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Checkpoint is a drive-time news and current affairs programme on Radio New Zealand National. It broadcasts nationwide every weekday evening for two hours and covers the day’s major national and international stories, as well as business, sport and Māori news. This recording covers the first hour. The following rundown is supplied from the broadcaster’s news system:
Checkpoint FOR WEDNESDAY 09 JULY 2014
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1700 to 1707 NEWS
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CUT And it was game over for Brazil by half time to the disbelief of millions of shocked and grieving World Cup fans who watched Germany thrash their bewildered team in the semi-final. Four goals came in just six minutes in a first half that has likely wrecked the international futures of several players. The agony on home soil continued right to the end with the final score seven to one. Local media are calling it the greatest shame and embarrassment in the country's history. It's also the biggest semi final scoreline in World Cup history, Brazil's biggest ever Cup defeat and their first loss at home in a competitive match since 1975. No one there saw it coming CUT Germany's coach Joachim Loew said after the astonishing match that his team realised Brazil was 'cracking up and we took advantage of it'. The BBC correspondent Tim Vickery is in Rio de Janeiro. i/v
b/a And there have been reports after the game of some looting and several buses being set on fire in Sao Paulo, though police haven't linked it directly to the defeat. Also, Brazil's president has tweeted that 'like every Brazilian I am very very sad about this defeat. I am immensely sorry for all of our fans and our players. '
New Zealanders bet over a million dollars on the Brazil v Germany game - the highest of the tournament so far. With us now is Mark Stafford from the TAB i/v
Two hundred jobs at a freight company have been axed and the firm's stopped trading after last-minute attempts to find a buyer failed. Bullet Freight, which has North and South Island depots, went into receivership on Friday and folded completely yesterday. The receiver PPB Advisory says it exhausted the options and no one came forward with an offer, so employees have been told their jobs have gone. First Union says most of the employees were low paid and living payday to payday, and will not get any redundancy payout. Union organiser Rudd Hughes is with us now. i/v
It's been a bleak and blustery day for people in the Far North doing battle with the storm that's been lashing the region now, for 24 hours. Fire and power company crews have been working around the clock to repair the damage dealt out by galeforce winds and heavy rain from Cape Reinga to Auckland . And there've been crashes, close shaves and daring rescues along the way Lois Williams reports: PKG
The Electricity company, Top Energy, say thousands of their customers in the Far North will have to wait 24 or even 48 hours for the lights to come back on. About 11,000 Far North households remain without power following extensive damage to the region's electricity network after yesterday's severe storm. The worst effected areas are Pukenui, Awanui, Te Kao, Te Hapua, Mahiniapua, Peria, Towai, Russell and Opononi. Top Energy's Chief Executive Russell Shaw joins us now i/v
A 15 year old boy is in Auckland hospital with serious head and neck injuries after a police chase on the North Shore last night ended with a stolen car crashing into a traffic light pole. The boy was in the front passenger seat. The 15 year old driver suffered minor cuts and bruises and another boy, a 13 year old who was in back seat, is in hospital with an injured leg. Inspector Shanan Gray says the Subaru was first spotted by a patrol car in Takapuna just after midnight. i/v
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17. 30 HEADLINES
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17. 35 MARKET UPDATE
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It's being descibed as the deadliest day of violence in Gaza since 2012 and the fighting between Israeli and the Palestinians is expected to get much worse before it's over. Air strikes and a ground battle have killed at least twenty people and wounded more than eighty others. The ABC's Ashleigh Hall reports. PKG
Kaitaia woman Ivy Cramond is lucky to be alive. Finding herself trapped under a mighty tree brought down by punishing winds in Kaitaia, she managed to free one arm to reach her phone to call for help. I spoke to her while she was resting in Kaitaia Hospital - with bumps and bruises but no broken bones. i/v
With Brazil's dreams of lifting the World Cup at home in tatters - coach Luiz Felipe Scolari says his side's 7-1 thrashing is the worst day of his life. CUT Riki Herbert the former All Whites head coach was watching the match at Belo Horizonte He says there's going to be some major soul searching, and not just for Scolari i/v
Indonesians have begun voting in what has been the tightest presidential election race and one that has at times been ferocious and dirty. Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo went into today's polling with a slight lead over his controversial opponent, the former army general Prabowo Subianto. Fairfax media's Indonesia correspondent is Michael Bachelard says there is some fear about whether the election will be free and fair. i/v
One of the crew of the stricken racing yacht Django Two says they had to battle fierce winds and more than five-metre swells as they were being taken by raft to a rescuing navy boat. Django Two had been on its way back to New Zealand from a race to Fiji, but sent out a mayday call when huge waves caused massive damage to its keel. The navy vessel Otago and a commercial freighter were both about 80 nautical miles away when the emergency call was sent. One of the Django Two's crew, Ben Costello says the boat was in danger of sinking while they waited to be rescued. i/v
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Presenter: Mary Wilson, Jim Mora
Editor: Maree Corbett
Deputy editor: Phil Pennington
Producers: Jo Leavesley, Mei Yeoh, Sharon Brettkelly