Radio New Zealand National. 2015-04-08. 00:00-23:59.

A 24-hour recording of Radio New Zealand National. The following rundown is sourced from the broadcaster’s website. Note some overseas/copyright restricted items may not appear in the supplied rundown:

08 April 2015

===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Insight (RNZ); 1:15 Primary People (RNZ); 2:05 The Forum (BBC); 3:05 The Car, by Gertrude Brittain (RNZ); 3:30 Diversions (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:50 The Day in Parliament (RNZ)

===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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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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06:00
Top Stories for Wednesday 8 April 2015
BODY:
Serious questions for a Waikato mental health unit, as two patients escape -- the third breakout in just a month. The DHB defends its performance, and security measures. As the Kiwi dollar continues its rise and rise, across the Tasman, it's dismissed as a bad dream and the death toll in Yemen continues to climb in a bloody deadlock between Houthi rebels and government forces.
Topics:
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Duration: 28'54"

06:06
Sports News for 8 April 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'03"

06:19
Pacific News for 8 April 2015
BODY:
The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'59"

06:22
Analyst says job losses unlikely at Carter Holt Harvey
BODY:
A business analyst says there are unlikely to be major job losses if a sharemarket float of Carter Holt Harvey goes ahead.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Carter Holt Harvey
Duration: 2'45"

06:25
Morning Rural News for 8 April 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'58"

06:29
Te Manu Korihi News for 8 April 2015
BODY:
The organisers of Te Matatini have blundered by failing to announce the winner of the Reo Maori excellence award - making the winner suspicious; The country's biggest Maori-owned fisheries company is describing a new fish harvesting method as revolutionary for tangata whenua; A call's been issued for Maori scholarships for rangatahi to pursue archaeology, because most of the work in the field deals with the origins of tangata whenua; Allegations of fraud, theft and an abuse of power at a Bay of Plenty Maori land trust have been found to be baseless by a court in Rotorua.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'37"

06:42
Labour: A high Kiwi is holding exporters and incomes back
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Labour fears New Zealand's exporters and incomes will be left behind as the Kiwi dollar nears parity with the Australian.
Topics: money, economy
Regions:
Tags: Kiwi dollar, NZ dollar
Duration: 2'09"

06:44
Parent of suicide victim criticises health unit security
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The Waikato District Health Board is being criticised for its handling of one of its mental health centres, where two men with a history of violence escaped by jumping a fence.
Topics: health
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Waikato District Health Board, mental health, Hamilton
Duration: 1'40"

06:48
NZ dollar could remain elevated against Australian for awhile
BODY:
Most economists think the New Zealand dollar is overvalued, but say that isn't going to stop the currency from achieving parity with the Australian dollar sometime soon.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: NZ dollar
Duration: 2'14"

06:50
Carter Holt IPO "appealing" - analyst
BODY:
There's been mixed reaction to the news that Carter Holt Harvey is eyeing up a listing on both the New Zealand and Australian sharemarkets.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Carter Holt Harvey
Duration: 1'49"

06:52
Reserve Bank to tackle houses again?
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An economist says the Reserve Bank may have to open its tool box yet again to counter what he's picking will be another 10 percent rise in Auckland house prices this year.
Topics: business, economy, housing
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Tags: Reserve Bank
Duration: 1'48"

06:54
Sustainable fishing net improves catch
BODY:
The listed fishing company, Sanford, says a new sustainable fishing method developed in New Zealand has huge commercial potential.
Topics: business, technology
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Tags: Sanford, fishing
Duration: 1'14"

06:55
World's largest 3D metal printer in NZ
BODY:
Zenith Tecnica is a small Auckland-based company with just six staff, but it has the largest 3D metal printer in the world.
Topics: business
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Zenith Tecnica, 3D printing
Duration: 3'10"

06:58
Morning markets for 8 April 2015
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The Dow Jones Index is up 92 points to 17,972.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 46"

07:07
Sports News for 8 April 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Tags:
Duration: 2'08"

07:11
DHB chief calls for security review
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The Waikato District Health Board is launching an immediate review into how two men with a history of violence escaped from one of its mental health facilities on Monday night.
Topics: health
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Waikato District Health Board, mental health, Hamilton
Duration: 6'13"

07:18
No cheap Australian goods for shoppers just yet
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Retailers and economists say it will take a while for shoppers to see goods imported from Australia drop in price, if at all.
Topics: economy, business
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Tags: NZ dollar
Duration: 3'09"

07:21
Finance Minister would've felt 'some satisfaction'
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The Finance Minister, Bill English, is planning to visit Australia in the coming weeks to get a better idea about what's happening to its economy.
Topics: economy, business
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Tags: NZ dollar
Duration: 5'20"

