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Monday, 12 September 2022
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Covid protection traffic light system to end at midnight
The traffic light Covid Protection Framework will end at midnight.
That means the only place people have to wear a mask is health and aged care facilities - including pharmacies.
Covid positive… Read more Video, Audio
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Mourners queue for hours to lay flowers at Buckingham Palace
12 Sep 2022In London, people have still been streaming to Buckingham Palace to lay floral tributes.
RNZ's Corin Dann and cameraman Nick Monro are in London.
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PM Jacinda Ardern announces public holiday for Queen Elizabeth
The government has also just announced New Zealand has a new public holiday - for this year only.
In honour of the Queen Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says 26 September will be a national holiday.
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Friday, 9 September 2022
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King Charles III, Britain's new monarch
9 Sep 2022After decades of waiting, Prince Charles now becomes King Charles the Third. He's been the longest-serving heir apparent in Commonwealth history, and at 73, becomes the oldest new monarch. Max Towle… Read more Audio
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Royalist in Napier mourns Queen Elizabeth II
9 Sep 2022A Napier woman has decked out her home in Union Jacks to commemorate the Queen's passing. Dorothy Galloway was one of the first in line at the Anglican Cathedral this morning to sign the condolence… Read more Audio
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New Zealanders remember Queen Elizabeth II in Aotearoa
9 Sep 2022Whether it's a meeting in person, a glance in a crowd, or a royal letter, many New Zealanders have a connection to Queen Elizabeth the Second. Producer Tom Taylor caught up with some Kiwis with… Read more Audio
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Sports world pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
9 Sep 2022The death of Queen Elizabeth has also caused an outpouring of tributes - as well as several cancellations - in the sporting world. Clay Wilson wraps up the reaction. [embed]… Read more Video, Audio
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Feilding man remembers being a Beefeater guard for Queen
9 Sep 2022For 16 years from the early 1990s Feilding man Patrick Nolan Nolan was one of the Queen's bodyguards, the traditional kind, living in the Tower of London. He was the first non-British serviceman to… Read more Video, Audio
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Queen Elizabeth remembered by retired Mt Eden residents
9 Sep 2022The Queen has reigned for 70 years - and for lots of us - she's the only Queen we've known. There are others who remember her coronation - and have followed her life with great interest ever since… Read more Video, Audio
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Hawke's Bay man remembers meeting Prince Phillip as a toddler
9 Sep 2022In the summer of 1963 the Queen and Prince Phillip travelled to New Zealand, spending 12 days here. During their trip they stopped into sunny Napier in the Hawke's Bay. Grant Simpson, his three… Read more Video, Audio
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Gun salute on Wellington waterfront for Queen Elizabeth
9 Sep 2022A gun salute has been performed on the Wellington waterfront and our reporter Krystal Gibbens joins us with the details [embed]… Read more Video, Audio
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Much-loved monarch Queen Elizabeth remembered in pubs
9 Sep 2022Meanwhile in Auckland, there've been tears as well as celebrations as locals have a remembered a much-loved monarch. Joining us from the Fox London pub at Auckland's viaduct, is Nick Truebridge… 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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