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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:

09 March 2015

===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 At the Movies with Simon Morris (RNZ); 1:05 Te Ahi Kaa (RNZ); 2:30 NZ Music Feature (RNZ); 3:05 Losing It, by Sandy McKay (1 of 10, RNZ); 3:30 Science (RNZ); 5:10 War Report (RNZ)

===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
=DESCRIPTION=

Radio New Zealand's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including: 6:18 Pacific News 6:22 Rural News 6:27 and 8:45 Te Manu Korihi News 6:44 and 7:41 NZ Newspapers 6:47 Business News 7:42 and 8:34 Sports News 6:46 and 7:24 Traffic

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06:06
Sports News for 9 March 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'13"

06:14
Afghan interpretors working with NZ troops officially honoured
BODY:
Two Afghan interpretors working in the Bamiyan province for New Zealand troops have been officially honoured.
Topics: defence force
Regions:
Tags: Afghanistan
Duration: 2'39"

06:20
Pacific News for 9 March 2015
BODY:
The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'21"

06:23
Morning Rural News for 9 March 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'05"

06:27
Te Manu Korihi News for 9 March 2015
BODY:
One of the leaders of the winning group at the Te Matatini national kapa haka festival says she's looking forward to heading home to share the victory with her whanau. The Education Minister, Hekia Parata, is confident rangatahi are staying in education, despite low university entrance rates for Māori. A forum set up to look after the Bay of Plenty's principal river says identifying traditional tribal knowledge will help keep the waterway clean for future generations.
Topics: te ao Māori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'31"

06:43
Cross party support called for on the future of ACC levies
BODY:
Labour is criticising planned cuts to the levy from April the first, saying the 5 cent drop doesn't go far enough.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: ACC, levies
Duration: 2'38"

06:50
Economists look for how wide RBNZ opens the door to a rate cut
BODY:
The Reserve Bank is expected to hold interest rates steady on Thursday, though economists will be interested to see how wide it opens the door to the possibility of a rate cut.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: interest rates
Duration: 2'03"

06:52
The Warehouse CEO admits strategy isn't working as expected
BODY:
The Warehouse's boss, Mark Powell, is confident the company's three and a half year old strategy to turnaround the retailer's performance is the right one, even if it isn't working as well as expected.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: The Warehouse
Duration: 2'41"

06:55
Much more should be done to improve gender balance on boards
BODY:
The latest figures suggest women are falling further behind, particularly around the board table and in senior management.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: equality
Duration: 2'24"

06:57
Fliway Holdings to raise up to $44.5million in IPO
BODY:
The owners of Fliway Group will sell at least half their interest in the freight management company, in the first share float of the year.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'17"

06:58
Morning Markets for 9 March 2015
BODY:
The NZX 50 index rose 46 points to end the week at 5,903. The dollar is trading at 73.53 US cents, 95.15 Australian, 48.89 British pence, point-6779 euro, 88.85 yen and 4.6 renminbi.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 45"

07:06
Sports News for 9 March 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'01"

07:12
PM won't give assurance NZers not caught in eavesdropping
BODY:
Nicky Hager's revelations late last week that the spy agency GCSB monitors Pacific Island nations have sparked fears New Zealanders communications are being indiscriminately caught in that net.
EXTENDED BODY:
Nicky Hager's revelations late last week that the spy agency GCSB monitors Pacific Island nations have sparked fears New Zealanders communications are being indiscriminately caught in that net.
Related

Former director of the GCSB says there is mass collection of emails and communications in the Pacific
PM confident spy agency acts within law
PM refuses to rule out mass surveillance
The Prime Minister has not ruled out the Government's electronic spy agency engaging in mass collection of data but says it does not do mass surveillance

Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: GCSB, mass surveillance, Pacific
Duration: 9'52"

07:16
Kim Dotcom says PM should resign over spying revelations
BODY:
The internet businessman Kim Dotcom wants the Prime Minister to resign over the latest spying revelations.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Kim Dotcom, GCSB
Duration: 6'51"

07:25
New poll puts National and NZ First neck and neck in Northland
BODY:
As the Northland by-election campaigning continues, the Labour leader Andrew Little appears to be hinting at the possibility of tactical voting between party candidate Willow Jean Prime, and the New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Winston Peters, Andrew Little
Duration: 4'26"

07:28
NZCU staff speak out following Review Tribunal report
BODY:
Some current and former staff of New Zealand's biggest credit union NZCU Baywide are questioning whether senior management will be held accountable for trying to destroy the career of a former staff member.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: NZCU Baywide
Duration: 3'43"

07:37
Labour candidate in Northland by election says she is not being undermined
BODY:
Labour candidate Willow-Jean Prime speaks with Susie Ferguson.
Topics: politics
Regions: Northland
Tags: Willow-Jean Prime
Duration: 6'40"

07:43
MH370 report finds no crew or maintenance problems
BODY:
A year after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370, an interim report has found no problems with the crew or maintenance of the aircraft.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Malaysia Airlines flight 370
Duration: 4'11"

