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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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Tuesday, 24 April 2018
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SSC investigation into Thompson + Clark could include DoC
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the controversial security firm Thompson & Clark's surveillance of 1080 protesters may also be investigated by the State Services Commission. Read more Audio
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Duchess of Cambridge introduces newest prince hours after giving birth
24 Apr 2018The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have welcomed their third child, a son, with Prince William joking the family of five has "thrice the worry now". The baby's name is not yet known, but Arthur, Albert… Read more Video, Audio
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10 dead after man drives onto footpath in Toronto
24 Apr 2018A 25-year-old man is in police custody after he drove into a footpath in downtown Toronto, Canada, during lunch hour, killing at least 10 people and injuring 16 others. It is not yet known if… Read more Video, Audio
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Monday, 23 April 2018
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UN challenge - no poverty or hunger, quality education, climate action
23 Apr 2018In 2015 the UN signed up to 17 sustainable development goals and a meeting will be held in July on how to strengthen their implementation. Audio
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Megan Woods: 'We have a plan to fix it'
EQC Minister Megan Woods says she her government has been left a mess, and she has known for some time the Crown guarantee to fund EQC would need to be triggered. Audio
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Megan Woods 'looks like possum in headlights' - Brownlee
Former EQC Minister and Ilam MP Gerry Brownlee talks to Rowan Quinn about Southern Response claimant Peter Glasson, who is on his eighth day of a hunger strike, and whether EQC will run out of money.
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DoC insists it's not using Thompson + Clark for spying
23 Apr 2018The Department of Conservation is refusing to release the intelligence it's received from Thompson and Clark - and of the communications it has with controversial security firm. Audio
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Avocado thief flees crime scene on mobility scooter
Thieves, including one on a mobility scooter armed with a 12 foot pole, were caught stealing avocados in broad daylight from an Auckland backyard. The tree's owner Bret Glazier joins Checkpoint. Read more Video, Audio
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Christchurch's newly-chlorinated water not to everyone's taste
23 Apr 2018Christchurch residents say their drinking water tastes and smells like a swimming pool, and is giving them headaches and inflaming skin conditions since it was chlorinated last month. Video, Audio
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802 towbars approved by one engineer banned
23 Apr 2018New Zealad Transport Agency has revoked the certifications of 802 towbars, all approved for use by a single Nelson engineer, Peter Wastney. Audio
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Naked Nashville Waffle House shooter still on the run
Four people were killed and several others injured in a shooting at a Waffle House in Tennessee. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said the 29-year-old suspect, who was naked, remains on… Read more Video, Audio
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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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