Radio New Zealand National. 2015-05-26. 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:

26 May 2015

===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Spectrum (RNZ); 1:05 From the World (RNZ); 2:05 Night Lights Classic Jazz - To Dig or Not to Dig: Jazz and Hip (2 of 12, WFIU); 3:05 Wildfire, by Karen Curtis and Alannah O'Sullivan (9 of 10, Word Pictures); 3:30 An Author's View (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)

===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 7:34 Traffic

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06:00
Top Stories for Tuesday 26 May 2015
BODY:
Islamic State is winning the psychological as well as the miltary war in Iraq -- will New Zealand troops be drawn into the battle? A 29 year mystery is solved with the discovery of a skeleton in a Wellington gully and a terminally ill Wellington woman argues in court for the right to die.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 28'40"

06:06
Sports News for 26 May 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'54"

06:10
Labour says govt must tread carefully
BODY:
The Labour Party is cautioning the Government not to be too hasty in bringing in any legislation against foreign fighters attempting to return to New Zealand.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: foreign fighters
Duration: 2'15"

06:19
Pacific News for 26 May 2015
BODY:
The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'38"

06:22
Morning Rural News for 26 May 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'06"

06:26
Te Manu Korihi News for 26 May 2015
BODY:
A Tauranga historian is backing one of Māoridom's leaders in calling for a commemorative day to recognise the battles that helped shape Aotearoa; The head of a Māori health provider says the Government needs to place more emphasis on building stronger families; The Chinese owners of the Carrington resort in Northland have agreed to protect a burial cave that Ngāti Kahu has been to court over; One of the country's first Māori general surgeons says he hopes his success has encouraged young Māori to see that it's possible to get into medical school.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'14"

06:41
New Zealand gets first real taste of winter
BODY:
A bitterly cold southwest flow over New Zealand which brought snow and freezing temperatures to much of the country is finally easing.
Topics: weather
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'59"

06:43
Seal on the loose
BODY:
The seal is back in the South Auckland suburb of Papakura.
Topics:
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: seal
Duration: 1'12"

06:47
Contact investors to receive $367m special dividend
BODY:
Shares in Contact Energy have jumped 11 percent after investors cheered its decision to drop plans to invest in power stations overseas in favour of paying more in dividends.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Contact Energy
Duration: 2'25"

06:50
Sanford's first half net profit falls following writedowns
BODY:
Sanford's first half-year profit has fallen almost a fifth, due to one-off costs and writedowns.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Sanford's
Duration: 2'04"

06:52
FMA warning about disclosure rules
BODY:
Pacific Edge will pay some investors half a million dollars in compensation as part of an agreement with the capital markets regulator over potential breaches of continuous disclosure rules.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Pacific Edge
Duration: 51"

06:53
Apple Fields directors fined
BODY:
Separately, the Authority is also warning firms that it expects them to file their financial statements on time.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Apple Fields
Duration: 1'19"

06:54
Trilogy's full year profit and revenue exceeds expectations
BODY:
Trilogy International will pay its first dividend after tripling its profit.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Trilogy International
Duration: 1'45"

06:56
Methven's full year profit rises 21%
BODY:
The shower and tapware maker, Methven, is forecasting annual profit growth of up to a quarter, thanks to new products and expansion in China.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Methven
Duration: 1'16"

06:57
Intilecta looks to US for growth
BODY:
Now to firm that may fly under the radar, the app firm, Intilecta, has its eyes on the United States to sell its technology.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Intilecta
Duration: 1'25"

06:59
Morning markets for 26 May 2015
BODY:
In Europe, shares have fallen, with Spanish and Greek stock markets hit by investor concerns about Greece's debt.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 21"

07:07
Sports News for 26 May 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'53"

07:11
NZ troops in precarious position in Iraq
BODY:
Iraq's Prime Minister has responded to criticism from the US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter that his troops lack the will to fight IS.
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Tags: Iraq, Islamic State
Duration: 3'49"

07:15
Closure at last for family of man missing for 29 years
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Twenty nine years after he disappeared in mysterious circumstances, the family of Wellington man, John Smith, finally have some answers.
Topics:
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: disappearance, John Smith
Duration: 5'30"

07:20
New Zealand end Lords Test on a low
BODY:
Despite scoring more than 500 in its first innings the the Black Caps have lost their first cricket Test against England.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: cricket
Duration: 4'35"

07:25
Terminally ill woman to continue her case for the right to die
BODY:
The public gallery at the High Court in Wellington is expected to be packed full for a second day, as a terminally ill woman continues to argue her request to die on her terms
Topics: law
Regions:
Tags: right to die, Lecretia Seales, assisted dying
Duration: 3'33"

07:30
Adventurous seal in Papakura
BODY:
An adventurous seal, complete with its own twitter handle, (@papakuraseal) has been visiting a carwash in the south Auckland suburb of Papakura overnight.
Topics: environment
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: seal, Papakura
Duration: 4'08"

07:38
Grisly discovery forces Malaysia to face up to migrant issue
BODY:
Decomposed human remains have been collected in bags and taken away from grave sites found in Northern Malaysia.
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Tags: Malaysia, mass graves
Duration: 8'54"

07:42
PM says he will not leave New Zealanders stateless
BODY:
The Prime Minister, John Key, says the Government will not follow Australia's lead and consider cancelling foreign fighters' citizenship, because it does not want to leave people stateless.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Iraq, Syria, Islamic State
Duration: 2'31"

07:48
Flooding and bad weather in Texas
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At least three people have died and hundreds of homes have been destroyed in flash flooding in the southern United States.
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Tags: USA, floods, Texas
Duration: 2'43"

07:51
Contact Energy slammed over dividend
BODY:
Contact has ditched plans to invest in overseas power stations after shareholders objected and will instead pay shareholders a one-off dividend of more than 360 million dollars.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Contact Energy
Duration: 2'38"

07:54
Hundreds of thousands still homeless
BODY:
A month on from Nepal's magnitude 7-point-8 quake killed more than 8-thousand 6-hundred people, hundreds of thousands of Nepalis are still homeless and living under tarpaulins.
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Regions:
Tags: Nepal, earthquake
Duration: 3'13"

07:58
School children revive Samoan language
BODY:
Children in South Auckland are braving the winter weather in traditional Samoan attire this week to celebrate Samoan language week.
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Children in South Auckland are braving the winter weather in traditional Samoan attire this week to celebrate Samoan language week.

