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  • 1A man has been jailed for at least 18 years for the murder of his seven year-old stepson.

  • 2The New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, is again under the campaign spotlight.

  • 3The trial of the mother and grandfather of a six year old Hamilton boy abducted in 2006 ended before it began today.

  • 4The Labour Party has pledged to launch a commission of inquiry into criminal gangs to determine the extent of their involvement in organised crime, reports Naomi Mitchell.

  • 5Business News

  • 6Ten boats and two planes have been searching the Christchurch coastline today for a man missing in a six metre vessel.

  • 7Barack Obama is about to splash out on a half-hour long commercial.

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  • 9There are reports that as many as 70 people may have died in an earthquake in Pakistan.

  • 10The crown prosecutor in the murder trial of Liam Reid has told the jury that he has a Jeykell and Hyde personality.

  • 11The Real Estate Agents Licensing Board has deemed 3 estate agents unfit to continue as certified salepersons.

  • 12New Zealand's ecological footprint per capita is now ranked sixth largest in the world.

  • 13Waatea News. National leader John Key has said that Labour have taken the Maori seats for granted.

  • 14The Labour Party is raising questions over John's Key's links to one of New Zealand's most notorious foreign exchange scams.

  • 15Thousands of people are fleeing for their lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  • 16Emergency food handouts are about to start in Cambodia to help families hit by the rising price of staple products.

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  • 18The judge has described the case one of the worst of its kind after man was jailed for at least 18 years today.

  • 19Returning to the search off the Christchurch coastline today for a man missing from a six metre vessel.

  • 20Labour's plan to launch a commission of inquiry into gangs if it's re-elected, is being panned as unnecessary research.

  • 21Syria close down an American school and a cultural centre in Damascus.

  • 22Business News

  • 23The latest news from China by correspondent in Beijing, Quentin Sommerville.

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  • 25There are suggestions some police officers are too ashamed to admit their occupation to friends and neighbours.

  • 26U.S. Elections 7 days to go in the United States presidential race.

  • 27Scientists have identified a gene variant they say is a key indicator of whether someone is likely to survive a heart attack.

  • 28US government is now considering an emergency rescue package for the country's biggest car maker General Motors.

  • 29Waatea News

  • 30The Labour Party is raising questions over John's Key's links to one of New Zealand's most notorious foreign exchange scams.

  • 31A council of 50 Pakistani and Afghan political and tribal leaders has agreed on a policy to establish dialogue.

  • 32West African countries have become a transit point to Europe for cocaine from South America.

Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Wednesday 29 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