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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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Thursday, 19 December 2024
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Australian Super Cars series looking to expand NZ races
19 Dec 2024Taupō International Motorsport Park hosted racing this year after New Zealand dropped off the schedule for a season. Sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio
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Corrections cuts phone call time in prison to 30 minutes day
19 Dec 2024Corrections is slashing the amount of time prisoners can spend on jail phones talking to their whanau, and said some inmates have been abusing the system, resorting to violence and stand over tactics… Read more Audio
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Services still patchy in Vanuatu after earthquake
19 Dec 2024An New Zealand Airforce plane carrying search and rescue equipment and disaster relief supplies has arrived in Vanuatu following the 7.3 magnitude earthquake earlier this week. MFAT consular staff and… Read more Audio
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Cutting prison phone call time limit could create tension - wife
19 Dec 2024An inmate's wife said severely cutting the amount of time time prisoners can spend on the phone to family could lead to more tension and violence in jail and will harm rehabilitation efforts. At the… Read more Audio
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Delays to humanitarian flights to Vanuatu 'embarassing'
19 Dec 2024The former Minister of Defence said delays to critical humanitarian flights to Vanuatu are embarassing for New Zealand. It comes after a New Zealand Defence Force Hercules plane carrying rescue staff… Read more Audio
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Economic growth down 1.5% from a year ago
19 Dec 2024Barring a blip at the height of the pandemic and lockdowns, the latest quarterly results are the worst New Zealand's seen in more than 30 years. Political reporter Russell Palmer has more. Audio
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Ardie Savea's presence at North Harbour stadium causes stir
19 Dec 2024All Black Ardie Savea has been one of the big movers during the Super Rugby off-season after joining his brother at Moana Pasifika. The rugby pre-season is coming up to the Christmas break and Savea… Read more Audio
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Airforce hercules carrying supplies arrives in Vanuatu
19 Dec 2024An airforce hercules carrying emergency supplies has arrived in quake struck Vanuatu and will help with the evacuation of New Zealanders stuck there. At the moment there are no commerical flights to… Read more Audio
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Trump's jabs about making Canada 51st state causes stir
19 Dec 2024United States correspondent Zach Montellaro spoke to Lisa Owen about the clock ticking for the US Government to keep its lights on amid a fight over funding in Washington and Donald Trump's repeated… Read more Audio
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Far North council brings in tighter controls over cemetery
19 Dec 2024In the Far North, the district council is having to bring in tighter controls across its 11 cemetries to prevent so-called "plot hoarding." It means reserving a plot, but not using it for many years… Read more Audio
Wednesday, 18 December 2024
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Devastating cyclone impacts some African nations
18 Dec 2024Africa correspondent Elna Schutz spoke to Lisa Owen about a devastating cyclone impacting some African nations, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo peace talks interrupted and the descendants… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 18 December 2024
News from the business sector, including a market report. 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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