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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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Tuesday, 26 June 2018
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Fight to keep Takaka grandstand heads to High Court
26 Jun 2018The fight over a plan to remove a 119-year-old wooden grandstand overlooking the Takaka showgrounds is once again off to court, while supporters keep a 24/7 vigil in case the council brings in the… Read more Video, Audio
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Homes slated for demolition to be used as emergency housing
26 Jun 2018Up to 60 empty houses in Pakuranga and Mount Roskill that are due to be bulldozed for new roads or state housing redevelopment will now house homeless families over winter. Read more Video, Audio
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Regional fuel tax becomes law
The government's regional fuel tax changes have become law this evening, ahead of its planned introduction in Auckland on Sunday, when Aucklanders will pay another 11.5 cents at the pump. Audio
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Evening business for 26 June 2018
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Trump tweets support for staffer kicked out of restaurant
26 Jun 2018US President Donald Trump has waded into the Red Hen restaurant debate, telling the owners they should focus on cleaning their filthy premises rather than kicking out his press secretary Sarah… Read more Video, Audio
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Government denies it's attractive to strikers
26 Jun 2018National leader Simon Bridges claims New Zealand has had more strikes and threats of industrial action under the present government than during the previous National government's entire nine years in… Read more Audio
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Removal of helicopter doors factor in Port Hills crash - report
A report has found the removal of doors from a helicopter which crashed during Christchurch's Port Hills fires in February last year set in motion a series of events that ended in pilot Steve Askin's… Read more Audio
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Man charged over Young Labour camp assaults
26 Jun 2018A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged with four counts of indecent assault which occurred at a Young Labour summer camp in Waihi in February. Video, Audio
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Waioeka Gorge must be made more secure - Gisborne Mayor
26 Jun 2018Gisborne Mayor Meng Foon and one of the major trucking operators in the region are calling for State Highway Two through the Waioeka Gorge to be made more secure. The gorge is currently closed as a… Read more Video, Audio
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Kiwi man shot trying to break into US home
26 Jun 2018Troy Skinner, 25, was shot by the mother of a teenage girl he had met online while trying to break into the family's home on Saturday New Zealand time. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Tuesday 25th of June 2018
26 Jun 2018Watch Tuesday's full programme here.
Coming up
Monday, 25 June 2018
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Outrage over possum abuse
25 Jun 2018Animal welfare groups are outraged after footage released on social media shows a possum being struck so hard in the face it flies through the air. SPCA and Paw Justice say while possums are pests… 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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