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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, 10 September 2024
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Evening business for 10 September 2024
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates selected for 9th T20 world events
10 Sep 2024The White Ferns will be relying heavily on the experience of two veteran players, Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates, at next month's T20 World Cup in the UAE. Devine and Bates have both been selected for… Read more Audio
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Waiheke residents fear consequences of no after hours care
10 Sep 2024Waiheke residents with health issues said they're living in fear of what could happen without after-hours care. 9000 residents live on the island and currently have to call an ambulance in an… Read more Audio
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Auckland principal has to find up to 20 relief teachers a day
10 Sep 2024An Auckland school principal who's having to find up to twenty relief teachers a day says the shortage is putting too much pressure on staff and students and its only going to get worse, unless… Read more Audio
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Winston Pulp closing both pulp mills, 200 losing jobs
10 Sep 2024More than two hundred central North Island mill workers have been told they are officially out of work. In what's been described as a devastating blow to the Ruapehu District, Winston Pulp confirmed… Read more Audio
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Winstone Pulp mills close due to unsustainable energy prices
10 Sep 2024Hundreds of people are set to lose their jobs after one of the Central North Island's biggest employers announced today it will close down two of its mills, for good. For the past few weeks, Winstone… Read more Audio
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Jury needs to look at facts of Muchirahondo case - defence
10 Sep 2024The defence for a man accused of multiple rape and sexual violation charges, says the jury needs to purely look at the facts of the case, and not whether they like the accused man, or approve of his… Read more Audio
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Growing concerns of wait times at Rotorua ED after death
10 Sep 2024"Preventable and predictable," are the words of a Rotorua Doctor who said the pressures on the hospital's emergency department were relayed to management - but nothing was done. Now staffing shortages… Read more Audio
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Rugby: All Blacks lose two tests to Springboks
10 Sep 2024Jamie Wall has arrived back from South Africa and spoke to Lisa Owen what's next for the All Blacks, after two defeats on the trot to the Springboks. Audio
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Auckland Council's Emmissions targets unachievable - councillor
10 Sep 2024The goal of getting Aucklanders to halve their car use by 2030 is delusional and needs a complete rethink according to one councillor. The Council's Transport Emissions Reduction Pathway lays out a… Read more Audio
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Trump and Harris go head to head tomorrow in debate
10 Sep 2024United States correspondent Todd Zwillich speaks to Lisa Owen about the second presidential debate and first meeting between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris set to kick off tomorrow. Audio
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Winston Pulp confirms two North Island mills shutting down
10 Sep 2024Winstone Pulp has confirmed its two mills in the central north island are shutting for good. That means more than two hundred job loses and real fears communities will become ghost towns as people are… 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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