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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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Friday, 5 June 2020
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Auckland Airport boss urges govt for trans-Tasman blueprint
Auckland Airport chief executive Adrian Littlewood wants a blueprint for a Trans-Tasman travel bubble on Cabinet's agenda when it meets on Monday. The company has cut over 100 jobs and could be forced… Read more Video, Audio
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Man jailed for two and a half years over horse stabbing
5 Jun 2020A man who viciously stabbed a family's miniature pony 41 times has been jailed for two and a half years after what the sentencing judge described as a cruel and barbaric attack.
Reginald Ozanne, who… Read more Audio
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Air NZ changes tack on credits for customer's family
After Checkpoint's story on cancelled flight credits, Air New Zealand changed its policy so the owner of credits can choose who they're used for.
It also refunded extra money Alexa Bell had to pay… Read more Video, Audio
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'Not enough cash in the bank' for refunds - Air NZ boss
Air New Zealand chief executive Greg Foran has told Checkpoint refunding all customers for cancelled flights would ground the airline for good.
The national carrier is losing $5 million a day and is… Read more Video, Audio
Thursday, 4 June 2020
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'Your lives matter, your dreams matter' - Barack Obama to young Americans
4 Jun 2020Meanwhile former US President Barack Obama has spoken publicly for the first time since George Floyd's death, saying that while the protests have been difficult and scary, they provide an opportunity… Read more Video, Audio
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Tourism Minister explains 'strategic asset' funding for Waitomo
Waikato business Discover Waitomo is the first to benefit from a government plan to protect so called strategic tourism assets, with a $4 million grant to help it cushion the blow from Covid-19.
The… Read more Video, Audio
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Customer 'flabbergasted' at difficulty of using Air NZ credits
Air New Zealand cannot afford to offer refunds to everyone impacted by flight cancellations during the Covid-19 outbreak without dipping into its $900m government loan, Air New Zealand's chief revenue… Read more Video, Audio
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NZ First flexes muscle over commercial rent measures
New Zealand First is flexing its muscles within the coalition, now publicly criticising some of the commercial rent measures its partner Labour had been pushing for - which it ended up blocking.
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Evening business for 4 June 2020
4 Jun 2020News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Auckland-Canberra flights proposed, but Air NZ says no
Plans for a trans-Tasman bubble by July have failed to get lift-off - with New Zealand government ministers saying it's too early for such a proposal.
Top business voices want to see a new flight… Read more Audio
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Rugby: Auckland Blues officially get Carter
4 Jun 2020The former All Blacks first-five Dan Carter is officially part of the Blues.
After initial reports last night sent the rugby world into a spin, the two-time World Cup winner trained with his new team… Read more Video, Audio
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Queenstown welfare hub's first sessions booked out in hours
4 Jun 2020The first information sessions at Queenstown's new welfare hub were fully booked within hours as migrant workers and residents try to figure out their futures.
Local agencies have been grappling with… Read more 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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