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Checkpoint is RNZ’s weekday drive-time news programme. Our multi-media show broadcasts on 101FM, and you can also watch it live on our website, Freeview Channel 50 and Face TV on Sky Channel 083. Hosted by Lisa Owen.
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Election 2020 Tourism Debate: Kelvin Davis and Todd McClay
Last year tourism was New Zealand's number one export, but Covid-19 has brought it to its knees, after our borders essentially slammed shut back in March.
The sector directly employs about 230,000 people, but with no signs of the country opening up to international visitors anytime soon, what is the future for an… Video, Audio
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Thursday, 10 September 2020
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Football: All Whites relish chance to tackle England at Wembley
6:26 pm todayThe All Whites will play England for the first time in almost 30 years, when they take on the world's fourth ranked football side at Wembley in London in November.
The match will have to be played… Read more Audio
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Fruit, vege crops will waste without more seasonal workers - growers
Fruit and vegetable growers say visa extensions for temporary workers provide little to help the looming shortage of workers needed to pick crops come harvest time.
The government is allowing… Read more Audio
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Youth stuck in NZ can now enrol as temporary domestic students
6:17 pm todayYoung people stuck in New Zealand due to travel restrictions are now able to enrol in school as temporary domestic students until the end of the year.
It's likely to affect about 1,300 students, some… Read more Audio
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Waikato University Māori academics urge action on racism
6:13 pm todayIntimidated, unsafe, and scared to be Māori. That's how Māori academics at Waikato University say they're feeling, and they believe the institution has a serious racism issue.
An open letter… Read more Audio
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Denial of visit for dying NSW father sickening - Ros Bates
6:07 pm todayA dying Australian man is being denied the chance to farewell his four young children as Queensland authorities enact a hardline approach to covid border security.
Mark Keans has terminal cancer and… Read more Video, Audio
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Election 2020 Tourism Debate: Kelvin Davis and Todd McClay
Last year tourism was New Zealand's number one export, but Covid-19 has brought it to its knees, after our borders essentially slammed shut back in March.
The sector directly employs about 230,000… Read more Video, Audio
Election 2020 Tourism Debate: Kelvin Davis and Todd McClay -
Evening business for 10 September 2020
5:25 pm todayNews from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Police investigate possible corruption at Rimutaka Prison
Police are investigating possible corruption at Rimutaka Prison involving guards and gang members, which might have been going on for years.
An investigation has been running since July and involves… Read more Audio
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Queensland family told to choose one child to see dying father in NSW
The family of a terminally-ill Brisbane man is fighting for permission to bring his four children over the state border to see him one last time, after initially being told only one of his kids would… Read more Video, Audio
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Election 2020: Greens push Labour for bolder tax
5:10 pm todayThe Greens are playing hard-ball on tax, floating the prospect of sitting on the cross-benches if Labour doesn't take a more extreme position.
Labour has promised no tax changes other than a new… Read more Audio
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Covid-19 conspiracies, fake news may hamper move to level 1
Fake news, misinformation and conspiracy theories are putting New Zealand's Covid-19 response at risk and could block the path to alert level 1.
That was the strong message from the Health Minister… Read more Video, Audio
Covid-19 conspiracies, fake news may hamper move to level 1
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
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Peters urges Tiwai staff to back him if they want to survive
9 Sep 2020Southland workers at the endangered Tiwai Point smelter are frustrated it has taken political leaders so long to take their livelihoods seriously.
In July, Rio Tinto announced production would end at… Read more Video, Audio
Peters urges Tiwai staff to back him if they want to survive
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About this programme
Checkpoint is RNZ's multi-platform drive-time news and current affairs programme, tackling the national and international stories of the day.
The show airs weekdays from 5pm to 6:30pm on RNZ National on AM and FM, Freeview Channel 50, Face TV (Sky channel 83) and live video stream. If you need help setting up Freeview on your TV visit our help page.