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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:
22 July 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 Swamp Fever, written and told by Gerard Hindmarsh (8 of 10, RNZ); 3:30 Diversions (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:45 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 7:34 Traffic
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06:00
Top Stories for Wednesday 22 July 2015
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MP's criticise the swift law change to validate thousands of speeding tickets. We talk to the Minister of Transport, Simon Bridges. A lock-down and search at Mount Eden prison finds contraband.We hear from Serco's Scott McNairn and will mortgage rates fall again? Economists are predicting another cut as the Reserve Bank reviews the Official Cash Rate tomorrow.
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Duration: 31'36"
06:06
Sports News for 22 July 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'05"
06:11
Labour calls for full inquiry in Serco prisons
BODY:
The fallout is continuing after further allegations of prisoner violence at Serco's Mt Eden prison, with Labour saying fight clubs and the death of a prisoner could just be the tip of the iceberg.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Mt Eden prison, Serco
Duration: 3'07"
06:18
Pacific News for 22 July 2015
BODY:
The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'20"
06:19
Two Maori commentators with their take on the Kereru story
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The hui at which Kereru was served up for dinner has divided opinion amongst Maori.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags: kereru
Duration: 5'30"
06:20
Morning Rural News for 22 July 2015
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Tags:
Duration: 4'09"
06:24
Te Manu Korihi News for 22 July 2015
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A former prisoner who has run tikanga programmes for offenders says there's a lack of Māori staff at Mt Eden Prison; One of the claimants challenging New Zealand's involvement in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement says they've had to seek an urgent hearing because the Crown refuses to release information about the progress of negotiations; Waikato-Tainui says diversifying its commercial arm has led to an increase of 123 million dollars in total assets on 2014; The Māori Broadband Working Group says it's very important for marae, kura, and iwi organisations to consider using video conferencing, especially for tribal members who can't always attend hui.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'34"
06:39
Parliament makes urgent fix to transport laws
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Up to 25 councils have been let off the hook after MPs fixed a legal blunder which had made some speed limit bylaws and all the speeding tickets issued under them invalid.
Topics: transport, law
Regions:
Tags: legal blunder
Duration: 2'31"
06:42
MBIE releases report into exploitation of migrant workers
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A new government report into the working conditions for migrant workers on the Canterbury rebuild confirms many are being exploited.
Topics: refugees and migrants
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: exploitation, working conditions
Duration: 2'56"
06:47
Migration not expected to fall sharply
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The migration boom is expected to ebb rather than fall sharply amid signs that the pace of economic growth is slowing in New Zealand.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: migration
Duration: 2'57"
06:50
Bank lending restrictions already having an impact on investors
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Some would-be Auckland property investors may already be too late to get a loan from the bank, even though new lending restrictions won't take effect until October. .
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Bankers Association, lending restrictions, banking
Duration: 2'58"
06:53
RBNZ says regulatory changes will save banks money
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The Reserve Bank is seeking public feedback on changes to its regulatory requirements that it says will improve the efficiency of bank supervision and lower their costs.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: Reserve Bank, banking
Duration: 1'06"
06:54
Economist says workers continue to miss out
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One economist says workers have continued to miss out, and are not being paid fully for what they produce.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: productivity, wages
Duration: 1'23"
06:55
Ryan Bridge in China
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The Chinese President, Xi Jinping, is offering reassurance to those worried about the state of the world's second largest economy, after the country's share market crisis made headlines around the world.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: China
Duration: 2'20"
06:57
Morning markets for 22 July 2015
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Wall Street is in the red after weak earnings results from IBM and United Technologies.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 59"
06:59
Business briefs
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Vector says the number of electricity and gas customers increased in the June financial year.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: Vector
Duration: 59"
07:07
Sports News for 22 July 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Tags:
Duration: 2'04"
07:12
Council lapses made speeding legal
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Up to 25 councils have been let off the hook after MPs rushed to fix a legal blunder that meant thousands of speeding tickets may have been illegally issued.
