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

  • 1The crack down and tracking down of Britain's looters and rioters is under way even as police try to stem the copycat street violence that's spread to cities outside London. London is largely quiet and police have begun releasing CCTV pictures of vandals and looters they want to track down. There are reports of some of the hooligans being as young as nine.

    • Start 00 : 07 : 43
    Speakers
    • voxpop (Voxpop)
    • Pat Carley (Councillor, Manchester City)
    • Steven Nolan (Reporter, BBC)
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  • 2Seven hundred taxi drivers have failed to get cameras and panic buttons put in their cabs in time, and face being forced out of business. The new security rules are to try and crack down on assaults and violence.

    • Start 00 : 13 : 32
    Speakers
    • Robert Gregory (Owner, A1 Cabs)
    • Tim Reddish (Spokesman, Taxi Federation)
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  • 3The Government is struggling to find enough political support to pass controversial laws, reforming the criminal justice system. The Criminal Procedure Reform and Modernisation Bill aims to speed up the justice system and would result in fewer criminal trials.

    • Start 00 : 17 : 35
    Speakers
    • Simon Power MP (Minister of Justice)
    • Jonathan Temm (President, Law Society)
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  • 4Business News

    • Start 00 : 20 : 39
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  • 5The wife of the late Sir Edmund Hillary isn't sure her husband would have wanted the South Ridge of Aoraki/Mount Cook named after him as but his son is in favour of the tribute.

    • Start 00 : 23 : 52
    Speakers
    • Clint Owens (Reporter)
    • Dr. Don Grant (Chairman, New Zealand Geographic Board)
    • Peter Hilary (Son, Sir Edmund Hilary)
    • Denis Callesen (General manager Tourism, Aoraki Mount Cook Alpine Village Ltd)
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  • 6A Rotorua woman, Carla Hurring, accused of being part of a multi-million dollar fraud of a Westpac bank, has had the charges against her reduced. She and her partner left New Zealand in 2009 after Westpac accidently put an overdraft of $10-million in their account. About $4-million is still missing after some was recovered.

    • Start 00 : 27 : 02
    Speakers
    • Andrew McCrae (Reporter)
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  • 75:30pm News

    • Start 00 : 29 : 53
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  • 8London's won a hard-fought peace but there's been mayhem from rioters in other cities in central England in the last 12-hours. There have been street fights with the police in Manchester, a police station was firebombed in Nottingham and there are reports of shots being fired in Birmingham. In London an army of people with brooms have been organised through Twitter to clean up glass and rubble.

    • Start 00 : 35 : 05
    Speakers
    • Gary Shewan (Assistant Chief Constable, Manchester)
    • voxpop (Voxpop)
    • Boris Johnson (Mayor, London)
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  • 9A U.S economist says the Federal Reserve should resign over its decision to keep interest rates near zero for the next two years.

    • Start 00 : 44 : 04
    Speakers
    • Michael Pento (Economist, Euro Pacific Capital)
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  • 10Manu Korihi News, including; Maori Wardens say it's sad the Prime Minister and others have labelled as racist the law that allows them to deal with drunk people; The Maori Party has challenged the Government in Parliament over the sale of forestry blocks to an overseas buyer; The people of Ngati Tuwharetoa and others throughout the country are mourning the loss of one the iwi's young leaders, Dean Stebbing; A painting of the Ngati Raukawa chief, Ihakara Tukumaru, has been sold at auction for a record price.

    • Start 00 : 48 : 28
    Speakers
    • Eru Rerekura (Presenter)
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  • 11A Dunedin city councillor says the public must be consulted on an American oil company's deep-water drilling plans. Anadarko had delayed putting down two test wells about 60-kilometers off the Dunedin coast.

    • Start 00 : 53 : 28
    Speakers
    • Ian Telfer (Reporter)
    • Jinty MacTavish (Councillor, Dunedin City Council)
    • Alan Say (Spokesman, Anadarko)
    • Des Adamson (Business Advisor, Dunedin City Council)
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  • 126:00pm News

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  • 13A law giving Maori Wardens the right to ask Maori to leave bars if they are intoxicated is to be reviewed. During the Rugby World Cup the police will continue to work with the wardens but individual districts will decide how they are used.

    • Start 01 : 12 : 05
    Speakers
    • Chris Bramwell (Parliamentary chief reporter)
    • John Key MP (Prime Minister
    • Leader, National Party)
    • Metiria Turei MP (Co-leader, Green Party)
    • Judith Collins MP (Minister of Police)
    • Pita Sharples MP (co-leader, Maori Party)
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  • 14The former Green MP, Sue Bradford, says she has put her hat in the ring to stand for the Mana Party at the November general election.

    • Start 01 : 14 : 30
    Speakers
    • Demelza Leslie (Reporter)
    • Sue Bradford (Political Candidate, Mana Party)
    • Hone Harawira MP (Te Tai Tokerau MP, Independent)
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  • 15Women's working power is going begging and there is a large pool of well educated women who could be used to boost this country's GDP.

