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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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Tuesday, 21 October 2025
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FENZ receive hundreds of weather related callouts
21 Oct 2025Evacuations are underway across Kaikoura due to multiple large fires as wild weather causes chaos across the country. Winds gusting more than 100 kilometres an hour have toppled trees & vehicles… Read more Audio
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Company struggling to fill vacancies despite high unemployment
21 Oct 2025An Auckland company hunting for forty workers to cover their busy summer season said it is a full time job looking for workers. East Tamaki based Coolit Ice right now has dozens of job vacancies for… Read more Audio
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Wild weather causes outages, major damage and wild fires
21 Oct 2025A woman who found a man lying unconscious on a popular Wellington walking track has described the horrific scene that confronted her today. The man later died of wounds suffered when a branch fell on… Read more Audio
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Cancer patient forced to move to Australia for treatment plans to become doctor
21 Oct 2025A young blood cancer patient who's moved to Australia to access treatment that's not funded in Aotearoa plans to become a doctor so he can give back to his adopted country. Toby Fuller exhausted all… Read more Audio
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Over 20 vehicles damaged after large fire at Whangarei Hospital
21 Oct 2025Staff at Whangarei Hospital watched on this afternoon as firefighters worked to bring a large fire under control in their carpark. The fire damaged around 28 vehicles. RNZ's Susan Edmunds was at the… Read more Audio
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Labour debuts second policy in two days to Hipkins surprise
21 Oct 2025After a two year policy vacuum, Labour has debuted its second policy in just two days - surprising everyone - including its own leader. The whoopsie comes as Chris Hipkins defends the party's big… Read more Audio
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Wairarapa school makes award winning olive oil
21 Oct 2025Wairarapa high school has the good oil on olive growing, turning its crop into an award winning product. Wairarapa college took out silver at this year New Zealand Olive oil awards. Students are… Read more Audio
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Joseph Parker to enter high stakes heavyweight clash
21 Oct 2025Kiwi boxer Joseph Parker and Britain's Fabio Wardley have faced off for the first time ahead of their heavyweight clash this Sunday. The stakes are sky high for both men with the winner likely to earn… Read more Audio
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Person killed by branch as weather chaos batters country
21 Oct 2025It's been a day of weather chaos throughout the country, with gale force winds and heavy rain battering parts of the lower north and west of the South Island. Gusts reached 148 kilometres per hour at… Read more Audio
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Amazon cloud computing platform causes global internet outage
21 Oct 2025US correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about Amazon's cloud computing platform causing a global internet outage, as well as part of the White House being demolished to accommodate a new… Read more Audio
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School spending hundreds of thousands on counsellors to deal with social media damage
A school north of Auckland says it is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on counsellors for students to help repair damage done by social media. Whangaparaoa College is funded for one… Read more Audio
Monday, 20 October 2025
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French authorities hunting for Louvre thieves
20 Oct 2025UK correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about a robbery on the Lourve in which thieves stole France's crown jewels, as French authorities continue to hunt down those responsible. 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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