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Monday, 21 November 2022
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Evening business for 21 November 2022
21 Nov 2022News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Astronomers scramble to find meteorite after fireball over Northland
21 Nov 2022An enormous fireball seen over the North Island has astronomers scrambling to find the meteorite.
Fireballs Aotearoa says its likely to have landed in Northland, and could be just the 10th meteorite… Read more Video, Audio
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Black Ferns to celebrate win at Parliament in December
21 Nov 2022The world champion Black Ferns will keep the celebations going for a few weeks yet.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern annouced this afternoon the government will be backing an event next month that will… Read more Audio
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Armed police remain at tense scene in Auckland's Beach Haven
21 Nov 2022Armed police remain at the scene of an incident on Monday afternoon that evacuated dozens of residents in Auckland's North Shore.
RNZ reporter Rayssa Almeida is at the scene on Lancaster Road in the… Read more Video, Audio
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NZ champ golfer Lydia Ko claims top prize in women's game
21 Nov 2022Lydia Ko has claimed the largest first place prize in the history of the women's sport.
The 25-year-old won the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship event in Naples Florida by two shots which also… Read more Audio
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Parliament to debate lowering voting age to 16
21 Nov 2022At Parliament all MPs will get to vote on whether 16-year-olds can got to the ballot box in the general election.
In the past hour the Prime Minister's anounced the government will draft a new law… Read more Video, Audio
Friday, 18 November 2022
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'Cheehoo!': Samoans in Auckland celebrate as Toa Samoa take on Kangaroos
18 Nov 2022South Auckland's streets are set for a Samoan invasion this Saturday. Toa Samoa will play in its first ever Rugby League World Cup final against the mighty Kangaroos of Australia. As the historic kick… Read more Video, Audio
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Wellington bus company seeks students to become drivers
18 Nov 2022Amid a worrying shortage of bus drivers, a Wellington bus company is targeting the student market for recruits. Tranzurban is pitching the job as flexible enough to fit around study, and a chance for… Read more Video, Audio
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Internation court sentences three over shooting down of MH17
An international court has convicted three men for shooting down a commercial plane over Ukraine in 2014. The court found two Russians and a Ukrainian guilty of the mass murder of all 298 passengers… Read more Audio
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Ardern starts flurry of meetings with world leaders at APEC
18 Nov 2022The Prime Minister has started a flurry of meetings with regional leaders at the APEC summit in Bangkok with regional security and economic issues to the fore. Jacinda Ardern started with a formal… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for Friday 18 November 2022
18 Nov 2022News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6315768282112 Video, Audio
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2021 a record breaker for kitchen injury claims - ACC
18 Nov 2022There's a lot of slicing and dicing going on in kitchens around the country and we're not just talking about food preparation. ACC figures show last year was a record breaker - with the highest number… Read more 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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