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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, 5 December 2022
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World Rugby Sevens abandons NZ for more 'iconic' venues
5 Dec 2022After more than 20 years the World Sevens Series is abandoning New Zealand in favour of more "iconic" destinations. New Zealand Rugby has confirmed the event in Hamilton in January next year will be… Read more Video, Audio
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Auckland deputy mayor details budget savings, tweaks to targeted rates projects
5 Dec 2022Auckland's mayor is pledging to keep next years rates rise to less than five percent, despite claiming the city's facing a debt crisis.
It's prompting concerns that services will be sacrified to fill… Read more Video, Audio
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PM starts week defending ministers on contentious projects
5 Dec 2022Jacinda Ardern has begun the week on the back foot, defending two of her Ministers overseeing contentious projects.
The opposition has accused her of being economical with the truth - as she's… Read more Audio
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Covid Minister details Royal Commission inquiry into pandemic response
The government has announced a Royal Commission of Inquiry into its Covid pandemic response.
It will look at the laws and decision-making that drove the government's pandemic response - and the… Read more Video, Audio
Friday, 2 December 2022
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Artistic swimming wants more boys, men to dive in
2 Dec 2022Artistic Swimming New Zealand wants to bust stigmas around the sport, formerly known as synchronised swimming, and get more boys and men to give it a go. The International Swimming Federation has… Read more Audio
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Top transport candidate for AT turns down CEO role
2 Dec 2022Situation vacant, again. The man chosen as Auckland Transport's new chief executive has pulled the handbrake, before even getting in the driver's seat.
In a surprise media statement, AT said with the… Read more Video, Audio
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Bug of the Year campaign gets buzzing
2 Dec 2022Will prayer help the praying mantis? Are bees buzzy, drumming up enough support?
Hu-hu do these beetles think they'll beat? Or have sandflies bitten off more than they can chew?
The Bug of the Year… Read more Video, Audio
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Wellington's tip shop marks 25 years of trash into treasure
2 Dec 2022Wellington's tip shop is marking two and a half decades of turning trash into treasure.
Opened in 1997 by locals, it's grown from two staff to twenty.
Our reporter Kate Green and visual journalist… Read more Video, Audio
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Immigration Minister urged to give residency to Kāpiti family
2 Dec 2022The Immigraton Minister's being asked to use his descretion to grant residency to a hungarian family that's been given just over a month to pack their bags and leave the country. The couple and their… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 2 December 2022
2 Dec 2022News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6316448322112 Video, Audio
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What happened to Queen Street's creepy Santa?
2 Dec 2022Remember the Farmer's Santa of Queen Street?
For many years, the big red guy was propped up outside the Farmers department store in central Auckland every festive season. He lives in Wanaka now - but… Read more Video, Audio
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The upsets keep coming at Football World Cup
2 Dec 2022Belgium and Germany have been knocked out of the Football World Cup - as the upsets keep on coming.
Twelve of the 16 teams for the next round have now been locked in and there are few surprises from… 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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