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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, 26 August 2011
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Fairfax announces plans to float part of Trade Me
26 Aug 2011Australian publisher Fairfax Media has announced it plans to sell between 30 and 35 percent of its star online auction and classifed ads business through an initial public offering. Audio
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Coroner says suicide rate is stuck
26 Aug 2011The country's sucide rate is stuck at over 500 deaths a year and the Chief Coronor says something's got to be done but he's not sure what. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 26 August 2011
26 Aug 2011Suicide rates high but no solutions; Trade Me says it's time to trade Trade Me in a partial float; Green Party links NZ Super Fund to investments in cluster bomb manufacturers; NZ Aid to the Horn of… Read more Audio
Thursday, 25 August 2011
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Winegrowers say they are hopeful market will turn a corner
25 Aug 2011Improving exports are helping pull the wine industry out of its slump, but that's tempered by the high Kiwi dollar eating away at profits. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 25 August 2011
25 Aug 2011A collective of 12 iwi and hapu says its settlement negotiations with the Crown are intensive - with no firm date set for a final agreement; The Mana Party leader, Hone Harawira, says Maori Party… Read more Audio
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Govt warns that it may step in to help Kaiapoi people
25 Aug 2011The Government's issued a deadline and a warning that it may step in to free up land to build houses for displaced Kaiapoi people. Audio
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Air New Zealand releases profit results
25 Aug 2011Air New Zealand says it's losing a more than a million dollars a week on its long haul routes and will leave no stone unturned to try to stem the losses. Audio
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Mental health care in Hawke's Bay to benefit from hospital sale
25 Aug 2011Mental health care in Hawke's Bay is set to benefit from the sale of the old Napier hospital site. Audio
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Government moves to crush national standards rebellion
25 Aug 2011The stakes are being raised between the Government and the schools opposed to the national standards. Audio
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Evening Business for 25 August2011
25 Aug 2011Air New Zealand is confident of turning around profits this year. Audio
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Second in a series of cycling-related inquests in Hamilton
25 Aug 2011A teenager, whose mother was one of three killed in a road cycling accident near Morrinsville last year, has told an inquest he has given up riding because it's too dangerous on the road. 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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