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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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Monday, 27 February 2017
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Dairy owner angry at home detention sentence for robbers
27 Feb 2017A Northland dairy owner who has been held up nine times in 13 years says it's not fair the people who robbed him were given home detention. Audio
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Evening business for Mon 27 Feb
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Kiwi Oscar winner John Gilbert
New Zealander John Gilbert has won an Oscar for best editing on the film Hacksaw Ridge. He speaks to John Campbell from Los Angeles. Audio
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12-year-old becomes youngest to swim Cook Strait
27 Feb 2017Caitlin O'Reilly swam between the North and South islands on Friday. She spoke to John Campbell exclusively about why she did it. Video, Audio
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PM Bill English says unemployed need to stop taking drugs
The Prime Minister says he hears from employers two or three times a week that they are struggling to find enough New Zealanders to fill job vacancies, in many cases because they would not pass a drug… Read more Audio
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MFAT alone spent more than $4m negotiating TPP
The total cost of negotiating the TPP may never be known, but documents obtained by Checkpoint reveal the travel costs for one Ministry alone were more than $4 million. ZAC FLEMING reports. Read more Video, Audio
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Two dead, several injured in crash on SH60 in Tasman
27 Feb 2017Four people were taken to hospital with serious injuries, two by helicopter and two by ambulance. RNZ's Tracey Neal was at the scene. Audio
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RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 27th February 2017
27 Feb 2017Watch Monday's full programme here. Video
Friday, 24 February 2017
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Another 16 teams take to the stage at national kapa haka festival
24 Feb 2017It was a day of firsts and lasts at Te Matatini today with one Hawke's Bay iwi having their first team perform, and one performer putting on their last show. Read more Video, Audio
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A hot minute with the Mt Albert by-election candidates
24 Feb 2017Mt Albert voters will go to the polls tomorrow to select a new MP. Checkpoint invited the three frontrunners to sum up their campaigns in just one minute. Video, Audio
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Indian students vow to continue fighting deportation
24 Feb 2017A group of Indian students who are on the verge of being deported plan to push Indian police to press charges against their agents, while their lawyer continues their fight in New Zealand. Video, Audio
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Firefighters suck up Port Hills water supply
24 Feb 2017Residents are being asked to conserve water because reservoirs in Christchurch's Port Hills are struggling with increased pressure from firefighters. 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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