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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, 15 June 2017
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Australia to pay Manus Island detainees $73 million
15 Jun 2017Kurdish journalist and refugee Behrouz Boochani responds to yesterday's announcement that the Australian government would pay $73 million to Manus Island detainees. Video, Audio
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Unicef advocate on damning report on status of NZ children
15 Jun 2017A scathing report by Unicef is highly critical of the status of children in New Zealand. Unicef New Zealand's Child Rights Advocate Dr Prudence Stone joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio
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Community struggling in aftermath of Grenfell Tower fire
15 Jun 2017Abdurahman Sayed from Al Manaar Mosque near the Grenfell Tower fire says many of his worshippers lived in the building and are still missing. Video, Audio
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CNN's Phil Black joins us from London
15 Jun 2017CNN's Phil Black is near the Grenfell Tower and joins us now live. Video, Audio
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French pilot crosses English Channel in flying car
15 Jun 2017A French pilot has successfully crossed the English Channel in a flying car that looks part dune buggy, part paraglider. Video, Audio
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Tauranga iwi blockade port in protest against treaty deal
15 Jun 2017Tauranga iwi are furious after the Crown agreed to give the Hauraki Collective some control in Tauranga as part of their Treaty settlement. Video, Audio
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Three found guilty in multi-million dollar pokie fraud
Michael O'Brien, Paul Max and Kevin Coffey were paid millions of dollars after fraudulently obtaining gaming licenses. Video, Audio
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Apology after grandmother's accusations of racial abuse
15 Jun 2017A woman who says she was racially abused by a coach at Christchurch's Shirley rugby club has received an apology. Read more Video, Audio
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Winston Peters lashes out at Race Relations Commissioner
15 Jun 2017Winston Peters says he was racially abused at Ratana Pa in January, but Dame Susan Devoy's office didn't want to know about it. Video, Audio
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Mental health nurse cleared Marceau killer after 20 minutes
A forensic nurse told a Coroner's inquest into Christie Marceau's death that she only had 20 minutes to meet with Akshay Chand. Audio
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Evening business for Thurs 15 June
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Mouldy food served at early childhood centres, teacher says
An Auckland teacher says some early childhood centres are serving mouldy bread, ignoring halal rules, and providing cake three times a day. 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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