Checkpoint
National Radio's two-hour news and current affairs programme.
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1Calls are growing for an inquiry into the services provided to disabled people.
Speakers
- Sue Ingram (Social Issues Correspondent)
- Bob Atkinson (Former Focus 2000 Board Member)
- Pete Hodgson (Minister of Health)
Live Broadcast
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Commercials
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2A retired Master of the Cook Strait ferry, Aratere, will have to wait several more days before being sentenced.
Speakers
- Kate Williamson (RNZ)
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3Around half a kilogram of cocaine was found stashed inside perfume bottles at Auckland International Airport.
Speakers
- Simon Williamson (Customs)
Live Broadcast
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Commercials
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4Northland police are appealing for information about a KeriKeri woman who's vanished without a trace.
Speakers
- Lois Williams (Northland Reporter)
- Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Panet
Live Broadcast
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Commercials
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5Kofi Annan is backing a UN report calling for the United States to close its Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
Speakers
- Kim Landers (ABC)
- Kofi Annan (UN Secretary-General)
- Scott McClellan (White House Spokesman)
- Clive Stafford Smith (Legal Representative for some Guantanamo Bay Detainees)
Live Broadcast
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Commercials
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6Business News.
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7A bus driver has been charged with assault following a road rage incident in Auckland on Tuesday.
Speakers
- David France (Stagecoach Lawyer)
Live Broadcast
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Commercials
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85:30 News.
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9Up to 15 per cent of freshwater beaches at lakes at rivers, are unsafe for swimming because of poor water quality.
Speakers
- Bryce Johnson (Living Rivers Campaign)
Live Broadcast
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Commercials
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10The main road between Christchurch and Greymouth through Arthur's Pass has been given a new name - State Highway 73 will now also be known as "The Great Alpine Highway".
Speakers
- Erina O'Donohue (RNZ)
- Madeleine DeYong (Secretary, Great Alpine Highway Promotion Society)
- Tony Spart (Transit New Zealand)
- Maureen Pugh (Westland Mayor)
Live Broadcast
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Commercials
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11New Zealanders are abandoning the traditional holiday at home, for the thrills of Australia, the Pacific Islands and beyond.
Speakers
- Tony Reid (RNZ)
- John McGuiness (Flight Centre)
- Paul Davis (Chief Executive, Latitude Nelson)
- Fiona Buckman (Tourism Association)
Live Broadcast
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Commercials
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12A memorial was held for Kerry Packer at the Sydney Opera House today. But there has been some complaints over taxpayers paying for the memorial for a Billionaire who hated paying taxes.
Speakers
- Brendan Trenbath (ABC)
- Ray Martin (9 Network Personality)
- Patrick Lee (Cricket Fan)
- Peter McGregor (Protestor)
- Paul Barry (Packer's Autobiography)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
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13Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News.
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14Scientists battling the invasive algae didymo, are now testing what kind of chemicals could be used to kill it.
Speakers
- Peter Thompson (Biosecurity New Zealand)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
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15Auckland International Airport is defending the reliability of a new 30-million dollar baggage screening system.
Speakers
- Kerri Ennis (RNZ)
- Stuart Milne (Executive Director, Board of Airline Representatives)
- Don Hughes (Auckland Airport Chief Executive)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
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166pm News.
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17A group of residents living next to a nuclear weapons plant in the US have been awarded more than half a billion dollars.
Speakers
- David Sorensen (Lawyer)
Live Broadcast
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Commercials
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18Business News.
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19The government is to provide millions of dollars to Fiji to help stem the rise in the number of squatter settlements.
Speakers
- Linda Skates (Radio New Zealand International)
Live Broadcast
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Commercials
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20Australia's great invader, the poisonous cane toad, has evolved to become 5 times faster at invading and destroying territory.
Speakers
- Rick Shein (Biologist, Sydney University)
Live Broadcast
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Commercials
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216:30 News.
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22Focus on Politics looks at the issue of youth rates and minimum wage rates.
Speakers
- Jane Patterson (Political Reporter)
- Sue Bradford (Green MP)
- Ruth Dyson (Minister of Labour)
- Wayne Mapp (National Industrial Relations Spokesman)
Live Broadcast
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Commercials
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23Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News including Labour MP Shane Jones saying that National cannot be trusted on their stance over the Foreshore and Seabed Issue.
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24The European Union has been moving quietly closer to another trade war with China - this time over shoe imports.
Speakers
- Nina Maria-Potts (Reporter)
Live Broadcast
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Commercials
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Primary Title
- Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
- Friday 17 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
- Bob Atkinson (Former Focus 2000 Board Member)
- Brendan Trenbath (ABC)
- Bryce Johnson (Living Rivers Campaign)
- Clive Stafford Smith (Legal Representative for some Guantanamo Bay Detainees)
- David France (Stagecoach Lawyer)
- David Sorensen (Lawyer)
- Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Panet
- Don Hughes (Auckland Airport Chief Executive)
- Erina O'Donohue (RNZ)
- Fiona Buckman (Tourism Association)
- Jane Patterson (Political Reporter)
- John McGuiness (Flight Centre)
- Kate Williamson (RNZ)
- Kerri Ennis (RNZ)
- Kim Landers (ABC)
- Kofi Annan (UN Secretary-General)
- Linda Skates (Radio New Zealand International)
- Lois Williams (Northland Reporter)
- Madeleine DeYong (Secretary, Great Alpine Highway Promotion Society)
- Maureen Pugh (Westland Mayor)
- Nina Maria-Potts (Reporter)
- Patrick Lee (Cricket Fan)
- Paul Barry (Packer's Autobiography)
- Paul Davis (Chief Executive, Latitude Nelson)
- Pete Hodgson (Minister of Health)
- Peter McGregor (Protestor)
- Peter Thompson (Biosecurity New Zealand)
- Ray Martin (9 Network Personality)
- Rick Shein (Biologist, Sydney University)
- Ruth Dyson (Minister of Labour)
- Scott McClellan (White House Spokesman)
- Simon Williamson (Customs)
- Stuart Milne (Executive Director, Board of Airline Representatives)
- Sue Bradford (Green MP)
- Sue Ingram (Social Issues Correspondent)
- Tony Reid (RNZ)
- Tony Spart (Transit New Zealand)
- Wayne Mapp (National Industrial Relations Spokesman)