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

  • 1The grandmother of Qian Xun Xue has arrived in NZ and has been reunited with her three-year-old granddaughter.

    Speakers
    • Clayton Cosgrove (Associate Immigration Minister)
    • Rowan Quinn (RNZ)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 2Up to 85 jobs may be in jeopardy at a Nelson-based fishing company Sealord after the Government cut catch limits.

    Speakers
    • Jim Anderton (Minister of Fisheries)
    • Meteria Turei (Green Party MP)
    • Ross Tocker (Sealords)
    • Richard Wells (Deepwater Quota Owners)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 3The Canterbury police have launched an internal investigation over a controversial email calling for weapons weilding offenders who charge at police to be shot.

    Speakers
    • Sandra Manderson (Canterbury Police Commander)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
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  • 4Business News.

  • 55:30 News.

  • 625-year-old Darin Gardner is accused of repeatedly ramming his car into a group of people.

    Speakers
    • Joy Reid (RNZ)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
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  • 7New electoral boundaries announced today by the Representation Commission are forcing some MPs to think about their future.

    Speakers
    • Danya Levy (RNZ)
    • Judith Collins (National Party MP)
    • Mike Williams (Labour Party MP)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
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  • 8Vote tampering has been discovered in an on-screen wedding competition running on TV One's Good Morning show.

    Speakers
    • Megan Richards (TVNZ Spokesperson)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 9Myanmar's military leaders say they are prepared to take action against Buddhist monks leading street protests.

    Speakers
    • Barbara Miller (ABC)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 10Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News including the cuts to catch limits by the Government.

  • 11The PPTA says it's a tragedy the Government has buckled to pressure from Universities and returned to a "focus on failure" in secondary qualifications.

    Speakers
    • Kate Gainsford (PPTA)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 12The son of the New Zealand man killed by robbers in Nairobi says his father would have wanted his company to continue work in Kenya.

    Speakers
    • Chris Nathan (Son of murdered man)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
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  • 136pm News.

  • 14An open letter thanking those involved in the case of abandoned three year-old Qian Xun Xue has been released by the grandmother. The New Zealand Police liaison officer in the United States, Neville Matthews, says the service is confident they will find Qian Xun Xue's fugitive father, Ni Yin Xue. Lawyer Raymond Huo has been advising the grandmother's representative in New Zealand.

    Speakers
    • Clayton Cosgrove (Associate Immigration Minister)
    • Neville Matthews (New Zealand Police Liaison Officer, United States)
    • Raymond Huo (Adviser)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 15Road user advocates are warning the Transport Safety Minister's push for compulsory third party insurance could punish everyone.

    Speakers
    • Lucy Cleary (RNZ)
    • Mike Noon (Automobile Association)
    • Chris Ryan (New Zealand Insurance Council)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 16It has been discovered that students on a tour of Europe where seventeen-year-old Ross Kimpton fell from the fourth storey window of a London hotel in the early hours of Saturday morning had been heavily drinking.

  • 17A resolution has finally been found to the dispute involving public access to Shania Twain's mountain retreat near Wanaka.

    Speakers
    • Steve Wilde (RNZ)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 18Business News.

  • 19The fisheries minister has moved to significantly cut catch limits for key fish stocks, including hoki and orange roughy.

    Speakers
    • Metiria Turei (Green Party MP)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 206:30 News.

  • 21650 beds have today been added to the country's prison system with the opening on the Springhill Prison in North Waikato.

    Speakers
    • Andrew McCray (RNZ)
    • Helen Clark (Prime Minister)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
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  • 22They say the grass is always greener on the other side - and increasing numbers of New Zealanders certainly seem to think so as they move in record numbers to Australia.

    Speakers
    • Beverley Sea (RNZ)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
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  • 23Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News including changes to electorates.

  • 24Tasmania is spending millions of dollars each year to try and out fox a potential pesky problem - the European red fox.

    Speakers
    • Nick Mooney (Tasmanian Conservation Department)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 25We've got the knowledge. We've got the technology. What we haven't got is the time to deal with Climate Change.

    Speakers
    • Matt McGraw (BBC)
    • Arnold Schwarzenegger (Governor, California)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Tuesday 25 September 2007
Start Time
  • 17 : 00
Finish Time
  • 19 : 00
Duration
  • 120:00
Channel
  • Radio New Zealand National
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
  • Andrew McCray (RNZ)
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger (Governor, California)
  • Barbara Miller (ABC)
  • Beverley Sea (RNZ)
  • Chris Nathan (Son of murdered man)
  • Chris Ryan (New Zealand Insurance Council)
  • Clayton Cosgrove (Associate Immigration Minister)
  • Danya Levy (RNZ)
  • Helen Clark (Prime Minister)
  • Jim Anderton (Minister of Fisheries)
  • Joy Reid (RNZ)
  • Judith Collins (National Party MP)
  • Kate Gainsford (PPTA)
  • Lucy Cleary (RNZ)
  • Matt McGraw (BBC)
  • Megan Richards (TVNZ Spokesperson)
  • Meteria Turei (Green Party MP)
  • Metiria Turei (Green Party MP)
  • Mike Noon (Automobile Association)
  • Mike Williams (Labour Party MP)
  • Neville Matthews (New Zealand Police Liaison Officer, United States)
  • Nick Mooney (Tasmanian Conservation Department)
  • Raymond Huo (Adviser)
  • Richard Wells (Deepwater Quota Owners)
  • Ross Tocker (Sealords)
  • Rowan Quinn (RNZ)
  • Sandra Manderson (Canterbury Police Commander)
  • Steve Wilde (RNZ)