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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, 9 May 2022
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Fed-up Bromley locals hold meeting over wastewater plant fire
9 May 2022Bromley residents fed up with their homes smelling like burnt poo are taking matters into their own hands.
They say Christchurch City Council is not doing enough to fix the horrific stench wafting… Read more Audio
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Petrol station fuel thefts up 24 percent on 2021
9 May 2022Drive off thefts from petrol station are up 24 percent on the same time last year. That's according to just released data from retail crime intelligence company Auror.
It says the jump in this kind… Read more Video, Audio
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Another ram raid on CCTV - what is the answer for retail?
9 May 2022Another car has ploughed through another shop front, and a multi-agency meeting is taking place as government and other groups work out what to do about ram raids.
Community leaders and shop owners… Read more Video, Audio
Friday, 6 May 2022
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Police urged to apologise for threat over Armenian flag at Anzac event
A Wellington man who claims police threatened to trespass him from an Anzac Day memorial if he displayed an Armenian flag in memory of genocide victims says it is "shameful".
He says it's kowtowing… Read more Audio
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NZ set for warmest winter in history, ocean temperatures high
6 May 2022New Zealand is set for its warmest winter in history with ocean temperatures in the upper north island still in their early twenties.
NIWA says coastal sea temperatures were unusually warm for the… Read more Video, Audio
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Ohakune optimistic for winter boom after two quiet years
Residents of the Central North Island town of Ohakune are optimistic a booming winter is on the way after two years of Covid uncertainty.
And although warnings about volcanic activity on Mt Ruapehu… Read more Audio
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Owen Franks ready for first rugby test in three years
6 May 2022Former All Blacks prop Owen Franks hasn't played test rugby for three years but he's not giving up hope of adding to his 108 test career.
Franks played 150 games for the Crusaders and is now set to… Read more Audio
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NZ schools' remaining coal-powered boilers to be scrapped
The last remaining coal boilers being used to heat school classrooms are set to be scrapped and replaced with cleaner wood burners or electric heating by 2025.
The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern… Read more Audio
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Some mull travel for treatment as surgery waitlists blown out
With waiting lists for elective surgery blowing out even further because of Covid restrictions, some are setting their sights on other countries to get the treatment they're wanting.
Rachel Graham… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 6 May 2022
6 May 2022News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6305688048112 Video, Audio
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US officials seize superyacht in Fiji linked to Russian oligarch
6 May 2022American officials have seized a multimillion dollar super yacht moored in Fiji because of its links to a sanctioned Russian oligarch and so called dirty money.
The US blacklisted Suleimon Kerimov… Read more Video, Audio
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Children eligible but less than a quarter fully vaccinated for Covid
It's been four months since children aged between 5-11 year olds became eligible for Covid vaccinations but latest data shows less than a quarter have received both jabs.
And with that age group… Read more 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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