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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, 20 March 2018
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Uber to launch in Dunedin and Queenstown
Controversial and popular ride-sharing service Uber will launch in Dunedin and Queenstown in May. Ian Telfer asked locals if they'll embrace the transport revolution. Audio
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Crown argues insider trading accused sold shares after tip-off
20 Mar 2018The Crown says Hamish Sansom sold shares in Eroad after getting a tip-off, but his lawyer argues he did so based on publicly available documents. The share prices plummeted days after he sold 15,000… Read more Audio
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PM's oil and gas comments 'create uncertainty' in Taranaki
20 Mar 2018Taranaki Engineering Consortium chairman Pat Hills says the prime minister's comments about the long-term future of oil and gas exploration are unsettling, and an end to exploration would impact on… Read more Audio
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Uber suspends self-driving car tests after death
20 Mar 2018A female pedestrian was killed in Arizona. It's the first fatality caused by an autonomous car and could deal a big blow to the burgeoning industry. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint weather: 20 March 2018
20 Mar 2018The latest weather forecast with MetService meteorologist John Law. Video, Audio
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Evening business for 20 March 2018
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Govt announces 39 reviews, groups, investigations in 5 months
20 Mar 2018The government has announced plans for a review, a working group, an advisory group, or an investigation, every four days since it took power, despite having nine years in opposition to develop… Read more Audio
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Total set net fishing ban on cards
20 Mar 2018The government may consider a total ban on set net fishing after five nationally endangered hector's dolphins were killed in a single net off the east coat of the South Island a month ago. Video, Audio
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Waikato to White House: Chris Liddell gets a top job
20 Mar 2018Matamata born 59-year-old Chris Liddell has been appointed as deputy chief of staff for policy coordination, tasked with overseeing and coordinating Donald Trump's policy process. Video, Audio
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Chch quake claimants may miss limitation period
20 Mar 2018EQC CEO Sid Miller says the Crown agency's focus is on settling claims, but homeowners won't be able to take court action against insurers once their limitation periods expired. A source says EQC is… Read more Audio
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Limitation periods for Chch quake due to expire despite 'bloody mess'
20 Mar 2018As IAG and Southern Response's limitation periods for claims resulting from the February, 2011 earthquake nears, Christchurch lawyer Peter Woods says the current situation is a "bloody mess". Read more Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Tuesday 20th March 2018
20 Mar 2018Watch Tuesday's full programme here. Video
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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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