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Checkpoint with Lisa Owen is RNZ’s weekday drive-time news programme, Our people, stories and breaking news and interviews from 4-6pm.
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Tuesday, 21 February 2023
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Maureen Pugh's climate change denial gone by lunchtime
21 Feb 2023An own goal for National today, with MP Maureen Pugh plunging her party into a controversy over climate change.
She began the day telling reporters she was still waiting to see evidence of whether… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 21 February 2023
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6320898535112 Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Raw sewage forces evacuation in Napier
People are being evacuated from a Napier street, where there's raw sewage.
Fire and Emergency says members of the public need to stay away from the Awatoto Public Golf Course on Awatoto Road.
Anyone… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Police tracking hundreds still missing
A dedicated team of police have been tracking down hundreds of people registered as uncontactable since Cyclone Gabrielle.
Eastern District Commander Superintendent Jeanette Park talks to Lisa Owen.
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Hawke's Bay family's survival on house roof
Cyclone Gabrielle's fury forced a family to break through their ceiling and on to their roof as they waited for rescue.
They were lifted to safety and a week later are back at their Hawke's Bay home… Read more Video, Audio
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Truckies face months of long detours after Cyclone Gabrielle
It's going to be months and months of taking the long way round for freight companies faced with 400 kilometres of damaged roads, and some communities still only reachable by air or sea.
The… Read more Video, Audio
Monday, 20 February 2023
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Puketapu still only accessible by helicopter
20 Feb 2023People in rural parts of Hawke's Bay are still finding it hard to access what they need.
Flooding wiped out two bridges and caused multiple slips around Puketapu, and for many, the only contact with… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Muriwai streets remain cordoned off
20 Feb 2023A week after Cyclone Gabrielle ripped through the North Island, some streets in the West Auckland community of Muriwai remain cordoned off, with residents unable to access their homes.
While… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Hawke's Bay responds to $50m govt funding
20 Feb 2023Checkpoint reporter Jimmy Ellingham has spent the day in Hawke's Bay speaking to businesses.
He tells Lisa Owen how Napier businesses are responding to the government's $50 million initial funding… Read more Video, Audio
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Planned Hawke's Bay development on flood-prone land 'dumb' - regional councillor
20 Feb 2023There are growing calls for a rethink of a massive housing development planned for flood-prone Hawke's Bay land.
It's an iwi-led development on land bought by the government - but it is land that's… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Napier community rallies to recover, rebuild
20 Feb 2023The resilience of the people of the Hawke's Bay is shining through.
Seven days on from Cyclone Gabrielle and 10,000 - most in Napier city - are still without power.
Electricity company Unison says… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Recovery Minister details $50m support fund
20 Feb 2023The government is making an initial 50-million-dollars available as immediate relief for businesses and workers hit by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Another $250 million will be funnelled to Waka Kotahi to… Read more 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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