Weymouth Primary School's principal Saane Faaofo-Oldehaver dancing with the school's students
Photo: RNZI / Indira Moala

New Zealanders all over the country will also join in by participating in debates, cooking traditional Samoan food, seeing cultural performances and speaking the language.
Students of Weymouth Primary School in Manurewa entered into their celebrations with a school assembly that featured community guest speakers, singing and traditional dancing.
This year's theme is 'Tautua nei mo sou manuia a taeao' which means 'Serve now for a better tomorrow'.
The school's principal Saane Faaofo-Oldehaver said while her parents were trying to assimilate into New Zealand culture, she lost the language.
"My parents came to New Zealand when they were 15, 16, and they didn't go back to Samoa for about 40 years. And they had all seven of us here and we pretty much went through with no language.
"Culture and identity were there, but we didn't have the language."
About 40 percent of the school's local community are Pasifika, with 20 percent being Samoan.
Ms Faaofo-Oldehaver said it was important for the school to support the children in celebrating Pacific culture and language.
"They were just over the moon. They love it. And then the ones that are really proud of their cultures have come in their traditional costumes today," she said.

Weymouth Primary School students
Photo: RNZI / Indira Moala

Student ambassador Aiaraisa Tautalagia said her parents only spoke to her in Samoan in special circumstances.
"Only when I get growlings because my cousins are always there and they don't understand proper Samoan so they growl me in Samoan," she said.
Samoan is the third most spoken language in New Zealand, with 144,000 people at the last Census identifying as Samoan.
It was also the second most spoken language in Auckland.
Pastor Chris Sola, who is Samoan Maori, said this week's celebration of the language was vital for its survival in New Zealand.
"I think it's a starting point. I think schools are a good context for that. I think Churches play a huge role in that as well." said Mr Sola.
"But certainly having a week like this is certainly going to put it out there for our communities and our families."
Other schools and community groups nationwide will be holding dance workshops, sporting events, theatre productions and more to celebrate Samoan Language week.
Related stories

New Zealand celebrates Samoa Language Week
News in Pacific languages including Samoan

Topics: Pacific
Regions:
Tags: Samoan language week, Samoa, language
Duration: 3'10"

08:07
Sports News for 26 May 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'00"

08:11
Labour concerned over future cost of superannuation
BODY:
Andrew Little says it's unfair that wealthy people aged over 65 get paid superannuation.
Topics: politics
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Tags: superannuation
Duration: 5'15"

08:17
Govt urged to consider closer security ties with Indonesia
BODY:
Falling oil prices have slashed the royalties New Zealand receives from mining companies.
Topics: politics, environment
Regions:
Tags: oil prices
Duration: 3'17"

08:20
Energy and resources Minister has more
BODY:
Speaking to us from Frankfurt, the Energy and Resources Minister, Simon Bridges, says royalties are down because of a global fall in prices and profitablility.
Topics: politics, environment
Regions:
Tags: oil prices
Duration: 4'16"

08:25
Iraq vows to take back fallen city of Ramadi
BODY:
Iraq has vowed to take back the fallen city of Ramadi within days.
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Tags: Iraq, Islamic State
Duration: 2'51"

08:28
Govt urged to consider closer security ties with Indonesia
BODY:
The Goverment's being urged to consider boosting its security ties with Indonesia despite concerns over human rights.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Indonesia
Duration: 2'57"

08:31
Markets Update for 26 May 2015
BODY:
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 49"

08:36
New Zealand has lost the first cricket test
BODY:
New Zealand has lost the first cricket test against England at the Lord's ground in London by 124 runs, after being bowled out for 220 in its second innings this morning.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: cricket
Duration: 2'12"

08:38
The Pope doesn't watch TV
BODY:
Pope Francis has revealed he hasn't watched television for almost 25 years and doesn't use the internet.
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Tags: Pope Francis
Duration: 2'27"

08:41
Early closing costs jobs
BODY:
New early closing times for bars in the Waimakariri District have already cost jobs as bars notice a downturn in their customers.
Topics: law
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: bars, Waimakariri District
Duration: 2'38"

08:45
Te Manu Korihi News for 26 May 2015
BODY:
A Tauranga historian is backing one of Māoridom's leaders in calling for a commemorative day to recognise the battles that helped shape Aotearoa; The head of a Māori health provider says the Government needs to place more emphasis on building stronger families; The Chinese owners of the Carrington resort in Northland have agreed to protect a burial cave that Ngāti Kahu has been to court over; One of the country's first Māori general surgeons says he hopes his success has encouraged young Māori to see that it's possible to get into medical school.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'11"

08:48
Preliminary design for Akl's new convention centre unveiled
BODY:
Skycity and the government have agreed on a preliminary design for Auckland's new convention centre.
Topics: business
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: SkyCity, convention centre.
Duration: 3'19"

08:52
Whanganui pushes ahead with sale of pensioner flats
BODY:
Whanganui is to push ahead with plans to sell its pensioner flats.
Topics: politics
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: pensioner flats, Whanganui
Duration: 3'29"

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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: Before I Forget, by Jacqueline Fahey (2 of 5, RNZ)

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09:07
Relationships Aotearoa to close
BODY:
Relationships Aotearoa is to close, leaving up to 7000 counselling clients to find help elsewhere. The not-for-profit organisation was in talks with the Ministry of Social Development after it was told it would not get more any more funding this year, but even negotiations for a transition plan for clients, have failed. Cary Hayward is Principal Strategic Adviser with Relationships Aotearoa.
Topics: health
Regions:
Tags: Relationships Aotearoa, mental health services
Duration: 21'12"

09:32
The saga of the North Island tyre mountain
BODY:
A Kawerau Recycling company is under fire for storing tens of thousands of tyres in neighbouring regions while it builds its recycling plant. Councils in Bay of Plenty and Taupo are concerned about the environmental impact of the mountains of tyres being stored in their regions. The 150 thousand tyres were originally stored in Hamilton, which contracted Kawerau based company EcoVersion to recycle them, despite the fact EcoVersion had not yet built a recycling plant there. David Trewavas is the Mayor of Taupo; Reece Irving is the Senior Project Implementation Officer for the Bay of Plenty Regional Council; and Angela Merrie is the Director of Ecoversion.
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Why are 150,000 used tyres being shunted around various sites in the North Island with no apparent means of recycling on the horizon? Nine to Noon has been investigating.
It all started with a mountain of 150,000 tyres that were dumped at a site in Frankton, Hamilton, when the company that was meant to recycle them went bust.
The land the tyres were on had been leased by the council from KiwiRail, which wanted it back. So the council needed to get rid of the tyres fast.
It put out tenders, and awarded the contract to Kawerau Tyre Storage Limited, which later became EcoVersion. That company was to take ownership of the tyres, remove them and recycle them. The problem was that EcoVersion did not actually have a recycling plant yet, but said it planned to build one.
EcoVersion told the council it would store the tyres at its site in Kawerau. However when the Kawerau District Council found out the company planned to truck all 150,000 tyres there, it put a stop to it. The Mayor, Malcolm Campbell, had this to say:
"We have a contract with EcoVersion, and that is at its limit right now, and didn't want any more to come in until they could start doing the actual recycling."
So EcoVersion arranged to store the tyres on farmland in Taupo, and in a quarry at Waihi Beach in Bay of Plenty.
Reece Irving, the Senior Project Implementation Officer for the Bay of Plenty Regional Council, said there were about 50,000 tyres in the quarry, and the regional council was becoming increasingly concerned about the environmental risk.
He said the council had already done fire risk assessments and split the mountain of tyres into smaller piles with fire breaks in between. But it remained concerned that if the tyres were there for much longer they would begin to degrade and leach. It has told the company they must be removed by the August 1.
The Taupo Mayor, David Trewavas, was also concerned about the fire risk from the tyres stored in his region. He said about 10,000 tyres were being stored on land in Puketapu Road near Lake Taupo. He said the fire service had told him they would struggle to put a tyre fire out.
Mr Trewavas staked out the property yesterday afternoon and said another load of tyres was delivered to the privately owned farm in an unmarked truck.
EcoVersion's Director, Angela Merrie said the company's state of the art tyre processing plant would be up and running by the end of the year. She said the company needed a resource of tyres before the project was operational, which is why it needed to store tyres while the plant was built, which she anticipated would be by the end of November. Plans were underway to find a new location to store the bulk of the tyres once they were no longer allowed to be at the Waihi quarry.
Reece Irving, David Trewavas and Angela Merrie spoke to Nine to Noon.
Topics: environment
Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: recycling, tyres
Duration: 18'34"