07:48
Breakers win Australian National Basketball League
BODY:
The Breakers have won their fourth Australian National Basketball League title in the last five years after a thrilling win over the Cairns Taipans to sweep the grand final series.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: The Breakers, sport
Duration: 3'05"

07:50
Breakers win 4th title in 5 years
BODY:
Breakers' coach Dean Vickerman speaks with Guyon Espiner.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: sport, The Breakers
Duration: 3'14"

07:55
Te Whanau a Apanui winners of Te Matatini 2015
BODY:
A Māori cultural group from eastern Bay of Plenty, Te Whanau a Apanui, was judged the outright winner of Te Matatini National Kapa Haka festival in Christchurch.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Te Matatini, kapa haka
Duration: 3'09"

07:58
Auckland festival halfway through, but fireworks just begun
BODY:
Week one of the 2015 Auckland Arts Festival is over and with it some big shows have been and gone.
Topics: arts
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: 2015 Auckland Arts Festival
Duration: 2'21"

08:07
Sports News for 9 March 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'22"

08:11
Brownlee rejects Canada, NZ similarities in Iraq
BODY:
The Defence Minister is rejecting suggestions of similarities between the New Zealand and Canadian missions in Iraq, following the death of a Canadian solider by allied Iraqi Kurdish forces.
Topics: defence force
Regions:
Tags: Iraq, Canada
Duration: 4'00"

08:15
Boko Haram pledges allegiance to IS
BODY:
The Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to Islamic State.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Boko Haram, Nigeria
Duration: 3'18"

08:19
Father calls for Thailand to change pesticide practices
BODY:
The father of a New Zealand woman who died in Chiang Mai of suspected pesticide poisoning wants international pressure on Thailand to stop using dangerous chemicals.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Thailand, pesticide
Duration: 5'26"

08:27
RSA says flag change inappropriate
BODY:
With the hundredth anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign just weeks away, the Returned and Services Association is preparing to mount a campaign to keep the existing flag.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: RSA, New Zealand Flag
Duration: 4'10"

08:32
Reprieve for now, for threatened trees in Auckland
BODY:
Protestors have been out in force at a west Auckland property this morning as developers chop down a 500 year old kauri and 300 year old Rimu tree.
Topics:
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Kauri tree, protest
Duration: 1'48"

08:33
Protestor will stay in tree despite reprieve for now
BODY:
Among the protesters this morning is Michael Tavares who has climbed the kauri tree.
Topics:
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: protest
Duration: 1'59"

08:36
Markets Update for 9 March 2015
BODY:
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'05"

08:44
Labour accuses Government of ripping off businesses
BODY:
The Government's being accused of overcharging businesses for ACC levies by more than 370 million dollars a year.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'59"

08:45
Black Caps win five in a row at World Cup
BODY:
The New Zealand cricketers are still celebrating, after winning their fifth World Cup pool game in a row, beating Afghanistan by six wickets in Napier.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Cricket World Cup
Duration: 3'38"

08:50
Te Manu Korihi News for 9 March 2015
BODY:
One of the leaders of the winning group at the Te Matatini national kapa haka festival says she's looking forward to heading home to share the victory with her whanau; A forum set up to look after the Bay of Plenty's principal river says identifying traditional tribal knowledge will help keep the waterway clean for future generations; The Education Minister, Hekia Parata, is confident rangatahi are staying in education, despite low university entrance rates for Māori.
Topics: te ao Māori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'09"

08:53
New era dawns for Golden Shears
BODY:
It's called the wimbledon of shearing, and on Saturday night the Golden Shears entered a new era, with the retirement of past winner David Fagan, and its first ever international winner.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Golden Shears
Duration: 3'27"

08:57
Phil Kafcaloudes with news from Australia
BODY:
Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes.
Topics:
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 2'43"

=SHOW NOTES=

===9:06 AM. | Nine To Noon===
=DESCRIPTION=

Current affairs and topics of interest, including: 10:45 The Reading: Keeping an Eye, by Vincent O'Sullivan, read by Gavin Rutherford (1 of 2, RNZ)

=AUDIO=

09:08
Recreational fishers urge action on massive in-shore decline
BODY:
New Zealand Angling and Casting Association, Legasea Hawkes Bay, Hawkes Bay sportsfishing club and the Pania Surfcasting club have been gathering data on their catches in Hawkes Bay for the past 8 years. They say this shows declines in snapper of around 70 percent over that time, a 77 percent decline in groper, and a 96 percent drop in gurnard catches. Jim Yeoman is the president of the New Zealand Angling and Casting Association; and Glenn Simmons is a research fellow at the University of Auckland business school - he specialises in the Seafood Industry.
Topics: environment
Regions:
Tags: fishing, fisheries, fish stocks
Duration: 25'48"

09:35
Lawyer for Australian Bali 9 drug smugglers on new appeal
BODY:
The two Australian men awaiting the death penalty for drug smuggling in Bali have earned a short reprieve, as the Indonesian government agrees to let their legal appeal run its course. But Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, who are among the so-called Bali Nine drug smugglers, still face the death penalty, possibly within days. Michael O'Connell SC is one of a team of lawyers that have been assisting Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran since 2007.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Bali Nine, Indonesia, Australia
Duration: 13'50"

