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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, 29 February 2016
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 29 February 2016
29 Feb 2016Watch Monday's full programme here. It begins 5 minutes in. Video
Friday, 26 February 2016
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Focus on Politics for 26 February 2016
Five years on from the devastating Christchurch earthquakes and there are still thousands of unresolved insurance claims and delays to the government's so-called anchor projects. The Government is… Read more Audio
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International songwriters come to NZ for writing workshops
Three renowned international songwriters are in Auckland this week running workshops, or SongHubs, with local talent. Sacha Skarbek and Victoria Kelly join John in the studio. Audio
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Stranded migrants suffering after border closures
26 Feb 2016Thousands of refugees stranded for days at the Greece-Macedonia border are camping in cold weather with diminishing supplies as their future is debated. Reuters reports. Audio
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Sir Peter Keniloria, Solomon Islands founding father, dies
26 Feb 2016Sir Peter Keniloria, who led the Solomon Islands to independence from Britain in the late 1970s, has died at the age of 72 after a long illness Audio
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Govt launches $13m Maori land fund
The government has launched a $13m fund to improve Maori land - but some say it is just a sweetener, designed to persuade land-owners to support proposed Maori land law changes. Audio
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Order to hack iPhone 'software equivalent of cancer'
26 Feb 2016The FBI has conceded future judges will look at his battle with Apple as a precedent for the police to acccess locked or encrypted phone devices, its director today told a congressional panel. Audio
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Tauranga mayor on the decision to leave the Rena
The Rena wreck is set to stay, where the vessel ran aground on the Astrolabe reef. Audio
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Sports chat with Matt Chatterton
The very latest in sport news with RNZ sports reporter Matt Chatterton. Audio
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Man sentenced to 17 years for murdering wife
At Auckland's High Court, Brent Scott was today sentenced to life in prison for murdering his estranged wife and stabbing his daughter and her partner when they tried to intervene. Audio
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Pharmac's melanoma treatment 'not ideal'
Pharmac's only melanoma treatment is not ideal for treating the disease, a representative for the government agency has told Checkpoint with John Campbell. Video, Audio
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Melanoma patients call for Keytruda funding
Patients suffering from advanced melanoma yesterday called for Pharmac to fund cancer drug Keytruda. 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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