999 episodes
Checkpoint RNZ Radio
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5.0 • 5 Ratings
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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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Olympics: NZ canoe sprint team selected
A record six women have been selected to represent New Zealand in canoe sprint at the Paris Olympics. The athletes will compete across the K1, K2 and K4 events at the Games, with New Zealand's most successful ever Olympian, Dame Lisa Carrington, to lead the charge and contest all three disciplines. Sports reporter Felicity Reid speaks to Lisa Owen.
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Suspicions of Chinese sleeper cells in the Philippines
Asia correspondent Per Elinder Liljas speaks to Lisa Owen about India's election, and suspected Chinese sleeper cells in the Philippines .
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Regional tourism groups face funding crunch
As councils around the country slash costs many are looking to can or cut funding to their own tourism agencies; a move an industry insider says could kill businesses and turn parts of Aotearoa into a backwater. Hawke's Bay Tourism chairman George Hickton speaks to Lisa Owen.
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Australia .. where an international war of words has broken out
Billionaire Elon Musk over attempts to force his company now known as X to take down video of last week's stabbing at a Sydney church.
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Evening business for 23 April 2024
News from the business sector, including a market report.
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'Not fit for purpose' - cyclone report findings
Lauren Crimp reports on the damning inquiry into the response to last year's catastrophic storms
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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.