{"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":"Mystery defecator shuts down Masterton fernery again","slug":"mystery-defecator-shuts-down-masterton-fernery-again","published_at":"2026-06-11T04:50:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/checkpoint-650800/mystery-defecator-shuts-down-masterton-fernery-again","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/checkpoint-650800","url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2019038879/mystery-defecator-shuts-down-masterton-fernery-again","audio_url":"https://flex.acast.com/podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20260611-1650-mystery_defecator_shuts_down_master_fernery_again-128.mp3","summary":"A mystery defecator has struck again - closing a much-loved fernery in Masterton while cleaning teams wiped up their mess. The Queen Elizabeth park attraction - which features an enclosed walk around a stream, through a path of ferns - shut its doors yesterday. The council said it is not the first time someone has emptied their bowels in the fernery. Jimmy Ellingham reports.","meta_description":"A mystery defecator has struck again - closing a much-loved fernery in Masterton while cleaning teams wiped up their mess. The Queen Elizabeth park attrac…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":191,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/checkpoint-650800/episodes/mystery-defecator-shuts-down-masterton-fernery-again/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/checkpoint-650800/mystery-defecator-shuts-down-masterton-fernery-again.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}