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

  • 1The Health Minister is about to take action to sort out Wellington's embattled Hospital.

  • 2The Wellington District Health Board says it will review the case of the 28-year-old woman who left hospital on Thursday five hours after a birth, and whose child subsequently died.

  • 3Double-murder accused Chris Kahui is behind bars again after being turned away from the community to which he was bailed.

  • 4A 15 year old girl suffered a broken nose, fractured eye socket and cuts and bruising to her head after being set upon at school by other girls. There are warnings that young girls are becoming more likely to resort to physical violence.

  • 5The US intelligence community has admitted Iran halted its nuclear weapons drive in 2003.

  • 6Business News.

  • 7The Government's faced criticism over the past year for having little legislation on its books, but now five new bills are up in Parliament, including bills on Climate Change and Affordable Housing issues.

  • 85:30 News.

  • 9Cabinet Minister Trevor Mallard has appeared in Court over his fight with National MP Tau Henare, and was back in the firing line in Parliament over comments he made about the quality of work by a former Ministry of Environment employee, Erin Leigh.

  • 10MPs have begun debating the Electoral Finance Bill clause by clause, with both the Government and the National Party putting up amendments.

  • 11A $200,000 dollar reward is being offered for information on the theft of Victoria Cross medals from the Army Museum at Waiouru.

  • 12Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News including the President of the Maori Party saying a proposed Maori Development bank should focus on getting low income Maori groups into business.

  • 13British teacher Gillian Gibbons is on her way back to Britain from Sudan after being pardoned and granted early release after being jailed for allowing her schoolchildren to name a teddy bear Muhammed.

  • 14Tomorrow it will be one year since Fiji's elected government was ousted in a military takeover.

  • 156pm News.

  • 16The Wellington District Health Board says it will review the case of the 28-year-old woman who left hospital on Thursday five hours after a birth, and whose child subsequently died. To discuss the issue is the director of the College of Midwives, Karen Guilleland.

  • 17The Green Party says the new Government bill establishing an emissions trading scheme doesn't show enough urgency.

  • 18Scientists in Japan have found that young chimpanzees have photographic memories.

  • 19Business News.

  • 20Pacific youth are more likely to be overweight, depressed and suffer physical and sexual abuse, according to a new report.

  • 216:30 News.

  • 22Pakistan's Election Commission has barred the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from participating in next January's election.

  • 23New research suggests most New Zealanders back the media's release of evidence gathered by police under the Suppression of Terrorism Act.

  • 24Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News including the Labour Party still hopeful of gaining support from The Maori Party after the next election.

  • 25International observers in Russia have condemned Sunday's parliamentary elections as "not fair".

  • 26Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez has lost a referendum to change the constitution to take away the independence of the Central Bank and allow a President to serve indefinite terms.

  • 27Washington DC, has the highest rate of HIV and AIDS in the United States.

  • 28One of the world's best-known awards for contemporary art - The Turner Prize - was awarded in Britain this week to Mark Wallinger.

Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Tuesday 4 December 2007
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