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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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Thursday, 17 November 2016
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Wellington cinema complex closed amid earthquake fears
17 Nov 2016Reading Cinema in Wellington has become the sixth building in the city to be closed due to earthquake damage. Audio
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John Campbell meets John Campbell
17 Nov 2016Scottish tourist John Campbell had never felt an earthquake before, but was down south for Monday's major shake. John Campbell speaks to John Campbell. Video, Audio
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Hunter describes terrifying quake experience
17 Nov 2016Clint McConchie was staying in a hut near the Clarence River with his family when the magnitude 7.8 quake hit. The hut his son was in collapsed, while trees cracked around him. Video, Audio
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Dairy farmers in Kaikoura battle to save livelihoods
17 Nov 2016Dairy farmers in Kaikoura are battling to keep working and save their livelihoods, amid power cuts and broken pipe. Conan Young is in the town. Video, Audio
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Devastated families of Pike miners deliver message to John Key
17 Nov 2016The families of men killed in the Pike River tragedy are devastated their loved one's bodies will not be recovered - but John Key says entering the mine would be "lunacy". Audio
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Evening business for 17 November 2016
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Doctor rescues 100-year-old woman from collapsed homestead
17 Nov 2016Doctor Chris Henry helped rescue people from the CTV building after the 2011 earthquake. On Monday he pulled a 100-year-old woman from the rubble of a homestead in Kaikoura. Audio
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First truck makes it to Kaikoura on inland road from Chch
17 Nov 2016The first truck has made its way into Kaikoura on the inland road from Waiau. Gerard Daldry led the effort, and joins Checkpoint. Audio
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Kaikoura businesses hold impromptu meeting
17 Nov 2016Kaikoura business owners are holding an impromptu meeting to discuss their situation. Checkpoint speaks to people attending the meeting at the Whaler Bar and Restaurant. Video, Audio
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Kaikoura Cheese faces bankruptcy over earthquake
17 Nov 2016Short term support offered to Kaikoura businesses may not be enough to stop many from going bankrupt, the owner of Kaikoura Cheese says. Video, Audio
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Govt announces subsidy for quake-hit businesses
17 Nov 2016The government has announced an eight week subsidy package to help small businesses keep staff on, in the aftermath of Monday's 7.8 earthquake. Video, Audio
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Ten buildings in Wellington evacuated
17 Nov 2016Ten buildings in central Wellington had to be evacuated today due to earthquake-risk. Wellington Mayor Justin Lester joins Checkpoint. 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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