09:50
US correspondent, Steve Almond
BODY:
The conclusion of two popular TV shows and fallout from a conservative Cable TV dynasty.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: USA, news
Duration: 8'43"

10:13
Best-selling author, and dog lover, Bruce Fogle
BODY:
He's the best-selling author of 14 books translated into 35 languages. Canadian born, Bruce Fogle lives in London with his British actress wife, Julia Foster, their three grown children nearby, including son Ben Fogle - a well-known writer and broadcaster and adventurer. He's the co-founder of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People and the chair of the international animal welfare organisation Humane Society International, a regular columnist and broadcaster and practicing vet. He's an absolute dog lover and his books about his travels with his golden retriever Macy through the United States and Europe were a hit. When Macy died, he wrote a newspaper column about the impact of her death on him which drew a huge response. Bruce Fogle has just published a memoir called Barefoot at the Lake.
Topics: author interview
Regions:
Tags: Bruce Fogle, Barefoot at the Lake
Duration: 30'59"

11:06
Book review: 'The Heat of Betrayal' by Douglas Kennedy
BODY:
Published Penguin Random House (NZ), RRP$37.99. Reviewed by Rae McGregor.
Topics: books
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'38"

11:11
Business commentator Rod Oram
BODY:
Business commentator Rod Oram discusses the Budget, Comvita's excellent results, and Contact Energy's decision to pay out more of its rising profits to shareholders rather than invest in geothermal projects overseas.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 10'18"

11:25
18th Century Maori travellers
BODY:
Historian Vincent O'Malley has researched the many journeys Maori made to England and Australia for his book Haerenga, Early Maori Journeys Across the Globe. He says they were the pioneers of the great Kiwi OE.
Topics: history, te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags: travel
Duration: 14'36"

11:43
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
BODY:
Media commentator Gavin Ellis discusses 3D and the 30 minute news on TV3; (the shorter Sunday bulletin works, two 3D presenters doesn't), and its interview with Teina Pora; the demise of Campbell Live; and Budget coverage by region - the coverage diminishes the further south you go. Does this tell us something? Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz.
Topics: media
Regions:
Tags: Gavin Ellis
Duration: 15'50"

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09:05 Relationships Aotearoa to close
Relationships Aotearoa is to close, leaving up to 7000 counselling clients to find help elsewhere. The not-for-profit organisation was in talks with the Ministry of Social Development after it was told it would not get more any more funding this year, but even negotiations for a transition plan for clients, have failed. Cary Hayward is Principal Strategic Adviser with Relationships Aotearoa.
09:30 The saga of the North Island tyre mountain
A Kawerau Recycling company is under fire for storing tens of thousands of tyres in neighbouring regions while it builds its recycling plant. Councils in Bay of Plenty and Taupo are concerned about the environmental impact of the mountains of tyres being stored in their regions. The 150 thousand tyres were originally stored in Hamilton, which contracted Kawerau based company EcoVersion to recycle them, despite the fact EcoVersion had not yet built a recycling plant there.
David Trewavas is the Mayor of Taupo; Reece Irving is the Senior Project Implementation Officer for the Bay of Plenty Regional Council; and Angela Merrie is the Director of Ecoversion.
09:45 US correspondent, Steve Almond
10:05 Britain's best known vet, best-selling author, and dog lover, Bruce Fogle
He's the best-selling author of 14 books translated into 35 languages. Canadian born, Bruce Fogle lives in London with his British actress wife, Julia Foster, their three grown children nearby, including son Ben Fogle – a well-known writer and broadcaster and adventurer.
He's the co-founder of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People and the chair of the international animal welfare organisation Humane Society International, a regular columnist and broadcaster and practicing vet. He's an absolute dog lover and his books about his travels with his golden retriever Macy through the United States and Europe were a hit. When Macy died, he wrote a newspaper column about the impact of her death on him which drew a huge response.
Bruce Fogle has just published a memoir called Barefoot at the Lake.
10:35 Book review: 'The Heat of Betrayal' by Douglas Kennedy
Published Penguin Random House (NZ), RRP$37.99. Reviewed by Rae McGregor.
10:45 The Reading: 'Before I Forget', by Jacqueline Fahey
The second volume of memoirs by well-known painter, feminist and writer Jacqueline Fahey. (2 of 5, RNZ)
11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram
Business commentator Rod Oram discusses the Budget, Comvita's excellent results, and Contact Energy's decision to pay out more of its rising profits to shareholders rather than invest in geothermal projects overseas.
11:30 18th Century Maori travellers - how 18th century Maori travellers pioneered the great Kiwi OE
Historian Vincent O'Malley has researched the many journeys Maori made to England and Australia for his book Haerenga, Early Maori Journeys Across the Globe. He says they were the pioneers of the great Kiwi OE.
11:45 Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Media commentator Gavin Ellis discusses 3D and the 30 minute news on TV3; (the shorter Sunday bulletin works, two 3D presenters doesn't), and its interview with Teina Pora; the demise of Campbell Live; and Budget coverage by region - the coverage diminishes the further south you go. Does this tell us something?
Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz.

