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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, 18 November 2022
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NZ triathlete Wilde's Commonwealth gold appeal dismissed
18 Nov 2022New Zealand triathlete Hayden Wilde's long wait to find out if he would be upgraded to a Commonwealth Games gold medal has come to an end. Wilde appealed to World Triathlon in August about a 10-second… Read more Video, Audio
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National's Mark Mitchell on how its boot camps would be different
National reckons its reboot of boot camps will be different this time around. The revived policy would mean 15 year olds and older, who commit at least two serious crimes could be sentenced to boot… Read more Video, Audio
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Pokie operators face stricter regulation to curb gambling harm
18 Nov 2022Pokie operators will be on a tighter leash with higher standards and harsher penalties from next year. The government's set new regulations with a full review of the Gambling Act to follow. Our… Read more Audio
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Man sentenced for fatal stabbing of Christchurch woman
A life sentence for a man who randomly stabbed a mother of four to death outside her Christchurch home will never heal her family's grief. 52 year old Laisa Waka Tunidau lay bleeding on the concrete… Read more Audio
Thursday, 17 November 2022
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National dusts off boot camps policy for youth offenders
17 Nov 2022The National Party wants to bring back boot camps for teen offenders, promising a crackdown on what it says is a youth crime wave.
National's leader Christopher Luxon announced the plan in Hamilton… Read more Audio
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Ōtepoti museum returns artefacts to Indigenous Australians
17 Nov 2022An Ōtepoti Dunedin museum has returned cultural artefacts first taken from Indigenous Australians more than a century ago.
Stone knives, an adze, and a boomerang belong to the Warumungu people, the… Read more Video, Audio
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Wayne Brown stamps mark on Auckland Council committees
17 Nov 2022Wayne Brown has stamped his authority on Auckland Council, axing some committees, and limiting the numbers on others.
There are three fewer committees now, and fewer people on them.
Our reporter… Read more Audio
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Countdown's reward points scheme flaw short-changes some
Countdown has apparently failed to properly count up customers' reward points as part of its loyalty scheme, meaning shoppers have been short changed when it comes to discount vouchers. Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 17 November 2022
17 Nov 2022News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Fullers apologises for 'disappointing' Auckland ferry disruptions
17 Nov 2022Fullers360 Chief Operations Officer Paul Trotman says up to five percent of its 5000 trips a month are being cancelled. Read more Video, Audio
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Nurse training problems not unique to AUT - students across NZ
In the last week, AUT has been under fire from dozens of nursing students who are fed up with the way their concerns about the degree are being treated. Students from other nursing schools across New… Read more Audio
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Diabetics call on Pharmac to fund life-saving device
17 Nov 2022"Laziness" is one reason used to NOT fund a potentially life saving device for diabetics.
It was a comment made by officials when discussing whether to fund the continuous glucose monitors - which… 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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