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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, 11 May 2018
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104-year-old Australian man ends life in Switzerland
11 May 2018104-year-old Australian scientist David Goodall has ended his own life by assisted suicide in Switzerland, because he wasn't legally able to do so in his home country. Jacob Greaves reports. Video, Audio
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Euthanasia advocate fined for importing lethal drug
11 May 2018Euthanasia advocate Susan Austen has been fined for importing a drug which New Zealand woman Annemarie Treadwell used to kill herself. Video, Audio
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Smiths City ordered to pay staff for unpaid meetings
11 May 2018For 15 years, Smiths City staff were expected to attend a 15 minute morning meeting they weren't paid for. The company has now been given three months to pay up. Zac Fleming reports. Read more Video, Audio
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Natural Disaster Fund drops from $6.4b to $287m in 8 years
11 May 2018The Earthquake Commission's assets are now as low as $287 million, and will soon reach the $200m mark that triggers the Crown guarantee to top up the Natural Disaster Fund. Read more Video, Audio
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Auckland jogger dragged into bushes and assaulted
A female jogger running alongside the Northern Motorway in St Mary's Bay, Auckland, was dragged into bushes, strangled and indecently assaulted early this morning. Detective Inspector Scott Beard… Read more Video, Audio
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Seven people found dead in house in Australia
Seven people, including four children, have been found dead in a murder-suicide at a home near Margaret River in Western Australia. Police say it's the worst mass shooting in Australia since 1996. Video, Audio
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RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 11th May 2018
11 May 2018Watch Friday's full programme here. Video
Thursday, 10 May 2018
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Confusion on the cobbles: Coro to jump forward 18 months
10 May 2018Diehard fans will have two options - keep watching the current series at their own pace or watch a condensed two hour special. Read more Audio
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Eyebrows raised over Filipino labour-hire contracts
Auckland construction worker told he'd have to pay $5k or be deported in order to get out of his contract. Audio
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Pregnant women won't be turned away from Middlemore hospital
10 May 2018Counties Manukau DHB says pregnant women won't be affected if it is forced to remediate or rebuild the quake-prone Galbraith Building. Video, Audio
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Why it takes days to remove Auckland's derailed train
10 May 2018Kiwirail COO Todd Moyle explains why Auckland CBD's only train station might not be back up and running till Saturday. Video, Audio
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More volcanic eruptions could shoot out 'ballistic rocks'
10 May 2018An explosion in Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano is likely to be the first of a series of larger explosions that could throw rocks and ash from the crater, threatening a nearby town where 43,000… 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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