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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, 8 October 2015
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Body of Alex Fisher has been found
Searchers have found the body of the missing 10-year-old Levin boy Alex Fisher. Audio
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State of the Environment report
A specialist report has confirmed the presence of asbestos at a run-down hot-pool complex near Kaikohe. Audio
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Akl Council confident it could cope with population boom
The Auckland Council is adamant it's doing enough to prepare the city to cope with the predicted population boom and any environmental harm that may come with it. Audio
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Council removes embarassing dairy farm pollution data
A dairy lobby group appears to have pressured the Manawatu Wanganui Regional Council into removing potentially embarrassing information about dairy farm pollution. Audio
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Principals are hailing a new digitally-based education system
East Auckland principals are hailing a new digitally-based education system as key to engaging children in low decile schools, in particular tangata whenua. The teaching style is called… Read more Audio
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Parata vetoed charter school results comparison
The Education Minister, Hekia Parata, has vetoed a plan to compare the results of charter school students with those at state schools. Audio
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US says NZs role in Iraw shows ISIL a global problem
The American spokesman for the coalition efforts against Islamic State in Iraq has used New Zealand's presence there to further its argument that ISIS poses a global threat. Audio
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Solid Energy concedes Huntly coal miners will struggle
Solid Energy has conceded that workers at its Huntly underground coal mine will struggle to find work elsewhere. Audio
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Today's market update
The speciality milk producer, A2 Milk Company, is looking to raise 43-million dollars through an underwritten sale of new shares to existing and institutional shareholders. Audio
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Fire Service says resources have been stretched in the south
The Fire Service says its resources have been extremely stretched over the past 24 hours with more than a-thousand call outs in the South Island. Audio
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Dr Rongo Wetere walks away from court case for millions
Dr Rongo Wetere and his daughter Susan Cullen have abandoned a legal bid for millions of dollars against Te Wananga o Aotearoa. 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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