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Thursday, 20 February 2025
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Parker to face Dubois for IBF Heavyweight title
20 Feb 2025Joseph Parker is set for the biggest bout of his boxing career when he meets Britain's Daniel Dubois for the IBF Heavyweight title in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa… Read more Audio
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Could a kiwi shrub be an alternative to Ozempic?
20 Feb 2025An Auckland university researcher has got an $800,000 grant to study the medicinal properties of kawakawa. Maori have long used the native shrub as an anti inflammatory and for wounds. Now, it's hoped… Read more Audio
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Trump and Ukraine's president locked in a war of words
20 Feb 2025Trump called Zelensky a "dictator" - while Ukraine's leader responded that Trump was trapped in a "disinformation bubble." It's the latest escalation after Ukraine's leaders were excluded from peace… Read more Audio
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Govt fails to meet major targets for reducing child poverty
20 Feb 2025Figures released show 156,000 children living in material hardship in 2024, up from 144,000 the year before. That's almost 13.5 percent of Aotearoa's children. Measures of material hardship include… Read more Audio
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
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100 years of Disney animation artwork on display in Wellington
100 years of Disney animation sketches and concept artwork will be on display in Wellington from tomorrow. Disney: The Magic of Animation has toured cities from Paris to Melbourne and is now on its… Read more Audio
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Bridget Jones is back and smashing box office records in the UK
19 Feb 2025United Kingdom correspondent Adam Hollingworth spoke to Lisa Owen about the Ukraine question is putting Europe in a spin and how Britain is at loggerheads with many of its former partners. He also… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 19 February 2025
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Bid for State of Origin match to be held in NZ put forward
19 Feb 2025One of the greatest sporting spectacles in Australia could potentially be brought across the Tasman. A formal bid for a State of Origin match between New South Wales and Queensland to be held in New… Read more Audio
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NZ First attacks Green MP for use of 'Aotearoa'
19 Feb 2025The Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has taken aim at Ricardo Menendez March in parliament again - this time because the Green MP referred to the country as "Aotearoa." Menéndez March's migrant… Read more Audio
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Patients with symptoms wait months for colonoscopy appointments
19 Feb 2025People referred to the public health system gastro departments for colonoscopies or other exams are waiting months for an appointment even when they have symptoms that could be a sign of bowel cancer… Read more Audio
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Reserve bank slashes OCR to 3.75%
19 Feb 2025The reserve bank slashed wholesale interest rate half a percent to 3.75 percent. It's the third consecutive jumbo cut. If you've got a mortgage it could mean repayments are going to cost less and that… Read more Audio
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OCR cut to go to cost of living, no relief for renters
19 Feb 2025A budget adviser believes interest rate cuts will simply be absorbed into paying the ever increasing costs of living and renters will likely see no relief. The reserve bank cut the official cash rate… Read more 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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