07:27
Fighting in Yemen looks set to continue long term
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The United States says it is speeding up weapons supplies to the Saudi-led coalition confronting Houthi fighters opposed to the Yemeni President.
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Tags: Yemen
Duration: 3'33"

07:35
Indonesian MP throws weight behind bid for clemency
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An Indonesian MP has thrown his weight behind a legal bid to save two Australian drug smugglers from execution. - saying he believes the President does have the ability to overturn a death sentence.
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Tags: Indonesia, Bali Nine
Duration: 3'38"

07:38
Ban on set nets in Akaroa Harbour unlikely
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A total ban on recreational set nets to protect Hectors dolphins in Akaroa Harbour seems unlikely.
Topics: environment
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Hectors dolphins, set nets, fishing
Duration: 2'59"

07:41
Carter Holt Harvey jobs should be safe - analysts
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Analysts say a possible listing of Carter Holt Harvey on the sharemarket is unlikely to result in significant job losses.
Topics: business
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Tags: Carter Holt Harvey
Duration: 3'23"

07:48
Zespri opponents critical of new refendum
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It's being called the 'Mugabe mandate.' Supporters of opening up the kiwifruit industry are questioning a referendum, which showed an overwhelming majority of growers back the monopoly of exporter Zespri.
Topics: business, farming, rural
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Tags: Zespri
Duration: 2'59"

07:50
Dunstan Hospital faces funding cuts
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A central Otago hospital is warning it won't be able to maintain its current services if the District Health Board cuts its funding.
Topics: health
Regions: Otago
Tags: Dunstan Hospital
Duration: 2'47"

07:53
Rat numbers increase 800% in Auckland ranges
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The Auckland Council says a nine-fold increase in rat numbers in the Hunua Ranges means its decision to drop 1080 there is the right one.
Topics: health, environment
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: 1080, rats, Hunua Ranges
Duration: 3'13"

07:56
British police take no further action against Jeremy Clarkson
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British police will take no action after an investigation into the former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson's assault on a BBC producer.
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Tags: UK, Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson
Duration: 3'29"

08:07
Sports News for 8 April 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Tags:
Duration: 1'59"

08:12
Father says inquiry into Bennett Centre is well overdue
BODY:
The Waikato District Health Board has ordered an immediate review into how two men with a history of violence escaped from one of their mental health facilities on Monday night.
Topics: health
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Waikato District Health Board, mental health, escape, Hamilton, Bennett Centre
Duration: 5'27"

08:17
Aust. commentators still expect interest rate cut next month
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The New Zealand dollar has dropped slightly against Australia's currency after the Reserve Bank of Australia decided yesterday to keep its official cash rate at its record low of 2.25 percent.
Topics: money, economy
Regions:
Tags: NZ dollar
Duration: 3'49"

08:20
Two economic analysts talk currency
BODY:
The Finance Minister, Bill English, told Morning Report that export-related jobs could be at risk as the New Zealand dollar nears parity with its Australian counterpart.
Topics: money, economy
Regions:
Tags: NZ dollar
Duration: 4'56"

08:26
University enrolments suffer
BODY:
Universities say a drop in the number of school leavers and a fall in the University Entrance pass rate have cost them nearly a thousand students this year.
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags: university entrance, tertiary education, school leavers
Duration: 3'03"

08:29
Markets Update for 8 April 2015
BODY:
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'00"

08:35
Britain's Former PM Tony Blair wades into election debate
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With one month to go until the general election, Britain's Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who led three Labour governments to victory, has waded into the general election campaign.
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Tags: UK
Duration: 3'30"

08:38
Senator Rand Paul to run for Presidential nomination
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Meanwhile, in the United States, the Conservative Senator Rand Paul has announced he's running for his party's nomination for the 2016 presidential race.
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Tags: USA, presidential race, Rand Paul
Duration: 3'33"

08:42
Aotearoa Fisheries backing new fishing net technology
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New Zealand's largest Maori-owned fisheries company is fully behind a brand new fishing net it says could revolutionise the industry.
Topics: technology, te ao Maori, business
Regions:
Tags: Aotearoa Fisheries, fishing, pakihi
Duration: 3'09"

08:46
Te Manu Korihi News for 8 April 2015
BODY:
The organisers of Te Matatini have blundered by failing to announce the winner of the Reo Maori excellence award - making the winner suspicious; A call's been issued for Maori scholarships for rangatahi to pursue archaeology, because most of the work in the field deals with the origins of tangata whenua; The country's biggest Maori-owned fisheries company is describing a new fish harvesting method as revolutionary for tangata whenua; Allegations of fraud, theft and an abuse of power at a Bay of Plenty Maori land trust have been found to be baseless by a court in Rotorua.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'29"

08:56
Dangerous snake on the loose on Gold Coast
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Biosecurity officals in Queensland are hoping a dangerous snake mistakenly set free by police in Surfers Paradise will be found soon by a member of the public
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Tags: Australia, snakes
Duration: 2'42"

