{"podcast":{"title":"Checkpoint","slug":"checkpoint-650800","podcast_index_feed_id":650800,"rss_url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/acast/checkpoint.rss","website_url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint","image_url":"https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--1DCfozPw--/c_fill,f_jpg,h_2000,q_50,w_2000/v1769638651/4JU1RF0_checkpoint_external_cover_v2_png.jpg?_a=BACCd2AD","author":"RNZ","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Checkpoint with Lisa Owen is RNZ’s weekday drive-time news programme, Our people, stories and breaking news and interviews from 4-6pm.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T08:17:27.890421+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/checkpoint-650800"},"episode":{"title":"Climate change may cause increase in bacteria infected water","slug":"climate-change-may-cause-increase-in-bacteria-infected-water","published_at":"2026-06-12T04:49:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/checkpoint-650800/climate-change-may-cause-increase-in-bacteria-infected-water","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/checkpoint-650800","url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2019039042/climate-change-may-cause-increase-in-bacteria-infected-water","audio_url":"https://flex.acast.com/podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20260612-1649-climate_change_may_cause_increase_in_bacteria_infected_water-128.mp3","summary":"New Zealand researchers are warning climate change may mean an increase in bacteria infected seafood and the water itself. The group of waterborne bacteria called Vibrio can cause stomach bugs, infect cuts if you're swimming in it, and seafood containing the bacteria can also make you sick. The bacteria flourish in a warm environment. Science Leader at the NZ Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science, Nicola King, spoke to Lisa Owen.","meta_description":"New Zealand researchers are warning climate change may mean an increase in bacteria infected seafood and the water itself. The group of waterborne bacteri…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":303,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/checkpoint-650800/episodes/climate-change-may-cause-increase-in-bacteria-infected-water/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/checkpoint-650800/climate-change-may-cause-increase-in-bacteria-infected-water.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}