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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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Friday, 25 February 2022
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Omicron surging but most under-11s have to wait for vaccination
25 Feb 2022While Omicron infections are surging, most 5-11-year-olds can't be fully vaccinated until at least the middle of next month. The government says it's considered shortening the eight-week gap between… Read more Audio
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NZ sanctions against Russia - Robert Ayson's analysis
25 Feb 2022US president Joe Biden's name checked New Zealand as one of the countries sanctioning Russia.
Some have pulled out the big financial guns; freezing the offshore assets of Russian banks, cutting… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 25 February 2022
25 Feb 2022News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Why attacks on Ukraine will put NZ fuel prices up
25 Feb 2022The crisis in Ukraine has sent oil prices skyward, topping US$105 a barrel.
But the government is reassuring New Zealanders the supply here is in good shape, because it comes from the Middle East.
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Future of Europe at stake - Ukraine acting ambassador to NZ
25 Feb 2022The future of Europe is at stake - and lessons of the past need to be recalled.
That's the view of Ukraine's acting ambassador for New Zealand, who has called on international communities to rally… Read more Audio
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Education Minister visits Wellington school as Covid surges
The country is ending the week with more record numbers from the Covid outbreak.
New community cases announced today were almost double yesterday's figure at just over a whopping 12,000 and the… Read more Audio
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Russia invades Ukraine - latest from Kyiv
25 Feb 2022CNN correspondent Tim Lister is in Kyiv with the latest details on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine met with despair, anger in NZ
25 Feb 2022Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been met with despair and anger in New Zealand.
Our reporter Tom Kitchin and cameraman Sam Rillstone have the story.
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Hundreds dead, wounded in Ukraine as Russia invades
25 Feb 2022Hundreds of people are dead or wounded as Russia continues its march into Ukraine.
The Western world has returned fire - but its weapons of choice are words and more sanctions, including freezing the… Read more Video, Audio
Thursday, 24 February 2022
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Latest as Russia invades Ukraine
24 Feb 2022Explosions have rocked several Ukraine cities after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a special military operation in the country's east.
It appears to be much more than that with Ukrainian… Read more Video, Audio
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GPs, pharmacists brace for huge demand for RATs in Phase 3
24 Feb 2022GPs and pharmacists are bracing for huge demand for RAT tests as the country prepares to go into phase three.
But they say it'll be impossible to meet it. The Government's announced a move to phase… Read more Video, Audio
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NZ moves to Phase 3 of Omicron Response
24 Feb 2022With daily Covid cases setting new daily records, from midnight tonight, New Zealand moves to phase 3 of the traffic light system. With more than 6000 cases, and one more death, we now have 205 people… 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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