09:50
Europe Correspondent Seamus Kearney
BODY:
Seamus Kearney on the latest news from Europe.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Europe
Duration: 8'37"

10:07
Finding the mental toughness to cope with cancer
BODY:
Wellington couple Kevin Norquay and Karen Nimmo were an ordinary family, loving life. Kevin, a journalist, family man and golf fanatic, thought the pain in his back was a slipped disc. It was Stage Four cancer. His wife, Karen, a clinical psychologist, has written a book about the mental and emotional impact of the shock diagnosis and subsequent gruelling treatment on Kevin and the whole family. Fish Pie is Worse Than Cancer describes how they and their two daughters developed a game-plan for coping with cancer and keeping the mental ghosts at bay.
Topics: health, author interview
Regions:
Tags: cancer, Karen Nimmo, family, mental health, psychology
Duration: 33'58"

10:40
Book review: 'Trigger Warning' by Neil Gaiman
BODY:
Published by Headlin. Reviewed by Charlotte Graham.
Topics: books
Regions:
Tags: Neil Gaiman, Trigger Warning
Duration: 3'49"

11:06
Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams
BODY:
Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams discuss the recent polls and Northland by-election.
EXTENDED BODY:
Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams discuss the recent polls and Northland by-election.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 25'35"

11:34
Yael Shochat on the art of brunch Mediterranean style
BODY:
Brunch Mediterranean-style with Yael Shochat from Auckland restaurant Ima. We'll run some Arab and Israeli recipes for Shakshuka, Borekas and Falafel. Yael Shochat arrived in New Zealand 17 years ago from Israel and after missing the food from home, she went into the hospitality industry, opening Ima's in Auckland, She has a restaurant and a newly opened deli in Fort Street. Ima means mother in Hebrew.
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Image courtesy Dish Magazine.
Yael Shochat arrived in New Zealand 17 years ago from Israel and after missing the food from home, she went into the hospitality industry, opening Ima in Auckland. Ima means mother in Hebrew.
She runs through brunch Mediterranean-style with Kathryn Ryan.
Recipes:

Shakshuka
Cheese Borekas Triangles
Falafel

Topics: food
Regions:
Tags: food culture, food traditions, Mediterranean, cooking
Duration: 14'47"

11:50
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
BODY:
Kennedy Warne on all things seaweek.
Topics: environment
Regions:
Tags: conservation, Kennedy Warne, seaweek
Duration: 10'21"

=SHOW NOTES=

09:05 Recreational fishers urge action on massive in-shore fish stock decline
New Zealand Angling and Casting Association, Legasea Hawkes Bay, Hawkes Bay sportsfishing club and the Pania Surfcasting club have been gathering data on their catches in Hawkes Bay for the past 8 years. They say this shows declines in snapper of around 70 percent over that time, a 77 percent decline in groper, and a 96 percent drop in gurnard catches.
Jim Yeoman is the president of the New Zealand Angling and Casting Association; and Glenn Simmons is a research fellow at the University of Auckland business school - he specialises in the Seafood Industry.
09:30 Lawyer for Australian Bali 9 drug smugglers on new appeal
The two Australian men awaiting the death penalty for drug smuggling in Bali have earned a short reprieve, as the Indonesian government agrees to let their legal appeal run its course. But Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, who are among the so-called Bali Nine drug smugglers, still face the death penalty, possibly within days. They were arrested in 2006 after organising the smuggling of more than eight kilograms of heroin from Bali to Australia. The Australians were transported last week Bali's Kerobokan prison to a Java prison island, where they're due to face a firing squad. They're now awaiting news about the timing of their executions, for which they have to be given 72 hours notice. But first, their appeal to the Jakarta Administrative Court has been confirmed, and set to take place on Thursday, after Indonesia's Attorney-General appeared to say the executions of the Australians and eight other drug criminals would be postponed until all current legal appeals were dealt with. Michael O'Connell SC is one of a team of lawyers that have been assisting Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran since 2007.
09:45 Europe Correspondent Seamus Kearney
Seamus Kearney has the latest on the murder of Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov.
10:05 Finding the mental toughness to cope with cancer
Wellington couple Kevin Norquay and Karen Nimmo were an ordinary family, loving life. Kevin, a journalist, family man and golf fanatic, thought the pain in his back was a slipped disc. It was Stage Four cancer.
His wife, Karen, a clinical psychologist,has written a book about the mental and emotional impact of the shock diagnosis and subsequent gruelling treatment on Kevin and the whole family.
Fish Pie is Worse Than Cancer describes how they and their two daughters developed a game-plan for coping with cancer and keeping the mental ghosts at bay.
10:35 Book review: 'Trigger Warning' by Neil Gaiman
Published by Headlin. Reviewed by Charlotte Graham
10:45 The Reading: 'Keeping an Eye' by Vincent O'Sullivan
A story from Vincent O'Sullivan's recent short story collection, The Families, published by Victoria University Press. (Part 1 of 2, RNZ)
11:05 Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams
11:30 Yael Shochat on the art of brunch Mediterranean style
Brunch Mediterranean-style with Yael Shochat from Auckland restaurant Ima. We'll run some Arab and Israeli recipes for Shakshuka, Borekas and Falafel. Yael Shochat arrived in New Zealand 17 years ago from Israel and after missing the food from home, she went into the hospitality industry, opening Ima's in Auckland, She has a restaurant and a newly opened deli in Fort Street. Ima means mother in Hebrew.