===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 26 May 2015
BODY:
The Government is pleased with the new convention centre deal and Relationships Aotearoa will close at the end of the week.
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Tags:
Duration: 14'49"

12:17
Sky City says revised deal still benefits investors
BODY:
Shares in Sky City Entertainment have dipped slightly after the casino operator revealed a smaller and more expensive convention centre in Auckland.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: Sky City
Duration: 1'38"

12:19
Trade surplus for April
BODY:
A fall in exports has not stopped the country recording a better than expected trade surplus. Official figures show exports exceeded imports by 123-million dollars in April.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 42"

12:20
Tower posts $4.9m loss
BODY:
The general insurer, Tower, has reported a half year loss, due to setting more money aside to cover Canterbury earthquake-related claims.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'39"

12:21
Orion Health says result reflects strategy for growth
BODY:
Orion Health has recorded a loss of 60-point 8-million dollars in the year to March. That's well-above the previous year's 1 point 4 million dollar loss.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'29"

12:23
FMA review of NZX gives it a pass on its statutory obligations
BODY:
The Financial Markets Authority says its annual review of the NZX has found the sharemarket operator has complied with all the rules to ensure the markets are fair, orderly and transparent.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 59"

12:25
Midday Markets for 26 May 2015
BODY:
For the latest from the markets we're joined by Angus Marks at First NZ Capital
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'46"

12:28
Midday Sports News for 26 May 2015
BODY:
A Christchurch born cricketer bites the Black Caps as England win at Lord's.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'38"

12:35
Midday Rural News for 26 May 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 7'29"

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===1:06 PM. | Jesse Mulligan, 1–4pm===
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Information and debate, people and places around NZ

=AUDIO=

13:08
Your song - Thriller
BODY:
Guy Pigden has chosen 'Thriller' by Michael Jackson.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 14'39"

13:22
TV review with Irene Gardiner
BODY:
Irene Gardiner reviews an interview with Teina Pora on TV3's new current affairs show 3D, and new American series 'Empire'.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 9'23"

13:37
Music review with Zac Arnold
BODY:
Zac Arnold has music news including Lauryn Hill's addition to the Soulfest lineup, and rising Melbourne-based artist Oscar Key Sung.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 9'17"

13:46
Book review with Vanda Symon
BODY:
Vanda Symon focuses on a bird theme this week, reviewing 'Land of Birds' by Niels Meyer-Westfeld and 'H is for Hawk' by Helen McDonald.
Topics: books
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 8'22"

14:10
Mother says school bus driver 'driving like a psychopath' - Joop Van Herk
BODY:
West Auckland parents say children pushed the emergency button and jumped off a double-decker school bus as it was still being driven. The Ritchies bus service was carrying students from Green Bay High School and Glen Eden Intermedite on the home run yesterday. Joop Van Herk's 15-year-old son was on the bus.
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Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 6'26"

14:20
How satisfied are we? - Paul Spoonley
BODY:
It seems that overall New Zealanders are a pretty satisfied lot. Earlier today Statistics New Zealand released its latest general social survey - a snapshot of how New Zealanders feel about their lives. It's a survey carried out every two years among 9,000 people. Just over 8 in 10 people reported high levels of life satisfaction and almost 9 out of 10 felt a sense of purpose in what they did. Paul Spoonley, Pro Vice-Chancellor - College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Massey University talks about how that satisfaction varies throughout the country.
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Tags: General Social Survey 2015, Statistics New Zealand, Massey University
Duration: 11'32"

14:26
'Sheep Art' - Mike Bowler
BODY:
A North Canterbury sheep farmer is venting his frustration through 'sheep art'. Mike Bowler says the farming conditions in drought-stricken Canterbury are so bad, he wanted to make people smile. So, he's taken his sheep and used them to form images and words in what becomes a huge hillside billboard.
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A North Canterbury sheep farmer is venting his frustration through 'sheep art'. Mike Bowler says the farming conditions in drought-stricken Canterbury are so bad, he wanted to make people smile. So, he's taken his sheep and used them to form images and words in what becomes a huge hillside billboard.
Topics: farming
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Duration: 6'49"

14:50
Feature album - Steel Wheels
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The feature album today is The Rolling Stones 1989 album 'Steel Wheels'.
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14:55
Web review with Ele Ludeman
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Ele Luderman speaks about Envormation, a social enterprise based in New Zealand with an aim to cut through the 'green-wash', and an exercise website called Healthy Balance Fitness.
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James Ward
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James Ward is chairman of the bored. He is fascinated by boring things like paper clips and elevators. He's got a blog called 'Boring Things I Like' and a book called The Perfection of the Paper Clip. Five years ago, he started a gathering where like minded people can gather to talk about things no one else is interested in like folding towels and text panels in museums. The Boring Conference, has just finished in London amid controversy that it has become too interesting.
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Five years ago, author and blogger James Ward started a conference in London that celebrates the things in life that are often overlooked. Speakers talk about things like the sounds a vending machine makes and text panels in museums. Year after year, it’s a sell-out. It’s called the Boring Conference. James Ward says the conference started by accident when an “Interesting Conference” in London failed to get off the ground.
“It seemed like the obvious thing to do is to hold a boring conference” Ward says, “I Tweeted about that half as a joke and people started replying saying that sounds good, I would like to go to that. It became this reality that has haunted me for the last five years."
Ward writes a blog called I Like Boring Things. He believes topics often considered trivial or pointless can actually be fascinating. His secret boring passion is stationery. He's written a book about it called The Perfection of the Paper Clip: Curious Tales of Invention, Accidental Genius, and Stationery Obsession. It’s that kind of obsession that can lead to a speaking engagement at the Boring Conference.
Each speaker at the Boring Conference is given about 10 minutes to discuss a topic and there are about 20 speakers at each conference. This year topics ranged from camping out on slip-road roundabouts to mountweazels, which are fictitious entries added to dictionaries and encyclopedias to trap anyone who tries to borrow the information.
“I always say the theme is boring but the content shouldn’t be. So hopefully people who come on the day aren’t actually bored. They should be interested by what people are talking about. The whole point is to show that nothing is actually really boring. However unpromising those topics might be, anything can be interesting."
Over the last five years Ward says there is one Boring with a capital “B” talk that stands out for him. It is the presentation given by Peter Fletcher who counts his sneezes.
“Every time for the last 7 years he’s written down in a notebook every sneeze, the time ,date where he was, what he was doing and a measure of strength." Ward says Fletcher has a theory that in our lives we all have a certain number of sneezes but you don’t know what that number is. “All you know is that each time you sneeze you are one step closer to that number. It’s such a beautiful idea and also completely stupid."
The idea that any and everything can be interesting is one that Ward has embraced since he was a child. “As I was growing up I was influenced by this French writer called George Perec, who wrote about this concept of the “infra-ordinary, which is the opposite of the extraordinary, the little things we take for granted every day." Ward makes a point not to overlook the little things in life.
One thing James Ward does not overlook is stationery. He says he is not alone in his obsession with paper and pencils, but some people are just too embarrassed to admit it. He thinks stationery appeals to people on a number of levels.
“One of them is a nostalgic element because it reminds you of when you went to school with all the new school gear; starting the year fresh with a new pencil case and life seemed less complicated and less terrifying." When Ward goes into a stationery shop or office supply store, he doesn’t just see pens and paper. He sees something else. “All of those items have this magical potential to change your life. There might be the notebook you’re finally going to write that novel you’ve always wanted to write or files and folders that mean you’ll finally get organized or the highlighters and post-it notes that mean you’re going to pass that exam” Ward says. And the act of buying the office supplies, Ward insists, puts you on the path to actually achieving goals.
Office supplies have even been used as a symbol of resistance. During the Second World War, Norwegians wore paper clips on their lapels. “It was intended as this subtle sign of resistance against the Nazi occupation” Ward says. “And it’s a symbol that we are all bound together. It was also easy to deny if a Nazi guard came up to you and asked why have you got this paper clip on your lapel, you can be like I was just doing some paperwork." Not so boring after all.
The threshold for what is considered boring is changing according to Ward. “Our attention spans seem to be decreasing. I remember growing up as a child and school summer holidays were a sort of six-week stretch of nothingness. Whereas now, kids and even adults, they demand constant stimulus. I find it quite horrific that even in the toilets people are using mobile phones while they’re on the toilet and there so unable to even have a 2 or 3 minute respite from constant updates and stimulus even in those quite moments” Ward laments.
He has his own collection of office supplies and says while no one is going to pay to see them, he enjoys them and that is enough.
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Topics: business, life and society
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Duration: 21'06"

