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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, 26 April 2022
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Ram raiders target high end goods in Ormiston, Auckland
26 Apr 2022Ram raiders have struck again in Auckland, this time targeting shopping malls for high value goods. Read more Video, Audio
Friday, 22 April 2022
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Soft plastics recycling collections absent in top of South Island
22 Apr 2022There's still no collection for soft plastics in the top of the South Island - despite the scheme restarting nationwide more than two years ago.
The scheme stopped in 2018 when offshore plants said… Read more Audio
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Dame Patsy Reddy joins NZ Rugby board
22 Apr 2022New Zealand Rugby has appointed the former Governor-General, Dame Patsy Reddy to its board.
Dame Patsy joins respected rugby administrator Rowena Davenport as new NZR Board appointees. The move comes… Read more Audio
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Palmerston North revs up for Superstock Teams Champs
22 Apr 2022Engines are revving and bar tills ringing in Palmerston North for the city's biggest weekend of the year.
The Superstock Teams' Champs bring thousands of petrol heads to Manawatū and pump millions of… Read more Audio
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Fatberg causing sewage overflow near Kaiteriteri
22 Apr 2022A fatberg's caused a raw sewage overflow into Stephens bay at the gateway to the Able Tasman National Park.
The wetland and beach is being monitored for contamination after a fat residue buildup… Read more Video, Audio
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Ardern ends trade mission with meeting Japan prime minister
Jacinda Ardern is wrapping up the final leg of her overseas mission after a pivotal sit-down with Japan's prime minister.
The two leaders met in Tokyo overnight and emerged with an agreement which… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 22 April 2022
22 Apr 2022News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6304706865001 Video, Audio
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Suspect declared in Madeleine McCann disappearance
22 Apr 2022Portugese prosecutors have officially declared someone a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler, Madeleine McCann.
The three-year-old went missing during a family holiday to Portugal in… Read more Audio
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Who owns New Plymouth Airport's long abandoned car?
22 Apr 2022A blue 2018 Suzuki Swift car has been apparently abandoned at the New Plymouth Airport carpark for two years.
Parked up as people and planes come and go; the tidy little car has been a constant… Read more Video, Audio
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Canterbury town plagued by dirty water a year on from floods
22 Apr 2022Now to the Canterbury town that's got make shift showers in a car park because what runs out of their taps, gives people rashes.
The water in Springfield runs brown or yellow and in the last year… Read more Video, Audio
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The costs behind the rising price of fruit and vegetables
New inflation figures show grocery food prices have gone up 6.7 percent in the past year. Fruit and vegetable prices are up 18 percent. What costs are involved in the rising prices?
Chair of… Read more Video, Audio
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Expect more high prices - fruit and vege growers warn
Just when we thought it couldn't get any higher, fruit and vegetable growers say they may be forced to let crops rot as record inflation takes hold.
Tomatoes, broccoli and lettuces have already… Read more 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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