    • Start 01 : 17 : 06
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    • Philip Borkin (Economist, Goldman Sachs JBWere)
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  • 16Business News, including; The Australian-owned bank, ASB, has had a jump in earnings due to lower provisions to cover bad debts , and says there are signs that lending is picking up again.

    • Start 01 : 22 : 51
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  • 17Parliament is being asked to do something about the conditions of boarding houses, some of which are described as slum-like. They say that tenants need greater rights and protection and the best way to do this is for boarding houses to be regularly inspected.

    • Start 01 : 26 : 19
    Speakers
    • Liz Banas (Reporter)
    • Clair Aspinall (Researcher, He Kainga Oranga, University of Otago)
    • Dr. Kate Amore (Researcher, Department of Public Health, University of Otago)
    • Phil Heatley MP (Minister of Housing)
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  • 186:30pm News

    • Start 01 : 29 : 58
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  • 19The New Zealand Qualifications Authority is changing University Entrance so passing this is going to get slightly tougher and will affect school leavers wanting to enrol in 2015 as they will need 60-credits. At the moment they only need 42-credits.

    • Start 01 : 40 : 27
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    • Bali Haque (Deputy Chief Executive, New Zealand Qualifications Authority)
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  • 20Receivers have been able to get into Whangarei's Zion wildlife park today after getting an order from the High Court as the Manager, Patricia Busch, had stopped them from getting access to the park.

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    • Evgeny Orlov (lawyer for Patricia Busch)
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  • 21Manu Korihi News, including; The Wellington City Council says a law allowing Maori Wardens to patrol bars sounds old-fashioned, but wardens will be useful in the city during and after the World Cup; The people of Ngati Tuwharetoa and others throughout the country are mourning the loss of one the iwi's young leaders, Dean Stebbing; The Maori Party has challenged the Government in Parliament over sale of forestry blocks to an overseas buyer.

    • Start 01 : 46 : 36
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    • Eru Rerekura (Presenter)
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  • 22The Government is providing more than one million dollars for a new electronic waste recycling scheme, e-cycle. It hopes to precent electronic waste from entering the landfill.

    • Start 01 : 52 : 47
    Speakers
    • Jessica Horne (Reporter)
    • John Thornhill (Project Manager, e-cycle)
    • Karen Driver, Spokesman, E-cycle)
    • Nick Smith MP (Minister of Environment)
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  • 23A landmark on Suva's seafront, the Grand Pacific Hotel, is to be re-developed after more than a decade of disrepair. It has been unused as an hotel for more than 20-years.

    • Start 01 : 55 : 46
    Speakers
    • Megan Wheelan (Reporter)
    • Glenda Bennett (Hotel Guest)
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Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Wednesday 10 August 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
  • Alan Say (Spokesman, Anadarko)
  • Andrew McCrae (Reporter)
  • Bali Haque (Deputy Chief Executive, New Zealand Qualifications Authority)
  • Boris Johnson (Mayor, London)
  • Chris Bramwell (Parliamentary chief reporter)
  • Clair Aspinall (Researcher, He Kainga Oranga, University of Otago)
  • Clint Owens (Reporter)
  • Demelza Leslie (Reporter)
  • Denis Callesen (General manager Tourism, Aoraki Mount Cook Alpine Village Ltd)
  • Des Adamson (Business Advisor, Dunedin City Council)
  • Dr. Don Grant (Chairman, New Zealand Geographic Board)
  • Dr. Kate Amore (Researcher, Department of Public Health, University of Otago)
  • Eru Rerekura (Presenter)
  • Evgeny Orlov (lawyer for Patricia Busch)
  • Gary Shewan (Assistant Chief Constable, Manchester)
  • Glenda Bennett (Hotel Guest)
  • Hone Harawira MP (Te Tai Tokerau MP, Independent)
  • Ian Telfer (Reporter)
  • Jessica Horne (Reporter)
  • Jinty MacTavish (Councillor, Dunedin City Council)
  • John Key MP (Prime Minister
  • John Thornhill (Project Manager, e-cycle)
  • Jonathan Temm (President, Law Society)
  • Judith Collins MP (Minister of Police)
  • Karen Driver, Spokesman, E-cycle)
  • Leader, National Party)
  • Liz Banas (Reporter)
  • Megan Wheelan (Reporter)
  • Metiria Turei MP (Co-leader, Green Party)
  • Michael Pento (Economist, Euro Pacific Capital)
  • Nick Smith MP (Minister of Environment)
  • Pat Carley (Councillor, Manchester City)
  • Peter Hilary (Son, Sir Edmund Hilary)
  • Phil Heatley MP (Minister of Housing)
  • Philip Borkin (Economist, Goldman Sachs JBWere)
  • Pita Sharples MP (co-leader, Maori Party)
  • Robert Gregory (Owner, A1 Cabs)
  • Simon Power MP (Minister of Justice)
  • Steven Nolan (Reporter, BBC)
  • Sue Bradford (Political Candidate, Mana Party)
  • Tim Reddish (Spokesman, Taxi Federation)
  • voxpop (Voxpop)