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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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Wednesday, 1 September 2010
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White season opens on West Coast
Keen whitebaiters on the West Coast have been hitting the streams today for the start of their whitebait season, just over two weeks later than the rest of the country. Audio
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Charter plane returns to Papua New Guinea with bodies
1 Sep 2010Australian and New Zealand diplomats have visited the site of a plane crash that killed four people and are returning to Papua New Guinea. Audio
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Telecom users group confident history won't repeat
1 Sep 2010A telecommunications users' group says it is confident a decade long court battle over Telecom's use of its market power couldn't happen again. Audio
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Expert analysis of troop withdrawal from Iraq
1 Sep 2010Dr Benjamin Isakhan is with the Centre for Dialogue at La Trobe University in Melbourne. Audio
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Success of police seizures causing price of P to rise
1 Sep 2010The Police say the success of seizures of Methamphetamine is causing the street price of the drug to steadily rise, and the drug to be dilluted in strength. Audio
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Rotorua researchers to turn sewage into fuels and plastics
1 Sep 2010A group of researchers in Rotorua are embarking on a project to turn the town's sewage into fuels and plastics. Audio
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Judge's lawyer asks High Court to set aside conduct report
1 Sep 2010The lawyer for a Supreme Court Judge under investigation over allegations of bias has asked the High Court to set aside a Judicial Conduct Commissioner's report on his client. Audio
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Qantas flight suffers engine explosion
1 Sep 2010An Australia-bound Qantas flight has been forced to make an emergency landing in San Francisco after an explosion blew a hole in one of it's engines. Audio
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Woman charged with possession of P
1 Sep 2010A 54 year-old woman has appeared in the Wellington District Court today, accused of possessing more than $400,000 worth of methamphetamine. Audio
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Victoria to consider banning betting on Pakistan cricket
1 Sep 2010The Victorian Government in Australia is asking the state's regulator to look into the possibility of banning betting on cricket games that involve Pakistan. 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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