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Monday, 30 January 2023
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Auckland floods: What you need to know about insurance
30 Jan 2023First came the floods and now a rising tide of insurance claims. So what do you need to know if your car is swamped with water or your basement carpet's coated in silt?
Tower Insurance Chief Claims… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 30 January 2023
30 Jan 2023News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6319476708112 Video, Audio
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Auckland floods: Schools clean up, welcome evacuees
So instead of throwing open their doors to students, Auckland school principals are welcoming displaced families and counting the cost of Friday's flood damage.
Amy Williams has the story. Read more Audio
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Auckland floods: Local schools, ECEs told to close until Feb 7
30 Jan 2023Auckland schools and early childhood centres have been told to keep their gates shut until next Tuesday - the day after Waitangi Day.
About 20 schools in the region were badly hit by the flooding… Read more Video, Audio
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Eden Park events cancelled after major Auckland floods
30 Jan 2023Eden Park in central Auckland was planning to switch from sports ground to community shelter - until the torrential rain arrived on their doorstep.
The number one and number two fields were… Read more Audio
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Titirangi hit with slips, water and power outages
30 Jan 2023Titirangi in west Auckland has been particularly hard hit, with a number of landslips.
One major slip has cut off residents around Titirangi Beach.
Alistair Grace woke to see a chunk of his land… Read more Audio
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Auckland floods: Mayor concedes communication not good enough
30 Jan 2023Auckland's mayor Wayne Brown has conceded that his and his office's communication on Friday night was not good enough. But he has no plans to resign.
The mayor says the council has made changes to… Read more Audio
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Auckland floods: Official response to crisis 'slow, disgraceful' - Dave Letele
30 Jan 2023In south Auckland some residents feel they were left to fend for themselves when the worst of weather hit.
Community leader Dave Letele talks to Lisa Owen. Read more Audio
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Auckland floods: Rānui hit hard - homes red and yellow stickered
30 Jan 2023A rainfall warning has been upgraded to red for parts of Auckland, Coromandel and Northland from Tuesday afternoon.
It comes as the region has recorded a whopping 769 percent of its usual January… Read more Video, Audio
Friday, 27 January 2023
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Auckland Councillor Richard Hills frustrated with AT
27 Jan 2023Auckland Councillor Richard Hills tells Lisa Owen he does not have confidence the replacement buses for the Elton John show at Mt Smart will be enough to cover the shortage left by the lack of a train… Read more Audio
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Elton John concertgoers disappointed to walk in rain
27 Jan 2023Returning to our earlier story about the gnarl up over transport to Elton John's Auckland concerts. Auckland Transport, the agency tasked with promoting public trasnport, like buses and trains has… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 27 January 2023
27 Jan 2023News from the business sector, including a market report. 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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