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Tuesday, 18 April 2023
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Response to floods not good enough - Auckland Council CEO
18 Apr 2023Auckland Council's chief executive has broken his silence a week on from the release of a damning flood review.
Commissioned by the Mayor, the review highlights the numerous failings of council in… Read more Audio
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Chorus apologises for high-speed fibre rollout delays
18 Apr 2023Chorus - New Zealand's main provider of telecommunications infrastructure - is apologising for wait times blowing out due to a shortage of almost 200 technicians.
It says some customers have been in… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 18 April 2023
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6325297783112 Video, Audio
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Reducing class sizes by one won't do much, say teachers, parents
Some parents are struggling to see how taking just one student out of a teacher's classroom will lift their child's learning outcomes.
The Education Minister announced the Goverment will reduce… Read more Video, Audio
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Wellington Phoenix signs Giancarlo Italiano as head coach
18 Apr 2023The Wellington Phoenix have signed Giancarlo Italiano as the team's new head coach for the next two A-League football seasons.
Italiano has been the side's assistant coach since 2019. He will replace… Read more Video, Audio
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Canterbury competition targets feral cats, but SAFE not happy
18 Apr 2023A North Canterbury hunting competition is encouraging kids to shoot feral cats - and whoever bags the most between now and the end of June - wins a $250 prize.
The SPCA is investigating the death of… Read more Audio
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Poor quality food behind most Type 2 diabetes cases - study
According to new international research seven out 10 new cases of Type 2 diabetes globally are caused by a "suboptimal diet".
That includes too much red and processed meats, refined carbs and sugary… Read more Video, Audio
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Looming recession sees number of people needing help from support services rise
18 Apr 2023Do you have an extra $150 a week to cover the rising cost of living? That's the sum households can expect to dig deep for each week this year as the looming recession is tipped to be longer and deeper… Read more Video, Audio
Monday, 17 April 2023
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New Auckland Transport boss keen to see pre-Covid public transport use in eight months
17 Apr 2023The new boss of Auckland Transport aims to get ferry, bus and train use in the city back to pre-Covid levels in just eight months.
Dean Kimpton hops aboard as chief executive at time when more than… Read more Video, Audio
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Govt defends high numbers of communications staff
17 Apr 2023The government's defending a blow out in communications staff - saying they're needed for direct engagement with the public.
National is accusing the government of overseeing a bloated bureaucracy… Read more Audio
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Family desperate for mother's body to join brothers at Putiki Urupā
17 Apr 2023More than seven decades after her three brothers were murdered, Mihi Kui Edwards was to be reunited with her siblings.
She died, aged 89, in March 2021 and was to be buried with her slain siblings at… Read more Video, Audio
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Govt's new class size policy 'crazy' - Manurewa primary school principal
17 Apr 2023The government has revealed plans to lower class sizes at primary and intermediate school levels.
Ratios will go from one teacher to 29 students to one to 28, for years 4 to 8. That means an extra… 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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