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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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Thursday, 30 May 2024
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Tourism insider on Budget's visitor levy increase
30 May 2024One way the government's clawing back some money in the Budget is by increasing what international visitors have to pay when they arrive here. Chris Roberts was the head of Tourism Industry Aotearoa… Read more Audio
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Panmure residents on Budget 2024
Checkpoint reporter Louise Ternouth asks Panmure residents what they made of the Budget. Audio
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Beijing lifts ban on Australian beef exports
30 May 2024Australia correspondent Peter Ryan speaks to Lisa Owen about China lifting its ban on Australian beef imports. Audio
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Evening business for 30 May 2024
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Lisa Owen questions Nicola Willis about Budget
Finance Minister Nicola Willis joins Lisa Owen to discuss her first Budget Audio
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NZR stoush rumbles on
30 May 2024The fight for governance change at New Zealand Rugby looks set to rumble with provincial unions comfortable with the prospect of the Players Association breaking away. Rugby reporter Joe Porter was at… Read more Audio
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Medical Specialists union on Budget 2024
The Government's first Budget doesn't contain money for the lifesaving cancer treatments National promised in the election campaign. Association of Salaried Medical Specialists executive director… Read more Audio
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Nicola Willis says she's kept pledge with Budget
30 May 2024The Finance Minister has delivered her first Budget - and says she has kept her pledge to New Zealanders. Our political reporter Giles Dexter has more. Audio
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Political panel debate Budget 2024
Budget debate: Lisa Owen is joned by BBM Community Kitchen and Foodshare operator David Letele; former Labour MP and now CEO of Community Law Centres o Aotearoa Sue Moroney; and managing director of… Read more Audio
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Thousands take to streets ahead of Budget
Thousands of protesters hit the roads and streets from Northland to Invercargill today to oppose government policies toward Maori. Lauren Crimp reports. Audio
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Mixed response to tax cuts
30 May 2024Reporter Luka Forman asked folks in Auckland's Onehunga how they feel about the government's tax cuts Audio
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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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