Radio New Zealand National. 2015-03-01. 05:00-23:59.

A recording of Radio New Zealand National from 5am to midnight. The following rundown is sourced from the broadcaster’s website. Note some overseas/copyright restricted items may not appear in the supplied rundown:

01 March 2015

===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 History Repeated (RNZ); 1:05 Our Changing World (RNZ); 2:05 Spiritual Outlook (RNZ); 2:35 Hymns for Sunday; 3:05 Wrestling with God, by Lloyd Geering (7 of 12, RNZ); 3:30 Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi (RNZ); 4:30 Science in Action (BBC)

===6:08 AM. | Storytime===
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Benjamin Beedle, written and told by Stephanie Liebert; Vanilla Biscuits, by Paola Bilbrough, told by Bruce Phillips; Wiremu Goes Bobbing, by Kingi McKinnon, told by Paora Maxwell; A Hangi for my Birthday, by Nancy Patulski, told by Tim Balme; The Great Wall of China, by David Somerset, told by Catherine Downes (RNZ)

===7:08 AM. | Sunday Morning===
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A fresh attitude on current affairs, the news behind the news, documentaries including Insight, sport from the outfield, politics from the insiders, plus Mediawatch, music, Counterpoint and The Week in Parliament

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07:10
Study blames violence on macho culture
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Anne Fox is a UK-based anthropologist who has studied drinking cultures around the world for the last 20 years. She has just completed a study into New Zealand and Australia drinking cultures, visiting more than 25 towns and cities, looking at the link between alcohol and violence. She's found that it's the cultural norms associated with masculinity that's causing the problem.
Topics: crime, health, life and society
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Tags: alcohol, violence, masculinity
Duration: 22'56"

07:30
The Week In Parliament for 1 March 2015
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MPs debate the Prime Minister's decision to commit military to Iraq, with the Government blocking Opposition attempts to force a vote on the matter. Sue Moroney's Paid Parental Leave Bill fails to pass final hurdle. Cook Islands Prime Minister makes submission to Social Services Committee. Te Papa bosses attempt to explain a major budget deficit. NZ on Air Board back decision to fund X Factor NZ.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 14'46"

07:48
Tony Abbott faces questions over leadership
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The Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, is back home after a two day visit to New Zealand where he was dogged by questions over his leadership. Mr Abbott held talks with his New Zealand counterpart John Key, where they discussed the two countries involvements in Iraq, regional security and trade. Tony Abbott's time as Prime Minister has been far from plain sailing. He survived a vote on his leadership just three weeks ago, and already the rumours are bubbling in Canberra that he's still not safe in the job.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Australia, Tony Abbott
Duration: 4'44"

07:55
Solomon Islands bid for public TV Service
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Solomon Islands broadcasters and regional experts say setting up a public television service is long overdue. The Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation, which operates as the national radio station, is awaiting the results of a feasibility study. If it is compelling enough for the board and the government, a television service could go to air by the middle of 2016.
Topics: media, Pacific
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Tags: Solomon Islands, television, journalism
Duration: 4'09"

08:15
Insight for 1 March 2015 - Maori Wards - Partnership or Separatism?
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Robin Martin looks at whether Maori council wards will provoke partnership or separatism.
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The move to create a seat just for Maori on New Plymouth's local council has caused racial tension amongst the city's leaders and triggered a binding citizens-initiated referendum.
As an Insight investigation has been finding out, the reaction to a proposal made by the city's Mayor has been described in equal measure as political suicide, visionary and a threat to the fundamentals of democracy.
So is the formation of race-based wards an example of how to work together with Maori, or does it drive a wedge between them and Pakeha?
Listen to Insight - Maori Wards - Partnership or Separatism?
There can be no argument that the New Plymouth District Council's decision to establish a Maori ward has divided opinion in the city.
It passed by the narrowest of margins, 7 votes to 6 in September last year, and John McLeod, a former soldier, quit his council seat on the spot in protest.
Almost as quickly, Hugh Johnson, the then president of the New Plymouth branch of Grey Power, made good on his promise to start a petition to force a binding referendum on the issue.
Both men claim a Maori ward represents separatism based on race and it is against their principles.
Hugh Johnson handed over his petition of more than 4000 signatures at a small and somewhat solemn ceremony at the council chambers earlier this month.
The retired electrical engineer, who is a former Lower Hutt councillor, has lived in New Plymouth for 15 years.
He says his reasons for not supporting a Maori ward are straightforward.
"I believe we are one country, one lot of people, not divided. The Maori seats in Parliament separates the Parliament and we don't need to spread it out into the local government area.
"It's as simple as that if you want to get elected to Parliament, you go through one voting system. If you wanted to get voted on council, you go through one voting system."
Mr Johnson said for a change as fundamental as a Maori ward the voters must have their say and that is why he's called for a referendum.
Dion Tuuta is a Taranaki columnist and was a research officer at the Waitangi Tribunal before becoming chief Treaty negotiator for the Ngati Mutunga iwi.
He said the sentiments of those who have rallied against the formation of a Maori ward have to be acknowledged and form a vital part of the debate.
"You have to recognise that it has caused tension in the wider community and whether it is right or wrong the perceptions are what counts and the perceptions are valid, so if people dislike it that reaction is just as valid,"
Personal crusade
Andrew Judd's championing of Maori representation started out, he said, as simply meeting the council's statutory responsibilities and ended up in a personal epiphany.
"Steps along the way have included working committees, representation on standing committees, all of which have failed for one reason or another and the last option which is actually legislated by the Crown is the Maori wards seat."
The 50-year-old Mayor, who admits he was previously in the "get over it" camp when it came to Maori grievances, said the process opened his eyes to what representation means for Maori.
"In joining with Maori on marae and hearing the stories of the past and of how they are having to face challenges today, yes, it was an epiphany and now I've seen what took place and understood and heard. I can no longer look back."

