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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, 24 October 2024
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Seaview wastewater treatment plant smell putting off customers - businesses
24 Oct 2024Businesses say the gag worthy smell coming from the Lower Hutt's Seaview waste water treatment plant is disgusting and off putting for customers. People living and working in the seaside suburb north… Read more Audio
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Fatal Auckland bus stabbing suspect hands himself in to police
24 Oct 2024There has been developments in the manhunt, for the suspect at the centre of fatal stabbing on board an Auckland bus. The 37 year old has handed himself in to a North Shore police station this… Read more Audio
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
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Joelle King will be missing from 2026 Commonwealth Games
23 Oct 2024Aotearoa's most decorated Commonwealth Games athlete will be missing from the 2026 event in Glasgow. Squash was one of several sports which have been axed for a scaled down version of the Games… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 23 October
23 Oct 2024News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Papakura High School sees improvements in attendance through projects
23 Oct 2024On Wednesday each week at Papakura High School, students can forget about reading writing and maths, and instead spend their time making jewellery, weightlifting, barbering, broadcasting or one of… Read more Audio
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Australian aged care company offering incentives to NZ workers
23 Oct 2024An Australian aged care company is trying to coax kiwi workers to the Sunshine State with a golden package of incentives including free accomodation, sign on bonus', relocation fees and free flights… Read more Audio
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Rotorua's tourist operators want emergency housing shut down
23 Oct 2024Drugs, toileting in the street, crime and increased domestic violence ... A roll call of bad behaviour that Rotorua's tourist operators blame on emergency motel accommodation that they want shut down… Read more Audio
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Man made to pay extra $230 for Jimny on Waiheke Ferry
23 Oct 2024What's the difference between a car and a truck? It's hundreds of dollars if you're taking the Waiheke vehicle ferry. The definition is central to a dispute over fares on the Sealink ferry, the only… Read more Audio
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2024 not been a good year for butterflies
23 Oct 2024With spring comes butterflies, right? Well this year, maybe not. Internationally, 2024 has not be a good year for butterflies and local enthusiasts say it isn't looking much better here. So what's… Read more Audio
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Christchurch bookstore facing 40% rent hike
23 Oct 2024A Christchurch bookstore could be facing it's final chapter with rising costs and changing tastes. Steadfast books on Ferry Road in Woolston is facing a 40% rent hike and that could mean its forced to… Read more Audio
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North Korean soldiers arrive in Russia
23 Oct 2024Asia correspondent Erin Hale spoke to Lisa Owen about a number of North Korean soldiers arriving in Russia with South Korea denouncing the move, a move to ease tensions on India and China's border and… Read more Audio
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School holidays flights 167% more expensive
23 Oct 2024Consumer NZ tracked a series of return flights for a family of 4 over 18 weeks to see what happened to prices during school holidays. Turns out, according to Consumer, flights in the school holidays… 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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