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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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Thursday, 26 October 2017
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Eat My Lunch - People and profit
Eat My Lunch has sold 500,000 lunches and given 500,000 lunches to children at low decile schools. But how much has the company made? They won't say. Video, Audio
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Evening Business for 26 October 2017
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Royal Commission of Inquiry into EQC
26 Oct 2017New EQC Minister, Megan Woods, will hold an independent inquiry to help the thousands of Christchurch homeowners who have been battling the natural disaster insurer over assessments and repairs. Audio
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Teina Pora's compensation will be adjusted for inflation
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has promised Teina Pora additional compensation for his wrongful imprisonment, and a Criminal Case Review Commission to look at similar miscarriages of justice. Audio
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Cancer patients' treatment delayed under Southern DHB
Of the 569 urology patients at the DHB who waited longer than they should have for assessment or treatment, 60 patients have now had biopsies, and half of those have cancer. Read more Video, Audio
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New petrol tax for Aucklanders
Drivers in Auckland will pay about 10% of the $15 billion bill to fund new public transport projects in the city with a 10 cent per litre petrol tax. Read more Video, Audio
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Jacinda Ardern addresses adoring crowd after being sworn in as PM
26 Oct 2017Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her ministers were sworn in as New Zealand’s new government today. They then returned to Parliament to a rapturous welcome. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell: Thursday 26 October 2017
26 Oct 2017Full episode of Checkpoint with John Campbell for Thursday 26 October 2017. Jacinda Adern is sworn in as Prime Minister. Video
Coming up
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
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Did National act in good faith or steal Eminem's song?
25 Oct 2017The High Court ruling into the National Party's use of Eminem's song referenced Professor of Law James Boyle's work 'Theft! A History of Music'. He talks to John Campbell. Video, Audio
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Small businesses anxious about minimum wage rise
25 Oct 2017The new Labour-led Government will increase the hourly rate to $20 within the next three years. Some business owners say it could put them off hiring young workers with no experience. Video, Audio
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Four new govt ministers explain plans for portfolios
25 Oct 2017New ministers Andrew Little, Carmel Sepuloni, Willie Jackson and Nanaia Mahuta spoke to Bridget Burke about what they'd like to change and what they hope to achieve over the next three years. Video, Audio
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PM Ardern outlines key goals of new Ministerial portfolios
25 Oct 2017Reducing child poverty is chief among the new Labour Government's goals, as is addressing housing, which has been brought back into one portfolio after National split it into three. Video, 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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