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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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Tuesday, 23 July 2024
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Initiative stopping students fighting at railway station at good start - Mayor
23 Jul 2024The Porirua Mayor said a new initiative to stop students fighting at the city centre railway station is off to a good start. Three safety officers, known as navigators, started patrolling Porirua… Read more Audio
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Sport: Ardie Savea goes to Moana Pasifika
23 Jul 2024Jamie Wall speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about Ardie Savea going to Moana Pasifika and the Olympics. Audio
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Winner of Clyde Quay School's raffle announced
23 Jul 2024Clyde Quay School's school board chairperson Michelle Little speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about the winner of the raffle, who won the prize of two Taylor Swift tickets, including airfares to London… Read more Audio
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US: Kamala Harris clinches majority of Democratic Party
23 Jul 2024The Associated press has surveyed delegates and in breaking news has said she has sailed through the threshold of 1,976 delegates needed on the first ballot to win nomination in America's convoluted… Read more Audio
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Rising drug use in NZ costing millions of dollars in social harm
23 Jul 2024Every region in the country, except Waikato, has recorded above average meth use while the number of people cosuming cocaine is up in every district, Detective Inspector Tim Chao, manager of the… Read more Audio
Monday, 22 July 2024
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UK: Outcry over prison sentences given to climate protesters
22 Jul 2024Diane To speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about the IT outage on Friday, an outcry over prison sentences given to climate protesters in Britain and the Paris Summer Games kicking off at end of the week. Audio
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Evening business for 22 July 2024
22 Jul 2024News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Final hosting rights on the line in ANZ Netball premiership
22 Jul 2024Grand final hosting rights are on the line in tonight's final regular season ANZ netball premiership game between the Pulse and Tactix, Bridget Tunnicliffe. Audio
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Health New Zealand's board to be replaced by Commissioner
Health New Zealand's board will be sacked and replaced with a Commissioner. Minister of Health Shane Reti said the agency is currently overspending at an astonishing rate of $130 million per month… Read more Audio
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'Not what you'd expect from a world-class city' - Wayne Brown
22 Jul 2024"It's embarassing and not what you'd expect from a world-class city"
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown's response to the findings of an independent report he commissioned that shows rules and regulations… Read more Audio
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Kamala Harris endorsed by Joe Biden as presidential candidate
22 Jul 2024Joe Biden has thrown his support behind his deputy Kamala Harris, just 106 days out from the US Presidential election. The 81 year old announced in a shock written statement this morning, he would not… Read more Audio
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Auckland's roading contractors not given incentives - report
22 Jul 2024Auckland's roading contractors aren't given incentives to work cheaper or faster, and most of them take the path of least resistence. That's according to a new report on the city's temporary traffic… 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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