Legislative background
Under the Local Government Act, councils must seek meaningful engagement with Maori, which most do through various liaison committees, kaumatua forums, memorandums of understanding and regular consultation.
But the fact remains only 3.6% of council seats around the country are occupied by Maori.
Even taking into account the geographic spread of Maori and their relative youth, this falls well short of the 15% of New Zealanders who identify as Maori.
Maori wards is one response open to councils to help address this imbalance.
Only people on the Maori electoral roll can vote in a Maori ward.
Candidates for a Maori ward have to be nominated by two people on the Maori roll, but they do not have to be on the roll themselves or from local iwi.
National interest
National figures including New Zealand First leader Winston Peters and businessman philanthropist Gareth Morgan have jumped into the debate.
Winston Peters said Maori are concerned about the same things as other New Zealanders, and not interested for special deals such as Maori ward seats.
"The mass majority of Maori couldn't give a tinkers about these sorts of demands. They want the real things, jobs, houses, first-world salaries, a decent education system for their children, healthcare for the old and their young. That's want they want."
Philanthropist businessman Gareth Morgan has just co-written a book, Are We There Yet? The future of the Treaty of Waitangi, which charts his vision of the way forward for New Zealand.
He says Maori wards deny people the right to equal citizenship and could sow the seeds of future discontent.
"If you give any group unique political rights you automatically, to the extent those rights give them power over other people, start crowding out democracy.
Mr Morgan is however quick to qualify this position because, he said, Treaty obligations are not being honoured Maori wards are part of a suite of policies such as Maori seats in Parliament and education quotas, necessary to redress imbalances.
"Until we get the Treaty honoured we have these mitigation policies in place which is basically an acknowledgement by the government that they are not honouring the Treaty."
But he's still not a fan.
"I just think in the case of wards themselves it's a bit of a sop in a way. It's almost like they are saying 'have a ward and now bugger off, don't annoy us anymore'."
The Waikato experience
The Electoral Act was amended in 2002 to speed up the creation of Maori wards, following Environment Bay of Plenty's drawn-out wrangle to establish one via an Act of Parliament in 2001.
Since then the Waikato Regional Council has established two Maori wards and about six other councils have flirted with the idea, but ultimately not gone ahead with it.
One person who knows how designated Maori seats work in a local body setting is the chair of the Waikato Regional Council, Paula Southgate, and she can only see an upside.
"We have two seats … and those two members sit around the table and are active decision makers over all the governance matters we face. They are inputting a Maori perspective all of the time into all of the plans we are making and all of the decisions."
"They are constantly bringing that kaititanga focus, guardians of the natural resources, and that's appropriate because a lot of what we do is resource management."
Ms Southgate says there was only limited resistance to the introduction of the seats in Waikato and they have been fully embraced and are seen as business as usual.
Topics: politics, te ao Maori
Regions: Taranaki
Tags: local politics, maori wards, Treaty of Waitangi, tōrangapū
Duration: 25'14"

08:30
Unreleased Masterpiece - Sometimes in My Summer Haze
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A new feature on Sunday Morning - Unreleased Masterpiece - for the songwriters, musicians and bedroom geniuses out there. The first featured track is Sometimes in My Summer Haze by Sumner ex-pat Greg Fleming and sung by Jacqui Walters.
Topics: music
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Duration: 4'33"

08:40
Nasimullah Danish - Cricket, Afghanistan-style
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Afghanistan's win against Scotland in the Cricket World Cup was a dream come true for the team, and the cricket-mad country. Wallace Chapman talks to Nasimullah Danish, the chair of the Afghanistan Cricket Board, about the only sport tolerated by the Taliban.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Afghanistan, cricket, Cricket World Cup
Duration: 9'39"

08:50
Richard Shaw - Stop Beating Up the BA
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Associate Professor Richard Shaw from Massey University says choosing a degree with a name that sounds like a job is old-fashioned thinking. Admitting to a vested interest in the topic, he reckons that the time has come for the long-maligned Bachelor of Arts as employees of the future will need to be creative thinkers, smart communicators, and able to understand and engage with people from other cultures. What they will need, he says, is a BA.
Topics: education
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Tags: employment, tertiary education, BA
Duration: 7'58"

09:06
Mediawatch for 1 March 2015
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Foreign drivers' crashes and courts cases hit the headlines; the fallout from a British journalist blowing the whistle on his own paper; the Video On Demand market here and across the Tasman; viewers desert Gallipoli; does the world's biggest broadcaster reckon Wellington's hot?
Topics: media
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Duration: 31'35"

09:40
Conrad Ryan - Against Equality
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The passing of the Marriage Equality legislation in 2013 was hailed by most as a victory for human rights, but not everyone sees it that way. Conrad Ryan is part of the Against Equality Movement, a radical queer movement in the United States that rejects what it calls "heteronormative" reforms - such as marriage equality and allowing gays to serve in the military. Conrad Ryan and others argue the reforms are a form of assimilation that could lead to the cultural erasure of the LGBT community.
Topics: life and society
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Tags: gay rights, sexuality, marriage equality, same-sex marriage, LGBT
Duration: 12'18"

10:15
Troops to Iraq
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Wallace Chapman hosts a discussion about the rights and wrongs of deploying troops to Iraq with guests: investigative journalist and war correspondent Jon Stephenson, Professor Richard Jackson, deputy director at the National Centre for Peace and Conflict studies at Otago University, and retired RAF Group Captain legal officer now working at the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at Massey University, Tim Wood.
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Wallace Chapman hosts a discussion about the rights and wrongs of deploying troops to Iraq.
The panelists are: investigative journalist and war correspondent Jon Stephenson,
Professor Richard Jackson, deputy director at the National Centre for Peace and Conflict studies at Otago University, and retired RAF Group Captain legal officer now working at the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at Massey University, Tim Wood.
Topics: politics, defence force
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Tags: Islamic State, Iraq
Duration: 32'33"

10:45
Nigel Latta - Out in the Cold
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Nigel Latta is one of New Zealand's best known psychologists - he speaks to Wallace about his latest television venture: Nigel Latta in Antarctica.
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Tags: psychology, Antartica
Duration: 15'06"

11:08
Alan Gibbs - life and influences
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Alan Gibbs, businessman, amphibious motorcar inventor, founding member of the ACT Party, and creator of the world-class Gibbs Farm sculpture park, is the latest guest in our occasional Influential Kiwis talk about their Influences series. Alan Gibbs takes Wallace on a tour of the sculptures on his farm.
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Alan Gibbs giving Wallace Chapman a guided tour of his sculpture park. Photo: Hanahiva Rose.
Gallery: Alan Gibbs' Sculpture Park
Alan Gibbs, businessman, amphibious motorcar inventor, founding member of the ACT Party, and creator of the world-class Gibbs Farm sculpture park, is the latest guest in our occasional Influential Kiwis talk about their Influences series.
Alan Gibbs takes Wallace Chapman on a tour of the sculptures on his farm.
Topics: arts, business, politics
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Tags: Alan Gibbs, sculpture, ACT Party
Duration: 51'10"

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7:08 Current affairs
Anne Fox is a UK-based anthropologist who has studied drinking cultures around the world for the last 20 years. She has just completed a study into New Zealand and Australia drinking cultures, visiting more than 25 towns and cities, looking at the link between alcohol and violence. She’s found that it’s the cultural norms associated with masculinity that’s causing the problem. Wallace asked why that is, and how we can change our culture.
Dr Fox is followed by The Week in Parliament, a report from Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s visit to New Zealand this weekend, and the bid for public television in the Solomon Islands
8:12 Insight Maori wards – Partnership or Separatism?
When New Plymouth Mayor Andrew Judd pushed through an initiative for the city to introduce a designated seat for Maori at next year's local body elections he opened a veritable Pandora's Box. Although some Maori celebrated on the night, opposition emerged just as quickly. One councilor, John McLeod, quit on the spot and the then president of Greypower New Plymouth, Hugh Johnson, started a petition to force a binding referendum on the issue. Radio New Zealand's Taranaki reporter, Robin Martin, has been talking to some of those affected by the decision and others who have decided to wade into the debate. He looks at the implications of the Maori ward initiative and what it says about Maori representation in New Zealand 175 years after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Produced by Philippa Tolley.
8:40 Nasimullah Danish – Cricket, Afghanistan-style
Afghanistan’s win against Scotland in the Cricket World Cup was a dream come true for the team, and the cricket-mad country. Wallace talks to Nasimullah Danish, the chair of the Afghanistan Cricket Board, about the only sport tolerated by the Taliban.
8:50 Richard Shaw – Stop Beating Up the BA
Associate Professor Richard Shaw from Massey University says choosing a degree with a name that sounds like a job is old-fashioned thinking. Admitting to a vested interest in the topic, he reckons that the time has come for the long-maligned Bachelor of Arts as employees of the future will need to be creative thinkers, smart communicators, and able to understand and engage with people from other cultures. What they will need, he says, is a BA.
9:06 Mediawatch
Foreigners’ dangerous driving hit the headlines this past week, but did the media sort the facts from the fiction? Also: Fallout from a British journalist blowing the whistle on his newspaper; the market for movies and TV shows online; and why does ‘the coolest little capital’ now claim to be the hottest?
Produced and presented by Colin Peacock and Jeremy Rose.
9:40 Conrad Ryan – Against Equality
The passing of the Marriage Equality legislation in 2013 was hailed by most as a victory for human rights, but not everyone sees it that way. Conrad Ryan is part of the Against Equality Movement, a radical queer movement in the United States that rejects what it calls “heteronormative” reforms – such as marriage equality and allowing gays to serve in the military. Conrad Ryan and others argue the reforms are a form of assimilation that could lead to the cultural erasure of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender) community.

