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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, 19 June 2024
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Govt cancer drug list three years old
At a select committee hearing yesterday, Doctor Shane Reti doubled down on National's promise saying it would fund the specified drugs, but the cancer drug list he's working to is 3 years old and… Read more Audio
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Egmont Street Eatery seeing customer drop off in 2 years
19 Jun 2024Egmont Street Eatery in the CBD has seen a drop off in customers over the past two years - and it's hitting their bottom line by around $10,000 a week, Simon Pepping speaks to Lisa Owen. Audio
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PM said he could have described past trade delegations better
19 Jun 2024Christopher Luxon described past trade delegations as C-listers and tag alongs before his trip to Japan, despite his Tokyo delegation including many businesses - like Fonterra, Zespri and ANZCO - have… Read more Audio
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Telehealth dealing with increasing serious mental health issues
19 Jun 2024Telehealth providers are dealing with increasingly complex and serious mental health issues, as dire workforce shortages make it difficult to see a psychologist or psychiatrist in person, Luka Forman… Read more Audio
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Kane Williamson set to relinquish Black Caps captaincy
19 Jun 2024Dana Johannsen speaks to Lisa Owen about Kane Williamson turning down a New Zealand Cricket central contract and is instead taking up a casual playing contract, meaning he will have the opportunity to… Read more Audio
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Gloriavale leaver comes 2nd in national pie making contest
19 Jun 2024Lianna MacFarlane, a gloriavale leaver speaks to Lisa Owen about coming second in an iconic national pie making contest after starting out as a cleaner in a Timaru baker and working her way up the… Read more Audio
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Vladimir Putin touches down in North Korea
19 Jun 2024Asia correspondent Erin Hale speaks to Lisa Owen about Vladimir Putin arriving in North Korea, a journalist and prominent MeToo activist sentenced to several years behind bars in China and for the… Read more Audio
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Double up between PM and last year Labour trade delegations
19 Jun 2024C listers and tag-a-longs is how the PM has apparently described trade delegations under the past six years of the former government, however, there's double up between the PM's self described A list… Read more Audio
Tuesday, 18 June 2024
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No secrecy around M5 network - Stanford
18 Jun 2024The immigration minister and officials were quizzed today about the Migration 5 network by MPs at a select committee, the minister's Labour Party counterpart, however, says M5 data-sharing has been… Read more Audio
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Australian journalist creates controversy
18 Jun 2024While bans on some Australian exports to China have been lifted, there's been an uncomfortable focus on the presence of an Australian journalist recently released after serving three years in a… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 18 June 2024
18 Jun 2024News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Health Minister grilled by MP's over broken promise
The Health Minister Shane Reti has been grilled by MPs over the National Party's broken promise to fund 13 cancer drugs, Giles Dexter reports. 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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