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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, 18 April 2019
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Thousands of NZ’s species on the brink of extinction
18 Apr 2019Ninety percent of the country's wetlands are drained, 94 percent of urban rivers are not swimmable and native forest which used to cover 80 percent of the country, now covers only a quarter. But the… Read more Audio
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Without a CGT - will the Government have to borrow more?
18 Apr 2019The government is rejecting claims it has put its political agenda in jeopardy by ditching a proposed capital gains tax. The policy was abandoned after Labour and the Greens were unable to win the… Read more Audio
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Evening business for Thursday 18 April 2019
18 Apr 2019News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Mosque shooting widow feels let down by ACC
18 Apr 2019A woman whose son and husband died in the mosque massacres is having to battle ACC to keep a roof over her childrens' heads. ACC has told Ambreen Naeem it'll pay her 80 percent of her husband's part… Read more Video, Audio
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Alfred Keating found guilty of hiding camera in embassy bathroom
18 Apr 2019Former top military attache Alfred Keating has been found guilty of trying to film his colleagues in a New Zealand embassy bathroom. Our court reporter Anneke Smith was in court for the verdict at the… Read more Video, Audio
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Parents’ worst nightmare: ‘Our happy life has turned into hell’
18 Apr 2019A year on from a horror car crash which killed their two children, Hamilton couple Sia Mosaferi and Mohy Sharifi are pleading with drivers to take extra care to avoid any more lives being lost on our… Read more Video, Audio
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Wednesday, 17 April 2019
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'You are us' concert raising money for mosque attack victims
17 Apr 2019Thousands of people are expected to attend a fundraising concert in Christchurch tonight to raise money for those affected by the mosque attacks. Reporter Logan Church joins us live from outside the… Read more Video, Audio
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Phil Goff doesn't want ratepayers to carry CRL cost burden
17 Apr 2019Auckland's mayor Phil Goff says officials are already working on ways to avoid raising rates to cover a $1 billion cost blowout on the City Rail Link Project. Audio
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New Zealanders respond to CGT decision
New Zealanders were divided by the proposed capital gains tax, so there's been mixed reaction to the announcement it won't go ahead. Nita Blake-Persen reports. Audio
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James Shaw: We can’t make changes without tax system reforms
In February, Green Party co-leader James Shaw laid down a challenge, asking whether the government deserved to be re-elected if it didn't introduce a capital gains tax. Audio
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Capital gains tax ruled out as long as Ardern’s in charge
New Zealand First has torpedoed the proposed capital gains tax, which Labour campaigned on for the last three elections. 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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