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Tuesday, 9 May 2023
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Weather: Emergency Management on Auckland flooding
9 May 2023Auckland's in a state of Emergency again, as the city is hammered by torrential rain and flash flooding.
It's put already anxious and displaced residents on edge once more.
MetService has issued a… Read more Video, Audio
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Flooding again in West Auckland as torrential rain hits
9 May 2023MetService has issued 15 weather warnings and watches across New Zealand on Tuesday.
It's a familiar scene again in Auckland with flooding across the city.
Checkpoint reporter Louise Ternouth is in… Read more Video, Audio
Monday, 8 May 2023
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NZDF personnel in line for pay rise in major Budget boost
8 May 2023Defence Force personnel are in line for a pay bump as part of a major Budget boost unveiled by the government. Audio
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How Auckland food waste is helping power NZ's electricity grid
8 May 2023In Auckland alone we send 100,000 tonnes of food waste to landfill every year. Now food scrap bins are being rolled out across the city to help use that food for fuel, at the country's first… Read more Video, Audio
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Dannevirke family's months-long wait for home access over river
8 May 2023After two months of using a dinghy, a husband and wife stranded by Cyclone Gabrielle can now leave home on a slightly less precarious river crossing.
The storm's heavy rain swelled the Manawatū… Read more Video, Audio
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Life in Nelson, with lowest average wages in NZ
8 May 2023Nelson has long been known for its "Sunshine Wages" but a new report shows they have fallen to 14 percent below the national average.
At just over $60,000 dollars a year - they are the lowest average… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 8 May 2023
8 May 2023News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6327008687112 Video, Audio
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Boss of Warriors sponsor calls out NRL referees claiming 'cheating'
8 May 2023The boss of the Warriors major sponsor has called out the NRL referees after what he says is "cheating of the highest order".
One New Zealand chief executive Jason Paris vented on social media… Read more Audio
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Oranga Tamariki cuts funding for 130 trusts working with youth
8 May 2023A Christchurch trust working with at-risk youth is one of more than 130 to have their funding cut by Oranga Tamariki.
The Youth Alive Trust has been around for more than three decades and runs… Read more Video, Audio
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Retailers face insurance hikes after ram raids, break-ins
8 May 2023Retailers are warning insurance hikes in the wake of ram raids and other crime could force many out of business.
Retail New Zealand says the rising costs mean more than eighty percent of its members… Read more Audio
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David Seymour on idea for Corrections to run detention facilities for young criminals
8 May 2023ACT wants to spend half a billion dollars building youth detention centres that would be run by the Department of Corrections, if it is in government.
The party says young law breakers need to be… Read more Video, Audio
Sunday, 7 May 2023
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No ocean? No problem - Surf's up for inland Otago wave catchers
7 May 2023When it comes to catching a wave, Hāwea Flat - just outside Wānaka, isn't the first place that springs to mind.
But that's about change with the launch of YourWave - essentially what happens when a… 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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