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Wednesday, 13 July 2016
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Wild winds now heading to Wgtn, Marlborough
A bus load of tourists had a lucky escape this morning when their bus was blown off the road in the Mackenzie Country. Audio
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Evening Business for 13 July 2015
News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Cameron set for final few hours as UK Prime Minister
David Cameron has just a few hours left as Prime Minister and will today attend his final Prime Minister's Questions, before heading to Buckingham Palace to hand his resignation to the Queen. Video, Audio
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Affordable housing developers hard to contact
The First Home Buyers' Club spokesperson Dustin Lindale says nobody is overseeing who is allocated an affordable homes by developers, and the developers are near impossible to contact. Audio
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Affordable housing buyers hitting walls
How do you get property in the Government's new Special Housing Areas? Would-be buyers say getting onto a waiting list, or some kind of ballot, is proving impossible. Audio
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Controversy over shot Hamilton man's death
A 36-year-old Hamilton man, Nick Marshall, was fatally shot by police last night, who claim that he was armed and refused to put the weapon down. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Camppbell, Wednesday 13 July 2016
13 Jul 2016Watch Wednesday's full programme here. It starts 5 minutes in. Video
Tuesday, 12 July 2016
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Waihi community steps up to help Fiji
A Waihi man who rallied support from his community to send a container of aid to Fiji following Cyclone Winston says six months on, some villages are still without electricity and adequate housing. Audio
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Do gang members have a positive role to play in prison?
After Corrections Minister Judith Collins' comments that the only place for gang members in prison was behind bars, Mongrel Mob member Harry Tam is speaking out about his experience working as a… Read more Video, Audio
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Former Police Commissioner gives evidence at hearing
A former Police Commissioner has told a Court that the Ministry of Social Development took all the practicable steps it could to protect employees and could not have foreseen a shooting at its… Read more Audio
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Wind turbines North of Dunedin rejected
Plans to build three wind turbines to generate electricity for a small rural community north of Dunedin have been rejected due to claims they ruined the beauty of the area. Audio
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Cats go missing in Timaru
Fifty cats, many of them the stay-at-home type, have vanished in Timaru without trace in the past year - and local residents are up in arms. Video, 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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