10:06 Troops to Iraq – A Panel Discussion
Wallace discusses the rights and wrongs of deploying troops to Iraq with investigative journalist and war correspondent Jon Stephenson, Professor Richard Jackson, deputy director at the National Centre for Peace and Conflict studies at Otago University, and retired RAF Group Captain legal officer now working at the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at Massey University, Tim Wood.
10:45 Nigel Latta – Out in the Cold
Nigel Latta is one of New Zealand’s best known psychologists – he speaks to Wallace about his latest television venture: Nigel Latta in Antarctica
11:05 Alan Gibbs – Life and Influences
Alan Gibbs, businessman, amphibious motorcar inventor, founding member of the ACT Party, and creator of the world-class Gibbs Farm sculpture park, is the latest guest in our occasional Influential Kiwis talk about their Influences series.
Alan Gibbs takes Wallace on a tour of the sculptures on his farm.
Gallery: Alan Gibbs' Sculpture Park
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Sunday Morning is produced by Christine Cessford, Zara Potts, Jeremy Rose, Zoe George and Lise Charge.
Music: Zen Yates-Fill
Research: Julie Daly
Wellington operator: Shaun Wilson
Auckland operator: Tony Stamp
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===12:12 PM. | Spectrum===
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Little Dog Barking Theatre, directed by Peter Wilson, creates endearing tales for children using puppetry and clever props. Spectrum’s Jack Perkins drops in on a rehearsal of ‘Guji Guji’ by acclaimed Chinese author Chi-Yuan Chen. Involving crocodiles and ducks, this nature versus nurture story demonstrates how traditional Chinese puppetry goes far beyond the crude antics of the English Punch and Judy shows. (RNZ)

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12:10
Beyond Punch and Judy
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Little Dog Barking Theatre, directed by Peter Wilson, creates endearing tales for children using puppetry and clever props. Spectrum's Jack Perkins drops in on a rehearsal of 'Guji Guji' by acclaimed Chinese author Chi-Yuan Chen. Involving crocodiles and ducks, this nature versus nurture story demonstrates how traditional Chinese puppetry goes far beyond the crude antics of the English Punch and Judy shows.
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It's all carefully rehearsed activity behind the screen.
An evil crocodile on a bicycle moves across the screen towards an innocent duck, all watched by a hovering bird. The translucent images are manipulated behind the semi-opaque cotton-sheet screen by three puppeteers.

Spectrum's Jack Perkins is watching a rehearsal by Little Dog Barking Theatre, directed by Peter Wilson. Peter and his puppeteers create endearing tales for children using traditional Chinese puppetry and clever props.

On the other side of the screen, this is what the children see.
The team is rehearsing ‘Guji Guji’ by acclaimed Chinese author Chi-Yuan Chen. Thorough rehearsal is essential because the puppeteers have to co-ordinate their movements carefully behind the bed sheet-sized screen as well as providing voices for the characters.

Running repairs on a puppet by fix-it and props man Jason Longststaff. A colourful crocodile.
'You have to grow into your character, when you first start rehearsing you're unsure what voice you'll use but later you get to know your character and you settle on a voice'. So say all the puppeteers.

The team take a break: Peter Wilson, Shona McKee McNeil, Kerry King, Rachel Baker and Jason Longstaff.
‘Guji Guji’ is a charming nature versus nurture tale which feeds the imaginations of children and demonstrates how traditional Chinese puppetry goes far beyond the rather crude ‘knock em’ down, drag em’ out’ of English Punch and Judy shows.
Topics: arts, life and society
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Tags: puppetry, shadow puppets, Guji Guji, theatre, Little Dog Barking Theatre, Punch and Judy
Duration: 22'58"

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===12:40 PM. | Standing Room Only===
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It's an 'all access pass' to what's happening in the worlds of arts and entertainment, including: 3:04 The Drama Hour

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12:39
Richard Meros is back
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Before the 2008 election, a character called Richard Meros had a plan to help the incumbent Labour Government avoid certain defeat. And it was as bold as it was wordy. On the Conditions and Possibilities of Helen Clark Taking Me as Her Young Lover played to packed houses around the country but failed to prevent a Labour loss. Undeterred, Meros is back with an even bigger dream; in 2015, he wants to save the world.
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Image courtesy of Geoff Pinfield.
Before the 2008 election, a character called Richard Meros had a plan to help the incumbent Labour Government avoid certain defeat. It was as bold as it was wordy. On the Conditions and Possibilities of Helen Clark Taking Me as Her Young Lover played to packed houses around the country and won awards - but it failed to prevent a Labour loss. Undeterred, Meros is back with an even bigger dream; in 2015, he wants to save the world.

Topics: arts
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Tags: theatre
Duration: 10'45"

12:47
Tranquillity Disturb'd
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Why a new portrait of master mariner Captain James Cook has so many people upset even before it goes on show at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery in Wellington. Nigel Brown's unconventional depiction of the master mariner is part of an exhibition called Tranquillity Disturb'd: A contemporary look at historical New Zealand. It's the first exhibition under the auspices of the gallery's new director, Gaelen Macdonald. The exhibition at the New Zealand Portrait gallery in Shed 11 on Wellington's Queen's Wharf will run from 12 March - 31 May.
Topics: arts, history
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Tags: Captain Cook, painting, portraiture, portraits
Duration: 6'56"

13:34
Bringing back Elbe's Milk Bar
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An art project re-creates the notorious Elbe Milk Bar in the Hutt Valley, the behaviour of some of its teenage patrons led to moral panic which led to the damning Mazengarb Report. Sixty years on, Tim Barlow is working with students from the Rangatahi Learning Centre in Wainuiomata to bring back Elbe's Milk Bar, temporarily, as part of the Common Ground Hutt Public Art Festival. The work also contributes to their NCEA credits. Elbe's Milk Bar opens on the 3rd of March.
Topics: arts, history
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Hutt Valley
Duration: 13'53"

13:47
Music talk
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Simon Grigg from Audio Culture talks about the Wellington Music scene in the early 1970s - including our very own Simon Morris' band Tamburlaine.
Topics: history, music
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Duration: 11'21"

