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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, 12 October 2015
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Man dies awaiting bowel cancer assessment by Waitemata DHB
A man in his early 50s died of advanced bowel cancer which was never treated because, despite waiting for months, he couldn't get to see a hospital specialist. Audio
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Firearms safety
Bill O'Leary, is President of the New Zealand Deerstalkers Association - he's with us now. Audio
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Boy shot dead in forest hunting accident
A Bay of Plenty boy has been shot dead in a hunting accident and the police are investigating. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 12 October 2015
12 Oct 2015An 11-year-old boy shot dead when a firearm was unloaded at the end of a hunt. A man who died of cancer that went untreated because he couldn't get to see a specialist and the New Zealand woman who… Read more Audio
Friday, 9 October 2015
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NZ gets a top placing from ex-pats for lifestyle
9 Oct 2015New Zealand has come second in a worldwide survey of ex-pats as the most preferred place to live. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 9 October 2015
A group of Maori and Pacific delegates travelling to Guam next year will all have to apply for U.S visas; A rowing club in Levin says it is refusing to be bullied out of its building next to Lake… Read more Audio
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A closer look at the TPP
After years of wrangling the largest regional trade deal in the world, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, was finally settled this week. Our political reporter, Chris Bramwell, takes a look what the deal… Read more Audio
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New Zealand's potentially increased TPP health costs
A drug patent lawyer says a Pacific-wide trade agreement to keep the protection period for new generation biological drugs at five years is good news for New Zealand's healthcare bill, if accurate. Audio
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Weekends biggest match at Rugby World Cup
While the All Blacks face Tonga tomorrow at the Rugby World Cup, probably the biggest match of the weekend is at Twickenham, where Australia takes on Wales. Audio
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Fresh evidence of thousands of children hit by benefit cuts
The Ministry of Social Development has provided a snapshot of the number of children whose parents had lost up to half their benefits for failing to, for the most part, turn up for a meeting. Audio
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Murphy misses being on the grid for Great Race
For the first time in more than 20 years, the New Zealand driver and four time winner, Greg Murphy, won't be contesting the Great Race - the Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama in Australia. 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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