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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, 29 October 2024
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Arthur Easton's case re opened after Alan Hall conviction quashed
29 Oct 2024A $100,000 reward and possible immunity is on offer for clues leading to the conviction of whoever's responsible for killing Auckland man Arthur Easton almost 40 years ago. The case was re-opened… Read more Audio
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Building professionals will be able to certify own work
29 Oct 2024Building profesionals will be able to certify some of their own work under a new government scheme aimed at speeding up construction by cutting red tape. Qualified building professionals like… Read more Audio
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Survey of 1000 people shows 65% would support Capital Gains Tax
29 Oct 2024A new survey shows the tax tide could be turning. An IPSOS survey of 1003 people this month shows 65 percent of those questioned would support a Capital Gains Tax or CGT. That is tax on profits made… Read more Audio
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Businesses on K Road fed up with lack of public toilets
29 Oct 2024Businesses on Auckland's Karangahape Road are fed up with the lack of public toilets on the iconic street, with some having to clean up human waste outside their shop fronts each morning.There used to… Read more Audio
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Police offering reward for information on Arthur Easton killing
29 Oct 2024Police are offering a $100,000 reward for information about the killing of Arthur Easton almost forty years ago in Auckland. Mr Easton was stabbed to death in his Papakura home after confronting an… Read more Audio
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Controversy in NPC Mascot Race
29 Oct 2024RNZ sports reporter Jamie Wall spoke to Lisa Owen about the latest in the controversy in the wash up of the NPC Mascot Race and an update on the All Blacks. Audio
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Campervan park looking to set up in central Christchurch
29 Oct 2024A campervan park is looking to set up camp on prime real estate in central Christchurch, just 8 minutes walk from the new stadium and about quarter of an hours stroll from the Riverside Market. Its… Read more Audio
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Trump campaign distances itself from racist remarks made at rally
29 Oct 2024The Trump campaign has distanced itself from racist remarks made at a rally in the democratic stronghold state of New York. The New York native took the stage in Madison Square Garden yesterday -… Read more Audio
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Supermarkets ditch online sort by price filter
29 Oct 2024Two major supermarket chains have taken away some online customers ability to sort grocery items by price. The change quietly happened on New World and Pak'n Save's websites in early October. The move… Read more Audio
Friday, 25 October 2024
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Asia: Tropical storm claims lives in Philippines
25 Oct 2024Asia correspondent Erin Hale spoke to Lisa Owen about a tropical storm claiming a number of lives in the Philippines, Japan instating a new Prime Minister this month and what occassions people get… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 25 October 2024
25 Oct 2024News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Kiwi sides to be back in action
25 Oct 2024To chapter two of the sporting smorgasbord awaiting Aotearoa. Following one of the greatest weekends in our sporting history, several kiwi sides will again be in action, sports reporter Jonty Dine… Read more 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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