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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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Wednesday, 20 August 2025
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Injuction to remove asylum seekers in UK sparks controversy
20 Aug 2025UK correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about a temporary high court injuction to remove asylum seekers from a hotel in Essex which has caused controversy, as well as some children on… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 20 August 2025
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Disability support service worries govt will cut travel subsidy
20 Aug 2025A disability support service is worried the government could be about to cut a travel subsidy that helps people with disabilities get where the need to be. The Total Mobility Scheme is jointly funded… Read more Audio
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High schools close as secondary teachers go on strike
Members of the secondary teachers' union swapped classrooms for picket lines today. The one-day strike closed many schools as the Post Primary Teachers Association tried to pressure the government… Read more Audio
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Inflation and unemployment forceast to rise
20 Aug 2025The Reserve Bank's economic report card is out. Wholesale interest rates dropped 25 basis points to 3%, but inflation us expected to rise to 3% in September and hit its 2% sweet spot until mid next… Read more Audio
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Tickets for Womens Rugby World Cup selling in record numbers
20 Aug 2025Tickets for the Women's Rugby World Cup are being snapped up in record numbers. The final at Twickenham is set to be played in front of more than 80,000 fans, a nearly 3000% increase in crowd numbers… Read more Audio
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New scheme aims to cut out supermarkets, source local produce
A new scheme aims to cut out supermarkets and get the fruit and vegetables grown next door or down the road onto people's plates. A group of charities in Wellington is working to source produce direct… Read more Audio
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Waikato woman calling for age increase on working holiday visas
20 Aug 2025The age limits on New Zealand working holiday visas are "antiquated" according to a 77 year old year Waikato woman, who has regularly traveled overseas on working holidays. At the moment working… Read more Audio
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Deadline over homeless people living on Christchurch church grounds
20 Aug 2025A looming deadline hangs over a group of homeless people living on a church's grounds. Advocates said those living in a carpark at Holy Trinity Avonside in Christchurch have nowhere else to go. But… Read more Audio
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Sarah Shaw describes traumatic ordeal in US detention
20 Aug 2025New Zealand mother Sarah Shaw has described her traumatic ordeal in United States immigration detention, where she and her son were held for three weeks after a visa mix up at the US-Canada border… Read more Audio
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Canoe Sprint paddlers use World Champs as chance to evolve
20 Aug 2025A year on from their most successful Olympics, Canoe Sprint New Zealand is using this week's World Champs as a chance to build and evolve. A team of 13 paddlers will line-up in Milan, Italy, including… Read more Audio
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Soldier sentenced for attempted espionage
20 Aug 2025A soldier with links to far-right groups and who thought he was spying on New Zealand for a foreign power was sentenced today for attempted espionage.At a court martial at Linton Military Camp near… Read more 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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