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

  • 1Dairy giant Fonterra says someone sabotaged the milk which has killed at least two babies in China and made 400 more sick.

  • 2Rail Buy Back Documents The extent of the bitterness of those negotiatons are revealed in documents released today.

  • 3America's fourth largest investment bank - Lehman Brothers - has just filed for bankruptcy.

  • 4Business News

  • 5Fairfax Media's lawyers are defending the company's decision to publish extracts from police surveillance information.

  • 6Hurricane Ike Damage In south-eastern Texas the rush is on to find those people who might be trapped in their homes.

  • 75.30pm news

  • 8The Government is taking a fresh look at measures against gangs in the light of a South Australian law.

  • 9It may come as something of a surprise to some but political parties in New Zealand mostly keep their promises.

  • 10A prominent Hawke's Bay based wine company Craggy Range has been implicated in an alleged illegal worker scam.

  • 11Waatea News. Health expert says that extra funding needed to overcome sleep disorders in Maori.

  • 12Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe is welcoming fellow African leaders to Harare for a crucial ceremony later today.

  • 13Russian Plane Crash. The Aeroflot plane, a Boeing 737, crashed on an internal flight as it was coming in to land.

  • 14Much of Kapiti's coastline could be opened up for nude swimming and sunbathing if a proposed new bylaw comes into force.

  • 156.00pm News

  • 16Fonterra Infant Formula Scandal (Part 2) Two babies are dead and hundreds of others across China have kidney stones after drinking formula.

  • 17Some of the biggest names in sailing's America's Cup could be racing in Auckland next summer.

  • 18America's fourth largest investment bank - Lehman Brothers - has just filed for bankruptcy.

  • 19The Electricity Commission has called a special meeting to discuss the proposed upgrade to the Cook Strait power cable.

  • 20Business News

  • 21Boliva Politics A crisis centres on the President's decision to hold a referendum on a new constitution in December.

  • 226.30pm News

  • 23Omagh Bombing TV Programme A BBC Panorama programme has uncovered evidence that phone conversations between the bombers were intercepted.

  • 24The United Nations in Sri Lanka says it has suspended its withdrawal from rebel held territory in the north.

  • 25There's evidence that groups in Iran are sending weapons across the border into Afghanistan.

  • 26The Packaging Council says recycling is now a viable business, not just an environmentally friendly initiative.

  • 27The President of East Timor Jose Ramos Horta has accused members of the UN Security Council of"extraordinary hypocrisy".

  • 28Waatea News. Fight for Maori vote heating up with Labour calling for votes as well as the Maori Party.

  • 29A group made up of politicians, academics, miners and a former state Governor say that remote Australia is failing.

  • 30The woman who could become Japan's first female prime minister says she's no Sarah Palin.

  • 31A statue of Adolf Hitler is back on display at a Berlin waxworks, two months after its head was wrenched off.

  • 32Buddy, a German Shepherd dog has saved a life by dialling 911 when his owner had a seizure.

Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Monday 15 September 2008
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