Topics: transport, law
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Tags: legal blunder
Duration: 5'44"
07:17
Serco responds to allegations of violence at Mt Eden
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A full search of the Mount Eden remand prison where internet videos have shown inmates taking part in organised fights has, so far, uncovered a cellphone.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: MT Eden prison, Serco
Duration: 4'52"
07:23
Reserve Bank tipped to cut Official Cash rate again tomorrow
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A growing number of economists are expecting yet another cut to the Official Cash Rate tomorrow.
Topics: economy
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Tags: official cash rate, Reserve Bank
Duration: 3'24"
07:26
Auckland Council brings back higher density plans
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One of the most contentious plans for high density housing in Auckland's suburbs is back on the agenda.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Unitary Plan
Duration: 4'01"
07:36
Dunne defends $3 million bill for finding new home for Treaty
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The Internal Affairs Minister, Peter Dunne, is defending spending more than three-million dollars discussing where the Treaty of Waitangi should be displayed.
Topics: politics, history
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Tags: Treaty of Waitangi
Duration: 3'05"
07:39
Labour MP stands by prison assault claim
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Labour's Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis is standing by his claims a prisoner died in a Northland jail as a result of being thrown from a balcony by inmates at the Mount Eden remand prison.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Mt Eden prison, Serco
Duration: 3'47"
07:45
English agrees rising house prices making inequality worse.
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The Finance Minister has admitted rising house prices in Auckland are making inequality worse by shutting low and middle income earners out of the property market.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: house prices
Duration: 2'55"
07:48
Motels complain Airbnb is squeezing them out of market
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Motel owners are complaining the global home rental website Airbnb is taking business off them.
Topics: internet, business
Regions:
Tags: Airbnb, tourism, hospitality
Duration: 3'11"
07:51
Search for alien life receives boost
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Russian internet billionaire, Yuri Milner has donated 100 million to dollars to a project that's searching for extraterrestrial intelligence.
Topics: science
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Tags: SETI
Duration: 4'28"
08:07
Sports News for 22 July 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'20"
08:11
Kapiti Council spotted fault in speed limit bylaws
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As we have been reporting this morning, Parliament has rushed through a law that lets more than 25 councils off the hook for not properly setting local speed limits
Topics: transport, law
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Kapiti, speed limits
Duration: 4'01"
08:15
Lawyer says law needs to be clear, councils lack support
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Alwyn O'Connor is a lawyer who specialises in traffic and parking matters.
Topics: transport, law
Regions:
Tags: legal blunder
Duration: 3'12"
08:25
Banks, lending institutions go into battle for mortgage clients
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The Reserve Bank is tipped to drop the Official Cash Rate even further tomorrow.
Topics: housing
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Tags: Reserve Bank, official cash rate, banking
Duration: 3'03"
08:28
Potato top pie takes out Supreme Pie award
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It's an oldie but a goodie - the humble potato top pie has taken out the top prize in this year's Supreme Pie award competition, at a gala event in Auckland last night.
Topics: food
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Tags: Supreme Pie award, pies
Duration: 3'40"
08:32
Markets Update for 22 July 2015
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'04"
08:37
Australians warned over foreign investiors
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Just like here real estate agents in Australia are warning against xenophobia.
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Tags: Australia, real estate, foreign investment
Duration: 3'32"
08:41
Nauru MP will be in court today asking for his passport back
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The Nauru opposition MP who can't leave the Pacific island to join his family in New Zealand because his passport has been cancelled is planning to ask for it back in court today.
Topics: Pacific
Regions:
Tags: Nauru, Roland Kun
Duration: 3'07"
08:43
Nelson braces itself for quakes
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The Nelson City Council will decide tomorrow whether to spend millions of dollars to earthquake-proof its main civic venue, the Trafalgar Centre.
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Regions: Nelson Region
Tags: Trafalgar Centre
Duration: 3'34"
08:47
Te Manu Korihi News for 22 July 2015
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A former prisoner who has run tikanga programmes for offenders says there's a lack of Māori staff at Mt Eden Prison; One of the claimants challenging New Zealand's involvement in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement says they've had to seek an urgent hearing because the Crown refuses to release information about the progress of negotiations; Waikato-Tainui says diversifying its commercial arm has led to an increase of 123 million dollars in total assets on 2014; The Māori Broadband Working Group says it's very important for marae, kura, and iwi organisations to consider using video conferencing, especially for tribal members who can't always attend hui.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'05"
08:52
Metal implants v airport security scanners
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More and more people are getting their hips and knees fixed - upgrading the old ones for artificial joints.
