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

  • 1The 22-year-old man who shot and killed South Auckland liquor store owner Navtej Singh has been found guilty of murder.

  • 2On call emergency staff at the Hutt Valley District Health Board are being transferred from Telecom's failing XT mobile network with the hospital saying its lack of reliability is a threat to patient safety. The network has failed four times since December.

  • 3They track the country's earthquakes and its criminals, have given the world golden kiwifruit and stab-proof wool vests, but a new report suggests competition may be killing New Zealand's Crown Research Institutes.

  • 4Business News

  • 5Child, Youth and Family have revealed that the parents of a baby girl who died from head injuries already had two children taken into care.

  • 65:30pm News

  • 7The beleagured Canterbury Regional Council has made its survival pitch to the government saying it's prepared to accept a commissioner to help allocate and manage the region's hotly contested water resource.

  • 8Fiji's High Court is continuing to hear submissions about eight men convicted of plotting to kill Fiji's interim Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama.

  • 9An Auckland community board has facetiously recommended that a roadway, being built for the Rugby World Cup, be named after either an anti-apartheid activist or a South African President - or be given the Maori word meaning crazy.

  • 10Waatea News

  • 11The Labour Party says a government-commissioned report into science should have come up with ways to turn public research into commercial ideas.

  • 12It's called a friendly match, but New Zealand's national football team is feeling the heat as it faces Mexico in a world cup warm-up match in California.

  • 13The police officer, who headed the homicide investigation into the death of a teenager mistakenly killed in a high-speed police chase, says the constable who fired the deadly shot did not see the teenager.

  • 14Plans for a $1.7-million a year scheme to improve marine safety in the Marlborough Sounds are being vigorously opposed by commercial operators.

  • 156:00pm News

  • 16A strong aftershock has ignited panic in Chile four days after Saturday's major earthquake.

  • 17A powerful earthquake has struck southern Taiwan, causing panic among residents as buildings shook violently.

  • 18Regenerating human limbs, powering cars with seaweed and creating stab-resistant woolly vests are some of the projects the country's Crown Research Institutes will now have more chances to pursue.

  • 19Business News

  • 20The beleaguered Canterbury Regional Council has made its survival pitch to the government saying it's prepared to accept a commissioner to help allocate and manage the region's hotly contested water resource.

  • 21Water levels are again rising in Charleville, threatening the southern Queensland town with another flood.

  • 22Advocacy groups fear a bill to scrap compulsory student membership at universities will gut student services at tertiary institutions around the country.

  • 23An investigation's underway in the United States after a boy was taped giving jetliner pilots instructions from the control tower of New York's busy JFK airport.

  • 246:30pm News

  • 25The former National Party leader Don Brash has taken over as boss of Huljich Wealth Management which looks after the kiwi saver accounts for tens of thousands of New Zealanders.

  • 26Timorese born Australian woman Angelita Pires has been acquitted of trying to assassinate East Timor's president and prime minister.

  • 27Waatea News

  • 28Disaster planning doesn't appear to be a priority for most households, with new figures showing that three quarters of New Zealanders don't have a plan if disaster strikes.

  • 29In a bid to secure the support of the European Union, the Greek government has announced more austerity measures to deal with its crippling deficit.

Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 4 March 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
  • Alec Neill (Chairman, Canterbury Regional Council)
  • Andrew Lee (Journalist, Taipei)
  • Andy Gallagher (BBC reporter)
  • Brent Edwards (Political editor)
  • Bronwyn Murray (Councillor, Canterbury Regional Council)
  • Chris Dempsey (Chairman, Eden/Albert Community Board)
  • Claire Marshall (BBC reporter)
  • Daljit Singh (Spokesman, Singh Family)
  • David Do (Co-president, New Zealand Union of Students' Associations)
  • David Shearer MP (Mount Albert MP, Labour Party)
  • Dr. Don Brash (Managing director, Huljich Wealth Management)
  • Dr. James Renwick (President, New Zealand Association of Scientists)
  • Dr. Tom Ryan (President, Tertiary Education Union)
  • Dr. Wayne Mapp MP (Minister of Research, Science and Technology)
  • Eric Frykberg (Reporter)
  • Geoff Moffet (Reporter)
  • Georgina Ball (Reporter)
  • Jamie Scott (Spokesman, All Whites)
  • Jo Caine (Councillor, Canterbury Regional Council)
  • Joe Macquarie (Spokesman, 'Save Our Services')
  • John Minto (Veteran activist)
  • Katherine Hutton (Reporter)
  • Kieren Binny (ABC reporter)
  • Leilani Momoisea (Reporter)
  • Leone Sage (Councillor, Canterbury Regional Council)
  • Mark Oldfield (Councillor, Canterbury Regional Council)
  • Matthew Peri (Reporter)
  • Matthew Price (BBC reporter)
  • Michael Hundleby (Acting chief executive, Hutt Valley District Health Board)
  • Neville Jordan (Chairman, Crown Research Institute Taskforce)
  • Peter Bose (BBC reporter)
  • Ray Smith (Chief executive, Child, Youth and Family)
  • Sam Morrah (Reporter)
  • Sarah Everingham (ABC reporter)
  • Sir Roger Douglas MP (List MP, ACT Party)
  • Sophie Rishworth (Reporter)
  • Will Hyme (Reporter)