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

  • 1Motorists are facing major disruption in the leadup to Christmas as roadside technicians for the Automobile Association strike.

  • 2New Zealanders will no longer have to pay to visit the Waitangi treaty grounds.

  • 3The Government has signed off a multi-million dollar contribution to a flashier design for the revamp of Eden Park.

  • 4A reward is being offered for information about a cold-case murder on the West Coast.

  • 5Business News.

  • 65:30 News.

  • 7The independent MP, Taito Philip Field has lost his bid for a Supreme Court hearing over the legality of the prosecution against him for bribery and corruption.

  • 8The meat company AFFCO says its bitterly disappointed by the Accident Compensation Corporation's threat of legal action over the case of a meatworker shot at his workplace in a gang driveby.

  • 9The police and the residents of two Christchurch streets fear lives will be lost as a result of boy racers.

  • 10A council effort to tackle sewage flooding into downtown Whangarei has struck a problem - no one seems to "give a damn".

  • 11Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News.

  • 12Camel racing has become a very popular event in Sydney this year, especially for Christmas work parties.

  • 136pm News.

  • 14The Government has approved a multi-million dollar contribution to an enhanced design for the revamp of Eden Park.

  • 15The workplace savings scheme, Kiwisaver, is coming under fire.

  • 16The discovery of a severed foot in Christchurch has prompted numerous responses from the public.

  • 17Business News.

  • 18A temporary blanket suppression order is in place after the first day of a depositions hearing into the case of the death of Nia Glassie.

  • 19The British Military Presence has ended in the Iraqi city of Basra.

  • 20Two American economists are predicting that the United States will most likely fall into recession next year.

  • 216:30 News.

  • 22Fifty Turkish fighter jets have carried out raids on Kurdish separatist bases.

  • 23News from the United Kingdom, where a Scottish politician has been charged for committing perjury during a defamation case.

  • 24Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News.

  • 25New Zealanders will no longer have to pay to enter the Waitangi treaty grounds.

  • 26Developing countries are being called on to make emission cuts to solve a problem they did not create according to Oxfam New Zealand's Barry Coates.

Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Monday 17 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