Checkpoint
National Radio's one-hour news and current affairs programme.
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1Woman who left her children home alone leading to two of them and her husband being killed in a house fire has been jailed.
Speakers
- Craig Scott (NZ Police)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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2Government defends its purchase of Auckland marinas in the light of allegations that John Banks improperly passed on bidding information to it.
Speakers
- Geoff Vazey (Ports of Auckland)
- Bill Endean (RNZYS)
- John Banks (Mayor of Auckland City)
- Trevor Mallard (Labour: Associate Minister of Finance)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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3Organisers sell 500 too many tickets to a Steve Earl concert in Christchurch.
Speakers
- Gary Knight (Echo Records)
- Alan Taylor (NZ Fire Service)
- Patrick Lane (RNZ)
- Peter Campbell (Brent Eccles Entertainment)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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4Science fiction and fantasy culture exhibition underway in Auckland.
Speakers
- Anna Louise Taylor (RNZ)
- Unnamed attendees
- John Rees Davies (Actor)
- Bill Gerrard (Organiser)
- Richard Fairgray (Artist)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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5Business News.
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6Australian indigenous affairs minister defends decision to abolish indigenous affairs commission and replace it with an appointed body. A Sydney student has been arrested accused of training with a terrorist organisation.
Speakers
- Amanda Bandstone (Australian indigenous affairs minister)
- Stephanie Kennedy (ABC)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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7Tony Blair is seeking a new UN resolution on the handover of power in Iraq in June. Fighting continues in Iraq.
Speakers
- Karen Rowe (RNZ)
- Tony Blair (UK PM)
- Kofi Annan (UN Secretary-General)
- Laktar Brahimi (UN Envoy)
- Richard Meyers (US Joint Chiefs of Staff)
- Donald Rumsfeld (US Secretary of Defense)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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8More rain and flooding expected in Fiji.
Speakers
- Viliami Tiputani (Fijian information ministry)
- Nicky Wrighton (NZAID)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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9Caregiver accused of assaulting a child at a CYF home in Levin.
Speakers
- Beth Markham (CYF)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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10Manawatu Gorge road to be partially reopened on Sunday.
Speakers
- Andrew McCrae (RNZ)
- Kelvin Trenbarth (Freight dispatcher)
- Mark Johnson (Operations manager)
- Errol Christianson (Transit NZ)
- Ray Canon (Tararua District Council)
- Lisa Wilton (Woodville Information Centre)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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11Lincoln University hosts international environmental science conference for secondary students.
Speakers
- Katie Gossett (RNZ)
- Bob Leonard (Lincoln University)
- Lindy Beourshkie (South African environmental educator)
- Cathy Ross (Student)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
Primary Title
- Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
- Friday 16 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
- Alan Taylor (NZ Fire Service)
- Amanda Bandstone (Australian indigenous affairs minister)
- Andrew McCrae (RNZ)
- Anna Louise Taylor (RNZ)
- Beth Markham (CYF)
- Bill Endean (RNZYS)
- Bill Gerrard (Organiser)
- Bob Leonard (Lincoln University)
- Cathy Ross (Student)
- Craig Scott (NZ Police)
- Donald Rumsfeld (US Secretary of Defense)
- Errol Christianson (Transit NZ)
- Gary Knight (Echo Records)
- Geoff Vazey (Ports of Auckland)
- John Banks (Mayor of Auckland City)
- John Rees Davies (Actor)
- Karen Rowe (RNZ)
- Katie Gossett (RNZ)
- Kelvin Trenbarth (Freight dispatcher)
- Kofi Annan (UN Secretary-General)
- Laktar Brahimi (UN Envoy)
- Lindy Beourshkie (South African environmental educator)
- Lisa Wilton (Woodville Information Centre)
- Mark Johnson (Operations manager)
- Nicky Wrighton (NZAID)
- Patrick Lane (RNZ)
- Peter Campbell (Brent Eccles Entertainment)
- Ray Canon (Tararua District Council)
- Richard Fairgray (Artist)
- Richard Meyers (US Joint Chiefs of Staff)
- Stephanie Kennedy (ABC)
- Tony Blair (UK PM)
- Trevor Mallard (Labour: Associate Minister of Finance)
- Unnamed attendees
- Viliami Tiputani (Fijian information ministry)