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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 December 2016
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Evening business for 6 December 2016
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Matthew Hooton on who will be the next PM
6 Dec 2016Matthew Hooton is a former National party press secretary and a political commentator. He joins Checkpoint to discuss who he thinks will be elected as the country's next Prime Minister. Audio
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Health Minister Jonathan Coleman throws hat in ring for PM's job
6 Dec 2016Minister of Health, Jonathan Coleman, has announced he is in the running to lead the National party, and New Zealand as PM. He joins us live on Checkpoint. Video, Audio
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Bill English puts bid in to be NZ's next PM
6 Dec 2016Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Bill English, announced today that he will be contesting the party's leadership, with the hope of being elected New Zealand's next PM. Video, Audio
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Judith Collins: Why I want to be PM
6 Dec 2016Three National MPs are vying be the country's next Prime Minister after John Key resigned. Minister of Corrections and Minister of Police, Judith Collins, is one of them. She joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Tuesday 6 December 2016
6 Dec 2016Watch Tuesday's full show here. Video
Monday, 5 December 2016
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Hundreds of soft toys en route to Kaikoura from Wairarapa school
5 Dec 2016A Wairarapa primary school has gathered hundreds of soft toys to gift to children in Kaikoura for Christmas. Reporter Michael Cropp paid them a visit. Audio
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Demo work starts on quake-damaged Queensgate mall
5 Dec 2016Demolition work begins on the quake-condemned part of Queensgate Mall in Lower Hutt Audio
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Marlborough residents say stress of continual quakes too much to bear
5 Dec 2016Marlborough residents made homeless by the earthquake now face the lengthy task of rebuilding their homes. Video, Audio
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Pharmac signs new deal giving women access to new cancer treatment
5 Dec 2016About 180 women with aggressive breast cancer will soon have access to an expensive new medicine. Audio
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Opposition parties react to PM's resignation
5 Dec 2016John Key's resignation has come as a shock to most in the political sphere - but some say they saw it coming. Alex Ashton has been gauging political reaction. Audio
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Prime Minister John Key resigns from job
5 Dec 2016John Key has announced he is resigning as Prime Minister and leader of the National Party - and says his deputy Bill English would be a wise choice as his replacement. 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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