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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, 4 May 2018
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The NZ woman who fixes butterfly wings
4 May 2018Linda Archer wasn't going to let butterflies die because they'd broken their wings. So the Levin woman taught herself how to repair their wings, giving them a new lease on life. She talks to John… Read more Video, Audio
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Smile! You're on Candid Camera - primary school style
The national launch of the My World My Vision project, which will see 400 disposable cameras distributed to children, took place at Laingholm Primary School in West Auckland. Video, Audio
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Syrian refugee living in Kuala Lumpur Airport
4 May 2018Hassan Kontar has spent the last 59 days at a Malaysian airport terminal, after airline staff denied him access to a flight to Ecuador. He can't go home, and Malaysia won't let him back in. He spoke… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for Friday 4 May
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Former military attache accused of hiding camera in US bathroom
4 May 2018Alfred Keating, who was the Senior Defence Attache in Washington DC, has been accused of attempting to make an intimate visual recording in July last year. Video, Audio
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Staff given no notice of Dunedin Cadbury World closure
4 May 2018Nearly 40 people will lose their job after a shock revelation that Dunedin's new hospital will come at the expense of Cadbury World, which is on the same site. Video, Audio
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Cadbury factory to become new Dunedin Hospital
A rebuilt Dunedin Hospital will occupy two central city blocks - the southernmost of which is the former Cadbury factory - and cost $1.4 billion dollars. Video, Audio
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Government unveils plan to tackle homelessness as winter looms
4 May 2018The Government's unveiled a $100 million plan to get people out of cars, off streets, and into safe, dry and warm shelter over winter. Video, Audio
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Two women allegedly kidnapped, locked in car boot
4 May 2018Two women say they were kidnapped and forced into the boot of a car that eventually crashed while it was being pursued by police. Rowan Quinn has the latest details on what unfolded in Auckland last… Read more Video, Audio
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Thursday, 3 May 2018
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TPP defended as being important defence against rising protectionism
3 May 2018The revised Trans Pacific Partnership is back in parliament, with the controversial deal now being scrutinised by MPs. Eleven submitters, five for and six against, fronted up today. Audio
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Energy Minister unconvinced motorists getting good petrol deal
After meeting with BP executives in the wake of a leaked email from the oil company about pricing, Megan Woods says she remains unconvinced that motorists are getting a good deal. 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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