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Tuesday, 28 March 2023
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Evening business for 28 March 2023
28 Mar 2023News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6323493118112 Video, Audio
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Students suffering, staff late amid dire Auckland bus shortage
28 Mar 2023School students have lamented getting detentions because their buses are so late - or do not show up at all.
Residents of East Coast Bays in Auckland say a severe shortage of buses is leaving people… Read more Video, Audio
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NZ Football scores $13m funding from FIFA over four years
28 Mar 2023New Zealand Football is set to receive around $13 million in funding from FIFA over the next four years via the governing body's development programme.
The record-breaking investment in football… Read more Video, Audio
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Man arrested after armed police standoff in Stratford
28 Mar 2023The man at the centre of a standoff with police in Stratford has been arrested and taken into custody.
Police negotiators and the armed offenders squad surrounded a house for more than twelve hours… Read more Audio
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Opposition demands public apology from Marama Davidson
28 Mar 2023Opposition parties are demanding the Greens' co-leader Marama Davidson publicly apologise for saying white cis men are the main perpetrators of violence.
Ms Davidson made the remarks during a charged… Read more Audio
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Immigration minister reviewing settings, industry needs to review pay rates Fullers boss says
28 Mar 2023Mass cancellations of ferries in Auckland prompted the Transport Minister to call a crisis meeting late last week.
And over the weekend crew shortages saw services to Half Moon Bay, Birkenhead… Read more Video, Audio
Monday, 27 March 2023
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Esk Valley residents vent frustration two months after cyclone
27 Mar 2023Esk Valley residents say they feel 'shunned and kicked in the guts'.
The Hawke's Bay community met at the wekeend to vent their frustration at the lack of progress two months on from the extreme… Read more Video, Audio
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Feijoas hit by weather but still taste as good as ever - growers
27 Mar 2023Love 'em or loathe 'em, the feijoa season is upon us.
And buyers are being warned the fruit might be a little bit banged up this season, thanks to the extreme weather.
Some fruit and vege crops were… Read more Video, Audio
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Police search Petone Beach after human foot found
27 Mar 2023Police are continuing to search around Petone Beach where a shoe with a foot inside was found on Saturday.
Krystal Gibbens spoke to some locals. Read more Audio
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Pike River Mine father hopes High Court decision will fix justice system
27 Mar 2023The father of one of the 29 men who died in the Pike River Mine hopes a High Court decision will change the justice system.
Bernie Monk believes there's an abuse of legal privilege, and he wants to… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 27 March 2023
27 Mar 2023News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6323406932112 Video, Audio
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Wellington bar, restaurant owners call for help to survive
27 Mar 2023Bar and restaurant owners in Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara - say they're hanging on to business by the skin of their teeth.
They're blaming the usual suspects - the pandemic, cost of living… Read more 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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