14:26
Dirt and Other Delicious Ingredients
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"Everything comes from the dirt," says Artistic Director and Choreographer Sacha Copeland, of the inspiration behind her new show, Dirt and Other Delicious Ingredients. The contemporary dance show will be launching the Capital E Arts Festival this month, and is a one-off performance. There are five multi-skilled performers who will embark on a journey of exploration through and around delectable mounds of dirt, that will infuse and excite the senses… and it is good enough to eat!
Topics: arts, food
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Tags: dirt, dance
Duration: 11'22"

14:38
Author, Charity Norman
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Imagine the person you've been married to for 30 years, has a secret. You think you know them better than anyone, that your life is near perfect, you both love your kids and grandkids, and that you'll go on to celebrate many more anniversaries to come. In her fourth novel, expat Brit, now Napier-based writer, Charity Norman creates just such a marriage. Then she throws a huge spanner in the works. The Secret Life of Luke Livingstone by Charity Norman is published by Allen and Unwin.
Topics: books
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Duration: 8'42"

14:49
Francesco Ventriglia
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The Italian Artistic Director of the Royal New Zealand ballet company Francesco Ventriglia reveals his hopes and dreams for his dancers, ahead of the first production for 2015, Don Quixote.
Topics: arts
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Tags: dance, ballet, Don Quixote
Duration: 10'28"

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12:39 Richard Meros is back
Before the 2008 election, a character called Richard Meros had a plan to help the incumbent Labour Government avoid certain defeat. And it was as bold as it was wordy. On the Conditions and Possibilities of Helen Clark Taking Me as Her Young Lover played to packed houses around the country but failed to prevent a Labour loss. Undeterred, Meros is back with an even bigger dream; in 2015, he wants to save the world.

Image courtesy of Geoff Pinfield
12:47 Tranquillity Disturb'd
Why a new portrait of master mariner Captain James Cook has so many people upset even before it goes on show at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery in Wellington. Nigel Brown's unconventional depiction of the master mariner is part of an exhibition called Tranquillity Disturb'd: A contemporary look at historical New Zealand. It's the first exhibition under the auspices of the gallery's new director, Gaelen Macdonald. The exhibition at the New Zealand Portrait gallery in Shed 11 on Wellington's Queen's Wharf will run from 12 March - 31 May.
Image: Intestinal Tract by Nigel Brown
1:10 At the Movies with Simon Morris
1:34 Bringing back Elbe's Milk Bar
An art project re-creates the notorious Elbe Milk Bar in the Hutt Valley, the behaviour of some of its teenage patrons led to moral panic which led to the damning Mazengarb Report. Sixty years on, Tim Barlow is working with students from the Rangatahi Learning Centre in Wainuiomata to bring back Elbe's Milk Bar, temporarily, as part of the Common Ground Hutt Public Art Festival. The work also contributes to their NCEA credits. Elbe's Milk Bar opens on the 3rd of March.
Gallery: Recreating Elbe's Milk Bar
1:47 Music talk
Simon Grigg from Audio Culture talks about the Wellington Music scene in the early 1970s – including our very own Simon Morris’ band Tamburlaine.

2:05 The Laugh Track
Jesse Mulligan from the TVNZ programme Best Bits.

2:26 Dirt and Other Delicious Ingredients
“Everything comes from the dirt,” says Artistic Director and Choreographer Sacha Copeland, of the inspiration behind her new show, Dirt and Other Delicious Ingredients.
The contemporary dance show will be launching the Capital E Arts Festival this month, and is a one-off performance. There are five multi-skilled performers who will embark on a journey of exploration through and around delectable mounds of dirt, that will infuse and excite the senses… and it is good enough to eat!

2:38 Author, Charity Norman
Imagine the person you've been married to for 30 years, has a secret. You think you know them better than anyone, that your life is near perfect, you both love your kids and grandkids, and that you'll go on to celebrate many more anniversaries to come. In her fourth novel, expat Brit, now Napier-based writer, Charity Norman creates just such a marriage. Then she throws a huge spanner in the works. The Secret Life of Luke Livingstone by Charity Norman is published by Allen and Unwin.

2:49 Francesco Ventriglia
The Italian Artistic Director of the Royal New Zealand ballet company Francesco Ventriglia reveals his hopes and dreams for his dancers, ahead of the first production for 2015, Don Quixote.
3:05 The Drama Hour
We premiere Out Of Frame, a winning play from out New Shorts Competition, written by Miranda Wilson. And we head to Venice with Scherzo by Stuart Hoar.

===4:06 PM. | Islamic State: Implications for NZ===
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The Sunday Feature
A public forum at Parliament's Grand Hall organised by Diplosphere on the rise of the self-styled Islamic State and whether New Zealand's decision this week to send troops to Iraq can help to address their extremism. (RNZ)

===5:00 PM. | None (National)===
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A roundup of today's news and sport

===5:11 PM. | Spiritual Outlook===
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Exploring different spiritual, moral and ethical issues and topics (RNZ)

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===5:40 PM. | Te Manu Korihi===
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Maori news and interviews from throughout the motu (RNZ)

===6:06 PM. | Te Ahi Kaa===
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Exploring issues and events from a tangata whenua perspective (RNZ)

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18:06
Whakatāuki for 1 o Poutū te Rangi (March) 2015
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Kia kawea tatou e te rehia. Let us enjoy the spirit of entertainment.
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Kia Kawea tātou e te rēhia
Let us enjoy the spirit of entertainment

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Tags: whakatauki
Duration: 27"

18:08
Whakarewarewa Village, Rotorua
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Brother and Sister John Waaka and Mahora Wiston remember the dilemma their father Kuru Waaka faced when he was approached by Pakake Leonard to help establish the Whakarewarewa Village and the New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute (NZMACI), Rotorua. At the time he had ten children and a pretty decent job. Their father took a risk, and it soon paid off. Today, Whakarewarewa Village and the nearby Te Puia (formerly NZMACI) are two separate entities. However John and Mahora remember both operating as one business. Both siblings talk about entrepreneurship demonstrated by their father and Pakake Leonard.
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John Waaka and Mahora Wiston at their offices at Whakarewarewa Village, Rotorua. Photo: RNZ/Te Ahi Kaa.
Brother and Sister John Waaka and Mahora Wiston remember the dilemma their father Kuru Waaka (1914 – 1996) faced when he was approached by Pakake Leonard to help establish the Whakarewarewa Village and the New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute (NZMACI), Rotorua.
He had ten kids to consider and a decent job that he would have to give up.
After many debates at the dinner table with his wife, he took a risk, left his job and began to assisted Pakeke Leonard. Both men faced challenges in running the business that was famous for its guided tours.
The siblings talk about the entrepreneurship demonstrated by their father and Pakake Leonard.
Over time, NZMACI would operate as a separate entity to the Whakarewarewa Village, and be re-branded as Te Puia.
Justine Murray sits down with John Waaka and Mahora Wiston who give an account of their fathers work from the early 1960s.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: Whakarewarewa Village
Duration: 15'59"

18:25
Rowley Habib - Māori Writer
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Rowley Habib grew up in Oruanui on the outskirts of Taupo, he attended Te Aute Boys College where his writing was encouraged by his peers. A writer, poet and playwright Rowley was the first maori writer to write a drama for television, what eventuated was The Gathering. Rowley talks about the many people who encouraged his writing, his childhood and how he honed his craft by reading all the classic novels.