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The Panel pre-show for 26 May 2015
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21:34
Flower of the Underworld - A Parasitic Treasure
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New Zealand's most unusual flowering plant has a strong connection with a rare nocturnal mammal - and both are thriving in the forests of Pureora
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By Alison Ballance
“There’s something interesting and mysterious about the plants. There’s also something addictive about them.”
David Mudge, Nga Manu Trust

“Dactylanthus is a fully parasitic plant, a flowering plant – and without the flowers we wouldn’t actually be able to find it. It looks like a warty tuber, attached to the roots of native trees, and it’s the only one of its kind. It only lives in New Zealand, and is very unique on many levels.”
Avi Holzapfel, Department of Conservation

In early autumn, the regenerating forest that borders parts of Pureroa Forest, on the western shores of Lake Taupo, is redolent with a musky, fruity fragrance. Photographer David Mudge, from the Nga Manu Trust, says the smell reminds him of a honey shed, while botanist Avi Holzapfel from the Department of Conservation says that to him it’s a cross between over-ripe fig and rock melon. It’s a very distinctive aroma, one that is as distinctive as the plant itself.
Maori know it as pua o te reinga, ‘flower of the underworld’ and waewae atua, ‘toes or fingers of gods’. Botanists call it Dactylanthus taylorii. It’s also known as the Flower of Hades, and as the wood rose (although read on to discover why this name doesn’t actually refer to the plant itself). Dactylanthus is a fully parasitic native flowering plant – it is a root parasite that relies on its host for all its water and nutrients, unlike other native plants such as the mistletoe, which is a hemiparasite with green leaves that are capable of photosynthesising. It does not harm its host in any way. “When the host dies,” says Avi, “or the root gets damaged, then the Dactylanthus will die as well.”
Dactylanthus has a unique relationship with an unusual pollinator. When it flowers for just two to three weeks in early autumn its musky scent attracts short-tailed bats, which come down to the ground to drink the copious nectar and spread its pollen, which it produces in generous quantities. Chris Ecroyd was the first to discover this relationship between parasite and bat, more than 25 years ago, but over the last five years David Mudge’s remarkable photographs have been casting more light on the unlikely duo, and he says that a bat feeding on the nectar at the base of the flowers ends up with a “face covered in white, as if a child’s been in a bowl of icing sugar.”
David sets up elaborate camera traps over patches of flowering Dactylanthus – each trap might have two to four cameras involved, as well as sensors and flash lights, and they are powered by large camera batteries that need to be replaced every week or two. Some of his camera traps are movement triggered, while others operate in time lapse mode, taking photos every few minutes and allowing David to follow the flowers as they bloom and then fade. The time lapse video (above) was taken by David over a few days, and shows a group of flowers blooming and then dying off - of particular note are the large numbers of different insects visiting the plant.
David says the reason he goes to such efforts to document the plant and its life is that he is a curious person, and also that he knew that “there was much more going on with the plant than I was aware of.” He has photographed bats, rats, possums, hedgehogs, birds, wasps, many weta, land snails and a whole variety of insects visiting Dactylanthus flowers.
David has even been able to document the plant’s rich nectar production – watch the video below to see the nectar oozing from the base of the inflorescence.
“A single tuber, with about 40 inflorescences, will produce half to a full cup of nectar over its 10-day flowering period,” says Avi. “That means many litres of nectar are produced in quite small areas of forest.” The nectar contains a mammalian pheromone, squalene, which explains why it is so attractive not only to the bat but to species such as the brush-tailed possum. Waikato University chemistry student Connor Haisley is currently analysing nectar collected from male and female flowers during this year’s flowering season to find out what else it contains.
What most of us would call the ‘flowers’ of Dactylanthus are actually inflorescences: the protea-like ‘flower head’ is actually made up of about 3500 flowers, each just a millimetre-or-so across, arranged on finger-like spadices, which a non-botanist might think were the petals. A sunflower is another example of an inflorescence.
The actual Dactylanthus plant is a warty underground tuber that can grow to the size of a large basketball. The plant begins life as tiny seed, one of thousands produced by a single inflorescence. That seed germinates and waits for the root of a preferred host tree to grow past it. If that happens the seed’s radicle establishes an intimate relationship with the root, but doesn’t actually penetrate it. In response, the root develops a flared surface that the tuber fits around, like a bottle-top fitting around a bottle. It is the distinctive shape of the roots that are the ‘wood roses’, which for many years were collected as curios, and passed down as family heirlooms.
Avi thinks individual Dactylanthus plants may live for 20 to 50 years, and that a population might live in an area of regenerating forest for about a hundred years while it is populated with tree species such as mahoe and five finger. But as the forest reaches a climax stage and the larger podocarps begin to take over, then the Dactylanthus population in that area will die out. “As long as the host trees are there, Dactylanthus will be there as well”, says Avi. Waikato University student Cass Parker has been identifying which species of trees in particular are the host trees at Pureora, and her preliminary work suggests that Pseudopanax is the main host.
Dactylanthus is vulnerable to damage by a range of introduced species. Possums are attracted over great distances by the smell of the nectar, which is why the Department of Conservation traps year-round at Pureora, explains DoC ranger Thomas Emmitt. David Mudge says possums eat out the centre of male flowers “like a kid eating the ice cream out of a cone.” Wasps, on the other hand, sometimes drill through the base of the flower to get to the nectar, or else completely dismember the flower. The conservation status of Dactylanthus is 'threatened - nationally vulnerable.'
Avi has undertaken sowing trials, and has managed to successfully establish Dactylanthus at new sites. Avi, David and Thomas all agree that it would be relatively easy to incorporate Dactylanthus into revegetation schemes, provided the appropriate host species are planted. David points out that Dactylanthus spreads downhill along small waterways and seepages, and this could be taken into account in any planting schemes. Avi’s experience shows that newly seeded plants produce many female flowers, which produce a large seed set and can quickly establish a new population – ‘sort of like an upside-down Ponzi scheme’ says Avi laughingly, with one plant quickly giving rise to many more.
“We’re not just seeding a generation now, but we’re planning for the future,” says David.

