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Tuesday, 13 September 2022
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Evening business for 13 September 2022
13 Sep 2022News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6312240555112 Video, Audio
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Jetstar's rejection of child with disability 'a shocker' - Consumer NZ boss
13 Sep 2022Jetstar's treatment of a family with disabled children, which ended in a ruined holiday and significant stress, has landed airline policy and manners in the spotlight again.
Despite checking in 45… Read more Video, Audio
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Black Ferns squad confirmed for Rugby World Cup 2022
13 Sep 2022The 32 players who will attempt to defend the Rugby World Cup on New Zealand soil have been confirmed.
Less than a month out from their opening match against Australia at Eden Park - Black Ferns… Read more Video, Audio
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Nearly a million expected to queue in London to farewell Queen Elizabeth II
13 Sep 2022London is gearing up for a major event with nearly a million people expected to queue to pay their respects to the Queen.
The Queen's coffin will lie in state in Westminster for four days before the… Read more Video, Audio
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Food prices rise at fastest annual rate in 13 years
Food prices have risen at their fastest annual rate in 13 years. Data from Stats NZ shows food prices were 8.3 percent higher this month compared to the same period last year.
And Countdown says… Read more Video, Audio
Monday, 12 September 2022
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No meteorite found yet in scientists' Otago farmland search
A search of farmland near Dunedin has been unable to unearth any remnants of the meteorite which crashed down last month.
Those behind the search say it's now unlikely it'll be found, but a tenacious… Read more Video, Audio
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SH59 out of Wellington to reopen after slips forced closures
12 Sep 2022One of the main routes out of Wellington - State Highway 59 - is set to reopen following weeks of closures due to slips between Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki.
Our reporter Krystal Gibbens and cameraman… Read more Video, Audio
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EMA concerned at costs of one-off public holiday for Queen Elizabeth
12 Sep 2022A one-off public holiday on September 26 to mark the death Queen Elizabeth does not have universal support.
In announcing a Queen Elizabeth II memorial day, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said it is… Read more Video, Audio
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One-off public holiday to remember Queen Elizabeth II
12 Sep 2022The Government has announced a new, one-off public holiday for Monday 26 September, in honour of the death of the Queen.
A State Memorial Service will be held the same day, in the Wellington… Read more Video, Audio
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Friends, family mourn death of five in Kaikōura boating tragedy
12 Sep 2022Friends and family are mourning the loss of five people killed in a boating tragedy off the coast of Kaikōura.
Investigations are under way, after the boat carrying eleven people, capsized off Goose… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 12 September 2022
12 Sep 2022News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6312193256112 Video, Audio
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Professor Rod Jackson on end of Covid traffic light system
At midnight the government's pulling the plug on its covid traffic light system.
That means the only place you'll have to wear a mask is health and aged care facilities - including pharmacies.
Only… 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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