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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, 28 November 2022
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GPs 'devastated' staff miss out on health worker pay parity
28 Nov 2022General practices say it's devastating their staff have been left out of a pay parity package for healthcare workers.
Health Minister Andrew Little today announced more than… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 28 November 2022
28 Nov 2022News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6316238328112 Video, Audio
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Auckland Mayor's Erebus comments 'cruel' - victims' son
28 Nov 2022Families of Erebus crash victims are appalled by the Auckland Mayor's comments about a planned national memorial in the city and believe more than four decades on their loved ones deserve better.
43… Read more Video, Audio
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Chaos in Belgium after upset at Football World Cup
28 Nov 2022The latest in a string of early upsets at the Football World Cup has caused chaos in a major European capital this morning.
Police have been forced to seal off parts of central Brussels as fans… Read more Video, Audio
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Police Minister responds to dairy owners' protests
28 Nov 2022Lisa Owen asks Police Minister Chris Hipkins if a dairy owner applying for a fog cannon could expect to get one by Christmas.
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Dairy owners protest for tougher punishment of offenders
Dairy owners around the country closed their doors on Monday in protest, calling for tougher punishments for offenders.
About 300 people gathered outside Jacinda Ardern's electorate office in… Read more Video, Audio
Sunday, 27 November 2022
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Patients turned away from west Auckland clinics as GPs lacking
27 Nov 2022Doctors at a West Auckland clinic say patients are facing increased wait times for appointments or being turned away altogether as the number of GPs in New Zealand stagnates.
The situation hasn't… Read more Video, Audio
Friday, 25 November 2022
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What do Invercargill's youth want for the city? Council finds out
25 Nov 2022Invercargill is making a pitch to young people in the city and trying to woo more to come live there.
Most of those around the council table are over the age of 50 - so they've set up a pop up kiosk… Read more Audio
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New era for Rekohu Chatham Islands with treaty settlement progress
25 Nov 2022It's a new era for Aotearoa's most remote population - the Chatham Islands.
One of its iwi Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri has struck an agreement in principle for a treaty settlement with the Crown.
The… Read more Audio
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How to avoid a Covid Christmas? Professor Michael Baker answers your questions
One things that is probably not on anyone's Christmas wishlist this year is Covid. But with the season for mixing and mingling upon us, it could be harder and harder to avoid, first or second time… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for Friday 25 November
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6316134490112 Video, Audio
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Black Friday hampers RBNZ's call to curb your consumerism
Black Friday sales have kicked off with gusto, as throngs of Kiwis keen to save money on their Christmas gifts, hit the shops.
So are people worried about stimulating the economy with a looming… 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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