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Checkpoint. 1988-05-19.

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Year
1988
Reference
140285
Media type
Audio

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Nonfiction radio programs
Radio news programs
Radio programs
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Duration
00:21:20
Broadcast Date
19 May 1988
Credits
RNZ Collection
Bronwen Evans, Reporter
Don SMITH, Interviewee
Dr William David Sutton, 1944-, Interviewee
Michael COX, Interviewee
Philip Burdon, Interviewee
Kelvin Dick, Reporter
James McNeish, Interviewee
Philip Whaanga, Reporter
Rei HARRIS, Interviewee
Peter Tapsell, 1930-, Interviewee

Episode of current affairs programme ‘Checkpoint’ from 19 May 1988.
Presented by Mark Champion.

A pay rise for MPs was announced today of around 9.5%. The increase is to cover a 2-year period but as usual the deliberations of the higher salaries commission sparked off a heated debate on the financial worth of our politicians.
Report by Bronwen Evans
Don Smith, Director, Morgan & Banks
Dr Bill Sutton, MP for Hawkes Bay
Michael Cox, Former MP
Philip Burdon, MP for Fendalton

French Colonial rule in New Caledonia may be coming to an end. The new French Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories, Oliver Stern, is calling for an end to what he describes as the 'colonial situation' in the Pacific territory.
Report by Kelvin Dick
James McNeish, Writer, New Caledonia Affairs

Police Minister, Peter Tapsell, denies that the proposed gang legislation is discriminatory against Māori but he says the reality is that most gang members are Māori.
Report by Philip Whaanga
Rei Harris, President, Black Power Gang
Peter Tapsell, Minister of Police