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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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Wednesday, 12 April 2023
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'Feisty' but relaxed snow leopards welcomed at Wellington Zoo
12 Apr 2023Wellington Zoo is now home to a pair of snow leopard sisters. Asha and Manju have come from Melbourne Zoo and are the only snow leopards in New Zealand.
Our visual journalist Samuel Rillstone went to… Read more Video, Audio
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Tiny Aussie outback town offers $20k to new residents
12 Apr 2023Fancy a change of pace and cheaper housing? A tiny Australian outback desert town is offering grants of more than $20,000 to anyone who builds a house there and moves in.
Quilpie is about 1000km west… Read more Video, Audio
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NZ freshwater environment worsening, new report shows
12 Apr 2023Groundwater sites, failing drinking water standards, lakes reaching breaking point and more nitrates entering rivers, not to mention climate change.
New Zealand's freshwater environment is in a bad… Read more Audio
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Katikati kiwifruit orchards badly damaged by tornado
12 Apr 2023Kiwifruit orchards in the Bay of Plenty town of Katikati have been left badly damaged, after a tornado ripped through on Tuesday.
One family were sheltering inside as the ferocious storm took out… Read more Video, Audio
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Family fears for man waiting six months in hospital for surgery
12 Apr 2023The family of a man with an intellectual disability say he has been neglected while waiting six months in hospital for a hip operation, and they fear he may even die there.
Pukekohe man Arthur Brown… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 12 April 2023
12 Apr 2023News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6324688224112 Video, Audio
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Football Ferns lose 3-0 to Nigeria in World Cup countdown
12 Apr 2023There's now 99 days to go until the FIFA women's Football World Cup in New Zealand and Australia - but fans here may not be feeling quite as positive about things as they were a day ago.
Overnight… Read more Video, Audio
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Some cancer patients denied access to specialist care - report
12 Apr 2023A damning report has found some cancer patients are being denied access to timely specialist care, because of where they live.
The investigation by the Health and Disability Commission detailed six… Read more Audio
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17,000 Wellington street lamps at risk of falling, council admits
12 Apr 2023Wellington City Council has admitted 17,000 street lamps across the city have the faulty adaptors prone to snapping and it's known about it since February.
A report to council shows 17 of the 11kg… Read more Video, Audio
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Mike Bush details critical report on Auckland flood response
12 Apr 2023As the Auckland Anniversary floods swamped the city, its emergency management and the mayor were out of their depth dealing with the crisis.
Minutes mattered, but most of the damage had been done… Read more Video, Audio
Tuesday, 11 April 2023
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Social workers among new additions to immigration green list
11 Apr 2023The government has widened its net on importing health workers, saying it will help the country cope during a global shortage in the sector - as New Zealand heads into winter.
It's added 32 new roles… Read more Video, Audio
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Anxious waits for student with autism using Auckland buses
11 Apr 2023The mother of a student with autism, who has been left stressed and on the road when "ghost" buses fail to show, says Auckland Transport has to do better.
Hundreds of bus trips a week have been… 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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