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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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Monday, 11 December 2017
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Briscoes boss: Unfair he can only land helicopter 3x weekly
11 Dec 2017Retail rich-lister Rod Duke says it's unfair that his helicopter use has been limited to three flights a week at his new Auckland home because his neighbours can use theirs twice as much. Video, Audio
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Evening business for Mon 11 Dec
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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PM asks for briefing on RNZ Ballet crisis
Jacinda Ardern has asked for a briefing on what is happening at Royal NZ ballet as reports emerge that up to 20 of 36 dancers are either leaving, or haven't had their contracts renewed. Video, Audio
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Easter Trading "a trial" - employers on notice: Dunedin's mayor
Dunedin councillors have agreed to shops opening for the first time next Easter Sunday, to cope with an influx of Ed Sheeran concert goers, but the mayor says they will lose the right to trade if they… Read more Video, Audio
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KFC rosters manipulated to withhold days in lieu - former managers
Former managers at fast food chain KFC say they were told to manipulate rosters in the lead up to public holidays so the company could avoid giving staff a day in lieu.
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RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 11th December 2017
11 Dec 2017Watch Monday's full programme here. Video
Saturday, 9 December 2017
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Public health warning over swimming at Lake Taupo
9 Dec 2017Several Taupo lakeside settlements have had their water supplies shut down over fears of a potentially toxic algae bloom. Audio
Friday, 8 December 2017
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Ballet being taught in prisons to reduce population
8 Dec 2017A joint venture between Corrections and the Royal New Zealand Ballet is bringing dance into Arohata Women's Prison for the first time. Read more Video, Audio
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Dunedin Hospital rebuild head sacked
The Health Minister David Clark has sacked the man who led the group charged with overseeing the more than one billion dollar rebuild, Hawke's Bay business consultant Andrew Blair. Audio
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New study puts climate change projections in doubt
8 Dec 2017A major new study, out of the Carnegie Institution for Science in California, says the average is wrong, and it's actually right up at the highest level of any projections. Video, Audio
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There could be another Auckland train strike before Christmas
8 Dec 2017The Rail and Maritime union saying if they can't resolve the dispute with the train operator, TransDev, they'll stop work again in the next couple of weeks. Audio
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Communities could sue Defence Force over toxic firefighting foam
8 Dec 2017The Government is investigating potential contamination near the Defence Force bases at Woodbourne and Ohakea. Meanwhile, in Australia, a community is sueing the Defence Force over similar… Read more 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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