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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, 28 October 2016
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Helen Kelly farewelled at memorial service in Wellington
28 Oct 2016More than a thousand people attended a memorial service for the late union leader Helen Kelly, who died of cancer aged 52. Video, Audio
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Joseph Parker's promoters withdraw request for govt help
Joseph Parker's promoters have accused the government of being freeloaders, as they withdraw their request for taxpayer help for his world boxing title fight. Video, Audio
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HNZ denies Health Ministry warned it on meth testing
Housing New Zealand has categorically denied it was warned by the Health Ministry that the meth testing it was carrying out on its properties was only suitable for former meth labs. Audio
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Dying prisoner denied compassionate release
The family of a prisoner with terminal cancer is pleading with Corrections to allow her to spend her last months at home with family, but Corrections has declined compassionate release. Read more Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 28th October 2016
28 Oct 2016Watch Friday's full show here. Video
Thursday, 27 October 2016
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Party favouring democracy could form next Iceland government
27 Oct 2016A party favouring democracy, government transparency, decriminalising drugs and offering asylum to Edward Snowden could form the next government in Iceland. Video, Audio
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Inquiry begins into Havelock North's water contamination
27 Oct 2016An inquiry into Havelock North's water contamination will address what caused the outbreak, and how authorities responded. RNZ's Hawke's Bay reporter Peter Fowler joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio
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Dreamworld wants to reopen for memorial, fundraiser
27 Oct 2016Dreamworld plans to reopen tomorrow despite it still being a crime scene and the incident in which four people died only occurred 48 hours ago. ABC's Sharnie Kim has more. Video, Audio
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Dreamworld victim's brother doesn't want to talk to park's manager
27 Oct 2016One of the brothers of a victim killed on a Dreamworld ride says he doesn't want to engage with the theme park's management. Audio
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Aftershocks rattle Italy two months after killer quake
27 Oct 2016Two powerful aftershocks have rocked the area of central Italy in which 300 people were killed by an earthquake two months ago. Video, Audio
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Robinson helicopters put on TAIC watchlist
The Robinson helicopter has been added to NZ's transport safety watchdog's watchlist, but it has stopped short of grounding the choppers, which are responsible for killing 18 people in 20 years. Audio
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Marine environment at great risk
27 Oct 2016Ninety percent of New Zealand's native seabirds and shorebirds face extinction due to ocean acidification and warming, a Ministry of Environment and Statistics NZ report says. 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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