08:56
American Pie lyrics sell for more than NZ$1.5 million
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Every time McLean's been asked what the song means, his stock answer has been: It means I never have to work again.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: American Pie
Duration: 3'07"

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===9:06 AM. | Nine To Noon===
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Current affairs and topics of interest, including: 10:45 The Reading: Maintaining Standards, by David Hill, read by Aaron Alexander (RNZ)

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09:08
Airlines warn Wellington not to lengthen runway
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Airlines warn the Wellington region over the proposed airport runway extension, saying they will not fly long haul to the capital even if it goes ahead. John Beckett is the Executive Director of the Board of Airline Representatives. Justin Lester is Wellington City Council's deputy mayor.
Topics: business, economy, transport
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Wellington Airport
Duration: 24'29"

09:32
Bruce Glavovic on rising sea levels
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Rising sea levels and increasing fierce storms are predicted to seriously impact coastal communities around the world. Professor Bruce Glavovic, a natural hazards planning expert from Massey University says we need to consider a managed retreat from many coastal settlements. He is the co-editor and writer of Climate Change and the Coast - Building Resilient Communities, which looks at the climate change impact on coastal settings around the world, including America's Gulf of Mexico coast, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, The Maldives, southern Africa, Bangladesh, and Vietnam. The book calls for a major re-think of coastal planning approaches, including moving some communities further away from the coast, and giving coastal communities the resources and flexibility to adjust to the changes.
Topics: environment
Regions:
Tags: climate change, rising sea levels, sea levels, coastal communities
Duration: 19'03"

09:51
Australia correspondent Bernard Keane
BODY:
Bernard Keane reports on the economy as the kiwi dollar almost reaches parity with the aussie.
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 7'43"

10:13
Amy Bloom
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Amy Bloom is an American writer and psychotherapist, she is coming to Auckland Writers Festival next month. She is the author of three novels and three collections of short stories. Her latest novel is Lucky Us was named by the Washington Post as one of the top 50 fiction books of last year. The story is about two half sisters who meet for the first time in adolescence and follows their travels across America in the 1940s, as they seek for fame and fortune. Her two previous novels are Love Invents Us and Away. She is the University Writer in Residence at Wesleyan University and she was previously a creative writing lecturer at Yale University.
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Amy Bloom is an American writer and psychotherapist. She is the author of three novels and three collections of short stories. Her latest novel is Lucky Us was named by the Washington Post as one of the top 50 fiction books of last year.
The story is about two half sisters who meet for the first time in adolescence and follows their travels across America in the 1940s, as they seek for fame and fortune. Her two previous novels are Love Invents Us and Away.
She is the University Writer in Residence at Wesleyan University and she was previously a creative writing lecturer at Yale University.
Topics: author interview, books
Regions:
Tags: Lucky Us, Amy Bloom, Auckland Writers Festival
Duration: 25'31"

10:38
Book Review: Rich Man Road by Ann Glamuzina
BODY:
Reviewed by Rae McGregor
Topics: books
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 5'56"

11:06
Marty Duda's artist of the week: Laura Nyro
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Although she wrote some of the biggest hit songs of the late 1960s and early 1970s, Laura Nyro has never gotten the recognition that her fans feel she deserves. With a sound and style that falls somewhere between Carole King and Joni Mitchell, Laura emerged from the New York City folk scene of the 1960s with her debut album in 1967, one that spawned hit records for The 5th Dimension, Blood, Sweat & Tears and Barbra Streisand with songs like Wedding Bell Blues, And When I Die and Stoney End. By 1968 she was signed to Columbia Records thanks to her association with up and coming record man David Geffen and the hits just kept on coming, again for other artists covering her songs. Laura continued recording, garnering critical acclaim, but few sales until she retired in the mid-1970s. She re-emerged a few years later and recorded sporadically until her death, from cancer at age 49, in 1997.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 26'16"

11:35
Women in law
BODY:
Natalya King is the author of Raising the Bar: Women in law and business, which examines the progress and participation of women in New Zealand's legal and professional services industries. She says she became tired of reading the same statistics and having the same conversations about the lack of female progress in New Zealand's corporate and professional services. Her book aims to provide information and also to guide businesses on how to pursue and profit from gender diversity within their organisations.
Topics: law, author interview
Regions:
Tags: women, gender
Duration: 13'16"

11:48
Arts commentator Courtney Johnson discusses The Promised Land
BODY:
We visit New Zealand artist Michael Parekowhai's new survey exhibition at Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art.
Topics: arts
Regions:
Tags: Michael Parekowhai
Duration: 10'21"