Image courtesy Dish Magazine
11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Gallery: A sense of place

=PLAYLIST=

Artist: Curtis Harding
Song: Keep on Shining
Composer: Harding
Album: Soul Power
Label: Anti – Uncut 201502
Time: 09:45
Artist: C W Stoneking
Song: How Long
Composer: Stoneking
Album: Gon’ Boogaloo
Label: CAROLINE PROMO
Time: 11:30

===Noon | Midday Report===
=DESCRIPTION=

Radio New Zealand news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm, including: 12:16 Business News 12:26 Sport 12:34 Rural News 12:43 Worldwatch

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12:00
Midday News for 9 March 2015
BODY:
National announces a sixty nine million dollar bridge replacement plan in the run up to the Northland by-election and Auckland Council outlines plans for a large-scale electric car sharing scheme.
Topics:
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Duration: 15'09"

12:17
Lowe dairy prices hit manufacturing sales
BODY:
Lower dairy prices have led to a decline in the value of manufacturing sales, though volumes rose.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: dairy prices
Duration: 1'20"

12:18
FMA says it wants more than compliance and box-ticking
BODY:
The Financial Markets Authority has rejected a box-ticking-on-steroids approach to law enforcement, in favour of allowing the companies under its jurisdiction to develop their own systems for identifying problems.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: FMA, Financial Markets Authority
Duration: 1'22"

12:20
Serko expects lower revenue than forecast
BODY:
The corporate travel software firm, Serko, is expecting its March year revenue to be 4 to 6 percent lower than the 11-million dollars, forecast in May last year.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Serko
Duration: 32"

12:21
Global Money Week begins this morning at NZX
BODY:
Global Money Week is officially underway, following this morning's kick off at the stock exchange.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Global Money Week
Duration: 1'16"

12:24
Midday Markets for 9 March 2015
BODY:
For the latest from the markets we're joined by Bryan Shepherd at Macquarie Private Wealth
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'35"

12:26
Midday Sports News for 9 March 2015
BODY:
Illness could force Black Caps coach Mike Hesson into finally making change to his world cup playing eleven.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'13"

12:35
Midday Rural News for 9 March 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 7'19"

=SHOW NOTES=

===1:06 PM. | Afternoons===
=DESCRIPTION=

Information and debate, people and places around NZ

=AUDIO=

13:07
Your Song - I Want You Back
BODY:
Diane Bellamy from New Plymouth has chosen 'I Want You Back' (a Jackson 5 cover) by Lake Street Dive.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 15'00"

13:22
New Zealand Retro: Motor Racing
BODY:
We take you to the golden age of New Zealand motor sport… to those days in the 60s and 70s when the names McLaren, Hulme and Amon grabbed headlines around the world. Chris Amon and Scott McLaughlin speak about driving fast. And Max Rutherford joins us to talk about his work and new book Paddock to Podium - The Mechanics View.
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Photos sent in by listener - motor racing in Levin 1963, "Denis Holme had just won the premier race of the meet and had pulled off the track just by where we were standing. So we walked across the track, congratulated him and had a good squiz at his car at the same time. How times have changed!" says David in Whanganui.
Taking you to the golden age of New Zealand motor sport… to those days in the 60s and 70s when the names McLaren, Hulme and Amon grabbed headlines around the world. Chris Amon and Scott McLaughlin speak about driving fast. And Max Rutherford joins us to talk about his work and new book Paddock to Podium - The Mechanics View.
Archival audio supplied by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.
Topics: history, sport
Regions:
Tags: motor racing
Duration: 37'44"

14:09
The Life and Times of a Rural Cop - Gavin Benney
BODY:
He is a former police officer who worked in a small community, got to know that community well, and by most accounts did a great job. But in serving 24 years in Hikurangi, north of Whangarei, Gavin Benney broke a few rules. In the end, he gave policing away. Gavin Benney details all this in a book called "Country Cop 24/7: The Life and Times of a Rural Cop".
Topics: crime
Regions: Northland
Tags: Country Cop 24/7: The Life and Times of a Rural Cop, Gavin Benney, New Zealand Police
Duration: 15'18"

14:30
Tafelmusik, Pass the Gat, and BLAM!
BODY:
Tafelmusik reviewed by Samuel Holloway, Pass the Gat by Nick Atkinson and BLAM! reviewed by Paul Bushnell.
EXTENDED BODY:

Tafelmusik reviewed by Samuel Holloway, Pass the Gat reviewed by Nick Atkinson and BLAM! reviewed by Paul Bushnell.
Images from left: Tafelmusik: House of Dreams. Photo: Richard Termine. Warren Maxwell, Thomas Oliver, Louis Baker. Photos: supplied. BLAM! Photo: Søren Meisner.
Related audio
Tafelmusik's House of Dreams - Bach

