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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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Thursday, 10 July 2025
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Evening business for 10 July 2025
10 Jul 2025News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Warriors women to play in Auckland for first time in six years
10 Jul 2025There's no place like home for the Warriors women. For the first time in six years the Warriors will play in Auckland as part of a double header when they meet the Eels at Mount Smart. Sports reporter… Read more Audio
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Woman charged $800 Watercare bill due to faulty meter
10 Jul 2025A North Shore woman says she's stressed out and being kept awake at night after getting an eight hundred dollar bill from Watercare, because its smart meter clapped out. The latest bill claims the… Read more Audio
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Finance Minister questions Fonterra over price of butter
10 Jul 2025The eye-watering price of butter has prompted Finance Minister, Nicola Willis to ask for a please explain from her former employer Fonterra. Checkpoint has run numerous stories about the cost of the… Read more Audio
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Pensioners living in museum carpark face uncertain future
10 Jul 2025Pensioners camped out in a Waikato carpark are facing an uncertain future after years living on the site, but the carkpark owner says most of them cant afford to go anywhere else. The Classics Museum… Read more Audio
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Growing number of people resorting to part-time work to get by
10 Jul 2025A growing number of people are giving up their dream career, and settling for any job, or jobs, in order to put food on the table. While the unemployment rate has remained steady 5.1 percent, The… Read more Audio
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Tense fourth day of Covid-19 inquiry
10 Jul 2025The Inquiry into the Government's Covid-19 response has held a tense session this afternoon, as critics described what they called red-flags in the vaccine roll out and mandates. Today was the fourth… Read more Audio
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All Blacks coach makes two injury-enforced changes to side
10 Jul 2025All Blacks coach Scott Robertson has made two injury-enforced changes to his starting side for the second test against France naming one debutant in the process. Meanwhile the Black Ferns have also… Read more Audio
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Two Northlanders paddling the worlds longest kayak race
10 Jul 2025Two Northlanders are set to take part in the world's longest and arguably most grueling paddling race, the Yukon 1000. Named for the 1000 miles or 1600 kilometres the teams paddle it will take the… Read more Audio
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Texas flood death toll continues to rise
10 Jul 2025United States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about the death toll from devastating floods that tore through Texa, which continues to rise. Authorities are pushing on with urgent search… Read more Audio
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Fast food ads harming children, should be banned - Lead researcher
Fast food ads on bus shelters are a recipe for harming our children and should be banned according to a junk food marketing expert. Researchers from Auckland and Waikato University reviewed 172 ads on… Read more Audio
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
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Masterchef UK star sacked amid misconduct allegations
9 Jul 2025United Kingdom correspondent Grace Thomas spoke to Lisa Owen about the second day of French President Emmanuel Macron's state visit to the UK, as well as Greg Wallace, the face of Masterchef UK for 20… 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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