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Friday, 15 March 2019
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Young woman describes running for her life
15 Mar 2019An 18-year-old woman praying inside the Deans Avenue mosque in Christchurch when the shooting started, says she heard between 50 to 100 gunshots. Mulki Abdiwahab fled the mosque barefoot with her… Read more Audio
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Christchurch shooting fits ‘most definitions’ of terrorism
15 Mar 2019Dr John Battersby from Massey University teaches intelligence and terrorism. He says New Zealand has been fortunate to avoid anything like this in the last 10 to 15 years. He says whether the shooting… Read more Audio
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Glass smashing, screaming, at Christchurch mosque shooting - witness
15 Mar 2019Witnesses say the shooting at the Linwood Islamic Centre lasted for three or four minutes. Shoaib Gani was at the Linwood Islamic Centre when the shooting occurred. He told reporter Conan Young he… Read more Audio
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PM to on way to high-level Beehive crisis meeting
15 Mar 2019RNZ political editor Jane Patterson says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is about to arrive back at the Beehive, where she's convened the Officials Committee for Domestic and External Security… Read more Video, Audio
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Police cordon off suspicious bag at Britomart, Auckland
15 Mar 2019Police are attending an incident in Auckland's Britomart, where an unattended bag has been located. A cordon has been put up around the immediate area on Galway St as a precaution, reports Nita… Read more Audio
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Heavy police presence remains at Christchurch mosque
15 Mar 2019Reporter Logan Church, who is near the Masjid Al Noor Mosque on Deans Ave in Christchurch, describes an "eerie quiet" at the police cordon, where there is still a heavy armed police presence. Video, Audio
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Christchurch PTSD sufferers may be retraumatised, psychologist
15 Mar 2019Christchurch-based clinical psychologist, Scott Percy, who's worked with community members and emergency responders, who've suffered from post traumatic stress related to the Christchurch earthquakes… Read more Audio
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Christchurch mayor describes ‘devastating, unexpected shock’
15 Mar 2019"This has impacted the world because it is such a devastating, unexpected shock that a place like Christchurch and a country like New Zealand would have something like this occur. It has just been… Read more Audio
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Christchurch police ram car, arrest man - witness
15 Mar 2019Earlier a car was rammed by police and a man was arrested in the suburb of Somerfield. Jendy Harper spoke to a woman who saw what happened on Strickland St where the car was rammed. Video, Audio
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Witnesses escape mosque via window
15 Mar 2019An eyewitness speaks to reporter Logan Church in Christchurch, just minutes after the shooting this afternoon. He says some people jumped from the window, while others were stuck in the mosque with… Read more Video, Audio
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Four in custody, police
15 Mar 2019Police Commissioner Mike Bush said police have four people in custody - three men and one woman - and there could be more offenders. He says there were "a number" of bombs on board vehicles used in… Read more Video, Audio
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Witness describes helping 5-year-old Christchurch shooting victim
15 Mar 2019One of the first people on the scene of the mosque shooting near Hagley Park says he helped care for a five-year-old girl who had been shot, and was critically injured. Carl Pomare says he was driving… Read more 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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