Topics: arts, music
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags:
Duration: 17'19"

14:48
Feature album - Voices
BODY:
The feature album today, Voices, by Hall and Oates, the pop soul duo who spent a lot of time at the top of the charts in the 1980s.
Topics: music
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Duration: 12'00"

15:09
Feature interview - Tom Rob Smith
BODY:
Vogue magazine calls Tom Rob Smith an icon of genius and style. Before the age of 30, his first novel became the first ever thriller to be longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. 'Child 44' is about a serial killer in Stalin's Soviet Union, and a film based on the book starring Gary Oldham comes out this year. Smith has just finished writing a thriller series for the BBC called London Spy. His latest novel is no less dramatic than his previous work, but this time it's based on his own family and the phone call from his father that changed his life
Topics: author interview
Regions:
Tags: Tom Rob Smith
Duration: 22'31"

15:30
Ancient New Chinese Comedy
BODY:
"Ancient and new" Chinese stand-up comedy is featured at a Gala Festival in Lower Hutt celebrating Chinese New Year. A popular visiting comedian from Hunan, China meets Lynda Chanwai-Earle so she can learn more about a form of comedy that dates back to the Ming Dynasty - with a modern twist.
EXTENDED BODY:

Ummph...ummph...ummph...pbbluuck...pbbluuck...pbbluuck ...!
Surprisingly convincing sound effects of marching soldiers and helicopter rotors by stand-up comedian Mr Zhou Weixing from Hunan, China.

With nothing but extremely versatile vocal chords, a specially built microphone and a screen with images flickering behind him, stand-up comedian Mr Zhou Weixing perfectly mimiced and narrated an iconic Hollywood action flick starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was very funny to watch and in spite of being possibly the only audience member unable to speak Mandarin, his humour was universal.
The Little Theatre in Lower Hutt was packed full with families when I arrived that weekend. It was a festive occasion; children playing happily amongst the crowd, parents close behind. Many families came from as far as Palmerston North to catch some of the best Chinese performers from around the country.
Chinese New Year is the most auspicious time of the year for our Chinese communities, so the line-up of performers was impressive including New Zealand's famous Guzeng master Xiyao Chen and two Chinese male ballet dancers; Pengfei Jiang from the Royal New Zealand Ballet and Jianjing Wan from Te Whaea National School of Dance.
Festival co-ordinator Stephen Wang tells that the line-up reflected the needs of a growing new migrant Chinese community in Wellington's region. The entire Gala Festival programme was in Mandarin, however the programme notes were translated into English. It's part of the desire of the community to make these Gala Performances appeal to a wider public.
Stephen also tells me that Mr Zhou was a very lucky score for the Gala Performance as he's a popular performer from television, screen and theatre back in China. Ultimately language is not a barrier when it comes to music, dance and comedy. Laughter has the ability to breakdown barriers in any culture.
On stage Mr Zhou performed a routine in front of a video screen that included mimicking the sounds of thousands of marching soldiers, tanks, helicopters and a numerous variety of aircraft before he did his 'drop-dead funny' parody of Arnie's blockbuster action movie.
Backstage after Mr Zhou's performance, Natalie Harrington, a Wellingtonian who spent her childhood in China, assisted me with translations.

Natalie Harrington - translator, Comedian - Mr Zhou Weixing and his daughter
Apparently Mr Zhou can also perform ventriloquism (although "ventriloquism" got somewhat lost in translation). After whistling like a bird and mimicing a few other extraordinary vocal effects Mr Zhou explained that this imitation comedy was just one of his many genres and that ventriloquism was actually a bit boring for him. His repertoire includes singing, acting, hosting and 'Xiangsheng' - the talk-how host format that is very popular back in China.
Xiangsheng is a two person comedy routine also known as crosstalk, which literally means 'face and voice'.
Performed in the traditional sense Xiangsheng comes in the form of dialogue between two performers, with a wealth of puns, it's delivered in a rapid, comedic banter with the express purpose of getting audiences to laugh.
Derived from street performance and going back as far as the Ming Dynasty, Crosstalk or Xiangsheng continues to be one of China's most popular performing acts. The Xiangsheng acts would sometimes include singing and musical instruments.
Mr Zhou tells me that the largest audience he has performed to is around 50,000 in China. He began his career 38 years ago as an MC, actor and comedy talk show host in the Xiangsheng comedy format. He hails from the Hunan province, the birthplace of Chairman Mao Tse Tung and also home to China's very new and popular Hunan Satellite Television Station (HSTV) or Hunan Weishi.
Hunan Weishi (HSTV) is currently China's second most watched chanel, second only to CCTV -1, owned by China Central TV but it is the country's 'number one' television station in Mr Zhou's opinion.
Then he's back on stage and at the end of unfortunate Arnie's parody and with perfect comedic timing, Mr Zhou leaves the Mandarin speaking audience laughing, cheering and wanting more.
Gallery: More from the Chinese New Year Gala Festival
Topics: arts
Regions:
Tags: comedy, Chinese New Year, Festivals, cultural practices, Hunan, China.
Duration: 9'25"

15:45
The Panel pre-show for 9 March 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'56"

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1:10 Your Song
I Want You Back (Jackson 5 cover) by Lake Street Dive. Chosen by Diane Bellamy of New Plymouth
1:20 New Zealand Retro: Motor Racing
We take you to the golden age of New Zealand motor sport… to those days in the 60s and 70s when the names McLaren, Hulme and Amon grabbed headlines around the world. Chris Amon and Scott McLaughlin speak about driving fast. And Max Rutherford joins us to talk about his work and new book ' Paddock to Podium - The Mechanics View'.
Archival audio supplied by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.

