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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 June 2022
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Major delays for Wellington trains, problems at main station
There are significant hold ups to train services in the capital tonight because of signalling issues coming into the main station.
Our reporter Soumya Bhamidipati is outside Wellington station and… Read more Video, Audio
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'Unprecedented stress, chaotic' - Emergency Depts overcrowded
20 Jun 2022The College for Emergency Medicine chair, Doctor Kate Allan, describes overwhelmed emergency departments around Aotearoa, with staff shortages and patients stuck in limbo, having to wait for a… Read more Video, Audio
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GPs struggle as hospital overflow patients head to clinics
20 Jun 2022Auckland GPs say they're fatigued and overworked as an overflow of winter patients diverted from emergency departments knock on their doors.
Twenty-seven clinics opened for free appointments in east… Read more Audio
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Woman's family nearly all killed in Picton road crash
20 Jun 2022A crash which took the lives of seven people on State Highway One south of Picton yesterday has had a devastating impact on one family, and left the community reeling.
A relative of those who died… Read more Audio
Friday, 17 June 2022
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Southern Medicinal aims to cut cost of medical cannabis
A Southland cannabis producer hopes to ease patient's pain and ensure they're less out of pocket with prescription pot. Patients say they're struggling to afford legal medicinal cannabis with some… Read more Video, Audio
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'Beyond distressing' for staff at hospitals around NZ - Dalton
17 Jun 2022Investigations continue into the death of a woman who left Middlemore Hospital's Emergency Department because of long wait times - only to return hours later, critically ill.
Counties Manukau… Read more Video, Audio
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Overworked, understaffed, pressured workers at all NZ's DHBs
17 Jun 2022Overworked, understaffed and under extreme pressure. That's not just the situation at Middlemore Hospital but also at almost every other DHB in the country, with a massive influx of patients suffering… Read more Audio
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Blues face Crusaders in Auckland for Super Rugby title
17 Jun 2022The first All Blacks test of the year may be closing in - but there's only one game in town this weekend. Saturday's Super Rugby final between old rivals the Blues and Crusaders at Eden Park is chocka… Read more Audio
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Te Matau a Māui iwi bring whānau to whenua with orchards
17 Jun 2022Iwi across Te-Matau-a-Maui or Hawke's Bay are making big investments in orchards, bringing whānau back to their whenua.
They hope this new kaupapa will bring their people jobs. Here's our Hawke's Bay… Read more Video, Audio
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Final hours ahead of Tauranga by-election
17 Jun 2022The battle to replace Simon Bridges in Tauranga is entering its final hours.
The by-election will take place tomorrow, just over two months after the former National leader announced he would step… Read more Video, Audio
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Queenstown now faces critical worker shortage
17 Jun 2022It's never been harder to run a business in Queenstown - that's the message from hospitality and tourism operators in the town, and that comes after more than two years of the pandemic.
A critical… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 17 June 2022
17 Jun 2022News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6308051253112 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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