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Friday, 10 June 2022
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Albanese's comments on 501 deportees 'significant' - Ardern
10 Jun 2022Australia's newly crowned Prime Minister Anthony Albanese looks set to soften his stance on his country's 501 policy following his first formal meeting with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
Describing… Read more Audio
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System to blame for GIB monopoly - plasterboard boss
10 Jun 2022Social housing developer Simplicity Living has launched a revolt against Fletcher Building that controls about 94 percent of the market, cancelling all its orders; instead opting to import another… Read more Video, Audio
Thursday, 9 June 2022
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NZ records zero AIDS-related deaths in May
9 Jun 2022For the first time since records began, New Zealand has recorded zero AIDS-related deaths in May.
Infection rates are the lowest they've been in two decades, with 67 diagnoses last year. As the… Read more Audio
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Weather: Ferrari owner's lucky escape from fallen tree
Workers at a Waikanae business have had a lucky escape after a tornado swept through their street this afternoon.
Fire and Emergency says six houses in Waikanae and another five in Paraparaumu were… Read more Video, Audio
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Taking a body for burial - tikanga and common law
9 Jun 2022The whānau that snatched the body of a dead man from his wife's home and buried him in Northland against her wishes says they did what his adult daughters say he wanted.
Tommy Murray who died… Read more Audio
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Australian dinosaur hunters make discovery of a lifetime
9 Jun 2022Amateur Aussie dinosaur hunters have made the discovery of a life time. The couple not only spotted a prehistoric foot print in some rock but after sending photos of their find to experts - it looks… Read more Video, Audio
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Tournament dividing golfing world set to tee off
9 Jun 2022The tournament which has divided the golfing world tees off near London tonight. The Saudi backed L-I-V series will initially be made up of eight events, the first at the Centurion Club on the… Read more Audio
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Water management legislation passes first reading
9 Jun 2022New Zealand is a step closer to overhauling the way it manages its most precious resource - water.
Legislation paving the way for contentious Three Waters reforms has passed its first reading in… Read more Audio
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Influx of flu hits Middlemore, already busy with Covid
9 Jun 2022Health services are under increasing pressure with surgeries being postponed and patients being transferred to ease the load on hospitals.
Middlemore Hospital is under increasing pressure as it copes… Read more Audio
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Govt aims to cut chronic truancy to 5 percent by 2024
9 Jun 2022Truancy targets have arrived - and the government says it wants school attendance up at 70 percent by 2024. Associate Education minister Jan Tinetti says the government also wants to cut the number of… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 9 June 2022
9 Jun 2022News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6307497008112 Video, Audio
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NZ First Foundation donors believed they were funding Peters
9 Jun 2022The High Court has heard from New Zealand First Foundation donors who believed the money they gave the foundation was actually going to party leader Winston Peters.
Two men are on trial in Auckland… Read more 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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