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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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Tuesday, 9 August 2022
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Evening business for 9 August 2022
9 Aug 2022News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6310623459112 Video, Audio
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National leader Luxon on Uffindell's school bullying revelation
9 Aug 2022National leader Christopher Luxon says he feels for the victim of Sam Uffindell's attack while at Kings College in the past.
He told Checkpoint he believes Uffindell is genuinely contrite, but said… Read more Video, Audio
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Local Govt NZ pleads for more council candidates around country
9 Aug 2022An SOS for local democracy. That's what Local Government New Zealand is calling its final plea for council candidates.
With three days left - dozens of seats have no candidates or only one. Tessa… Read more Video, Audio
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Tauranga mostly unfazed by Uffindell's bullying revelations
9 Aug 2022While the shock revelations of Sam Uffindell's high school bullying have prompted calls for his resignation from some, his constituents in Tauranga appear to be - for the most part - ready to forgive… Read more Video, Audio
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National MP Sam Uffindell admits being a bully at school
9 Aug 2022National's newest MP has admitted he physically and mentally hurt other students while he was at school.
Sam Uffindell was kicked out of King's College 22 years ago after beating a 13-year-old in a… Read more Audio
Monday, 8 August 2022
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National, ACT ahead in latest political poll
8 Aug 2022National and ACT can form a government on their own according to the latest 1News Kantar Public Poll.
However both National and Labour have dropped slightly in their popularity.
RNZ political editor… Read more Video, Audio
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Police hire more staff as gun licence queue grows
8 Aug 2022Police are employing more staff to process firearms licence applications following a long backlog of frustrated people not being allowed to buy or use a gun.
The delay is attributed to more thorough… Read more Audio
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Landslide blocks Wellington's The Terrace
8 Aug 2022A landslide is blocking parts of a Wellington CBD road.. and eight homes have been evacuated.
Our reporter Kirsty Frame is there and joins Lisa Owen with the latest.
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Defiant Tamaki distances self from protesters' offensive signage
8 Aug 2022Another mass protest, another afternoon of streets clogged with demonstrators, causing disruption in Auckland.
The self-styled Bishop Brian Tamaki cuts an unapologetic figure, the ringleader of the… Read more Video, Audio
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Commonwealth Games: What financial wins do medals bring?
Do precious medals - the type the NZ team has scooped up at the Commonwealth Games - actually convert into money in the back pocket of athletes?
Cyclist Aaron Gate has bagged a wheel-spinning four… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 8 August 2022
8 Aug 2022News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6310584612112 Video, Audio
Checkpoint
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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