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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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Wednesday, 23 May 2018
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Kiwifruit ‘crisis’ – how hard is picking really?
The kiwifruit industry is making big, big money, yet it hasn't been able to fix its self-described worker 'crisis'. Zac Fleming went kiwifruit picking and packing to try and figure out why. Read more Video, Audio
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Demise of school deciles cancelled for new plan
The government has ditched plans to get rid of the school decile system as it looks to distribute funding based on certain risks that affect an entire school, rather than individual students. Read more Audio
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First NZ farm with Mycoplasma bovis uses vet 1600km away
The Zeestraten farm, which is linked to all the cases of Mycoplasma bovis in New Zealand, uses a vet 1600km away in Waiheke. John Campbell investigates. Read more Video, Audio
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RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Wednesday 23rd May 2018
23 May 2018Watch Wednesday's full programme here. Video
Tuesday, 22 May 2018
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Woman makes life-size cakes of Duke and Duchess of Sussex
22 May 2018An amateur cake maker has made life-size models of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, made entirely of sponge cake and icing. Video, Audio
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Retailers missing crucial step in moving to compostable bags
22 May 2018Retailers are increasingly ditching plastic bags for compostable ones, but the Sustainability Trust fears most of the new bags will still end up in the landfill as they need commercial compost… Read more Audio
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EU to decide on free-trade negotiations with NZ, Aus
Trade Minister David Parker says he's "hoping for the best" as the European Union prepares to decide whether to formally approve free-trade agreement negotiations with Australia and New Zealand, at a… Read more Audio
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Mycoplasma bovis 'spreads before you know it's arrived'
22 May 2018Federated Farmers president John Blackwell is certain there are cattle in Northland infected with Mycoplasma bovis. Blackwell, Minister for Primary Industries Damien O'Connor and former professor… Read more Audio
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Why one man joined a free te reo Māori class
22 May 2018Jimmy Le Comte was one of 500 people who turned up to a Christchurch cafe offering free te reo Māori lessons. He spoke to John Campbell about why, at 75, he decided to learn Māori. Video, Audio
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The Colombian refugees who call Invercargill home
22 May 2018In the last three months, a small but growing number of Colombian refugees have moved to Invercargill for a second chance, with hopes to finally be in a place where they can live in peace. Video, Audio
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Evening business for 22 May 2018
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Petrol in Wanaka hits $2.44 per litre
Unleaded 91 in Wanaka is $2.44/litre today, 22 percent higher than the cheapest petrol in Auckland, which was $2.00. Audio
Checkpoint
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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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