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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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Tuesday, 21 September 2021
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Evening business for 21 September 2021
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6273503894001 Video, Audio
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Bacon butty adds sizzle to Taranaki vaccination rollout
In an effort to boost vaccination rates the Taranaki District Health Board is adding a bit of sizzle to make getting a jab more appetising.
Tomorrow morning anyone who turns up for a shot at its New… Read more Audio
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Auckland builders wary of chaos as work returns under level 3
21 Sep 2021Auckland builders are being told to plan carefully to avoid chaos when they return to work tomorrow.
Most sites are expected to reopen at level 3. But straight away they will face what other firms… Read more Audio
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Shot bro? Covid-19 vaccination buses jab 400 in first week
21 Sep 2021Nearly a week since their launch, Auckland's shiny new vaccination buses have given the shot to just over 400 people.
But several of the promised buses are yet to hit the road.
Checkpoint went in… Read more Video, Audio
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Self-styled justice reformer's prison visit rights pulled after charging inmate thousands
The Department of Corrections has launched an investigation and suspended the visitor privileges of a self-styled justice reformer, following allegations he charged an inmate's family thousands of… Read more Video, Audio
Monday, 20 September 2021
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Netball: Silver Ferns v England Tests a logistical nightmare
20 Sep 2021It's been a logistical nightmare but the Silver Ferns and England will meet in the first of three Tests in Christchurch tonight.
Four days ago, the Silver Ferns were preparing to play without their… Read more Video, Audio
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Epidemiologist Rod Jackson on Covid-19 alert level change
20 Sep 2021Epidemiologist Professor Rod Jackson discusses Auckland's move to Covid-19 alert level 3. Read more Video, Audio
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Basketball: Breakers player refuses vaccine, loses spot
20 Sep 2021A refusal to get the Covid-19 vaccination has cost basketball player Tai Webster his spot on the New Zealand Breakers roster for the upcoming Australian National Basketball League season.
The club… Read more Audio
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Is this Justice? Fewer new judges willing to move towns
20 Sep 2021Are the tentacles of the housing crisis now creeping their way into the justice sector?
Fewer new judges are willing to move towns after being appointed to the bench - a convention set up to reduce… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Business struggling at Auckland's northern border as city stops southern travellers
Some businesses on Tāmaki Makaurau's northern border say things are so quiet they fear they may go extinct - and desperately want a travel corridor to keep them moving.
RNZ Tai Tokerau reporter Nita… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 20 September 2021
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6273356501001 Video, Audio
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Thousands more MIQ vouchers to come - MIQ deputy CEO
The lobby was very crowded this morning with at least 25,000 people waiting with their fingers crossed for a spot in MIQ.
Three thousand rooms were released on Monday morning under the new system… Read more Video, 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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