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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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Monday, 2 August 2021
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Orchard manager welcomes RSE workers, but wary of complications
RSE workers from Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu will soon be allowed into the country, quarantine free.
Paul Paynter is the general manager of Yummy Fruits and says it is good news but there are still some… Read more Video, Audio
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Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu RSE workers to be allowed into NZ
2 Aug 2021RSE workers from Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu will soon be allowed into the country, quarantine free.
Jacinda Ardern says there would normally be 10,000 RSE workers in New Zealand to help with the summer… Read more Audio
Friday, 30 July 2021
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Olympic gold: 'She owned it' - Emma Twigg's proud wife
30 Jul 2021"She totally owned it "...that verdict from the wife of gold medal winning rower Emma Twigg.
For Twigg - who won New Zealand's second gold medal of the Tokyo Olympic Games today - it was a long… Read more Audio
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About a third of NZers living overseas to head home for good
30 Jul 2021A third of New Zealanders living overseas are planning to return home and many of them will stay for good, according to a survey.
There are around a million New Zealanders living overseas, and… Read more Audio
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Kiwis celebrate NZ's 'golden hour'
30 Jul 2021Celebrations took place up and down the country as New Zealand's rowers brought home three medals in one hour.
Single sculler Emma Twigg won gold in her race, followed by a silver for the women's… Read more Audio
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Tokyo Olympics: Medals roll in for NZ team
30 Jul 2021Friday was a day to celebrate in Aotearoa, with gold and silver medals raining down on the New Zealand Olympic rowing team.
Emma Twigg flew through the women's single sculls to secure gold, and the… Read more Video, Audio
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Concerns about Rotorua youth justice residence
30 Jul 2021Unprofessional staff behaviour, harmful physical restraints and a failure to implement appropriate Covid-19 personal hygiene measures.
These are just some of the concerns highlighted by the Office… Read more Audio
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Kāpiti community reeling at proposal to increase snapper fishing
30 Jul 2021A community on the North Island's west coast is reeling against proposals to ramp up snapper fishing in the area.
Following a complete depletion of snapper in the area at the beginning of the… Read more Video, Audio
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Countdown on for Kiwis to get home
There are just hours left for New Zealanders in Australia to get home if they want to avoid spending two weeks in managed isolation - and pay for it.
While travel agents report a frantic few days… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 30 July 2021
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6265825924001 Video, Audio
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Government cracks down on conversion therapy
30 Jul 2021Conversion therapy will become a crime punishable by up to five years in prison, under legislation introduced to Parliament today.
It involves attempting to change a person's sexual orientation -… Read more Audio
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Aotearoa's first mass Covid-19 vaccination proves popular
30 Jul 2021There were some wobbles for country's first mass vaccination event this morning but organisers are sure they've ironed them out for a big weekend ahead.
About 16,500 people are expected to get their… 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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