Checkpoint

Checkpoint

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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Trotting Cup attracts thousands at Addington Raceway

November 10, 2025 • 3 mins
It was a sunny Canterbury Spring day for this year's New Zealand Trotting Cup, as thousands streamed through the gates at Addington Raceway. It's one of the biggest days on the country's racing calendar, attracting more than 15 thousand people for a flutter, fashion and fun. Keiller MacDuff reports.
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Aus's look back on country's most serious political crisis

November 10, 2025 • 6 mins
Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen about Australians observing the 50th anniversary of the country's most serious political crisis when an elected Prime Minister was sacked by the the nation's Governor General.
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Evening business for 11 November 2025

November 10, 2025 • 3 mins
News from the business sector, including a market report.
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Routliffe and Dabrowski's winning partnership is breaking up

November 10, 2025 • 3 mins
New Zealand's most successful female doubles tennis player's winning combination has come to an end. Erin Routliffe and her Canadian partner Gaby Dabrowski are breaking up after two and half years together and a couple of grand slam titles. Sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen.
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Serious misconduct found in response to McSkimming allegations

November 10, 2025 • 7 mins
A scathing report by the police watchdog has found serious misconduct at the highest levels of police including former Commissioner Andrew Coster over how police responded to accusations of sexual assault by former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming. The allegations arose from an affair between McSkimming and a woman who was a non-sworn police employee at the time. National Crime Correspondent Sam Sherwood spoke to Lisa Owen...
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Coalition differences aired at volume over asset sales

November 10, 2025 • 3 mins
Coalition differences were aired at volume today - with Christopher Luxon and Winston Peters at loggerheads over the prospect of asset sales. The Prime Minister says it's a conversation worth having. The New Zealand First leader says it's a failed economic strategy. Acting political editor Craig McCulloch reports.
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Police kicked out of Firearms Safety Authority

November 10, 2025 • 8 mins
The minister responsible for gun law reform is kicking police out of Firearms Safety Authority, in a move she says will help rebuild the trust of law abiding firearms owners. The authority is in charge of licencing gun owners and overseeing the firearms registry. Nicole McKee announced the change as part of re-write of the Arms Act. No sworn officers will be employed within the authority and that includes the CEO. ACT's Nicole...
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Effective ban on semi-automatic firearms survives reform

November 10, 2025 • 4 mins
New Zealand's effective ban on military-style semi-automatic firearms has survived the coalition's overhaul of the Arms Act. The government has been rewriting the country's gun laws, as part of National's coalition agreement with the ACT Party. Fears the reforms might liberalise access to semi-automatic guns - used in the March 15 terror attacks - have not materialised. Political reporter Anneke Smith has more.
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Calls for baby carrier safety standards as ACC claims double

November 10, 2025 • 8 mins
New figures from ACC show 11 claims for babies or toddlers with carrier related injuries in 2024, more than twice the number the year before. It's prompted renewed calls for the government to introduce official safety standards for baby carriers, wraps and slings. It also follows a rise in social media videos often showing babies snuggly strapped to an adults front, in some cases with their faces and airways obscured. Louise T...
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At least a week until Tongariro National Park reopens

November 10, 2025 • 3 mins
It's likely to be at least a week until some of the key tracks in Tongariro National Park reopen after a wildfire tore through thousands of hectares of land. Prolonged periods of precious rain have been a big help in quelling the huge blaze, but not before it severely disrupted the region's tourism businesses as they head into peak season, and had an as-yet untold impact on the park's flora and fauna. The wet weather has now e...
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Big day for racegoers at NZ Trotting Cup

November 10, 2025 • 3 mins
It was a big day for racegoers at the New Zealand Trotting Cup meeting at Addington in Christchurch. The Cup, with a purse of $1 million is one of New Zealand racing's pinnacle events. Sports reporter Bridget Tunnicliffe spoke to Lisa Owen.
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US Senate on track to end longest ever government shutdown

November 10, 2025 • 6 mins
US correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about the Senate being on track to end the longest ever government shutdown, as well as the US President has pardoned a number of his allies, including Rudy Giuliani in relation to efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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Electric dirt bikes featuring in growing number of crashes

November 10, 2025 • 5 mins
It's a charged issue, electric to be exact and it is catching some riders out. Electric dirt bikes are featuring in a growing number of crashes and cases of illegal riding, according to the police. Western Bay of Plenty police are dealing with about four incidents a week involving electric dirt bikes. The district's road policing manager Senior Sergeant Wayne Hunter spoke to Lisa Owen.
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BBC director general resigns over Trump documentary edit

November 9, 2025 • 6 mins
United Kingdom correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about BBC director general Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness resigning over a Donald Trump documentary edit.
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Evening business for 10 November 2025

November 9, 2025 • 4 mins
News from the business sector, including a market report.
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Students help move last books into Wellington's redeveloped library

November 9, 2025 • 3 mins
A group of Wellington students have turned a page on history today, moving some of the last books into the capital's redeveloped central Library. Te Matapihi was forced to close its doors in 2019 when it was deemed earthquake prone but is set to reopen next year, after a spend of $216 million. Nick James reports.
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Black Caps v West Indies cancelled due to rain

November 9, 2025 • 3 mins
The Black Caps went into the penultimate T20 against the West Indies in Nelson this afternoon with the upper-hand in the five match series. The first three games were all decided in the final over of the game. Sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen.
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People receiving pension sacrificing basics to pay off student loans

November 9, 2025 • 4 mins
"Dinner or debt"; that's the choice some people receiving the pension say they're forced to make after taking on student loans later in life. One Taupo woman says she's still got a $58,000 student loan, from a business degree two decades ago. Her super's now being docked to pay the debt and she says she's sacrificing the basics just so she can pay for rent and power. It's prompted calls for better guidelines on student loan el...
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Te Pāti Māori MPs expelled as conflict rocks the party

November 9, 2025 • 4 mins
Te Pāti Māori has severed ties with estranged MPs Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris, after a torrid period of internal conflict. Its national council voted to expel the pair at a hui on Sunday night for what it says are "serious breaches" of its constitution. It's another extraordinary chapter in a conflict that doesn't appear to be over - with the ousted MPs vowing to fight their expulsions. Political reporter Anneke Smi...
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Tongariro fire a 'black scar on the land', vegetation completely gone

November 9, 2025 • 7 mins
Crews fighting the fire at Tongariro National Park are reinforcing containment lines after the blaze burned through more than 2800 hectares. Rain has helped their efforts, along with helicopters and planes water bombing the area. FENZ says the focus is now on hard physical work on the ground. Fire and Emergency Incident Controller Nigel Dravitzki spoke to Lisa Owen. 
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