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  • 1The country's latest multi-millionaires have gone public. Two members from a family syndicate in Masterton have given their first, and only media conference.

    Speakers
    • Clint Owens (Reporter)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 2A battle is shaping up between 900 workers who repair and maintain broadband and phone lines and Australian company Visionstream which has just won a ten year billion dollar maintenance contract with Telecom.

    Speakers
    • Bob de Boer (Managing director, Visionstream)
    • Tom Henson (Technician, Transfield)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 3New Zealand's major electricity companies are being accused of selling customers short with the new power metering technology being installed in homes.

    Speakers
    • Eric Frykberg (Reporter)
    • Dr. Jan Wright (Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment)
    • Jonathan Hill (Contact Energy)
    • Gerry Brownlee MP (Minister of Energy)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 4The mother of a young woman stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend has told a court of seeing her daughter being killed. 33-year-old Clayton Weatherston denies murdering his ex-girlfriend Sophie Elliot, but has pleaded guilty to her manslaughter.

    Speakers
    • Jessica Maddock (Reporter)
    • Lesley Elliot (Mother, Sophie Elliot)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 5Business News

  • 6Counsellors and victim support have been at Orewa College today helping staff cope with the loss of one of their colleagues. The school's caretaker died overnight after the school's boiler exploded.

    Speakers
    • Leilani Momoisea (Reporter)
    • Kate Shevland (Principal, Orewa College)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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  • 75:30pm News

  • 8The Minister of Immigration Jonathan Coleman has warned New Zealand could be seen as a weak link in international security if the service's systems for scanning visitors and immigrants is not upgraded.

    Speakers
    • Brent Edwards (Political editor)
    • Jonathan Coleman MP (Minister of Immigration)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
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  • 9Students are calling some proposed changes to the student loan repayment system, blatantly unfair. The plan is part of the Minister of Revenue Peter Dunne to simplify the payment process.

    Speakers
    • Gael Woods (Education correspondent)
    • Sophia Blair (President, NZ Union of Students Associations)
    • Maryan Street MP (Tertiary education spokesman, Labour Party)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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    • No
  • 10There's been a last minute rush by some of the big players, and potentially big losers, in the plan for an Auckland supercity to make their voices heard.

    Speakers
    • Ben Brown (Reporter)
    • Penny Hulse (Deputy mayor, Waitakere City Council)
    • Andrew Williams (Mayor, North Shore City Council)
    • Richard Northey (Councillor, Auckland City Council)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 11Waatea News

  • 12The so-called anti-smacking legislation now gives parents more legal defences for hitting their children than they used to have according to associate law professor John Caldwell at Canterbury University.

    Speakers
    • Associate Professor John Caldwell (Law, Canterbury University)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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  • 13A new government scheme to be launched in the coming months will see McDonalds restaurants train unemployed young people.

    Speakers
    • Paula Bennett MP (Ministe of Social Development and Employment)
    Live Broadcast
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  • 14Health experts in Wellington and Canterbury say flu is continuing to spread, and it's mainly Influenza A H1N1 'swine flu'.

    Speakers
    • Karen Brown (Health correspondent)
    • Dr. Margot McLean (Wellington Medical Officer of Health)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 156:00pm News

  • 16The country's latest multi-millionaires have gone public. Two members from a family syndicate in Masterton have given their first, and only media conference.

    Speakers
    • Shavaughn (Winner)
    • Dave Greenberg (Operations manager, Westpac Rescue Helicopter)
    • Karen Jones (Head of Communications, Lotteries Commission)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 17Business News

  • 18A battle is shaping up between 900 workers who repair and maintain broadband and phone lines and Australian company Visionstream which has just won a ten year billion dollar maintenance contract with Telecom.

    Speakers
    • Andrew Little (President, Engineers, Printers and Manufacturers Union)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 19Economists say New Zealand still has a huge overseas debt problem despite a narrowing in the gap between what the country earns and what it pays out to foreigners.

    Speakers
    • Nigel Sterling (Economics correspondent)
    • Dr. Ganesh Nana (Economist, Business and Economic Research)
    Live Broadcast
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    Commercials
    • No
  • 206:30pm News

  • 21The Department of Corrections is working hard to promote its idea of using converted shipping containers as cells, saying they're in better condition than some existing prisoner accommodation.

    Speakers
    • Penny Smits (Reporter)
    • Richard Simons (Managing director, Rimutaka Prison)
    • Barry Matthews (Chief Executive, Department of Corrections)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 22The Minister for Climate Change has been sitting on advice for six months that a key deadline for the Emmissions Trading Scheme will be missed.

    Speakers
    • Liz Banash (Political reporter)
    • Dr. Nick Smith (Minister for Climate Change)
    • Jeanette Fitzsimons MP (Climate change spokesman, Green Party)
    • Charles Chauvel MP (Environment spokesman, Labour Party)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 23Eyewitnesses in Iran say the security forces there have used batons and teargas to breakup the latest protest by about 200 people in the capital, Tehran.

    Speakers
    • Meredith Griffiths (ABC reporter)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 25 June 2009
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 Little (President, Engineers, Printers and Manufacturers Union)
  • Andrew Williams (Mayor, North Shore City Council)
  • Associate Professor John Caldwell (Law, Canterbury University)
  • Barry Matthews (Chief Executive, Department of Corrections)
  • Ben Brown (Reporter)
  • Bob de Boer (Managing director, Visionstream)
  • Brent Edwards (Political editor)
  • Charles Chauvel MP (Environment spokesman, Labour Party)
  • Clint Owens (Reporter)
  • Dave Greenberg (Operations manager, Westpac Rescue Helicopter)
  • Dr. Ganesh Nana (Economist, Business and Economic Research)
  • Dr. Jan Wright (Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment)
  • Dr. Margot McLean (Wellington Medical Officer of Health)
  • Dr. Nick Smith (Minister for Climate Change)
  • Eric Frykberg (Reporter)
  • Gael Woods (Education correspondent)
  • Gerry Brownlee MP (Minister of Energy)
  • Jeanette Fitzsimons MP (Climate change spokesman, Green Party)
  • Jessica Maddock (Reporter)
  • Jonathan Coleman MP (Minister of Immigration)
  • Jonathan Hill (Contact Energy)
  • Karen Brown (Health correspondent)
  • Karen Jones (Head of Communications, Lotteries Commission)
  • Kate Shevland (Principal, Orewa College)
  • Leilani Momoisea (Reporter)
  • Lesley Elliot (Mother, Sophie Elliot)
  • Liz Banash (Political reporter)
  • Maryan Street MP (Tertiary education spokesman, Labour Party)
  • Meredith Griffiths (ABC reporter)
  • Nigel Sterling (Economics correspondent)
  • Paula Bennett MP (Ministe of Social Development and Employment)
  • Penny Hulse (Deputy mayor, Waitakere City Council)
  • Penny Smits (Reporter)
  • Richard Northey (Councillor, Auckland City Council)
  • Richard Simons (Managing director, Rimutaka Prison)
  • Shavaughn (Winner)
  • Sophia Blair (President, NZ Union of Students Associations)
  • Tom Henson (Technician, Transfield)