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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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Friday, 22 January 2016
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Polling day almost at an end in Vanuatu
Voters in Vanuatu have a little more than half an hour left to vote in the country's snap election, which was triggered after months of political instability. Audio
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Boy who police lifted by his neck thought he was going to die
A 15-year-old boy who was lifted off the ground by his neck and pinned against a wall by a police officer says he thought he was going to die. Audio
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Tunnellers memorial unveiled in Waihi
A memorial to the men who served as tunnellers during the First World War has today been unveiled and dedicated in Waihi. Audio
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Wheelchair doesn't stop friends for worldwide trip
What would you do if one of your friends was diagnosed with an incurable degerative disease? Video, Audio
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Peters against alternative flag flying
New Zealand's existing flag and the potential replacement flag, flying side by side in 250 sites throughout the country. Audio
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Evening Business for 22 January 2016
News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Fence must go in home-without-a-view battle
A long-running dispute between neighbours in the upmarket Wellington suburb of Roseneath, over a four metre high fence that blocks the other's harbour view. Audio
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Will student loan debtors turn into permanent outcasts?
The New Zealand Union of Students' Associations says it's worried harsh penalties will see student loan defaulters turned into permanent outcasts. Audio
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Teacher says arrest for not paying student debt unfair
A Cook Islands maths teacher says he has been treated unfairly after being arrested for failing to repay his student loan. Video, Audio
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PARS defends support given to detainees
A group called People at Risk Solutions Incorpated was given 100-thousand-dollars by Corrections to help people like Peina. Audio
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Former detainee struggles to make life in NZ
For the men deported from Christmas Island, life in New Zealand, having suddently been deposited here, with with no job, little money, a criminal history, and no sense of connection to any community… Read more Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, 22nd January 2016
22 Jan 2016Watch Friday's full programme again. Video
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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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