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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, 9 March 2017
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Thames Valley Civil Defence update on the flooding situation
9 Mar 2017Thames Valley Civil Defence Controller Garry Towler joins Checkpoint with the latest developments on the weather anfd damage in the Coromandel. Audio
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Dad and daughter kayak out of flooded property
9 Mar 2017Neil Lamb woke in the middle of the night to find water was already knee-deep. He showed Checkpoint reporter Zac Fleming around his property today. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday March 9, 2017
9 Mar 2017Watch Thursday's full show here. Video
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
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Onion, ute, two handsaws - how a Pauanui pair escaped the floods
8 Mar 2017In Pauanui, Simon Avery had to catch a flight to Vietnam, and Richard Judd urgently needed to be in Auckland. So they got their MacGyver going. Video, Audio
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Joseph Parker fight confirmed for May 6
8 Mar 2017Joseph Parker's fight against British heavyweight Hughie Fury has finally been confirmed for May 6 at Auckland's Vector Arena. RNZ sports reporter Matt Chatterton has the details. Video, Audio
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Fears for Whanganui boy missing for four days
8 Mar 2017Keanu Ranginui has been missing since around 9pm on Saturday and none of his friends or family know where he is. Audio
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'Just a joke' - friends of Wellington College rape jokers
8 Mar 2017A special assembly was held at Wellington College today to send a message that the school regarded the comments as deplorable and appalling. But some students still think it was 'just a joke'. Audio
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Flooding closes roads, cuts power to thousands
8 Mar 2017The upper North Island is bracing for more rain after widespread flooding cut off communities, prompted evacuations, and caused damage to properties. Laura Tupou reports. Video, Audio
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Intl Women's Day cause for anger due to rape comments, pay gap
8 Mar 2017Women's rights campaigners say it's sad that International Women's Day coincides with revelations around high school students boasting about having sex with unconscious girls. Audio
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Hawke's Bay Council puts green Lake Tutira down to algal bloom
8 Mar 2017Hawke's Bay Regional Council Water Quality Scientist, Dr Andy Hicks, says the lake appears dirty and green because of an algal bloom, and nobody should drink its water. Video, Audio
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Facebook video on green lake goes viral
8 Mar 2017Hirini Reedy thought he smelt a pig farm sk=o was shocked to find the smell was coming from Lake Tutira - so shocked he posted a video to Facebook detailing it. John Campbell asked Hirini why. Video, Audio
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Cyber security expert on CIA hacking tools leak
8 Mar 2017Cyber Statecraft Initiative Deputy Director Beau Woods says the Wikileaks leak of CIA's hacking tools shows the magnitude of hacking methods and techniques available - and the endless possibilities. 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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