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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, 5 September 2016
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Parents desperate for answers over baby's death
5 Sep 2016A New Zealand man and his Australian partner are furious after their seven-month-old baby died in Perth despite them seeking help from doctors three times in the days before his death. Read more Video, Audio
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Health authorities criticised for toddler's care
Southern District Heath Board, a senior doctor and a telehealth nurse failed a toddler who died of bacterial infection and pnuemonia, Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill says. Audio
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Green Party MP Kevin Hague to leave Parliament
5 Sep 2016Green Party MP Kevin Hague is leaving Parliament to take up the role of chief executive of the environmental organisation Forest and Bird. Audio
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Teachers and principals meet to discuss funding changes
Thirteen hundred teachers, teacher aides, principals and support staff met this afternoon to protest their concerns over funding changes. Audio
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Property investors targeted by new lending restrictions
Property investors around the country will be hit with new lending restrictions from 1 October as current lending restrictions already in place in Auckland are extended to the rest of the country. Audio
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No help given to single, homeless mother, inquiry told
A woman left homeless with her five children after escaping her abusive husband told the final day of an inquiry into homelessness that the government failed to help her. Audio
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Nikki Kaye being treated for breast cancer
5 Sep 2016Minister for Civil Defence, ACC, and Youth, Nikki Kaye, was diagnosed with breast cancer on Friday. Today she announced she's putting politics on hold while she gets treatment. Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 5 September 2016
5 Sep 2016Watch Monday's full show here. Video
Friday, 2 September 2016
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Ngahere Raharaha performs the haka all over the world
2 Sep 2016A young Auckland builder who performed an impromptu haka outside Buckingham Palace received a letter back for his efforts. He stopped by the Checkpoint studio to give a private performance. Video, Audio
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Legal action looms again over living wage in Wellington
Wellington mayoral candidates' pledges to extend the living wage to all council contractors could land the local council in court, with the Chamber of Commerce opposing the idea. Audio
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Student problems could harm multi-billion dollar industry
New Zealand's multi-billion dollar foreign student industry could come under pressure, due to ongoing problems being faced by Indian students here. Audio
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East Coast hit by biggest quake in 20 years
2 Sep 2016The East Coast was hit by its biggest earthquake in 20 years this morning, cracking houses and triggering a tsunami warning. Sharon Brettkelly reports from Hicks Bay. Video, 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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