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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, 4 July 2016
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Australians not sure what to think after election
Australians have had six PMs in the past decade - and some expected that the weekend's election would usher in a seventh. Now, after a hung result, Melbourne voters are no clearer as to their… Read more Audio
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Worksafe says attack on WINZ staff was foreseeable
A fatal attack on Ashburton Work and Income staff was foreseeable and more should have been done to prevent it, Worksafe has said. Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 4th July 2016
4 Jul 2016Watch Monday's full programme here. Video
Friday, 1 July 2016
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Focus on Politics for 1 July 2016
The world was shocked when the United Kingdom voted to exit the European Union last week. The outcome of the referendum caused ructions on global stock markets, and a seismic shift in British… Read more Audio
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Final push to save the Sarjeant
Whanganui's Sarjeant Gallery has less than a week to find more than $2m in order to survive, having been mothballed since 2014. Audio
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Philip Trusttum civic artwork to be removed
A leading art critic is appalled a work by a prominent New Zealand artist is being permanently taken down from an office building currently under refurbishment. Audio
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Live from Palmerston North press conference
We're going live now to the Palmerston North police station where the police are about to hold a press conference regarding the arrest late this afternoon of fugitive Caleb Kovaleski. Audio
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Akld port alternatives far from ideal
Even the man tasked with choosing options for a future Auckland port, Rick Boven, says those available are 'unattractive' with 'major flaws'. Audio
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Ozone healing could reduce skin cancers and sunburn
The hole in the ozone has been healing itself which could reduce the occurrence of sunburn and skin cancer in New Zealand. Video, Audio
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Why did Pharmac wait on funding Opdivo, Keytruda?
Why did cancer patients in New Zealand have to wait so long for Keytruda? Sarah Fitt, Pharmac's Director of Operations, joins Checkpoint. Audio
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Wait for Keytruda, Opdivo too long, say expert
Oncologists throughout the country, as well as the Cancer Society of New Zealand, have been asking for immunotherapy treatments for melanoma from Pharmac since last year. 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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