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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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Friday, 10 March 2023
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Ambulance ramping getting more common with ED pressure
10 Mar 2023As our hospital emergency departments buckle under the relentless demand, flow-on effects are being felt across the health sector.
Ambulances are spending increasing amounts of time waiting outside… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 10 March 2023
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6322255948112 Video, Audio
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Working holiday win for NZers in UK, vice versa, with visa extension
10 Mar 2023Kiwis travelling to the UK on a youth mobility visa will soon be able to stay there for three years, instead of two.
The deal was reached last year - but has been brought forward to start from July.
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Basketball: Fate of Breakers' season could be decided
10 Mar 2023The fate of the Breakers' season in the Australian National Basketball League could be decided this weekend.
The finals series against the Kings is locked at 1-all with game three in Sydney tonight.
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Ex-Fiji PM Bainimarama granted bail after charges of interferen
10 Mar 2023Fiji's former PM Frank Bainimarama and suspended police chief have been granted bail, after spending the night in custody.
Local media reports the bail was ten-thousand Fijian dollars - which is in… Read more Video, Audio
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Dr Bryan Betty details severity of meningitis
10 Mar 2023There's a push to increase the awareness of the speed and severity of Meningitis. Two university students are among four confirmed cases of the meningococcal disease in the Canterbury region this… Read more Video, Audio
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Thousands of teachers ready to strike over stalled pay talks
Hundreds of thousands of school children will get a day off school when about 50-thousand school and kindergarten teachers join forces in a mega-strike next week.
Members of the Post Primary Teachers… Read more Audio
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The Detail: After the storms, what is the future of insurance?
10 Mar 2023Red sticker, yellow sticker, managed retreat - the way we think about insurance has been turned upside down by a summer of extreme weather events. The Detail looks at the role insurers will play in… Read more Audio
Thursday, 9 March 2023
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NZ surf lifesavers put themselves to the test in Ōtautahi
9 Mar 2023Our surf life savers are putting themselves to the test in Christchurch for the next few days.
It's been another tough summer of serious rescues - with the number of lifeguards out on patrol still… Read more Audio
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'I've got the boats, not the people' - Fullers boss calls for easing immigration rules for crew
9 Mar 2023Coromandel could have its ferry service back if the government losened immigration rules to allow more skippers and qualified crew into the country, the boss of Fullers 360 says.
Right now road… Read more Video, Audio
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'Bit of an ordeal' - St Bathan's man hit by charging boar
9 Mar 2023Imagine you're having a quiet evening on the deck of your Central Otago cottage, when a family of wild pigs gatecrashes.
And when you head down to shoo them along, you find yourself face to face with… Read more Video, Audio
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Wellington doesn't understand why fuel prices are so high
9 Mar 2023Wellingtonians can't understand why they pay so much more at the pump than the other big cities.
A new report from the Commerce Commission shows people in the Capital, Porirua and Lower Hutt pay the… Read more 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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