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

  • 1Massive blackouts across Northeast USA and Canada. Terrorism not suspected as a cause. Electricity is slowly being restored.

    Speakers
    • Michael Bloomberg (Mayor of NYC)
    • Unnamed New Yorkers
    • George W Bush (POTUS)
    • John Territt (BBC)
    • Bernard Gifford (NYPD)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 2Neurologists rule out CJD in case of Waikato man's condition.

    Speakers
    • David Skegg (University of Otago)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 3Business News.

  • 4Government to change resource consent process in the case of 18 applications for the use of the Waitaki River.

    Speakers
    • Nathan Mills (RNZ)
    • Marian Hobbs (Labour: Minister for the Environment)
    • Alan Say (Meridian Energy)
    • Helen Brookes (Waitaki First)
    • Fraser Mackenzie (Irrigation North Otago)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 5Owners of the Childflight aircraft agree to allow the trust to continue to using its plane.

    Speakers
    • Kirsty Jones (RNZ)
    • Hugh Jones (Airworks)
    • John Bongard (Fisher & Paykel)
    • Pat Tui (Ministry of Health)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 6US and Canadian officials argue about the cause of the massive regional blackout. Deregulation to blame.

    Speakers
    • Priscilla Huff (RNZ)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 7Suspected senior Islamic terrorist captured in Thailand and transferred to US custody.

    Speakers
    • George W Bush (POTUS)
    • John Howard (PM of Australia)
    • Zachary Boozer (Simmons College)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 8Pacific Islands Forum progress report. Police centre agreed upon. Secretary-General negotiations continue.

    Speakers
    • Catherine Ryan (RNZ)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 9Levin clothing company closes down after 42 years of operation. Job losses. Cheap imports blamed.

    Speakers
    • Maxine Gaye (Clothing Workers Union)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Friday 15 August 2003
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
  • Alan Say (Meridian Energy)
  • Bernard Gifford (NYPD)
  • Catherine Ryan (RNZ)
  • David Skegg (University of Otago)
  • Fraser Mackenzie (Irrigation North Otago)
  • George W Bush (POTUS)
  • Helen Brookes (Waitaki First)
  • Hugh Jones (Airworks)
  • John Bongard (Fisher & Paykel)
  • John Howard (PM of Australia)
  • John Territt (BBC)
  • Kirsty Jones (RNZ)
  • Marian Hobbs (Labour: Minister for the Environment)
  • Maxine Gaye (Clothing Workers Union)
  • Michael Bloomberg (Mayor of NYC)
  • Nathan Mills (RNZ)
  • Pat Tui (Ministry of Health)
  • Priscilla Huff (RNZ)
  • Unnamed New Yorkers
  • Zachary Boozer (Simmons College)
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