Checkpoint. 2014-11-05. 17:00-18:00.

Rights Information
Year
2014
Reference
260353
Media type
Audio
Item unavailable online
Ask about this item

Ask to use material, get more information or tell us about an item

Rights Information
Year
2014
Reference
260353
Media type
Audio
Item unavailable online
Series
Checkpoint, 1984-03-01, 1985-05-31, 1986-01-13--1998-10-30, 2000-05-08--2014
Categories
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio news programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
01:00:00
Credits
RNZ Collection
Mora, Jim, Presenter
Wilson, Mary, Presenter
HODGE, Mike, Newsreader
Radio New Zealand National, Broadcaster

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 05 NOVEMBER 2014
****************************
1700 to 1707 NEWS
****************************
The Prime Minister has laid out more explicitly than ever before the extent of the threat to the country's security from homegrown jihadists who support Islamic State. In a much anticipated speech today, John Key announced New Zealand will send military planners to the Middle East in the fight againt IS, and that domestically, passport controls will be strenghtened and surveillance increased by an expanded SIS spy agency. And he also for the first time put a number on how many people are on the security agencies' watchlist or need to be investigated, and said five are already fighting for IS in Syria. CUT In addition to those 30 or 40 people on the watchlist he says are an equal number who might be added to the list or could be cleared by further investigations. Mr Key told the news conference Islamic State is a game changer for New Zealand. CUT In the fight abroad against Islamic State, the Government is not sending combat troops to Iraq but instead ten military planners will go over to see if this country could help to train Iraqi troops. If so, the SAS may also be sent in to protect those trainers. CUT At home, terrorism laws will be beefed up to allow the Minister of Internal Affairs to cancel passports for up to three years, instead of just one, and temporarily suspend them for 10 days in urgent cases. Law changes will also allow the SIS to carry out video surveillance on private properties, which it isn't allowed to do at the moment, and, if it's an emergency, to do surveillance for 48 hours without needing a warrant . CUT Any law change to introduce a new crime around terrorism will be part of a longer term review. We hope to hear from the Prime Minister shortly .

Javed Khan - the vice president of the Federation of Islamic Associations is astonished at the numbers of jihad supporters the Prime Minister is talking about. i/v

Our political editor Brent Edwards is with us now .............. i/v

Audits have caught out Christchurch rebuild firms holding a quarter of a million dollars ($236,000) in wage arrears that workers didn't even know they were owed because the record keeping is so poor. Two thirds of more than 20 firms audited so far have been breaching employment laws. Another big problem is unlawful deductions from staff's wages, and often it's immigrant workers being hard done by. The Labour Inspectorate audits show 16 out of 23 companies in breach. Another 17 audits haven't finished yet. The inspectorate's southern region manager is Steve Watson. i/v

b/a The Labour Inspectorate's Steve Watson. He says there are between 70 and 100 labour hire companies alone in the Christchurch rebuild, and construction companies on top of that.

Aucklanders face a higher than expected rates rise next year. Councillors have voted 16 to seven for an average rates rise of 3-point-5 percent next year, up one percent on what was predicted. The rates plan for the next 10 years also includes a gradual annual increase in the development charges imposed on new homes and commercial premises. Our Auckland correspondent Todd Niall is at the meeting. i/v

Returning now to our lead story. And the Government has for the first time put a number on the threat from homegrown radical Muslims, and at the same time announced it will toughen up passport control and increase surveillance. The Prime Minister John Key is with us now. i/v
***********************
17.30 HEADLINES
***********************
Republicans have seized control of the U.S. Senate in midterms elections that have tipped the balance of power away from President Barack Obama and will complicate his remaining two years in office. Here's our Washington correspondent Simon Marks i/v

The son of murderer Helen Milner has been awarded 55-thousand dollars after suing his mother for making false accusations that led to him being locked up. Adam Kearns' lawyer Kerry Cook joins us now. i/v

Vodafone is cutting between 200 and 250 jobs by March saying unprecedented competition in the industry has forced its hand. The company merged with Telstraclear in 2012. It's refusing to speak to Checkpoint. Joe Gallagher from the EPMU found out about the cuts last Wednesday. He's angry at the way Vodafone released the information . i/v

The Haast Pass reopens fully tonight, for the first time in more than a year after a massive slip brought down more than 40,000 cubic metres of rock on to the state highway. The popular tourist route, through State Highway Six, closed last September after the slip at Diana Falls, on the same night another slip nearby killed two Canadian tourists in a campervan. The Transport Agency says the road will never be 100 percent safe but having installed the most complex rockfall protection system in Australasia, costing nine milion dollars, it is as safe as any other. The Transport Agency's , Pete Connors, is with us i/v

The father of one of the women found dead in Hong Kong in the appartment of a British banker says the family is devastated by her murder. The BBC's Karishma Vaswani reports from Central Java PKG
*******************
Presenter: Mary Wilson, Jim Mora
Editor: Maree Corbett
Deputy editor: Phil Pennington
Producers: Jo Leavesley, Mei Heron, Sharon Brettkelly