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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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Friday, 29 November 2019
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Health: Body mass index for kids potentially harmful - research
29 Nov 2019Preschoolers are being wrongly labelled as overweight and obese, which could be setting them up for a fatter future.
New research published in the New Zealand Medical Journal criticises the use of… Read more Audio
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Canterbury Crusaders keep name, but with new koru logo
29 Nov 2019Same name, new logo - that's the decision from the Crusaders following their lengthy review into the team's branding after the March 15 terror attacks.
The former rugby union boss Steve Tew even came… Read more Video, Audio
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Samoa measles patients 'deteriorating before our eyes' - doctor
29 Nov 2019In Samoa the death toll from the measles epidemic has risen by three overnight to 42.
Questions are now being raised about the role of the New Zealand government and whether help should have been… Read more Video, Audio
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Tui, Auckland's oldest pest-detection dog, retires
29 Nov 2019It is retirement day for "Mrs Consistent" after practically a life time with her nose to the grind stone.
Tui is a Foxy-Jack-Russell-cross who sniffs out rats and mice that threaten native wildlife… Read more Video, Audio
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Lime insists it doesn't know reason for Auckland scooter ban
29 Nov 2019Lime insists it has no real idea of why its scooters are being pulled from Auckland's streets.
The council has ordered the e-scooters be deactivated by midnight Monday.
At the same time it has… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 29 November 2019
29 Nov 2019News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Striking Auckland bus drivers to refuse passenger payments
29 Nov 2019Auckland bus commuters could be in for a free ride next week as striking bus drivers refuse to accept payments.
The free fares will affect around half of Auckland's bus routes, after members of the… Read more Audio
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Immigration NZ allows overstayers as it catches up on paperwork
29 Nov 2019Immigration New Zealand is so behind its visa paperwork, it's told some immigrants they could overstay while their applications are processed.
It has apologised to more than 100 people who were left… Read more Audio
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Lime scooters banned from Auckland, licence not renewed
29 Nov 2019The ride is over for Lime scooters in Auckland. Auckland Council announced on Friday that Lime has just one week to pull its e-scooters from the city's streets, after revealing they would not be… Read more Audio
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Alternative healers threaten reporters as Samoa measles epidemic worsens
A controversial 'healer' in Samoa, who attacked a Checkpoint crew who tried to talk to him, has been shut down by authorities as the measles crisis escalates. Read more Video, Audio
Thursday, 28 November 2019
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Apology lifts a lifelong weight for Erebus victim's daughter
28 Nov 2019The daughter of a flight engineer killed in the Erebus crash says the apology today has lifted a weight she's been shouldering since she was a school girl - worrying her dad may have done something to… Read more Video, Audio
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'Big kid' Australian boy ordered off rugby field mid-tournament
28 Nov 2019An 11-year-old Australian boy of Cook Island Maori descent has been left in tears after he was described as "the big kid" and ordered off the field in the middle of a junior rugby tournament in Sydney… 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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