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

  • 1New Government spending decisions over defence has seen the Army receive the majority of the new defence money. This has led to uncertainty over the future of the Airforce.

    Speakers
    • Claire Sirazy (RNZ)
    • Wayne Mapp (MP, National)
    • Jim Anderton (MP, National)
    • Richard Prebble (MP, Act)
    • Keith Locke (MP, Green)
    • Ron Mark (MP, NZ First)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 2New Government spending decisions over defence has seen the Army receive the majority of the new defence money. This has led to uncertainty over the future of the Airforce.

    Speakers
    • Mark Burton (Minister of Defence)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 3New Government spending decisions over defence has seen the Army receive the majority of the new defence money. This has led to uncertainty over the future of the Airforce.

    Speakers
    • Derk Quiggly (Former MP, Author of an Independent Report on New Zealands Defence Force)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 4The New Zealand dollar has fallen to new lows, with the dollar the lowest it has ever been against the American Dollar.

    Speakers
    • Steven Harris (RNZ)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 5Business News

  • 6The Government has decided to buy three Southland farms contaminated with poison dumped by the former Land and Survey Department.

    Speakers
    • Brian Crump (RNZ)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 7News and Sport.

  • 8The junior Doctors strike spread to two new centers today with doctors in Palmerston North and Whanganui joining their Northland collegues.

    Speakers
    • Gill Galaway (RNZ)
    • Mike McCartney (Spokesperson for the Palmerston North Junior Doctors)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 9New Government spending decisions over defence has seen the Army receive the majority of the new defence money. This has led to uncertainty over the future of the Airforce.

    Speakers
    • Rick Cullamain (Spokesperson for the Airforce)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 10New Government spending decisions over defence has seen the Army receive the majority of the new defence money. This has led to uncertainty over the future of the Airforce and the closure of the Hobsionville Airforce Base.

    Speakers
    • Dick Newlens (Hobsionville Group leader)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 11New Government Spending decions over defence has seen the Army receive the majority of the defence money.

    Speakers
    • Morris Donson (Spokesperson for the New Zealand Army)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 12In East Timor their has been renewed violence againt UN workers in an West Timor refugee camp.

    Speakers
    • Jack Morland (UN Refugee Worker in East Timor)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 13The Government has announced the make up of the new transitional boards that will govern local health services until the Community boards are elected next year.

    Speakers
    • Annette King (Minister of Health)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 14Asthma specialist believe that poor diet is likey to contribute development of Astma in children.

    Speakers
    • Sarah Greggory (RNZ)
    • Julian Crane (Resercher at the Wellington Asthma Research Center)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Wednesday 23 August 2000
Start Time
  • 17 : 00
Finish Time
  • 18 : 00
Duration
  • 60:00
Channel
  • National Radio
Broadcaster
  • Radio New Zealand
Programme Description
  • National Radio's one-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
  • Annette King (Minister of Health)
  • Brian Crump (RNZ)
  • Claire Sirazy (RNZ)
  • Derk Quiggly (Former MP, Author of an Independent Report on New Zealands Defence Force)
  • Dick Newlens (Hobsionville Group leader)
  • Gill Galaway (RNZ)
  • Jack Morland (UN Refugee Worker in East Timor)
  • Jim Anderton (MP, National)
  • Julian Crane (Resercher at the Wellington Asthma Research Center)
  • Keith Locke (MP, Green)
  • Mark Burton (Minister of Defence)
  • Mike McCartney (Spokesperson for the Palmerston North Junior Doctors)
  • Morris Donson (Spokesperson for the New Zealand Army)
  • Richard Prebble (MP, Act)
  • Rick Cullamain (Spokesperson for the Airforce)
  • Ron Mark (MP, NZ First)
  • Sarah Greggory (RNZ)
  • Steven Harris (RNZ)
  • Wayne Mapp (MP, National)