Dactylanthus was once widespread across the North and South Islands. The oldest Dactylanthus pollen dates back 28 million years, and it has been found in kakapo coprolites, or fossilised droppings. Today, Pureora and Little Barrier Island are the plant’s strongholds, with other significant populations in Northland and East Cape. There are also quite a few small remnant populations, of ‘grandmother and grandfather plants', that produce a few male plants but are heavily browed by possums and are not likely to last much longer.
Dactylanthus is the most southerly occurring member of the largely tropical family Balanophoraceae. One of the Top 10 New Species for 2015 is the related Balanophora coralliformes, described from the Philippines by University of Canterbury’s Pieter Pelser and Julie Barcelona.
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Duration: 30'11"

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1:10 Your Song
Thriller by Michael Jackson. Chosen by Guy Pigden.
1:20 The Critics
1. TV review - Irene Gardiner
2. Books - Vanda Symon
3. Music - Zac Arnold
4. Web - Ele Ludeman
2:10 Mother says school bus driver 'driving like a psychopath' - Joop Van Herk
West Auckland parents say children pushed the emergency button and jumped off a double-decker school bus as it was still being driven. The Ritchies bus service was carrying students from Green Bay High School and Glen Eden Intermedite on the home run yesterday. Joop Van Herk's 15-year-old son was on the bus.
2:20 How satisifed are we? - Professor Paul Spoonley
It seems that overall New Zealanders are a pretty satisfied lot. Earlier today Statistics New Zealand released its latest general social survey - a snapshot of how New Zealanders feel about their lives. It's a survey carried out every two years among 9,000 people. Just over 8 in 10 people reported high levels of life satisfaction and almost 9 out of 10 felt a sense of purpose in what they did. Paul Spoonley, Pro Vice-Chancellor - College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Massey University talks about how that satisfaction varies throughout the country.
2:24 'Sheep Art' - Mike Bowler
A North Canterbury sheep farmer is venting his frustration through 'sheep art'. Mike Bowler says the farming conditions in drought-stricken Canterbury are so bad, he wanted to make people smile. So, he's taken his sheep and used them to form images and words in what becomes a huge hillside billboard.

2:30 NZ Reading - St Heliers

Returning to the place where a life changing decision was made, Maura reflects on her choice and the chances it's brought.
2:45 Feature album
Rolling Stones "Steel Wheels" 1989
3:10 Feature interview - James Ward
James Ward is chairman of the bored. He is fascinated by boring things like paper clips and elevators. He's got a blog called "Boring Things I like" and a book called The Perfection of the Paper Clip. 5 years ago, he started a gathering where like minded people can gather to talk about things no one else is interested in like folding towels and text panels in museums. The Boring Conference, has just finished in London amid controversy that it has become too interesting.
3:35 Flower Of The Underworld - Alison Ballance
Maori know it as pua reinga, 'flower of the underworld' and waewae atua, 'toes or fingers of gods'. Botanists know it as Dactylanthus. It's New Zealand's only fully parasitic native flowering plant, and when it flowers in late summer its musky scent attracts short-tailed bats, which come down to the ground to drink the copious nectar and spread its pollen. Alison Ballance heads to Pureora Forest to find out more about this remarkable enigmatic plant.
Stories from Our Changing World.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about. With Jim Mora, Noelle McCarthy, Michelle Boag and Dr Brian Edwards.

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Tuesday MAY 26
YOUR SONG:
ARTIST: Michael Jackson
TITLE: Thriller
COMP: Temperton
ALBUM: Thriller
LABEL: EPIC
THE CRITICS:
Artist: Lauryn Hill
Track Name: Doo Wop (That Thing)
Composer: Lauryn Hill
Album: The Misedication Of Lauryn Hill
Record Label: Columbia
Artist: Oscar Key Sung
Track Name: Altruism
Composer: Oscar Key Sung
Album: Altruism EP
Record Label: Warner Music
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Rolling Stones
TITLE: Mixed Emotions
COMP: Jagger/Richards
ALBUM: Steel Wheels
LABEL: POLYDOR
ARTIST: Rolling Stones
TITLE: Slipping Away
COMP: Jagger/Richards
ALBUM: Steel Wheels
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ARTIST: Rolling Stones
TITLE: Can't Be Seen
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ALBUM: Steel Wheels
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THE PANEL:
ARTIST: Jose Carreras
TITLE: Some Enchanted Evening
COMP: Rogers
ALBUM: An Enchanted Evening With Jose Carreras
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===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
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An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)

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The Panel pre-show for 26 May 2015
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Duration: 13'43"

16:06
The Panel with Michelle Boag and Brian Edwards (Part 1)
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What the Panelists Michelle Boag and Brian Edwards have been up to. National MP Maurice Williamson has approached the Act Party about becoming a member. It's been let out of the bag - is it in bad form to make this public? A study of fishing boats operating in New Zealand waters has recorded reports of Indonesian workers toiling in slavery-like conditions. We talk to Dr Glenn Simmons who conducted the study.
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Panel Intro
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What the Panelists Michelle Boag and Brian Edwards have been up to.
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The Panel with Michelle Boag and Brian Edwards (Part 2)
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A Columbia Business Schoool study has found it takes 30 seconds for someone to create a first impression. What the Panelists Michelle Boag and Brian Edwards have been thinking about. Defects in apartment buildings in Australia are a major concern for owners. we talk to Roger Levie of the Home Owners And Buyers Association of NZ about whether there are similar worries here.
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Maurice Williamson and Act
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National MP Maurice Williamson has approached the Act Party about becoming a member. It's been let out of the bag - is it in bad form to make this public?
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Fishing slavery
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A study of fishing boats operating in New Zealand waters has recorded reports of Indonesian workers toiling in slavery-like conditions. We talk to Dr Glenn Simmons who conducted the study.
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Duration: 8'06"

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First impressions
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A Columbia Business Schoool study has found it takes 30 seconds for someone to create a first impression.
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Panel Says
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What the Panelists Michelle Boag and Brian Edwards have been thinking about.
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16:53
Apartment compliance
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Defects in apartment buildings in Australia are a major concern for owners. we talk to Roger Levie of the Home Owners And Buyers Association of NZ about whether there are similar worries here.
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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
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Radio New Zealand's two-hour news and current affairs programme

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Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 26 May 2015
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A shakeup in counselling services; Woman with terminal cancer fights for right to die; Sky City convention centre deal agreed upon; John Key dismisses cowards claims; Parents complain after bus driver; Sydney Jihadi Jane leaves children behind.
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A shakeup in counselling services
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The country's biggest counselling agency has folded amid recriminations and accusations, and five others are taking over their thousands of clients. Days of negotiations between Relationships Aotearoa and the Government broke down last night, and now its 180 or so staff face the axe.
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Duration: 6'26"

