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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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Monday, 27 May 2024
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Evening business for Monday 27 May
27 May 2024News from the business sector, including a market report Audio
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Petition calls for end to unpaid work placements
27 May 2024Fifteen-thousand people have signed a petition calling for an end to unpaid work placements. Campaign lead for advocacy group Paid Placements Aotearoa Bex Howells spoke with Lisa Owen. Audio
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Maori All Blacks appoint new head coach
27 May 2024The Maori All Blacks have a new head coach as the side returns to the international stage next month. Former All Black Ross Filipo takes the reins of the team he played for during the early 2000s… Read more Audio
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Will Auckland get a new stadium?
27 May 2024Auckland councillor Shane Henderson spoke with Lisa Owen about the prospect of a new stadium for the city. Audio
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Auckland workers walking in groups due to crime
27 May 2024Central Auckland business owners say criminals are harassing their staff, stealing their purses and scaring customers away. Felix Walton reports Audio
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Wait times for waitlists to be released nationwide
27 May 2024Te Whatu Ora clinical lead for planned care, Dr Derek Sherwood speaks to Lisa Owen about the nationwide release of wait list times for those waiting for elective surgery. Audio
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Youth worker says kids arming themselves
27 May 2024Turn Your Life Around co-General Manager Jolene Cartwright speaks to Lisa Owen about the rise in young people arming themselves. Audio
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Unpaid trainees call for funding in Budget
27 May 2024Trainees in health care, education and social work and calling for funding in the Budget, as they prepare to deliver a petition to Parliament. Jimmy Ellingham reports. Audio
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Harrowing details at Sophia Crestani inquest
27 May 2024The inquest into the death of Sophia Crestani at an overcrowded Dunedin student party has heard recordings of distressed party-goers pleading for help and telling police that someone is going to die… Read more Audio
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Scott Dixon secures podium finish at Indy 500
27 May 2024New Zealand driver Scott Dixon has finished on the podium at an eventful Indy 500. American Josef Newgarden won the 200-lap race for a second consecutive year after a four hour delay to the start of… Read more Audio
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Latest on missing Wellington ferry passenger
27 May 2024Police in Wellington say they are continuing to search for a man who went missing after reportedly going overboard from the East by West ferry last week. Wellington reporter Bill Hickman spoke with… Read more Audio
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Reports of dozens killed at displaced Palestinian camp
27 May 2024Middle East correspondent Camille Nedelec speaks to Lisa Owen about Israeli forces bombing Rafah and reportedly killing dozens of people at a camp for displaced Palestinians. Audio
Checkpoint
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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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