Checkpoint
National Radio's one-hour news and current affairs programme.
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1Building Industry Authority deregisters Approved Building Certifiers following complaints from Auckland councils.
Speakers
- John Ryan (BIA)
- Alan Roach (Builder)
- Steffan Norde (North Shore City Council)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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2Michael Cullen apparently preemptively announces that the Reserve Bank will be raising the OCR tomorrow.
Speakers
- Mark Tawley (RNZ)
- Michael Cullen (Labour: Minister of Finance)
- John Key (National: Finance)
- Winston Peters (NZ First Leader)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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3Winston Peters suspended from the House for seven days. This is the only second time that a suspension of this length has been issued.
Speakers
- Claire Paisley (RNZ)
- Winston Peters (NZ First Leader)
- Jonathon Hunt (Speaker of the House)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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4Nurses pay negotiations to continue, but strikes remain a possibility.
Speakers
- Laila Harre (Nurses Organisation)
- Jim Green (DHB spokesperson)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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5Business News.
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6Evers-Swindell sisters and Sarah Ulmer feted in Cambridge and Te Awamutu.
Speakers
- Andrew McCrae (RNZ)
- The Evers-Swindell sisters and Sarah Ulmer (Olympic champions)
- Unnamed people on the street
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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7Select Committee hears submissions on Criminal Procedures Bill, including its provision for majority verdicts.
Speakers
- Coran Dann (RNZ)
- John Rohan (Submitter)
- David Jones (Law Society)
- Keith Bedford (ESR)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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8Select Committee hears on ways of increasing levels of iodine intake. Expert discusses iodine deficiency in NZ.
Speakers
- Christine Thompson (University of Otago)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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9Citing environmental reasons, Solid Energy is to stop selling coal on the domestic market, upsetting Invercargill and Southland councils.
Speakers
- Eric Frykberg (RNZ)
- Tim Shadbolt (Mayor of Invercargill)
- Frana Cardno (Mayor of Southland District)
- Barry Bragg (Solid Energy)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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10Trial of Auckland man accused of burning his former girlfriend to death draws towards an end.
Speakers
- Sarah North (RNZ)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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11Christchurch coroner finds teenager died from solvent abuse.
Speakers
- Erina O'Donahue (RNZ)
- Gavin Dobea (Father of victim)
- Colin Branford (Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Education)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
Primary Title
- Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
- Wednesday 8 September 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 Roach (Builder)
- Andrew McCrae (RNZ)
- Barry Bragg (Solid Energy)
- Christine Thompson (University of Otago)
- Claire Paisley (RNZ)
- Colin Branford (Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Education)
- Coran Dann (RNZ)
- David Jones (Law Society)
- Eric Frykberg (RNZ)
- Erina O'Donahue (RNZ)
- Frana Cardno (Mayor of Southland District)
- Gavin Dobea (Father of victim)
- Jim Green (DHB spokesperson)
- John Key (National: Finance)
- John Rohan (Submitter)
- John Ryan (BIA)
- Jonathon Hunt (Speaker of the House)
- Keith Bedford (ESR)
- Laila Harre (Nurses Organisation)
- Mark Tawley (RNZ)
- Michael Cullen (Labour: Minister of Finance)
- Sarah North (RNZ)
- Steffan Norde (North Shore City Council)
- The Evers-Swindell sisters and Sarah Ulmer (Olympic champions)
- Tim Shadbolt (Mayor of Invercargill)
- Unnamed people on the street
- Winston Peters (NZ First Leader)