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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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Friday, 12 April 2019
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Chorus' migrant workers still vulnerable to exploitation – E Tu
12 Apr 2019Months after Chorus was found to have breached labour laws, union E Tu says migrant workers are still being exploited. Audio
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Man arrested over anti-Muslim tirade wants to meet with worshippers
12 Apr 2019A man who admitted unleashing a hate filled tirade at worshippers outside the Al Noor mosque says he would like to meet with them and apologise. Reporter Conan Young was in court when Daniel Tuapawa… Read more Video, Audio
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Christchurch’s Justice Precinct’s lengthy list of defects
12 Apr 2019Eighteen months after Christchurch's multi-million-dollar Justice Precinct opened, Checkpoint can reveal a list of defects and design flaws. The problems are so bad the Justice Minister vows it will… Read more Video, Audio
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Junior doctors to strike for five days
12 Apr 2019Junior doctors have voted to strike for a record five-days from April 29. DHB spokesman Dr Peter Bramley joins Checkpoint live, telling Lisa Owen some surgeries will be delayed and the strikes will… Read more Video, Audio
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Young mosque shooting victim has brain damage
12 Apr 2019Al Noor mosque shooting survivor Wasseim Alsati has spoken for the first time from Auckland Hospital, saying his 5-year-old daughter Alen has suffered brain damage.
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Thursday, 11 April 2019
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Parents, nurses and PM celebrate PlunketLine's 25th birthday
11 Apr 2019The parents of a newborn who fell ill with potentially lethal meningitis, say they're incredibly grateful for Plunketline as the telephone support service celebrated its 25th birthday today. Read more Video, Audio
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Six-hour Brexit debate ends after extension granted
11 Apr 2019The European Union has announced it will allow an extension to the beleagured Brexit process until October 31. Audio
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Mecca pilgrimage carried out for the Chch mosque victims
11 Apr 2019A pilgrimage to Islam's holiest city has been undertaken on behalf of the 50 people killed in the Christchurch terror attacks. Audio
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PM can't assure no foreign spies in Parliament
11 Apr 2019Alarms have been sounded about foreign governments trying to influence New Zealand's political system through expats here and donations. And the Prime Minister says she cannot assure New Zealanders… Read more Audio
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'Egg Boy' transferring $100,000 to mosque shooting victims
11 Apr 2019Lisa Owen interviews Peter Gordon, the lawyer representing Will Connelly or 'Egg Boy' as he's been dubbed after he egged Australian senator Fraser Anning. Video, Audio
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Scientists unveil the first-ever photograph of a black hole
11 Apr 2019Scientists have unveiled the first-ever photograph of a black hole, a breakthrough in astrophysics providing insight into celestial monsters with gravitational fields so intense no matter or light can… Read more Video, 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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