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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, 31 May 2019
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Taxpayers picking up tab for 'deadbeat' dads - National
Deadbeat Dads are the only ones getting a tax cut this year according to the National Party. Absentee fathers and more petrol prices dominated the political debate today. Audio
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Fifth case of measles forces Whangarei daycare to close doors
31 May 2019A Whangarei daycare has been forced to close its doors for two weeks after a fifth case of mealses in Northland. Video, Audio
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Thursday, 30 May 2019
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Budget 2019: Our panel discuss the Wellbeing Budget
30 May 2019Waikato Chamber of Commerce CEO Chris Simpson, Economist & Author Shamubeel Eaqub, and JustSpeak spokesperson & Children's advocate Julia Whaipooti join Lisa Owen in the studio to discuss today's… Read more Video, Audio
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What do New Zealanders make of the Wellbeing Budget?
30 May 2019We ask people down at Wellington train station to see what they make of today's Budget announcement. Video, Audio
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Government delivers Budget boost for mental health services
30 May 2019Finance Minister Grant Robertson told Parliament the Wellbeing Budget is a new way of running the government's books. Audio
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Hotel donates $15,000 to mosque attack survivor
30 May 2019Yama Nabi was late for prayer on March the 15th, so he arrived at the Al Noor mosque moments after a gunman killed 44 people - one of them was his father. Rees Hotel chief executive Mark Rose heard… Read more Audio
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CHCH water bottling plant fined $750 for polluting waterway
30 May 2019Chinese-owned Cloud Ocean Water has been fined $750 and served two abatement notices, after the council discovered wash water and plastic beads on land surrounding its site and and in the nearby… Read more Audio
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Were state housing tenants booted out to make way for Auckland development?
30 May 2019The Tamaki Regeneration Company took over the management of a Auckland development from Housing New Zealand in 2016. It says since then every tenant was given the option of being rehomed in the area -… Read more Video, Audio
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Strong winds ground dozens of flights in Wellington
30 May 2019Hundreds of airline passengers have had their travel disrupted by high winds at Wellington Airport this afternoon, which have forced the cancellation of dozens of flights. Wind gusts around the… Read more Video, Audio
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‘There are billion dollars of waste’ - Bridges on Budget 2019
30 May 2019Opposition leader Simon Bridges says the Wellbeing Budget is 'botched'. He told Lisa Owen he would cut the flabby spending and focus on health, education and infrastructure. Video, Audio
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Evening business for 30 May 2019
News from the business sector, including a market report. 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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