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Māori Writer Rowley Habib held down a number of manual jobs before he considered writing as a serious career. His peers noticed his flair for writing and hard-hitting dialogue. In the late 1970’s Rowley wrote The Gathering, a first for a māori writer to have work adapted to a television drama. He talks about growing up in Oruanui, his favourite literature and how he realised he wanted to be a writer at 19 years old.
Topics: author interview, te ao Maori, arts
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Rowley Habib
Duration: 13'43"

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Ngā Tāonga Kōrero - Te Waka Huia
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Henare Te Ua presents coverage of the 1986 Aotearoa Performing Arts Festival held in Christchurch. The winners of the competition at the 8th festival was Auckland based group Te Waka Huia. Highlights of their performance are featured.
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Christchurch is set to host the 2015 Te Matatini National Performing Arts Festival.
Performers from forty-five kapa haka groups will attend the event at Hagley Park from Thursday, 5th March.

In this archival recording from 1986, Henare Te Ua (1933 - 2007) presents coverage of the eighth festival - the last time Otautahi (Christchurch) hosted Te Matatini National Performing Arts Festival.
The programme features waiata from the winning group, Te Waka Huia.
Archival audio supplied by Ngā Tāonga Sound and Vision.

Topics: te ao Maori
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: kapa haka, Te Matatini, Henare Te Ua, He Puna Wai Kōrero, te reo Maori
Duration: 13'52"

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Waiata featured: 'The Son’ performed by Dam Native from the EP The Son – Dam Native feat.Che Fu (1997).

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The issues and experience of disability (RNZ)

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Taking New Steps with Technology
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Some parents worry that their children spend too much time on tablets. But for Nathan Carter, an ipad has been a means of making new connections with his school mates. The 12-year-old is on the autism spectrum and has been taking part in research to see how tablets can improve early communication skills. Katy Gosset finds out more at Canterbury's Darfield High School.
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Nathan and Bridget Carter
Bridget Carter admits she has followed her son, Nathan, to school. The 12-year-old Canterbury boy, who is on the autism spectrum, has just started walking to Darfield High with some friends. And, for Bridget and the rest of his family, it’s another "wow moment".
"That's just been a huge, fantastic breakthrough."

She says, while she initially followed him to ensure he was safe, she was also keen to get photos of the big moment. And she believes the new independence has been good for his confidence. "He's actually excited about going to school with them." Bridget Carter says part of what has enabled him to take this new step is the use of an iPad.
It offers visual supports and prompts to help Nathan interact with the other children. "Just to say 'Hi, how are you?' and then they know that he may not say anything on the way to school but they're just so good at talking to him."
Researching Communication
Nathan Carter is one of a number of children throughout the country taking part in research by the University of Canterbury.
A senior lecturer, Dean Sutherland, says the work examines the children's responses to three communication techniques: picture exchange, manual sign language and the use of an iPad. He says most of the participants found the iPad easy to learn and 70% of them preferred it as a communication tool for requesting toys or other objects.

Nathan Carter with researcher Dean Sutherland
Mr Sutherland says, while the research and iPad use have not been conclusively linked to any communication gains, he has seen big changes in some participants. "We have had a number of children on the study that have gone from being virtually non-verbal to speaking quite fluently and reasonably effectively in social situations."
Nathan's teacher aide, Sam Newbigging, has also seen significant changes in him since they first met back at PlayCentre.

Nathan Carter works on the iPad with his teacher aide Sam Newbigging
She says Nathan often uses the iPad to record himself doing an activity and then watches it back."It just opens up a new world for him that he can write down and then remember more things. He can go back and process new experiences in his own time and learn from them."
As an example, while I was conducting my interview, Nathan photographed me and detailed my visit in his journal.
Nathan's picture of Katy
Think to the Stars
Dean Sutherland says the next step will be to see what role the iPad can play in developing more complex language skills.
Meanwhile Bridget Carter says the way her son records himself on the tablet has already taught him some new ways to interact with his peers. She says Nathan loves ten pin bowling and, by recording himself doing it and following visual supports on the iPad, he is now able to initiate contact with other children and ask them to play with him. "He might mention someone's name and say he likes them or he wants to play with them so it is really exciting as parents to see that progress." She says people often under-estimate what children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are capable of.
"Quite often people focus on what they can't do but there's so much that they can do."

And Bridget Carter says her philosophy has always been to follow Nathan's lead in what he wants to do. "He's telling me now, like taking him to school, 'Mum, go home' when we get to school and things like that."And she says each new achievement can be built on to help with other areas of development. "Think to the stars in terms of what he is capable of because nobody knows but him."
Topics: disability, education, technology
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: autism, ipads
Duration: 22'39"