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09:05 Airlines warn Wellington not to lengthen runway
Airlines warn the Wellington region over the proposed airport runway extension, saying they will not fly long haul to the capital even if it goes ahead.
John Beckett is the Executive Director of the Board of Airline Representatives. Justin Lester is Wellington City Council's deputy mayor.
09:20 Coastal living in the age of climate change
Rising sea levels and increasing fierce storms are predicted to seriously impact coastal communities around the world. Professor Bruce Glavovic, a natural hazards planning expert from Massey University says we need to consider a managed retreat from many coastal settlements. He is the co-editor and writer of Climate Change and the Coast - Building Resilient Communities, which looks at the climate change impact on coastal settings around the world, including America's Gulf of Mexico coast, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, The Maldives, southern Africa, Bangladesh, and Vietnam. The book calls for a major re-think of coastal planning approaches, including moving some communities further away from the coast, and giving coastal communities the resources and flexibility to adjust to the changes.
09:45 Australia correspondent Bernard Keane
Bernard Keane reports on the economy as the kiwi dollar almost reaches parity with the aussie.
10:05 American author, Amy Bloom on 'Lucky Us'
Amy Bloom is an American writer and psychotherapist, she is coming to Auckland Writers Festival next month. She is the author of three novels and three collections of short stories. Her latest novel is Lucky Us was named by the Washington Post as one of the top 50 fiction books of last year.
The story is about two half sisters who meet for the first time in adolescence and follows their travels across America in the 1940s, as they seek for fame and fortune. Her two previous novels are Love Invents Us and Away.
She is the University Writer in Residence at Wesleyan University and she was previously a creative writing lecturer at Yale University.
10:30 Book Review: Rich Man Road by Ann Glamuzina
Reviewed by Rae McGregor
10:45 The Reading: 'Maintaining Standards' by David Hill
Feathers are ruffled in the staffroom at Girls High when young Robert Cole gets the new position in the Maths. (1 of 1, RNZ)
11:05 Marty Duda's artist of the week: Laura Nyro
Although she wrote some of the biggest hit songs of the late 1960s and early 1970s, Laura Nyro has never gotten the recognition that her fans feel she deserves. With a sound and style that falls somewhere between Carole King and Joni Mitchell, Laura emerged from the New York City folk scene of the 1960s with her debut album in 1967, one that spawned hit records for The 5th Dimension, Blood, Sweat & Tears and Barbra Streisand with songs like Wedding Bell Blues, And When I Die and Stoney End. By 1968 she was signed to Columbia Records thanks to her association with up and coming record man David Geffen and the hits just kept on coming, again for other artists covering her songs. Laura continued recording, garnering critical acclaim, but few sales until she retired in the mid-1970s. She re-emerged a few years later and recorded sporadically until her death, from cancer at age 49, in 1997.
Tracks:
1. And When I Die – Laura Nyro taken from 1967 album, “More Than A New Discovery” (Verve/Folkways)
2. Eli’s Coming – Laura Nyro taken from 1968 album, “Eli & The Thirteenth Confession” (Columbia)
3. Gonna Take A Miracle – Laura Nyro & Labelle taken from 1971 album, “Gonna Take A Miracle” (Columbia)
4. Broken Rainbow – Laura Nyro taken from 1993 album, “Walk The Dog & Light The Light” (Columbia)
11:30 Women in law
Natalya King is the author of Raising the Bar: Women in law and business, which examines the progress and participation of women in New Zealand's legal and professional services industries.
She says she became tired of reading the same statistics and having the same conversations about the lack of female progress in New Zealand's corporate and professional services. Her book aims to provide information and also to guide businesses on how to pursue and profit from gender diversity within their organisations.
11:45 Arts commentator Courtney Johnson
We visit New Zealand artist Michael Parekowhai's new survey exhibition at Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art.
Gallery: Michael Parekowhai: The Promised Land

Installation view, 'Memory Palace' and 'The English Channel', 2015. Photograph: Jim Barr and Mary Barr.

===Noon | Midday Report===
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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 8 April 2015
BODY:
Two men who absconded from a mental health unit in Hamilton have been taken to a police station by a relative. Airlines are warning they have no plans to fly longhaul jets into Wellington even if a planned 3-hundred million dollar runway extension goes ahead.
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Duration: 14'34"

12:17
Macraes mine may get a reprieve
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Oceana Gold is considering keeping its Macraes mine in Otago open for another 10 to 12 years, to mine for tungsten and gold.
Topics: business
Regions: Otago
Tags: Macraes mine
Duration: 40"

12:17
Midday Sports News for 8 April 2015
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Reports out of Australia claim the Warriors are close to signing the Kiwis and Sydney Roosters rugby league star Roger Tuivasa-Scheck.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: NRL, rugby, All Blacks
Duration: 2'40"

12:18
Pushpay exceeds its growth target by a third
BODY:
The mobile payments company, Pushpay, says it's exceeded its customer growth target by 31 percent to the end of March, and now has almost 1-thousand customers.
Topics: technology
Regions:
Tags: Pushpay
Duration: 1'09"

