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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, 4 December 2025
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Did the IKEA traffic chaos eventuate?
4 Dec 2025Auckland commuters spotted digital motorway signs with warnings to beware traffic delays with IKEA opening in Auckland this morning. The Swedish homeware store takes up a whole block in Mount… Read more Audio
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Photos released from Jeffrey Epstein's private island
4 Dec 2025United States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about a number of new photos from sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's island that has been released to the public, as well as a Pentagon review… Read more Audio
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Companies making ultra processed food sued in the US
San Francisco is suing the makers of ultra processed food or UPFs, arguing local government is picking up the bill for the serious health consequences from their products; including conditions like… Read more Audio
Wednesday, 3 December 2025
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SIX60 and Synthony to be first to play at new stadium
3 Dec 2025Two New Zealand heavyweight music acts have been confirmed as the first names to play at Christchurch's new One New Zealand stadium Six60 and Synthony will play the the soon-to-be-opened venue, also… Read more Audio
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Landmark report released into tragic British sporting event
3 Dec 2025United Kingdom correspondent, Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about the release of a landmark report into one of the most tragic events in British sporting history, as well as an update on Andrew… Read more Audio
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Evening business for Wednesday 3rd December
3 Dec 2025News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Things balanced in first test between Black Caps and West Indies
3 Dec 2025Things are well balanced in the first test between the Black Caps and West Indies. After being bowled out for just 231 at Hagley Oval, the Kiwis have taken six wickets on day two with the visitors… Read more Audio
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Public service commissioner says Coster did the right thing by resigning
3 Dec 2025Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche says Andrew Coster's resignation from his high paying government job was the right thing to do. The former Police Commissioner has quit as head of the… Read more Audio
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Rural campground hit by tornado
3 Dec 2025The North Island has been hit by rolling storms this afternoon as thunderstorms and lightning darken early summer skies. The Sky Tower took a hit from a lightning strike, while severe thunderstorm… Read more Audio
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Kindergarten provider to pay hundreds of thousands to remove asbestos
3 Dec 2025A kindergarten operator says it will cost hundreds of thousands dollars to decontaminate several Wellington sites that have tested positive for asbestos in the wake of the kid's-coloured sand recall… Read more Audio
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Call for Papanui Point to be closed after two more drownings
3 Dec 2025A coroner wants the public banned from a deadly but popular rock fishing spot in Waikato, after two more people are believed to have drowned there. Flatmates Olson Canatoy and Eric Dabalos failed to… Read more Audio
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Costello back in firing line over tobacco industry's influence
3 Dec 2025Associate Health Minister Casey Costello is back in the firing line over Big Tobacco's influence, with heated debate during a health select committee today on Government plans to roll out oral tobacco… 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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