Photos sent in by listener - motor racing in Levin 1963, "Denis Holme had just won the premier race of the meet and had pulled off the track just by where we were standing. So we walked across the track, congratulated him and had a good squiz at his car at the same time. How times have changed!" says David in Wanganui
2:10 Country Cop 24/7: The Life and Times of a Rural Cop - Gavin Benney
He is a former police officer who worked in a small community, got to know that community well, and by most accounts did a great job. But in serving 24 years in Hikurangi, north of Whangarei, Gavin Benney broke a few rules. In the end, he gave policing away. Gavin Benney details all this in a book called "Country Cop 24/7: The Life and Times of a Rural Cop"
2:30 Festival Review
Justin Gregory reports on the Auckland Arts Festival
2:45 Feature album
Hall and Oates "Voices" - 1980
3:10 Feature interview - Tom Rob Smith
Vogue magazine calls Tom Rob Smith an icon of genius and style. Before the age of 30, his first novel became the first ever thriller to be longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. 'Child 44' is about a serial killer in Stalin's Soviet Union, and a film based on the book starring Gary Oldham comes out this year. Smith has just finished writing a thriller series for the BBC called London Spy. His latest novel is no less dramatic than his previous work, but this time it's based on his own family and the phone call from his father that changed his life
3:30 Voices - Lynda Chanwai-Earle
"Ancient and new" Chinese stand-up comedy is featured at a Gala Festival in Lower Hutt, Wellington with a popular visiting comedian from Hunan, China. Lynda Chanwai-Earle attends the festival to learn more about a form of comedy that dates back to the Ming Dynasty - with a modern twist
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
With Jim Mora, Noelle McCarthy, Rob Salmond and Neil Miller
MUSIC DETAILS
Monday 9 March

YOUR SONG:

ARTIST: Lake Street Dive
TITLE: I Want You Back
COMP: Berry Gordy, Jr. / Alphonso Mizell / Freddie Perren / D. Richards
ALBUM: Fun Machine
LABEL: SIGNATURESOUNDS

RETRO

ARTIST: Yello
TITLE: The Race
COMP: Boris Blank / Dieter Meier
ALBUM: Flag
LABEL: UNIVERSAL

ARTIST: George Harrison
TITLE: Faster
COMP: James Dean Bradfield / George Harrison / Richey James / Sean Moore / Nicky Wire
ALBUM: The Holy Bible
LABEL: EPIC

ARTIST: Foo Fighters
TITLE: The Best Of You
COMP: Foo Fighters
ALBUM: Greatest Hits
LABEL: RCA

FEATURE ALBUM:

ARTIST: Hall and Oates
TITLE: You Make My Dreams
COMP: Sara Allen, Hall, Oates
ALBUM: Voices
LABEL: RCA 370152

ARTIST: Hall and Oates
TITLE: Your Kiss Is On My List
COMP: Janna Allen, Hall
ALBUM: Voices
LABEL: RCA 370152

ARTIST: Hall and Oates
TITLE: Every Time You Go Away
COMP: Hall
ALBUM: Voices
LABEL: RCA 370152

PANEL HALF TIME:

ARTIST: Mariah Carey
TITLE: Vanishing
COMP: Carey, Margulies
ALBUM: Music Box
LABEL: Columbia

===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
=DESCRIPTION=

An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)

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15:45
The Panel pre-show for 9 March 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'56"

16:06
The Panel with Neil Miller and Rob Salmond (Part 1)
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Topics - what the panelists Rob Salmond and Neil Miller have been up to. Winston Peters is inching ahead in the polls ahead of the Northland by-election. Labour leader Andrew Little has delivered a not-so-subtle hint about how constituents should vote if they want to send a message to the government. A risky move for Andrew Little's upfront image. A teenager facing trial for murder disconnected his electronic ankle monitor and is on the run. Is electronically-monitored bail not working? Auckland mayor calls for proposals to get an electric car-sharing fleet on the road. Calls for foreign drivers to take a test before being allowed on NZ roads. What if the boot were on the other foot? The Independent newspaper reports that Britain is run by men named Dave. America is run by Johns. Men named John run more big companies in the U.S. than women do.
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Duration: 23'11"

16:07
What the panelists have been up to
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What the panelists Rob Salmond and Neil Miller have been up to.
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Duration: 2'38"

16:10
Northland by-election
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Winston Peters is inching ahead in the polls ahead of the Northland by-election. Labour leader Andrew Little has delivered a not-so-subtle hint about how constituents should vote if they want to send a message to the government. A risky move for Andrew Little's upfront image.
Topics: politics
Regions: Northland
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Duration: 2'38"

