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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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Friday, 25 November 2016
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Man sentenced to 7 years for pinching prison guard's bottom
25 Nov 2016A man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for pinching a prison guard's bottom. The sentence was handed down under the three strikes law, and has been slammed as barbaric and entirely unjust. Audio
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Evening business for 25 November 2016
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Police continue to search for mother of dead baby found in a park
25 Nov 2016Police have been scouring hospitals, medical centres and high schools as they try to find the mother of a newborn baby found dead in an Auckland reserve yesterday. Audio
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Women terrified of meth-fuelled domestic violence
25 Nov 2016Methamphetamine-fuelled violence is causing a spike in the number of women seeking refuge from their partners in the upper North Island. Audio
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False Civil Defence warning 'irresponsible'
25 Nov 2016A false alarm from West Coast Civil Defence that warned the alpine fault could be about to rupture has been labelled as irresponsible and sparked calls for a review. Video, Audio
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Wellington businesses closed due to quake cry out for help
25 Nov 2016Wellington businesses which have closed due to quake damage want the government's support package for Kaikoura extended to include the Capital. Audio
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Cinema at Queensgate shopping centre to be demolished
25 Nov 2016The cinema complex and part of the carpark at Queensgate shopping centre in Lower Hutt are to be urgently demolished. Video, Audio
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People leave Kaikoura as Inland Road opens to the public
25 Nov 2016People stranded in Kaikoura since last Monday's 7.8 earthquake were able to leave by road for the first time today as the Inland Road was opened to the public. Checkpoint was there as the cars went… Read more Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 25 November 2016
25 Nov 2016Watch Friday's full show here. Video
Thursday, 24 November 2016
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Changes in All Blacks side for Sunday morning's test
24 Nov 2016The All Blacks coach has reshuffled the team to take on France this weekend, in the final test match of the year. Video, Audio
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Businesses fear for livelihood
24 Nov 2016As Kaikoura enters what is meant to be peak season, businesses are worried for their livelihoods. Some of those businesses headed to the local pub to talk to Checkpoint. Video, Audio
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Travelling along the Inland Road to Kaikoura
24 Nov 2016A convoy of 31 Defence Force trucks set off from Culverden to reach Kaikoura on the Inland Road this morning. RNZ reporter Maja Burry went with them. Read more 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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