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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 August 2023
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More than a dozen Kiwi believed to have been mauled to death by dogs
7 Aug 2023More than a dozen Kiwi are believed to have been mauled to death by roaming dogs in Northland over the past three months. DOC says it's released graphic pictures of the bodies to show the reality of… Read more Video, Audio
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Crown psychiatrist says Dickason doesn't have case for insanity
7 Aug 2023One of the Crown's psychiatric experts is steadfast in their view that murder accused Lauren Dickason does not have an insanity nor an infanticide case. This is despite intensive interrogation by… Read more Audio
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Evening business 7 August 2023
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6332549769112 Video, Audio
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All Blacks Rugby World Cup squad named
7 Aug 2023The All Blacks rugby world cup squad has just been named. 33 players will travel to France, where coach Ian Foster's men will try to win back the world cup they failed to defend in 2019. Rugby… Read more Video, Audio
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Is it worth the price tag? Aucklanders react to harbour crossing plan
Aucklanders are worried that a new harbour crossing will cost too much and take too long. The Government is promising two road tunnels and a light rail tunnel from Central Auckland to Akoranga, on the… Read more Audio
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Practicalities of proposed Auckland harbour crossing
The politics is hotly contested but what about the practicalities of tunneling not once, but potentially three times under Auckland's Waitemata harbour. The government's unveiled a mega project to… Read more Video, Audio
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Doctor says unaffordable dental care is causing serious illness
7 Aug 2023Absesses eroding facial bones, blood poisoning and even death. Those are just some of the very real consequences of unaffordable dental care according to a Whangarei emergency department Doctor who is… Read more Video, Audio
Friday, 4 August 2023
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Police 'incredibly hopeful' as search for Yanfei Bao's body continues for third week
4 Aug 2023The search for a missing Christchurch real estate agent remains focused on waterways south of Christchurch, but police are still trying to track exactly where her alleged kidnapper's car went the day… Read more Video, Audio
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Naughty porker who shut down SH16 and evaded police finally captured
4 Aug 2023For nearly two weeks a roaming piggy who shut down Auckland's state highway 16 has evaded capture. In the end, it was the temptation of a banana that lured him into a trap yesterday afternoon. The… Read more Video, Audio
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Pet owners fed up with woman feeding their cats questionable food
4 Aug 2023Residents in three Christchurch suburbs want the police, the SPCA and the local MP to help stop a woman they say is harming their pets. Cat owners in Papanui, Bryndwr and Bishopdale are tracking a… Read more Video, Audio
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Local mayor on missing Marokopa man Tom Phillips
4 Aug 2023Returning to our lead story now, the search for Tom Phillips and his three missing children. The stolen ute Phillips was driving was found earlier today and there have been reports the Armed Offenders… Read more Video, Audio
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Govt to ramp up defence spending to get military ready for combat
4 Aug 2023The Defence Minister admits government Defence spending will need to increase in order to ramp up the military's readiness for combat. The government today released a swathe of high-level policy… 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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