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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, 18 December 2023
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PM defends using taxpayer money for te reo lessons
18 Dec 2023Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is defending using taxpayer money to pay for his te reo Maori lessons when in Opposition. Mr Luxon has recently been critical of public servants being paid to learn… Read more Audio
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Cairns airport underwater as heavy rain hits Queensland's far north
18 Dec 2023Cairns airport is underwater as heavy rain continues to lash Queensland's far north. The remnants of ex-tropical cyclone Jasper have caused widespread destruction. The main roads into Cairns were… Read more Audio
Friday, 15 December 2023
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Kiwi teen recovering well after brain surgery in London
15 Dec 2023A Palmerston North teenager who had to travel to London for treatment after he suffered a deep brain bleed says he's on the mend. Carson Harvey says his headaches have stopped and he's now looking… Read more Audio
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Southland cousins smash world shearing record
15 Dec 2023Last Friday, Gore cousins Megan Whitehead and Hannah McCall shore 1,293 lambs in 8 hours - a new world record for a female shearing duo. Inside a "chocka" woolshed at Grant Bros farm, locals were… Read more Video, Audio
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Chch company aiming to help cacao farmers in Pacific
15 Dec 2023A Chrischurch start-up wants to bring steam power to the Pacific islands to help cacao farmers dry their beans. Mackwell and Co has reimagined the old steam engine, into what they see as the cutting… Read more Video, Audio
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First phase of mosque inquest comes to an end
15 Dec 2023The truth is transitioning from darkness to light. Those were the words uttered by the Coroner as she drew the curtain on the inquest into the deaths of the 51 people shot at Christchurch's Al Noor… Read more Audio
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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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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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