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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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Wednesday, 28 May 2025
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Former All Black warning people about Run It game
A Former All Black is warning people off the Run It Straight game, where competitors smash into each other at full speed, after a teenager died playing a version of the social media driven trend at… Read more Audio
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
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Severe flooding in NSW causes death and destruction
27 May 2025Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen about how severe flooding has been causing death and destruction for communities on the New South Wales east coast and how a push is on to include… Read more Audio
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Cable car companies unveil plans to connect Queenstown
27 May 2025A cable car race is underway in Queenstown, as two different companies unveil their schemes to connect the town by high-wire. Whoosh and Southern Infrastructure Ltd have revealed blueprints of their… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 27 May 2025
27 May 2025News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Kosta Barbarouses to leave Wellington Phoenix
27 May 2025The Wellington Phoenix's inability to retain successful players is in the spotlight again. All Whites striker Kosta Barbarouses is the latest player to turn his back on the A-League club saying he… Read more Audio
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Teen dies after suffering injuries after playing 'tackle game'
27 May 2025A teenager is dead after being critically injured while playing a version of a full contact collision game being promoted on social media. 19 year old Ryan Satterthwaite suffered a serious head injury… Read more Audio
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Gloriavale leaders refuse to apologise to former member
27 May 2025Gloriavale leaders have refused to deliver a personal apology to a former member for abuse at the Christian community, despite publicly offering to say sorry to victims who ask for one. Leavers say… Read more Audio
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Police Commissioner calls shoplifting directive 'unhelpful'
27 May 2025The Prime Minister, Police Commissioner and Police Minister have all been forced to hose down concerns over an internal police memo directing officers not to investigate crimes under a certain value… Read more Audio
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Students expected to keep paying rent for house of horrors
27 May 2025A warning to Otago students after a group of would be flatmates were expected to keep paying for a house of horrors they never even moved into. The three students have been awarded more than $4000 in… Read more Audio
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Auckland mental health facility rally to save vital service
27 May 2025Staff at an Auckland mental health facility are rallying to save what they say is a vital service for people who would otherwise fall through the cracks. Health New Zealand has put forward a proposal… Read more Audio
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Police shoplifting directive wrong and not appropriate - PM
27 May 2025"We expect our police to tackle crime everywhere," that said by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon as he and the Police Commissioner moved to reassure the public about a new police directive that's… Read more Audio
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Moana Pasifika heading to Wellington for match up
27 May 2025It's been a fairytale season, but Moana Pasifika were given a stark reality check at the weekend. Hammered 85-7 by the Chiefs in Hamilton, Moana head to the capital for this weekend's match up - still… Read more Audio
Checkpoint
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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