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Wednesday, 7 August 2024
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Eliza McCartney, Olivia McTaggart and Imogen Ayris in final
7 Aug 2024The pole vaulting trio of Eliza McCartney, Olivia McTaggart and Imogen Ayris will chase Olympic glory, with all three in the Games final. The women's team pursuit are also on track for gold at the… Read more Audio
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Kaipara District Council votes to scrap Maori Ward
7 Aug 2024The Kaipara District Council has voted to scrap its Maori Ward, at a tense meeting in Mangawhai today. At least 150 Maori ward advocates gathered outside the council building during the extraordinary… Read more Audio
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NZ's unreliable energy market putting investors off
7 Aug 2024The Chair of Open Country Dairy, Laurie Margrain told Lisa Owen New Zealand's unreliable energy market is putting investors off, and dampening productivity and the country needs affordable, guaranteed… Read more Audio
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33,000 more Kiwis unemployed compared to last year
7 Aug 2024The unemployment queue just got a whole lot longer and it's youth that are literally at the front of the firing line. 33,000 more New Zealanders are jobless compared to this time last year, bringing… Read more Audio
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Elevated levels of lead detected in Tokomaru water supply
7 Aug 2024The council has issued a do-not-drink notice to residents in Tokomaru town today and the waiting game is now on to see what further testing reveals. However, as Jimmy Ellingham reports, not everybody… Read more Audio
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Strategy for coastal hazards in Hawkes Bay calls for urgent action
7 Aug 2024A long-awaited strategy to deal with coastal hazards in Hawke's Bay has finally been released and is calling for urgent action. Many parts of the region's coastline are slipping into the sea, such as… Read more Audio
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Have people caught the Olympic fever?
7 Aug 2024While last night's duo canoe effort may not have been our proudest sporting moment - there have been plenty of other highlights, both expected and unexpected, from the Paris Games. Visual journalist… Read more Video, Audio
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NZers looking after disabled family members calling for more govt support
7 Aug 2024New Zealanders looking after disabled family members say the long hours and lack of support is pushing them to the brink. Carers NZ said it amounts to billions of dollars in unpaid labour and said… Read more Audio
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Olympics: Kiwi canoe pair show dismal display in men's 500m
7 Aug 2024It will go down as one of the most embarassing moments in New Zealand Olympic history. Sports reporter Jonty Dine speaks to Lisa Owen about the kiwi pair Max Brown and Grant Clancy etching themsleves… Read more Audio
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St Peter's College excludes student for buying cannabis on grounds
7 Aug 2024An Auckland college is refusing to apologise to a student it booted out for buying cannabis on school grounds even after the ombudsman ruled the punishment was "unreasonable." In 2022, the St Peter's… Read more Audio
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Bangladesh: Protests over govt job quotas see shift in govt
7 Aug 2024Asia correspondent Erin Hale speaks to Lisa Owen about weeks of protests over government job quotas in Bangladesh seeing a seismic shift in the country's government, a court ruling invloving… Read more Audio
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Young people make up half of unemployment increase
7 Aug 2024New unemployment figures show 33,000 more New Zealanders are job less compared to this time last year, bringing the total to 143,000. Young people aged between 15 and 24 make up almost half of the… 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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