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

  • 1The two mostly badly quake-hit Canterbury councils, Christchurch City and Waimakariri Council, are pleading for Government help as an insurance deadline looms. The damage already incurred is covered by but existing other infrastructure (pipes, buildings etc) will not be by the end of the week despite an extensive search overseas, so the government may have to step in.

    • Start 00 : 07 : 45
    Speakers
    • Jim Palmer (Chief executive, Waimakariri District Council)
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  • 2A paediatric specialist has described the severe damage done to the brains of the Kahui baby twins who died from head injuries in 2006.

    • Start 00 : 13 : 22
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    • Will Hine (Reporter)
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  • 3Authorities at the Pike River Mine have given the green light for re-entry work to begin tomorrow, as the oxygen levels are acceptable - but admit the operation is not risk free

    • Start 00 : 19 : 46
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    • Steve Ellis (Pike River Statutory Manager)
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  • 4Business News

    • Start 00 : 22 : 50
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  • 5Happy Feet, the Emperor penguin, has successfully undergone another round of surgery at Wellington Zoo today removing sand and driftwood from its stomach. The head of Gastroenterology at Wellington hospital did the work.

    • Start 00 : 28 : 20
    Speakers
    • John Wyeth (Head, Gastroenterology, Wellington Hospital)
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  • 65:30pm News

    • Start 00 : 30 : 11
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  • 7The Maori Party co-leader, Tariana Turia, says it's too early to write off doing a deal with the Hone Harawira's Mana Party, and it's a suggestion that will be considered although there are tensions between the parties.

    • Start 00 : 36 : 41
    Speakers
    • Claire Paisley (Political reporter)
    • Tariana Turia MP (Te Tai Hauauru MP, Maori Party)
    • Pita Sharples MP (Minister of Maori Affairs)
    • Hone Harawira MP (Te Tai Tokerau MP, Mana Party)
    • Russel Norman (Green Co-leader)
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  • 8The trial of the four most senior surviving leaders of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime has begun at a court in Phnom Penh today with the elderly defendants. But the judges have refused to investigate another case.

    • Start 00 : 41 : 53
    Speakers
    • Guy De Launey (BBC Reporter)
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  • 9Waatea News

    • Start 00 : 46 : 01
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  • 10The Dunedin city council has approved a rates hike of seven-point-seven percent as it struggles to deal with mounting debt. They say their insurance premiums have risen as a result of the Christchurch earthquake and there are infrastructure costs.

    • Start 00 : 49 : 37
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    • Ian Telfer (Reporter)
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  • 11Christchurch home owners, who last week were told that they will have to abandon their properties, are this week trying to determine the nitty gritty of what the decision will mean for them.

    • Start 00 : 49 : 37
    Speakers
    • Rachel Graham (Reporter)
    • Leanne Curtis (Spokesman, Concern)
    • Gerry Brownlee MP (Minister of Canterbury Earthquake Recovery)
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  • 126:00pm News

    • Start 01 : 00 : 00
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  • 13Councils around the country are unable to get insurance for up to 30 percent of sewerage and water pipes and what they can get covered is costing two to four times as much.

    • Start 01 : 07 : 59
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    • Lawrence Yule (President, Local Government New Zealand)
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  • 14Quake-devastated Canterbury, in its Aged Care Recovery Plan, estimates it will need to find an extra 13 hundred rest home beds in the next nine years.

    • Start 01 : 14 : 14
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    • Karen Brown (Health correspondent)
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  • 15An expert in the human digestive system, Dr Wyeth, has been drafted in to help an ailing emperor penguin with a stomach full of sand and sticks.

    • Start 01 : 20 : 48
    Speakers
    • William Rae (Reporter)
    • John Wyeth (Head, Gastroenterology, Wellington Hospital)
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  • 16Business News including; The country has recorded a smaller-than-expected trade surplus. Statistics New Zealand figures show the country's trade surplus narrowed to 605 million dollars in May, compared with April's record 1 point 1 billion dollar surplus

    • Start 01 : 21 : 10
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    • Amy Williams (Reporter)
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  • 17News from Latin America including; travellers who are anxiously watching which way the Chilean ash cloud blows, and football fans in Argentina have rioted followed their team's relegation

    • Start 01 : 24 : 14
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    • Daniel Ryntjes (BBC reporter)
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  • 18An economist at the University of the South Pacific is describing the appreciation of the Solomon Islands currency as an unusual move for a developing economy.

    • Start 01 : 28 : 21
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    • Annell Husband (Reporter, RNZI)
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  • 196:30pm News

    • Start 01 : 31 : 27
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  • 20The latest now on the scramble by many local councils to get insurance having just been told their existing insurer won't cover them beyond Thursday. Civic Assurance can not continue its cover as it has been put off by re-insurers.

    • Start 01 : 37 : 33
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    • Ben Robinson (Reporter)
    • Dean Johnstone (Director of Finance, Invercargill City Council)
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  • 21The Southern Right Whale, once slaughtered to extinction in New Zealand, is making an appearance again in the shallow sandy bays it likes for giving birth. A project joint project between the Department of Conservation and Oregon State University's Marine Mammal Institute has been tracking the whales near the Auckland and Campbell Islands, and are using DNA profiling to track the whales.

    • Start 01 : 44 : 09
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    • Professor Scott Baker (Associate Director, Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University)
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  • 22Waatea News

    • Start 01 : 48 : 57
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Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Monday 27 June 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
  • Amy Williams (Reporter)
  • Annell Husband (Reporter, RNZI)
  • Ben Robinson (Reporter)
  • Claire Paisley (Political reporter)
  • Daniel Ryntjes (BBC reporter)
  • Dean Johnstone (Director of Finance, Invercargill City Council)
  • Gerry Brownlee MP (Minister of Canterbury Earthquake Recovery)
  • Guy De Launey (BBC Reporter)
  • Hone Harawira MP (Te Tai Tokerau MP, Mana Party)
  • Ian Telfer (Reporter)
  • Jim Palmer (Chief executive, Waimakariri District Council)
  • John Wyeth (Head, Gastroenterology, Wellington Hospital)
  • Karen Brown (Health correspondent)
  • Lawrence Yule (President, Local Government New Zealand)
  • Leanne Curtis (Spokesman, Concern)
  • Pita Sharples MP (Minister of Maori Affairs)
  • Professor Scott Baker (Associate Director, Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University)
  • Rachel Graham (Reporter)
  • Russel Norman (Green Co-leader)
  • Steve Ellis (Pike River Statutory Manager)
  • Tariana Turia MP (Te Tai Hauauru MP, Maori Party)
  • Will Hine (Reporter)
  • William Rae (Reporter)