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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, 20 March 2017
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PM announces investigation into water exports
20 Mar 2017The Prime Minister says the Land and Water Forum will investigate the issue of water exports, while water industry groups argue bottling companies shouldn't be taxed if other industries aren't. Audio
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Concussions left murder-accused with short fuse, Crown says
20 Mar 2017A jury has been told Troy Taylor killed 15-month-old Ihaka Stokes after losing it due to the effects of the repeated concussion injuries he had suffered. Conan Young was in court. Audio
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Primodos used in NZ, but withdrawn before UK
20 Mar 2017The pregnancy-testing drug Primodos was prescribed in New Zealand and withdrawn in 1975, three years before it was withdrawn in the UK. The drug is claimed to have been responsible for a number of… Read more Video, Audio
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Guilty verdicts reached in Dome Valley case
20 Mar 2017Two women have been found guilty of the attempted murder of a 19-year-old who was kidnapped and held captive for nearly a day before being abandoned in Dome Valley, Auckland. Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday March 20, 2017
20 Mar 2017Watch Monday's full show here. Video
Friday, 17 March 2017
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Honda gives Geraldine man full refund for $1400 spare key
A man charged $1400 for a spare key for his Honda has been told he will be given a full refund. Audio
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Madeleine McCann wasn't abducted, criminal profiler says
17 Mar 2017An American criminal profiler says investigators are wasting their time and money looking for missing British girl Madeleine McCann because it is extremely unlikely the child was abducted. Video, Audio
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How much is too much for a spare car key
17 Mar 2017A Geraldine man who was charged $1400 for a spare key has been refunded $900, and Honda is encouraging other people who think they might have been charged too much to get in touch. Audio
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Rugby fronts up to mental health
New Zealand Rugby has launched a website and social media campaign offering the rugby community help and advice about mental fitness, mental health and wellbeing. Video, Audio
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Crisis all but over but Aucklanders told to keep saving water
17 Mar 2017Auckland's worst water crisis in more than 20 years is all but over but Watercare is still suggesting people try to conserve water. Video, Audio
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Trump cutting government department budgets to pay for wall
17 Mar 2017US President Donald Trump plans to cut budgets at a number of government departments and programmes to pay for a $54 billion Mexico border wall. Video, Audio
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Run-down Wellington house expected to fetch more than $500,000
17 Mar 2017A derelict Wellington home that is so run down prospective buyers cannot even go inside is expected to sell for well over half a million dollars. 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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