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  • 1It's going to cost you more to register and run your car as the Government moves to raise more money for Accident Compensation and cut entitlements.

    Speakers
    • David Parker MP (List MP, Labour Party)
    • Dr. Nick Smith (Minister for the ACC)
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  • 2In a major u-turn today the Prime Minister has intervened in the Rugby World Cup free-to-air rights row. Mr. Key wants now wants Maori Television to become the lead bidder. Maori Television, Mediaworks and TVNZ are meeting in Auckland at the moment.

    Speakers
    • Jane Patterson (Parliamentary chief reporter)
    • John Key MP (Prime Minister
    • Leader, National Party)
    • Dr. Pita Sharples MP (Co-leader, Maori Party)
    • Jonathan Coleman MP (Minister of Broadcasting)
    • Annette King MP (Deputy leader, Labour Party)
    • Brent Edwards (Political editor)
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  • 3In Auckland buses will be back on the roads tomorrow after seven days of disrupted service that's crippled public transport, causing headaches for 80-thousand commuters.

    Speakers
    • voxpop (Voxpop)
    • Carl Anderson (Spokesman, Auckland Combined Unions)
    • Zane Fulljames (Operations manager, NZ Bus)
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  • 4Business News

  • 5A Wellington schoolgirl who ran along a beach in Samoa warning people that a tsunami was about to hit has been recognised for her bravery.

    Speakers
    • Ben Robinson (Reporter)
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  • 65:30pm News

  • 7A group of Sri Lankan asylum seekers heading for Australia are threatening to blow up their vessel after it was intercepted by the Indonesian authorities following a tip-off from Canberra.

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    • Adam Gartrall (ABC reporter)
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  • 8United States' President Obama's ambitious healthcare reform plans to guarantee the millions of Americans without health insurance, cheaper care has moved a crucial step closer. A key Senate committee has approved of his ideas, albeit in a watered-down form.

    Speakers
    • Barak Obama (President, United States of America)
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  • 9In a sign the housing market is on the road to recovery, figures from the Real Estate Institute show house prices rose 1.9-percent between August and September.

    Speakers
    • Garreth Koenan (Spokesman, Infometrix)
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  • 10Waatea News

  • 11The government appears to be taking a more conciliatory approach over its controversial national standards policy. After a meeting with schools yesterday, the Minister of Education Anne Tolley told the Dominion Post it had been a momentous occasion.

    Speakers
    • Gael Woods (Education correspondent)
    • Anne Tolley MP (Minister of Education)
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  • 12The Government expects to have to borrow $250-million a week for at least the next four years to cover its cash deficits which have crashed $10.5-billion in to the red.

    Speakers
    • Bill English MP (Minister of Finance)
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  • 136:00pm News

  • 14It's going to cost you more to register and run your car as the Government moves to raise more money for Accident Compensation and cut entitlements.

    Speakers
    • David Parker MP (List MP, Labour Party)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 15A combination of hard times, dated technology and risk management have hit three big energy companies in the pocketbook, only Genesis Energy made a outright loss, though Solid Energy and Trust Power made less than expected.

    Speakers
    • Eric Frykberg (Reporter)
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  • 16Two former managers at investment bank Bear Stearns are set to go on trial for fraud in one of the first cases arising out of the global financial crisis.

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    • Michelle Flurey (BBC reporter)
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  • 17Business News

  • 18The Prime Minister has promised police officers that the government will make legislation getting tough on gangs a priority. John Key was speaking to a Police Association conference in Wellington, it was focussing on organised crime.

  • 19Some of those opposed to a proposed multi-million dollar irrigation scheme in Canterbury are being given a further chance to outline their objections. The Central Plains Water Enhancement Scheme is the most ambitious of it's type in the area.

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    • Monique Deveraux (Reporter)
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  • 206:30pm News

  • 21The Community Probation Services has been told to put more emphasis on ensuring public safety when monitoring offenders on parole.

    Speakers
    • Paula Rebstock (Researcher)
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  • 22The global scientific community has been shocked by the news that a physicist at the European centre for nuclear research has been arrested on suspicion of having links to al Qaeda.

    Speakers
    • Imogen Folks (BBC reporter)
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  • 23Waatea News

  • 24Australia's 1983 America's Cup winning skipper is rubbishing claims that the Dutch were the true architects of the revolutionary upside-down keel, that helped them to their historic win 26-years ago.

  • 25The Reserve Bank is to scale back emergency measures put in place during last year's financial crisis - in a further sign the economy is recovering.

    Speakers
    • Nigel Sterling (Economics correspondent)
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  • 26A Japanese company has invented a new product to combat swine flu - a special protective suit coated with a chemical commonly used in toothpaste.

    Speakers
    • Robin Powell (BBC reporter)
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  • 27Researchers in China and the United Kingdom say they've discovered the fossils of a new type of flying reptile that lived over 160-million years ago.

    Speakers
    • Matt McGrar (BBC reporter)
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Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Wednesday 14 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
  • Adam Gartrall (ABC reporter)
  • Anne Tolley MP (Minister of Education)
  • Annette King MP (Deputy leader, Labour Party)
  • Barak Obama (President, United States of America)
  • Ben Robinson (Reporter)
  • Bill English MP (Minister of Finance)
  • Brent Edwards (Political editor)
  • Carl Anderson (Spokesman, Auckland Combined Unions)
  • David Parker MP (List MP, Labour Party)
  • Dr. Nick Smith (Minister for the ACC)
  • Dr. Pita Sharples MP (Co-leader, Maori Party)
  • Eric Frykberg (Reporter)
  • Gael Woods (Education correspondent)
  • Garreth Koenan (Spokesman, Infometrix)
  • Imogen Folks (BBC reporter)
  • Jane Patterson (Parliamentary chief reporter)
  • John Key MP (Prime Minister
  • Jonathan Coleman MP (Minister of Broadcasting)
  • Leader, National Party)
  • Matt McGrar (BBC reporter)
  • Michelle Flurey (BBC reporter)
  • Monique Deveraux (Reporter)
  • Nigel Sterling (Economics correspondent)
  • Paula Rebstock (Researcher)
  • Robin Powell (BBC reporter)
  • voxpop (Voxpop)
  • Zane Fulljames (Operations manager, NZ Bus)