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Katy Gosset: Hello, welcome to One in Five. I’m Katy Gosset. This week we go back to school to find out how tablet technology can help children with Autism Spectrum Disorder to better communicate with their peers. Today we’re at Darfield High School in Canterbury, where we meet 12 year old Nathan Carter.
Woman: Say ‘Hi Kate’.
Nathan: Hi, Kate.
Katy Gosset: Hello, nice to meet you, Nathan.
Nathan: Hello. (Blows)
Katy Gosset: You know, people often do that when they see my microphone. (Laughs) There’s a seat there.
Nathan is on the autism spectrum, and this year he’s marked a major milestone, as his mother Bridget Carter explains.
Bridget Carter: I think a huge step and a ‘wow’ moment for us is him walking to school on his own with… Not on his own, with other children that are familiar with him. And that’s just been a huge fantastic breakthrough. He has visual support to be able to interact with them when they arrive just to say ‘Hi, how are you?’ Then they know he may not say anything on the way to school, but they’re just so good at talking to him. So it’s just good to see his confidence there and that he’s familiar with these peers that are taking him to school, and he wants to be… He’s actually excited about going to school with them.
Katy Gosset: So how did you feel when he first set off on the first day?
Bridget Carter: I felt very excited, but teary at the same time. I did follow him to school around a parallel street. My husband and I followed. We wanted to get some photographs. We did want to see that he was going to be ok. We knew he would be, but it’s just peace of mind for parents. But it was exciting to see the progress building up to that. We had walked to school together for quite a long time and we had worked on safety rules. And then in the last few weeks I stepped back, as his mum, and said and did nothing to see if Nathan: was familiar with the road rules before we embarked on him going without us. So it was, it was very exciting. And it’s just again, as a parent, it’s another exciting thing to see that as we always say ‘Think to the stars’ in terms of what he’s capable of. Because nobody knows but him. Children with ASD often are very underestimated on their ability on what they can do. Quite often people focus on what they can’t do, but there’s so much that they can do. Again, it’s just a wonderful opportunity for us, as parents, to think beyond what we might think he can do, because often he can do a lot more than we think.
Katy Gosset: Nathan: was initially non-verbal, and Bridget says the first indication of autism came when he was about 15 months old.
Bridget Carter: He showed signs on the spectrum, for example stopped responding to his name and showed no enthusiasm for interaction with others including his family. And just pretty much liked to be in his own little world doing his own thing. So early stages we did Playcentre together. I was actively supervising as well as supporting Nathan: to be able to participate in Playcentre and interact with other peers. He was, as I say, very much in his own world at that stage, in terms of communication. But the children were just so accepting and so natural in terms of interacting with Nathan. They would just follow his lead. There was a lot of running up and down a fence line all morning long. But they were all very enthusiastic to try and interact.
Katy Gosset: She says Nathan started to speak at the age of seven, but still struggled to communicate.
Bridget Carter: When children in the early stages start to speak, on the spectrum, develop an echolalia language, so just repeating back either one single word that they’ve heard, and usually in Nathan’s case it would be to indicate he doesn’t understand what you’re trying to say or interact to him. And then it could be echoing phrases they’ve heard from a previous conversation, to be able to put that into a sentence to make sense or get their point across.
Woman: Can you find your school journal?
Bridget Carter: Listen to Sam.
Sam Newbigging: 2015 -yep. So what have you done so far?
Katy Gosset: Part of what is now helping Nathan to make those connections is the use of an iPad.
OK. What are your photos of? What’s that a photo of?
Nathan: Seasons. Seasons, seasons, seasons.
Sam Newbigging: And what have you got as a photo there?
Nathan: Met service work.
Katy Gosset: While some parents worry that their children spend too much time on devices, for Nathan it’s been a conduit to communication.
Sam Newbigging: What happened on Thursday 5 February?
Nathan: I got a dance certificate. (Indistinct)
Sam Newbigging: ‘Cause you’ve done lots of good work. He gave you the certificate, and did you have to shake his hand?
Nathan: Yes.
Sam Newbigging: Yes.
Katy Gosset: With the help of his teacher aide, Sam Newbigging, Nathan records his experiences on the iPad and then uses them to prompt conversations and other activities.
Sam Newbigging: Nathan is very good with his iPad, setting it up, and then running off to do something, and it’s recording while he does it. And then he’ll watch it back. Even just coming down a hallway. He likes watching himself, I think, don’t you? Can you find something else to show Katy, on your iPad?
Katy Gosset: You might need a GoPro down the track. You might end up doing all sorts of stunts.
Sam Newbigging: So we need to add some more stuff. Could we today talk about Katy coming? So, Nathan, can you take a picture? Here you go. And what are you going to write on?
Nathan: On?
Sam Newbigging: Come on, you know the day.
Nathan: Thursday the …
Katy Gosset: Will you do me a favour, Nathan?
Sam Newbigging: Nathan, are you listening?
Katy Gosset: That photo that you took of me is actually quite a good one. And I almost always have my eyes closed in photographs. So you’ve done pretty well. Could you email it to me and we’ll put it on the webpage as part of this story about the way you’re using the iPad? How about that?
Nathan: Yes.
Katy Gosset: That would be great, thank you.
Sam Newbigging: OK. So Katy. Katy came… to… see us. Do you know where Katy is from? From the radio.
Nathan: From radio.
Katy Gosset: Radio New Zealand.
Nathan: New Zealand. Zealand, Zealand…
Sam Newbigging: That would be a good thing to have in your school journal. It doesn’t happen every day, does it? ok?
Katy Gosset: And while Sam Newbigging: has only recently started working with Nathan as a local in the community, she’s watched him grow up and change.
Sam Newbigging: I have known him since Playcentre, personally. The communication at Playcentre, yep, he was in his own little world. And seeing how he has grown and is more verbal and interacting with people over the years is a huge increase.
Katy Gosset: And as you just described you see that the iPad does contribute to broadening the information he can share?
Sam Newbigging: Yes, yep, definitely. It just opens up a new world for him that he can write down and then remember more things. He can go back and process new experiences in his own time and learn from them and come back the next day and be ready to start.
Katy Gosset: Can you think of any particular stories or cases with Nathan, anecdotes or memories that stand out in your mind as being particularly significant?
Sam Newbigging: Well, the main one is definitely the sign language, where he wasn’t interested in the man coming to visit, but when I recorded myself and then later himself doing the sign language, and a week later he was sitting there doing it, coming out with signing and talking at the same time. That was definitely a good use of the iPad. And even just in self-managing, it’s been great. We’ve been able to video what he needs to do when he comes to school. And he’s watched that and he’s learnt from that. Then he can come in and set himself up in the morning. In fact, Mum is not needed anymore, are you?
Katy Gosset: (Laughs) How do you feel, Bridget?
Bridget Carter: Neglected. (Laughs)
Katy Gosset: ok. Alright, is there anything else that you would like to add, Nathan?
Sam Newbigging: What do you want to say about the iPad?
Katy Gosset: Is it cool? Is the iPad a cool thing?
Nathan: Yes. Yes, yes, yes.
Katy Gosset: Nathan’s liking for both sign language and the iPad are of interest to Dean Sutherland – a senior lecturer at Canterbury University who’s been researching the way children with Autism Spectrum Disorder learn to communicate.
Dean Sutherland: One of the great challenges, I guess, about supporting these children, is finding ways to help them learn communication and learn the art of communication. And over time three of the most common tools have been picture exchange – so cards with pictures – manual sign language, such as is used in the deaf community, and also more recently devices that have some sort of electronic voice output. And with the advent of the iPad that’s provided a relatively cheap version of the technology that has voice output. So you have apps that can be put on iPad that provide electronic speech. So, for example, you can press a button that says ‘My name is’ or requests objects and those sorts of things, from single words right through to extended sentences and quite complex language.
Nathan makes excited noises.
iPad: Horse. Cow.
Katy Gosset: Nathan is among the children and their families who have contributed to Dean and his team’s work.
Dean Sutherland: So our research is looking at if we present children with all three of these different options, do they show a preference for one of them over the other? We were looking with children who had limited verbal or vocal output and could they learn to use these three different forms of communication? And we had a number of children around the country that we were working with. And we found that they, on the whole, could learn to use these three different modes of communication. A number of children had particular difficulty learning manual signs. But most children learnt to use the iPad relatively quickly. We were just using it to teach children to request access to toys or objects. As far as a preference for the three different communication systems go, around 70% of the time children are preferring the iPad, which is not surprising considering how attractive and also how common the iPad is. And also the fact that iPad are used for a variety of other things in life such as entertainment or watching videos and those sorts of things. So children with Autism Spectrum Disorder could learn to use other forms of communication for requesting access to objects and things.
Katy Gosset: And with those basic skills mastered, the research has now moved on to the rough and tumble of the school yard.
Dean Sutherland: One of my students, Ian Cooper, has been looking at how does that then translate from a classroom or a clinic situation to a playground, which is a very important part of school life, but also quite a challenging environment for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder who have difficulty with communicating and also developing social relationships and understanding the nuances of how do I communicate and get on and play with my colleagues?
