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

  • 1Israeli embassy staff and their families are leaving Turkey as tensions escalate over the commando raid on the aid convoy to Gaza. Israel has vowed to block more aid ships heading for Gaza.

    • Start 00 : 12 : 29
    Speakers
    • Murray McCully MP (Minister of Foreign Affairs)
    • Michael Vincent (ABC reporter)
    Live Broadcast
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  • 2The Prime Minister, John Key, is refusing to say KiwiBank won't be privatised despite promising before the election it would never be sold.

    • Start 00 : 16 : 46
    Speakers
    • Brent Edwards (Political editor)
    • Annette King MP (Rongotai MP, Labour Party)
    • John Key MP (Prime Minister
    • Leader, National Party)
    • Jim Anderton MP (Wigram MP, Progressive Party)
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  • 3Business News

    • Start 00 : 20 : 07
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  • 45:30pm News

    • Start 00 : 30 : 41
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  • 5Israel is repatriating the families of its embassy staff in Ankara amid tensions over its raid on a Gaza-bound aid convoy, in which nine people were killed. About 50 people related to Israeli consulate and embassy staff are heading home. The Turkish Prime Minister has called on the international community to punish Israel for what it calls "a bloody massacre."

    • Start 00 : 44 : 12
    Speakers
    • Jon Donnison (BBC reporter)
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  • 6Waatea News

    • Start 00 : 51 : 27
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  • 76:00pm News

    • Start 00 : 59 : 59
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  • 8A New Zealand activist, Nicola Enchmarch, who was on board a humanitarian aid convoy raided by Israeli commandos is in the process of being deported from Israel. People were protesting in Wellington today.

    • Start 01 : 06 : 49
    Speakers
    • Shemi Tzur (Israeli Ambassador)
    • Ben Robinson (Reporter)
    • Keith Locke MP (Foreign Affairs spokesman, Green Party)
    Live Broadcast
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  • 9There are grumblings in the rural sector about forming a political party in reaction to the Emissions Trading Scheme.

    • Start 01 : 10 : 45
    Speakers
    • Demelza Leslie (Reporter)
    • Hamish Cave (provincial president, Gisborne/Wairoa Federated Farmers)
    • Don Nicholson (President, Federated Farmers)
    • David Carter MP (Minister of Agriculture)
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  • 10Japan's fourth Prime Minister, Yukio Hatoyama, in as many years has resigned. His decision to resign comes after a slide in the polls threatened his party's chances in an election expected next month.

    • Start 01 : 16 : 42
    Speakers
    • Mark Willacy (ABC correspondent)
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  • 11Business News

    • Start 01 : 19 : 27
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  • 12The Prime Minister, John Key, has declared the controversy over his blind trust to be 'case closed.' But now the Speaker of the House has rejected a privileges complaint laid by the Opposition.

    • Start 01 : 22 : 36
    Speakers
    • Jane Patterson (Parliamentary chief reporter)
    • John Key MP (Prime Minister
    • Leader, National Party)
    • Pete Hodgson MP (Dunedin North MP, Labour Party)
    Live Broadcast
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  • 13News from China, including: striking by workers at a Honda car plant in southern China even though strikes are illegal; the disconnect between government officials and the general population.

    • Start 01 : 28 : 19
    Speakers
    • Michael Bristow (Reporter)
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  • 146:30pm News

    • Start 01 : 32 : 36
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  • 15All of those detained when Israeli forces boarded the Gaza aid convoy are being removed from Israel. International pressure on Israel is increasing and an inquiry into the incident is being called for.

    • Start 01 : 38 : 36
    Speakers
    • James Robbins (BBC reporter)
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  • 16A week after bloody raids on the stronghold of a Jamaican drug lord, Christopher 'Dudas' Coke, there is still no sign of him. The Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has announced a new crackdown on criminal gangs.

    • Start 01 : 43 : 27
    Speakers
    • Nick Davis (BBC correspondent)
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  • 17Waatea News

    • Start 01 : 47 : 43
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  • 18There's another aid ship on the way to Gaza hoping to break the Israeli blockade. The cargo ship is expected arrive in Gaza within the week.

    • Start 01 : 50 : 23
    Speakers
    • Jenny Graham (onboard aid ship heading to Gaza)
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  • 19An anti-whaling petition with 53,000 signatures has been delivered to the Government by environmental groups.

    • Start 01 : 57 : 19
    Speakers
    • Nick Butcher (Reporter)
    • Murray McCully MP (Minister of Foreign Affairs)
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Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Wednesday 2 June 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
  • Annette King MP (Rongotai MP, Labour Party)
  • Ben Robinson (Reporter)
  • Brent Edwards (Political editor)
  • David Carter MP (Minister of Agriculture)
  • Demelza Leslie (Reporter)
  • Don Nicholson (President, Federated Farmers)
  • Hamish Cave (provincial president, Gisborne/Wairoa Federated Farmers)
  • James Robbins (BBC reporter)
  • Jane Patterson (Parliamentary chief reporter)
  • Jenny Graham (onboard aid ship heading to Gaza)
  • Jim Anderton MP (Wigram MP, Progressive Party)
  • John Key MP (Prime Minister
  • Jon Donnison (BBC reporter)
  • Keith Locke MP (Foreign Affairs spokesman, Green Party)
  • Leader, National Party)
  • Mark Willacy (ABC correspondent)
  • Michael Bristow (Reporter)
  • Michael Vincent (ABC reporter)
  • Murray McCully MP (Minister of Foreign Affairs)
  • Nick Butcher (Reporter)
  • Nick Davis (BBC correspondent)
  • Pete Hodgson MP (Dunedin North MP, Labour Party)
  • Shemi Tzur (Israeli Ambassador)
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