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

  • 1The police officer who shot Waitara man, Steven Wallis, will not face a High Court murder trial.

    Speakers
    • Kirsty Jones (RNZ)
    • Jim Wallis (Steven Wallis' father)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 2Discussion of the ruling by the prosecutor.

    Speakers
    • John Rowen QC (Prosecutor acting for the Wallis family)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 3The South Island will get an extra 100 heart surgary operations per year in an effort to clear lengthy waiting lists there.

    Speakers
    • Annette King (Health Minister)
    • Richard Bunton (Clinical Director of Health Surgery South Island Ltd)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 4Business News.

    Speakers
    • Todd Nile (Business Corrospondent)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 5The consumer institute sayes that South Island business are the latest victims of what it describes as the failed electricity market, because the state owned electricity company Meridian Energy has decided not to renew it fixed price contracts with some businesses.

    Speakers
    • John McDonald (RNZ)
    • Grahil Rye (Chateau on the Park Hotel Manager)
    • David Russell (Consumer Institute)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 6In Australia there is increasing speculation that the Governer Geenral Peter Hollingwood is under pressure to resign.

    Speakers
    • Eric Freckberg (Australian Reporter)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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  • 7News and Sport

    Speakers
    • Chris Witter
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 8Israeli war ships and jet have bombarded Gaza City in revenge for a series of Palestinian gun and bomb attack against Israeli troups and civilians.

    Speakers
    • Simon Wilson (BBC Jeruselem Corrospondent)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 9In the High Court in Whangerei the Crown and defence have started summing up in the case of a Northland boy who shot his father.

    Speakers
    • Lois Williams (RNZ)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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    • No
  • 10New Zealand businesses remain concerned that the Government is being too hastyin its bid to ratifying the Kyoto Protocol by September.

    Speakers
    • Brad Markem (RNZ)
    • Alister Polstan (President Federate Farmers)
    • James Griffiths (CEO New Zealand Forest Industries Council)
    • Chris Baker (Spokesperson for the Pan Industry Group)
    • Michael Cullen (Finance Minister)
    • Dr Robert Watson (Chairperson on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 11National Party leader Bill English has issued a warning outlining his party's position on the Kyoto Protocol.

    Speakers
    • Bill English (National Party Leader)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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    • No
  • 12New Zealand rarest birds have received a boost with one of the most successful breeding seasons in years, and one of the bumper egg laying seasons has been recorded by the Kakapo.

    Speakers
    • Liz Barnett (RNZ)
    • Graham Elliot (Scientist for the National Kakapo team)
    • Paul Jensen (Team leader for the Kakapo recovery team)
    • Graham Taylor (DOC's Biodiversity Recovery Unit)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Wednesday 20 February 2002
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
  • Alister Polstan (President Federate Farmers)
  • Annette King (Health Minister)
  • Bill English (National Party Leader)
  • Brad Markem (RNZ)
  • Chris Baker (Spokesperson for the Pan Industry Group)
  • Chris Witter
  • David Russell (Consumer Institute)
  • Dr Robert Watson (Chairperson on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
  • Eric Freckberg (Australian Reporter)
  • Graham Elliot (Scientist for the National Kakapo team)
  • Graham Taylor (DOC's Biodiversity Recovery Unit)
  • Grahil Rye (Chateau on the Park Hotel Manager)
  • James Griffiths (CEO New Zealand Forest Industries Council)
  • Jim Wallis (Steven Wallis' father)
  • John McDonald (RNZ)
  • John Rowen QC (Prosecutor acting for the Wallis family)
  • Kirsty Jones (RNZ)
  • Liz Barnett (RNZ)
  • Lois Williams (RNZ)
  • Michael Cullen (Finance Minister)
  • Paul Jensen (Team leader for the Kakapo recovery team)
  • Richard Bunton (Clinical Director of Health Surgery South Island Ltd)
  • Simon Wilson (BBC Jeruselem Corrospondent)
  • Todd Nile (Business Corrospondent)