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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, 20 February 2023
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Surf club still home for some in Piha
On the hard-hit west coast beaches in Auckland communities are still dealing with the threat of land slips and the realities of red stickered homes.
In Piha, some people are still calling the surf… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 20 February 2023
Evening Business News for 20 February 2023. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6320851081112 Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Tai Rāwhiti volunteers help clean Te Karaka
20 Feb 2023The clean up is in full swing in the hard-hit town of Te Karaka, about 30 kilometres west of Gisborne.
About 80 whānau are still in evacuation centres, five days after Cyclone Gabrielle rushed… Read more Video, Audio
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Sticky situation for Boxing NZ with championships in India
20 Feb 2023The ongoing war in Ukraine has created a sticky situation for Boxing New Zealand and several of our top female fighters.
Despite Boxing New Zealand's preference the athletes do not take part in next… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Tolaga Bay waiting for cleaning essentials
20 Feb 2023Feeling a little forgotten and a little low in spirits and kai.
A Tolaga bay community leader says they need basic things like cleaning equipment, skip bins and a dump that's open so people can start… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Napier businesses count losses from missed events
20 Feb 2023The government has unveiled a $50 million fund to support, business, workers and the primary sector.
On top of is the government is pledging $250 million more for roading fixes, to get essential… Read more Video, Audio
Friday, 17 February 2023
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Titirangi Village busy again after weeks of storms, floods, slips
17 Feb 2023Meanwhile businesses in Titirangi village are beginning to get back to work with power and water mostly restored. But some further north are still struggling without wifi or supplier deliveries and… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Muriwai slip a 'dynamic situation' - officials
17 Feb 2023Auckland emergency management are talking with a few remaining residents of Muriwai's Domain Crescent who remain in their homes - after a call went out to evacuate. The area is being described as a… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Latest on Gisborne water shortage
17 Feb 2023In Tairāwhiti people are still being urged to conserve water. Civil Defence controller Ben Green has the latest details. [embed]… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Army reservists head to Hawke's Bay to help
17 Feb 2023In the wake of the cyclone, people from around Aotearoa have abandoned their day jobs to head to Hawke's Bay and answer the Army's call for reservists. One of them is Defence Liaison Officer Captain… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Oranga Tamariki helping 500 vulnerable kids
17 Feb 2023Social workers whose own homes and communties are storm-ravaged, are working in shifts to track down hundreds of vulnerable children and young people and confirm they are safe. There's more than 500… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Some in flood-hit Kaipara still without power
17 Feb 2023Parts of Northland remain significantly affected by Cyclone Gabrielle, with many people evacuated from Kaipara District's west coast throughout the week. While access within the region has improved… 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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