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

  • 1The hunt still continues for the man who kidnapped Kahu Jurey.

    Speakers
    • Nathan Mills (RNZ)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 2Two new parliamentary seats have been created as part of the review of the existing electoral boundary system.

    Speakers
    • Bernard Kendall (Electoral Commission)
    • Kerry Marshall (Local Govt Commission)
    • John Tamahere (Hauraki MP)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 3Israeli troops and tanks are poised outside Palestinian towns and cities tonight following the failure of Colin Powell's peace mission.

    Speakers
    • Steve Mort (US correspondent)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 4Business News.

    Speakers
    • John Drayper (Business Correspondent)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 5An education lobby group is accusing some elite schools of using selective enrolment practices.

    Speakers
    • Brad Markham (Education Correspondent)
    • John Minto (National Chairperson of the Quality Public Education Coalition)
    • John Morris (Principal of Auckland Boys Grammer)
    • Ron Pedder (Principal of Mangere College)
    • Joy Quigley (Executive Direcector Independent Schools Council)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 6After nine weeks of evidence the jury in the case of the man accused of murdering Lisa Blakey has retired to consider evidence.

    Speakers
    • Katie Gosset (RNZ)
    • Justice Young (Judge in charge of the trial)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 7News and Sport.

    Speakers
    • Nicola Wright (RNZ)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 8Hospital workers in the town of Omaru are striking over their employers decision not to pay them the same ammount as the same workers in neighbouring towns.

    Speakers
    • Maureen Llyod (RNZ)
    • voxpop (Nurses)
    • Annette King (Minister of Health)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 9Discussion of the decision of whether New Zealand will co-host the Rugby world cup.

    Speakers
    • Peter Fitzsimmons (Rugby commentator)
    • Ron Palensky (Rugby Commentator)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 10New Zealand Researchers are concerned about the number of people taking asperin before long haul flights to prevent deep vein thrombosis.

    Speakers
    • Dr. Rodney Hughes (Head of the Medical Research Institute)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 11Reports are coming in from Afganisatan that a friendly fire tragedy has killed six Canadians.

    Speakers
    • Vicky Ford (Washington Correspondent)
    • Donald Romsfield (U.S. Defence Secretary)
    • Dr Bill Taylor (Centre for Strategic and International Studies)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 18 April 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
  • Annette King (Minister of Health)
  • Bernard Kendall (Electoral Commission)
  • Brad Markham (Education Correspondent)
  • Donald Romsfield (U.S. Defence Secretary)
  • Dr Bill Taylor (Centre for Strategic and International Studies)
  • Dr. Rodney Hughes (Head of the Medical Research Institute)
  • John Drayper (Business Correspondent)
  • John Minto (National Chairperson of the Quality Public Education Coalition)
  • John Morris (Principal of Auckland Boys Grammer)
  • John Tamahere (Hauraki MP)
  • Joy Quigley (Executive Direcector Independent Schools Council)
  • Justice Young (Judge in charge of the trial)
  • Katie Gosset (RNZ)
  • Kerry Marshall (Local Govt Commission)
  • Maureen Llyod (RNZ)
  • Nathan Mills (RNZ)
  • Nicola Wright (RNZ)
  • Peter Fitzsimmons (Rugby commentator)
  • Ron Palensky (Rugby Commentator)
  • Ron Pedder (Principal of Mangere College)
  • Steve Mort (US correspondent)
  • Vicky Ford (Washington Correspondent)
  • voxpop (Nurses)