17:14
Woman with terminal cancer fights for right to die
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The Solicitor General's told a packed courtroom that it's up to Parliament and not the courts to rule on whether a doctor can help someone die. The lawyer for Lecretia Seales who is 42 and has brain cancer has argued today that she does not want to commit suicide, and that the Bill of Rights should allow her to get her doctor's help to die without being prosecuted.
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Sky City convention centre deal agreed upon
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Two years of haggling over a national convention centre for Auckland has ended, with the Government and Sky City agreeing on a smaller and more expensive centre than originally planned.
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17:22
John Key dismisses cowards claims
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The Prime Minister has dismissed fears New Zealand troops in Iraq might face greater dangers now that Islamic State forces are in control of Ramadi. New Zealand First says those troops face an impossible task because cowards cannot be trained.
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Duration: 3'42"

17:26
Parents complain after bus driver
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Parents at two West Auckland schools are demanding an explanation of how a rogue school bus driver took their children on a 17-kilometre ride yesterday. The replacement driver from Richies Transport was carrying children from Green Bay High and Glen Eden Intermediate and failed to drop children off.
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17:29
The Black Caps lose at Lords
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The Black Caps are licking their wounds and promising a fight back after losing the first test against England at Lords. Brendon McCullum's side collpased and were all out for 220 in their final innings, falling more than a hundred runs short of their victory target.
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17:35
Today's market update
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The New Zealand dollar was little changed today, despite the release of fresh trade data, which was slightly better than the market had been expecting.
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17:37
Sydney Jihadi Jane leaves children behind
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They've been dubbed 'Jihadi Janes' - women who take off from the West to join Islamic State - and now Australia has another of them.
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17:38
Double murder at a south Auckland pawn shop
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A jury has found a man who stabbed two men in a south Auckland pawn shop guilty of the double-murder, rejecting his defence of insanity. The High Court jury in Auckland began deliberating about 11.30 this morning.
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17:41
Victim's anger at not being told his attacker was free.
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The victim of an attempted murder who ran into his attacker in a supermarket this month has accused mental health services of total arrogance over their failure to tell him the man had been released from a psych unit. Bob Norcross is pleased the government has told the Health Ministry to change the way it notifies victims but he's still angry.
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Duration: 6'38"

17:48
Fireworks company guilty over Eden Park shrapnel
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A company whose fireworks display sent shrapnel hurtling into a stand and injuring three spectators, at an All Blacks match has admitted safety breaches and could be fined up to 500 thousand dollars or be jailed for 3 months.
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17:49
Maori Council to jump into mandate row
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The Tai Tokerau Maori Council is set to enter the fray, over the Ngapuhi Treaty settlement. The council's new chair Rihari Dargaville is calling for an urgent meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister Bill English in a bid to stop the process.
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17:53
Peters ejected from Parliament.
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The New Zealand First leader was ejected from Parliament this afternoon as questions about last week's Budget became heated. Winston Peters had been attempting to ask Prime Minister about the scrapping of the one thousand dollar KiwiSaver kickstart payment when he was ordered out.
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17:55
PPTA ask for 5% pay rise
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The secondary teachers' union is seeking a 5 percent pay rise for its 17-thousand members. The Post Primary Teachers Association lodged the claim with the Education Ministry today.
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18:11
Counselling tug of war ends with agency scrapped
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Thousands of people who see counsellors are being shifted to five new agencies named to take over from the country's biggest counselling service after its bitter scrap with officials and Government.
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18:16
Lifeline boss on taking over
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Lifeline is one of the five agencies taking over the counselling from Relationships Aotearoa. Its Chief Executive Jo Denvir joins Checkpoint.
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Duration: 5'16"

18:17
Sports News for 26 May 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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18:20
Labour leader clarifies position on superannuation
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The Labour Party leader's musings on the unfairness of the eligibility criteria for superannuation have forced him to clarify his party's current policy. Andrew Little insists Labour does not support means testing, despite his earlier comments that he thinks it's unfair that wealthy people, or those who continue to work, can get the pension.
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Duration: 3'19"

18:24
Sydney Jihadi Jane leaves children behind
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Back to our story about a Sydney mother-of-two Jasmina Milovanov who's apparently left her children aged seven and five behind and flew to Syria this month.
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Duration: 3'41"

18:28
A carwash closed because of a seal on the loose again
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The Auckland carwash where a seal was found napping had to close for nearly 12 hours today while DOC and Police decided how to capture the troublemaker. The seal had already been sent back to sea yesterday after causing quite a stir wandering around in Papakura.
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Duration: 2'40"

18:37
Siege gunman flew to NZ to confuse Customs
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The Sydney siege gunman had run-ins with officials and tried to bamboozle Customs including by flying to New Zealand and back in one day.
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Duration: 2'41"

18:42
Farmer makes pictures with sheep
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It takes a few sheep to spell out the word bugger on a hillside, but North Canterbury farmer Mike Bowler has a whole flock. He's been using them to spell bugger and other words, and to make pictures too, on his farm at Parnassus.
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Duration: 3'26"

18:45
Te Manu Korihi News for 26 May 2015
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The Tai Tokerau Maori Council is set to enter the fray, over the Ngapuhi Treaty settlement; The mayor of Rotorua says a new partnership model with Te Arawa will ensure Maori are heard at the council table; A Waikato-based Maori social service agency has had its contracts suspended with the Ministry of Social Development.
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Duration: 3'25"

18:49
Today In Parliament for 26 May 2015 - evening edition
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John Key uses Question Time to bash Opposition leader, Andrew Little, over the head for talking about means testing of old age pension payments; Speaker sends Winston Peters packing; Stoush over whether supplementary questions should include phrases from primary questions; Questions about NZ troops in Iraq; Requests for urgent debates declined.
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Duration: 5'01"

18:55
Fight over Aussie Lotto win heading to court
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In Australia, a stoush over a 17 million dollar Lotto prize is now heading to court as the winner's angry co-workers insist they should be in on the windfall. Former courier Gary Baron has now admitted he's the mystery winner after repeated denials to members of the work syndicate he was buying tickets for.
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Duration: 3'24"

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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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Entertainment and information, including: 7:30 The Sampler: A weekly review and analysis of new CD releases (RNZ) 8:13 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries

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19:11
Our Own Odysseys : friendly Iran
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Jeff and Sandra Sewell, normally live in Havelock in the Marlborough Sounds, but a few months before the so-called Arab Spring they travelled from North Africa to Iran.
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Duration: 20'47"

20:40
Kai-A-Miro : Rosemary Rangitauira
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This week's pundit Rosemary Rangitauira - formally from our Te Manu Korihi team, talks about her life as a journalist, and Maori journalism in general.
Topics: te ao Maori, life and society, media
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Duration: 17'58"

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Nights Conundrum
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Nights Conundrum
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7:10 Our Own Odysseys: Friendly Iran
To conclude a North African trip that had included Morocco, Libya and Tunisia, Jeff and Sandra Sewell travelled to Iran with a small tour group in 2010, just months before the Arab Spring, and found a very friendly welcome.
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7:30 The Sampler

