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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, 20 May 2022
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Aus election: Many govt seats risk falling to independents
20 May 2022Pundits are tipping a hung parliament when voters hit the polls for the Australian Federal Election tomorrow.
The Prime Minister, in the fight of his political life, has spent the final week of the… Read more Audio
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Auckland weather and traffic update
It's been a wild weather day in Auckland which has impacted on travel around the city.
Nick Truebridge has the details.
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Big Budget boost for Pharmac, but advocates call for more
Pharmac's been given its biggest ever Budget allowance - $191 million - but it falls well short of what patient advocates wanted.
The drug buying agency would've needed around $400 million to clear… Read more Audio
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Levin storm 'will have effect on national supplies' - Veges NZ
Some Levin growers have been hit hard in today's hail and thunder storm, with one likening the damage to a shot gun blast to the veges.
Locals describe a mini tornado hitting early this morning… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 20 May 2022
20 May 2022News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6306514235112 Video, Audio
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Half-price public transport would cost $250m a year - govt
20 May 2022The government says making public transport half price would cost $250 million a year.
As part of the Budget, the policy's been extended permanently for Community Service Card holders, but only until… Read more Audio
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Woman killed by falling tree in Cambridge storm
20 May 2022A woman has died after being crushed by a falling tree that she was sheltering under during a freakish storm in the Waikato town of Cambridge.
The oak toppled in high winds this morning. Arborists… Read more Video, Audio
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Levin littered with debris after wild storm hits in early morning
20 May 2022Levin has been left to deal with a trail of destruction after a wild storm ripped through the town this morning.
Rooves lifted off homes - debris scattered - schools closed and power lines left… Read more Video, Audio
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Auckland weather snarls traffic as harbour bridge, ferries limited
It was a frightening and fatal start to Friday due to wild weather. A woman is dead after being crushed by a tree in Cambridge, Levin is battered by what locals call a tornado, and golf ball sized… Read more Video, Audio
Thursday, 19 May 2022
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Orewa College parents concerned after two assaults
19 May 2022Parents of Orewa College students are concerned for their safety after two brutal assaults surfaced online.
Two students from the north Auckland school have been excluded and the school held a… Read more Audio
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Budget 2022: Expert panel on business, health, economics
Budget 2022 includes a cost of living package that will see about two million New Zealanders qualify for a one-off payment of $350.
Health gets a record $11.1 billion over the next four years - with… Read more Video, Audio
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Budget 2022: Relief in Whangārei as fuel discount extended
Another two month extension to the fuel tax reduction and half price public transport, has been met with relief by many on the streets of Whangārei.
The government's also announced New Zealanders… 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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