12:19
Pateke 4H well has been brought into production
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The Pateke 4H well has been brought into production and flow testing is underway.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: oil exploration
Duration: 30"

12:20
AUD parity no real concern for NZX-listed firms - fund manager
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There are concerns the record high New Zealand dollar against the Australian dollar could prompt earnings downgrades from companies that do business across the Tasman.
Topics: business
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Tags:
Duration: 1'16"

12:23
Midday Markets for 8 April 2015
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Andrew Cathie at Craigs Investment Partners.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'50"

12:35
Midday Rural News for 8 April 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 8'36"

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===1:06 PM. | Afternoons===
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Information and debate, people and places around NZ

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13:09
Your Song - Sylvia's Mother
BODY:
Sylvia's Mother by Dr Hook. Requested by Layton Lillas of Hamilton.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Dr Hook, Sylvias Mother
Duration: 11'19"

13:20
Music Trivia game
BODY:
No clues here, sorry
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 39'33"

14:07
"Charismatic" Conservation - Dr Mike Dickison
BODY:
A new study says private sponsorship of 'charismatic' species, such as the kakapo or kiwi, has been criticised as being an inefficient use of money. The Proceedings of the Royal Society B paper, says twice as many species could be saved if money was allocated differently. The paper considered funding for 700 of our most threatened species. Dr Mike Dickison is curator of natural history at the Whanganui Regional Museum
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: conservation
Duration: 9'09"

14:20
Pork Pie Charity Run - Murray Hemsle
BODY:
It's the last day of the Pork Pie Charity Run and 57 Minis are making the final leg from Alexandra to Invercargill today. The six day event covers 2,500 kilometers from Kaitaia to Invercargill and follows the route made famous in the 1981 classic movie Goodbye Pork Pie. The bi-annual drive is now in its fourth run and it's all in order to raise money for KidsCan. One of the event co-founders is Murray Hemsley
Topics: life and society
Regions:
Tags: mini, Pork Pie Charity Run
Duration: 7'10"

14:25
Glaciers of Western Canada - Emeritus Professor Garry Clarke
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New research shows the glaciers of western Canada could largely melt away by the end of this century. The study was published in the journal Nature Geoscience and was undertaken by the University of British Columbia. Garry Clarke is Emeritus Professor of Glaciology at the university and he's with us from Vancouver
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The Canadian Rockies
New research shows the glaciers of western Canada could largely melt away by the end of this century. The study was published in the journal Nature Geoscience and was undertaken by the University of British Columbia. Garry Clarke is Emeritus Professor of Glaciology at the university and talked with us from Vancouver.
Topics:
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Tags: glaciers, glaciology, Canada
Duration: 6'21"

14:45
Feature album - Thriller
BODY:
Michael Jackson, Thriller, made for $750,000 dollars in 1982, it became-and remains-the best selling album of all-time.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Thriller, Michael Jackson
Duration: 14'16"

15:07
Tech News - Paul Brislen
BODY:
Google looking at buying Twitter? Content wars between Lightbox, MediaWorks, SKY and TVNZ. The Samsung S6 launch. The screen saver that searches for signs of extra-terrestrial life. Peer to peer lending - the next wave of disaggregation. Ultra-fast-charging batteries.
Topics: technology
Regions:
Tags: Twitter, Netflix, samsung s6, aliens, peer to peer
Duration: 23'38"

15:30
Strong man of the bush marks kiwi conservation milestone
BODY:
On New Zealand Society, find out how one Kiwi 'chick' flew home to help another on its way.
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Lynda Holswich cradles Tanekaha just prior to his release with her son Aaron Holswich looking on
“We’ve been really privileged to have seen and held a Kiwi in the wild… it makes you more a part of New Zealand than you ever were.”

– Lynda Holswich
A kiwi project on the East Coast of the North Island has celebrated the release of its 200th reared chick, by bringing together a New Zealand woman and her own ‘fledgling’ to mark the occasion.
Privately-funded Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust was established in 2006 by Auckland businessman Simon Hall, to help restore threatened species of New Zealand fauna and flora in several North Island native forests.
Of its eight main restoration and rejuvenation projects, the Maungataniwha Kiwi Project deep inland in the northern Hawke’s Bay, is establishing itself as one of the most prolific and successful Kiwi conservation initiatives in the country.
And it is here that Aucklander Lynda Holswich was recently flown to help return a juvenile male North Island brown kiwi back to the bush.
Having won an online competition to release the chick, Lynda was joined by her son Aaron, who had been secretly flown in from Australia for the event.
“I had no idea! Not a clue!” says Lynda. “He told me he was going to be at an anniversary dinner. What a ruse!”

