EPISODE · Sep 11, 2026 · 8 MIN
A shipwreck, a missing thumb and an unlikely connection
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Checkpoint producer Johnny Sutherland spoke to Lisa Owen about a largely forgotten story about a yacht grounding which happened almost five decades ago at the bottom of the South Island and how it connects two women that live 15,000km apart.
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