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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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Tuesday, 28 March 2017
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Destructive cyclone smashes through northern Queensland
28 Mar 2017Cyclone Debbie has made landfall in northern Queensland today. Channel 9 reporter Tessa Hardy joins Checkpoint with the latest developments. Video, Audio
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Cyclone Debbie hits Queensland with force
28 Mar 2017Tourists and locals in northern Queensland have sought refuge inside as Cyclone Debbie struck the mainland and Whitsundays islands with speeds of more than 200km an hour today. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Tuesday March 28, 2017
28 Mar 2017Watch Tuesday's full show here. Video
Monday, 27 March 2017
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NZ man decides not to evacuate ahead of Cyclone Debbie
27 Mar 2017People living in Bowen in Queensland are being told to evacuate ahead of Cyclone Debbie, but one man is standing strong. Kiwi Graham Wilson tells Checkpoint why he's staying put. Audio
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International artists descend on Napier for worldwide art festival
27 Mar 2017More than 50 murals have been painted on walls in Napier over the last two years as part of an international festival which highlights the plight of the ocean, and the creatures that live in it Video, Audio
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80-year-old pleads for council to fix flooding stormwater drain
27 Mar 2017An 80-year-old Auckland woman and her daughter are pleading with the council to fix a stormwater drain so her house doesn't continue to flood after every heavy downpour. Video, Audio
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Date set for NZ-China FTA upgrade talks, China denies steel dumping in NZ
27 Mar 2017Talks will begin next month, meanwhile the countries today signed an agreement to allow chilled meat from 10 New Zealand processors into China. Audio
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Defence Force acknowledges for first time Afghan raid may have killed civilians
27 Mar 2017After initially denying any civilians were killed, Lieutenant General Tim Keating says rounds from an Apache gunship hit a building which could have housed civilians. Audio
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Aaron Smith breaks silence around airport toilet tryst
27 Mar 2017All Blacks halfback Aaron Smith says he should have taken more time away from rugby after he was seen entering a disabled toilet with a woman who was not his partner at Christchurch Airport. Audio
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Wellington considering fining slow property developers
Wellington mayor Justin Lester is considering penalising developers who don't build quick enough by way of financial penalties or targeted rates. Audio
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Still hope woman missing at Piha is alive
27 Mar 2017Kim Bambus, 21, was last seen on Friday morning when she told friends she was going for a run in Piha in West Auckland. A survival specialist says there's still hope that she's alive. Audio
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Deal with China brings new cancer treatment to NZ
27 Mar 2017New Zealanders are being promised early access to clinical trials for immunotherapy, an approach that's sweeping the world with drugs like Keytruda and Opdivo, which were funded in NZ last year. Audio
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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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