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Criminal investigation launched into London blaze
16 Jun 2017Scotland Yard has launched a criminal investigation into the fatal fire at Grenfell Tower which claimed at least 17 lives and left an unknown number of people presumed dead. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with Rowan Quinn for Friday 16 June 2017
16 Jun 2017Checkpoint with Rowan Quinn for Friday 16 June 2017. Video
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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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