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

  • 1TVNZ's relationship with Parliament is again in the news after National released internal TVNZ e-mails in which Craig Boyce referred to some politicians as "bastards" and "enemies".

    Speakers
    • Craig Boyce (Former TVNZ Chairman)
    • Murray McCully (National MP)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 2A High Court jury has heard chilling details of how a South Auckland woman pleaded for her life. Dean Joseph Shephard is on trial for the murder of a Manurewa businesswoman in October of 2004.

    Speakers
    • Brad Markham (RNZ)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 3Up to 12 metres of rock separate life and death for two miners who've been trapped in a Tasmanian mine for six days.

    Speakers
    • Bill Shorton (Australian Workers Union)
    • Angela Cameron (ABC)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 4Business News.

  • 5Just days after the flooding in Coromandel - there's another severe weather warning for the Peninsula.

    Speakers
    • Monica Holt (RNZ)
    • Ian Carter (Volunteer Fire Chief)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 65:30 News.

  • 7The Health Minister Pete Hodgson is accusing National of trying to create a sense of crisis.

    Speakers
    • Julian Robbins (Political Reporter)
    • Dennis Pageant (Nelson Greypower Member)
    • Pete Hodgson (Minister of Health)
    • Tony Ryall (National Health Spokesman)
    • Graham Stairmand (Greypower President)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 8The Master of a container ship that hit the old Mangere Bridge last year should never have left the Onehunga port in such rough conditions.

    Speakers
    • Steve Corbert (Maritime Spokesperson)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 9A new study of people on waiting lists for state housing has found they have more health problems than Housing NZ tenants.

    Speakers
    • Darren McKenzie (RNZ)
    • Chris Carter (Housing Minister)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 10A High Court jury has begun hearing the case against two people accused of murdering a former Road Knights gang member.

    Speakers
    • Erina O'Donohue (RNZ)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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    • No
  • 11Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News including Labour List MP Dover Samuels saying that Maori Voters deserve to have an explanation from National on exactly where the party stands on the Maori Seats. Plus Shane Jones says that Ngai Tahu can have its fisheries claim as soon as it begins complying with the law.

    Speakers
    • Dover Samuels (Labour List MP)
    • Shane Jones (Maori Fisheries)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 12Hundreds of workers are rallying in Auckland to mark May Day.

    Speakers
    • Sarah Bristow (RNZ)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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  • 13It is the second time in less than a year that the Commerce Commission has recommended regulation of rates for calls made from landlines to mobile phones.

    Speakers
    • Chris Bramwell (RNZ)
    • Bruce Parks (Telecom Head of Government Regulations)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 146pm News.

  • 15Up to 12 metres of rock separate life and death for two miners who've been trapped in a Tasmanian mine for six days. It could be up to two days before the men trapped in the Beaconsfield gold mine are finally freed.

    Speakers
    • Julie Kelly (Mother-in-Law)
    • Natalie Kelly (Sister-in-Law)
    • Barry Easter (Mayor)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 16TVNZ's relationship with Parliament is again in the news after the release of emails today.

    Speakers
    • Shane Jones (Chair of TVNZ Select Committee)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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  • 17Plans to build a 37 turbine wind farm near the Napier-Taupo Highway are a step closer.

    Speakers
    • Hugh Chapelle (RNZ)
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    • No
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  • 18Business News.

  • 19A visiting transport expert says there's no city in the world where adding more roads has solved the problems of rush hour traffic.

  • 206:30 News.

  • 21The man accused of raping and trying to kill a 14-year-old took the witness stand in the High Court today.

    Speakers
    • Joy McArthur (RNZ)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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  • 22The Solomon Islands will have another go this week at choosing a Prime Minister.

    Speakers
    • Linda Skates (RNZ International)
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    • No
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  • 23Mediators have given the warring parties from Sudan's Darfur region an extra 48 hours to strike a peace deal.

  • 24Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News including the head of the Maori Fisheries Trust saying he will leave the position at the end of the year, not when Ngai Tahu "tells him to".

    Speakers
    • Shane Jones (Maori Fisheries Trust)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 25An Australian tycoon has taken out a series of newspaper adverts urging his countrymen to procreate.

    Speakers
    • Gary Johnson (Australian Tycoon)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Monday 1 May 2006
Start Time
  • 17 : 00
Finish Time
  • 19 : 00
Duration
  • 120:00
Channel
  • National Radio
Broadcaster
  • Radio New Zealand
Programme Description
  • National Radio's two-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
  • Angela Cameron (ABC)
  • Barry Easter (Mayor)
  • Bill Shorton (Australian Workers Union)
  • Brad Markham (RNZ)
  • Bruce Parks (Telecom Head of Government Regulations)
  • Chris Bramwell (RNZ)
  • Chris Carter (Housing Minister)
  • Craig Boyce (Former TVNZ Chairman)
  • Darren McKenzie (RNZ)
  • Dennis Pageant (Nelson Greypower Member)
  • Dover Samuels (Labour List MP)
  • Erina O'Donohue (RNZ)
  • Gary Johnson (Australian Tycoon)
  • Graham Stairmand (Greypower President)
  • Hugh Chapelle (RNZ)
  • Ian Carter (Volunteer Fire Chief)
  • Joy McArthur (RNZ)
  • Julian Robbins (Political Reporter)
  • Julie Kelly (Mother-in-Law)
  • Linda Skates (RNZ International)
  • Monica Holt (RNZ)
  • Murray McCully (National MP)
  • Natalie Kelly (Sister-in-Law)
  • Pete Hodgson (Minister of Health)
  • Sarah Bristow (RNZ)
  • Shane Jones (Maori Fisheries)
  • Steve Corbert (Maritime Spokesperson)
  • Tony Ryall (National Health Spokesman)