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The Sampler for Tuesday 26 May
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This week in The Sampler Melody Thomas reviews a significant third album from Oregon-based New Zealander Ruban Nielson's Unknown Mortal Orchestra and the full-length debut of U.K. singer-songwriter Little Lapin, while Nick Bollinger uncovers the neo-folk-jazz of Ryley Walker.
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Photo by Dusdin Condren.
This week in The Sampler Melody Thomas reviews a significant third album from Oregon-based New Zealander Ruban Nielson's Unknown Mortal Orchestra and the full-length debut of U.K. singer-songwriter Little Lapin, while Nick Bollinger uncovers the neo-folk-jazz of Ryley Walker.
Topics: music
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Duration: 25'51"

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Multi-Love by Unknown Mortal Orchestra
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Melody Thomas reviews a significant third album from Oregon-based New Zealander Ruban Nielson's Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
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Melody Thomas reviews a significant third album from Oregon-based New Zealander Ruban Nielson's Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
When visited in his basement studio in Portland late last year, ex-Mint Chick and Unknown Mortal Orchestra (UMO) frontperson Ruban Neilson mentioned his next UMO album might be the best thing he’d ever done. He was right. As the title suggests Multi-Love is an album about relationships in all their complex incarnations, and at the heart of this album lie a couple of Neilson’s own. The first is a reuniting of Ruban and his brother Kody after their 2012 falling out, the other is an autobiographical tale of polyamory with all its' maddening, wonderful bones laid bare. Never short of ideas - Neilson's first two UMO albums were full of them though left the impression that, had more time been allowed, they would have felt more complete. This time round Neilson spent eight months molding Multi-Love to sound exactly as he’d imagined - and none of that time was squandered.
Songs Featured: Can’t Keep Checking My Phone, Like Acid Rain, The World is Crowded, Multi Love, Puzzles, Necessary Evil, Stage or Screen.
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Duration: 11'30"

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Primrose Green by Ryley Walker
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Nick Bollinger uncovers the neo-folk-jazz of Rock River's Ryley Walker.
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Nick Bollinger uncovers the neo-folk-jazz of Rock River's Ryley Walker.
Ryley Walker is a twenty-five year-old singer and guitarist who lives in Chicago. He started out in his teens playing punk and experimental music but has ended up in a very different place. His new album took me straight back to the late sixties, when bands like Pentangle were forging their original fusion of folk and jazz.
Walker is an excellent acoustic guitarist with a muscular, rhythmically refined style, reminiscent of John Fahey, Davey Graham and Bert Jansch. On All Kinds Of You, his solo debut from last year, he often seemed to be paying explicit homage to one or other of this progressive-folk trinity, but his new album steps away from solo virtuoso mode, setting the guitar at the centre of a group that includes a swinging section of jazzy drums and double bass, piano, cello and occasional vibraphone, with an increasing emphasis on Walker’s voice. I’d bet money that he’s been listening to the records John Martyn made in the early-70s and there’s more than a trace of Tim Buckley here too, though he doesn’t have the extraordinary pipes of a Buckley.
While it is tempting to hear Primrose Green as an exercise in retro – something that is encouraged by the quasi-60s cover design - there is actually nothing old-fashioned about it. Rather, Walker has gone back to a style that was outlined and abandoned, to see if there is somewhere further that style can still be taken. He finds there is.
Songs Featured: Primrose Green, Love Can Be Cruel, Griffiths Buck Blues, Same Mibds, All Kinds Of You, Summer Dress
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Duration: 8'46"

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Remember The Highs by Little Lapin
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Melody Thomas listens to the call of U.K. songbird Little Lapin
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Remember the Highs is the full-length debut from Little Lapin, the childhood nickname-turned-musical-moniker of New Zealand-based UK singer songwriter Lucy Hill. While she’s been writing songs for a decade, we first met Little Lapin in 2013 when her debut EP pricked up some ears here and abroad. And Remember the Highs picks up where that EP left off - an elaboration more than an evolution, but a very welcome one.
Songs Featured: Magnet Eyes, In My Mind, Go Stop Go, Remember the Highs
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Duration: 6'41"

7:30 The Sampler
A weekly review and analysis of new CD releases.
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 Kai-A-Miro
'Eating the berry' with Rosemary Rangitauira from Radio New Zealand's Te Manu Korihi team; from the proverb 'Ko te manu kai ana I te miro nona te ao' (the bird that eats the berry owns the world), encapsulating the idea that a seed, when eaten, gives insight to the one who consumes it – the state of Māori journalism.
9:06 Nim The Chimp and Animal Rights
At the end of this week, there will be a debate in a New York court about whether two chimpanzees kept in a university laboratory are being illegally detained, and should be released into a sanctuary. Laboratory research on chimpanzees is banned in most of the world, though the US, along with Gabon, still allows it. Hear a discussion on whether animals, including primates, should be used for research, and whether they are entitled to “rights” - or just “humane treatment”. The debate is chaired by Owen Bennett Jones and includes the leading philosopher opponent to the concept of animal rights Professor Carl Cohen, as well as a distinguished philosopher Colin McGinn, a lawyer and a leading animal rights advocate Steven Wise, a neurobiologist Sir Colin Blakemore and someone who grew up with Nim Chimpsky - a New York resident Jenny Lee. (BBCWS)

9:30 Somalia: Back from the Brink
It has been nearly four years since the Somali militant group al-Shabab was forced out of the capital Mogadishu. Since then, parts of the city have started to come back to life but the security situation remains dangerous. Africa correspondent Andrew Harding returns to Mogadishu to talk to security officials charged with keeping the country safe, and to speak to al-Shabab defectors who are part of the government’s new amnesty scheme. Is Somalia turning the tide against the extremists of al-Shabab? (BBC)
See the BBC website for more on this programme.
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 Global Village
A selection of world music along with jazz, rock, folk and other styles, artists and songs with world and roots influences chosen and presented by Wichita radio host Chris Heim (9 of 13, KMUW)

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At the end of this week, there will be a debate in a New York court about whether two chimpanzees kept in a university laboratory are being illegally detained, and should be released into a sanctuary. Laboratory research on chimpanzees is banned in most of the world, though the US, along with Gabon, still allows it. Hear a discussion on whether animals, including primates, should be used for research, and whether they are entitled to “rights” - or just “humane treatment”. The debate is chaired by Owen Bennett Jones and includes the leading philosopher opponent to the concept of animal rights Professor Carl Cohen, as well as a distinguished philosopher Colin McGinn, a lawyer and a leading animal rights advocate Steven Wise, a neurobiologist Sir Colin Blakemore and someone who grew up with Nim Chimpsky - a New York resident Jenny Lee. (BBCWS) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02rf5pj

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

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A selection of world music along with jazz, rock, folk and other styles, artists and songs with world and roots influences chosen and presented by Wichita radio host Chris Heim (9 of 13, KMUW)