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

  • 1Problem plagued Telecom is under high level scrutiny this evening with police saying they still don't know why the company didn't alert them immediately about this morning's 111 failure in Auckland. The five hour fault started this morning around 3:30am.

    • Start 00 : 07 : 31
    Speakers
    • Andy McGregor (Spokesman, New Zealand Police)
    • Mark Watts (Spokesman, Telecom New Zealand)
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  • 2Plans to build a $100-million cruise ship terminal on Auckland's Queens Wharf in time for the Rugby World Cup have been scrapped - but a scaled down party venue will go ahead.

    • Start 00 : 17 : 29
    Speakers
    • Sam Morrah (Reporter)
    • John Key MP (Prime Minister
    • Leader, National Party)
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  • 3The surging Australian economy has helped deliver this country's biggest January trade surplus in more than two decades.

    • Start 00 : 19 : 13
    Speakers
    • Nigel Sterling (Economics correspondent)
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  • 4Business News

    • Start 00 : 22 : 29
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  • 5An expedition is beginning today to prove the existence of the massive bounty of gold, beneath the seabed, off the west coast of the South Island.

    • Start 00 : 24 : 42
    Speakers
    • Geoff Moffet (Reporter)
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  • 6It's been revealed that he National MP Phil Heatley was repeatedly warned about the way he was using his ministerial credit card by officials.

    • Start 00 : 28 : 22
    Speakers
    • Jane Patterson (Parliamentary chief reporter)
    • John Key MP (Prime Minister
    • Leader, National Party)
    Live Broadcast
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  • 75:30pm News

    • Start 00 : 31 : 42
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  • 8The head of Dunedin's international airport is fuming after two jet loads of passengers were diverted to Invercargill because the air traffic controller called in sick.

    • Start 00 : 36 : 57
    Speakers
    • Jessica Maddock (Reporter)
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  • 9The agency designing the new Auckland Council has for the first time given some detail on the role it sees will be taken by around 19 local boards. There's growing debate over whether the boards will have sufficient power under the single region wide counil, and today's outline has left many questions unanswered.

    • Start 00 : 39 : 56
    Speakers
    • Todd Niall (Auckland reporter)
    • Grant Taylor (Spokesman, Auckland Transition Agency)
    • Penny Hulse (Deputy mayor, Waitakere City Council)
    • Judy McGregor (Spokesman, Human Rights Commission)
    Live Broadcast
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  • 10Filming inside someone's home without their consent could become illegal if the Government acts on a Law Commission report tabled in Parliament today.

    • Start 00 : 43 : 16
    Speakers
    • John Borrows QC (Professor of Law, Victoria University of Wellington)
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  • 11Waatea News

    • Start 00 : 46 : 53
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  • 12Democrat and Republican leaders in the United States say a seven hour televised summit hosted by President Barack Obama has failed to narrow differences over health care reform. At the end of the meeting he said if necessary he'd push through the reforms without Republican support.

    • Start 00 : 49 : 24
    Speakers
    • Katy Kaye (BBC reporter)
    • Barak Obama (President, United States of America)
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  • 13The Supreme Court in Thailand is due to rule in the next few hours on what's to happen to more than US $2-billion worth of assets belonging to the former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

    • Start 00 : 52 : 51
    Speakers
    • Connor Duffy (ABC reporter)
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  • 14Spit hoods, stab resistant body armour and batons will be in all prisons by next week after the new protective equipment for prison officers was officially rolled-out today.

    • Start 00 : 57 : 12
    Speakers
    • Andrew McCrae (Reporter)
    • voxpop (Voxpop)
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  • 156:00pm News

    • Start 01 : 00 : 05
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  • 16Problem plagued Telecom is under high level scrutiny this evening with police saying they still don't know why the company didn't alert them immediately about this morning's 111 failure in Auckland. The five hour fault started this morning around 3:30am.

    • Start 01 : 07 : 42
    Speakers
    • Leilani Momoisea (Reporter)
    • Andy McGregor (Spokesman, New Zealand Police)
    • Mark Watts (Spokesman, Telecom New Zealand)
    • Steven Joyce MP (Minister of Communications and Information Technology)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
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  • 17A team of New Zealand trauma therapists are in Samoa this week to teach techniques for helping Tsunami survivors suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

    • Start 01 : 11 : 20
    Speakers
    • Theresa Cowey (Reporter)
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  • 18People wanting to build a new home could pay more under proposed changes to the Building Act.

