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Friday, 1 July 2022
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All Blacks v Ireland - will history be made at Eden Park?
1 Jul 2022It's been a less-than-ideal week for the All Blacks ahead of their first test of the year.
Covid-19 has handed the home side a rollercoaster buildup - and hundreds of extra Zoom calls - for tomorrow… Read more Video, Audio
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Popular community garden's growth stunted by bureaucracy
1 Jul 2022It's not just chopping onions that'll make your eyes water these days, but paying for them too.
As the price of fruit n veges hits harder, many Kiwis are growing their own. On the Hibiscus Coast a… Read more Video, Audio
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Will tourists return to Rotorua's Fenton St accommodation?
1 Jul 2022After years of the housing crisis in New Zealand, emergency housing is becoming entrenched on Rotorua's main road - Fenton Street.
Around 40 motels in the tourism hotspot are now being used as… Read more Video, Audio
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Whitestone Cheese reacts to NZ-EU free trade deal
1 Jul 2022This deal mean Aotearoa's cheese industry gets a bigger nibble at the European market according to the government.
It says there will be new and improved quota access for more than 31,000 tonnes of… Read more Video, Audio
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NZ strike $1.8b free trade deal with EU
1 Jul 2022It's the $1.8 billion deal the PM says unlocks access to one of the world's biggest and lucrative markets.
But the free trade agreement signed with the EU has left the meat and dairy sectors with a… Read more Audio
Thursday, 30 June 2022
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Ardern in Brussels, NZ-EU trade deal talks at critical stage
New Zealand will learn overnight if negotiators have managed to secure a trade deal with the European Union.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arrived in Brussels early this morning, where talks have… Read more Video, Audio
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Six arrests as police clear Māhanga Bay occupation
30 Jun 2022A large police operation to clear out an established occupation at Māhanga Bay in Wellington has dragged on most of the day.
Six people have been arrested and more have been shifted out of the area.
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Petition to ban single-use plastic bottles taken to Parliament
30 Jun 2022Plastic. It's not so fantastic, according to 100,000 New Zealanders who've signed a petition urging the government to ban single-use plastic bottles.
But with about a billion of them sold in this… Read more Audio
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'Tsunami' of respiratory illness overwhelming clinics - urgent care doctor
The ongoing spread of Omicron, influenza and other winter illnesses is being described by one urgent care doctor as a "tsunami".
Health Minster Andrew Little said the health system as a whole is… Read more Video, Audio
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Country Calendar farmers caring for sheep upsetting for some
Classical musical piped into the shearing shed, white walls to better spot blood splatters and mattresses at the end of the sheep chute, on a certified carbon zero high country farm, has some people… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 30 June 2022
30 Jun 2022News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6308753733112 Video, Audio
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Covid-19 Minister details change to reinfection advice
The government is supplying thousands of masks to school kids and staff in a bid to curb the spread of Covid.
It has also revised its advice on testing for re-infections of the virus, as thousands of… 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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