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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, 23 April 2024
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'They can stick their tax cuts' - cancer patient
23 Apr 2024Cancer patient Graeme speaks to Lisa Owen about health cuts and his deferred surgery Audio
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Does ANZAC Day still hold relevance?
23 Apr 2024Jordan Dunn asks people if ANZAC Day still holds relevance and how they'll be commemorating it Audio
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RSA clubs consider breaking away from national body
23 Apr 2024As Anzac day approaches the organisation that is supposed to support returned service people is in crisis as it tries to modernise. About two dozen clubs in Auckland and around the country are looking… Read more Audio
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A new temporary display of the Treaty of Waitangi at Te Papa
23 Apr 2024A new temporary display of the Treaty of Waitangi at Te Papa which replaces the defaced version is already attracting critics. It opened today at Te Papa after the previous one was spraypainted and… Read more Audio
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NZ Post's new processing centre
23 Apr 2024It's about to get a whole lot faster to deliver and track your online shopping parcels with NZ Post opening its biggest processing centre yet. The brand new facility opened in south Auckland this… Read more Audio
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Black Ferns face different kind of challenge before test season
23 Apr 2024RNZ sport journalist Jamie Wall speaks to Lisa Owen about a new challenge for the Black Ferns and whats on the cards for the Wellington Phoenix before the A-league season wraps up Audio
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Auckland port boss on returning land to public
23 Apr 2024Port of Auckland CEO Roger Gray speaks to Lisa Owen Audio
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First day of Trump's historic criminal trial
23 Apr 2024United States correspondent Todd Zwillich gives Lisa Owen the latest on Donald Trump's historic criminal trial Audio
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Police step up foot patrols over retail crime spike
23 Apr 2024Detective Inspector Glenn Baldwin . Audio
Monday, 22 April 2024
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Extreme weather sweeping across Southern China
22 Apr 2024Asia correspondent Diane To speaks to Lisa Owen about Taiwan's incoming president featuring in Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world and extreme weather sweeping across southern… Read more Audio
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Lawyers defend blocking Chhour's Waitangi Tribunal summons
22 Apr 2024Crown lawyers today laid out their case to try and block a Waitangi Tribunal summons issued to the Minister for Children, Karen Chhour. Maori News Editor Taiha Molyneux speaks to Lisa Owen. Audio
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Evening business for 22 April 2024
News from the business sector, including a market report. 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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