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

  • 1Air New Zealand is dumping hundreds more jobs - at the same time it's half year profit has been slashed .

    Speakers
    • Monica Holt (RNZ)
    • Rob Fyfe (Air New Zealand Chief Executive)
    • Andrew Little (EPMU)
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  • 2The head of the kiwifruit exporter Zespri has appeared in front of the Australian inquiry into the Wheatboard scandal.

    Speakers
    • David Spicer (ABC)
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  • 3A South African woman has been found guilty of importing a class A drug.

    Speakers
    • Sally Wenley (RNZ)
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  • 4The New Zealand film director Lee Tamahori has been sentenced after he was arrested during a prostitution swoop in Los Angeles.

    Speakers
    • Frank Matelden (Spokesman, Los Angeles Police Department)
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  • 5Bill Clinton addressed an eager audience in Auckland today.

    Speakers
    • Irene Cameron (RNZ)
    • Bill Clinton (Former US President)
    • Helen Clark (Prime Minister)
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  • 6Business News.

  • 7A woman involved in a crash with a Rangitikei College school bus today appears to have driven her car into the path of the bus.

    Speakers
    • Calvin Tong (Rangitikei College)
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  • 85:30 News.

  • 9In a unexpected move today, Air New Zealand announced that 470 jobs are to go, mainly in Auckland's head office over the next year.

    Speakers
    • Patrick O'Mara (RNZ)
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  • 10Paediatricians are calling for child resistant packing for dishwashing powder to be mandatory.

    Speakers
    • Dr Fiona Miles (Starship Hospital)
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    • No
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  • 11State Highway One south of Temuka has been closed because 300 hay bales are on fire on a farm three metres from the road.

    Speakers
    • Richard Webb (Temuka's Chief Fire Officer)
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  • 12The housing industry needs to look to the future, according to a new report.

    Speakers
    • Darren McKenzie (RNZ)
    • Chris Kane (Report Co-Author)
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  • 13In Australia a 16 year old Cook Island boy has been savagely beaten for months by his employer.

    Speakers
    • Andrew Ferguson (New South Wales Construction Union)
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  • 14Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News including The Maori Party supporting Green Party MP Sue Bradford's bill to raise the minimum wage.

    Speakers
    • Pita Sharples (Maori Party Co-Leader)
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  • 156pm News.

  • 16A call to take the politics out of law and order issues has produced a chorus of support from everyone expect the politicians.

    Speakers
    • Eric Frickberg (RNZ)
    • Philip Morgan QC (Convener, Law Society Criminal Law Committee)
    • Major Campbell Roberts (Salvation Army)
    • Damian O'Connor (Labour MP)
    • Marie Knights (Victims Support)
    • Garth McVicar (Sensible Sentencing Trust)
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  • 17More than a hundred people are dead after a wave of violence across Iraq in the wake of attacks on Shiite and Sunni holy sites.

    Speakers
    • Matthew Colin (BBC)
    • Hoshyar Zebari (Iraq Foreign Minister)
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  • 18Leading US Senators are criticising the sale of American port operations to a state-owned company from the United Arab Emirates.

    Speakers
    • Steve Mort (US Correspondent)
    • George W Bush (US President)
    • Hilary Clinton (Democratic Senator)
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  • 19Rescue teams at the scene of a massive mudslide in the Philippines have spotted the roof of a school engulfed six days ago.

    Speakers
    • Captain Berel Palmer (US Soldier)
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  • 20Business News.

  • 21The National Party wants a law change that would see foreign nationals who're charged with serious offences almost never being granted bail.

    Speakers
    • Joy McArthur (RNZ)
    • Don Brash (National Party Leader)
    • Mark Burton (Minister of Justice)
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  • 22American authorities have charged four men with looting bones and body parts from more than a thousand corpses.

    Speakers
    • Robert Smith (US National Public Radio)
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  • 236:30 News.

  • 24Focus on Politics: A look at how Winston Peters is handling his role as Foreign Minister outside of Government.

    Speakers
    • Catherine Ryan (Political Reporter)
    • Winston Peters (Foreign Minister)
    • Helen Clark (Prime Minister)
    • Phil Goff (Trade Minister)
    • General John Abazaid (US Chief Military Officer in Iraq)
    • Alexander Downer (Australian Foreign Minister)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
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  • 25Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News.

  • 26The US and Britain have carried out a joint nuclear "experiment" in the Nevada desert.

    Speakers
    • John Pike (Global Security)
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Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Friday 24 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
  • Alexander Downer (Australian Foreign Minister)
  • Andrew Ferguson (New South Wales Construction Union)
  • Andrew Little (EPMU)
  • Bill Clinton (Former US President)
  • Calvin Tong (Rangitikei College)
  • Captain Berel Palmer (US Soldier)
  • Catherine Ryan (Political Reporter)
  • Chris Kane (Report Co-Author)
  • Damian O'Connor (Labour MP)
  • Darren McKenzie (RNZ)
  • David Spicer (ABC)
  • Don Brash (National Party Leader)
  • Dr Fiona Miles (Starship Hospital)
  • Eric Frickberg (RNZ)
  • Frank Matelden (Spokesman, Los Angeles Police Department)
  • Garth McVicar (Sensible Sentencing Trust)
  • General John Abazaid (US Chief Military Officer in Iraq)
  • George W Bush (US President)
  • Helen Clark (Prime Minister)
  • Hilary Clinton (Democratic Senator)
  • Hoshyar Zebari (Iraq Foreign Minister)
  • Irene Cameron (RNZ)
  • John Pike (Global Security)
  • Joy McArthur (RNZ)
  • Major Campbell Roberts (Salvation Army)
  • Marie Knights (Victims Support)
  • Mark Burton (Minister of Justice)
  • Matthew Colin (BBC)
  • Monica Holt (RNZ)
  • Patrick O'Mara (RNZ)
  • Phil Goff (Trade Minister)
  • Philip Morgan QC (Convener, Law Society Criminal Law Committee)
  • Pita Sharples (Maori Party Co-Leader)
  • Richard Webb (Temuka's Chief Fire Officer)
  • Rob Fyfe (Air New Zealand Chief Executive)
  • Robert Smith (US National Public Radio)
  • Sally Wenley (RNZ)
  • Steve Mort (US Correspondent)
  • Winston Peters (Foreign Minister)
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