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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, 6 April 2023
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Williamson out of Cricket World Cup after IPL injury
6 Apr 2023Black Caps fans have been hit by some bad news ahead of the Cricket World Cup.
Captain Kane Williamson is unlikely to play at the tournament in India in October after picking up an injury playing in… Read more Video, Audio
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Christchurch surgeon speaks out on cancer patients' long waits
6 Apr 2023A Christchurch surgeon's speaking out about long waits for cancer patients despite allegations his employer is trying to muzzle staff.
Colorectal surgeon Chris Wakeman says some of his patients have… Read more Video, Audio
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Greens' Kerekere in hot water for text calling Swarbrick 'cry baby'
6 Apr 2023Green Party MP Elizabeth Kerekere is in hot water after apparently calling her colleague Chloe Swarbrick a "cry baby" in a text sent in error.
The text was sent to a group chat of MPs and staff, and… Read more Video, Audio
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Hawke's Bay businesses 'shouldering the pain' after cyclone
6 Apr 2023'We're shouldering all the pain'. Tonight the Hawke's Bay businesses who say they've been forgotten, left homeless and jobless. They believe they've been left to pick up the tab for Cyclone Gabrielle… Read more Video, Audio
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Hawke's Bay businesses 'shouldering the pain' after cyclone
6 Apr 2023'We're shouldering all the pain'. Tonight the Hawke's Bay businesses who say they've been forgotten, left homeless and jobless.
They believe they've been left to pick up the tab for Cyclone… Read more Video, Audio
Wednesday, 5 April 2023
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Big jump in demand for biosecurity staff as flights return to NZ
5 Apr 2023Live Australian freshwater crayfish are among the contraband sniffed out by Biosecurity at Auckland Airport in the past three months.
The number of air passengers screened in the first quarter of… Read more Video, Audio
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Gore council CEO in role until 2025, despite no talk with mayor
5 Apr 2023One of the men at the centre of the stand off at Gore District Council was given a two year contract extension just days before a new council was picked.
Chief executive Stephen Parry is no longer on… Read more Audio
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Former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern officially bows out
5 Apr 2023New Zealand's 40th prime minister Jacinda Ardern has officially bowed out of political life, delivering her final address to Parliament.
Her speech marks the end of 14 years as an MP - of which she… Read more Video, Audio
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Kiwibank's Jarrod Kerr on surprise OCR rise to 5.25%
5 Apr 2023New Zealand's Reserve Bank has taken the firehose to the inflation fight, blasting the market with a higher rate rise than expected.
The RBNZ has gone with a 50 basis point increase, taking the OCR… Read more Video, Audio
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Haere Mai Cyndi! - Lauper accepts invite to Dunedin's Woof! Bar
5 Apr 20231980's pop icon Cyndi Lauper is performing in Dunedin, and Woof! Bar had welcomed her with a big beautiful sign 'Haere Mai Cyndi'. On Tuesday Lauper embraced the hospitality, calling in.
The bar… Read more Video, Audio
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Hard-hit Piha community split on having visitors over Easter
5 Apr 2023A hard-hit west Auckland community is split over whether road access should be reinstated to visitors in time for Easter.
Piha is still grappling with the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle.
While some… Read more Audio
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Easter Weekend roads: Take it easy, expect delays - Waka Kotahi
5 Apr 2023Take is easy on the roads if you're driving on the long weekend, as Waka Kotahi warns there will be delays.
Easter Weekend and school holidays means potentially thousands on the move over the next… 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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