Katy Gosset: I would imagine that in the playground the communication is a lot more fast-paced, isn’t it? It’s sort of to and fro and people are doing things physically, a s well, in the playground. So that would make it hard, too, wouldn’t it?
Dean Sutherland: Very spontaneous and I guess there’s also a randomness about some of the communication that takes place in the playground. Lack of structure compared to, say, a classroom environment where it could be quite structured.
Certainly a playground can be very spontaneous, which can challenge not just children with autism, either, but a whole variety of children.
Katy Gosset: So the conclusions you’ve reached than are that the iPad has really assisted some of these children in better communicating with their peers.
Dean Sutherland: It certainly looks like the iPad is a very useful tool to help develop some early communication. Further research is needed to find out if it can help develop more complex language and more complex social communication exchanges.
Katy Gosset: Is it also a way of belonging, because these devices are very coveted among young people? Is that part of the appeal?
Dean Sutherland: Certainly. Most children have access to some sort of device – a touchscreen tablet or a smartphone that does the same sort of thing. So there’s the social aspects of fitting in and not being that different from other children. If we go back 20 or 30 years ago we still had voice output communication systems, but they were big clunky devices that sat around your neck and marked you as being quite different from everybody else, whereas the modern technology certainly takes away that point of difference.
Katy Gosset: So could you talk, perhaps, anecdotally, about some of the progress in the children you’ve worked with, but in terms of differences in language.
Dean Sutherland: So when we saw these children initially, the majority of them had very little in the way of functional spoken language. A number of children had no words at all. However during the course of the study, and this is not saying that the study and what we did with these children caused this to happen, because that, again, wasn’t specifically investigated, but we have had a number of children in the study that have gone from being virtually nonverbal to speaking quite fluently and reasonably effectively in social situations. Saying that, they were young the time, so some of the children were four years old when we first saw them. And now they’re seven or eight years olds, some of these children. So a lot of natural development takes place during those years. So pure speculation with what influence we might have had using the different forms of communication with them. But certainly there’s been some quite remarkable progress with some of these children. Now, that may well have happened without any research or intervention and so forth. But it has been quite interesting to see. Another aspect is a reduction of some of what we’ve known as challenging behaviours in classroom or preschool situations. And that’s quite common that once children learn communication, often the more challenging behaviours you might observe might reduce because they find ways to express what they need. One boy, in particular, the participated in the project, there was discussion around whether he could continue in the school environment that he was in. And then (Indistinct) came in using the iPad and the pixel exchange and the manual signs with him. And the school saw some quite significant changes in his behavior and the way he participated in classrooms and things. And that boy is still in the school environment that he was in when we first saw him. And that was something that I think we contributed to. I can’t categorically say we did, but it was encouraging to see that boy still in his local school and not needing to be transported or taxied to another school environment. It was quite encouraging.
Katy Gosset: And he says his work will continue.
Dean Sutherland: So the research now needs to look at using iPad in more complex communication settings for academic communication in classrooms. There’s many, many more research projects to be done in the world of communication, particularly with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. It’s encouraging and technology is certainly helping us in many ways.
Katy Gosset: And he says that work wouldn’t happen without families being willing to share their lives.
Dean Sutherland: This research doesn’t take place at universities – it takes place in the real world. And without that support from people in communities and schools it wouldn’t happen. So I sincerely appreciate that. And I know it was particularly difficult when we first started this research. It was just around the time of the earthquakes in Christchurch, and we had great difficulty recruiting people within Christchurch itself, so we went more rural and remote in Canterbury, and we certainly had some good support from those regional areas in Canterbury.
Katy Gosset: I guess, though, that does also probably affect the research itself in the sense that in small communities individual children tend to be well known by the wider community, whereas perhaps in the city environment they might not be so much, so perhaps that assists in understanding.
Dean Sutherland: And that’s one thing that impresses me at this school where Nathan is, the familiarity with these children and the acceptance. These children are accepted by their peers unconditionally and that’s… It’s quite humbling to observe when you see children like Nathan in a classroom environment where he’s just part of the group. He may have different ways of interacting and socialising with others in the classroom, but if you look at him in that group you wouldn’t think that his peers think any worse of him for being part of that group.
Sam Newbigging: Nathan, can you find one, what about of the water slides at Tekapo? Have you still got the video of that? Can you look for it?
Nathan: Tekapo, hm-mm-mm.
Katy Gosset: Bridget believes it’s been worthwhile for Nathan to take part in the research.
Bridget Carter: It’s been a great project to be part of, just to see what’s unfolded for Nathan, as well. I’m very much following his lead, also supporting obviously, but following his lead in terms of what he’s excited about and what he’s motivated to do. He’s telling me, taking him to school ‘Mum, go home’ when we get to school and things like that. So, again, it’s just building on from what they’re doing now to support them in other areas of learning.
Katy Gosset: Using the iPad has also helped Nathan to learn some new strategies for interacting with people.
Bridget Carter: One game he particularly likes, and it’s still very, very popular at age 12, is tenpin bowling. Going into Garden City Bowls and doing tenpin bowling. Taking it back a step there, we really wanted him to do that as a family ‘cause that’s what other families do, knowing he liked it, but he just needed a bit more support. So we rang them and asked if they had any old pins lying around. They were very nice and generous and gave us a set of old pins and actually bowling balls. So we could practice at home using the iPad to set up the iPad to video and model how to play it, how to take turns. And then we use some visual supports, for example visual supports on the iPad. (Indistinct) And it would be a visual support for him to say ‘My turn’ and a visual support to say ‘Your turn’. So we built on from that and then brought that into the school. So that’s certainly see him be more motivated and he’s now built on to initiating playing with other children around that interest. So he’ll now say ‘You want to play bowling?’ and he’ll mention a student’s name that he’s familiar with in the classroom. So it’s very exciting to see and hear him now say… He might mention someone’s name and say he likes them or he wants to play with them. So it is really exciting, as parents, to see that progress.
Katy Gosset: And it challenges the prognosis offered when Nathan was a toddler.
Bridget Carter: We were honestly told years ago that he probably would never speak or develop any kind of functional language. But he’s certainly always doing stuff that’s unexpected, I guess.
Katy Gosset: It’s interesting, you get told something like that. Where do you find, I guess, the courage and the energy to think ‘I’m not going to accept that, I’m going to push for something better’?
Bridget Carter: I’ve always thought, myself, initially, you know your own self and what you’re capable of. You know what you can do and often people can easily talk you in and out of things. I don’t think they could do that. But, again, how do you know they can’t do that? And there’s always research around ASD and we’re looking at research around communication, for example, talking about iPad and about how successful they can be. There’s always going to be further research. But I, as a parent, have always followed their lead because they’re always guiding you in so many different directions on what they can do or they’re capable of. So for me it is gutting to hear something like that, but it also motivates me to think, well, we’re not going to give up. We wouldn’t give up on anything. You’re told something, you just think ‘We’re just going to accept it.’ You just don’t know what happens in the future or what somebody is capable of doing, so, I guess, our philosophy as parents has just always been ‘Let’s just focus on what we can do.’ And we know there’s challenges in their life, but let’s focus on what they can do and what they’re good at. And we’ll use those as strategies to support those other areas that they find hard. And we’ve found that to be really successful with Nathan, rather than just focusing on what he can’t do. It would be horrible for anybody, like any typical child or person. If people always focus on what they can’t do they miss so many strengths and opportunities. So I certainly think that, again, Nathan was just proving us wrong all the time. It’s other things, too. Like will he ever ride a bike? Well, let’s give him the opportunities. I’ve always believed, too, that children learn at their own pace. And when we’re talking about on the spectrum, it may be at different times when they learn things, but they still get there in the end.
Katy Gosset: And she agrees that living in a rural community has been beneficial.
Bridget Carter: I feel very lucky and privileged to be in a small community that is very accepting, very understanding and very diverse in their way of thinking in terms of being around children with special needs. It’s just exciting to see that people can see what I can see, the capabilities and the strengths. Yeah, I’m always excited about what’s going to be next ‘cause there’s always something coming up, there’s always something happening.
Katy Gosset: That’s the programme for today. Thanks for joining us. And if you want to get in touch you can email oneinfive@radionz.co.nz. We’ll be back again next week with more on the experiences of disability around New Zealand.

