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  • 1Taito Phillip Field is behind bars tonight,the first member of parliament in New Zealand to be prosecuted and now jailed for bribery and corruption. The former Labour MP has been sentenced to six years in prison for giving immigraion favours to Thai people in return for work on his properties.

    Speakers
    • Belinda McCammon (Reporter)
    • Maxine Field (Wife, Taito Phillip Field)
    • Simon Moore (Crown prosecutor)
    • Paul Davison QC (Defence lawyer)
    Live Broadcast
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  • 2A gunman at the centre of a massive two day police search in southern Hawkes Bay raised his weapon and struggled with the two armed officers who found him hiding in a toilet block at the Norsewood Golf Club. The hunt for David Bourke involved helicopters with heat seeking equipment and armed offenders squads.

    Speakers
    • Russell Gibson (District commander, New Zealand Police)
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  • 3The National-led government's two main allies are once again butting heads - this time over the controversy surrounding the bid for broadcasting rights for 2011 Rugby World Cup. The ACT Party disagree's with the use of tax-payer money to fund Maori Television's bid to the rights.

    Speakers
    • Jane Patterson (Parliamentary chief reporter): Dr. Pita Sharples MP (Minister of Maori Affairs)
    • John Key MP (Prime Minister
    • Leader, National Party)
    • Rodney Hide MP (Leader, ACT Party)
    • Te Ururoa Flavell MP (Waiariki MP, Maori Party)
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  • 4It's now been nearly 24-hours since two year old Asiling Symes went missing in West Auckland and police say they have grave fears for her safety. She was with her parents when she dissapeard around 5:30pm yesterday.

    Speakers
    • Aithne Potts (Aunt, Asiling Symes)
    • Georgina Ball (Reporter)
    • Inspector Gary Davey (Spokesman, New Zealand Police)
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  • 5Business News

  • 6People displaced by the deadly earthquake triggered tsunami in American Samoa are begining to filter back to their homes. Near 4-thousand people have been living in 16 emergency shelters in recent days.

    Speakers
    • Clint Owens (Reporter)
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  • 75:30pm News

  • 8Thousands of Auckland bus passengers face massive disruption once again with services suspended indefinitely from early Thursday morning. The main operator NZ Bus will lock out its workers after they've announced they're taking industrial action over pay.

    Speakers
    • Carl Anderson (Spokesman, Auckland Combined Unions)
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  • 9The Health and Disability Commission has criticised a Christchurch rest home after finding that a dementia patient was not showered for an entire year.

    Speakers
    • Geoff Hipkins (Chief executive, Oceania Group)
    Live Broadcast
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  • 10Waatea News

  • 11There are signs the economic recovery could be undermined by a shortage of credit to businesses. NZIER's quarterly business survey has found a growing number of businesses cite access to finance as a problem.

    Speakers
    • Nigel Sterling (Economics correspondent)
    • Shamubeel Eaqub (Senior economist, NZIER)
    • Phil O'Reilly (Chief executive, Business New Zealand)
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  • 12A woman who claims a Wellington couple sexually assaulted her and enticed her into prostitution at the age of 14 has revealed further details about her escort agency work. Gary Duffin, father of Karla Cardno, a Lower Hutt schoolgirl who was brutally raped and murdered 20 years ago, is facing sex charges in the High Court in Wellington today.

    Speakers
    • Anne-Maree May (Reporter)
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  • 13The United Nations Secretary General Ban ki Moon has condemned an attack on a United Nations compound in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, which killed five employees of the World Food Programme.

    Speakers
    • Urla Girwin (BBC reporter)
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  • 146:00pm News

  • 15Taito Phillip Field is behind bars tonight, the first member of parliament in New Zealand to be prosecuted and now jailed for bribery and corruption. The former Labour MP has been sentenced to six years in prison for giving immigraion favours to Thai people in return for work on his properties here and in Samoa.

    Speakers
    • Justice Rodney Hansen (Judge, Crown)
    • Maxine Field (Wife, Taito Phillip Field)
    • Aso Saliopolo (Minsiter, Methodist Church)
    • John Key MP (Prime Minister
    • Leader, National Party)
    Live Broadcast
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  • 16As police cordons were lifted today around three thousand hectares of Hawkes Bay farmland, relieved residents returned home to check on their land and stock. The hunt for David Bourke involved helicopters with heat seeking equipment and armed offenders squads.

    Speakers
    • Russell Gibson (District commander, New Zealand Police)
    • Wendy Jacobs (Farmer)
    • Simon Hunt (Farmer)
    • Kerry Lawrey (Farmer)
    • Kate Taylor (Resident)
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  • 17David Bourke, the gunman at the centre of a massive two day police search in southern Hawkes Bay raised his weapon and struggled with the two armed officers who found him hiding in a toilet block at the Norsewood Golf Club. Federated Farmers says it wants to speak with police about how they handled the situation.

