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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, 26 May 2009
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Survey reveals the most trusting New Zealanders
26 May 2009Wellingtonians and higher income earners are among the most trusting people in New Zealand, according to a new survey. Audio
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Australian hostage in Somalia appeals for help
26 May 2009An Australian freelance photographer who's been held hostage in Somalia for the past nine months says he's in poor health and he's appealing to the Australian government to secure his release. Audio
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Telco boss says Australia is rascist
26 May 2009Former Telstra boss Sol Trujillo has taken a parting shot at Australia at the end of his controversial reign at the telecommunications company, labeling the country racist and backward. Audio
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Cross-dressing Brits walk free in Greece
26 May 2009Seventeen British men arrested for wearing nuns habits and accused of offensive behaviour have walked free from a court on the Greek island of Crete. Audio
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Call for Queenstown businesses to employ NZers
26 May 2009Queenstown companies are finding it harder to employ overseas workers as Immigration New Zealand puts the pressure on employers to recruit more New Zealanders. Audio
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Anti-obesity group angry after funding is axed
26 May 2009Anti-obesity groups are warning the government that obesity rates will rise, and health services will subsequently struggle after it cuts funding to an advocacy body. Audio
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Highway sergeant to pay crash victims $60k
26 May 2009A former highway patrol sergeant has been ordered to pay 60 thousand dollars to two motorcyclists who crashed into his police car in Buller in 2007. Audio
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NZ expert on North Korea's nuclear test
26 May 2009Dr Tim Beal - a senior lecturer at Victoria University with a special interest in Asia Pacific economic and political relationships - particularly North Korea joins Mary in the studio. 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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