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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, 10 October 2022
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AT ordered at least 350 Ubers for stranded ferry passengers in past year
10 Oct 2022Fullers has called on Uber to pick up Auckland Transport commuters on at least 350 occasions this year, when it's had to cancel ferries.
On hundreds more occasions, when the cancellation has happened… Read more Video, Audio
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Patient data on dark web after hack of NZ primary health provider
10 Oct 2022Senstive patient data has made its way to the dark web, more than a week after a cyber attack on a primary health provider. Pinnacle Midlands Health Network operates several North Island GP practices… Read more Video, Audio
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Prime Minister dismisses swing to right in local body elections
The Prime Minister is shrugging off the local body election results which saw a dramatic swing to the right across many centres. The opposition parties are hoping to leverage the result to propel them… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 10 October 2022
10 Oct 2022News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Aged care staff shortage may for Auckland rest home to close
10 Oct 2022An Auckland resthome says it may be forced to close its doors if it can't find 24 more health care workers. The not-for-profit Mercy Parklands resthome in Ellerslie says they're so short-staffed… Read more Audio
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1300 UK football fans barred from Qatar's World Cup
10 Oct 2022The past has caught up with a big bunch of badly behaving English football fans. The UK government has banned 13 hundred supporters from travelling to the upcoming World Cup in Qatar - forcing them to… Read more Video, Audio
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Top ADHD doctor charged over wrongly prescribing drugs
One of the country's leading ADHD doctors has been charged with wrongly prescribing ritalin or similar drugs more than 5000 times. Auckland GP Tony Hanne is before the Health Practitioners… Read more Audio
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Auckland Councillors ready to work with Wayne Brown
10 Oct 2022While Auckland's new mayor is not giving much away, Checkpoint called two returning councillors to see what their aspirations for this term are.
Labour aligned Councillor Josephine Bartley won the… Read more Video, Audio
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Wayne Brown checks finances on first day as Auckland Mayor
10 Oct 2022Day one on the job and Auckland's new mayor has been taking a deep dive into the city's books and according to him the numbers arent good. Apart from brief media conference as he arrived at work.. the… Read more Audio
Friday, 7 October 2022
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Malls face Santa shortage as Christmas looms closer
7 Oct 2022Finally tonight, finding a Santa for a photo at a shopping mall might be a bit tougher this year with a recruitment company blaming the pandemic for a Santa shortage. Our reporter Finn Blackwell has… Read more Audio
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Seaweed could be NZ's next big industry, advocates say
7 Oct 2022Seaweed could be the country's new big industry. While some companies harvest seaweed in New Zealand, there are no large-scale commercial farms or hatcheries. Samantha Gee went along to the Seaweed… Read more Audio
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Prison chaplain reflects on quashing of Peter Ellis' conviction
7 Oct 2022Almost 30 years after he was sent to prison Peter Ellis' child sex abuse convictions were today quashed by the Supreme Court. He served seven years in prison after being convicted in 1993 of 16… Read more Video, Audio
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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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