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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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Thursday, 5 November 2020
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Evening business for 5 November 2020
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Georgia on Biden's mind as Trump's lead shrinks
5 Nov 2020Just in the past few hours, Donald Trump's lead in Georgia has shrunk to a very fine margin.
If Georgia goes to Joe Biden - and it will be very close - that's an upset that should win him the… Read more Audio
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Hawke's Bay man loses best friend, dog suspected stolen
5 Nov 2020An elderly Hawke's Bay man says he's lost his best friend - his dog Tabatha vanished from outside a Napier shopfront a week ago.
Eighty-year-old Doug Hodgetts believes his 7-year-old Jack Russell… Read more Video, Audio
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Ruapehu crash: With hindsight police may have charged driver
5 Nov 2020A police officer says with the benefit of hindsight, he may have charged the driver of a shuttle which crashed, killing an 11-year-old girl.
Hannah Francis died in July 2018 when the bus she was in… Read more Audio
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Investigation begins into European spud dump in NZ
A dispute over the humble potato has reached boiling point over claims European frozen fries are being dumped in New Zealand.
Potatoes New Zealand is worried the local industry will turn to mash… Read more Audio
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Small business support in Ardern's first post-vote speech
5 Nov 2020Donald Trump may be about 12,000km away, but the US presidential race has dominated politics in New Zealand today, with the Prime Minister refusing to condemn his comments that the election is a… Read more Audio
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US Election 2020 'still too early to call'
5 Nov 2020On Thursday evening (NZ time) it remains the undecided States of America. Presidential hopeful Joe Biden appears to have cemented two more bricks in the so called blue wall, with several US media… Read more Video, Audio
Wednesday, 4 November 2020
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US Election 2020 - Trump addresses fans at White House
4 Nov 2020Donald Trump speaks to fans at the White House. Video, Audio
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US Election 2020 - Arizona only state possible to flip to Biden
4 Nov 2020Reviewing the results so far, Professor Dan Zirker joins Lisa Owen in the studio. Video, Audio
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Cricket - West Indies head for Queenstown
4 Nov 2020Queenstown is getting ready to welcome some international visitors. Mayor Jim Boult has confirmed the West Indies cricket team will be based in the resort town for the summer of cricket. They're here… Read more Audio
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America's Cup - Glimmer of hope for inner harbour races
4 Nov 2020To some other news now and Ports of Auckland has stepped in to save the America's Cup for spectators eager to get a look at the racing. It's given the green light to use two inshore courses in the… Read more Audio
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US Election 2020 - US Chamber of Commerce party update
4 Nov 2020Well Nita Blake-Persen is at the American Chamber of Commerce party at The Empire in Auckland. Video, Audio
Checkpoint
About this programme
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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