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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, 20 April 2018
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Checkpoint with John Campbell for Friday, 20th April 2018
20 Apr 2018Watch Friday's full programme here. Video
Thursday, 19 April 2018
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Green is the new yellow for Wellington buses
19 Apr 2018The first batch of new buses set to hit Wellington's streets have arrived from the UK. They are diesel powered, but the manufacturers, Optare, say they're almost cleaner than fresh air. Video, Audio
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Govt to make it harder to build houses on productive land
19 Apr 2018New Zealand's urban sprawl is eating up some of the country's most versatile land, prompting the government to consider new controls around intensification of land in some areas. Audio
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Pilot hailed hero for landing plane after engine exploded
19 Apr 2018Captain Tammie Jo Schults, the Southwest airlines pilot who landed the plane safely yesterday despite an engine exploding causing the death of a passenger, is being praised as having nerves of steel.
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Pork-barrel taunts returned by Northland road advocates
19 Apr 2018Northland people campaigning for a safe road to Auckland are furious the government has scrapped a plan to build a four-lane divided expressway between the regions. Audio
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On-sold nightmare: EQC offers $48,000 despite $260,000 repair bill
19 Apr 2018Georgina Hanafin says EQC has offered her $48,000 to fix her house, which has a repair bill of $260,000. She also has a mortgage of $300,000 for the house she purchased after the Christchurch… Read more Audio
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Vanuatu volcanic island evacuated due to low supplies, disease
19 Apr 2018The evacuation of residents on the ash-covered Vanuatu island of Ambae is finally getting underway, as food supplies dwindle and disease starts to spread. Video, Audio
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Tourists freedom camping doubled in two years
19 Apr 2018There were 60,000 foreign freedom campers in 2015, with the numbers swelling to around 110,000 last year, according to a new report from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Video, Audio
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Anti-money laundering law change coming
Changes to companies law to help prevent the New Zealand system being exploited are in the pipeline, Commerce Minister Kris Faafoi told RNZ political editor Jane Patterson. Video, Audio
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Evening Business for 19 April 2018
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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'Pure terror' on US plane with broken window, engine
19 Apr 2018Tim McGinty desperately tried to save Jennifer Riordan from being sucked out of a plane's window. He spoke to John Campbell about the terrifying experience, which he describes as "pure terror". Video, Audio
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Petition launched to stop Mark Middleton's deportation
19 Apr 2018Mark Middleton, the step father of Karla Cardno who has lived in New Zealand for 56 years, believes he could be deported to the UK as early next week. 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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