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Friday, 8 July 2022
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Community gets preview of plans for Whanganui Port
8 Jul 2022A crowd of locals have given a behind the scenes look at Whanganui Port, ahead of its planned $50 million revamp.
It's the first community-led management project since the Whanganui River gained… Read more Video, Audio
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Remains of more than 100 Moriori return from UK to Te Papa
8 Jul 2022The remains of more than 100 Moriori have been returned today, repatriated from London's Natural History Museum where they've been held for a century.
It's the largest-ever return of ancestors, and… Read more Video, Audio
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SPCA keen for more foster parents as more pets in need
8 Jul 2022SPCAs around Aotearoa are heaving and the Christchurch branch is no exception after more than 20 puppies were dumped near the Waimakariri River.
That means foster pet parents are close to maxed out… Read more Video, Audio
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Excitement in Dunedin ahead of All Blacks v Ireland clash
8 Jul 2022In Dunedin excitement is building ahead of the return of top tier international rugby to the southern city.
The All Blacks will take on Ireland in the second test at Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for Friday 8 July 2022
8 Jul 2022News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6309270207112 Video, Audio
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Flu hitting hard as Covid at some of NZ's busiest hospitals
At one of the busiest hospitals in the country, there are three times more patients with the flu, compared to those with Covid.
Middlemore in Auckland isn't the only hospital under major strain, with… Read more Audio
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Scathing review of Wellington Water's fluoridation programme
8 Jul 2022A scathing review has found flouridating water was "not a priority" for Wellington Water and was inconsistently done for six years.
Wellington Water has been told to take a "relentless" shift in… Read more Video, Audio
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Japan ex-PM Shinzo Abe shot in apparent assassination attempt
8 Jul 2022Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been shot in an apparent assassination attempt.
The 67-year-old was giving a speech on a street in the western city of Nara.
Witnesses say Abe, Japan's… Read more Video, Audio
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Australia PM commits to reviewing status of NZers in country
8 Jul 2022There's been a breakthrough in what's a been a major point of contention in the trans-Tasman relationship - the rights of New Zealanders living in Australia.
New Zealand Prime Ministers have long… Read more Video, Audio
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Auckland Council reviewing processes after woman dies in car
8 Jul 2022An investigation's underway after Auckland Council staff classified an elderly homeless woman, who was later found dead in her car, as a freedom camper, and had not done more to help her.
Yesterday… Read more Video, Audio
Thursday, 7 July 2022
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Tākina, Wellington Convention Centre nears completion
7 Jul 2022It was once a bland, boring carpark, now it's a brand new building - inspired by the wild winds of Wellington.
The capital's new convention centre Tākina is well on the way to being finished.
Media… Read more Video, Audio
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Invercargill air among most polluted, per capita - new study
7 Jul 2022The lower South Island has some of the worst pollution rates in the country, a new study has found, with Christchurch, Timaru and Invercargill among the highest per capita.
Data released this week… Read more 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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