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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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Friday, 5 August 2022
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Newmarket businesses urge protesters to follow rules
Auckland businesses do not want a bar of a protest planned for Saturday, led by Brian Tamaki's Freedom and Rights Coalition. The group is calling it a "patriots march" and are gathering in the… Read more Video, Audio
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Dogs rounded up after fatal attack in Pānguru
About 25 dogs have been rounded up at the Northland property where a man was killed in a suspected dog attack yesterday afternoon. And the search continues for at least three more aggressive dogs in… Read more Audio
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Police, negotiators at Levin property as stand-off passes 24hrs
5 Aug 2022Police and negotiators remain at the scene of a stand-off in Levin where a man has been holed up at a property for more than 24 hours.
At least 80 residents of Bledisloe Street in the Horowhenua town… Read more Video, Audio
Thursday, 4 August 2022
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NZ dance company Black Grace back on stage in New York
4 Aug 2022At last the opportunity to dance like the world is watching. Renowned NZ contemporary dance company Black Grace is back on the international stage with an actual audience for the first time since the… Read more Video, Audio
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Monkeypox likely to spread before prevention campaign - MOH
4 Aug 2022The Ministry of Health has confirmed community transmission of Monkeypox is likely before a prevention campaign exists.
Three cases have been confirmed in New Zealand and it is estimated there have… Read more Audio
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Covid cases falling, but hospital pressure unrelenting
The number of Covid cases continues to fall for the second week running but the pressure on hospitals is unrelenting.
And the daily death toll may keep tracking up for weeks yet. Ruth Hill reports. Read more Audio
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Master Builders want centralised regulator for building supplies
4 Aug 2022Master Builders CEO David Kelly says he didn't expect any big bang from the Commerce Commission's initial report on the cost of construction supplies, but he did say he is pleasantly surprised that… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 4 August 2022
4 Aug 2022News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6310407092112 Video, Audio
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Tax tit for tat in Parliament
4 Aug 2022It's been tit for tat over tax at Parliament today. The row blew up after a news report claiming National had parked its policy to to effectively give people a tax cut.
Now the party says the same… Read more Audio
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Clareburt's medal haul inspires community to call for more Olympic size pools
4 Aug 2022It was 10 medals for New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games today. Among them Wellington swimming sensation Lewis Clareburt who snagged his third medal - this time a hard fought bronze.
The… Read more Video, Audio
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Construction Minister welcomes initial report on building supplies
4 Aug 2022With an investigation a year in the making and 400 pages long, and with a final report and conclusive recommendations in December, the Building and Construction Minister says it will be next year… Read more Video, Audio
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Initial report on costs of construction released
4 Aug 2022The building industry's at breaking point - with soaring costs, supply shortages and a lack of builders. But with the Commerce Commission's final report on the sector due in December, it will not be… Read more 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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