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Thursday, 18 August 2016
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Hawke's Bay water crisis escalates
18 Aug 2016Thousands of people in the Hastings District are now under a boil water notice after an E coli 'indicator' was found in a water tanker that took water from the Hastings aquifer. Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday 18th August 2016
18 Aug 2016Watch Thursday's full programme here. Video
Wednesday, 17 August 2016
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Today In Parliament Wednesday 17 August 2016_@1
17 Aug 2016Government ministers and MPs join together in the General Debate to claim credit for early ratification of the Paris Agreement on greenhouse gas emissions. Signed by 180 countries, the agreement was… Read more Audio
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Selevasio Tu'ima sings Hallelujah
Selevasio Tu'ima has reached the finals of singing competition Stand Up, Stand Out. He came into our Auckland studio to sing Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. Read more Video, Audio
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Sam Meech wins bronze, hopes sister will also win medal
17 Aug 2016First time Olympian sailor Sam Meech won a bronze in the Laser class today. He hopes his sister Molly might add to the medal tally later in the week. Video, Audio
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Annette King visits Havelock North during water crisis
17 Aug 2016Labour's health spokesperson Annette King visited Havelock North this afternoon. Checkpoint asked her for her assessment of the community's situation. Video, Audio
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Havelock Nth firms consider class action over drinking water
17 Aug 2016Havelock North business owners are considering taking a class action to get compensation for what's expected to be big losses due to the town's drinking water crisis. Video, Audio
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Winston Peters on police resourcing in Kaitaia
Winston Peters says New Zealand's police force is understaffed and under-resourced and the far North is particularly neglected. Video, Audio
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Pharmac called on to improve funding practices
17 Aug 2016Melanoma sufferers who missed out on Keytruda, now funded by Pharmac, are still paying the price, a parliamentary select committee has been told. Audio
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Govt claims it funded captioning paid for by deaf foundation
National Foundation for the Deaf has paid for live captioning of free-to-air Olympic coverage on Prime TV, but the government claims it also paid for it. So who is correct? Read more Video, Audio
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Labour questions latest unemployment rates
17 Aug 2016Unemployment has declined for the sixth straight quarter but Labour is skeptical about whether changes to the way employment is measured are masking the true state of joblessness. Audio
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Watson wants Gerald Hope interview recorded
Scott Watson was in court today fighting for journalist Mike White to be allowed to cover his meeting with Gerald Hope, the father of Olivia, who he was convicted of killing. Video, Audio
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About this programme
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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