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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.

Checkpoint RNZ Radio

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    • 4.2 • 46 Ratings

Checkpoint with Lisa Owen is RNZ’s weekday drive-time news programme, Our people, stories and breaking news and interviews from 4-6pm.

    Beginning of India's general election - Asia correspondent

    Beginning of India's general election - Asia correspondent

    Let's get to Asia now and we're joined by our correspondent in India, Per Elinder Liljas

    • 3 min
    PM seeks to strengthen defence ties with Philippines

    PM seeks to strengthen defence ties with Philippines

    With the world growing increasingly volatile, Christopher Luxon has sought to strengthen defence ties with the Philippines - making it easier for both countries' troops to work together. It's the final day of the prime minister's push through South East Asia and his first major trip abroad.

    • 4 min
    Evening business for 19 April 2024

    Evening business for 19 April 2024

    News from the business sector, including a market report.

    • 3 min
    Young Northlander takes top spot in mullet competition

    Young Northlander takes top spot in mullet competition

    Northlanders like to think they punch above their weight, with the region producing many a winner in the sporting, creative and political arenas. But now a young Northlander has topped the nation in an even more important contest, as reporter Peter de Graaf discovers.

    • 3 min
    NZ athletics team for Oympics revealed

    NZ athletics team for Oympics revealed

    The initial 15-strong New Zealand athletics team set to compete at Paris 2024 was officially announced today. A pair of reigning World Indoor champions and two former Olympic medallists are among the kiwis set to compete on the track and field.

    • 3 min
    Iranian media plays down impact of strikes

    Iranian media plays down impact of strikes

    Let's get more on the developing story in the Middle East now. The US says Israel has carried out a strike on Iran.

    • 2 min

Customer Reviews

4.2 out of 5
46 Ratings

46 Ratings

fielder47 ,

Would subscribe but

JC is the man and I love checkpoint but the way it's chopped completely spams my feed and gets in the way. Would prefer just the whole programme tbh.

tomc1234567891 ,

Poor production value, background noise.

Despite txting in to let the studio know that we can here Lisa typing on her keyboard while the news reader does the headlines, which is terribly distracting, they choose not to make any changes. Catch ya later 👋

Dirac Field ,

Communication perhaps ❣️

Could one please request a personal podcast from you , one only me could hear ..
or does it have to be raining ?

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