    • Start 01 : 14 : 50
    Speakers
    • Sue Chetwin (Chief executive, Consumer New Zealand)
    • Maurice Williamson (Mininster for Building and Construction)
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    • No
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  • 19Wellington Mayors are commissioning independent consultants to review the way local government operates in the region but they say its not the first step towards an Auckland style 'super city.'

    • Start 01 : 18 : 56
    Speakers
    • David Reid (Reporter)
    • Wayne Guppy (Mayor, Upper Hutt City Council)
    • Jenny Brash (Mayor, Porirua City Council)
    • David Ogden (Mayor, Lower Hutt City Council)
    • Kerry Prendergast (Mayor, Wellington City Council)
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  • 20Business News

    • Start 01 : 21 : 44
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  • 21Two men accused of conspiring to bomb the New York city subways have pleaded not guilty to planning the attack.

    • Start 01 : 25 : 13
    Speakers
    • Laura Trevellian (BBC reporter)
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  • 22The Director of Public Prosecutions for England and Wales has released a framework on how assisted suicide cases should be tried.

    • Start 01 : 26 : 40
    Speakers
    • Rachael Brown (Reporter)
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  • 236:30pm News

    • Start 01 : 29 : 46
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  • 24Focus on Politics: After a tumultuous year in government for the ACT Party it's holding its annual conference in Wellington over the weekend. While the party has made some gains out of its support arrangement with the National Party, its also had its fair share of embarrassing slip ups and been criticised for failing to advance key policies.

    • Start 01 : 35 : 24
    Speakers
    • Catherine Hutton (Reporter)
    • Rodney Hide MP (Leader, ACT Party)
    • Dr. Bryce Edwards (Political scientist, University of Otago)
    • Stephen Franks (Principal, Franks and Ogilvie)
    • Roger Douglas MP (List MP, ACT Party)
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    • No
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  • 25Waatea News

    • Start 01 : 53 : 11
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  • 26The New Zealand Government says it won't subsidise drivers who want to buy electric or hybrid-plug-in cars.

    • Start 01 : 55 : 37
    Speakers
    • Sophie Rishworth (Reporter)
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Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Friday 26 February 2010
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 McCrae (Reporter)
  • Andy McGregor (Spokesman, New Zealand Police)
  • Barak Obama (President, United States of America)
  • Catherine Hutton (Reporter)
  • Connor Duffy (ABC reporter)
  • David Ogden (Mayor, Lower Hutt City Council)
  • David Reid (Reporter)
  • Dr. Bryce Edwards (Political scientist, University of Otago)
  • Geoff Moffet (Reporter)
  • Grant Taylor (Spokesman, Auckland Transition Agency)
  • Jane Patterson (Parliamentary chief reporter)
  • Jenny Brash (Mayor, Porirua City Council)
  • Jessica Maddock (Reporter)
  • John Borrows QC (Professor of Law, Victoria University of Wellington)
  • John Key MP (Prime Minister
  • Judy McGregor (Spokesman, Human Rights Commission)
  • Katy Kaye (BBC reporter)
  • Kerry Prendergast (Mayor, Wellington City Council)
  • Laura Trevellian (BBC reporter)
  • Leader, National Party)
  • Leilani Momoisea (Reporter)
  • Mark Watts (Spokesman, Telecom New Zealand)
  • Maurice Williamson (Mininster for Building and Construction)
  • Nigel Sterling (Economics correspondent)
  • Penny Hulse (Deputy mayor, Waitakere City Council)
  • Rachael Brown (Reporter)
  • Rodney Hide MP (Leader, ACT Party)
  • Roger Douglas MP (List MP, ACT Party)
  • Sam Morrah (Reporter)
  • Sophie Rishworth (Reporter)
  • Stephen Franks (Principal, Franks and Ogilvie)
  • Steven Joyce MP (Minister of Communications and Information Technology)
  • Sue Chetwin (Chief executive, Consumer New Zealand)
  • Theresa Cowey (Reporter)
  • Todd Niall (Auckland reporter)
  • voxpop (Voxpop)
  • Wayne Guppy (Mayor, Upper Hutt City Council)