Left: Lynda and Aaron Holswich moments after they were reunited. Right: Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust founder Simon Hall carrying Tanekaha to his release spot.
The Trust has been releasing Kiwi back into the 6,000 hectare site since 2007, after discovering a remnant Kiwi population in the Maungataniwha Native Forest.
But with the population in decline, the project swung into action and started harvesting eggs from the area.
And since its inception nine years ago, it has harvested about 360 eggs and seen 200 reared chicks released back into the wild, about 160 of which have been released back to Maungataniwha.
According to the Trust, fully-fledged chicks released back into the forest as part of the project have an approximately 70 percent chance of survival.
This survival rate contrasts starkly with the five percent chance that Kiwi have of making it to adulthood if hatched in the bush and left unprotected against predators
The young adult that Lynda Holswich released was taken from Maungataniwha as an egg, incubated at Rotorua’s Kiwi Encounter before hatching on September 19th 2014.
He was then transferred to Cape Sanctuary where he was reared from 462 grams to a ‘stoat-proof’ weight of just under 1 kilogram. Upon his release, the Kiwi was bestowed the name Tanekaha by Lynda.

Tanekaha at the entrance to his new burrow in the Maungataniwha Native Forest in inland Hawke's Bay
“It means strong man. My boss was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma and he’s in hospital…and so I asked him if he’d like to help pick a name.”
And less than 50 metres from the entrance to Tanekaha’s new burrow serendipitously stands a namesake tree.
“I was really rapt when I learnt that,” says Lynda. “He’s going to be a strong little Kiwi and it also meant something to me for Aaron as well, because he’s my strong man.”
It’s estimated the Kiwi population in the Maungataniwha Native Forest now numbers around 85 pairs, up from the original 66 that were surveyed back in 2006.
Topics: environment, life and society
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: conservation, predator control, native forest, Regeneration, kiwi
Duration: 10'21"

15:45
The Panel pre-show for 8 April 2015
BODY:
What the world is talking about, with Simon Mercep, Zara Potts, Brian Edwards and Michele Boag.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 14'28"

=SHOW NOTES=

1:10 Your Song
Sylvia's Mother by Dr Hook. Requested by Layton Lillas
1:20 Music Trivia game
All the songs are from animated movie soundtracks
2:10 "Charismatic" Conservation - Dr Mike Dickison
A new study says private sponsorship of 'charismatic' species, such as the kakapo or kiwi, has been criticised as being an inefficient use of money. The Proceedings of the Royal Society B paper, says twice as many species could be saved if money was allocated differently. The paper considered funding for 700 of our most threatened species. Dr Mike Dickison is curator of natural history at the Whanganui Regional Museum
2:20 Pork Pie Charity Run - Murray Hemsley
It's the last day of the Pork Pie Charity Run and 57 Minis are making the final leg from Alexandra to Invercargill today. The six day event covers 2,500 kilometers from Kaitaia to Invercargill and follows the route made famous in the 1981 classic movie Goodbye Pork Pie. The bi-annual drive is now in its fourth run and it's all in order to raise money for KidsCan. One of the event co-founders is Murray Hemsley
2:24 Glaciers of Western Canada - Emeritus Professor Garry Clarke
New research shows the glaciers of western Canada could largely melt away by the end of this century. The study was published in the journal Nature Geoscience and was undertaken by the University of British Columbia. Garry Clarke is Emeritus Professor of Glaciology at the university and he's with us from Vancouver
2:30 NZ Reading - Fragrance Rising
Gordon Coates, leader of the Reform Party and Prime Minister 1925 -1928 and a champion of Māori causes, meets a little lost Māori girl at the Thorndon Baths where he swims regularly. His wife Marjorie, mother of their five daughters, is outraged at the newspaper photograph of him hand in hand with the child
2:45 Feature album
Michael Jackson-Thriller (1983)
3:10 Tech News - Paul Brislen
Google looking at buying Twitter?
Content wars between Lightbox, MediaWorks, SKY and TVNZ
The Samsung S6 launch
The screen saver that searches for signs of extra-terrestrial life
Peer to peer lending - the next wave of disaggregation:
Ultra-fast-charging batteries
3:35 The 200th Kiwi - Lisa Thompson
A Kiwi project on the East Coast of the North Island has celebrated the release of its 200th reared chick, by bringing together a New Zealand woman and her own 'fledgling' to mark the occasion.
New Zealand Society
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about, with Simon Mercep, Zara Potts, Brian Edwards and Michele Boag

