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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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One of Australia's most decorated soldiers, Ben Roberts-Smith, has been arrested over allegations of war crimes. Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen.
News from the business sector, including a market report.
Shannon Frizell is coming home. The former All Black flanker will return to Aotearoa later this year with an eye on next year's Rugby World Cup. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen.
Watercare suspects a tap might be the cause of a positive E coli test that prompted a boil water notice across several Auckland neighbourhoods. The notice, which is still in force, covers about 7,500 households and businesses in the suburbs of Hillsborough, Mt Roskill, Royal Oak and Three Kings. It was issued after routine water samples showed E coli contamination. Watercare Chief Operations Officer Mark Bourne spoke to Lisa Owen.
A government loan of 18 million dollars for a controversial dam in Central Hawke's Bay has its opponents vowing to halt the project yet again. The Tukituki Water Security project, formerly known as the Ruataniwha Dam, was scuppered in 2017 by the Supreme Court, which deemed the landswap unlawful. But under the government's fast track legislation it could go ahead - which would make it the largest dam built since the Clyde was constructed over 30 years ago. Hawke's Bay Tairawhiti reporter Alexa Cook reports.
It's the whirlpool of war, with prices spiralling upward while confidence is turning in the opposite direction. That's according to a new survey from the Employers and Manufacturers Association. Of the 150 business that responded to the EMA's Fuel Pulse Check Survey, 73 percent said their businesses have been notified of price hikes that are not direct fuel costs, but are linked to oil price surges. Almost 60 percent are planning to put their prices up in response. EMA's head of advocacy, Alan Mcdonald spoke to Lisa Owen.
A well known Auckland cafe was forced to take an unwanted, all day, coffee break after E coli was found in the water supply to several suburbs in the city, prompting a boil water notice. The notice covers about 7,500 households and businesses in the suburbs of Hillsborough, Mt Roskill, Royal Oak and Three Kings, after a routine water sample showed contamination. Tap water in the suburbs needs to be boiled for drinking, cleaning teeth, making ice, washing dishes, and preparing food until further notice. Watercare has also set up several water tankers in the area. The notice meant Hillsborough's Hill House Cafe had to shut for the day, co-owner Peter Matvos spoke to Lisa Owen.
In the small, predominantly Maori town of Kaikohe, residents struggling with high living costs are using Afterpay to buy everday things like gas. The buy now pay later service lets you purchase goods and services at a quarter of the cost, then pay off the total in three fortnightly installments. For some, it's means being able to get kai on the table that week, though it's not without its downsides. Teuila Fuatai has more.
The Prime Minister said he's focused on his core job navigating the fuel crisis and won't talk about polls. The latest Taxpayers Union-Curia poll shows National are still below 30 but slightly up, and Labour slightly down. With a boost of nearly four-points to New Zealand First, the coalition parties would be comfortably able to form a government. Political reporter Lillian Hanly spoke to Lisa Owen.
Taranaki teenager Oscar Goodman has reached the heights of American college basketball. A freshman with the University of Michigan, his team known as the Wolverines, won the coveted national championship, making him just the second New Zealand male to achieve the feat. Sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen.
There's a call for more than four million dollars in fines for a notorious Wellington bus lane to be refunded, with claims its almost impossible for drivers to comply with the rules. Council data shows in the 12 months since March 2025, more than 28,000 fines, worth four and quarter million dollars have been issued to drivers illegally in the Cambridge Terrace Bus lane. The bus lane that allows motorists to turn left into Courtney Place accounts for almost 75 percent of bus lane fines issued in the capital. Graeme Farr spoke to Lisa Owen.
US President Donald Trump says Iran has until 12:00pm tomorrow to reach a deal, otherwise civilian infrastructure in the country will be destroyed. But despite his threats, Donald Trump insists negotiations between the two countries are ongoing. Meanwhile, Iran has rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal by countries working to end the war, calling for a permanant end to US-Israeli hostilities. United States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen.
Some schools are planning for the possibility of a hybrid teaching model in the face of the fuel crisis, with a combination of distance and onsite learning. There's concern student attendance could take a hit if families can't afford to fill their tanks. It's a particular worry for rural schools where children and teachers often travel by car or the school bus. Canterbury Primary Principals Association President Lisa Dillon-Roberts spoke to Lisa Owen.
Checkpoint producer Johnny Sutherland spoke to Lisa Owen about some top tips to peel the perfect boiled egg.
Australians are continuing to grapple with the fallout from the Iran War, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese making a rare national address urging calm and telling the country's inhabitants to continue going about their business and lives as normal. Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen.
News from the business sector, including a market report.
With the White Ferns and South Africa deadlocked at 1-all in the one-day series, the 39th game of the season could be another nail-biter. Sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen.
In a memo sent last month, the ambulance service said it was becoming "increasingly difficult and costly" to supply speciality milks for staff. Hato Hone highlighted the collective employment agreement that simply says it will provide employees with tea, coffee, milo, milk and sugar during work related activities. There's no mention of specific milk types. First Union Organiser Faye McCann spoke to Lisa Owen.
A pathologist has diagnosed former Maori All Black and Highlander Shane Christie with a brain disease likely to be connected with repeated head knocks. They say he had "high stage" chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, before his death by suspected suicide last year. New Zealand Rugby says it recognises an association between repeated head impacts and CTE, and takes the issue seriously. Samantha Gee reports.
Sudent nurses on unpaid placements, while also studying full time are feeling the petrol pain and it's feared some may drop out because of it. A nursing degree includes hundreds of hours of on the job training. Students have to physically get to supervised clinical placements at hospitals and clinics; rotating around locations, which can be kilometres from where they live. They're not paid, in fact the students effectively pay to complete the placements through their course fees. New Zealand Nurses Organisation National Student Union co-chair Poihaere Whare spoke to Lisa Owen.
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disgusting :'(
Religions have been getting everything for free for far too long. A lot of people are sick of archaic religions having different rules than everyone else.
Has NZ received a official proof of the alleged chemical attack from independent international investigation organisations such as OPCW?