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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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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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Evening business for 4 August 2023
4 Aug 2023News from the business sector, including a market report [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6332403922112 Video, Audio
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Maori warden on second Auckland shooting in two weeks
4 Aug 2023Returning to our earlier story about two people being shot in Auckland's CBD, one is critically injured. The police say someone on a lime scooter pulled a gun on a group of people after words were… Read more Video, Audio
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All Blacks final home game last chance for players to impress
4 Aug 2023The All Blacks' final home game of the season tomorrow will be a send off for some established stars and a final chance for some fringe players to impress. Up against the Wallabies under the roof in… Read more Video, Audio
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Some in Auckland feeling on edge after second CBD shooting in two weeks
Two people are in hospital after being shot in downtown Auckland late last night. One in the abdomen, the other in the head. The shooter took off on a Lime scooter and is still at large. After another… Read more Video, Audio
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Two sentenced for manslaughter of 16 year old Christchurch boy
4 Aug 2023He was my baby boy. The heartbreaking words of a Christchurch father to those responsible for his son's death. 16 year old Connor Whitehead died after being shot outside a party in the suburb of… 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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