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

  • 1Labour has snubbed United Future and secured the support of NZ First for its legislation for the seabed and foreshore in exchange for the deletion of the phrase "public domain".

    Speakers
    • Winston Peters (NZ First Leader)
    • Peter Dunne (United Future Leader)
    • Michael Cullen (Labour: Deputy PM)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 2Chinese immigrant convicted of double murder has been sentenced to two life sentences in the High Court in Auckland.

    Speakers
    • Andrew McCrae (RNZ)
    • Roger Layborn (Lawyer)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 3Twelve US Marines killed as fighting with Sadr militias continues across Iraq. There is speculation about US reinforcements.

    Speakers
    • Liz Banache (RNZ)
    • Donald Rumsfeld (US Secretary of Defense)
    • Paul Bremer (US Civil Administrator in Iraq)
    • George W Bush (POTUS)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 4Business News.

  • 5High Court finds that prisoners suing the Government were not tortured but were improperly treated.

    Speakers
    • David Venables (RNZ)
    • Tony Ellis (Lawyer)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 6Comment on the Government's proposed legislation for the foreshore and seabed.

    Speakers
    • John Mitchell (Marlborough Iwi spokesperson)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 7Only one Upper Hutt school is to be closed instead of up to half of the region's 18 schools.

    Speakers
    • Gail Woods (RNZ)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 8Coca Cola's NZ division has sent a letter to John Banks expressing unhappiness with the proposed Eastern Motorway and outlining alternatives.

    Speakers
    • Sarah North (RNZ)
    • Bruce Hucker (Auckland City councillor)
    • Dan Chapel (Stop The Eastern Motorway)
    • John Banks (Mayor of Auckland City)
    • Barry Curtis (Mayor of Manukau City)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 9Former UN peacekeeping commander Romeo Dallaire slams the inaction of Western powers during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Comment from an Oxfam worker who was a witness to the event.

    Speakers
    • Trish Saar (Oxfam NZ)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 10Changes are being made to the speed camera program.

    Speakers
    • John Kelly (NZ Police)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Wednesday 7 April 2004
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
  • Andrew McCrae (RNZ)
  • Barry Curtis (Mayor of Manukau City)
  • Bruce Hucker (Auckland City councillor)
  • Dan Chapel (Stop The Eastern Motorway)
  • David Venables (RNZ)
  • Donald Rumsfeld (US Secretary of Defense)
  • Gail Woods (RNZ)
  • George W Bush (POTUS)
  • John Banks (Mayor of Auckland City)
  • John Kelly (NZ Police)
  • John Mitchell (Marlborough Iwi spokesperson)
  • Liz Banache (RNZ)
  • Michael Cullen (Labour: Deputy PM)
  • Paul Bremer (US Civil Administrator in Iraq)
  • Peter Dunne (United Future Leader)
  • Roger Layborn (Lawyer)
  • Sarah North (RNZ)
  • Tony Ellis (Lawyer)
  • Trish Saar (Oxfam NZ)
  • Winston Peters (NZ First Leader)