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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, 8 May 2023
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Oranga Tamariki cuts funding for 130 trusts working with youth
8 May 2023A Christchurch trust working with at-risk youth is one of more than 130 to have their funding cut by Oranga Tamariki.
The Youth Alive Trust has been around for more than three decades and runs… Read more Video, Audio
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Retailers face insurance hikes after ram raids, break-ins
8 May 2023Retailers are warning insurance hikes in the wake of ram raids and other crime could force many out of business.
Retail New Zealand says the rising costs mean more than eighty percent of its members… Read more Audio
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David Seymour on idea for Corrections to run detention facilities for young criminals
8 May 2023ACT wants to spend half a billion dollars building youth detention centres that would be run by the Department of Corrections, if it is in government.
The party says young law breakers need to be… Read more Video, Audio
Sunday, 7 May 2023
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No ocean? No problem - Surf's up for inland Otago wave catchers
7 May 2023When it comes to catching a wave, Hāwea Flat - just outside Wānaka, isn't the first place that springs to mind.
But that's about change with the launch of YourWave - essentially what happens when a… Read more Video, Audio
Friday, 5 May 2023
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Interislander ferry part needed replacing years earlier - TAIC
5 May 2023A vital part that failed leaving an Interislander ferry drifting towards rocks in high winds, should have been replaced years ago.
There were nearly a thousand people on board the Kaitaki when it… Read more Video, Audio
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Piha reopens to public months after Cyclone Gabrielle damage
5 May 2023After more than two months, Aucklanders can finally head back to their famous black sand surf beach, Piha.
Cyclone Gabrielle left a wave of destuction on the region's west coast, meaning only Piha… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 5 May 2023
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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High Commissioner to UK apologises to Māori King over tikanga
5 May 2023A right royal mess. The High Commissioner to the UK, Phil Goff, has apologised to the Maori King for not following tikanga at an event in London.
The faux pas happened during a gathering of New… Read more Audio
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NZ to host first ever women's top six rugby series in October
5 May 2023New Zealand will host the first ever women's top six rugby series in October.
The nine match tournament will traverse the country engaging with fans from the far north to the deep south.
RNZ sports… Read more Video, Audio
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Police oppose renewal of Dunedin supermarket's liquor licence
Concerns over cheap, high alcohol, single serve beer sales is one of the reasons police are opposing the renewal of a Dunedin supermarket's liquor licence.
In submissions to the council, police say… Read more Video, Audio
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Auckland Council wins years-long case to limit alcohol sales
Auckland Council has won a long running battle to restrict hours of alcohol sales at supermarkets and put a freeze on new bottle shops opening in vulnerable neighbourhoods.
The Supreme Court today… Read more Audio
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KiwiRail CEO on Kaitaki ferry and Auckland rail failures
A vital part that failed with the Interislander ferry Kaitaki adrift and floating towards rocks in high winds, was long overdue for replacement.
KiwiRail is still not following recommended… Read more Video, Audio
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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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