Checkpoint RNZ Radio
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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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Dylan Schmidt bounces his way to third Olympics
Olympian Dylan Schmidt hopes to be bounding towards gold on the trampoline in Paris in August. Schmidt has been selected for his third Olympics and will be joined by Maddie Davidson in the New Zealand team. A bronze medalist at the last Games in Tokyo Schmidt has set his sights even higher this year. Sports reporter Felicity Reid speaks to Lisa Owen
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Air New Zealand's ripping uni students off... Otago University
Air New Zealand's ripping uni students off...according to the Otago University Students Association. The national carrier bumped-up some fares overnight because ITs costs are up 30%
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'They can stick their tax cuts' - cancer patient
Cancer patient Graeme speaks to Lisa Owen about health cuts and his deferred surgery
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Does ANZAC Day still hold relevance?
Jordan Dunn asks people if ANZAC Day still holds relevance and how they'll be commemorating it
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RSA clubs consider breaking away from national body
As Anzac day approaches the organisation that is supposed to support returned service people is in crisis as it tries to modernise. About two dozen clubs in Auckland and around the country are looking at quitting the national body. The Napier branch has already voted to break ranks citing a year of disharmony. Joining us now RSA chair Martyn Dunne
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A new temporary display of the Treaty of Waitangi at Te Papa
A new temporary display of the Treaty of Waitangi at Te Papa which replaces the defaced version is already attracting critics. It opened today at Te Papa after the previous one was spraypainted and attacked with an angle grinder in December as part of a protest action. Pretoria Gordon reports.
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A great source for news from thought New Zealand. With episodes generally on the shorter side, and covering a wide range of topics, RNZ’s Checkpoint is a great way to check in on what’s been going on throughout the country, and a great mix-in to add with the rest of your podcast feed.