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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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Monday, 2 July 2018
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Man's drink-driving conviction overturned due to poo incident
2 Jul 2018A judge has overturned a drink driving conviction because police repeatedly refused to let the appellant go to the toilet, and he ended up soiling himself - an act the judge said was humiliating. Read more Video, Audio
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Air Chathams gets off the ground in Kāpiti
2 Jul 2018Kāpiti locals are rejoicing at the news Air Chathams will take over flights between Paraparaumu and Auckland from next month. Audio
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Nurses presented with new pay offer from dhbs
2 Jul 2018The nurses union has put a new pay offer from district health boards to its members to vote on amid a protracted pay dispute. Nurses have been at an impasse with DHBs for months over pay and working… Read more Video, Audio
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Kelvin Davis insists he was aware of prison population projections
2 Jul 2018Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis first suggested on RNZ this morning that he didn't know prison population forecasts when he made the decision not to go ahead with a mega prison at Waikeria - but… Read more Video, Audio
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Man charged with murdering two-year-old
2 Jul 2018A man has been charged with murder following the death of a two-year-old girl in the Eastern Bay of Plenty last night. Arnica Savage's body was found in a river not far from the Matahina Dam, inland… Read more Video, Audio
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Friday, 29 June 2018
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Waverley residents in shock after four locals died in crash
29 Jun 2018A tiny town in South Taranaki is still coming to terms with losing four of its residents in a horror crash just north of the town. Audio
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Work on Chch cathderal site expected within weeks
29 Jun 2018It might only be weeks before some work on the quake-damaged Christ Church cathedral site finally begins. The cathedral has sat desolate since the 2011 quake, and locals think it's taken too long for… Read more Video, Audio
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Aucklanders fill up ahead of new fuel tax
Auckland motorists have been rushing to fill up ahead of the fuel tax that comes into effect on Sunday, when they'll pay an 11 and a half cent a litre regional fuel tax which will be used to improve… Read more Audio
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HNZ CEO given two media interviews in 20 months on the job
Documents obtained by RNZ show the head of Housing New Zealand, Andrew McKenzie, did one-on-one interviews with media just twice in his 20 months in the job, before he was finally forced to front… Read more Audio
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Greens call for govt to do more to protect farm animals
The Green Party is urging its coaltion partners in government to reconsider the Ministry for Primary Industry's responsibilities and capabilities around animal welfare. Audio
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Tinder murder: Teen admits murdering foreign student
29 Jun 2018Rosie Lewis, 17, appeared in the High Court in Napier this morning where she admitted to murdering Sandeep Dhiman, a man she met on Tinder. Our reporter Anneke Smith was in court and heard what Rosie… Read more 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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