Evening news and current affairs covering national and international news stories from the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC). First broadcast in April 1967, Checkpoint is the longest-running news broadcast on radio or television in New Zealand.

  • 1Conference Report: Labour party Day [?], including: full employment; manufacturing; imports; a housing drive to take up economic slack; strengthening the overseas sales force; what New Zealand can produce for overseas markets; planned economic development; women's' issues; and mental health. There is an interview with Norman Kirk.

    • Start 0 : 00 : 38
    • Finish 0 : 16 : 01
    • Duration 15 : 23
    Speakers
    • Norman Kirk (Leader, New Zealand Labour Party)
    • Peter Blizzard (Delegate, Labour Party Conference)
    • Dr Ruth Butterworth (Delegate, Labour Party Conference)
    Contributors
    • Professor Robert Chapman (Commentator)
    • Professor Keith Jackson (Commentator)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
    Notes
    • There is a fragment of another unrelated report on Eastern Europe (broadcast on 1YC) at the start of this recording.
Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Secondary Title
  • Labour Party Conference Report
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 9 May 1968
Start Time
  • 21 : 10
Finish Time
  • 21 : 26
Duration
  • 16:00
Channel
  • 1YA - National Programme
Broadcaster
  • New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
Station
  • 1YA
Owning Organisation
  • New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
Programme Description
  • Evening news and current affairs covering national and international news stories from the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC). First broadcast in April 1967, Checkpoint is the longest-running news broadcast on radio or television in New Zealand.
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
Hosts
  • Paul Cheesright (Host)
Speakers
  • Dr Ruth Butterworth (Delegate, Labour Party Conference)
  • Norman Kirk (Leader, New Zealand Labour Party)
  • Peter Blizzard (Delegate, Labour Party Conference)
Contributors
  • Professor Keith Jackson (Commentator)
  • Professor Robert Chapman (Commentator)
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