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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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Tuesday, 3 December 2024
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Australian egg farmer forced to destroy hundreds of thousands of hens
3 Dec 2024An Australian egg producer whose chickens were infected with a highly virulent strain of avian flu said it has taken six months to get birds back on the farm and laying. An Otago farm that's managed… Read more Audio
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South Island robin at risk of local extinction
3 Dec 2024A recent study revealed a stark 10 to 1 male to female ratio for kakaruai in Silver Stream northwest of Dunedin. Researchers said it's a rare, real time look at the extinction process of a taonga… Read more Audio
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Auckland Transport stripped of responsibilities
3 Dec 2024Auckland Transport has been stripped of its responsibilities, with Auckland Council to gain new powers over the region's transport infrastructure and policy. The overhaul will see the council assume… Read more Audio
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MPI to start culling 80,000 hens infected with bird flu
3 Dec 2024The Ministry for Primary Industries will start culling the 80,000 hens infected with bird flu tomorrow in a process which is expected to take up to three days. The jump in infected chickens comes… Read more Audio
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All Blacks star Sevu Reece revealed guilty of wilful damage
3 Dec 2024All Blacks star Sevu Reece has been revealed as the sports star guilty of wilful damage, after his name suppression order lapsed in Christchurch today. Sports reporter Jamie Wall spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio
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South Taranaki garden that supplies food bank raided
3 Dec 2024Someone has raided a south Taranaki garden that supplies the town food bank with fresh vegetables. This week's harvest has gone missing from the Eltham E-Kai garden, with thieves helping themselves… Read more Audio
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Joe Biden criticised after issuing pardon for son Hunter
3 Dec 2024United Sates correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about Joe Biden copping criticism from both sides of the political aisle after issuing an official pardon for his son Hunter and close Trump… Read more Audio
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Bird flu found on second property on Otago egg farm
3 Dec 2024The cull of 80,000 chickens on an Otago egg farm starts tomorrow after bird flu has been found in a second shed on the property MPI said it will take two to three days to euthanise the chickens using… Read more Audio
Monday, 2 December 2024
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Kain Parsons wife speaks at inquest
2 Dec 2024The wife of a man who died after taking part in a charity boxing match said she thinks the practise is abhorrent, and wants to see it stopped. In November 2018 Kain Parsons, who was 37, took part in a… Read more Audio
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Evening business for Monday 2nd December 2024
2 Dec 2024News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Black Caps lose first test to England by 8 wickets
2 Dec 2024The three-match series now heads to Wellington and the Black Caps will be working on their fielding after several dropped catches cost them dearly. Sports reporter Bridget Tunnicliffe spoke to Lisa… Read more Audio
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Worlds first dissection of rare species whale underway
2 Dec 2024The world's first dissection of a rare spade-toothed whale is underway in Dunedin after the adult male washed up south of the city in July. It's only the seventh time a spade-toothed whale has been… 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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