Topics: health
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Tags: artificial joints
Duration: 3'46"
08:55
NZ astrobiologist welcomes big funding boost
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Back now to the search for alien life.
Topics: science
Regions:
Tags: SETI
Duration: 3'21"
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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: Five Sons and 100 Muri of Rice, by Sharyn Steel and Zoe Dryden (3 of 12, RNZ)
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09:07
Shoddy buildings on the rise
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Substandard building work is on the rise - with complaints to the government run Licensed Building Practitioners scheme up 30 per cent this year. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment which runs the scheme says the building boom particularly in Auckland and Christchurch is contributing to the problem. It says more and more builders and other trades people are coming into the industry, some of whom don't have the skills to meet the standards. It's introducing tougher skills requirements later this year, which building practitioners must attain to keep their license. The Auckland Council is also noticing a rise in poor building practices, its general manager of building control Ian McCormick says its currently failing around a third of building inspections in the city. He discusses the issues along with Paul Hobbs, the Registrar of Building Practitioner Licensing for the Ministry of Building, Innovation and Employment.
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Substandard building work is on the rise, with complaints to the government run Licensed Building Practitioners scheme up 30 per cent this year.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment which runs the scheme says the building boom particularly in Auckland and Christchurch is contributing to the problem. It says more and more builders and other trades people are coming into the industry, some of whom don't have the skills to meet the standards. It's introducing tougher skills requirements later this year, which building practitioners must attain to keep their license.
The Auckland Council is also noticing a rise in poor building practices, its general manager of building control Ian McCormick says its currently failing around a third of building inspections in the city.
He discusses the issues along with Paul Hobbs, the Registrar of Building Practitioner Licensing for the Ministry of Building, Innovation and Employment.
Topics: business, housing
Regions:
Tags: shoddy building, construction
Duration: 28'04"
09:36
Recognising gifted autistic children
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Lynn Berresford has over 30 years experience of working with children, teenagers and adults with exceptional needs. She is a guest speaker at the Altogether Autism Conference in Auckland today where she'll be talking about how to identify the learning, social and emotional gifts of children with autism. She says those children are usually complex, highly sensitive individuals who face daunting challenges at home and adjusting to school.
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Photo: CC BY 2.0 Melissa
Lynn Berresford has over 30 years experience of working with children, teenagers and adults with exceptional needs. She is a guest speaker at the Altogether Autism Conference in Auckland where she'll be talking about how to identify the learning, social and emotional gifts of children with autism.
Lynn Berresford tells Kathryn Ryan that those children are usually complex, highly sensitive individuals who face daunting challenges at home and in adjusting to school.
Topics: health, education
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Tags: Lynn Berresford, autism, parenting
Duration: 13'32"
09:50
Australia correspondent Bernard Keane
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Bronwyn Bishop's controversial use of parliamentary entitlements. Emissions trading scheme.
Topics:
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 9'05"
10:06
Canadian author and biographer Rosemary Sullivan
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Rosemary Sullivan talks about her love of biography and her works Stalin's Daughter: the Extraordinary Times and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva and Villa Air-Bel: World War II, Escape and a House in Marseille. Rosemary Sullivan is a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto. She has written 14 books. Her others include, Labyrinth of Desire: Women, Passion and Romantic Obsession. Shadow Maker, her biography of Gwendolyn MacEwen, won the Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction. She has been the recipient of Guggenheim, Trudeau, and Jackman Fellowships and was awarded the Lorne Pierce Medal by the Royal Society for her contributions to Literature and Culture. In 2012 she became an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Topics: author interview, books
Regions:
Tags: biography
Duration: 31'52"
10:38
New Zealand Books Pukapuka Aotearoa review
BODY:
Harry Ricketts of NZ Books reviews this year's issue of the New Zealand literary journal Sport. This contains (among much else) fiction by Ashleigh Young and David Coventry, poems by Vincent O'Sullivan, Bernadette Hall, Anna Jackson, Chris Tse and Chris Price, and essays by Damien Wilkins, Jane Blaikie and Ingrid Horrocks.