    Speakers
    • David Hunt (Hawke's Bay chairman, Federated Farmers)
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  • 18David Bourke, the gunman at the centre of a massive two day police search in southern Hawkes Bay raised his weapon and struggled with the two armed officers who found him hiding in a toilet block at the Norsewood Golf Club. Federated Farmers says it wants to speak with police about how they handled the situation.

  • 19Samoan families who've been living in temporary shelter since the tsunami are starting to move closer to their old villages.

    Speakers
    • Leilani Momoisea (Reporter)
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  • 20Heavy snow has caused havoc over the past three days, bringing down a number of power lines and closing State Highway 5.

    Speakers
    • Matthew Farrell (Reporter)
    • voxpop (Voxpop)
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  • 216:30pm News

  • 22Buoyed by the success of the United Kingdom's first ever atheist bus advertising campaign, some of Britain's most prominent humanists have joined forces to provide a second controversial offering: "The Atheist's Guide To Christmas."

    Speakers
    • Ariane Sherine (Atheist)
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  • 23In what's being described as a significant breakthrough North Korea has said it may be willing to consider returning to the six-party talks on ending its nuclear weapons programme. The offer was made by the supreme leader Kim Jong-il to visiting Chinese prime minister, Wen Jiabao.

    Speakers
    • Brett Cole (Korea correspondent, The Economist)
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  • 24Waatea News

  • 25New reports by the Health and Disability Commission have criticised the Christchurch resthome where a dementia patient was not showered for a year. The commission investigated standards of care at the Villa Gardens rest home after complaints from family members.

    Speakers
    • Katy Gossett (Reporter)
    • Geoff Hipkins (Chief executive, Oceania Group)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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  • 26The Parole Board has released a decision today, refusing to let the former leader of the Christian Heritage Party, Graham Capill out of prison. The convicted paedophile is completing a six year sentence for abusing three girls.

    Speakers
    • Cherie McQuilkin (Reporter)
    • Kim Workman (Spokesman, Rethinking Crime and Punishment)
    • Robin Gunston (National director, Prison Fellowship)
    Live Broadcast
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  • 27And now for something completely different! In the United Kingdom actors and comedians have been remembering the groundbreaking sketches of Monty Python's Flying Circus which first appeared on television 40-years ago.

    Speakers
    • Emma Alberici (ABC correspondent)
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Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Tuesday 6 October 2009
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
Speakers
  • Aithne Potts (Aunt, Asiling Symes)
  • Anne-Maree May (Reporter)
  • Ariane Sherine (Atheist)
  • Aso Saliopolo (Minsiter, Methodist Church)
  • Belinda McCammon (Reporter)
  • Brett Cole (Korea correspondent, The Economist)
  • Carl Anderson (Spokesman, Auckland Combined Unions)
  • Cherie McQuilkin (Reporter)
  • Clint Owens (Reporter)
  • David Hunt (Hawke's Bay chairman, Federated Farmers)
  • Emma Alberici (ABC correspondent)
  • Geoff Hipkins (Chief executive, Oceania Group)
  • Georgina Ball (Reporter)
  • Inspector Gary Davey (Spokesman, New Zealand Police)
  • Jane Patterson (Parliamentary chief reporter): Dr. Pita Sharples MP (Minister of Maori Affairs)
  • John Key MP (Prime Minister
  • Justice Rodney Hansen (Judge, Crown)
  • Kate Taylor (Resident)
  • Katy Gossett (Reporter)
  • Kerry Lawrey (Farmer)
  • Kim Workman (Spokesman, Rethinking Crime and Punishment)
  • Leader, National Party)
  • Leilani Momoisea (Reporter)
  • Matthew Farrell (Reporter)
  • Maxine Field (Wife, Taito Phillip Field)
  • Nigel Sterling (Economics correspondent)
  • Paul Davison QC (Defence lawyer)
  • Phil O'Reilly (Chief executive, Business New Zealand)
  • Robin Gunston (National director, Prison Fellowship)
  • Rodney Hide MP (Leader, ACT Party)
  • Russell Gibson (District commander, New Zealand Police)
  • Shamubeel Eaqub (Senior economist, NZIER)
  • Simon Hunt (Farmer)
  • Simon Moore (Crown prosecutor)
  • Te Ururoa Flavell MP (Waiariki MP, Maori Party)
  • Urla Girwin (BBC reporter)
  • voxpop (Voxpop)
  • Wendy Jacobs (Farmer)