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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, 6 April 2018
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Cyclists vie for more Commonwealth Games medals
6 Apr 2018New Zealand cyclists will be chasing more medals tonight at the Commonwealth Games velodrome, after a gold and two silvers last night. Video, Audio
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Edgecumbe flood victims - where are they now?
6 Apr 2018It's been one year to the day since the stopbank broke and hundreds of homes were flooded in Edgecumbe. Locals describe what they've endured, and where they are now. Video, Audio
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Wahine disaster hero: What happened to boy I saved?
6 Apr 2018Chris Wilson, a soldier who had been travelling home to Christchurch from Waiouru the morning of the disaster, has spent the past 50 years wondering what became of the little boy he rescued. Video, Audio
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Evening business for 6 April 2018
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Sole student wants to stay: ‘They can’t do this to Māori’
6 Apr 2018Stephanie Pomare, the only student left at catholic co-ed school Hato Petera, says she feels pressured to leave but wants to stay in a stand against the church, which she says isn’t being fair to… Read more Video, Audio
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Drone disrupts flights in Auckland
6 Apr 2018A drone around Auckland airport has caused disruptions to seven flights. Police are searching the area for the drone operator. Audio
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American visitor, 21, denies causing fatal crash
6 Apr 2018American tourist Reiss Berger has been allowed to leave the country with orders to return, despite police opposition to bail. Lois Williams has the latest. Video, Audio
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$270m on Chch quake re-repairs 'awful, bad, inefficient'
6 Apr 2018Christchurch locals tell RNZ reporter Katy Gosset how they feel about the $270m spent on re-repairs on quake-damaged Christchurch homes. Audio
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Chch quake re-repairs blamed on 'poor scoping standard’
6 Apr 2018So many re-repairs are needed on Christchurch quake-damaged homes because the initial scoping was wrong, quantity surveying business owner Lester Bryant tells John Campbell. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell for Friday, 6 April
6 Apr 2018Watch Friday's full programme here. Video
Thursday, 5 April 2018
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EPA chief insists he didn't mislead MPs over chief scientist
5 Apr 2018Environmental Protection Authority CEO Allan Freeth returned to Parliament today insisting he hadn't misled MPs about ministers interfering in the removal of the authority's controversial chief… Read more Video, Audio
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Inquiry into EQC unnecessary, Simon Bridges says
5 Apr 2018National leader Simon Bridges says his government appropriately managed repairs and re-repairs on Christchurch quake-damaged homes, and an inquiry into EQC was unnecessary. 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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