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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, 17 February 2022
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New online tool launched to track stolen bikes in Auckland
17 Feb 2022Bike theft is an ongoing issue especially in Tāmaki Makaurau and it's an issue that has grown, with the popularity of e-bikes.
Now cyclists have an online tool to help track down their stolen bike… Read more Video, Audio
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Avondale student not just top of class but top of world for English
17 Feb 2022Exams can be stressful at the best of times, but imagine how it feels when you pit yourself against students around the globe and come out on top.
But top of the world is exactly where Justin Yang… Read more Video, Audio
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Lobby group pays drivers' fuel tax at North Shore petrol station
17 Feb 2022The price of petrol continues to climb, edging closer to $3 for 91. A large slice of that is made up of taxes.
In Auckland it's 52 percent of the bill.
Right wing lobby group the NZ Taxpayers' Union… Read more Video, Audio
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Nurses overworked and stressed while patients suffer - report
17 Feb 2022Nurses say they've been vindicated by an independent report that's found what they've been saying for years - they're overworked and under stress - and patients are suffering.
The review into safe… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for Thursday 17 February
News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Video, Audio
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Meat increasingly off the menu at home as prices surge
17 Feb 2022Shoppers say meat is increasingly off the menu in favour of cheaper alternatives.
Protein prices are on a steady climb, so we sent reporter Nick Truebridge and cameraman Nick Monro back to the… Read more Video, Audio
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Rugby Players Assoc explains support for Silver Lake deal
17 Feb 2022New Zealand Rugby Players Association chair and former All Black Captain David Kirk originally hated the idea of a deal with Silver Lake. He joined the programme to explain what changed. Audio
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NZ Rugby, Players Association agree on Silver Lake deal
17 Feb 2022After a year a half of at times bitter wrangling New Zealand Rugby has finally got its much sought after deal with US private equity firm Silver Lake.
The deal will see Silver Lake invest $200… Read more Audio
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Ex-whaling lobbyist one of those Seymour spoke to on protest
17 Feb 2022Checkpoint has been trying to reach some of the protest intermediaries who met Act leader David Seymour to discuss what he called a "mature de-escalation" of the stand-off at Parliament.
Checkpoint… Read more Video, Audio
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High-level meeting held to end Parliament protest
17 Feb 2022A high powered security meeting has been convened to find a way through to resolve the protest at Parliament.
Police have rowed back the rhetoric on towing the cars and instead say they're taking the… Read more Video, Audio
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
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Growing calls for mannequins to reflect all sizes
16 Feb 2022Mannequins have decorated store windows for hundreds of years but in terms of size and shape they have stayed relatively the same.
Now there are renewed calls for them to better reflect the broad… Read more Video, Audio
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Government considering regulating property managers
The government wants to introduce new regulations that will shift the power imbalance between property managers, tenants and landlords.
New Zealand is one of the few countries in the OECD that… Read more Audio
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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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