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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, 4 November 2016
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Gareth Morgan launches party & compares himself to Trump
4 Nov 2016The philanthropist Gareth Morgan has announced he's entering politics, launching a new party, The Opportunities Party. Audio
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Stranded woman lights fires on island for 4 days in rescue bid
4 Nov 2016Reporter Carla Penman joins Checkpoint for the latest on the woman discovered lighting fires to attract help after becoming stranded on Browns Island. Video, Audio
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Fire on Browns Island, where woman has been stranded for days
4 Nov 2016A woman who was stranded on Browns Island in the Hauraki Gulf for four days has told police she lit fires to attract help. Audio
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Terminally-ill prisoner waited 3 hours for pain relief - family
The family of terminally-ill prisoner Vicki Letele says she was denied pain relief for more than three hours because the nurse and guards were asleep. Read more Video, Audio
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RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 4th November 2016
4 Nov 2016RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 4th November 2016. Video
Thursday, 3 November 2016
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Today In Parliament for 3 November 2016
3 Nov 2016Legislation designed to ratify the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement passes its second reading - with the TPPA also the subject of Opposition questions to the trade minister. Audio
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Māori couple create first Te Reo speaking dolls
3 Nov 2016Disappointed by the lack of a Māori speaking doll on the market to gift their daughter, a Rotorua couple created their own. Read more Video, Audio
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Te Puea chair pledges to fight for truth as he pleads not guilt
3 Nov 2016The senior police officer and chair of Te Puea Marae, Hurimoana Dennis, has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping charges. Audio
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NZ drug importer in prison in Indonesia found with drugs in cell
3 Nov 2016Drugs have been found in the cell of New Zealander Antony De Malmanche, who is serving 15 years for smuggling drugs. His lawyer speaks to Checkpoint. Read more Video, Audio
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Mother angry at Parata's claims
The mother of an autistic child says she has been trying to get the Education Minister to ban seclusion rooms for years - and is furious she claims to have only known about their existence since the… Read more Audio
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Bremner family friend on Jo Kukutai's forgiveness to her parent
Geoff Benefield has known Ross Bremner's father Keith for a long time ...even before he married Clare. Video, Audio
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Light at end of tunnels gets penguins through underpass
3 Nov 2016A few weeks ago we brought you the story of New Zealand's first penguin underpass in Oamaru. 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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