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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, 29 July 2024
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On-site doctors in Dargaville replaced by telehealth
29 Jul 2024The chronic doctor shortage is being felt across the country, but it is those in the regions and rural areas that are feeling the most pain. In Dargaville - on-site emergency doctors at the local… Read more Audio
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Online second-hand stores seeing increase in stock
29 Jul 2024Online second hand clothing stores across Aotearoa have seen an increase in the amount of people wanting to sell their clothes over the past year. The rise started during the 2020 COVID lockdown and… Read more Audio
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Life-saving minutes lost to speed bumps - Wellington councillor
29 Jul 2024A Wellington councillor says life-saving minutes are being lost because of new speed bumps which slow emergency vehicles response times. The issue has been raised with councils around the country as… Read more Audio
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Trial underway for man facing 30 charges of sexual assault
29 Jul 2024A trial is underway in Christchurch of a man facing more than 30 charges of sexual assault. John Hope Muchirahondo, who's well known in football circles in Christchurch and Auckland, is accused of… Read more Audio
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Kiri Wills second kiwi to coach in Australia's Netball competition
29 Jul 2024RNZ Sport's Bridget Tunnicliffe speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about Day 3 of the Olympics and Kiri Wills becoming the second New Zealander to coach in Australia's Netball competition - when she takes… Read more Audio
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Meat put on menu at Auckland vegan cafe to get more customers
29 Jul 2024Morningside's Kind Café is mostly plant-based, but last Thursday it made a drastic decision to start offering a broader range of food. A drop in customers has hit the hospitality sector hard -… Read more Audio
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Number of community pharmacies declining
29 Jul 2024Community pharmacies said if bigger discount pharmacies continue to set up shop, they may have to close their doors. Due to the government scrapping the free $5 prescription fee, some fear they things… Read more Audio
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Benjamin Netanyahu returns to Israel after strike on Golan Heights
29 Jul 2024Middle East correspondent Jacob Brown speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about all eyes being on Israel for a potential response to a deadly strike on the Golan Heights, the attack on the Golan Heights… Read more Audio
Friday, 26 July 2024
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Asia: North Korea sends more rubbish balloons to the South
26 Jul 2024Asia correspondent Erin Hale speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about a powerful typhoon rocking parts of Asia and North Korea sending more rubbish balloons to the South, which have landed close to the… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 26 July 2024
26 Jul 2024News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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All Blacks knocked out of Olympics
26 Jul 2024Sports reporter Jonty Dine speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about New Zealand being knocked out of Paris after going down in their quaterfinal to South Africa. Audio
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Invercargill mayor Nobby Clark censured for second time this year
26 Jul 2024Invercargill mayor Nobby Clark will be formally censured for a second time this year - this time for insulting and degrading behaviour during a TV interview. An independent investigation found he… 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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