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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, 10 November 2017
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Evening Business for 10 November 2017
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Upper Hutt parking warden dishes out $400K per year in fines
10 Nov 2017A single parking warden for Upper Hutt is keeping the small city's residents on their toes. Audio
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Arrests made in Wellington over synthetic drugs
Super-strong synthetic drugs made by "idiot dealers and manufacturers" were responsible for the spike in deaths linked to the substances, an emergency doctor says. Read more Video, Audio
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UN urges Australia to change migration laws as Manus Island deadline looms
10 Nov 2017The UN says Australia needs to change its migration laws and stop rejecting refugees, however time is ticking for Manus Island asylum seekers as PNG authorities prepare to forcibly evict them. We take… Read more Video, Audio
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Police reviewing pursuit protocol following string of fatal crashes
10 Nov 2017Last month three people died following police pursuits. Today, police revealed they are reviewing the way they carry out high speed chases. Video, Audio
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Trans Pacific Partnership nearly a done deal
One unidentified country has held up the TPP after ministers from 11 countries had already started celebrating striking the trade pact. Our economics correspondent Patrick O'Meara reports from Da… Read more Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with Rowan Quinn, Friday 10th November 2017
10 Nov 2017Watch Friday's full programme here. Video
Thursday, 9 November 2017
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Whanganui doctor walks the talk on seabed mining
9 Nov 2017An Whanganui doctor upset at the prospect of seabed mining off the coast of Taranaki has been walking the talk to highlight the issue. Athol Steward has trekked about 400 kilometres from Raglan to… Read more Audio
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Train driver thought Kaikoura earthquake was Alpine Fault ruptu
9 Nov 2017Kiwirail driver Wayne Sullivan reflects on a year since the Kaikoura quake, explaining to John Campbell how he found himself alone and sandwiched between the cliff face and the ocean. Video, Audio
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Final arguments made in babysitter murder trial
9 Nov 2017Shayal Upashna Sami is accused of murdering toddler Aaliyah Ashlyn Chand in 2015. The Crown says Ms Sami hit Aaliyah, the defence says she fell off a couch. Audio
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All eyes on Ardern ahead of first step onto world stage at APEC
Jacinda Ardern is flying to Vietnam as she prepares to take her first step onto the world stage this weekend, when she joins leaders in the Asia-Pacific region to discuss trade and security. Video, Audio
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Samoa Rugby resorts to fundraisers to stay alive
Samoa's Prime Minister and Rugby Union chairman Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi announced that the Union is bankrupt, just days before the national side is due to play Scotland. 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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