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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, 13 October 2017
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Ponzi scheme victims 'embarassed' after being duped
Sixty-year-old Shane Richard Scott has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison after previously pleading guilty to 27 charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office. Audio
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Evening Business for 13 October 2017
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Disabled man's benefit cut by Work and Income
13 Oct 2017A severely intellectually disabled man's benefit has been cancelled because Work and Income says it didn't receive his yearly update form. His father is hoping for changes to the ministry he says has… Read more Audio
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Wife sentenced to home detention for husband's manslaughter in 2011
A Hawke's Bay woman has been sentenced to 11 months home detention for the manslaughter of her husband six years ago - a death the coroner initially ruled involved no foul play. Video, Audio
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Kiwis unfazed: 'It's Winston being Winston'
13 Oct 2017Despite the country still being in the hands of a caretaker government, most people don't seem too concerned that a coalition - or some permeation of that - is a few days away at least. Audio
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National and Labour officials on stand-by to meet NZ First
13 Oct 2017New Zealand will have to wait until next week to find out who's going to form the next government after Winston Peters confirmed the NZ First board won't meet until Monday. Video, Audio
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'It's impossible to remove all the risk' - Defence Minister
13 Oct 2017Defence Minister Mark Mitchell joins Checkpoint live to respond to the death of soldier Wayne Taylor. He says while the force does all it can to remove risks from training exercises, it can't… Read more Video, Audio
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Special Operations Officer dies in training exercise off Coromandel
13 Oct 2017Soldier Wayne Taylor died after falling during a training exercise off the Coromandel coast this morning. He was a father of four who served in Afghanistan and East Timor. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 13th October 2017
13 Oct 2017Watch Friday's full programme here. Video
Thursday, 12 October 2017
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Club worried about restricted access to Tongariro Crossing
12 Oct 2017The Department of Conservation is to cut access to the car park at one end of the Tongariro Crossing in a bid to stop congestion on the Great Walk. Audio
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Trump threatens to revoke licence of NBC news
US President Donald Trump says it's "disgusting" that reporters can publish whatever they want, after NBC reported he demanded a tenfold increase in the United States' nuclear arsenal. Audio
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Police defend only having 18 fixed speed cameras
12 Oct 2017Police and the Automobile Association are downplaying the low number, but road safety charity Brake and the Police Association say speed cameras reduce drivers' speeds and save lives. 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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