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Thursday, 13 February 2025
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Queenstown Alpine skier to head into world championship
13 Feb 2025Two-time Olympian, alpine skier Alice Robinson, heads into the world championships in Austria tonight on top of the world. Robinson won the giant slalom event in Italy last month in what was her first… Read more Audio
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Military panel deciding fate of two soldiers accused of attack
13 Feb 2025The alleged victim in what a military prosecution said was a violent attack by two soldiers can now be identified as a man who drowned in an unrelated incident last year. A military panel at a Court… Read more Audio
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Far North town has spent 10 years under boil water notice
13 Feb 2025In July 2015, a public health notice was issued for Kaeo's water supply; telling customers connected to the privately operated town supply to boil all drinking water for at least two minutes. The… Read more Audio
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Lawsuit filed over 'ineffective' cold and flu medicines
13 Feb 2025Law firm JGA Saddler is bringing a class action lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, after starting a similar case in Australia last year. It alleges 17 different cold and flu… Read more Audio
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Kiwi hero or parking pirate?
13 Feb 2025Kiwi hero or parking pirate? While that wasn't the question of law that John Boulton was defending in the Christchurch District Court, it is the question he wants put to the court of public opinion… Read more Audio
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First train goes around full length of Auckland's CRL
13 Feb 2025The almost three and a half kilometre long inaugural journey was made at a crawl; about five kilometres an hour overnight, meaning the loop took two and half hours in total while various underground… Read more Audio
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One dead after crash between four seater bike and car
13 Feb 2025One person has died and three more are seriously injured after a horror crash between a four seater bike and a car in Wairarapa earlier today. The accident happened on a road in Martinborough, famous… Read more Audio
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Treaty Principals Bill 'flawed' - former National Minister
13 Feb 2025A former National Minister has told the Justice Committee the Treaty Principles Bill is "irretrievably flawed" and a former Prime Minister says the Bill has "damaged the collective fabric of the… Read more Audio
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Warriors Dallin Watene Zalezniak set to be sidelined
13 Feb 2025There has been an early blow for Warriors fans before the season has kicked off. Fan favourite Dallin Watene Zalezniak is set to be sidelined for at least six weeks. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke… Read more Audio
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School census to give insight into children's lives
13 Feb 2025Researchers are hoping to get a glimpse into the secret lives of Aotearoa's children in the school census. More than 200 schools have already registered to take part in the project that is a… Read more Audio
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Trump administration shift in foreign policy towards Ukraine
13 Feb 2025At a defence summit in Brussels, the US defence secretary told European nations they must provide the overwhelming share of funding for the country which was invaded by Russia nearly three years ago… Read more Audio
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People downgrading car insurance as policy costs rise
13 Feb 2025It appears more people are looking at downgrading their car insurance, to third party cover, as policy costs continue to rise. Figures from insurance price comparison website "Quashed" shows car… 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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