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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, 8 June 2020
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Farm vehicle deaths a 'tragedy' for Ruapehu community
8 Jun 2020A keen gardener and volunteer, a legomaster and a young boy with a cheeky smile. Tributes have been flowing for three Raetihi residents who died in a farm vehicle accident on Sunday.
Mike and Bev… Read more Video, Audio
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Game on! Sport industry welcomes level 1 news
8 Jun 2020Meanwhile, stadium bosses, team Ceos and food vendors are welcoming the news that sports fans are now allowed back through the turnstiles.
New Zealand's professional sports teams in rugby, netball… Read more Audio
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Aucklanders react to Covid-19 level 1 news
8 Jun 2020How do people feel about moving to level 1 from midnight? Alex Perrottet and cameraman Nick Monro went to the Auckland suburb of Henderson to find out. Read more Video, Audio
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Level 1 as NZ Covid-19-free - Grant Robertson talks rules
8 Jun 2020In just under seven hours New Zealand will finally move to alert level 1, about 101 days since our first confirmed case of Covid-19.
From midnight Tuesday morning, social distancing is no more. You… Read more Video, Audio
Friday, 5 June 2020
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Government spends $1.5b on new Air Force planes
5 Jun 2020The government is committing to buying more than $1.5 billion dollars-worth of new planes for the Defence Force.
It is purchasing five new Lockheed Martin Super Hercules to replace the outdated 1960s… Read more Audio
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Future for NZ's central cities uncertain in post-Covid era
5 Jun 2020More commercial properties in our big cities are up for lease as some businesses close and others look to downsize.
Even as the prospect of returning to level one and normal life beckons - is there a… Read more Audio
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Next wage subsidy round to reach 40,000 more businesses
5 Jun 2020An extra 40,000 struggling businesses will be able to access the next round of the wage subsidy scheme following a drop in eligibility requirements.
The current wage subsidy scheme runs out on… Read more Audio
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Families outraged at Pharmac's review into drug switch process
5 Jun 2020Families affected by Pharmac's decision to switch brands of Epilepsy drug say they have had no say in a report into the drug buying agencies processes, and are insulted by its findings.
The review… Read more Audio
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Tea bag, burnt sock, vital clues in finding missing trampers
5 Jun 2020A single tea bag and a burned sock were vital clues that led to finding trampers Jessica O'Connor and Dion Reynolds alive and well.
The pair was found hungry and exhausted last week in a remote part… Read more Audio
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Queenstown unemployed could soon be pulling out wilding pines
5 Jun 2020Hundreds of displaced Queenstown workers may be used to help tackle a growing pest problem - wilding pines.
It's part of the $100 million the government announced in March to help redeploy workers… Read more Video, Audio
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EQC sorry, again, over notice of privacy breaches
5 Jun 2020The Earthquake Commission's boss Sid Miller is again apologising on Friday, just a week and a half after saying sorry to 8,000 customers for accidentally leaking their personal details to a lawyer and… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 5 June 2020
5 Jun 2020News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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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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