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Asians, Africans, indigenous Americans and more in NZ, aimed at promoting a greater understanding of our ethnic minority communities (RNZ)

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An in-depth perspective of legislation and other issues from the house (RNZ)

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NZ stories from the past (RNZ)

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Sounds Historical for 1 March 2015 ( Part 1 }
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Stories of yesteryear from around New Zealand
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Duration: 53'36"

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Sounds Historical for 1 March 2015 { Part 2 }
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Stories of yesteryear from around New Zealand
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8:03 Today In New Zealand History 4’19”
First appearance of the Inimitable Thatcher, Dunedin, 1 March 1862.
8:13 1957 1ZB Have Shot Talent Quest contestants 2’55”
Artist: Madsons (harmonicas)
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Album: Sound Archives
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8:18 East Coast Housing Crisis 6’26"
In 1993 the state of housing in the East Coast region was described as at crisis point, much to the dismay of housing minister John Luxton. Stephen Parker covered the story for Morning Report.
8:25 1957 1ZB Have Shot Talent Quest contestants 3’02”
Artist: Beverley Johnson (accordion)
Song: Sabre Dance
Composer: Khachaturian
Album: Sound Archives
Label: n/a
8:30 2011 Canterbury earthquake anniversary 15’23”
Last week Christchurch marked the fourth anniversary of the earthquake of February 2011. Part of the city’s revival has seen the establishment of a new cricket ground at Hagley Park but as a reminder of what’s been lost here’s an extract from a 1994 Spectrum documentary in which Jack Perkins met people who used the park regularly. In part one we hear the Christchurch Town Crier (Stephen Symons) talking about Hagley Park. Two male runners talk about why they like jogging in the park. A policewoman from the Hagley Park horse patrol talks about crime in the park and the training the horses need. "Gail" a dog walker talks about an encounter with a young man in the park. A female English tourist from Somerset.
8:46 1957 1ZB Have Shot Talent Quest contestants 7’51”
Artist: The Four Highlights
Song: I’ve Told Every Little Star
Composer: Kern/Hammerstein
Album: Sound Archives
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The winner of the 1957 Have a Shot Talent Quest was Leo McCaffrey
Artist: Leo McCaffrey
Song: Cottage by the Lea
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8:52 War Report 25 - 1 March 2015 6’28”
By March 1915 the war had settled down to a round of recruiting, sending parcels to Belgium and hearing news of the New Zealanders training in Egypt. The anti-military training lobby of the pre-war years had died off – patriotic support for the Empire overshadowed all.
On New Year's Eve 1914, inflamed with anti-German hostility, a crowd of about a thousand people ransacked Friedrich and Anna Wohnsiedler's butchery in the main street of Gisborne. The couple fled with their three young children out a top-storey window and across planks to an adjacent building. Pork lovers' loss was to be wine lovers' gain, for the Wohnsiedlers retreated to Waihirere and there established Poverty Bay's first significant winery.
Ripa Island in Lyttelton harbour, once a detention centre for conscientious objectors was now an artillery base and the regulations regarding military detection of defaulting Territorial soldiers there were suspended – the high-minded protest of the young men imprisoned there in a year earlier almost forgotten. Jack Perkins describes the decline of military detention as patriotism builds.
Alex Dey recalls the headmaster of Christchurch Boys’ High School Charles Edmund Bevan-Brown, and his farewells to old boys leaving to serve overseas and his record keeping of all who gave their lives.
A report on a farewell held by “the messengers in the various Government departments in Wellington, to the number of upwards of 100, met at a "smoke concert" last night to bid farewell to one of their number, Messenger J. Flynn.”
Artist: John McCormack
Song: There’s a Long Long Trail A Winding
Composer: King/Elliott
Album: Oh, It’s a Lovely War Vol 2
Label: CD41 486309
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Song: We Don’t Want to Fight but By Jingo….
Composer: McDermott/Hunt
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Artist: Radio New Zealand Studio Orchestra (Ken Avery soloist) 3’33”
Song: She’s Out of My Life
Composer: Bahler
Album: Orchestral Gold Vol 1
Label: Kiwi Tartar TRL 005
9:07 As I Remember 6’50”
Monster In Central Park by Eli Kale, read by Duncan Smith.
9:17 Artist: John Davidson 4’34”
Song: The Whistling Gypsy
Composer: Trad
Album: Radio New Zealand
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9:22 Remembering Dame Thea Muldoon 17’00”
Dame Thea Muldoon, the wife of former Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon, died on Tuesday and .a service to celebrate her life will be held at the All Saint's Chapel, in Meadowbank, Auckland on Tuesday afternoon. She was born Thea Dale Flyger and worked at an accountancy firm after leaving school. She was 20 years old when she first met her future husband through the Junior Nationals and she left her job in the costing office of Holeproof Ltd after marrying Rob Muldoon three years later in 1951. They had three children who had all left school when in mid-1975 Thea and Rob Muldoon appeared on National Radio together on Mr And Mrs Reminisces a weekly programme in which a married couple reminisced about their favourite music and songs and what memories they bring up.and here’s an extract from the Philip Linder programme.
Artist: Dinah Shore
Song: Buttons and Bows
Composer: Livingston Evans
Album: Buttons and Bows
Label: Columbia
Artist: Dinah Shore
Artist: Peter Paul and Mary
Song: Puff the Magic Dragon
Composer: Lipton/Yarrow
Album: Peter, Paul and Mary: The Best of Ten Years Together
Label: Warner
Artist: Leontyne Price
Song: Dove sono i bei (Marriage of Figaro)
Composer: Mozart
Album: 1972 Metropolitan Opera Gala’
Label: DG-477 6540
Artist: Dora Bryan
Song: Hello Dolly
Composer:
Album: Hello Dolly
Label: WRC ST 1027
9:40 Landfall 4’07”
Charles Brasch, co-founder, talks about the early days of the literary magazine Landfall. Recorded in 1961.
9:45 Artist: Neville Chamberlain (Cham the Man) 3’58”
Song: The Wild Colonial Boy
Composer: Halford/Harvey
Album: 45
Label:HMV HR 175
“Cham The Man” died in Wellington on February 6, 2007, aged 74. He compered a national hit parade from 1963. The Blockbusters formed to back artists for HMV in Wellington.
9:50 Artist: Mike Harding 5’10”
Song: Invercargill
Composer: Wayne Gillespie
Album: Past to the Present
Label: RNZ NZ 2000
9:55 1960's radio commercials
9:56 From the first year of radio recording – 1935. 3’56"
Some highlights, including an unforgettable racing commentary and the passing of a governor-general.
Artist: Radio New Zealand Studio Orchestra (soloist Colin Hemmingson) 3’22”
Song: My Love
Composer: McCartney
Album: Orchestral Gold Vol 1
Label: Kiwi Tartar TRL 005

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