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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, 22 December 2016
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Compensation sought over Auckland's City Rail Link
Auckland's Kaffeine cafe says it has to close as a result of the City Rail Link construction. But City Rail Link says there are other factors and it's not solely at fault. Read more Video, Audio
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Household spending and construction boost GDP by 1.1%
22 Dec 2016A building boom and bumper household spending has helped gross domestic product grow by 1.1 percent in the three months to September. Economics Correspondent Patrick O'Meara reports. Audio
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Family friend speaks about man critically injured in fire
22 Dec 2016Deborah Manning is a family friend of a man critically injured in a fire in South Auckland this morning, which killed three people. She joins Checkpoint. Audio
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Three die and three escape Auckland house fire
22 Dec 2016A five-year-old boy was among three people killed in a house fire in South Auckland overnight. Three people escaped, including a 47-year-old man who is in critical condition. Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday 22 December 2016
22 Dec 2016Watch Thursday's full show here. Video
Wednesday, 21 December 2016
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Checkpoint looks back on the stories from 2016, part three
21 Dec 2016Checkpoint looks back on the stories of 2016 which surprised, delighted and shocked New Zealanders. Part three. Video, Audio
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Lifeguards stretched as they attend non-beach incidents
Lifeguards say they're being called out to heart attacks, farm accidents and car crashes on top of patrolling the country's beaches - and say the extra demands are leaving them stretched. Audio
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Explosion at Mexican fireworks market kills at least 27
21 Dec 2016An explosion at a fireworks market outside the Mexican capital has killed at least 27 people and injured 70. Gavino Garay reports. Video, Audio
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Kaikoura family facing homeless Christmas
21 Dec 2016Karana Barker and her four young children have been staying with friends after their home was destroyed in last month's earthquake. Max Towle took them back for an emotional visit. Video, Audio
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Turkish police arrest family of Russian ambassador's killer
Turkish police say family members of the man who killed a Russian envoy have been arrested in his hometown of Aydin. Video, Audio
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Kaikoura celebrates as SH1 south reopens to daytime traffic
21 Dec 2016State Highway One south of Kaikoura has reopened to daytime traffic after it was closed due to 26 landslips caused by last month's devastating magnitude-7.8 earthquake. Video, Audio
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Upper Hutt woman was victim of execution-style killing
Police are still looking for four men seen at Upper Hutt woman Lois Tolley's home shortly before she was stabbed and shot in an execution-style killing last week. 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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