MUSIC DETAILS
Tuesday 6 April
YOUR SONG:
ARTIST: Dr Hook
TITLE: Sylvia's Mother
COMP: Silverstein
ALBUM: Dr Hook: Greatest Hits And More
LABEL: CAPITOL 746620
TRIVIA QUIZ:
ARTIST: OMD
TITLE: Enola Gay
COMP: OMD
ALBUM: Orchestral Manoevres In The Dark: The Best Of OMD
LABEL: VIRGIN 786323
ARTIST: Pharrell Williams
TITLE: Happy
COMP: Williams
ALBUM: Girl
LABEL: COLUMBIA 305507
ARTIST: John Cale
TITLE: Hallelujah
COMP: Cohen
ALBUM: Basquiat
LABEL: ISLAND 524260
ARTIST: Elton John
TITLE: Can You Feel The Love Tonight
COMP: John/Taupin
ALBUM: Love Songs
LABEL: ROCKET 528788
ARTIST: REM
TITLE: It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
COMP: Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe
ALBUM: Document
LABEL: IRS 142059
ARTIST: The B52s
TITLE: Planet Claire
COMP: Fred Schneider / Keith Strickland
ALBUM: Planet Claire
LABEL: SPECTRUM 551210
ARTIST: James Taylor
TITLE: Our Town
COMP: Randy Newman
ALBUM: Cars
LABEL: (I-Tunes Download)
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Michael Jackson
TITLE: Thriller
COMP: Temperton
ALBUM: Thriller
LABEL: EPIC 438112
ARTIST: Michael Jackson
TITLE: Beat It
COMP: Jackson
ALBUM: Thriller
LABEL: EPIC 438112
ARTIST: Michael Jackson
TITLE: Billie Jean
COMP: Jackson
ALBUM: Thriller
LABEL: EPIC 438112
PANEL 1/2 TIME SONG:
ARTIST: Lenka
TITLE: Roll With The Punches
COMP: Lenka
ALBUM: Two
LABEL: (I-Tunes Download)

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

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

=AUDIO=

15:45
The Panel pre-show for 8 April 2015
BODY:
What the world is talking about, with Simon Mercep, Zara Potts, Brian Edwards and Michele Boag.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 14'28"

16:00
The Panel with Michelle Boag and Brian Edwards (Part 1)
BODY:
Topics- With parliament in recess over the next few weeks, the annual Speakers Tour is upon us - in fact the mps' departure day is today - and again, the trip is raising questions. Mr English conceded the high dollar meant more jobs might be lost here. Stories are emerging of the downside of changes to the child support system.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 24'16"

16:35
The Panel with Michelle Boag and Brian Edwards (Part 2)
BODY:
Topics- New police figures show using a mobile phone while driving is on the increase. The principal of an Auckland primary school wonders whether white middle class parents are avoiding sending their children to the school because of its low decile rating and the fact that nearly all students there are brown skinned.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 26'06"

=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 Wednesday 8 April 2015
BODY:
Driver sentenced to six months home detention. No high fences for a mental health unit. White officer arrested in shooting of black man in US. Disabled care pay policy 'flawed'. Australian court rules internet providers to hand over details.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 22'20"

17:07
Driver sentenced to six months home detention
BODY:
The family of a mother of three, killed while she was out jogging, is angry the driver who hit her has not been jailed .
Topics: crime
Regions:
Tags: dangerous driving
Duration: 3'48"

17:11
No high fences for a mental health unit
BODY:
Putting up higher fences to stop mental health patients getting out won't be happening at a Hamilton unit with a history of escapes because doctors think it's a backwards step.
Topics: health
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Hamilton, Waikato District Health Board, mental health
Duration: 4'29"

17:16
White officer arrested in shooting of black man in US
BODY:
A white police officer in the United States has been charged with murder after a video showed him shooting eight times at a 50-year-old black man as he was running away.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: USA
Duration: 6'04"

17:22
Disabled care pay policy 'flawed'
BODY:
The Government is being accused of leaving disabled people and their families in the lurch.
Topics: health, politics, disability
Regions:
Tags: disability care
Duration: 2'51"

17:25
Australian court rules internet providers to hand over details
BODY:
Downloaders and internet police are keeping a close watch on an Australian Federal Court decision forcing six internet companies to hand thousands of people's details who pirated the movie, The Dallas Buyers Club.
Topics: internet
Regions:
Tags: copyright, piracy, The Dallas Buyers Club, Australia
Duration: 5'06"

17:33
Today's market update
BODY:
For the latest on the markets.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'48"

17:36
Questions surround 11 year old autistic boy lost in the bush
BODY:
Questions still surround how an 11-year-old autistic boy managed to survive five days lost in the Australian bush with just the clothes on his back.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Australia
Duration: 2'58"

17:39
Drug will give men with advanced prostate cancer more time
BODY:
Men with advanced prostate cancer are being offered an expensive new drug that will extend their lives by about five months.
Topics: health
Regions:
Tags: mens health, cancer, prostate cancer
Duration: 3'24"

