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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, 7 March 2024
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Up to 70 people could lose jobs at TVNZ
7 Mar 2024Attention's flicked to another channel with TVNZ announcing almost seventy people could lose their jobs. It comes a week after Newshub revealed plans to shut down its news and current affairs division… Read more Audio
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Amourer guilty over misfired prop gun on Alec Baldwin's film set
7 Mar 2024United States correspondent Todd Zwillich speaks to Lisa Owen about Super Tuesday, the person responsible for the misfired prop gun on Alec Baldwin's Rust film set and Donald Trump. Read more Audio
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Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop speaks on Fast Track Approvals Bill
7 Mar 2024A free pass for big industry to bulldoze Aotearoa's precious natural environment. That's the Green Party's verdict on legislation that would give Government Ministers the power to push through… Read more Audio
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
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New Zealand Rugby investigating haka controversy
6 Mar 2024New Zealand Rugby is investigating the controversy surround the Hurricanes women's team haka. In performing the haka ahead of their season opener against the Chiefs Manawa, the Poua altered their… Read more Audio
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South African economy struggling
6 Mar 2024South African correspondent Elna Schutz speaks to Lisa Owen about South Africa's economy and water supply. Read more Audio
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Evening business for 6 March 2024
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Spark introducing charge for Xtra mail in May
6 Mar 2024One of the country's longest running email services is about to start charging customers. Spark is introducing a charge for Xtra mail from the middle of May. The company says its costs to run the… Read more Audio
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Tom Saunders gets place in Paris Olympic Games
6 Mar 2024Sailor Tom Saunders has been battling for an Olympic place for more than a decade. Finally the 32 year old ILCA athlete has made it. A prodigiously talented youth sailor, Saunders went on to win the… Read more Audio
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'Military-style academy' for young offenders to be running by mid-year
It's full steam ahead with the government's plan to send young offenders to boot camps, despite youth advocates' assurances it won't work. Children's minister Karen Chhour has announced a pilot of the… Read more Audio
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Parents hiding parts of income so children can gain student allowance
Tertiary students have found way of cheating the loan system to get allowances of up to $300 a week, even if they're already getting big handouts from their parents. Checkpoint has also learned that… Read more Audio
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Families in emergency accommodation to jump to top of social housing list
The answer to desperate families living in emergency motels or simply sending them to another virtual waiting room? The coalition government is setting up what it calls a "Priority One" category, that… Read more Audio
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Retail spending in Invercargill had 8% growth in December
6 Mar 2024While much of the country has been tightening its belt, and pulling back on retail therapy, it appears Southland shoppers are bucking the trend. Figures released by ASB show retail spending… 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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