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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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Tuesday, 11 July 2023
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Minister gives dairy owners assurance over brazen retail crime
The Police Minister has given a dairy owners group an assurance she will meet with them every two weeks, as they deal with brazen crime coming through their doors. Ginny Andersen told the Dairy and… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 11 July 2023
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6330962100112 Video, Audio
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Medical lab worker quitting for better pay & hours as meat packer
11 Jul 2023Working as a meat packer is more attractive than the long hours, poor pay and stress of working in a medical laboratory. That's according to a senior scientist who is leaving the profession after… Read more Video, Audio
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NZ Cricket reappoint Black Caps coach for another 2 seasons
11 Jul 2023New Zealand Cricket have stuck with the status quo with the reappointment of Black Caps coach Gary Stead for another two seasons. He will remain in charge across all three formats until mid 2025… Read more Video, Audio
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Whangaparāoa locals oppose getting rid of often cancelled ferry
11 Jul 2023An Auckland Transport proposal could see the Gulf Harbour to Downtown ferry discontinued within the next five years, with passengers forced onto buses instead… Read more Video, Audio
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White Island owners put profits ahead of safety, lawyers say
11 Jul 2023Profits ahead of employee and tourist safety. Lawyers have opened Worksafe's case against the owners of Whakaari White Island today, saying the Buttle brothers had not done enough to inform visitors… Read more Audio
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Train service to Auckland banned due to dangerous driving, possible collision
11 Jul 2023The Hamilton to Auckland train service, Te Huia, has been banned from entering Auckland city due to dangerous driving. Waka Kotahi's issued a prohibition notice effective immediately after drivers on… Read more Video, Audio
Monday, 10 July 2023
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Migrant communities gather in dozens to welcome world cup teams
10 Jul 2023With only ten sleeps until the FIFA Women's World Cup kicks off, New Zealand's migrant communities are getting together to welcome their teams and cheer for their home countries. This morning, players… Read more Audio
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Coffee & Tee: NZ company turning coffee waste into golf tees
10 Jul 2023There's an environmental revolution brewing on the golf course, and it's all about your coffee discards. Waste coffee grounds collected from NZ cafes will be used to make biodegradable golf tees for… Read more Video, Audio
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Minister meets nuclear agency over wastewater dumping in Japan
10 Jul 2023The head of the UN Nuclear Agency is in New Zealand and has met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta, following the release of its latest report on the decommissioning of the destroyed… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 10 July 2023
10 Jul 2023News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6330912116112 Read more Video, Audio
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'Great refixing': Mortgage interest rates to rise up to $1600 a month
10 Jul 2023Could you find an extra $1600 a month in the household budget if you had to? That's the sharp end of the cost of living crisis for some Aucklanders, and that's on mortage payments alone. Westpac has… 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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