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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, 19 July 2021
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Abuse in Care commission hears from Pasifika community
The Royal Commission into Abuse in Care has turned its focus on to Pacific communities.
The inquiry is spending the next two weeks listening to the stories of Pacific people who came to New Zealand… Read more Audio
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MIQ places opened for NSW returnees
19 Jul 2021Further space in Managed Isolation and Quarantine has been set aside for managed return flights from New South Wales, a Managed Isolation and Quarantine spokesperson says.
530 rooms will be allocated… Read more Video, Audio
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UK 'freedom day' will worsen situation - journalist with Covid-19
Alex Campbell is a journalist in England and has Covid-19. He told me he fears the government's decision to open up is only going to make the situation worse. Read more Audio
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Evening business for Monday 19 July 2021
19 Jul 2021News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6264240076001 Video, Audio
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Volunteers scoop 30kg of dog poo from Dunedin walkway
19 Jul 2021A voluntary poo patrol has scooped up kilograms of dog do from Dunedin's popular West Harbour walkway.
A few weeks back we to spoke to Antonia Wood who lives with her family in St Leonards.
They're… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19 in Tokyo Olympic Village - latest details
It's just a few days until the Olympics gets underway in Tokyo and Covid-19 cases have emerged in the athletes' village.
To talk more about this we're joined by our reporter Maja Burry, who is in… Read more Video, Audio
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Weather: Parts of flood-prone Westport to be red-zoned
The mayor of Buller estimates up to 100 people could be left without a home following the weekend's flooding on the West Coast.
While over 2000 people have been cleared to return home, more than 100… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19 cases on container ship docked in Bluff
Two more crew people on another container ship have tested positive for Covid-19.
The ship arrived in port at Bluff on Sunday night and the 21 crew were tested this morning.
Our reporter Nick… Read more Video, Audio
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Wild weather: Should Westport move entirely?
Some Westport residents have returned to see the full scale of the damage to their properties from this weekend's flooding.
Many sodden homes remain unlivable, their occupants forced to doss down in… Read more Video, Audio
Friday, 16 July 2021
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MSD reimburses mother $13k after years of unfair sanctions
16 Jul 2021After more than year of waiting for a Ministry of Social Development review, a woman who was unfairly sanctioned for failing to name her child's father has been repaid.
Under the sanction, many women… Read more Video, Audio
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What does inflation rise mean for our spending and saving?
Inflation has hit a ten year high, meaning our food is more expensive, fruit and veges in particular.
Latest stats for the June quarter show prices have shot up more than 7 percent since March and… Read more Video, Audio
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Nurses hold off strike after pay talks breakthrough with DHBs
Nurses have cancelled their upcoming strike after a breakthrough in pay negotiations with the DHBs.
The Nurses Organisation has agreed to take the government's latest offer back to their members to… 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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