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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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Thursday, 6 June 2019
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Debbie Iskander allowed to continue to rent property – MBIE
The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment investigated Debbie Iskandar and says her behaviour and deception was the lowest kind of behaviour for a landlord, and she wilfully broke laws… Read more Video, Audio
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Dodgy landlord ordered to pay $180,000
A dodgy landlord who allegedly rented out substandard accommodation including illegal garage conversions has been ordered to stump up nearly $180,000 after the Tenancy Tribunal found she knowingly… Read more Video, Audio
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Wednesday, 5 June 2019
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Rogue rabbits force golfers off Otago green
5 Jun 2019Roxburgh Golf Club members say they're loosing a battle against rabbits, despite repeated poison drops, night shootings, and the release of a rabbit control virus. Audio
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450,000 people on wrong Kiwisaver tax rate
5 Jun 2019Kiwisaver fund providers are being told they should take more responsibility for making sure customers are on the right tax rate. Inland Revenue is writing to 450,000 people to advise them they have… Read more Audio
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Schools consider mobile phone ban to curb social media use
5 Jun 2019Secondary schools are debating whether to ban students from using their mobile phones during school hours, after one private Auckland school imposed the rule, and is urging others to do the same. Audio
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Nurses gave babies in Samoa deadly vaccines
Samoa's Ministry of Health has confirmed that the deaths of two babies last year were caused by nurses mixing the wrong liquid with their MMR vaccines. The two nurses will be sentenced this month… Read more Audio
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Christchurch homeless struggle as winter arrives
5 Jun 2019The Christchurch City Mission says it's struggling to keep up with demand this winter as the cost of power and food skyrockets. For the first time this year, it's run out of food on its shelves. And… Read more Video, Audio
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Town looks like 'mini-war zone' after tornado tears through
More than a dozen homes in the Northland town of Coopers Beach were damaged after a tornado swept through Doubtless Bay today. Audio
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Urban farmers living the good life in Taranaki
New Plymouth couple Carl and Kati Freeman have converted their quarter-acre section into a small-scale organic market garden and now they want to teach others how to do it too. Read more Video, Audio
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Tew stepping down as New Zealand Rugby boss
5 Jun 2019Departing New Zealand Rugby boss Steve Tew says at times he's felt personally let down by players, but he thinks the organisation is helping to tackle some of the societal problems affecting the… Read more Video, Audio
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Is the speed limit on some of our open roads too high?
5 Jun 2019A Transport Agency tool, Mega Maps, has found the speed limit on 87 percent of roads is higher than what is deemed the safe travel speed. It suggests the speed should be as low as 60 on some open… Read more 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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