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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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Monday, 9 October 2023
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Telehealth workers finish second strike in a month
9 Oct 2023Telehealth workers have just finished a 24-hour strike, their second in a month, after union members voted on Friday to reject the latest pay offer from their employer. The telehealth service… Read more Audio
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Foreign minister criticised for delay over condemning Hamas attacks
9 Oct 2023Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta has faced criticism over a delay in her condemnation of the militant group Hamas's deadly attack on Israel. The Minister Nanaia Mahuta speaks to Lisa Owen. [embed]… Read more Video, Audio
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Death of ACT candidate will trigger by-election in Port-Waikato
9 Oct 2023The death of a candidate in the port waitako electorate race means the district will face a by-election ACT candidate Neil Christensen has died, with advanced voting already underway. Meanwhile the… Read more Video, Audio
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Bakery causes a stir with viral video on how to cut a custard square
9 Oct 2023A Melbourne bakery is thinking outside the square, the custard square that is. And to use a culinary term, it's causing a stir. Apparently the uneducated masses have been cutting-up these delicious… Read more Video, Audio
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Law professor breaks down possibility of hung parliament & election re-do
9 Oct 2023National's doubling down on its claim there's a "very real and growing possibility" of a hung Parliament and that would mean going back to the polls. Christopher Luxon has defended the comments made… Read more Video, Audio
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Kiwi living in Israel describes devastation of attack by Hamas
9 Oct 2023Israel has declared war on Hamas, after it launched a brutal and highly co-ordinated surprise attack on Israel, taking hostages and killing civilians. More than 700 Israelis and 400 Palestinians are… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 9 October 2023
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6338705191112 Video, Audio
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'No particular reason' National can't cut deal with NZ First - Jim Bolger
9 Oct 2023Returning to the campaign trail now and National is sounding the alarm warning a second election could be on the cards if forming a coalition govenrment proves too difficult. Leader Christopher has… Read more Video, Audio
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Fiji sneak into last Rugby World Cup quarter final spot
9 Oct 2023The Rugby World Cup quarterfinalists have been found, with Fiji the last team to lock in a spot in the final eight today. Despite a shock one point loss to Portugal in their last pool match, Fiji are… Read more Video, Audio
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More than 1,000 dead in Hamas conflict as Israel declares war
9 Oct 2023At least 1100 people have been killed and tens of thousands displaced as rocket attacks and gun battles continue in Israel and Gaza. CNN's Nada Bashir speaks to Lisa Owen. [embed]… Read more Video, Audio
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Labour leader says National scaremongering over talk of election re-do
9 Oct 2023As the campaign hurtles towards the end, the prospect of a hung parliament or even a second election dominated talk out on the road today for party leaders. Over the weekend National flagged the… Read more Video, Audio
Friday, 6 October 2023
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Many in South Island potentially exposed to bacteria in drinking water
6 Oct 2023Hundreds of thousands of people in the South Island are potentially being exposed to bacteria and parasites in their drinking water. Regulator Taumata Arowai has singled out 27 councils without… 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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