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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, 15 December 2021
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Northland checkpoints start smoothly as border reopens
Northland's checkpoints started smoothly today, with last minute background checks holding up some Tai Tokerau Border Control workers the only speed bump.
Thousands of cars heading north passed… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 15 December 2021
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6286891082001 Video, Audio
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Counties-Manukau DHB hits 90 percent fully vaccinated
Sound the bell, Counties Manukau DHB has hit the 90 percent double vaccination target. The last of Auckland's three health boards to get over the line. Counties Manukau has the second biggest eligable… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-style Christmas Santa photo at mall one to remember
15 Dec 2021He's making a list, checking it twice, but this year Santa is also wearing a mask and checking you in. It's a Covid-style Santa visit in malls across Auckland this year, with the city still in the red… Read more Video, Audio
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Australia nears Covid crisis mode
New South Wales is being warned it could see 25,000 cases a day by the end of January. The state has recorded its highest daily total in more than three months - yet new freedoms have come into effect… Read more Audio
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Thousands through airports as Auckland border reopens
Goodbye tumbleweed terminal, hello holiday. Auckland's Covid protection border has reopened, and on Wednesday Auckland Airport was with locals leaving lockdown land. After 120 days penned in, tens of… Read more Video, Audio
Tuesday, 14 December 2021
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How one woman traded her way from a bobby pin to a house
Everyone has heard about how soul-destroyingly difficult it is to get on the property ladder. But one Californian has found her way into home ownership, starting with a bobby pin. Demi Skipper, 29… Read more Video, Audio
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Nervous Northlanders prepare for influx of Auckland travellers
Northland has locked in a summer in the red zone, with gathering limits set to stay in place across the rohe.
For businesses, it's another burn on top of being cut off from much of the country, with… Read more Video, Audio
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Williams lashes out at Willis over emergency housing
The Police Minister lashed out at National's Nicola Willis in Parliament on Tuesday after a range of questions over crime in emergency housing.
Poto Williams was defending a response she gave back in… Read more Audio
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Māori Delta case numbers highlight disproportionate pandemic response - experts
14 Dec 2021Māori now make up half of all cases in the Delta outbreak, despite making up just 16 percent of the population.
And for two days in a row, there have been no new cases among Pākehā - something Māori… Read more Audio
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Joe Schmidt leaves Ireland to join All Blacks as selector
14 Dec 2021The All Blacks will add an old foe to their brains trust for next season with former Ireland coach Joe Schmidt joining as an independent selector.
After a dismal showing against teams from the… Read more Audio
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Christchurch 'Airpawt' pooches ready to welcome Aucklanders
Christchurch airport is bracing for a huge influx of Aucklanders as the city's residents are freed after more than 100 days locked down. And for those struggling with the crowds and the extra anxiety… 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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