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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, 20 March 2019
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Christchurch mosque shooter must be tried in open court lawyer
20 Mar 2019Geir Lippestad, the lawyer who represented Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway's worst terror attack, says it's important the gunman behind the Christchurch massacre is tried in an open… Read more Video, Audio
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More than $7m raised for Chch mosque victims, families
20 Mar 2019Victim Support has begun making payments to people affected by the Christchurch mosque attacks - after receiving $7 million in donations. So where is the money going, and how quickly are people… Read more Audio
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Erdogan’s comments spark diplomatic row
20 Mar 2019Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has summoned the Turkish ambassador to New Zealand for a "please explain" after inflammatory comments made by the Turkish President after the mosque attacks… Read more Audio
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Business news for 20 March 2019
20 Mar 2019News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Auckland mosques welcome all faiths to remember Chch victims
20 Mar 2019This Friday, one week from the Christchurch attack, and on the Muslim holy day, mosques across Auckland will open their doors to people of all faiths to remember the lives that have been lost. Alex… Read more Video, Audio
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Shooting survivor won’t ever step foot in a mosque again
20 Mar 2019While police are working hard to re-open Linwood mosque at least one worshipper says he will never be able to pray there again, and after the mass shootings is too scared to go to any mosque. Tofazzal… Read more Video, Audio
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Jacinda Ardern in Christchurch, seeking to calm, comfort
International flare ups - relating to Turkey and Islamic State - have proved a distraction for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who met with students, paramedics and the Muslim community in Christchurch… Read more Video, Audio
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Surgeon describes rush to save four-year-old gunshot victim
20 Mar 2019Christchurch Hospital staff said two men with glass wounds ran through the front door of the emergency department to tell staff there had been a shooting and to expect more patients. They went on to… Read more Video, Audio
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Mourners gather as Christchurch shooting victims are buried
20 Mar 2019"I should be lying beside you"....that's the heart-breaking tribute from a son who survived the Christchurch mosque shootings as he buried his father Khalid Mustafa and brother Hamza Mustafa today… Read more Video, Audio
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Tuesday, 19 March 2019
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Dunedin City Council vows to oppose racism
19 Mar 2019Dunedin City Council has vowed to oppose racism in the city in a show of solidarity to the Muslim community after the attacks. The accused gunman lived in the city and had identified the Dunedin… Read more Audio
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Mosque shooting victim's friends fly from Auckland to pay respects
19 Mar 2019Abdul Azeem Khan and Mohammad Bilal's friend Syed Areeb Ahmed was killed in the Deans Avenue mosque attack. They flew from Auckland to Christchurch today, which they say is still one of the safest… Read more Video, Audio
Checkpoint
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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