16:16
Electronic bail
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A teenager facing trial for murder disconnected his electronic ankle monitor and is on the run. Is electronically-monitored bail not working?
Topics: crime
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Tags: Electronic bail
Duration: 1'59"

16:19
Auckland announces electric car scheme
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Auckland mayor calls for proposals to get an electric car-sharing fleet on the road.
Topics: transport
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Tags: electric cars
Duration: 7'29"

16:25
Foreign drivers
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Calls for foreign drivers to take a test before being allowed on NZ roads. What if the boot were on the other foot?
Topics: transport
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Tags: foreign drivers
Duration: 2'27"

16:27
Daves
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The Independent newspaper reports that Britain is run by men named Dave. America is run by Johns. Men named John run more big companies in the U.S. than women do.
Topics: life and society, business
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Tags: Dave, John, names
Duration: 2'38"

16:32
The Panel with Neil Miller and Rob Salmond (Part 2)
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Topics - the latest report into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has only deepened the mystery. What's on the minds of panelists Rob Salmond and Neil Miler. An uproar after a senior vascular surgeon in Sydney, Dr Gabrielle McMullin said the smartest thing young female colleagues can do for their career stay silent on sexual harassment. RSA says the country has no appetite for changing the NZ flag. Sir Jerry Mateparae says the land represents us as much as the silver fern. Or the flag? A repreive for now for a 550 year-old kauri in west Auckland. The Council weighed up the ecolgical value of the tree and gace consent for it to be cut down.
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Duration: 27'05"

16:33
New MH370 report
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The latest report into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has only deepened the mystery.
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Duration: 4'55"

16:38
Panel says
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What's on the minds of panelists Rob Salmond and Neil Miler.
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Duration: 7'22"

16:45
Sydney doctor's advice to female colleagues
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An uproar after a senior vascular surgeon in Sydney, Dr Gabrielle McMullin said the smartest thing young female colleagues can do for their career stay silent on sexual harassment.
Topics: law
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Tags: women
Duration: 7'53"

16:53
Flag change
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RSA says the country has no appetite for changing the NZ flag.
Topics: life and society
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Tags: New Zealand Flag
Duration: 1'56"

16:55
Governor General's comments at Millbrook Resort
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Sir Jerry Mateparae says the land represents us as much as the silver fern. Or the flag?
Topics: life and society
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Tags: flag change, symbols
Duration: 2'54"

16:58
Kauri protest
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A repreive for now for a 550 year-old kauri in west Auckland. The Council weighed up the ecolgical value of the tree and gace consent for it to be cut down.
Topics: environment
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Tags: Kauri protest
Duration: 1'42"

=SHOW NOTES=

===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
=DESCRIPTION=

Radio New Zealand's two-hour news and current affairs programme

=AUDIO=

17:00
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 9 March 2015
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Will new bridges in Northland give voters new incentives to vote National? John Key is not ruling out mass collection of data by the GCSB but denies mass surveillance and the Kaipara man killed by a cannon.
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Duration: 25'13"

17:08
Voters sceptical re Nats bridges promise
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Winston Peters is chalking it up as the first victory in his campaign for the Northland seat.
Topics: politics
Regions: Northland
Tags: Winston Peters
Duration: 4'15"

17:12
Bridge campaigner says NZ First shouldn't take all the credit
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One of the most outspoken campaigners for the replacement of the two Matakohe bridges near where she lives says the project was already well on its way to being funded, and Winston Peters shouldn't be taking the credit.
Topics: transport, politics
Regions: Northland
Tags: bridges
Duration: 3'14"

17:15
PM doesn't rule out mass collection of data.
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But Mr Key is adamant it does not monitor New Zealanders' communications.
Topics: politics
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Tags: GCSB
Duration: 4'58"

17:20
Contentious lab testing overhaul going ahead
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A contentious overhaul of medical lab testing in Wellington cleared a crucial hurdle today in the face of bitter opposition from some pathologists.
Topics: health
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: medical lab testing
Duration: 5'08"

17:25
Deadly cannon designed to fire a fishing line
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A friend of a Kaipara man killed when a cannon went off by mistake says he was safety conscious through and through.
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Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: gun safety, Derek Kelly
Duration: 2'54"

17:28
Lack of expertise 'distrastrous' for baby who died
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A lack of supervision and expertise has been described as disastrous in the delivery of a baby girl, who died shortly after she was born.
Topics: health
Regions: Wellington Region
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Duration: 4'22"

17:36
Today's market update
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The New Zealand dollar has continued to weaken today, after taking a big step down in late trading Friday in New York.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'20"

17:39
Wellington lab tester promises to cooperate with handover
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Aotea Pathology is promising to cooperate with a rival company poised to take over all medical lab testing in the Wellington region, despite that spelling the end of the line for Aotea.
Topics: health
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: medical lab testing
Duration: 3'17"

17:46
'Britain's White Jihadi' is actually an aussie schoolboy
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An Islamic state recruit, dubbed "Britain's White Jihadi" by the UK press, is actually a suburban school boy from Australia, called Jake.
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Tags: Islamic State, Australia
Duration: 3'55"

