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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, 8 May 2017
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Piha arson attacks cause fear and anger
8 May 2017Piha business owners are beefing up security and even sleeping at their premises overnight after a spate of suspicious fires in the Auckland seaside community. Audio
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Former Kiwis coach says players breached trust
Former Kiwis coach Graham Lowe says it's right for Kiwis Captain Jesse Bromwich and team mate Kevin Proctor not to be considered for places in the upcoming Rugby League World Cup. Audio
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Dunedin gripped by housing crisis - Clare Curran
The Dunedin Labour MP says her office is inundated with desperate calls for help for shelter, after house prices rose more than 12 per cent in the last year. Audio
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Controversial Maori TV CEO resigns as legacy questioned
8 May 2017A former Maori Television staffer says she's disappointed it's taken so long for the station's Chief Executive Paora Maxwell to resign. Audio
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Pacific bracing for category 5 Cyclone Donna
8 May 2017Cyclone Donna is the strongest May cyclone ever to hit the Southern Hemisphere, but aid agencies are yet to reach the areas hardest hit. Video, Audio
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Colin Craig likens alleged defamation to medieval punishment
Colin Craig opened his defamation case at the High Court in Auckland against Cameron Slater and the company that owns Mr Slater's blog, saying his reputation was dragged through the mud. Audio
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Information sought over Pike River footage
8 May 2017If you have information about who was responsible for withholding recently released footage of Pike River from the families of those who died, Checkpoint wants to hear from you. Video, Audio
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Evening business for Mon 8 May
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Outrage over Canadian 'Haka' energy drink
8 May 2017A group of expat New Zealanders has tried repeatedly to talk to the company behind Haka about its commercial appropriation of Māori culture, but the company won't respond. Read more Video, Audio
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Armed robbers smash way into Auckland cafe as staff watch
8 May 2017Around six men smashed their way into three shops with baseball bats just after 5am today, ignoring the terrified workers inside. Audio
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Ray Warren is the voice of the NRL
8 May 2017Ray Warren is the voice of the NRL, a commentator who's called so many games, and is so central to rugby league's identity in Australia, his home town has erected a bronze statue of him. Video, Audio
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Cocaine Kiwis dumped from World Cup side
8 May 2017Kiwis Coach David Kidwell says embattled Kiwis captain Jesse Bromwich and Kevin Proctor will not be considered for the upcoming World Cup. Video, Audio
Checkpoint
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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