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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, 1 September 2025
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Houthis raid Yemen UN offices
1 Sep 2025Middle East correspondent, Jacob Brown spoke to Lisa Owen about the United Nations offices in Yemen's capital being raided by Houthis, and several staffers detained. It comes just days after the… Read more Audio
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Foreign buyers being let back into housing market
The government has announced changes to the foreign buyers ban, letting some wealthy foreigners back into the housing market, but only if they're spending at least $5 million. It is a significant… Read more Audio
Friday, 29 August 2025
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Reserve Bank Chair Neil Quigley resigns
29 Aug 2025Reserve Bank Chair Neil Quigley has resigned. Acting political editor Craig McCulloch spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio
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European leaders expressing outrage at Russia attack on Kyiv
29 Aug 2025UK correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about European leaders expressing their outrage at Russia's deadliest attack on Kyiv in over a month, as well as councils in the UK that have issueed… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 29 August 2025
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Black Ferns World Cup campaign continues
29 Aug 2025The Black Ferns World Cup campaign continues in the early hours of Monday morning. New Zealand play their second pool match against Japan in Exeter, and are sweating on the fitness of three players… Read more Audio
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Calls to bring Auckland out of a 'funk' growing
29 Aug 2025The chorus of business leaders calling for something to be done to help Auckand out of a funk is growing. A major event can see businesses making a month's earning in just a night, according to… Read more Audio
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Tom Phillips believed to be caught on CCTV
29 Aug 2025Police have released footage of two hooded figures, believed to be fugitive father Tom Phillips and one of his children, breaking into a Piopio business. Phillips has been on the run in the remote… Read more Audio
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Union says Gisborne fire station left unstaffed
29 Aug 2025There is a stoush simmering over the crewing of Gisborne's fire station with the union claiming its has been left unstaffed. The union said for just over an hour yesterday there was no one at the main… Read more Audio
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Loafers Lodge murder trial see CCTV of man setting the fire
The Loafers Lodge murder trial today watched CCTV footage of a man setting a fire inside the Wellington boarding house on the evening it burned down. A 50-year-old-man, who has name suppression, is… Read more Audio
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One of the most anticipated test matches of the year on the horizon
29 Aug 2025One of the most anticpated test matches of the year is on the horizon, with the All Blacks set to take on the Springboks. There is a lot on the line as the traditional heavyweights of world rugby… Read more Audio
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My Food Bag shares have plummeted
Investors hoping to bag a good deal when My Food Bag publicly listed four years ago may have been left with a bad taste in their mouth. Shares valued at $1.85 when it debuted on the New Zealand stock… Read more 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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