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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, 20 July 2018
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Six months community detention for Waitoa man who shot another hunter
37-year-old Quentin McCreedy has been described as a decent person who did a tragic and stupid thing. Video, Audio
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Govt announces West Coast investment plan
20 Jul 2018A new passenger rail service between Hokitika and Westport is on a short-list of plans to revitalise the West Coast economy. Video, Audio
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Greenpeace say sentence will mean fewer people ‘standing-up for what they believe in’
20 Jul 2018Two of its protestors will wait months for sentencing after pleading guilty to interfering with an oil exploration ship. Video, Audio
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Zac filed an OIA and it came painted black
RNZ reporter Zac Fleming finally received a 99-page Official Information Request from the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment ... and it was completely blacked out. Read more Video, Audio
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Organisers of far-right speaker rally try to find new venue
20 Jul 2018Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux have been granted visas but are banned from Auckland Council venues. Video, Audio
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Evening business for Friday 20 July
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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At least 11 confirmed dead in Missouri duck boat accident
20 Jul 2018An amphibious boat overturned in Table Rock Lake as powerful thunderstorms passed through the Midwest. Video, Audio
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Tensions escalate between union and bus company
20 Jul 2018Police were called yesterday by both parties after two members of Tramways Union entered a Tranzit bus depot. Audio
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Bus driver who was attacked on night shift has quit job because of fears to her safety
An Auckland bus driver who was attacked by three hooded men during a night shift has quit her job rather than risk it happening again. Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell for Friday 20 July, 2018
20 Jul 2018Watch Friday's full show here. Video
Thursday, 19 July 2018
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Several Russians suspected of attack on former spy - reports
19 Jul 2018UK police are believed to have identified the suspected perpetrators of the Novichok attack on Russian former spy Sergei Skripal. John Campbell speaks to Moscow correspondent Jessica King. Audio
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Concerns Wellington blaze could be emitting toxic smoke
19 Jul 2018One person has been taken to hospital as firefighters continue to battle a scrap metal yard fire in Lower Hutt.There are concerns smoke emitting from the blaze could be toxic. 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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