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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, 3 August 2020
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Survivors fear FENZ assault investigation won't be independent
Victims are worried a new body that will investigate allegations of sexual assault and bullying at Fire and Emergency New Zealand won't be independent.
Current and former firefighters say it needs to… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 3 August 2020
3 Aug 2020News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Auckland Airport plans to split terminal for safe travel bubble
Auckland Airport has announced it will split the international terminal into two separate zones in preparation for safe travel bubbles.
But the Prime Minister this afternoon said with the escalating… Read more Video, Audio
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Orion accused of obstructing Port Hills fire investigation
3 Aug 2020Council owned lines company, Orion, has been accused at the High Court in Christchurch of obstructing the investigation in to the cause of the 2017 Port Hills fires.
Eighty claimants who suffered… Read more Video, Audio
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Porirua attack described as 'vicious, sudden'
3 Aug 2020A fight in Porirua during which a man was stabbed and killed has been described as a "pack attack, vicious and sudden."
Hone Pawa died at the scene in May last year and Ngapaki Gripp is on trial for… Read more Audio
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Former school teacher on trial accused of abusing boys
3 Aug 2020A former Auckland school teacher is on trial in the High Court accused of abusing six teenage boys.
Benjamin Swann has pleaded not guilty to 10 charges of doing an indecent act on a young person.
… Read more Audio
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Yachties, backpackers stranded in paradise, desperate to stay
3 Aug 2020Foreigners stranded in New Zealand are making concerted pleas to stay here.
Yachties don't want to untie from New Zealand marinas to face the dangers of seasonal Pacific storms, and backpackers don't… Read more Audio
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Melbourne grapples with sudden lockdown as Covid-19 spreads
3 Aug 2020The Covid-19 situation across the Tasman worsens and those in the state of Victoria are adjusting to a new life under lockdown for the next six weeks at least.
An 8pm till 5am curfew came into place… Read more Video, Audio
Friday, 31 July 2020
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Meet the Kiwi dads coaching netball
31 Jul 2020Netball is by far the sport of choice for New Zealand girls and teenagers - and it seems more dads are getting onboard. Some are putting their hands up to coach their daughter's netball teams and… Read more Video, Audio
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Homegrown pro-wrestling growing popular in New Zealand
31 Jul 2020Professional wrestling had its hey day in New Zealand in the seventies when On the Mat was a must see on TV for many.
Steve Rickard, John Da Silva and Robert Bruce became household names along side… Read more Video, Audio
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Waitangi Tribunal hears parents' experiences of Oranga Tamariki
31 Jul 2020The good, the bad and the ugly of Oranga Tamariki social work practice was aired by claimaints in the Waitangi tribunal today.
It's the second and final day of the urgent hearing into why there is a… Read more Audio
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Māngere College students take a jab for the team of 5 million
31 Jul 2020Students at Māngere College took one for the team of five million, getting a jab in the arm for another deadly disease the country's had a brush with - measles.
Many of them are part of a missing… Read more Video, 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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