Topics: books
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 7'57"
11:10
Marty Duda's artist of the week: Paul Brady
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Irish musician Paul Brady began his career in the late 1960s and early 1970s singing and playing traditional Irish songs with various bands. He eventually went solo in the mid-70s and began writing his own songs by the end of that decade. Since then he has become a highly respected, yet highly underrated songwriter whose tunes have been covered by Bonnie Raitt, Tina Turner and Joe Cocker and he has co-written with the likes of Carole King and John Prine. Paul Brady has just released The Vicar St. Sessions Vol.1, 13 live tracks taken from his historic one month stand at the famous venue in Dublin and features guest appearance by Van Morrison, Sinead O'Connor, Bonnie Raitt and many others. As the title would suggest… more volumes are on the way.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Paul Brady
Duration: 25'31"
11:36
Legal commentator John Hancock
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ohn Hancock on the UK Child Poverty Act and its progress and implications for NZ policy.
Topics: law
Regions:
Tags: child poverty
Duration: 11'57"
11:48
Science commentator, Siouxsie Wiles
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Siouxsie Wiles discusses the science of screaming, How trustworthy you look could determine your prison sentence, Scientists put mozzies in a mini wind tunnel to study how they zero in on their prey, Wild birds taught to eavesdrop.
Topics: science
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 11'28"
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9:05 Shoddy buildings on the rise
Substandard building work is on the rise - with complaints to the government run Licensed Building Practitioners scheme up 30 per cent this year. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment which runs the scheme says the building boom particularly in Auckland and Christchurch is contributing to the problem. It says more and more builders and other trades people are coming into the industry, some of whom don't have the skills to meet the standards. It's introducing tougher skills requirements later this year, which building practitioners must attain to keep their license.
The Auckland Council is also noticing a rise in poor building practices, its general manager of building control Ian McCormick says its currently failing around a third of building inspections in the city. He discusses the issues along with Paul Hobbs, the Registrar of Building Practitioner Licensing for the Ministry of Building, Innovation and Employment.
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09:30 Recognising gifted autistic children.
Lynn Berresford has over 30 years experience of working with children, teenagers and adults with exceptional needs. She is a guest speaker at the Altogether Autism Conference in Auckland today where she'll be talking about how to identify the learning, social and emotional gifts of children with autism. She says those children are usually complex, highly sensitive individuals who face daunting challenges at home and adjusting to school.
09:45 Australia correspondent Bernard Keane
10:05 Canadian author and biographer Rosemary Sullivan on research and the art of storytelling
Rosemary Sullivan talks about her love of biography and her works Stalin's Daughter: the Extraordinary Times and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva and Villa Air-Bel: World War II, Escape and a House in Marseille.
Rosemary Sullivan is a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto. She has written 14 books. Her others include, Labyrinth of Desire: Women, Passion and Romantic Obsession. Shadow Maker, her biography of Gwendolyn MacEwen, won the Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction. She has been the recipient of Guggenheim, Trudeau, and Jackman Fellowships and was awarded the Lorne Pierce Medal by the Royal Society for her contributions to Literature and Culture. In 2012 she became an Officer of the Order of Canada.
10:35 New Zealand Books Pukapuka Aotearoa review
Harry Ricketts of NZ Books reviews this year's issue of the New Zealand literary journal Sport. This contains (among much else) fiction by Ashleigh Young and David Coventry, poems by Vincent O'Sullivan, Bernadette Hall, Anna Jackson, Chris Tse and Chris Price, and essays by Damien Wilkins, Jane Blaikie and Ingrid Horrocks.
10:45 The Reading: 'Five Sons and 100 Muri of Rice', by Sharyn Steel and Zoe Dryden
The life of Kharika Devkota, raised as a five-year-old bride in rural Nepal (3 of 12, RNZ).
