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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, 4 November 2020
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US Election 2020 - 'Unusual' for Trump to use White House - expert
4 Nov 2020US politics expert Dan Zirker tells Lisa Owen it is 'quite unusual' for Trump to be using the White House as a venue on election night. He also discusses problems with the mail-in ballot system. Audio
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US Election 2020 at Auckland's US Chamber of Commerce party
4 Nov 2020The US Chamber of Commerce is holding an event at Auckland's Empire where Checkpoint's Nita Blake-Persen is talking to visitors. She joins Lisa Owen with the details. Video, Audio
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US Election 2020 - Kate Fisher in Washington DC
4 Nov 2020Let's check in with President Trump's campaign - our correspondent Kate Fisher has the details in Washington DC. Video, Audio
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US Election 2020 - the scene at Scott Brown's Wellington party
4 Nov 2020In New Zealand election watch parties are taking place around the country. In Wellington, Harry Lock is at an event hosted by the US Ambassador to NZ, Scott Brown. Video, Audio
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US Election 2020 - US political scientist Dan Zirker on results
4 Nov 2020Dan Zirker is a US political scientist from the University of Waikato. He's got a PhD in political science from the University of Alberta, and taught at universities in Minnesota, Idaho and Montana… Read more Video, Audio
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US Election 2020 - latest from Biden's home state Delaware
4 Nov 2020Let's cross now to Nick Harper who's our reporter on the ground in Wilmington, Delware - where Joe Biden is based tonight. Video, Audio
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US Election 2020 - how does the electoral college work?
4 Nov 2020The key figure to remember this evening is 270 - that's the number of electoral votes Donald Trump and Joe Biden need to reach to win the presidency. But what exactly does that mean - and how does the… Read more Video, Audio
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US Election 2002 - results so far
4 Nov 2020While the result in Wisconsin is a little way off yet, a few results have been trickling in. RNZ Worldwatch reporter Max Towle is here to bring us up to speed with where things are at. Video, Audio
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US Election 2020 - the latest from Wisconsin
4 Nov 2020Wisconsin is one of the key swing states of the US election. Trump won the midwestern state by less than 1 percent in 2016, but his slim margin there is unlikely to hold. Lisa Owen crosses to our… Read more Video, Audio
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US Election 2020 - RNZ Checkpoint special
4 Nov 2020Over the last few weeks Americans have been heading to the polls in what is being billed as the most significant presidential race of a lifetime. Their choices - to give Republican Donald Trump a… Read more Video, Audio
Tuesday, 3 November 2020
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Solicitor General hears survivor's story in abuse inquiry
The experience of an abuse survivor as they battled in court to get redress, has been played back to the Solicitor General.
The head of Crown Law, Una Jagose is in the witness box for the second day… Read more Audio
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Property investors slammed for comments on first-home buyers
Property investors are being slammed for claims first home buyers are making the housing crisis worse.
It comes as house prices break records around the country and mortgage lending is at an all-time… Read more 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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