Show overview
Checkpoint launched in 2025 and has put out 1,512 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 140 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.
Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 4 min and 6 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 1,212 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 1212 episodes published. Published by RNZ.
From the publisher
Checkpoint with Lisa Owen is RNZ’s weekday drive-time news programme, Our people, stories and breaking news and interviews from 4-6pm.