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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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Thursday, 26 October 2023
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Proposed ram raid law 'leads nowhere good', Children's Commissioner says
26 Oct 2023A pipeline to prison is how in the incoming Chief Children's Commissioner is describing a proposed ram raid law. The bill, amending the Crimes Act, would see ram raid sentences of up ten years in jail… Read more Video, Audio
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All Blacks team for world cup final to be named overnight
26 Oct 2023Lisa talks to our rugby reporter Joe Porter in Paris. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6339884530112 Read more Video, Audio
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Winston Peters refuses to apologise over attack on Ardern
26 Oct 2023Winston Peters is refusing to apologise for his extraordinary attack on the former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern - in which he wrongly accused her office of hiding information from the public about… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 26 October 2023
26 Oct 2023News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6339891088112 Video, Audio
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Police questioned over response to Mosque threats on March 15
26 Oct 2023Eight vital minutes were lost between police being told a shooting was planned at the Linwood Islamic Centre, and the terrorist opening fire. A senior police officer in the communications centre has… Read more Audio
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NZ ultra-marathon runner stops short of backyard world record
26 Oct 2023Christchurch ultra-runner Sam Harvey has stopped short of making history at Big Dog's Backyard Ultra in Tennessee. When we checked in yesterday he had been running 6.7 kilometre loops on the hour… Read more Video, Audio
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Netanyahu says Israel still preparing for invasion of Gaza
26 Oct 2023Benjamin Netanyahu has stressed Israel is still preparing for a ground invasion of Gaza, but he won't say when. In a televised address the Prime Minister sais that Israel is raining hell fire on Hamas… Read more Video, Audio
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At least 22 believed dead in mass shooting in Maine, US
26 Oct 2023It's believed at least 22 people have been killed in another US mass shooting, this time in the town of Lewiston in Maine. A man hunt is underway after the suspected shooter, former soldier Robert… Read more Video, Audio
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Police treating toddler's death as a homicide
26 Oct 2023"An innocent child, who should have been safe, and loved." Police say a toddler who was killed in Lower Hutt on Sunday was taken to hospital at least 12 hours after he was injured. The death of… Read more Audio
Wednesday, 25 October 2023
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Inquest raises questions around police response mosque attacks
25 Oct 2023Were vital clues to the Christchurch terrorist's plans missed by police? Did parliament staff treat the threat with the gravity it deserved? Those are questions the inquest into the deaths of the 51… Read more Audio
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Red Cross believes Cyclone warnings saved lives in Vanuatu
25 Oct 2023The Red Cross in Vanuatu believes sending field workers into communities to warn people to get ready for Cyclone Lola has saved lives. The storm was still a category four and five storm when it hit… Read more Video, Audio
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Child deaths and injuries in Gaza 'shockingly high' - Save the Children
It's believed more 2,300 children have been killed in Gaza during Israel's counter attacks. Almost 5,400 more have been injured and 800 children are believed missing under rubble. These figures used… Read more 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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