11:05 Marty Duda's artist of the week: Paul Brady
Irish musician Paul Brady began his career in the late 1960s and early 1970s singing and playing traditional Irish songs with various bands. He eventually went solo in the mid-70s and began writing his own songs by the end of that decade. Since then he has become a highly respected, yet highly underrated songwriter whose tunes have been covered by Bonnie Raitt, Tina Turner and Joe Cocker and he has co-written with the likes of Carole King and John Prine. Paul Brady has just released The Vicar St. Sessions Vol.1, 13 live tracks taken from his historic one month stand at the famous venue in Dublin and features guest appearance by Van Morrison, Sinead O’Connor, Bonnie Raitt and many others. As the title would suggest… more volumes are on the way.
11:30 Legal commentator John Hancock
John Hancock on the UK Child Poverty Act and its progress and implications for NZ policy.
11:45 Science commentator, Siouxsie Wiles
Siouxsie Wiles discusses the science of screaming, How trustworthy you look could determine your prison sentence, Scientists put mozzies in a mini wind tunnel to study how they zero in on their prey, Wild birds taught to eavesdrop.
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Marty Duda's selection:
Artist: Paul Brady
Song: Don’t Come Again (3:35)
Composer: Traditional
Album: Welcome Here Kind Stranger (1978)
Label: Green Linnet
Artist: Paul Brady
Song: Crazy Dreams (4:56)
Composer: Paul Brady
Album: Hard Station (1981)
Label: Polygram
Artist: Paul Brady
Song: The Island (5:28)
Composer: Paul Brady
Album: Back To The Centre (1985)
Label: Mercury
Artist: Paul Brady
Song: Nobody Knows (6:07)
Composer: Paul Brady
Album: The Vicar St. Sessions Vol.1 (2015)
Label: Proper
===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 22 July 2015
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Three investigations are underway into the death of a prisoner and Concern that Auckland's housing boom might mean more leaky buildings.
Topics:
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Duration: 14'50"
12:17
More passengers are passing through Auckland Airport
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More passengers are passing through Auckland Airport led by tourists from China and the United States.
Topics: business, economy
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Auckland Airport
Duration: 48"
12:19
AWF-Madison says cooling economy not hindering its ambitions
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A cooling economy is not hindering the ambitions of the labour firm, AWF-Madison.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'21"
12:20
Summerset buys a second block of land in Auckland
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Summerset says it's bought another development site in Auckland this week - this time in the eastern suburbs.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags:
Duration: 1'22"
12:21
Weak economy justifies a cut - NZIER board
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The Institute of Economic Research's Shadow Board says a weaker economy justifies another cut in interest rates.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags:
Duration: 39"
12:23
Midday Markets for 22 July 2015
BODY:
For the latest from the markets we're joined by Belinda Stanley at Craigs Investment Partners.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'46"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 22 July 2015
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The new Springbok captain Schalk Burger says it's an honour to lead his country against their greatest rivals the All Blacks, though he concedes he has some big shoes to fill. The Jamaican track star Usain Bolt has admitted to sacrificing fast food in a bid to extend his stellar sprinting career.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'26"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 22 July 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Tags:
Duration: 8'35"
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===1:06 PM. | Jesse Mulligan, 1–4pm===
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Information and debate, people and places around NZ
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13:10
Your Song - Haere Mai
BODY:
Jilly Taipua form Mt Albert in Auckland Has chosen Haere Mai by Daphne Walker.
Topics: music
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Tags:
Duration: 12'20"
13:20
Music Trivia game
BODY:
No clues here sorry!
Topics: music
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Duration: 39'38"
14:10
Simpson And His Donkey - Richard Thomson
BODY:
One of New Zealand's most iconic paintings will go under the hammer tonight in Auckland. Horace Moore-Jones', Simpson And His Donkey, is up for auction and it's believed it could fetch up to half a million dollars. But there are concerns the watercolour could be taken out of the country if a foreign buyer purchases it. International Art Centre director, Richard Thomson, tells us more.
Topics: arts
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Horace Moore-Jones, Simpson And His Donkey, International Art Centre, Richard Thomson
Duration: 10'18"
14:20
The importance of correctly pronouncing Māori words
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A 15-year-old Kāpiti College student has written a speech that has got people talking. Year 11 student Finnian Galbraith posted his speech on YouTube on Monday and it's attracted nearly thirty thousand views already. The speech is titled The importance of correctly pronouncing Māori words. Finnian talks about why he wrote it.
