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Friday, 16 December 2016
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Class action against Southern Response to proceed
16 Dec 2016The High Court has said 40 Christchurch homeowners wanting to take a class action against earthquake insurer Southern Response can move forward with their claim. Video, Audio
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Four realtors fined $10 million for price fixing
Barfoot & Thompson, Harcourts, LJ Hooker and Ray White have been ordered to pay nearly $10m after they reached a deal on how to respond to changes in TradeMe fees. Video, Audio
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Evening business for 16 December 2016
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Anger over harbour master been stood down over orca rescue
16 Dec 2016Hundreds of angry Coromandel residents have signed a petition, demanding authorities apologise for standing the harbourmaster down for using a council boat to free an orca. Audio
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Muslim man says he was offered govt money to spy on community
16 Dec 2016A young Muslim says he was offered money from the Security Intelligence Service to spy on his community - and now feels he is being watched for turning down their offer. Audio
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Special Housing Areas, but where are all the houses?
A Special Housing Area was launched three years ago with great fanfare, but not a single house has been built. Zac Fleming reports. Read more Video, Audio
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Bennett says she's proud of getting homeless into homes
Deputy Prime Minister Paula Bennett says one of her greatest achievements this year is getting homeless people into homes, but Labour MP Carmel Sepuloni says Bennett has nothing to be proud of. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 16th December 2016
16 Dec 2016Watch Friday's full programme here. Video
Thursday, 15 December 2016
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Marama Fox sings a Christmas song for Checkpoint
Marama Fox performed a Christmas song in Parliament yesterday, which amused her colleagues, delighted New Zealanders and made international headlines. Today, she visited RNZ to perform another song… Read more Video, Audio
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Sports groups win and lose in funding shake-up
15 Dec 2016High Performance Sport New Zealand has released it's funding for next year, with Yachting New Zealand and Athletics winning, but sevens, cycling, football and swimming losing out. Audio
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ANZ staff evacuate Wellington premises
ANZ staff have evacuated their offices in central Wellington's Tory Street over fears that concrete panelling on the building could fall off. Michael Cropp joins Checkpoint from the scene. Audio
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Fishing club upset over locals using the boat ramp
A row's broken out in Houhora in the Far North over moves by the local gamefishing club to charge for the use of its boat ramp. Lois Williams reports. 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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