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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, 28 November 2016
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Government extends quake package to Wellington
28 Nov 2016The Government has extended financial support for quake-hit businesses to those in the capital whose buildings have been red-stickered. Audio
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Skipper 'was playing with people's lives'
28 Nov 2016Kaipara skipper Tony Wallace says Bill McNatty's decision to take the Francie out on the water on Saturday ultimately cost the lives of seven men - while one person remains missing. Video, Audio
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Teens witness Kaipara fishing tragedy
28 Nov 2016Eighteen-year-old Jackson Knight was taking his four-wheel drive for a spin when he witnessed the Kaipara fishing tragedy unfold. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 28 November 2016
28 Nov 2016Watch Monday's full show here. Video
Friday, 25 November 2016
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Waiau dairy farmers' milking shed destroyed in quake
25 Nov 2016Waiau dairy farmers Don and Donalda Galletly's milking shed was destroyed by the 7.8 earthquake, and they've been struggling to milk their cows ever since. Audio
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Heavy traffic as commuters leave Wellington
25 Nov 2016NZTA regional performance manager Mark Owen says people trying to leave Wellington on SH1 should stay put for a while as traffic is backed up. Audio
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Frustrated farmer admits evacution a good idea
25 Nov 2016A farmer evacuated from Goose Bay south of Kaikoura was frustrated at having to leave - but now realises he was wrong in saying Civil Defence was "overreacting". Audio
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Westfield Queensgate partially reopens
25 Nov 2016Part of the Wellington region's biggest mall reopened today for the first time since the earthquakes - but another part of it is set for demolition. Audio
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10m-high Christmas Lego tree put up in Auckland
25 Nov 2016A 10-metre high Lego Christmas tree has been put up in Auckland's Aotea Square. The project took 1200 hours, and 500,000 bricks, to build. Video, Audio
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Family cut off by landslides choppered to Kaikoura
25 Nov 2016A family cut off by two landslides since the quake hit last Monday have arrived in Kaikoura, where they will live for several months before being able to return home. Video, Audio
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Bob Eva on the first public convoy via the Inland road since quake
25 Nov 2016One couple who've nearly completed the journey along the Inland Road out of Kaikoura is Bob and Jill Eva. They pulled over to talk to Checkpoint. Audio
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Offender at large after child abducted and assaulted
25 Nov 2016West Auckland police are investigating the third case of someone trying to get a child into a car in just two weeks. In the first case an 11-year-old boy was sexually assaulted over three hours. 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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