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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 August 2020
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Auckland businesses nervous as Covid-19 level 3 extended
24 Aug 2020Monday's announcement of a continuation of the level 3 lockdown has been met with trepidation by Auckland businesses - with many teetering on the brink of collapse.
The current restrictions -… Read more Audio
Friday, 21 August 2020
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Scott Dixon faces big race in empty Indianapolis stadium
21 Aug 2020More than 300,000 people watched on from the stands when Scott Dixon was victorious in one of world motorsport's three premier races in 2008.
But if the Kiwi driver is to win a second Indianapolis… Read more Audio
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Nearly one in ten New Zealanders live with risk of tsunami
21 Aug 2020Almost one out of every ten New Zealanders is living with the risk of a tsunami.
New research conducted by the National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research - or NIWA - has revealed both the… Read more Audio
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Taranaki couple fear bypasss will force them out of their home
21 Aug 2020A Taranaki couple are vowing to fight to the bitter end to stay in their home which is in the path of the province's biggest roading project in generations.
Tony Pascoe has lived his entire life in… Read more Video, Audio
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St Lukes worker linked to south Auckland Covid-19 cluster via bus ride
21 Aug 2020Test results have confirmed a Covid-19-positive retail worker at St Lukes mall is linked to the main Auckland cluster, ruling out fears of another strain in circulation in the community.
Health… Read more Audio
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Transmission Gully's ballooning cost - from $850m to $1.25b
21 Aug 2020The Transport Agency has been forced to fork out another $208 million to get Wellington's billion dollar highway, Transmission Gully, back on track.
The road has now blown the budget by more than… Read more Audio
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Netball: Covid-19 disrupts ANZ Premiership grand final
21 Aug 2020The country's top netballers and their fans have waited several months for a grand final and they will get their wish on Sunday but Covid-19 has meant things will be a little different.
The Tactix… Read more Audio
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'Hope over fear, fact over fiction' - Biden inspires with campaign speech
21 Aug 2020"I give you my word if you entrust me with the Presidency, I will draw on the best of us not the worst... we'll chose hope over fear, fact over fiction."
Those are words of Democratic Presidential… Read more Video, Audio
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'A Christmas like no other' - Auckland City Mission faces overwhelming demand
21 Aug 2020It's nine days since Auckland went into Covid-19 alert level 3, and the Auckland City Mission says it is handing out just as many food parcels as it was during the peak of the first lockdown back in… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 21 August 2020
21 Aug 2020News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Horticulture exemption at Auckland border a relief for frustrated growers
21 Aug 2020Frustrated farmers in the country's vegetable heartland have been assured they will now be able to operate, following high-level government intervention.
Covid-19 checkpoints along the… Read more Audio
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$2b in wage subsidies for businesses that have not paid company tax
21 Aug 2020More than $2 billion of wage subsidies have been paid to businesses which have never paid company tax.
So far more than $13 billion has been paid out through the governments wage subsidy schemes… 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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