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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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Friday, 6 September 2024
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Stoush between women and pro scooter raises questions
6 Sep 2024A spat over the Gordon Spratt Skate park, has gone viral, raising questions about who has the right of way when it comes to scooting. The video posted on social media that captures a stoush between… Read more Audio
Thursday, 5 September 2024
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Australia: Calls to bring forward interest rate cuts
5 Sep 2024Australia correspondent Peter Ryan spoke to Lisa Owen about pressure growing on the Reserve Bank to bring forward interest rate cuts amid signs the economy is slowing faster than anticipated and… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 5 September 2024
5 Sep 2024News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Scott Robertson benches a couple of experienced players
5 Sep 2024The All Blacks have sprung several selection surprises for Sunday's test against the Springboks in Cape Town. Coming off a four-point loss to South Africa last weekend coach Scott Robertson has… Read more Audio
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Should teens sit high stakes NCEA tests before they're ready?
5 Sep 2024Should teens sit high-stakes NCEA literacy and numeracy tests before they are ready? It's a question confronting schools up and down the country as they prepare for the second round of reading… Read more Audio
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4 people dead after US school shooting
5 Sep 2024At least four people are dead and nine others have been injured after a student opened fire inside a US High School just days into the new school year. 14 year old Colt Gray was interviewed by police… Read more Audio
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Tensions between Gulf Habour locals and freedom campers
5 Sep 2024Gulf harbour locals say they've been threatened with a weapon by a freedom camper living at the abandoned Gulf Harbour country club - the men camping there say they are the ones being harassed. The… Read more Audio
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New Maori Queen due to give first speech
5 Sep 2024Just hours after being named the new Maori Queen - Nga wai hono i te po - is due to give her first speech this evening as the head of the Kingitanga. Her raising up ceremony this morning started off a… Read more Audio
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South Auckland school have wrestling uniforms stolen
5 Sep 2024A South Auckland school is hoping a brazen thief who's pinched their wrestling teams brand new uniforms will be wrestling with their guilty conscience and will return the stolen property. The De La… Read more Audio
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Sport: American boxer to face David Nykia
5 Sep 2024Boxer David Nyika's upcoming bout is back on thanks to an experienced American who has accepted a last minute call-up. Nyika's orginial Australian opponent for next week's fight failed a drugs test… Read more Audio
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Webbs preparing to auction NZ's largest Hermes collection
5 Sep 2024The Hermes Birkin bag designed and named for British actress and singer Jane Birkin, can go for hundreds of thousands of dollars and way above their purchase prices on resale platforms. That's partly… Read more Audio
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US: Half a house for half a million dollars
5 Sep 2024United States correspondent Todd Zwillich speaks to Lisa Owen about the latest in US law and politics and a house in California is on the market for an absolute bargain, but there's a catch. 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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