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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, 2 March 2018
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'Dear David': Midwives share messages out of despair
2 Mar 2018Midwives are overworked, underpaid and exhausted - and they're leaving because of it. We talk to the midwife behind the 'Dear David' Facebook page, where hundreds of midwives are sharing their… Read more Video, Audio
Thursday, 1 March 2018
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Child devastated by fake Bruno Mars tickets
1 Mar 2018A nine-year-old boy was left in tears last night when he found out the Bruno Mars tickets he and his mother got for Christmas were fake. But as Laura Tupou reports, there was a happy ending. Video, Audio
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Protesters march against Tegel chicken farm
1 Mar 2018Tegel Foods wants to build 32 poultry sheds on farmland at Arapohue, with the farm raising nine million chickens a year. Video, Audio
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Govt called on to allow more short-term workers from Pacific
1 Mar 2018A dire shortage of travellers picking up seasonal work is threatening to derail the harvest of apples, kiwifruit and grapes around the country. Audio
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Aucklanders waste 80 hours a year in traffic
1 Mar 2018New data shows Aucklanders spend 80 hours in traffic each year and it's only going to get worse. Mayor Phil Goff says every potential fix is an option, including staggering school start times. Video, Audio
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Banned from Krispy Kreme competition for being Filipino
1 Mar 2018Philippine Ambassador Jesus Domingo says he's appalled a Filipino woman was turned away from Krispy Kreme's official opening because she's not a New Zealander. Video, Audio
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Rugby talent being poached by overseas clubs
1 Mar 2018New Zealand rugby boss Steve Tew says potential future All Blacks as young as 15 are being plundered by overseas clubs. Video, Audio
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Government looks for solutions to polytech crisis
1 Mar 2018Mergers are being considered as a way of resolving the crisis confronting New Zealand's 16 polytechnics and institutes of technology, which may all be making deficits within five years. Audio
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Bill English signs off with emotional speech
1 Mar 2018The 56-year-old farmer from Dipton has officially signed off with a final emotional speech in Parliament where he spoke about his 27 year-career. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint weather for 1 March 2018
1 Mar 2018The latest weather forecast with Metservice Meterologist John Law. Video, Audio
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Evening business for 1 March 2018
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Power still out in rural Taranaki after Cyclone Gita
1 Mar 2018Residents of the remote eastern Taranaki settlement of Matau have been without power for about 10 days and phone services have been down too. 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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