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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, 24 March 2025
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Car hits pedestrians at Auckland university, three hospitalised
24 Mar 2025Three people were hospitalised after a car ran into pedestrians by the University of Auckland's CBD campus. The crash happened around midday, along Symonds Street - the main thoroughfare running… Read more Audio
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Govt reveals plan to replace Resource Management Act
24 Mar 2025It's the law that governs almost everything about New Zealand's land, air, and water management - the government's finally revealed its plans to replace the behemoth that is the Resource Management… Read more Audio
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Reviewing the weekend in sport
24 Mar 2025A weekend of highs and lows in sport, here to wrap it all up on what could be a very special night for the All Whites at Eden Park is RNZ's Jamie Wall. Audio
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Dunedin skateboarder giving free lessons for new migrants
24 Mar 2025A Dunedin local who's been giving free skate boarding lessons to the city's new migrants is hoping to encourage even more people into the sport. Danny Healy and his nephew Lewis Cameron started giving… Read more Audio
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Israel bombings continue as Gaza ceasefire collapses
24 Mar 2025Middle East correspondent Jacob Brown with the latest on the Gaza ceasefire collapse, renewed conflict between Israel and Lebanon, and prospects of a nuclear deal between the US and Iran. Audio
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Principal warns over teens on highly addictive nicotene pouches
24 Mar 2025A school principal is warning that just as we're starting to make progress towards reducing the number of young people vaping, we could soon be dealing with something even worse. There's an emerging… Read more Audio
Friday, 21 March 2025
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'Significant power outage' shuts down Heathrow Airport
21 Mar 2025UK correspondent Alice Wilkins spoke to Lisa Owen about Sir Keir Starmer's meeting with senior military leaders about establishing a peacekeeping force in Ukraine. She also spoke about a new report… Read more Audio
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Evening business for Friday 21 March 2025
21 Mar 2025News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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NZ picked to win against Fiji in world cup qualifiers
21 Mar 2025Just a few hours away from the All Whites game against Fiji in the Oceania World Cup qualifiers in Wellington. In the first semi-final the New Zealanders are favourites to win the Oceania… Read more Audio
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Slow progress on Dunedin hospital upgrade
21 Mar 2025Dunedin's mayor says he is frustrated by the slow progress on building the new Dunedin Hospital despite close to a quarter of the budget already being spent. In its October Ministerial update, Health… Read more Audio
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New builds in Auckland coastal area unable to connect to wastewater
21 Mar 2025Hibiscus Coast developers have been left "flabbergasted" by a Watercare decision that means their new builds can not be connected to the wastwater network. Late last year, Watercare announced that any… Read more Audio
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Chief Ombudsman stepping down
21 Mar 2025One of the country's most powerful and outspoken watchdogs is stepping down as chief ombudsman. Peter Boshier took on the job in 2015 having been the principal family court judge and a law… 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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