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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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Monday, 6 July 2020
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DOC defends fisherman slammed by public for accidental shark catch
6 Jul 2020The Department of Conservation has leapt to the defence of a fisher who accidentally caught a great white shark off the coast of Taranaki at the weekend.
Rob Ansley of Ocean Pearl Fisheries has faced… Read more Video, Audio
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Man with exemption visa denied boarding on flight to NZ
6 Jul 2020People with exemption visas to travel to New Zealand have been prevented from boarding a Malaysia Airlines flight from Cambodia, after the airline refused to accept their paperwork.
A New Zealander… Read more Audio
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Teen killer still on the run after escaping Auckland youth justice facility
6 Jul 2020A teen killer remains on the run tonight after he and another young man escaped from a youth justice facility over the weekend.
Haami Hanara and Sean Ratu got out through a window at Korowai Manaaki… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 6 July
6 Jul 2020News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Video, Audio
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'Stuck in a very small apartment, it's very, very hard' - Melbourne lockdown residents
6 Jul 2020There are major concerns for the mental health of the residents of nine Melbourne tower blocks that have been locked down amid fears Covid-19 could spread out of control in the high-rises.
There are… Read more Video, Audio
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Locals back legal action against potentially-toxic waste dumped in Mataura
6 Jul 2020Locals have thrown their support behind legal action launched against the producers of potentially-toxic waste stored at a disused papermill in Mataura.
The Environmental Defence Society has filed… Read more Audio
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QC Michael Heron leading hunt for Covid-19 case details leaker
6 Jul 2020The Government has launched an independent inquiry into who leaked the private details of people who have tested positive for Covid-19.
Queen's Counsel Michael Heron has been appointed to lead the… Read more Audio
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Trans-Tasman bubble plans pending on Australia’s state restrictions
6 Jul 2020Will a surge in Covid cases in Victoria affect the timeframe for a trans-tasman bubble?
Here was Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's response at her post Cabinet press conference this afternoon. Read more Video, Audio
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New South Wales gears up to close border with neighbour state Victoria
6 Jul 2020New South Wales Police are calling in the defence force to help them close the border with Victoria for the first time in more than a century, as Covid-19 cases surge in the southern state.
With 127… Read more Audio
Friday, 3 July 2020
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Over 200 film and tv workers to arrive in NZ by end of year
Despite border restrictions, more than 200 film and TV production workers will have arrived in New Zealand by the end of the year. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has confirmed… Read more Audio
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Building "green" to save money and lives
3 Jul 2020The building and construction sector generates about 20 percent of New Zealand's carbon emissions and 50 percent of material going to landfill. The Government has a plan to make building more… Read more Audio
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National leader condemn's backbencher's 'racist' press release
The National backbencher Hamish Walker has been pulled into line by his leader Todd Muller, over comments he made about New Zealanders returning from Asia. The Clutha-Southland MP put out a press… 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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