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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, 19 June 2017
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Sir Colin Meads statue unveiled in Te Kuiti
Thousands gathered to pay their respects to Colin Meads when the rugby legend's statue was unveiled in Te Kuiti. Audio
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Evening Business for 19 June 2017
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Stewart Island oyster cull underway
The Ministry for Primary Industries has started pulling up oysters at 14 farms in Big Glory Bay, Stewart Island, because they have become contaminated with Bonamia ostrea. Video, Audio
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Brain injured teenager left in police cells for three nights
19 Jun 2017The Ministry charged with caring for the country's most vulnerable children left a teenager with a pre-existing brain injury in police cells for three nights because they couldn't find him a suitable… Read more Video, Audio
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America's Cup defenders outraced by Team NZ
19 Jun 2017Team New Zealand is in the lead, ahead of Oracle Team USA. But if the last America's Cup is any indication, it doesn't mean they will win the America's Cup. RNZ reporter Todd Niall reports from… Read more Video, Audio
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Pike River families' case to be heard by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will hear Sonya Rockhouse and Anna Osborne's claim that the mine's former CEO, Peter Whitall, bought his way out of prosecution. Meanwhile, Neville Rockhouse says footage from within… Read more Video, Audio
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Van strikes pedestrians in London, killing one
19 Jun 2017UK correspondent Natalie Powell with the latest on a suspected terror attack in London. A van struck pedestrians near a mosque, killing one person and injuring eight others. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell for Monday 19 June 2017
19 Jun 2017Checkpoint with John Campbell for Monday 19 June 2017. Video
Coming up
Friday, 16 June 2017
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Lorde's Melodrama 'remarkable'
16 Jun 2017Four years after taking the world by storm, Lorde has released her second album to widespread acclaim. Alex Behan from RNZ's Music 101 says the album is 'remarkable'. Audio
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Number of pilots in NZ plummets
Official statistics show the number of commercial and air transport pilots fell from 709 in 2009 to 386 in 2016. Audio
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All Blacks to play Samoa at Eden Park
16 Jun 2017All Blacks vs Samoa will be the first international fixture before next week's British and Irish Lions series starts. Matt Chatterton is at Eden Park for the double header. Video, Audio
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Kaikoura temporary workers village nearly completed
A temporary village will house 300 NZTA and KiwiRail workers fixing State Highway One and the railway corridor between Christchurch and Picton. Video, 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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