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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, 14 March 2022
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Evening business for 14 March 2022
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6300589843001 Video, Audio
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Time to switch to an ebike? A Wellington review
14 Mar 2022With the country gripped by a fuel price frenzy, many New Zealanders may be looking for other ways to get around.
So tonight we're looking at e-bikes, the pros, the cons, and whether two wheels… Read more Audio
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Russia reportedly asks China for help as global sanctions hit
Russia has reportedly turned to China for military help and economic relief - as sanctions bear down and its invasion of Ukraine continues.
Meanwhile a Russian missile attack on a Ukrainian military… Read more Audio
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Finance Minister details fuel tax cuts
The government has announced it is slashing fuel taxes and public transport fares will halve for three months, as the cost of petrol continues to soar.
The fuel excise is currently about 70 cents per… Read more Video, Audio
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Govt cuts fuel tax, halves public transport fares for 3 months
Brace yourselves for a 'wicked perfect storm' says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine creates a global energy crisis.
In the last hour, the government has announced it's… Read more Audio
Friday, 11 March 2022
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Waitomo warns customers fuel prices about to go up
11 Mar 2022Fuel company Waitomo has warned customers its petrol prices are about to go up from the end of the week.
Waitomo Group Managing Director Jimmy Ormsby talks to Lisa Owen.
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South Island waits for the worst of Omicron to hit
11 Mar 2022While Omicron cases soar in the North Island, health services across Te Wai Poumanu are still waiting for the worst to hit.
Community healthcare will bear the brunt of caring for Covid-patients and… Read more Audio
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Former NATO commander on Russian invasion of Ukraine
11 Mar 2022Russia has launched a fresh assault on the besieged city of Mariupol less than a day after the brutal bombing of a maternity hospital.
It comes after Russia and Ukraine's foreign ministers failed to… Read more Video, Audio
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All the weird, wonderful ways the world is supporting Ukraine
11 Mar 2022From bake sales and uniform-free school days, NFT auctions bringing in millions of dollars in crypto - our increasingly digital and social world is opening up new ways of getting much-needed funds to… Read more Audio
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NZ BBQ champ up against world's top grillers in Texas
11 Mar 2022A NZ BBQ champ is expecting some sizzling competition when he goes up against some of the world's top grillers this weekend.
Cantabrian Dean Davis is one of two New Zealanders who qualified for the… Read more Video, Audio
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Tauranga to keep commissioners in leadership
11 Mar 2022Tauranga isn't ready to get its council back, with the minister leaving commissioners in place for at least another two years.
The dysfunctional council was sacked in December 2020, and commissioners… Read more Audio
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Christchurch urged to hold rubbish while truck drivers isolate
11 Mar 2022Covid's created a rubbish situation in Christchurch, like an actual rubbish situation.
Residents are being asked not to put their bins out unless they're full up, because a bunch of truck drivers are… 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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