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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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Friday, 4 October 2024
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Fundraiser organised for new business hit by thieves
4 Oct 2024A neighbouring bar is setting trading rivalries aside to raise money for the owner of an under-construction Wellington music venue hit by thieves before it's opened its doors. L-B-Q is collecting… Read more Audio
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White Ferns kick off quest for history in UAE
4 Oct 2024Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen about the Women's T20 Cricket World Cup underway with New Zealand set to open their campaign against India in Dubai and a historic weekend for female… Read more Audio
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Costello's advice on HTP's could expose NZ
An odd assemblage of papers that could expose Aotearoa to a radical and potentially harmful experiment. That's how one public health expert describes the five documents that make up minister Casey… Read more Audio
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Dunedin cut off with properties underwater due to heavy rain
4 Oct 2024More properties are underwater and a city is completely cut off - as the rain continues to pummel the lower south island. Flooding, slips and holes forming on SH 1 have made driving trecherous - and… Read more Audio
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How many property investors are losing money on investments?
4 Oct 2024There's a fair bit of housing jargon getting thrown around these days, Capital Gains Tax is one we've heard a lot about lately. But one we don't hear much of in Aotearoa is "Negative gearing." That's… Read more Audio
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Govt wants more pre-constructed buildings for schools
Schools can forget about flash architecturally-designed classrooms. Instead, the government wants more pre-constructed buildings and fewer bespoke designs. It is overhauling the way school property is… Read more Audio
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Dunedin: 100 people evacuated homes overnight
4 Oct 2024Dunedin residents who watched helplessley as floodwaters rose up around their homes are hoping the worst of the wet weather is over ... and yet the rain keeps on falling. The city has experienced its… Read more Audio
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Black Ferns midfielder calls end to career at 26
4 Oct 2024Jamie Wall spoke to Lisa Owen about Black Ferns midfielder Grace Steinmentz calling an end to her playing career at just 26 and some good news for Australian Rules Football in New Zealand. Audio
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108 cases of Legionnaires disease across NZ this year
4 Oct 2024A warning to spring gardeners, chuck a mask and gloves on if you're using potting mix or compost to protect yourself from a potentially life threatening lung and chest infection. So far there's been… Read more Audio
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Canada: Man exonerated for 50 year old murder aaccusation
4 Oct 2024Canada correspondent Ashleigh Stewart spoke to Lisa Owen about Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau surviving another non-confidence vote, a man in Canada being exonerated for a murder he was… Read more Audio
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Health system in crisis declaration being signed across NZ
A road test of how people feel about New Zealand's health system is about to get underway. Patient Voice Aotearoa chairman Malcolm Mulholland is driving around the country urging people to sign a… Read more Audio
Thursday, 3 October 2024
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'Shrinkflation' hitting shoppers in Australia
3 Oct 2024Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen about how big supermarkets have been under the microscope recently for a number of issues. Among them - alleged fake discounts, land grabbing and… 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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