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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, 11 July 2016
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Claim Aus has beaten AIDS 'alarming', say NZ researchers
Australia's claims that it has successfully beaten AIDS and put an end to the disease are being labelled dangerous and misleading by AIDS researchers and organisations on this side of the Tasman. Audio
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Matakana Island locals fight possible development
Some residents of Matakana Island in Tauranga Harbour are threatening to take the law into their own hands and burn down houses to stop any new housing development there. Audio
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Questions raised about timing of dividend announcement
National and Labour are at loggerheads over housing, with Andrew Little announcing over the weekend that Labour would turn Housing NZ into a public service department - and National's response. Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 11th July 2016
11 Jul 2016Watch Monday's full programme here. Video
Friday, 8 July 2016
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Focus on Politics for 8 July 2016
The government is searching for yet more ways to dampen the rampant housing market, including a billion dollar infrastructure fund and encouraging the Reserve Bank to further limit lending to… Read more Audio
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Four dead in Dallas shooting, suspicious package found
8 Jul 2016Austin York is a reporter for K-R-L-D news and is on the streets in Dallas. Audio
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Men in action tonight as Wimbledon final looms
Swiss tennis player Roger Federer will attempt to reach his 11th Wimbledon final when he meets Canadian Milos Raonic in tonight's semi-final. David Luddy reports live. Audio
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Supported housing for young people in Christchurch close
Two Christchurch housing services providing supervised homes for vulnerable young people have closed. Audio
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Controversial videos spark #BlackLivesMatter protests
8 Jul 2016April Reign, the woman behind "Oscars So White", joins Checkpoint to discuss the videos that sparked #BlackLivesMatter protests around America. Video, Audio
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Dallas police negotiate with armed suspect
8 Jul 2016Four police officers are dead and seven have been wounded, along with one civilian, in a shooting during a Black Lives Matter protest in the Texas city this afternoon, our time. Audio
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2m Kiwis compete for Lotto prize
8 Jul 2016The New Zealand Lotteries Commission estimates that around 2,000,000 Kiwis will be playing this weekend for their share of the biggest prize in lotto history of $40m. Audio
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1080 blackmailer caught up in party pills sting
The Auckland businessman who threatened to spike infant milk formula with 1080 poison has had 15 months added to his prison sentence after he was caught in a party pills sting with buckets of illegal… Read more 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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