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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, 16 September 2021
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Phone, bank records checked as search for man, kids ongoing
16 Sep 2021Police are looking at the phone and bank records of missing King Country man Thomas Phillips as the search for him and his three children continues.
The family has not been seen since Saturday night… Read more Video, Audio
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
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UK dad transforms son's sketches into surreal wonders
15 Sep 2021With thousands of kids locked down you may be sporting a bit more fridge art than usual.
What if those childhood imaginings could kind-of-be brought to life? That's what UK dad Tom Curtis has been… Read more Video, Audio
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Churches differ in response to Conversion therapy ban Bill
Some churches are insisting no law will stop them from "praying the gay" away.
The Justice Select Committee today heard submissions on the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill.
The… Read more Audio
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MIQ bookings to reopen with new online process
15 Sep 2021The wait is over for New Zealanders abroad from next week, stranded travellers will once again be able to try their chances at coming home.
The government stopped opening up rooms in MIQ following… Read more Audio
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Man and children missing on coast - latest details
15 Sep 2021Bad weather along the rugged Waikato West Coast has hampered a sea search for a missing King Country man and his three young children missing since the weekend.
Joining us now from outside the police… Read more Video, Audio
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Digital divide hitting Pasifika students in Auckland lockdown
A fundraising initiative has been set up to address the digital divide affecting hundreds of pacific students in Auckland disrupted by the Covid-19 lockdown.
Educational inequities have arisen from a… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: All sectors urged to step up and get Aotearoa vaccinated
Businesses worried about ongoing lockdowns are being encouraged to get their staff vaccinated to prevent further lockdowns.
Covid-19 immunisations are progressing at a record rate, but with Delta… Read more Audio
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Rob Fyfe calls for 'ambitious' vaccine target from government
With nearly 1,000 cases, four weeks of lockdown and a huge hit to the New Zealand economy - Covid-19 Delta has well and truly thrown the country a giant curveball.
Last month, the government… Read more Video, Audio
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Feeding the family gets harder as lockdown ongoing in Auckland
As Auckland rolls into lockdown week five, feeding the family is getting harder for some. A major food bank in Auckland says it's packed nearly six thousand boxes of kai, with volunteers shocked by… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 15 September 2021
15 Sep 2021News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6272612057001 Video, Audio
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250,000 children across Auckland learning online in lockdown
15 Sep 2021Every week day teachers across Auckland are running hundreds of virtual lessons for the region's 250,000 school children. Today our education correspondent, John Gerritsen, logged in to see what's… Read more Audio
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Covid-19 Minister details changes to MIQ booking
15 Sep 2021On Monday morning, those overseas trying to get home will be able to try to nab a place in MIQ through the new system which the government says will make the system fairer.
Instead of endless… 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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