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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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Friday, 2 July 2010
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Kiwibank head calls on Govt to make saving compulsory
2 Jul 2010Kiwibank's chief executive Sam Knowles says its time to make the Kiwisaver scheme compulsory to help lead New Zealand out of debt. Audio
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Man jailed over carpark death
2 Jul 2010The man who killed a woman in front of her eight year old son will spend at least 12 years in jail but her family say that will do nothing to ease their pain. Audio
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Checkpoint Choice for Friday 2 July 2010
2 Jul 2010Man jailed over carpark death; Kiwibank head calls on Govt to make saving compulsory; Aussie PM dumps"super profits"tax; All Whites Coach returns home; principals react to Tolley speech; and business… Read more Audio
Thursday, 1 July 2010
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Film on President Obama's childhood shown in Jakarta
1 Jul 2010A fictionalised film based on President Obama's childhood years in Indonesia has been screened to the public at a red carpet premiere in Jakarta. Audio
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Sperm whales found to be contaminated with chromium
1 Jul 2010The US based conservation group, Ocean Alliance, has found high levels of the potentially carcinogenic metal, chromium, in sperm whales. Audio
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The latest news from Wimbledon
1 Jul 2010We cross to our tennis correspondent in the UK for the latest from Wimbledon, where the first all unseeded grand slam final of the Open era is a possibility depending on the outcome tonight's women's… Read more Audio
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Iranian nuclear scientist he was kidnapped by the US
1 Jul 2010State television in Iran has broadcast a video purportedly of an Iranian nuclear scientist who claims he was kidnapped by the US last year and taken to Arizona. Audio
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US cut 4 billion dollars in aid to Afghanistan
1 Jul 2010A United States House of Representatives committee has voted to cut nearly four billion US dollars in non-military aid to the Afghan government. Audio
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Aids Society says criminalising drugs increases HIV rates
1 Jul 2010The International AIDS Society says the war against drugs has failed and is helping to increase the spread of HIV-AIDS. Audio
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American civil liberties union challenge"no fly"list
1 Jul 2010The American civil liberties union is taking up the case of ten people who have been placed on what is known as a 'no-fly' list. Audio
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About this programme
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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