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Tuesday, 22 January 2013
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Auckland apartment fire deliberately lit
22 Jan 2013The police are hunting the arsonist who set alight an Auckland apartment block where fire alarms had been turned off. Audio
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Barack Obama makes his liberal agenda clear
22 Jan 2013He pledged to fight climate change, battle for gun-control and, for the first time ever in an inaugural address, made an impassioned plea for gay rights. Audio
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Evening Business for 22 January 2013
22 Jan 2013News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Fifty fifty chance White Island could blow
22 Jan 2013Scientists say volcanic unrest at White Island is the most vigorous for years and there's a 50/50 chance the volcano could soon erupt. Audio
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PM brings back Nick Smith in Cabinet reshuffle
22 Jan 2013The Prime Minister has sacked the Housing and Conservation Ministers but resurrected the recently disgraced Nick Smith and promoted young Auckland MP Nikki Kaye in his Cabinet reshuffle today. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 22 January 2013
22 Jan 2013The housing and conservation ministers are dumped but Nick Smith is back in Cabinet. Barack Obama lays bare his liberal agenda and a fifty fifty chance White Island could soon erupt. Audio
Monday, 21 January 2013
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Sport academic says Armstrong confession opportunity
21 Jan 2013To Lance Armstrong's drug taking confession now - one sports academic says it is exactly the opportunity the profession needs to clean up its act. Audio
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Obama prepares for second term
21 Jan 2013The US President, Barack Obama has officially begun his second term in the White House after taking the oath of office in Washington DC. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 21 January 2013
21 Jan 2013The lobby group, Rethinking Crime and Punishment, says the release and reoffending rate of inmates from Maori Focus Units in prisons are promising; Talks between neighbouring iwi have started over… Read more Audio
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Christchurch sticks by football bid despite Dunedin's nerves
21 Jan 2013Christchurch is sticking by its bid for the Under 20 World Cup even though another city council is shunning it as too costly. Audio
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Checkpoint
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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