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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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Friday, 2 June 2023
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Police reveal new electric patrol car to trial on frontline
2 Jun 2023The police have revealed their new electric patrol car to be trialed on the frontline.
Police vehicles make up 20 percent of the government's light vehicle fleet and this move is part of a wider… Read more Video, Audio
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Latest from Kaikohe after elderly woman killed
2 Jun 2023Let's return to Kaikohe now where police have just held a media briefing after an elderly woman died after a home invasion last night.
Our reporter Emma Stanford is there.
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Prime Minister grilled by Otago University students
2 Jun 2023Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has faced a grilling by University of Otago students during his trip to Ōtepoti today.
Students, staff and community members have been fighting against the university's… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 2 June 2023
2 Jun 2023News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6328643596112 Video, Audio
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Auckland deputy mayor on mayor's forwarded emails calling councillors 'dip shits'
2 Jun 2023The government's at-least $1 billion buyout scheme for flood ruined homes has left councils scratching their heads about how much of tab they'll be picking up, and where the cash is coming from.
The… Read more Video, Audio
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Sports chat: Final Super Rugby Pacific season round kicks off
2 Jun 2023The final round of the Super Rugby Pacific season kicks off tonight in Auckland with plenty to play for. The Blues host the 8th placed Highlanders who are clinging on to the last playoff spot. We're… Read more Video, Audio
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Missing John Beckenridge 'brain-washed' step-son - mother
2 Jun 2023A man who is controlling, calculating and determined. That's how Fiona Lu described her former partner John Beckenridge, who she is convinced brainwashed her son Mike and staged a murder-suicide to… Read more Audio
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Police target swarming dirt bikers on Auckland roads
Swarming dirt bike riders causing havoc on Auckland roads will be a target of police this long weekend.
A special squad will be using the Eagle helicopter as well as traffic and surveillance cameras… Read more Video, Audio
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Elderly woman killed in Kaikohe home invasion
2 Jun 2023An elderly woman on a dialysis machine has been killed in a home invasion in Kaikohe overnight.
Residents of the small Northland town of Kaikohe today woke to news the woman, who was well known in… Read more Audio
Thursday, 1 June 2023
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Huapai, Kumeū still waiting for trains, despite population surge
1 Jun 2023Public transport advocates are accusing Auckland Transport of neglecting Huapai and Kumeū residents despite years of calls for a railway line to the city's northwestern fringes.
At least 1200 homes… Read more Audio
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Auckland tsunami alarms stolen, but they can't play music
1 Jun 2023Thieves are targetting Auckland's Tsunami sirens, despite they fact they apparently cannot be modified to play music.
But it is leaving some areas without an early warning system, if disaster is… Read more Video, Audio
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Ōtaki since expressway: Easier to shop, but a bit too quiet for some
1 Jun 2023Known for its outlet stores and speciality shops, the lower North Island town of Ōtaki was also famous as a traffic bottleneck.
That was until the opening of a new expressway bypassing the town over… 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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