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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, 8 June 2018
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Coronation Street to fast forward 18 months
8 Jun 2018New Zealand is 18 months behind the UK, so TVNZ is giving viewers two options - catch up by watching a two hour special or keep watching the current series at their own pace. Video, Audio
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Train services on Auckland's Western Line suspended
8 Jun 2018Train services on Auckland's Western Line, from Newmarket to Swanson, have been suspended until further notice. Reporter Sarah Robson is at Britomart and says it's going to be a very long trip home… Read more Audio
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Forestry must adapt to climate change
8 Jun 2018A forest management company says firms aren't operating any differently, blaming more extreme weather events that are happening more frequently for recent logging disasters. Audio
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Evening business for 8 June 2018
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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All Blacks gear up for first test of 2018
8 Jun 2018The All Blacks are expected to win but there might be a bit of rust as players from the five Super Rugby franchises join forces for the first time in 2018. Video, Audio
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Nana Barrett and her All Blacks scrapbooks
8 Jun 2018All Blacks brothers Beauden, Jordie and Scott Barrett's nana Mary has a scrapbook for each of her All Blacks grandsons, which she fills with newspaper clippings and photographs she takes from TV. She… Read more Video, Audio
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Two Hawaii seaside communites engulfed by lava
8 Jun 2018Lava from the Kilauea Volcano has engulfed two entire seaside communities on Hawaii's Big Island, following dramatic eruptions over the past month that have sent lava fountaining into the skies… Read more Video, Audio
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‘I’m disappointed EQC. No, I’m heartbroken’
8 Jun 2018Christchurch woman Georgina Hanafin has written an open letter about her anguish, heartbreak and financial struggles with EQC. She says its settlement offer falls short, and she's taking the agency to… Read more Audio
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Housing sector cautiously backs new Ministry
A new ministry - that of Housing and Urban Development - will roll three departments into a one-stop policy shop in charge of affordable housing, homelessness and large scale developments. Video, Audio
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Son found not guilty of father's murder
8 Jun 2018A man who fatally stabbed his violent father has been found not guilty of murder. Court reporter Edward Gay has been following the case, and has the latest details. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 8th of June 2018
8 Jun 2018Watch Friday's full programme here. Video
Thursday, 7 June 2018
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Is Netflix the future for Maori television?
A new Māori media industry group is being lauched to ensure Māori media keeps pace with a changing world, with one young producer believing Netflix is the future. A young Maori TV producer believes… 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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