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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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Wednesday, 27 March 2019
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Suit unsuitable: NASA nixes first all-women spacewalk
27 Mar 2019What should have been a giant leap for womankind has turned into a stumble on the path to equality. US space agency NASA has cancelled the first all-female spacewalk due to a lack of a spacesuit in… Read more Video, Audio
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Police stand-off ends with man's death
Christchurch locals are being urged to remain vigilant after a police stand-off that ended with the death of a 54-year-old man overnight. It follows the discovery of several guns at a property in the… Read more Audio
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Evening Business for Wednesday 27th March
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Yusuf/Cat Stevens to perform at Christchurch memorial service
27 Mar 2019Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Marlon Williams, Teeks and Hollie Smith are among the artists who will perform at the National Memorial Service - Ko Tātou, Tātou We Are One - in Christchurch on Friday. Video, Audio
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Long healing process begins for mosque victims, survivors
27 Mar 2019The Christchurch Muslim community is still seeking out people who were at the mosques during the shooting attacks, to see if they need counselling. ACC confirmed today there are 12 people that are not… Read more Video, Audio
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Jacinda Ardern inundated with love as she visits Dunedin mosque
27 Mar 2019Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has spoken at the Dunedin mosque that was the original target of the accused gunman during her first visit to the city since the Christchurch terror attacks. Video, Audio
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West Coast residents lose ‘lifeline’ south of Franz Josef
It usually takes just 25 minutes to travel between Franz Josef and Fox Glacier, but it's now a 12-hour drive after the Waiho Bridge was washed away by the rising river. Video, Audio
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Floodwaters claim life of woman on West Coast
In Hokitika, several houses and garages have flooded, while a woman's body was found north of the West Coast town. Logan Church reports. Video, Audio
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Woman’s body recovered from floodwaters
Reporter Logan Church has the latest from the West Coast, which has been inundated by heavy rainfall. Video, Audio
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Tuesday, 26 March 2019
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95-year-old caught four buses to join rally against racism
26 Mar 2019Ninety-five-year old John Sato caught four buses to join the march against racism in central Auckland at the weekend. Our reporter Chen Liu spoke to him. Read more Video, Audio
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Dunedin councillors take back control of e-scooters
Dunedin's councillors have voted to take back control of e-scooters in the city. Unlike Auckland and Christchurch, Dunedin has no legislative control of Lime operating in the city's boundaries. But as… 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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