17:50
Kauri protestor given a trespass notice
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The police have issued a tresspass notice to Michael Tavares the protester 25 metres up an ancient Kauri in West Auckland.
Topics: law
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Michael Tavares, protest
Duration: 2'17"

17:54
Few Māori taking defensive driving courses
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A study shows not many Māori are taking part in defensive driving courses. An Otago University researcher interviewed four-thousand New Zealanders nationwide to investigate who takes driver education courses and why. From Te Manu Korihi, Alexa Cook reports.
Topics: te ao Māori, transport
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Tags: driving
Duration: 3'22"

18:07
Sports News for 9 March 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 3'13"

18:12
National accused of pork barrel politics
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National is being accused of cynical pork-barrel politics by making a multimillion dollar roading announcement in Northland during the by-election campaign.
Topics: politics
Regions: Northland
Tags: Winston Peters
Duration: 2'57"

18:15
Auckland council puts forward electric car sharing scheme
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The Auckland Council is promising a major electric car sharing scheme to reduce traffic jams and pollution won't cost ratepayers a cent.
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: electric cars
Duration: 2'26"

18:17
Car share operator critical of electric car scheme
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A former councillor, who runs the country's only car share company is critical of the plan.
Topics: politics, transport
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: electric cars
Duration: 3'44"

18:21
Wellington region's DHBs are promising to get it right
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The Wellington region's DHBs are promising to get it right with a contentious overhaul of lab testing.
Topics: health
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: medical lab testing
Duration: 4'24"

18:34
Families visit drug smugglers facing execution
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The families of the Australian drug smugglers, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, are paying their first visit to the condemned men, on the island where they are due to be executed.
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Tags: Australia, Bali Nine
Duration: 4'00"

18:37
Embryo transfer stopped after wrong medication given
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The deputy Health and Disability commissioner has censured a pharmacist for giving a woman the wrong medication causing her IVF treatment to be delayed
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Tags: wrong medication
Duration: 2'48"

18:40
Claim of sexist surgeons 'appalling'
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Australasia's top group of surgeons has hit out at one of their own, a woman who says she tells her trainees not to report sexual harrassment if they want ot advance their careers.
Topics: health
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Tags: Australia, sexual harassment
Duration: 6'10"

18:51
Te Manu Korihi News for 9 March 2015
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A study shows not many Māori are taking defensive driving courses to fast track their licenses; A member of a marae within the Ngati Whatua confederation has joined the protest to save a kauri tree in Waitakere; New Zealand Trade and Enterprise has beefed up its Māori business team.
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Duration: 2'41"

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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
=DESCRIPTION=

Entertainment and information, including: 8:13 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries 9:30 Insight: An award-winning documentary programme (RNZ)

=AUDIO=

19:12
Polio In The Rest Of The World
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Victoria University history and disability researcher Hilary Stace on polio and recent immunisation successes and failures offshore.
Topics: history, health, disability
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Tags: polio, immunisation, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Henrietta Lacks, SV40
Duration: 18'49"

20:40
Soil Science
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The importance of soils for food security and essential eco-system functions has been acknowledged by declaring 2015 the International Year of Soils, with Landcare Research scientist Pierre Roudier. What is soil?
Topics: science, environment
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Tags: soil, dirt, ecosystem health
Duration: 13'39"

21:12
Survivor Stories
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Kiwi director Christopher Dudman on his television documentary The Day that Changed My Life, which features those who survived in the immediate aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake, 22 February 2011.
Topics: life and society, Canterbury earthquakes
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Tags: survivors
Duration: 22'42"

=SHOW NOTES=

7:15 Polio in the rest of the world
Victoria University history and disability researcher Hilary Stace on polio and recent immunisation successes and failures offshore.
8:10 Windows on the World
International public radio documentaries - visit the Windows on the World web page to find links to these documentaries.
8:40 Soil science
The importance of soils for food security and essential eco-system functions has been acknowledged by declaring 2015 the International Year of Soils, with Landcare Research scientist Pierre Roudier. What is soil?
9:10 Survivor stories
Kiwi director Christopher Dudman on his television documentary The Day that Changed My Life, which features those who survived in the immediate aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake, 22 February 2011.
9:30 Insight
10:00 Late Edition
A review of the news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.
11:06 Beale Street Caravan
David Knowles introduces the Memphis-based radio show with an international reputation for its location recordings of blues musicians live in concert (9 of 13, BSC)

===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
=DESCRIPTION=

Radio New Zealand news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from Radio New Zealand National

===11:06 PM. | Beale Street Caravan===
=DESCRIPTION=

David Knowles introduces the Memphis-based radio show with an international reputation for its location recordings of blues musicians live in concert (9 of 13, BSC)

=AUDIO=

=SHOW NOTES=

This week Beale Street Caravan has a feast of old style blues and roots music from two contemporary bands. First is pre-war ragtime and skiffle-blues from The Side Street Steppers, then we have harmonica maestro Sugar Ray leading The Bluetones to give us a taste of authentic mid twentieth century Chicago blues.
Also on the program: Eddie Hankins stops by with another in his series called American Studios, Memphis' Hit Factory.