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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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Tuesday, 25 May 2010
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Evening Business News for 25 May 2010
25 May 2010News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Row between National and ACT on cost of ETS to rural sector
25 May 2010An argument has blown up between National MPs and its support party ACT over the cost of the emissions trading scheme to the rural sector. Audio
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First power increase in line with ETS
25 May 2010Mercury Energy is the first power company to front up with price increases its blaming on the Emmissions Trading Scheme. Audio
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Tonight's weather forecast
25 May 2010To tell us what's expected over the next 24 hours, the Met Service meteorologist Bob McDavitt joins us. Audio
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Update from Waitaki Civil Defence
25 May 2010Rowan Carroll is from the region's civil defence - she's with us. Audio
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Oamaru downpour continues
25 May 2010Rivers are rapidly rising in South Canterbury and North Otago after a day of torrential rain. Audio
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Checkpoint choice for Tuesday 25 May 2010
25 May 2010Torrential rain floods roads and closes schools in North Otago - rivers are rapidly rising there and in South Canterbury. The first power company puts up prices blaming the ETS. Jamaican security… Read more Audio
Monday, 24 May 2010
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Thai film wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes
24 May 2010The Thai film"Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives"has won this year's big prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d'Or. Audio
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Facebook to make setting changes
24 May 2010The directors of the social networking site Facebook have responded to alarm about their network's privacy policy by promising to make significant changes. Audio
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Claims prisoners in Cuba to be treated better
24 May 2010A well-known dissident in Cuba says the authorities there have agreed to improve conditions for political prisoners and transfer sick inmates to hospitals. Audio
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Votes being counted in Ethiopia's election
24 May 2010In Ethiopia the polls have closed and votes are now being counted after the general election. Audio
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Public servant found not guilty of assault
24 May 2010A high profile Wellington public servant has walked from Court a free man after being found not guilty of assaulting his son in the back of a car. 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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