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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, 2 March 2023
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Violent end to Parliament protest remembered a year on
2 Mar 2023A year ago today the 23 day occupation of Parliament by anti-mandate protestors came to its shocking and violent end.
RNZ video journalist Angus Dreaver captured the dramatic moments for Checkpoint… Read more Video, Audio
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Muriwai residents meet officials for answer on returning to hom
2 Mar 2023Muriwai residents - who have been out of their homes for two weeks - are desperate to hear about progress.
Nearly 200 homes were evacuated after Cyclone Gabrielle brought down landslides, residents… Read more Video, Audio
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Lake Waikaremoana great walk closed indefinitely after flooding
2 Mar 2023Cyclone Gabrielle has stopped Waikaremoana hikers in their tracks. The Great Walk is closed completely due to damage from flooding.
Te Urewera and its roads took a hammering during the recent foul… Read more Video, Audio
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Vanuatu braces for second cyclone after Cyclone Judy hits
2 Mar 2023Already battered Vanuatu is bracing for its second cyclone in 24 hours.
Tropical Cyclone Judy hit parts of Vanuatu as a category four system - but it's dissipated as it moves away, and has been… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 2 March 2023
2 Mar 2023News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6321525041112 Video, Audio
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More trucks on fragile Northland roads after slip hits rail line
2 Mar 2023More than 40 extra freight trucks per day will be on the already fragile roads of Northland after a major slip on the region's main rail network.
The North Auckland Line, between Swanson and… Read more Audio
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NZ Golf Open returns with record prize money on offer
2 Mar 2023After a three year absence the New Zealand Golf Open is back with record prize money up for grabs.
The tournament at Millbrook Resort in Arrowtown has a field of 156 professionals and 156 amateurs -… Read more Video, Audio
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Housing Minister in Hawke's Bay, temporary villages considered
2 Mar 2023Temporary villages could go up in Hawke's Bay to help house up to 1000 people displaced by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Housing minister Megan Woods was on the ground today - to get a feel for how desperate… Read more Audio
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At least $10m given to Red Cross to support cyclone-hit regions
2 Mar 2023The destruction brought by Cyclone Gabrielle has destroyed homes, businesses and infrastructure across the North Island.
The recovery is set to cost billions and in some cases the damage caused will… Read more Video, Audio
Wednesday, 1 March 2023
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In-N-Out Burger pops up in Wellington
1 Mar 2023Hundreds of people queued to get a taste of California in Wellington today.
American chain In-N-Out burger has set up a pop up site in the city.
Our reporter Samuel Rillstone and cameraman Angus… Read more Video, Audio
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Napier Mayor waiting on details for more police in area
1 Mar 2023Hawke's Bay locals didn't hold back when they had a chance to tell senior police and local mayors what it's like living in the flooded region, with looters prowling around.
After surviving the… Read more Video, Audio
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NZ's Roots Marlborough Dry Gin named world best
1 Mar 2023The Rolling Stones and Billy Joel both sing about it, and it plays a starring role in one of Humphrey Bogart's most memorable lines.
Now a New Zealand made Gin's been named a world best. Roots… 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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