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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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Wednesday, 15 March 2017
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Wednesday March 15, 2017
15 Mar 2017Watch Wednesday's full show here. Video
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
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Making New Zealand girls into tech superheros
14 Mar 2017Women only make up 15 percent of the IT workforce in New Zealand. A new competition challenging girls to design an app is hoping to change that. Audio
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Save water or face boil notice message getting blurred in Akld
14 Mar 2017Auckland missed its water target yesterday, but oddly, Auckland Council is still saying the result is "good news". If daily consumption is more than 400 million litres Aucklanders will have to boil… Read more Audio
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No way to prove eggs are free range - Egg Producers Federation
Michael Brooks, CEO of the Egg Producers Federation says there's no way to be 100 percent sure eggs are free range, even if they're labelled as such. Video, Audio
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Countdown launches its own investigation into egg labelling
Countdown yesterday removed Palace Poultry eggs from its shelves. Countdown spokesperson James Walker tells Bridget Burke when the company first heard from the Serious Fraud Office. Audio
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Police officer describes being shot in Kawerau siege
14 Mar 2017Damian White was team leader as six Armed Offenders Squad officers made their way into the house. He says he remembers a massive flash followed by pain and noise. Audio
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Minister rejects Aus's plan to ban unvaccinated at pre-school
Australia is considering requiring children to be vaccinated before they can go to childcare centres or pre-schools, but Jonathan Coleman says that would be detrimental long-term. Audio
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Sea level rise could flood south Dunedin in 17 years
A professor from Otago University says much of south Dunedin's housing area could be under water in less than two decades. Audio
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Protests nation-wide over water rights
14 Mar 2017A 15,000 signature petition has been presented at Parliament calling for all exports of New Zealand drinking water to stop. Video, Audio
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Coral Burrows' killer sentenced to preventative detention
14 Mar 2017Stephen Roger Williams, 42, doesn't ever want to be released from prison, and the possibility of him ever being released is now very slim. Audio
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Evening business for 14 March 2017
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Palace Poultry owner says supplier sold caged as free range
The owner of Palace Poultry, Terry Fletcher, says Eco Foods owner, Robert Hehewerth, is lying, and sold him caged eggs as free range. 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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