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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, 7 April 2025
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Anti-social behaviour has marred AFC's latest A-League match
7 Apr 2025An assault, an arrest and anti-social behaviour by fans has marred Auckland FC's latest A-League football match at Mt Smart Stadium. Police say an Australian national was taken to Middlemore Hospital… Read more Audio
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2 billion dollars wiped off value of NZ share market
7 Apr 2025Trump says the falling markets are the medicine needed to fix a problem... Audio
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Research on effects of vaping on NZ youth causing concern
We need to know before it's too late, that's the message from researchers working to find out the long-term health effects of vaping on New Zealand's young people, who are nearly three times more… Read more Audio
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NZ needs to decide whether to fix pot holes or save lives - GP
Tairawhiti doctors are warning some Gisborne Hospital services are on the brink of collapse and without an influx of doctors in the next four weeks could be forced to shut down. Last week, the head of… Read more Audio
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New Zealand's defence spending to increase
7 Apr 2025New Zealand's spending on defence is set for a sharp rise - with the government laying out a plan to double it within the next eight years. It's expected to bring the government's investment to more… Read more Audio
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Medicinal cannabis user worried about new drug-driving laws
A survivor of abuse in state care is worried new drug-driving laws mean he could be banned from taking the wheel due to his use of medicinal cannabis. Toni Jarvis says he uses prescribed products to… Read more Audio
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Queenstown locals on pressures with visitor and resident growth
7 Apr 2025Queenstown has been suffering from growing pains for years but with visitor and resident numbers continuing to swell it's turning into a full-blown belly ache. The Queenstown Lakes population is about… Read more Audio
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Firefighters battling blaze at industrial complex in Bromley
7 Apr 2025Firefighters are battling a blaze which erupted at an industrial complex in the Christchurch suburb of Bromley this afternoon. Fire and Emergency was alerted to the fire in Maces Road shortly before… Read more Audio
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Moana Pasifika make history with win over Waratahs
7 Apr 2025The team had never scored back-to-back Super Rugby wins - but that all changed after the side picked apart the Waratahs over the weekend. It's new ground for a club that's struggled to bag games in… Read more Audio
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Calls for Burial and Cremation Act to be updated
7 Apr 2025People in the business of death would like the Burial and Cremation Act 1964 updated saying it hasn't kept up with changes in technology. They also say there are no clear rules around what to do with… Read more Audio
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Israel admits soldiers made mistake killing emergency workers
7 Apr 2025Israel's army has changed its account over what happened when 15 emergency workers were shot and killed in Gaza last month - now admitting that its soldiers made mistakes. Israel had originally said… Read more Audio
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What makes electronic waste dangerous?
7 Apr 2025Already this year Auckland Council has had at least 13 rubbish truck fires caused by discarded batteries. They over heat and spark up the other rubbish, costing the council up to $5000 a truck fire… 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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