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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, 11 April 2019
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Calls for Israel Folau to be sacked over homophobic comments
11 Apr 2019There are renewed calls for Australian rugby player Israel Folau to be sacked after he repeated previous comments that homosexuals are going to hell. Read more Audio
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Evening business for Thursday 11 April
11 Apr 2019News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Police ‘scrambling’ after letting man who shouted anti-Muslim abuse go
11 Apr 2019Canterbury District Commander Superintendent John Price says the officers on duty outside Al Noor mosque where a man yelled anti-Muslim abuse, should have done better. He told Lisa Owen if he was on… Read more Video, Audio
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Clock to start ticking on govt’s gun buy back scheme
11 Apr 2019Police have urged patience as they prepare to collect, store and destroy thousands of firearms. The new gun laws will come into force tomorrow - making most semi automatic weapons and high capacity… Read more Video, Audio
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Akl uni students complain about ‘white supremacist’ students
11 Apr 2019Some University of Auckland students are growing increasingly concerned about a group of students, who they say hold extreme white supremacist views and have threatened to fill laboratories with gas… Read more Video, Audio
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Police search for man who yelled abuse outside Al Noor mosque
11 Apr 2019A formal complaint has been laid over the actions of a police officer who let a man walk free after he yelled anti-Muslim abuse outside Christchurch's Al Noor mosque, nearly four weeks after more than… Read more Audio
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Police swoop in on Comanchero gang members
11 Apr 2019Police have raided 10 Auckland properties, seizing cash, guns, two properties and millions of dollars worth of high-end vehicles from members of the Comanchero gang. Alex Perrottet reports. Video, Audio
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Wednesday, 10 April 2019
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Tearfund Ethical Fashion Report : Do customers care?
10 Apr 2019Some of New Zealand's best known clothing brands have been outed for having poor ethical practices. Do consumers actually care? Audio
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China facing biggest economic challenges ever - ANZ Bank chief economist Richard Yetsenga
The top economist at Australasia's biggest bank, ANZ, believes China is facing its biggest economic challenges ever.
ANZ Bank chief economist Richard Yetsenga said the biggest risks to global growth… Read more Video, Audio
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The reopening of the Waiho Bridge near Franz Josef delayed.
10 Apr 2019The reopening of the Waiho Bridge near Franz Josef has been delayed. Jim Little, the Tourism West Coast Chief executive, joins us live. Video, Audio
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Fruit rots and workers suffer amid Hawke's Bay labour shortage
An official labour shortage has been extended in the Hawke's Bay region to allow tourists to apply for visa variations -- but orchardists say it's too little too late, and they're calling on the… 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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