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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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    What does Waxlo 1383 mean?

    Checkpoint producer Johnny Sutherland spoke to Lisa Owen about "Waxlo 1383".

    9 min

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    UK correspondent Lucy Thomson

    Correspondent Lucy Thomson joins Lisa Owen with the latest news from the UK.

    5 min

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    Evening business for 13 March 2026

    News from the business sector, including a market report.

    4 min

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    Sophie Devine returns to the White Ferns

    Former White Ferns captain Sophie Devine is back with the team for the first time since October and will need to take a bit of a backseat in the upcoming series against South Africa. Devine has handed over the captaincy duties and is learning where she'll fit in in this new era of her career. We're joined by sports reporter Felicity Reid.

    4 min

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    Reported COVID cases more than doubled

    The daily reported figure has gone from 40 in late January to 86 a day - for the week ending March 8, according to waste water analysis released today. But scientists at PHR Science, formerly ESR, say the figures could be more than 10 times higher. Dr Susan Jack is National Clinical Director of the Public Health Service spoke to Lisa Owen.

    7 min

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    Studylink applications not processed weeks after courses began

    Stressed out students are struggling to pay rent, buy food and take the bus to class because their student loan applications are still not processed, weeks after courses began. But Studylink says nearly all the applications made before the cut off date have been approved - and it's tracking better than last year. Lauren Crimp reports.

    4 min

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    Blood cancer specialists say NZ lagging behind with treatments

    The Health Minister has agreed to meet with a group of blood cancer specialists who wrote an open letter expressing their alarm at Kiwi patients dying unecessarily because Aotearoa is lagging behind with treatments. The dozens of doctors, nurses and clinician reseachers say New Zealand blood cancer patients are being deprived of modern, targetted, funded, go to treatments, that are available globally; including the myeloma drug, Daratumumab. Professor Judith Trotman is the Chair of the Australasian Leukaemia Lymphoma Research Group and an expat Kiwi-Australian haematolgist in Sydney she spoke to Lisa Owen.

    9 min

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    Remembering NZ's first test cricket 70 years on

    This week's been one of despair for New Zealand cricket lovers, after the Black Caps were outclassed in the twenty-20 world cup final. But, today is a special anniversary in cricket history - it's 70 years since New Zealand won its first test match, after 26 years of trying.The win over the West Indies at Auckland's Eden Park came in our 45th attempt. None of the New Zealand players from that match survive, but our reporter Jimmy Ellingham has tracked down a couple of supporters who saw the historic occasion firsthand.

    4 min
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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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  • Kanal
    RNZ Radio
  • Skaper
    RNZ
  • År i produksjon
    2011 - 2026
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    1,1k
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    © (C) Radio New Zealand 2026
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