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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, 29 June 2020
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PM Jacinda Ardern says ball in Australia's court over trans-Tasman bubble decision
29 Jun 2020The Prime Minister has poured cold water on the borders opening any time soon to anyone who's not a New Zealand citizen or permanent residents.
Jacinda Ardern says the spike in cases in Victoria… Read more Audio
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Officials to abandon attempts to contact isolation exemptions - Dr Ashley Bloomfield
29 Jun 2020The Director-General of Health says officials will abandon attempts to contact more than 300 people, who were allowed to leave managed isolation without being tested.
Officials had to go back and… Read more Audio
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Todd and Nikki 'one of the best' - Judith Collins on National leadership and new book
29 Jun 2020The book Pull No Punches by MP Judith Collins is due to hit bookstore shelves this week and gives some insights into the National Party backroom.
Lisa Owens asked the MP of 18 years, if the release… Read more Video, Audio
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Mosque attacks witness says gunman interview should not be made public
29 Jun 2020A witness to the March 15 mosque attacks says an interview with the shooter should not be made public.
The Royal Commission in to the events leading up to the fatal shooting of 51 muslim worshippers… Read more Audio
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Evening business for Monday 29 June 2020
29 Jun 2020[embed]https://youtu.be/aUD57X3moEQ
News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Video, Audio
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Inquest into fatal helicopter crash in Wānaka begins
29 Jun 2020The pilot in command of a helicopter that crashed near Wānaka has told a coronial inquest he's so safety-conscious his colleagues describe him as 'the fun police'.
Auckland man Jerome Box was killed… Read more Audio
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National MP Paula Bennett bows out of politics
29 Jun 2020National MP Paula Bennett is bowing out of politics, to pursue a career in "the business world".
Mrs Bennett was ousted as deputy leader and the campaign chair in Todd Muller and Nikki Kaye's… Read more Audio
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Returned New Zealander appalled by Government's managed isolation co-payment plans
29 Jun 2020A recently returned New Zealander is aghast at the Government's managed isolation co-payment plans.
Nathan Tunbridge, who returned to the country be with a dying relative, is waiting on his fiance to… Read more Audio
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Government to spend $150 million on PPE
29 Jun 2020All passengers flying into New Zealand on the national carrier will be strongly encouraged to wear masks for their journey, as a further step to protect the border.
The Government will spend $150… Read more Audio
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Teen babysitter jailed 11 years for murder of nine-year-old boy
29 Jun 2020Warning: Some of the details of this story may be distressing to some people.
A Southland teenager will spend at least the next 11 years behind bars for murdering nine-year-old Hunter MacIntosh, a… Read more Audio
Friday, 26 June 2020
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Papatoetoe Boxing Club fighting for survival
The Covid-19 crisis has left a much-loved community organisation in South Auckland fighting for its survival.
The Papatoetoe Boxing Club is most well known as the place where New Zealand heavyweight… Read more Video, Audio
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Marton ITM owner explains cat 'set free' in wild
26 Jun 2020Rodney the cat was adopted by the Marton ITM building supplies store a few years back and was a regular at the checkouts, soaking up pats from customers.
Last week the tabby cat vanished, but after a… 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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