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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, 3 March 2023
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Climate change activitists stage sit-in at council offices
3 Mar 2023In Christchurch, young activists have breached the doors of the city council offices and are staging a sit-in.
Reporter Anna Sargent is there. Read more Video, Audio
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Ruapehu Alpine Lifts selling 2023 passes despite voluntary administration
3 Mar 2023The company that operates Mt Ruapehu's ski slopes has announced it will sell season passes for 2023 - despite being in voluntary administration.
Ruapehu Alpine Lifts made the call during a period of… Read more Audio
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Climate change: Managed retreat talk needs to happen soon - expert
3 Mar 2023It is not to early to talk about retreating instead of rebuilding after Cyclone Gabrielle, according an environmental engineer who helped move an entire Australian town to higher ground after… Read more Video, Audio
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Ousted Te Whatu Ora boss says organisation needs trimming
3 Mar 2023Ousted health boss Rob Campbell says plans to trim waste and bureacracy in Te Whatu Ora will need to be sped up - and it will involve re-allocating or cutting hundreds of jobs.
Campbell was sacked as… Read more Audio
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Weather: Vanuatu lashed by second cyclone in two days
3 Mar 2023Vanuatu is currently being lashed by its second cyclone in the space of two days.
Cyclone Kevin is currently a Category 3 system with winds gusting up to 185km/h.
It's on a path to hit Vanuatu's… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 3 March 2023
3 Mar 2023News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6321600423112 Video, Audio
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PM pledges $301m boost for rebuild of Christchurch schools
3 Mar 2023The Prime Minister Chris Hipkins today announced an additional three hundred and one million dollar boost for the rebuild of earthquake damaged Christchurch schools, and said the programme in… Read more Video, Audio
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NZ Breakers three wins away from fifth Australia National Basketball League title
3 Mar 2023The New Zealand Breakers are three wins away from their fifth Australian National Basketball League title.
We're joined by sports reporter Felicity Reid. Read more Video, Audio
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Karekare possibly inaccessible to public for more than a year
3 Mar 2023More than 30 Auckland roads are still closed following back to back to extreme weather events including the anniversary weekend floods and Cyclone Gabrielle.
That's down from a peak of 120 roads… Read more Video, Audio
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Muriwai homeowners still waiting for answers after meeting
3 Mar 2023But we begin on Auckland's West Coast where tonight Muriwai residents are still waiting for answers after a community meeting left them with very few.
There are now 128 red-stickered properties with… Read more Video, Audio
Thursday, 2 March 2023
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Transport Minister details plan to build back broken roads
2 Mar 2023Some flood isolated communites could be weeks away from being reconnected with temporary bridges still in the design phase.
The government has anounced three bailey bridges have already been built… Read more Video, Audio
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Going sea lion spotting with Ōtepoti's intrepid scout
2 Mar 2023Now to Dunedin, where an octogenarian spends her days, documenting one of the rarest sea lion species in the world - and even has one named after her.
Janet Ledingham wanders the shores and dunes… 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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