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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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Wednesday, 8 October 2025
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House fire that killed father and son was intentionally lit
8 Oct 2025Police say a fatal house fire in the East Auckland suburb of Bucklands Beach last Thursday was deliberately lit. A father and his son are the two believed to have been killed at the Murvale Drive… Read more Audio
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Detection dogs sniffing out predators in South Westland
8 Oct 2025For detection dogs, sniffing out predators in remote South Westland is just part of their day job. But they're a key part of the Predator Free South Westland mission to eliminate every possum, rat and… Read more Audio
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Auckland teen makes history at Weighlifting World Champs
8 Oct 2025An Auckland teenager has made history at the Weightlifting World Championships in Norway. Olivia Selemaia's eighth place finish is the best-ever by a New Zealand female lifter. However she had mixed… Read more Audio
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National falls behind, left bloc can form government in latest poll
8 Oct 2025National has dipped into the twenties, while New Zealand First has hit double-digits, in a new poll. The latest Taxpayers Union-Curia poll has National down 3.5 percentage points to 29.6%. Labour has… Read more Audio
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Rural women fear post cuts will cost their communities
8 Oct 2025New Zealand Post has approval to cut the number of mail deliveries it does in a week. In urban areas, two days a week will be the minimum, down from three. But the cuts are deeper in rural areas… Read more Audio
Tuesday, 7 October 2025
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Project clearing predators from South Westland
7 Oct 2025An ambitious project is clearing predators from more than 100,000 hectares of South Westland wilderness, farmland and towns. Predator Free South Westland project aims to eliminate every possum, rat… Read more Audio
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Actor cut from ad campaign after sharing Winston Peters' address
7 Oct 2025One New Zealand has effectively sacked an actor used in its TV ads after she revealed Winston Peters' home address in a live stream last week and encouraged pro-Palestinian activists to join protests… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 7 October 2025
7 Oct 2025News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Basketball's newest competition to kick of in Auckland
7 Oct 2025The NBL's two winless teams will tip-off the basketball competition's newest innovation in Auckland. The New Zealand Breakers host the defending champion Illawarra Hawks in the first game of an… Read more Audio
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Second phase of a coronial inquest is underway in Hawke's Bay
7 Oct 2025A coronial inquest into Cyclone Gabrielle has heard how some people stranded on roofs in Hawke's Bay as the floodwaters rose, waited nearly an hour to be connected to 111. Our Tairawhiti Hawke's Bay… Read more Audio
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Peters calls out actor for disclosing his street address
7 Oct 2025Political parties are trading barbs over who's responsible for the vandalising of Winston Peter's house which saw his front window smashed. Winston Peters is calling out the activist and actor Acacia… 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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