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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, 29 May 2017
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59 Māori and Moriori ancestral remains returned from Europe
29 May 2017The man behind the return of 59 ancestral remains says there are more tipuna in private hands overseas than in New Zealand institutions. Audio
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PPTA calls for gender neutral uniforms
29 May 2017The PPTA says children need to feel welcome in their own schools, and that includes allowing students to choose a uniform they feel most comfortable wearing. Audio
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'People before buildings': Bishop on Christ Church Cathedral's future
29 May 2017Bishop Victoria Matthews says she would rather see money spent helping people than reinstating the Christ Church Cathedral, badly damaged in the 2011 earthquake. Read more Video, Audio
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Evening Business for 29 May 2017
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Supermarket sells bottles of wine for $1 due to 'typo'
29 May 2017Riverstone Chardonnay was sold for just $1 at Countdown in the Auckland suburb of Northcote on Friday. The supermarket says it was a mistake, but alcohol harm experts say it shows supermarkets can't… Read more Audio
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Team NZ closing in on America's Cup record
29 May 2017Team New Zealand won both of today's races, and if it can beat Artemis tomorrow it will end Round Robin One equalling Oracle Team USA's four qualifier wins. Video, Audio
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Scott Dixon's mum counts her lucky stars
29 May 2017Glenys Dixon says she's grateful television coverage of her son Scott Dixon's race went to an advertisement break just moments before he crashed.
She told John Campbell it was the biggest and the… Read more Video, Audio
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Thieves selling stolen cigarettes back to dairy owners
29 May 2017Police are investigating several dairies suspected of re-selling stolen tobacco, which one Auckland cop says, is the fastest growing crime in the country. Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 29 May 2017
29 May 2017Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 29 May 2017. Video
Coming up
Friday, 26 May 2017
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Will scheme to dob in receivers of stolen booze & cigarettes work?
The police are running a month long campaign encouraging people to dob in those selling booze and cigarettes stolen in armed hold-ups - but some say it's doomed to fail. Video, Audio
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Clean up of Christchurch's dirty thirty building list
The Christchurch City Council wants to name and shame the owners of these 30 derelict CBD properties in a bid to force them to repair or replace their quake-damaged buildings. Video, Audio
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FBI scrutinieses Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner
Washington Post's Matt Zapotosky talks to Checkpoint about Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, who is under FBI scrutiny as part of the Russia investigation. 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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