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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, 15 December 2023
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New tours to Hundertwasser's former bolthole
15 Dec 2023His distinctive buildings attract crowds around the world and his environmental vision was decades ahead of his time. Now his extraordinary property, in a remote corner of the Bay of Islands, is… Read more Audio
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White Ferns hit the field under lights
15 Dec 2023The White Ferns are getting a rare opportunity to play under lights in today's second one-dayer against Pakistan in Christchurch. New Zealand lead the three match series 1-nil after a big win on… Read more Video, Audio
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Auckland man wins pothole case against AT
15 Dec 2023It's the pothole payment they tried to keep secret. After battling for more than a year a man whose car was damaged by a tomo has finally got "compensation" from Auckland Transport. Stephen Doyle's… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 15 December 2023
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6343152006112 Video, Audio
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Labour's Kelvin Davis quits politics, lays down Waitangi challenge for new govt
15 Dec 2023Senior Labour MP Kelvin Davis has called time on politics so as not to grow "bitter" and "angry" on the opposition benches. The former deputy leader has held ministerial roles in Corrections… Read more Audio
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Auckland swimming pools failing inspections
15 Dec 2023A quarter of swimming pools inspected in Auckland are failing safety requirements. The council urging owners to lift their game this summer saying unsupervised access to pools through faulty gates and… Read more Video, Audio
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Coromandel's lifeline road almost ready to reopen
15 Dec 2023'Looking to one of the best summers we've ever had' The Coromandel is just days away from being stitched back together.. with a bridge due to open any day - reconnecting one side of the peninsula to… Read more Video, Audio
Thursday, 14 December 2023
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Pacific leaders critical of COP28 deal
14 Dec 2023Pacific climate leaders are critical of the new COP 28 deal, released overnight after marathon negotiations. The deal calls on all countries to move away from the use of fossil fuels but does not… Read more Audio
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Humanitarian crisis worsening in Gaza - UNICEF
14 Dec 2023Heavy rain in Gaza is adding to the aguish of families displaced by the Israel-Hamas war. Some families living in temporary camps are now dealing with flooded tents, surrounded by a bog. The UN… Read more Video, Audio
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Mayors of cyclone-hit areas reflect on recovery
14 Dec 2023Ten months on from devastating cyclone Gabrielle ...in some of the hardest hit regions, people are still out of their homes, roads remain severely compromised and silt and debris is blight on the… Read more Video, Audio
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Massey University confirms it's pressing ahead with its plans t
14 Dec 2023Massey University has today confirmed it's pressing ahead with its plans to cuts science courses and jobs. The moves were flagged two months ago, prompting staff and students to lobby for a backdown… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 14 December 2023
14 Dec 2023News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6343043590112 Video, 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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