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A 15-year-old Kāpiti College student has written a speech that has got people talking. Year 11 student Finnian Galbraith posted his speech on YouTube on Monday and it's attracted over 35,000 views already.
Finnian talks about why he wrote it.
Picked up by international websites such as the BBC and the Guardian, the youtube video has continued to get views and international attention. It has now had close to 120,000 views and the reaction has been overwhelmingly positive.
Finnian said he wasn't expecting the attention the video has received.
"I had absolutely no idea it was going to come to this - it's amazing really," he told Afternoons.
Asked what prompted his impassioned plea for respect for the indigenous language, Finnian said he had te reo Maori class at Paekakariki Primary School once a week and he sees the preservation of Maori culture as a big issue.
He said the link was originally shared with teachers at Kapiti College and "it just kind of exploded from there ... it's gone crazy".
"I've had heaps of congratulations from other people," Finnian says. "It's pretty awesome."
Those reactions include: "Kia Ora Finnian you absolutely rock!! Your speech is fantastic and so true"; "Come on New Zealand, listen to what this delightful young man is saying. Go Finnian"; "great speech, an hour a week should be compulsory in NZ. I would like to see Te Reo as part of a standard NZ curriculum for primary kids"; and simply "Kia ora 'cuz' ".
In the video, Finnian says culture is "priceless" and New Zealanders should be proud of the Maori language, which is part of all New Zealanders' culture. Yet on TV and on the radio, people see and hear so many people mispronouncing Maori names and words everyday.
Pronouncing te reo Maori correctly is a big step forward in preserving the culture, Finnian says: "If we lose the language - the pillar of tradition - the whole culture will be weakened and a whole lot of history and knowledge will be lost without the language."
As an official language, te reo Maori should be pronounced correctly. He says there is no "Pakeha way" of saying Maori words and it's not hard - people can learn just by listening.
For example, Finnian says there are just five key vowel sounds and people already know who to say them, for example Ka from Kapiti sounds like the car we drive, and Rau from Raumati sounds like rowing a boat.
Giving it a go and being willing to learn is what counts, Finnian says.
Some internet commentators are predicting a bright future for the 15-year-old. He told Radio New Zealand he is always looking for new opportunities and new things to do so - watch this space.
Related
Maori language chief optimistic about long-term future
Twitter used to admonish poor Maori pronunciation
Kei te whakaawea ngā tauira Māori nā te whakahua hē i ō rātou ingoa
Mispronouncing names affects children
English-only speakers find learning Te Reo difficult
School's success encourages bilingualism - principal
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags: Finnian Galbraith, Kāpiti College
Duration: 5'50"
14:45
Feature album - Be Altitude:Respect Yourself
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The feature album today is "Respect Yourself: Be Altitude" from The Staple Singers. It features three R&B top ten hits, two of which were also Top Twentys in the Pop Charts...
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: The Staple Singers
Duration: 10'56"
15:10
Tech News - Paul Brislen
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The Tesla Car, the Ashley Madison hack, and will the phones of the future have a SIM card, or not?
Topics: technology, internet
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 23'44"
15:35
Allergies and the age of Avoidance
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Sonia Sly speaks to actor and director Paul McLaughlin who reveals why he must avoid fish at all costs, and Dr Robert Winkler talks about the world-wide rise in allergies due to factors including; lifestyle, reactions to common drugs, and abstaining from particular foods during pregnancy.
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“When I was young fella I was allergic to horses, cats dogs, all sorts … my eyes would swell up and my mouth. But with fish it’s pretty bad—end-stage is anaphylactic shock.”
Paul McLaughlin is lighthearted as he relays his story. He had eczema and asthma throughout his childhood and has since grown out of these lighter allergies, although one that has never left him is his allergy to fish. He isn’t allergic to crustaceans or shell fish, just swimming fish, and he’s acutely aware that he needs to avoid it at all costs.
