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National Radio's two-hour news and current affairs programme.

  • 1A Auckland Heart Surgeon has been found not guilty on eight charges of supplying Telfast tablets knowing they would be used to make P.

    Speakers
    • Sally Wenley (RNZ)
    • Professor Alan Kerr (Surgeon/Former Boss of Accused)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 2McDonald has withdrawn its threat to sue workers taking part in industrial action

    Speakers
    • Rachel Graham (RNZ)
    • Matt McCarten (UNITE)
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  • 3A well known Auckland lawyer, Christopher Harder, has been struck off the legal practitioners' roll

    Speakers
    • Gary Gottlieb (Auckland District Law Society District President)
    • Christopher Harder (Former Auckland Lawyer)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 4The union representing Air New Zealand cleaners is considering taking action to save over a hundred job losses.

    Speakers
    • Andrew Little (Engineering, Printing and Manufacturers Union)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 5Business News.

  • 6Sanitarium has discovered how a packet of "party pills" found its way into a box of cereal.

    Speakers
    • Natalie Mankalow (RNZ)
    • Mike Crawford (Private Investigator)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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  • 75:30 News.

  • 8A water shortage in Westport has reached crisis point.

    Speakers
    • Stephen Griffin (Westport Council)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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  • 9Travel agents won't become obsolete despite the trend towards online booking for flights

    Speakers
    • Catherine Wilson (RNZ)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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  • 10Day one of the gruelling Coast to Coast has come to a close

    Speakers
    • Stephen Kingstry (Race Competitor)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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  • 11Parliament is considering The Coroners Bill, with media representatives calling for the law governing the coverage of suicide to be relaxed

    Speakers
    • Jane Paterson (RNZ)
    • Tim Pankhurst (Editor, Dominion Post)
    • Terry Snow (Press Council)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 12Waatea News: The latest in Maori news including National MP Pansy Wong saying Maori and Asians should have a shared day to celebrate their similarities.

    Speakers
    • Pansy Wong (National Party MP)
    • Pita Sharples (Maori Party Co-Leader)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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  • 13Checkpoint explores a protest over Solid Energy's proposed Cypress mine on the West Coast

    Speakers
    • Nadine Chalmers-Ross (RNZ)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
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  • 14Is the Real Estate boom finally ending? There has been a massive drop in property sales in all markets last month

    Speakers
    • Joy McArthur (RNZ)
    • Peter Thompson (Barfoot and Thompson)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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  • 156pm News.

  • 16The French Polynesian Government is calling for Paris to face up to its responsibilities over a report into harmful radioactive fallout from nuclear testing.

    Speakers
    • Tea Hirshon (French Polynesian Government MP)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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  • 17There have been further reports of new outbreaks of bird flu in Nigeria

    Speakers
    • Alex Last (Reporter)
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    • No
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  • 18The Mexican Government has backed down on plans to hand out maps of the riskiest route to enter the United States, where many illegal immigrants have died.

    Speakers
    • Tim Gaynor (Reuters Border Reporter)
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    • No
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  • 19Forest and Bird is fighting plans to allow eco-tours on Stephens Island in the Marlborough Sounds

    Speakers
    • Detz Martin (Forest and Bird)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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    • No
  • 20Business News.

  • 21Treated sewage from the Hutt Valley is being discharged into Wellington Harbour

    Speakers
    • Carla Grey (RNZ)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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  • 226:30 News.

  • 23Focus on Politics looks at the debate that's raging over the cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed

    Speakers
    • Julian Robbins (Political Reporter)
    • Helen Clark (Prime Minister)
    • Ashraf Choudhary (Labour Party MP/Muslim)
    • Tim Pankhurst (Dominion Post Editor)
    • Phil Goff (Trade Minister)
    • Don Brash (National Party Leader)
    • Murray McCully (National Party MP)
    • Javed Khan (Federation of Islamic Associations)
    • Jim Tully (Canterbury University)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 24Waatea News: The latest in Maori news including The Green Party Education spokesperson reminding parents that school fees are paid on a voluntary basis.

    Speakers
    • Metiria Turei (Green Party Education Spokesperson)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 25A twelve hundred year old coin said to be the earliest pure gold English penny ever found has been purchased at auction.

    Speakers
    • Rafael Epstein (ABC)
    • Gareth Williams (British Museum)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 26New evidence backs up claims that temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere during the latter half of the 20th Century were the warmest in a thousand years.

    Speakers
    • Roland Peese (BBC)
    Live Broadcast
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Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Friday 10 February 2006
Start Time
  • 17 : 00
Finish Time
  • 19 : 00
Duration
  • 120:00
Channel
  • National Radio
Broadcaster
  • Radio New Zealand
Programme Description
  • National Radio's two-hour news and current affairs programme.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Radio
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • Current affairs
  • News
Speakers
  • Alex Last (Reporter)
  • Andrew Little (Engineering, Printing and Manufacturers Union)
  • Ashraf Choudhary (Labour Party MP/Muslim)
  • Carla Grey (RNZ)
  • Catherine Wilson (RNZ)
  • Christopher Harder (Former Auckland Lawyer)
  • Detz Martin (Forest and Bird)
  • Don Brash (National Party Leader)
  • Gareth Williams (British Museum)
  • Gary Gottlieb (Auckland District Law Society District President)
  • Helen Clark (Prime Minister)
  • Jane Paterson (RNZ)
  • Javed Khan (Federation of Islamic Associations)
  • Jim Tully (Canterbury University)
  • Joy McArthur (RNZ)
  • Julian Robbins (Political Reporter)
  • Matt McCarten (UNITE)
  • Metiria Turei (Green Party Education Spokesperson)
  • Mike Crawford (Private Investigator)
  • Murray McCully (National Party MP)
  • Nadine Chalmers-Ross (RNZ)
  • Natalie Mankalow (RNZ)
  • Pansy Wong (National Party MP)
  • Peter Thompson (Barfoot and Thompson)
  • Phil Goff (Trade Minister)
  • Pita Sharples (Maori Party Co-Leader)
  • Professor Alan Kerr (Surgeon/Former Boss of Accused)
  • Rachel Graham (RNZ)
  • Rafael Epstein (ABC)
  • Roland Peese (BBC)
  • Sally Wenley (RNZ)
  • Stephen Griffin (Westport Council)
  • Stephen Kingstry (Race Competitor)
  • Tea Hirshon (French Polynesian Government MP)
  • Terry Snow (Press Council)
  • Tim Gaynor (Reuters Border Reporter)
  • Tim Pankhurst (Editor, Dominion Post)