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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, 5 July 2023
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National proposes new medical school in Waikato for rural doctors
5 Jul 2023The National Party has revived its promise to create a new medical school focused on delivering doctors for rural communities. The party had started work on the idea when it was last in government… Read more Audio
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VR invention aims to teach aspiring ballers to shoot perfect basket
5 Jul 2023A pair of Palmerston North entrepreneurs have come up with a virtual-reality invention to teach aspiring basketball and netball sharp shooters how to sink the perfect basket. Now, they're working on… Read more Audio
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Farmers fuming after govt contract to install carpet goes overseas
5 Jul 2023It's a carpet burn that's left Federated Farmers fuming. The Ministry of Education has contracted a global manufacturer Milliken to supply and install carpet tiles in nearly 800 small and remote… Read more Video, Audio
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Auckland Mayor goes to lofty heights to back Women's World cup
5 Jul 2023Auckland mayor Wayne Brown has gone to lofty heights to urge Aucklanders to get behind the Women's World Cup. The mayor, who admits he loves doing "crazy things", dribbled a ball along the roof of… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 5 July 2023
5 Jul 2023News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6330599003112 Video, Audio
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Expert on report into NZ's gang problem
5 Jul 2023A new report on gangs pours cold water on claims a zero tolerance approach is the best way to deal with the problem. But National is rejecting that, pointing to Western Australia and Queensland's… Read more Video, Audio
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NZ Athletes at sea after World Beach Games cancelled
5 Jul 2023More than 20 New Zealand athletes are all at sea after the cancellation of next month's World Beach Games. The second edition of the Games was to be held in Bali, but the Indonesian city has withdrawn… Read more Video, Audio
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Auckland mayor in 'complex negotiations' over flood repairs
5 Jul 2023Auckland mayor Wayne Brown says he's still in "complex" negotiations with the government over how they'll split the bill over flood repairs. Wayne Brown was high above Eden Park today promoting the… Read more Video, Audio
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'Stress & emotional strain' pensioners caught out by border closing
5 Jul 2023'Significant financial hardship, stress, and emotional strain' The Retirement Commissioner says pensioners caught out during the border closures had major difficulties navigating government bureacracy… Read more Audio
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11 staff stood down over fighting in Youth Justice facilities
5 Jul 2023Yet more Oranga Tamariki staff have been stood down over an alleged fight club at one of its youth justice residence. It follows a video being posted to social media showing two teenage boys attacking… Read more Video, Audio
Tuesday, 4 July 2023
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Stargazers check out big bright 'buck moon'
4 Jul 2023Stargazers and onlookers are observing a full moon as "bigger and brighter" than usual this week and there is a reason. A supermoon, or what Nasa is describing as a buck moon, has been spotted in the… Read more Audio
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Former Lake Alice patient shares story in hopes to raise awaren
4 Jul 2023A former patient of the Lake Alice psychiatric hospital says while he can not tell the court about his experience there, his story is an important reminder of the need to investigate claims 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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