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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, 14 February 2017
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Pilot dies while trying to extinguish Port Hills fire
14 Feb 2017A helicopter pilot has died after they crashed while fighting a fire in Christchurch's Port Hills. Selwyn Principal Rural Fire Officer Douglas Marshall joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio
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Helicopter pilot dies while fighting Chch fire
14 Feb 2017A helicopter pilot trying to extinguish a fire on Christchurch's Port Hills has died after his chopper crashed. Video, Audio
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RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Tuesday 14th February 2017
14 Feb 2017Watch Tuesday's full programme here. Video
Monday, 13 February 2017
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Israel Dagg sticks with New Zealand Rugby
13 Feb 2017All Blacks utility back Israel Dagg has signed on until the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. Audio
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Police appeal for help to find woman's abductor
Police believe the abduction of a woman in a central Auckland street was sexually motivated. Audio
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Angry passengers say Jetstar delay ruined their holiday
13 Feb 2017A group from Turkey said their holiday was ruined after a Jetstar flight broke down at Dunedin Airport and was delayed for nearly 24 hours. Zac Fleming reports. Video, Audio
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The grisly task of cleaning up hundreds of whale carcusses
13 Feb 2017Holes have had to be poked in hundreds of whale carcusses on Farewell Spit to prevent the bodies from exploding as they decompose. Tracy Neal reports. Audio
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Large fire on Port Hills, Christchurch
13 Feb 2017Smoke can be seen throughout Chch as a large fire burns on the Port Hills. We're talking to a resident who lives nearby. Video, Audio
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Aus mayor describes devastating fires lashing NSW
13 Feb 2017Almost 100 individual fires roared across New South Wales at once, with intense heat, strong winds, and dry pasture make the flames spread fast, and change direction in wind gusts. Video, Audio
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Local business owner describes one of the fires burning
13 Feb 2017Van Howard, owner of Tom's Cottages - near one of the fires burning in the Hastings District - says strong winds and hot weather are fanning the blazes. Video, Audio
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Game for unlimited leave and shared profits?
The CEO of Dunedin video game studio Rocketwerkz gives his staff unlimited leave, limits his salary to a notch above the highest paid worker, and has thrown out middle management. Read more Video, Audio
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Police hunting man who abducted woman in central Auckland
Police say an attempted abduction in central Auckland today was sexually motivated. RNZ reporter Sharon Brettkelly has the latest details. Video, 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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