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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, 12 June 2023
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Cabinet supports separate bidders to run two Ruapehu ski fields
12 Jun 2023Cabinet has late this afternoon agreed to support separate private bidders running Mt Ruapehu's ski fields after the previous operater fell into volunteer administration.
Regional Econonomic… Read more Video, Audio
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Two boys in hospital after 'freak accident' on Great Barrier
12 Jun 2023Two boys are fighting for their lives in hospital after what's being described as a "freak accident" on Aotea-Great Barrier island.
The boys, who are not brothers, were trapped under a collapsed sand… Read more Audio
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Cordons in storm-damaged Muriwai to be lifted this Friday
12 Jun 2023It's one of the jewels in Auckland's crown, but for the past four months only locals have been able to visit the black sand surf Mecca of Muriwai. From Friday, that's finally going to change. Auckland… Read more Video, Audio
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National to delay charging farmers for agricultural emissions
National wants to kick back the date by which farmers have to start paying for agricultural emissions by another five years, to come into effect from 2030. Under Labour's plan, the pricing scheme is… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 12th June 2023
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6329252257112 Read more Video, Audio
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Fatal New South Wales bus crash: Latest details
12 Jun 2023A wedding party has turned to tragedy in New South Wales, where 10 people have been killed in a bus crash. Another 25 people are injured. The crash happened about 11:30 at night in the Hunter Valley… Read more Video, Audio
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Djokovic's 23rd Grand Slam title puts him ahead of rivals
12 Jun 2023Novak Djokovic clinched a record 23rd men's singles Grand Slam title at the French Open, moving him ahead of his greatest rivals. The 36-year-old defeated Norway's Casper Ruud in the final of the clay… Read more Video, Audio
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Delay in Auckland Council deciding fate of flood-damaged homes
About 400 Aucklanders with flood or cyclone-damaged properties are waiting to hear whether they'll be able to return to their homes, or receive a buy-out. They're waiting on emails telling them what… Read more Video, Audio
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RNZ CEO fronts on ‘pro Kremlin garbage’ by staff member
RNZ boss and editor in Chief, Paul Thompson has told Checkpoint an employment process is ongoing with the staff member at the centre of the altered wire copy scandal.
Mr Thompson said he has not… Read more Video, Audio
Friday, 9 June 2023
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Uber drivers determined to keep fighting for employee rights
9 Jun 2023Uber drivers have hit a speed bump in their fight for employee rights. The global rideshare company has been given the green light to appeal last year's Employment Court decision that its drivers are… Read more Audio
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Aucklanders react to council's budget compromise
9 Jun 2023After a long two days, Auckland councillors have finally passed a watered down version of mayor Wayne Brown's annual budget.
A majority has agreed to sell seven percent of the council's 18 percent… Read more Video, Audio
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Spinning a yarn: Refugees meet to learn English and sewing
9 Jun 2023It started as an opportunity to learn English and now it's a weekly gathering involving not just words but a thread and needle too.
Every Thursday a group of women, some of them refugees, meet to… 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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