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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.
Monday to Friday, 4-6pm
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Thursday, 5 September 2024
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South Auckland school have wrestling uniforms stolen
5 Sep 2024A South Auckland school is hoping a brazen thief who's pinched their wrestling teams brand new uniforms will be wrestling with their guilty conscience and will return the stolen property. The De La… Read more Audio
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Sport: American boxer to face David Nykia
5 Sep 2024Boxer David Nyika's upcoming bout is back on thanks to an experienced American who has accepted a last minute call-up. Nyika's orginial Australian opponent for next week's fight failed a drugs test… Read more Audio
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Webbs preparing to auction NZ's largest Hermes collection
5 Sep 2024The Hermes Birkin bag designed and named for British actress and singer Jane Birkin, can go for hundreds of thousands of dollars and way above their purchase prices on resale platforms. That's partly… Read more Audio
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US: Half a house for half a million dollars
5 Sep 2024United States correspondent Todd Zwillich speaks to Lisa Owen about the latest in US law and politics and a house in California is on the market for an absolute bargain, but there's a catch. Audio
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Nga wai hono i te po annointed as 8th Maori monarch
5 Sep 2024Kiingi Tuheetia has taken his final journey, carried up the steep incline of the Taupiri Maunga by members of the Taniwharau and Turangawaewae rugby league clubs alongside rope handlers from the… Read more Audio
Wednesday, 4 September 2024
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Costs of climate change in Africa not just environment
4 Sep 2024Africa correspondent Elna Schutz speaks to Lisa Owen about a new report suggesting the costs of climate change across African countries isn't just environmental, the level of competiveness across… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 4 September 2024
4 Sep 2024News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Leaders of Pacific communities pay respects to Kiingi Tuheitia
4 Sep 2024Leaders of Pacific communities in New Zealand and abroad stood in solidarity today as they joined with former New Zealand prime ministers and leaders paying their respects to Kiingi Tuheitia. The… Read more Audio
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Record number of Australians to play in ANZ netball premiership
4 Sep 2024Sports reporter Bridget Tunncliffe speaks to Lisa Owen about a record number of Australians will be playing in New Zealand's ANZ Netball premiership next year and the latest at the US Open. Audio
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Competition hasn't improved between Foodstuffs and Woolworths - report
4 Sep 2024The grocery commissioner Pierre van Heerden is waving a red flag about the state of competition across the country's big supermarkets. The Commission's first report since last year's reforms said… Read more Audio
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Lack of transparency with vistors levy - Queenstown mayor
4 Sep 2024It's a vote of slim to little confidence in both the government's super sized visitor levy and who will benefit from the cash..according to the Mayor of one the country's tourist hot spots. From next… Read more Audio
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40 'strawbuyers' weeded out in fire arm selling investigation
4 Sep 2024An ongoing investigation into people with legitimate fire arms licences buying up guns and hocking them off to criminals has weeded out almost forty alleged "strawbuyers' so far. Among them two former… 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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