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 website:
17:07
Food company admits suppressing results
BODY:
A Hawke's Bay food company has admitted suppressing test results about contaminated meat it supplied to the Hawke's Bay Hospital that led to a fatal food poisoning outbreak.
Topics: food, crime
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: contaminated meat
Duration: 2'57"
17:10
Pull support from hardline Nauru urges ex-Chief Justice
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A former Chief Justice of Nauru says New Zealand is helping to prop up an appalling justice system in the Pacific island and should pull out its finanical support.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Nauru
Duration: 4'56"
17:15
Teenager jailed for fatal stabbing in gang confrontation
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A Huntly teenager is starting a four-and-a-half year sentence for fatally stabbing a man in the North Waikato town during a gang confrontation last year.
Topics: crime
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Peter Hepi, Kevin Rimaha
Duration: 3'17"
17:18
Diet shakes for children alarm nutritionists
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A company promoting meal replacement shakes, detox pills and other weight-loss products for children says it could have the solution to the child obesity epidemic.
Topics: health, food
Regions:
Tags: Isagenix, meal replacement shakes, diet
Duration: 3'18"
17:22
Brendon McCullum committs to Black Caps for another year
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The Blackcaps captain Brendon McCullum has committed to the team for another year.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: cricket
Duration: 1'37"
17:24
Piripiki local is going to travel dangerous washed-out road
BODY:
Ted Williamson really wants to be at home tomorrow night to watch the Hurricanes in the Super Rugby semi-final even if he ends up walking around treacherous slips and wash-outs to do so.
Topics: weather
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: Whanganui, floods
Duration: 3'23"
17:28
Akl faces 'grey flight' after rate hike
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Auckland could face what they call grey flight as older cash-strapped residents balk at skyrocketing rates.
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: rates
Duration: 3'34"
17:35
Today's market update
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Falling crude oil prices have helped New Zealand record a better-than-expected trade surplus of 350-million dollars in May.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'55"
17:37
Christchurch passes Long-Term Plan
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The Christchurch City Council has passed its Long-Term Plan including rates rises of over 27-percent over the next four years.
Topics: politics
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: rates
Duration: 3'17"
17:44
Shearers crash out on ice
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A warning's just gone out from police about severe black ice on many roads in the Omarama Ohau area.
Topics: transport
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: black ice
Duration: 2'03"
17:48
Government and pensioners at odds over taxes
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Cook Islands Grey Power says members are willing to be sent to jail to shame the government for making them pay taxes on their pensions.
Topics: Pacific
Regions:
Tags: Cook Islands, tax, pensions
Duration: 3'46"
17:52
Te Manu Korihi News for 26 June 2015
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A Southland iwi is demanding a public apology from the head of Ngapuhi after he was caught trying to take kereru from their rohe; And a Ngati Hine lawyer says the Ngapuhi leader Raniera Tau should resign, if he's broken the law and taken kereru from Murihiku; The Maori Film and Television Association, Nga Aho Whakaari is offering Maori Television an alternative to its controversial plan to expand its advertising to include soft drinks and gambling; The Maori Advisory Committee to the Northland Regional Council is calling on the Minister for Primary Industries to tighten the laws around the extraction of swamp kauri.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'04"
17:54
Christchurch rebuild aims to reduce crime through design
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Smart design cuts crime. That's the message from international crime scientists for Christchurch and those managing the quake rebuild.
Topics: crime, Canterbury earthquakes
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch, urban design, Canterbury rebuild
Duration: 2'41"
17:57
Cafe owner and staff survive blowtorch explosion
BODY:
Staff at a cafe in central Auckland were lucky to escape with their lives when a blowtorch exploded, blowing out a window and sending glass shards flying.
Topics:
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Auckland
Duration: 2'44"