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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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Thursday, 15 December 2022
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Colorado man's raffle win gets him on a plane to New Zealand
15 Dec 2022If you won a ticket to anywhere in the world where would you go? One Colorado man has come here, to New Zealand. He told our reporter Tom Taylor why. Read more Audio
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Auckland venues crowded for Football World Cup semifinal
15 Dec 2022Fans have turned out in their hundreds to sport bars and restaurants across Auckland to watch the semi-final of the FIFA World Cup. France are heading back to the final for a much-anticipated matchup… Read more Audio
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Coromandel Civil Defence details latest storm damage on coast
15 Dec 2022Holiday makers heading for the Coromandel Peninsula this weekend are being warned to check road conditions, after heavy rains caused multiple road slips. Locals have been posting on social media… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 15 December 2022
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6317254657112 Video, Audio
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Seymour, Ardern team up to 'support pricks everywhere'
15 Dec 2022'Raising money to support pricks everywhere'. The ACT leader and the Prime Minister are joining forces post parliamentary insult to raise money for prostate cancer.
Jacinda Ardern was caught out… Read more Video, Audio
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Cricket: Black Caps reveal new split captaincy
15 Dec 2022The Black Caps will usher in a new split captaincy set up, when the opening test against Pakistan begins in Karachi on Boxing Day.
After six years leading the side in all three formats - Kane… Read more Video, Audio
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Weather: Heavy rain hammers Coromandel roads yet again
15 Dec 2022The Coromandel's been hit again with widespread surface flooding, multiple slips and closed roads, just days before the summer holiday-makers descend.
Key arterial routes were knocked out for much of… Read more Audio
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Wayne Brown's airport comments force trading halt - analysis
Mark Lister from investment advisor firm Craigs Investment Partners discusses the impacts of the Auckland mayor's comments about Auckland Airport which forced a trading halt on shares on Thursday. Read more Video, Audio
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Auckland mayor's comments force trading halt on airport shares
The Auckland mayor and self-proclaimed 'Mr Fix' it threw a spanner in the works at the stock exchange today, forcing a trading halt on Auckland Airport shares.
During a livestreamed council meeting… Read more Audio
Wednesday, 14 December 2022
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Transport expert on impacts of ending discounted fares
14 Dec 2022A seven percent bump in public transport use is not enough for the government to keep universal half price fares. They go in March next year along with the fuel tax discount. Instead the discounted… Read more Video, Audio
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Football World Cup: Elation for Argentina, tears for Croatia
14 Dec 2022Elation for Argentina, commiserations for Croatia. The first semifinal at the 2022 FIFA World Cup saw the two-time champions triumph over last year's finalists in a fairly one-sided contest. Our… Read more Video, Audio
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Hikoi calls for Kaipara mayor to quit over halting karakia
14 Dec 2022A roaring crowd has rallied outside the Kaipara Council building today - calling on the mayor to quit. Craig Jepson has courted controversy after stopping a councillor from opening a meeting with a… Read more Video, Audio
Checkpoint
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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