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

  • 1Reserve Bank Rules Out Early Interest Rate Cut National Party leader John Key today increased the pressure on the Bank saying it should cut rates sooner rather than later.

  • 2A hard-hitting review into maternity services in Wellington is calling for major changes nationwide.

  • 3It's the end of a golden era for the Olympic rowing champions Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell.

  • 4Business News

  • 5Fiji's Military Coup Legitimised Our correspondent in Suva, Vijay Narayan, comments.

  • 65.30pm news

  • 7A Grey Power member in Kapiti was nearly thrown out of a meeting with Mr Peters today for persistently challenging his views.

  • 8Labour is promising to ensure that workers who are laid off receive compensation from their employers.

  • 9In the past six years, only 6 per cent of claims have been resolved by the Government's Weathertight Homes Resolution Service.

  • 10Waatea News.

  • 11The jury in the high court trial of Liam Reid has heard he tried to get on a boat to Australia, two days after Emma Agnew was murdered.

  • 126.00pm news

  • 13A senior economist at Goldman Sachs JB Were, Shamubeel Eaqub is highly critical of the Reserve Banks current strategy.

  • 14Maternity Services Review (Part 2) With Dr Pat Touhy, the chief advisor of child health at the Ministry of Health.

  • 15There's anger that the Auckland City Council has given initial approval to spending more than 30-million dollars on the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

  • 16Business News

  • 17The local defence industry's renewing calls for a free trade agreement with the United States.

  • 18Redback spiders look set to invade much of the country as climate change creates perfect environments for the poisonous insects.

  • 196.30pm news

  • 20Russian Army Has Left Georgian Territory The BBC's James Rogers was in the buffer zone near South Ossetia today observing the pullout.

  • 21More than 40 airline operators have vowed to fight the Department of Conservation's plan to limit aircraft numbers into Milford Sound.

  • 22US Presidency Verbal Attacks The attacks are becoming more personal in the Barack Obama versus John McCain race for presidency.

  • 23Waatea News. National plan to disallow parole for repeat offenders has been critisized.

  • 24Young New Zealanders and those on middle incomes are already being warned to curb their Christmas spending.

  • 25A Hawke's Bay golf course has been judged the best in the world.

  • 26The Shear Blacks took out four of the six titles at the World Championships - including the Golden Shears.

  • 27The Wellington City Council's admitting the new tsunami and civil defence warning system needs improvements.

Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 9 October 2008
Start Time
  • 17 : 00
Finish Time
  • 19 : 00
Duration
  • 120:00
Channel
  • Radio New Zealand National
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