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

  • 1A dispute over a family will may have been what triggered Derrick Bird, a tax driver, to go on a shooting rampage through the British countryside in Cumbria, which has left 12 people dead. Eleven others were injured.

    • Start 00 : 07 : 38
    Speakers
    • Barney Burnham (UK correspondent)
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  • 2Senior doctors say a plan to pay doctors while they're on their OE could help slow the brain drain to Australia. The Health Workforce NZ scheme will pay advanced medical trainees for up to 2 years while they work overseas.

    • Start 00 : 12 : 02
    Speakers
    • Chris Bramwell (Parliamentary chief reporter)
    • Des Gorman (chairman, Health Workforce NZ)
    • Angela Belich (assistant executive director, Association of Salaried Medical Specialists)
    • Elizabeth Carr (president, Medical Students' Association)
    • Geoff Annals (Chief executive, New Zealand Nurses Organisation)
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  • 3Three plane loads of pro-Palestinian activists including a New Zealander have arrived in Turkey after being deported from Israel. They were detained when Israeli soldiers intercepted an aid flotilla heading for Gaza.

    • Start 00 : 15 : 26
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    • Ivan Watson (CNN Reporter)
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  • 4The National-led Government has been scrambling yet again to clarify its position on asset sales after the Prime Minister, John Key, left open the possibility KiwiBank might be sold after all.

    • Start 00 : 19 : 54
    Speakers
    • Brent Edwards (Political editor)
    • John Key MP (Prime Minister
    • Leader, National Party)
    • Bill English MP (Minister of Finance)
    • Annette King MP (Rongotai MP, Labour Party)
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  • 5Business News

    • Start 00 : 23 : 18
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  • 6The Government has just announced a review into the bungled way community laboratory testing changed hands in Auckland last year. Lab Test took over in the region from former provider Diagnostic Med Lab Lmtd. But faced a storm of doctors over the time it took for patients to get their blood taken and their test results back.

    • Start 00 : 25 : 29
    Speakers
    • Tony Ryall MP (Minister of Health)
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  • 7The United States President Barack Obama has pledged to campaign for what he calls "a clean energy future," citing the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as a sign that America needs to amend its reliance on fossil fuels.

    • Start 00 : 28 : 03
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    • Madeline Morris (Reporter)
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  • 85:30pm News

    • Start 00 : 30 : 06
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  • 9The government has been praised by the Environmental Defence Society for its plans to regulate deep sea drilling within the country's economic zone. A new Crown entity, the Environmental Protection Agency will replace the environmental risk management authority.

    • Start 00 : 40 : 03
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    • Gary Taylor (chairman, Environmental Defence Society)
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  • 10Waatea News

    • Start 00 : 48 : 22
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  • 116:00pm News

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  • 12Senior doctors say a plan to pay doctors while they're on their OE could help slow the brain drain to Australia. The Health Workforce NZ scheme will pay advanced medical trainees for up to 2 years while they work overseas.

    • Start 01 : 12 : 38
    Speakers
    • Des Gorman (chairman, Health Workforce NZ)
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  • 13The third and final Auckland Super City Bill passed its final reading in Parliament this evening. Politicians voted by 63:56 in support of the bill.

    • Start 01 : 22 : 37
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    • Catherine Hutton (Reporter)
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  • 14Business News

    • Start 01 : 24 : 09
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  • 15The former head of the Prime Minister's Department and Secretary of the Treasury, Bernie Galvin, has died at the age of 77.

    • Start 01 : 26 : 56
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    • John Whitehead (Secretary, New Zealand Treasury)
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  • 166:30pm News

    • Start 01 : 30 : 33
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  • 17The demands for Israel to lift its blockade of Gaza are growing after the attack on the aid flotilla heading for Gaza. The United Nations and Arab states want the blockade to be removed. An Arab League meeting is in progress in Egypt. Western nations agree with Israel that Hamas is a threat, but say the embargo should not punish the 1.5-million people trapped in the Gaza Strip.

    • Start 01 : 36 : 24
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    • Yuland Nell (Cairo correspondent)
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  • 18Australia's national workplace relations tribunal has increased the minimum wage by A$26 per week.

    • Start 01 : 41 : 35
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    • Simon Lauder (ABC reporter)
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  • 19Fiji's interim regime is defending putting more and more soldiers into civilian jobs in the public service.

    • Start 01 : 44 : 27
    Speakers
    • Megan Wheelan (Reporter)
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  • 20Waatea News

    • Start 01 : 47 : 29
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  • 21The Labour Party used the opportunity of the Justice Minister, Simon Power's appearance before a select committee today, to grill him about the controversial three strikes legislation.

    • Start 01 : 50 : 27
    Speakers
    • Liz Banas (Reporter)
    • David Parker MP (List MP, Labour Party)
    • Simon Power MP (Minister of Justice)
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  • 22The Government has announced an urgent review of pharmacy drug recalls; who will be liable?

    • Start 01 : 53 : 00
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    • Tony Ryall MP (Minister of Health)
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Primary Title
  • Checkpoint
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 3 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
  • Angela Belich (assistant executive director, Association of Salaried Medical Specialists)
  • Annette King MP (Rongotai MP, Labour Party)
  • Barney Burnham (UK correspondent)
  • Bill English MP (Minister of Finance)
  • Brent Edwards (Political editor)
  • Catherine Hutton (Reporter)
  • Chris Bramwell (Parliamentary chief reporter)
  • David Parker MP (List MP, Labour Party)
  • Des Gorman (chairman, Health Workforce NZ)
  • Elizabeth Carr (president, Medical Students' Association)
  • Gary Taylor (chairman, Environmental Defence Society)
  • Geoff Annals (Chief executive, New Zealand Nurses Organisation)
  • Ivan Watson (CNN Reporter)
  • John Key MP (Prime Minister
  • John Whitehead (Secretary, New Zealand Treasury)
  • Leader, National Party)
  • Liz Banas (Reporter)
  • Madeline Morris (Reporter)
  • Megan Wheelan (Reporter)
  • Simon Lauder (ABC reporter)
  • Simon Power MP (Minister of Justice)
  • Tony Ryall MP (Minister of Health)
  • Yuland Nell (Cairo correspondent)
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