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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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Monday, 8 December 2025
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Zelensky to discuss peace proposals in London
8 Dec 2025United Kingdom correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about plans for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to travel to London to discuss peace proposals, as well as ongoing investigations… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 8 December 2025
8 Dec 2025News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Queenstown skier claims 20th world cup podium place
8 Dec 2025Two months out from the Winter Olympics Queenstown skier Alice Robinson is proving she'll be one to watch in Italy. The 24-year-old claimed her 20th career World Cup podium today, the second time… Read more Audio
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Firefighters scrambling to contain fires in Tongariro National Park
8 Dec 2025Firefighters are scrambling to contain several fires burning in Tongariro National Park. More than a dozen fire vehicles plus five choppers are fighting the blaze, which is estimated to be 100… Read more Audio
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Former Police Commissioner accuses police minister of withholding info on McSkimming
8 Dec 2025With the Jevon McSkimming scandal once more erupting with competing claims, there are calls for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to establish all the facts. It follows an explosive interview on TVNZ's… Read more Audio
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Calls for a new national nutrition survey
8 Dec 2025You are what you eat or so the saying goes, but it is increasingly difficult to know what New Zealanders are made of with data about our eating habits more than a decade and a half old. That's why… Read more Audio
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Appeal for people at measles locations of interest to call Healthline
8 Dec 2025Health New Zealand is appealing for people who have been at any of almost a dozen measles locations of interest to urgently call Healthline. Te Whatu Ora says anyone at the locations on the days and… Read more Audio
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Parts of the country sweltering under heat alerts
8 Dec 2025Hawke's Bay and Gisborne are sweltering under heat alerts today with temperatures reaching 34 degrees at Napier Airport and 32 degrees in Wairoa. They're not the only regions wilting under warm… Read more Audio
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Questions remain over state of All Blacks coaching staff
8 Dec 2025The rugby season might be over, but plenty of questions still remain over the state of the All Blacks coaching staff. The team had a year of ups and downs - suffering a number of disappointing losses… Read more Audio
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Running prodigy Sam Ruthe smashes secondary school records
8 Dec 2025Running prodigy Sam Ruthe has shattered a record that's stood for more than three and half decades. The 16 year-old ran his 1500 metre heat in 3 minutes and 38.62 seconds at the New Zealand secondary… Read more Audio
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Israel getting closer to phase two of Gaza ceasefire plan
8 Dec 2025Middle East correspondent Jacob Brown spoke to Lisa Owen about Israel getting closer to implementing the second phase of the Gaza Ceasefire plan, and how that would change things for Palestinians… Read more Audio
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Man ditches home insurance after huge price jump based on risk
8 Dec 2025A Christchurch man has ditched his home insurance after his premiums went up $1000, or 30% a year based on new risk pricing. Tower insurance has taken into account the risk of sea surge and landslips… Read more Audio
Checkpoint
About this programme
Checkpoint is RNZ's drive-time news and current affairs programme, tackling the national and international stories of the day.
The show airs weekdays fro4-6pm and is hosted by Lisa Owen.
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