Checkpoint with Lisa Owen is RNZ’s weekday drive-time news programme, Our people, stories and breaking news and interviews from 4-6pm.
Latest episodes
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7 min
Spotlight on threats to politicians in Australia
In Australia, the debate over threats faced by those in public life continues in the wake of this week's attack on Australian MP Helen Haines. Australia correspondent Nick Grimm sp…
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4 min
Evening business for 22 October 2026
News from the business sector, including a market report.
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28 min
The race to enrol NZ’s youth
Voters registrations for 18 to 24 year old are sitting at just 68 percent as Sunday's midnight enrolment deadline looms. The Electoral Commission has a target of signing up 94.7 pe…
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4 min
Electoral Commission seeking out people yet to enrol
There are just four days left to enrol to vote. Electoral Commission teams have been scouring shopping malls, markets, libraries, railway station and even hospitals to find and enr…
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7 min
ACT party doubling down on claims beneficiaries getting false medical certificates
The ACT party is doubling down on claims doctors are erroneously certifying people unfit for work, meaning they can keep collecting a benefit when they shouldn't. The party wants t…
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5 min
New oyster farm opens in Kaipara
A collaboration between the Government, a Northland iwi and oyster farmers will see a new oyster farm on the Kaipara Harbour. For years, wastewater flowing into the Mahurangi Harbo…
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4 min
Christchurch counting down to India-NZ cricket test
Hagley Oval in Christchurch is sold-out for the first test of India’s epic tour of New Zealand. Cricket fans are set for a stellar match, with excellent weather forecast. Sports re…
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7 min
Waka tracing ancestral path returns to Aotearoa
54 days after leaving Hawke's Bay on an epic ocean journey, Te Matau a Maui was welcomed back to Aotearoa this morning. The doubled-hulled voyaging waka was tracing the ancestral p…
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6 min
Republican candidate's attack ad causes controversy
United states correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about a Republican candidate's attack ad which has caused controversy and condemnation from some members of the party,…
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9 min
Only four percent of music streamed in NZ made locally
A sour note for Aotearoa's music industry, with new figures showing just four percent of music streamed in New Zealand in the last financial year was homegrown. That means 96 perce…
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5 min
Two men re-arrested as part of RAF Fairford investigation
United Kingdom correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about two men who have been re-arrested as part of a counter-terrorism investigation into the incident at RAF Fairford,…
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5 min
Evening business for 21 October
News from the business sector, including a market report.
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4 min
Australian Diamonds confident they can beat Silver Ferns
The Australian Diamonds are confident they can beat the Silver Ferns in Christchurch tonight to level the Constellation Cup. The final two Tests will be played in Australia, where…
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6 min
Hundreds of endangered weevils released into the wild
Hundreds of endangered Canterbury knobbled weevils have been released at a secret location. The tiny beetles are protected under the Wildlife Act, and were thought to be extinct, b…
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5 min
Lawyers disect photo montage in Scott Watson appeal
Crown lawyers in the Supreme Court today say a photo montage at the heart of Scott Watson's appeal is only one piece of evidence in an overwhelming case against him. Watson is appe…
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4 min
Cost of living remains number one issue for voters
Higher prices and cost of living remain the number one election issue for many around the motu. The IPSOS Issues monitor survey had had it in the top spot for Kiwis since early 202…
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4 min
Community fighting to stop sale of Kainga Ora housing
Community activists and politicians are fighting to stop the sale of a Kainga Ora owned social housing development in Wellington. The sale has sparked local backlash over concerns…
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7 min
Kiwi company revolutionising e-waste eyes up Texas factory
An innovative Kiwi company, that is revolutionising the way e-waste is recycled is building a factory in Texas. Mint Innovation is using a lower carbon chemical process to isolate…
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3 min
Thousands of university and polytech staff walk off the job
Thousands of university and polytech staff have walked off the job across the country today. The Tertiary Education Union estimates 8000 members are participating in the mass indus…
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5 min
PNG Chiefs unveil jersey amid legal battle with NZ Rugby
The PNG Chiefs have today unveiled their first jersey and logo, marking another milestone on the road to their NRL debut in 2028. The big reveal comes in the middle of a legal stou…