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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, 7 July 2025
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Asian businesses anticipate Trump tariff deadline
7 Jul 2025Asia correspondent Adam Hancock spoke to Lisa Owen about Donald Trump's tariff deadline looming for asian businesses, as well as the Dalai Lama turning 90 - saying he still has a few decades left in… Read more Audio
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Evening Business for 7 July 2025
7 Jul 2025News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Triumphs and setbacks for Kiwi motorsport drivers
7 Jul 2025Two wins and a first lap crash sums up how New Zealand drivers have fared in different motorsport categories around the world today. While Liam Lawson crashed out in Formula One, Scott Dixon continues… Read more Audio
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Auckland councillor determined to ban residential helipads
7 Jul 2025An Auckland councillor is on a mission to ground helicopters taking off and landing in residential areas for good. It follows multi millionaire Auckland couple, entrepreneur Anna Mowbray and former… Read more Audio
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Inquiry into the Government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic
7 Jul 2025Business leaders, community groups, health sector workers and churches are among those due to give evidence at public hearings held by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Government's response to… Read more Audio
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Supporters holding out hope for Takapuna Golf Course
7 Jul 2025A popular North Shore golf course is holding out hope it can survive council plans to turn it into a flood catchment. Auckland Council has confirmed the Takapuna Golf Course will become a permanent… Read more Audio
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Cleanup continues for flood damaged Tasman residents
7 Jul 2025The rain may have stopped but the cleanup continues for residents of the Tasman town of Wakefield, which was badly hit in the recent floods. Officials say the region is currently transitioning from a… Read more Audio
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Hearings begin on Regulatory Standards Bill
7 Jul 2025David Seymour's Regulatory Standards Bill has been put through its paces at Parliament, with its opponents lining up one by one to tear it down. Beginning this morning, and for the next three days… Read more Audio
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All Blacks counting the cost of opening test win over France
7 Jul 2025The All Blacks are counting the cost of the opening test win over France with captain Scott Barrett in doubt for Saturday's second test in Wellington. Barrett left the field with an achilles issue in… Read more Audio
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Erin Patterson guilty of all charges in mushroom murder trial
7 Jul 2025Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murdering three of her estranged husband's relatives, by serving them beef Wellingtons containing death cap mushrooms. The jury also found Patterson guilty of… Read more Audio
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Teen cycling North Island to deliver letter supporting Māori wards to parliament
7 Jul 2025A 15 year old school boy is cycling his way down the North Island this school holidays to deliver a letter in support of keeping Māori wards to parliament. The Whakatane High School student is due to… Read more Audio
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Growing hopes of potential ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
7 Jul 2025Middle East correspondent Perry Wilton spoke to Lisa Owen about the growing hopes of a potential ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as well as New Zealand receiving close to 300 visa applications… Read more 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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