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

  • 1The neighbour of six month old Serenity Scott Dinnington who died of brain injuries last week says she's knew there was violence going on next door but was too scared to do anything about it.

    • Start 00 : 08 : 54
    Speakers
    • Sheree (Resident, Ngaruawahia)
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  • 2The minimum driving age will be raised to 16 in August after legislation was passed unanimously by Parliament this afternoon. The Land Transport Amendment bill was criticised for failing to reduce the blood alcohol limit with the Labour Party suggesting the Minister of Transport Steven Joyce was rolled by cabinet.

    • Start 00 : 13 : 39
    Speakers
    • Danya Leavy (Reporter)
    • Steven Joyce MP (Minister of Transport)
    • Darien Fenton MP (List MP, Labour Party)
    • Gareth Hughes MP (List MP, Green Party)
    • Rahui Katene MP (Te Tai Tonga MP, Maori Party)
    • Mike Noon (Spokesman, Automobile Association)
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  • 3Hone Harawira has been forced to apologise after he described Osama Bin Laden as a man who fought for the freedom of his people.

    • Start 00 : 20 : 27
    Speakers
    • Tau Henare MP (List MP, National Party)
    • Christopher Finlayson MP (List MP, National Party)
    • Cindy Burle (Spokesman, Democrats Abroad)
    • Julian Robbins (Political editor)
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  • 4Business News

    • Start 00 : 25 : 01
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  • 5The International Criminal Court has confirmed it will seek an arrest warrents for three people over the killing of pro-democracy activists in Libya.

    • Start 00 : 27 : 42
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    • Barney Porter (ABC reporter)
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  • 65:30pm News

    • Start 00 : 31 : 37
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  • 7New Zealand apples could be on sale in Australia for the first time in almost a century by the end of this year.

    • Start 00 : 36 : 32
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  • 8The Labour Party has accused National of making retirement savings a political football again by planning to make more changes to KiwiSaver. The Minister of Finance, Bill English has said the May budget will include cuts to KiwiSaver incentives.

    • Start 00 : 39 : 27
    Speakers
    • Brent Edwards (Political editor)
    • Bill English MP (Minister of Finance)
    • David Cunliffe MP (New Lynn MP, Labour Party)
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  • 9The Rotorua coroner has said that parents keeping their babies in bed with them is a form of child abuse and more must be done to stop it.

    • Start 00 : 42 : 11
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  • 10Waatea News

    • Start 00 : 49 : 19
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  • 11Pike River families are making their biggest push yet for action to recover their men's remains from the mine.

    • Start 00 : 51 : 27
    Speakers
    • Nicholas Davidson QC (Lawyer)
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  • 12Unemployment fell slightly in the first three months of the year, but there are still 155-thousand people without jobs. It fell to 6.6-percent.

    • Start 00 : 55 : 24
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    • Launa Perry (Reporter)
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  • 136:00pm News

    • Start 01 : 00 : 05
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  • 14Telecommunication companies are not promising cheaper cell phone calls despite the cuts to mobile termination rates. The Commerce Commission has released its final decision on whether these should be regulated.

    • Start 01 : 08 : 34
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    • Ben Robinson (Reporter)
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  • 15Radical Maori politician Hone Harawira's apology for eulogising Osama bin Laden has been met with some surprise.

    • Start 01 : 11 : 26
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    • Dr. Ranginui Walker (Former Head of Maori Studies, The University of Auckland)
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  • 16The leaders of the two main Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas have signed a reconciliation deal to establish a unity government and end four years of hostilities.

    • Start 01 : 16 : 27
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    • Jonathan Head (BBC reporter)
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  • 17The Bank of New Zealand has set aside $60-million for potential credit losses from the earthquakes in Christchurch.

    • Start 01 : 20 : 23
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    • Andrew Thorburn (Chief executive, Bank of New Zealand)
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  • 18The Maori Digital Forum says it's being left out even as Maori business' contribution to the economy's being hailed.

    • Start 01 : 23 : 36
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    • Natalie Mankalow (Reporter)
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  • 19Another multi-million dollar, pre-Budget announcement has brought extra Plunket visits for new mothers, in their baby's first few months of life.

    • Start 01 : 28 : 02
    Speakers
    • Tim Graham (Reporter)
    • Tony Ryall MP (Minister of Health)
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  • 206:30pm News

    • Start 01 : 31 : 23
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  • 21President of the United States Barak Obama is refusing to release photos of the corpse of Osama bin Laden. He says the pictures could be used as propaganda by extremists and is unwilling to appease conspiracy theorists who are casting doubt over whether the al-Qaeda leader is really dead.

    • Start 01 : 36 : 53
    Speakers
    • Timothy McDonald (ABC reporter)
    • Barak Obama (President, United States of America)
    • Steve Kingston (BBC reporter)
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  • 22Waatea News

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  • 23Little change is expected when the 1-thousand and 50 registered voters on Niue choose their new 20 person parliament this weekend.

    • Start 01 : 51 : 26
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    • Don Wiseman (RNZI reporter)
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Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 5 May 2011
Start Time
  • 17 : 00
Finish Time
  • 19 : 00
Duration
  • 120:00
Channel
  • RNZ 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
  • Andrew Thorburn (Chief executive, Bank of New Zealand)
  • Barak Obama (President, United States of America)
  • Barney Porter (ABC reporter)
  • Ben Robinson (Reporter)
  • Bill English MP (Minister of Finance)
  • Brent Edwards (Political editor)
  • Christopher Finlayson MP (List MP, National Party)
  • Cindy Burle (Spokesman, Democrats Abroad)
  • Danya Leavy (Reporter)
  • Darien Fenton MP (List MP, Labour Party)
  • David Cunliffe MP (New Lynn MP, Labour Party)
  • Don Wiseman (RNZI reporter)
  • Dr. Ranginui Walker (Former Head of Maori Studies, The University of Auckland)
  • Gareth Hughes MP (List MP, Green Party)
  • Jonathan Head (BBC reporter)
  • Julian Robbins (Political editor)
  • Launa Perry (Reporter)
  • Mike Noon (Spokesman, Automobile Association)
  • Natalie Mankalow (Reporter)
  • Nicholas Davidson QC (Lawyer)
  • Rahui Katene MP (Te Tai Tonga MP, Maori Party)
  • Sheree (Resident, Ngaruawahia)
  • Steve Kingston (BBC reporter)
  • Steven Joyce MP (Minister of Transport)
  • Tau Henare MP (List MP, National Party)
  • Tim Graham (Reporter)
  • Timothy McDonald (ABC reporter)
  • Tony Ryall MP (Minister of Health)