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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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Thursday, 24 March 2022
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Evening business for 24 March 2022
24 Mar 2022News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Police combing Glen Innes property after shooting
24 Mar 2022Police have been combing a property in the Auckland suburb of Glen Innes after six people were injured by gunfire early this morning.
They say people approached a house about three-o-clock and fired… Read more Audio
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Weather warning for Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa - Metservice
24 Mar 2022The weather system bringing the torrential rain to Tairāwhiti is moving down the island.
An orange alert has been issued for Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa.
Metservice meteorologist David Miller is on… Read more Video, Audio
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Weather: Gisborne remains cut off after heavy rain, slips, floods
24 Mar 2022Gisborne remains cut off this evening - roads are closed all around it - after heavy rain battered the region, causing slips and widespread flooding.
The sun was shining for most of the day but slip… Read more Video, Audio
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Immigration Minister details Aus asylum seekers deal
24 Mar 2022New Zealand's helping bail Australia out of a long running controversy over asylum seekers locked up in offshore detention centres.
In 2013 it introduced a policy preventing anyone arriving by boat… Read more Video, Audio
Wednesday, 23 March 2022
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Russian forces destroy most of Mariupol, attacks more brutal
23 Mar 2022Russian forces have destroyed over 90 percent of Mariupol - pummelling the the southern port city with rockets and missiles and cutting off access to electricity, water and supplies.
If Mariupol is… Read more Audio
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Fans welcomed back to sports stadiums as Covid limits change
23 Mar 2022Sports fans are being welcomed back to stadiums from this weekend.
There are no limits on attendance at outdoor Super Rugby and Cricket World Cup games - but numbers at indoor netball venues will… Read more Audio
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800 staff return to Air NZ as travel takes off again
Air New Zealand has brought back 800 furloughed or former staff as the border soon reopens to tourists.
Today the airline also revealed it will be flying non-stop to New York City from September.
… Read more Video, Audio
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Footrot Flats mural covered up over copyright complaint
23 Mar 2022A Manawatū mural of "Wal and Dog" from Murray Ball's Footrot Flats has fallen mighty flat.
It was painted as part of the Manawatū Street Art Festival, but it went up without the consent of the family… Read more Video, Audio
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Soggy, smelly, pricey repairs in Auckland after major flooding
23 Mar 2022As flooding strikes the East Cape, hundreds of people further north are grappling with soggy, smelly and expensive repair work in Auckland - and and an apparent shortage of commercial dehumidifiers.
… Read more Audio
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Latest on torrential weather, evacuations in Tairāwhiti
23 Mar 2022A state of emergency is in place after torrential rain caused flooding, rescues and evacuations.
State Highway 35 - around the East Cape - was closed early on Wednesday morning because of slips, but… Read more Video, Audio
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Hipkins comfortable with unvaccinated staff returning to school
23 Mar 2022The government is scrapping Covid mandates for teachers despite low vaccination rates among primary aged children.
In a loosening of Covid restrictions, from Saturday there will be no outdoor… 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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