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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, 6 April 2017
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Tutua family decides to stay in Edgecumbe, despite flooding
6 Apr 2017While hundreds of people evacuated from Edgecumbe today, the Tutua family decided to stay put. Read more Video, Audio
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Whakatane man rescues more than 20 people from Edgecumbe
6 Apr 2017Tautini Hahipene drove into Edgecumbe to rescue his mother-in-law who was trapped in her house - but ended up rescuing two dozen people stuck in the flood-stricken town. Video, Audio
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Edgecumbe flooded as stopbanks collapsed, mayor says
6 Apr 2017The flooding in Edgecumbe today was unexpected, as authorities thought they had got through the worst of the bad weather, Whakatane District Mayor Tony Bonne says. Video, Audio
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'It's Mother Nature, what can we do'
6 Apr 2017Edgecumbe locals are remaining positive despite being evacuated from their homes as floodwaters surged through the Bay of Plenty town. Evacuees speak to John Campbell. Video, Audio
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Hundreds evacuated from Edgecumbe
6 Apr 2017Hundreds of people have been evacuated from the Bay of Plenty town Edgecumbe after floodwaters surged through the town. Reporter Zac Fleming joins Checkpoint live from the town. Video, Audio
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RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday 6th April 2017
6 Apr 2017Watch Thursday's full programme here. Video
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
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Auckland bar moves to become R22
5 Apr 2017Popular Ponsonby bar Longroom says it recommends people only 22 and older frequent its bar, as younger people change the atmosphere. Audio
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Second privacy breach at MSD in just one month
The IT system for receiving private client information at the Ministry of Social Development has been shut down after a privacy breach, the second in the past month. Audio
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Westland mayor reassuring ratepayers as two executives under investigation
Westland mayor Bruce Smith announced yesterday his council's chief executive Tanya Winter had been suspended. Audio
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Health Minister learned of typhoid outbreak from media
5 Apr 2017Sixteen people are now confirmed to have contracted typhoid, but Health Minister Jonathan Coleman has admitted he wasn't notified, and instead learnt about the outbreak from media. Audio
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Hundreds of people evacuated in Whanganui
5 Apr 2017About 200 households along the low-lying Anzac Parade and Putiki in Whanganui were told to leave by 4pm this afternoon. RNZ reporter Robin Martin joins us live from Whanganui. Video, Audio
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Auckland residents trapped after torrential rain
5 Apr 2017People have been warned to stay away from places at risk of floods and slips, as another deluge hit the already sodden city this afternoon. 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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