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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, 28 February 2018
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Evening business for 28 February 2018
28 Feb 2018News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Sky TV cuts prices to keep subscribers
28 Feb 2018The company shed more than 37,000 customers in the second half of last year, as people gave up their Sky decoder and sought out cheaper entertainment options online. Video, Audio
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SFO investigation halts funding for Buller energy project
28 Feb 2018Renew Energy is proposing to build a 'waste to energy' plant on the West Coast, but one of its major shareholders, Gerard Gallagher, was is being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office. Audio
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Marahau asks hard questions about the future of logging
28 Feb 2018Marahau, the southern gateway to the Abel Tasman National Park, was hit by an avalanche of forestry debris, brought down the newly-harvested steep slopes by the heaviest rain anyone had seen for a… Read more Video, Audio
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REA investigating Aaron Drever over bowling club land flip
The Real Estate Authority is investigating unlicensed real estate agent Aaron Drever after he illegally sold an Auckland bowling green to his aunt for less than half its market value, and then flipped… Read more Video, Audio
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Gerry Brownlee refuses interview with John Campbell
28 Feb 2018Former EQC Minister Gerry Brownlee refused an interview with John Campbell on unresolved EQC claims, because he believes the journalist too often offers his own opinions and cuts off answers. Video, Audio
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Thousands of Chch homes may still need quake repairs
28 Feb 2018Half of the unresolved EQC claims for quake-damaged properties in Christchurch are for re-repairs, and a lawyer representing these cases say they’re just the tip of the iceberg. Read more Video, Audio
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RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Wednesday 27th February 2018
28 Feb 2018Watch Wednesday's full programme here. Video
Tuesday, 27 February 2018
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International donut chain opens in NZ
A new international donut chain is opening tomorrow morning in South Auckland and there are already people queueing. Read more Video, Audio
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Alcohol advertising on city buses
An Auckland councillor is demanding Auckland Transport immediately pull alcohol advertising from city buses, but as Laura Tupou reports AT has no control over the ads until it takes over later this… Read more Video, Audio
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Shadbolt in first Southland defamation jury trial for 99 years
A defamation trial against Invercargill mayor Tim Shadbolt has been told he used a series of newspaper columns to damage a political opponent. Video, Audio
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111 calls delayed by automatic message system, call-takers say
27 Feb 2018Emergency call takers say an automatic answering system is causing critical delays in people getting the help they need. 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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