17:43
US won't say if Russia was behing cyber attacks
BODY:
US officials have insisted a cyber attack late last year did not compromise White House classified systems, but refused to confirm reports Russia was behind the breach.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: USA, Russia
Duration: 4'00"

17:47
Man sought by police after large brawl
BODY:
Police in Huntly are calling for witnesses to a massive drunken street fight last night.
Topics: crime
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Huntly
Duration: 2'21"

17:50
Crown adopts Maori words for own agenda - Researchers
BODY:
Māori researchers say the Crown has adopted Māori concepts to fit its own agenda.
Topics: te ao Maori, politics, language
Regions:
Tags: te reo Maori, tikanga
Duration: 3'21"

17:54
NZ exporter describes Australian market as toxic
BODY:
A New Zealand exporter burnt by the soaring kiwi against the Australian dollar says the exchange rate has turned the market across the Tasman toxic.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: dairy, exports, Australia
Duration: 5'39"

18:07
Sports News for 8 April 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: NRL, rugby
Duration: 3'03"

18:13
Auckland's housing market likened to ponzi scheme
BODY:
Auckland's housing market is being likened to a giant ponzi scheme by one leading economist.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags:
Duration: 5'01"

18:24
Macraes mine could get a new lease of life
BODY:
Workers at the country's biggest gold mine, who'd been facing redundancy in two years time have been thrown a lifeline by their bosses.
Topics: business
Regions: Otago
Tags: jobs, Macraes mine, gold mining, mining
Duration: 3'22"

18:27
AA to publish roading guide in Chinese
BODY:
A travel-guide written in Chinese is being put out by the Automobile Association aimed at helping tourists and Chinese people who live here understand the road rules.
Topics: transport, language
Regions:
Tags: tourism, driving
Duration: 3'08"

18:34
Students demand more security in Kenya
BODY:
Kenyan university students have taken to the streets demanding more security from the government after gunmen killed 148 people at a campus in the eastern town of Garissa last week.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Kenya
Duration: 6'18"

18:40
Chimp killed in Hamilton Zoo
BODY:
A frenzied two minute attack has killed a female Chimpanzee at Hamilton Zoo, only a week after being transferred there.
Topics:
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Hamilton zoo, Chimpanzee
Duration: 3'17"

18:44
Canning Aitutaki Sunday flights 'disastrous' for economy
BODY:
Tourism operators in Aitutaki in the Cook Islands say if Sunday flights between the island and Rarotonga are canned it could be disastrous for the economy.
Topics: Pacific, transport
Regions:
Tags: tourism, Aitutaki, Rarotonga
Duration: 3'15"

18:47
Te Manu Korihi News for 8 April 2015
BODY:
Maori researchers say the Crown has adopted Maori concepts to fit its own agenda. Online criticism has forced the Radio station, More FM, to apologise for re-posting image - mocking haka performers. The organisers of Te Matatini have admitted they made a mistake by failing to announce the competition's winner of the Reo Maori Excellence Award.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'18"

18:50
Three hatched tuatara eggs found could signal new population
BODY:
Scientists say the discovery of three hatched tuatara eggs north of Dunedin could be a step towards re-establishing a tuatara population in the South Island.
Topics: science
Regions:
Tags: tuatara, conservation
Duration: 4'41"

=SHOW NOTES=

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

Entertainment and information, including: 7:30 Spectrum: People, places and events in NZ (RNZ) 8:13 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries 9:06 Wednesday Drama

=AUDIO=

19:12
Education Cities
BODY:
Why collaborations and the art of collaboration are the heart and soul of educational innovation.
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 20'46"

20:40
Tabu Butagira : Uganda
BODY:
Uganda's preperations for the expected early 2016 elections, and there's been a typhoid outbreak in the capital of Kampala.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Uganda, Ugandan elections, Kampala, typhoid
Duration: 16'05"

=SHOW NOTES=

7:10 Education cities
Israeli educator Yaakov Hecht on why collaborations and the art of collaboration are the heart and soul of educational innovation.
Links:
Education Cities
IDEC 2015
7:30 Spectrum
People, places and events in New Zealand.
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 Uganda
Uganda's Daily Monitor journalist Tabu Butagira reports on the Republic of Uganda, pop. 35,873,253 (est. 2012). Uganda's preparations for the expected early 2016 elections, and there's been a typhoid outbreak in the capital of Kampala.
9:06 The Wednesday Drama: 'Willing Horse' by Isobel Andrews
A comedy set in a New Zealand country hall during preparations for a community dance. This is the second play in the festival series highlighting the work of New Zealand women playwrights in the early part of the 20th Century. This play won the Wellington British Drama league competition in 1941.
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 Night Lights Classic Jazz
Jazz Women of the 1940s (WFIU, 7 of 12).

===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. | None (National)===
=DESCRIPTION=

Jazz Women of the 1940s (WFIU, 7 of 12)