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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, 25 May 2018
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Akld girl makes huge progress after life-changing surgery
25 May 2018Five-year-old Ella Yearbury has crawled most of her life, but now she's in the United States learning to walk after her family raised more than $200,000 for life-changing surgery. Video, Audio
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Pasifika Super Rugby team seen as a must, but who'll pay?
The New Zealand government is considering a Super Rugby team based in the Islands from 2020. Joe Porter went to find out what a team would mean to the Pasifika communities and if it would solve… Read more Video, Audio
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Tributes flow for Ngapuhi leader Kingi Taurua
25 May 2018Kingi Taurua, who died aged 80, became the face of Waitangi Day protests at Te Tii Marae and was never afraid to call out the sitting government or sometimes even his own people. Video, Audio
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Family Court backlog could delay criminal cases
The Chief District Court judge has had to move judges from the criminal juridiction to help clear a backlog in the Family Court. Video, Audio
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Fast fashion kills Auckland shoemaker Minnie Cooper
25 May 2018It's too expensive for women's shoe label Minnie Cooper to make shoes in New Zealand, it's had to close. Workers have been made redundant, everything's for sale, and owner Sandy Cooper believes fast… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 25 May 2018
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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MPI backs its response to Mycoplasma bovis
25 May 2018MPI disputes farmers can manage themselves, and says it stands by its response to the disease, which has been criticised as being too slow, and uncoordinated. Audio
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What's wrong with using a mobile on a plane?
25 May 2018Transport Minister Phil Twyford has been reprimanded after making a phone call on a plane after the aircraft doors had closed. Benedict Collins looks at whether what he did was a serious offence or an… Read more Audio
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MPI 'slow, uncoordinated', under-prepared in M bovis response
Wilma Van Leuuwen, who owns the farm where the first confirmed outbreak of Mycoplasma bovis was found, says MPI has been slow, uncoordinated and under-prepared in its response to the disease. Read more Audio
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Waikato farmer publicly declares his herd as having M bovis
Waikato farmer Henk Smit told 600 farmers in Cambridge today that a herd he co-owns is the first in the region to have Mycoplasma bovis. Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell for Friday 25th May, 2018
25 May 2018Watch Friday's full show here. Video
Thursday, 24 May 2018
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Stars arrive for Pacific Music Awards
The Pacific Music Awards have been held as a separate event to the New Zealand music awards since 2005, in an effort to celebrate and promote excellence in Pacific music. 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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