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Checkpoint

RNZ

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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  1. Nine students taken to hospital after smoke and fumes fill bus 2:15
  2. Wave of bomb scares involving passenger planes in Europe 5:26
  3. Evening business for 4 November 2026 4:51
  4. Albatross egg laying caught on camera for first time 6:08
  5. Teens worry about losing benefit as jobseeker changes come into place 4:29
  6. Unemployment at highest level in nearly 11 years 7:51
  7. Move on orders in force with 29 issued so far 3:45
  8. NZ First candidate apologises after mocking women in the Opportunity Party 7:19
  9. Six parties support child-centred government decisions 2:59
  10. Williams and Mowbray still want to help reshape Netball 3:52
  11. Tasman District Council abandons proposed cap on new bottle stores 6:57
  12. Early US midterm election results positive for democrats 8:47
  13. Young people struggling to find full time work as unemployment grows 6:11
  14. Australia correspondent Nick Grimm 8:04
  15. Evening business for 3 November 2026 5:36
  16. 166th Melbourne Cup wraps up 4:46
  17. Rogue sheep caught and given life saving haircuts 6:02
  18. US consumer group pushing for recall of nappies also sold in NZ 9:21
  19. The couples prepping for old age before they get there 4:06
  20. Parties out campaigning hard with four days to go in election 9:32
  21. Christchurch teen wins $400k scholarship to study at US music college 3:32
  22. Bazeley names All Whites squad for final time 3:48
  23. Call for equal financial and medical support for all stroke survivors 3:58
  24. Threats flying between US and Iran amid proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz 3:35
  25. Residents at makeshift Christchurch homeless camp given deadline to move 6:02
  26. Former British chancellor says UK's future should be back in EU 5:14
  27. Evening business for 2 November 2026 1:10
  28. Antonello becomes Formula One's youngest drivers' champion 3:09
  29. Base jumper who got stuck on hotel agrees to pay $22k 4:28
  30. Palmerston North woman's war efforts recognised 80 years on 6:47
  31. National begins last week of campaign fighting on two fronts 3:18
  32. Nappy business warned of potential recall after complaints of rashes 9:05
  33. Pahiatua Medical Centre bought by local iwi amid turmoil 3:59
  34. Netball NZ says it has a plan B after plug pulled on privately run league 10:46
  35. Third party providers charging hundreds more for LIM reports 2:58
  36. Dust still settling on Netball NZ decision to walk away from private league 4:01
  37. No evidence of anti-forestry bias at Gisborne Council 8:18
  38. Israel in political deadlock with no clear winner in election 3:56
  39. Thousands of young people to lose access to benefits 5:27
  40. UK crack down on super rich in wake of budget 4:56
  41. Evening business for 30 October 2026 4:48
  42. Black Ferns, Caps and Kiwis all in action for weekend of sport 4:29
  43. Skateboarding teens train in family factory for Olympics 5:58
  44. National Party urges supporters not to split their vote 4:01
  45. Netball players left in lurch after private league collapse 8:55
  46. Over half of Canterbury wells recording increasing nitrate 3:26
  47. Princinct Property pauses plan for billion dollar tower block 8:25
  48. Canterbury farming sector booming, but many not benefiting 3:15
  49. Netball NZ pulls the pin on Mowbray-Williams private league 3:29
  50. Waikato uncovers 26 year old time capsule 6:36