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Checkpoint with Lisa Owen is RNZ’s weekday drive-time news programme, Our people, stories and breaking news and interviews from 4-6pm.
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Tuesday, 6 October 2020
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Doctors concerned as Trump makes big show leaving hospital for White House
6 Oct 2020In a tightly choreographed exit, broadcast live with all the angles and drama of a blockbuster movie, US President Donald Trump left the Walter Reed Medical Centre outside of Washington where he has… Read more Video, Audio
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How Lake Ōhau was alerted to rapidly spreading fire in middle of night
6 Oct 2020Ōhau resident Viv Smith-Campbell still has bruised knuckles from pounding on doors, urging residents and visitors to leave as flames sped toward the tiny village in the middle of the night.
She and… Read more Video, Audio
Monday, 5 October 2020
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Zealandia shocked at hole cut in predator-free fence
5 Oct 2020Wellington's beloved ecosanctuary Zealandia is mounting a large scale trapping and surveillance effort after someone deliberately cut a hole in its predator free fence.
The 225 hectare sanctuary is… Read more Audio
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Comancheros gang boss' trial - jury retires for verdict
5 Oct 2020The jury has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of a Comanchero gang leader.
Pasilika Naufahu and his fellow member, Connor Clausen, deny money laundering and conspiring to supply the class… Read more Audio
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Justice reforms - what progress has been made?
5 Oct 2020In 2017 Labour campaigned on transformative change in the justice sector, promising to target the causes of crime, and the cycle of reoffending.
It held a Justice Summit in 2018 that delved into all… Read more Audio
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Lake Ōhau fire: DOC blamed for neglect of land
5 Oct 2020The Department of Conservation has been accused of mismanging and neglecting land at Lake Ohau, where fires have been raging.
At least 50 structures have been deemed uninhabitable.
Farmers who live… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19 alert level 1 for Aucklanders, but warnings to be careful
5 Oct 2020Auckland's move from level two to level one has been met with overwhelming support from residents strolling Queen Street this afternoon.
Checkpoint reporter Nick Truebridge and camerman Nick Monro… Read more Video, Audio
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Labour pledges to ban gay conversion therapy if re-elected
5 Oct 2020Gay conversion therapy will be banned by Labour if it is re-elected to government.
The pseudoscience claims to be able to suppress or change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity and is… Read more Video, Audio
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Police warn landline users of phone scam surge
5 Oct 2020Police are warning landline users about a surge in people being conned out of thousands of dollars by phone scammers.
Three men in Auckland, aged in their 20s and 30s, have been charged in relation… Read more Video, Audio
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National pledges to address 'emergency' in housing
5 Oct 2020National's promising to urgently address what it calls a state of "emergency" in housing. Leader Judith Collins unveiled the party's housing policy in South Auckland today, pledging to pass… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 5 October 2020
5 Oct 2020News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Trump slammed for surprise drive-by while Covid-19 positive
A Covid-19-positive Donald Trump has drawn sharp criticism after surprising supporters outside the hospital where he is being treated with an impromptu presidential drive-by.
The 74-year-old masked… 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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