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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, 24 August 2015
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Auckland couple gets food poisoning from P in casseroles
You've heard of cannabis cookies, but what about a P casserole? Audio
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Girl tells murder trial of seeing her cousin stabbed
The cousin of a teenager killed in a Grey Lynn street fight has described the moment she saw him stabbed in the neck with a broken bottle. Audio
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Today's market update
Stock markets have continued to plunge as concerns deepen about China's slowing economy. Audio
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Cow puns swamp twitter
The story of the cow shot dead by police in Whanganui is a headline writers' dream. And the quick-witted people of Twitter steered the conversation in a mostly funny direction. Audio
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Watchdog faults Corrections over prison inmates in pain
Prison nurses failed to give pain relief to two inmates in serious distress, with one of the cases so bad that the jail may face legal action. Audio
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Brawl erupts between window washers and motorist
A confrontation between a group of car window washer and a motorist turned ugly in South Auckland this afternoon, when the driver was attacked and knocked to the ground. Audio
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Police shoot cow dead in high stakes callout
It took a dozen gun shots to bring down a cow rampaging through Whanganui's streets after a police officer beat it with a baton and then the cow almost took out a man on a mobility scooter. Audio
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Govt moves on long standing fight over Easter Sunday trading
The Government is moving to end the long standing row over Easter Sunday trading and will allow local councils to decide whether shops can open. Audio
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Couple emerge from plane crash in rugged hills unscathed
A Waitara couple have emerged virtually unscathed from crashing their single-engine plane in rugged hill country. Audio
Friday, 21 August 2015
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Te Manu Korihi for 21 August 2015
Waikato-Tainui says its expecting a challenge from Auckland iwi to its claim to the greater part of the Auckland region; Credit Union Central's decision to provide some banking facilities in Ruatoria… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 21 August 2015
The workplace safety legislation that was supposed to be a response to the Pike River deaths has ended up the subject of ridicule, mainly because of how various industries have been categorised… Read more Audio
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Opposition parties shocked at mouldy house
Opposition parties say it's shocking and utterly unacceptable that an Auckland family was left to live in a state house that is riddled with mould. 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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