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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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Wednesday, 30 October 2024
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Company develops work benefits card
30 Oct 2024An Auckland company has developed what's essentially a debit card that can be loaded with money and given to workers so they can choose what benefits them the most and they can buy them without having… Read more Audio
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
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Australia: PM Anthony Albanese embroiled in controversy
29 Oct 2024To Australia now .. where prime minister Anthony Albanese is embroiled in a controversy over accepting upgrades and free flights from Qantas and being too cosy with the airlines former chief executive… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 29 October 2024
29 Oct 2024News from the business sector, including a market report Audio
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White Ferns to face India in one-day series decider tonight
29 Oct 2024The White Ferns can cap off a successful six weeks of cricket overseas by adding another piece of silverware to their haul. New Zealand face India in the one-day series decider tonight in Ahmedabad… Read more Audio
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Rogue builders shouldn't be let off leash - advocates
29 Oct 2024A government scheme will allow building professionals to certify their own work rather than relying on independent inspections. "Candy floss and quick wins" is how one advocacy group's describing the… Read more Audio
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Arthur Easton's case re opened after Alan Hall conviction quashed
29 Oct 2024A $100,000 reward and possible immunity is on offer for clues leading to the conviction of whoever's responsible for killing Auckland man Arthur Easton almost 40 years ago. The case was re-opened… Read more Audio
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Building professionals will be able to certify own work
29 Oct 2024Building profesionals will be able to certify some of their own work under a new government scheme aimed at speeding up construction by cutting red tape. Qualified building professionals like… Read more Audio
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Survey of 1000 people shows 65% would support Capital Gains Tax
29 Oct 2024A new survey shows the tax tide could be turning. An IPSOS survey of 1003 people this month shows 65 percent of those questioned would support a Capital Gains Tax or CGT. That is tax on profits made… Read more Audio
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Businesses on K Road fed up with lack of public toilets
29 Oct 2024Businesses on Auckland's Karangahape Road are fed up with the lack of public toilets on the iconic street, with some having to clean up human waste outside their shop fronts each morning.There used to… Read more Audio
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Police offering reward for information on Arthur Easton killing
29 Oct 2024Police are offering a $100,000 reward for information about the killing of Arthur Easton almost forty years ago in Auckland. Mr Easton was stabbed to death in his Papakura home after confronting an… Read more Audio
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Controversy in NPC Mascot Race
29 Oct 2024RNZ sports reporter Jamie Wall spoke to Lisa Owen about the latest in the controversy in the wash up of the NPC Mascot Race and an update on the All Blacks. Audio
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Campervan park looking to set up in central Christchurch
29 Oct 2024A campervan park is looking to set up camp on prime real estate in central Christchurch, just 8 minutes walk from the new stadium and about quarter of an hours stroll from the Riverside Market. Its… Read more Audio
Checkpoint
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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