“Every now and then I would stray into something that would have a bit of fish in it and my mouth would swell up,” he says.
On these occasions he uses ice water to reduce the symptoms, and if that doesn’t work the next step is antihistamines.
Although avoiding fish might be all well and good, he knows from experience that it isn’t always possible to keep a handle on what he’s eating, especially if someone else is serving the food. He was at an opening night event for a theatre show when he was advised that what he was about to eat was potato. “After a couple of minutes I realised that it was fish. This was 9:30 at night…my throat and everything was swelling up, and I started getting tired, almost sleepy.”
Paul was dropped off at the urgent after hours pharmacy, thinking he would be okay. He couldn’t remember his address and before he knew it the staff were rushing him into a room where they gave him some oxygen and a big shot of adrenaline. “It wasn’t what I thought it would be like,” he says, “it got very dreamy and I was very relaxed about it.”
This was a few years ago now, but it was the first time that Paul had ever gone into anaphylactic shock. His allergy is so severe that can’t touch fish, let alone eat it. He has, however, found ways to avoid fish and carry on with life as normal. Fish 'n’ chips with the family means that his portion of food is wrapped up separately, and he still goes fishing with his father, “I sit in the boat and he baits the hooks,” he laughs.
Dr Robert Winkler is a paediatric immunologist and allergist who has been working in the field for twenty years, and says that allergies are on the rise worldwide. “It’s mainly to do with lifestyle.” Modern houses, less contact with microbes—the more sterile we try to be, the less confrontation our immune system has with the good bugs that we need in order to develop a well working immune system.
“Genetics are one of the main triggers to allergy, but there are many other factors—contact allergies are more common now, with people allergic to products that they’re using.”
Winkler says children up to the age of three are more prone to allergies, although a majority grow out of them by the age of eight, “Peanut allergies can be for life, but 20-percent will grow out of it.” The rise in peanut allergies has increased over recent years, especially in children and Winkler puts this down to an abstinence of this particular food whilst babies are in utero. “For years we’ve been telling mums in pregnancy to stay away from peanuts, [but] the immune system probably needs these things in order to develop tolerance.”
He sees one to two cases of anaphylaxis per week, some of which are caused by food whilst others are increasingly caused by an allergic reaction to common everyday drugs such as paracetamol, ibuprofen, antibiotics. Anaphylaxis includes respiratory problems, severe vomiting, heart failure, collapse and shock.
There is no way to eradicate allergy, and Winker says that there are many tests available. He advises that if you or your child shows physical symptoms of allergy that you should consult an immunologist whereby you can undergo a skin prick, blood test or challenge test, the latter, exposing you to the allergen in incremental amounts, whilst the patient is being monitored.
He would also like parents to be wary of putting their children on special diets that avoid the ‘supposed threat’ due to a perception that their child has an allergy. Winkler says that this is happening frequently, and parents run the risk of their children losing out on vital nutrients.
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The Panel pre-show for 22 July 2015
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1:10 Your Song
Haere Mai - Daphne Walker. Chosen by Jilly Taipua.
1:20 Music Trivia game
No clues here. Sorry!
2:10 Simpson And His Donkey - Richard Thomson
One of New Zealand's most iconic paintings will go under the hammer tonight in Auckland. Horace Moore-Jones', Simpson And His Donkey, is up for auction and it's believed it could fetch up to half a million dollars. But there are concerns the watercolour could be taken out of the country if a foreign buyer purchases it. International Art Centre director, Richard Thomson, tells us more.
2:20 The importance of correctly pronouncing Māori words - Finnian Galbraith
A 15-year-old Kāpiti College student has written a speech that has got people talking. Year 11 student, Finnian Galbraith, posted his speech on Youtube on Monday, and it's attracted nearly thirty thousand views already. The speech is titled The importance of correctly pronouncing Māori words. Finnian talks about why he wrote it.
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2:30 NZ Reading - How To make Your First Billion
In our mid-afternoon story exploring the power of the internet, three friends trying to get an an internet start-up company off the ground have run into something of a problem - their financial backer has been arrested.
2:45 Feature album
Be Altitude-Respect Yourself. The Staple Singers 1972
3:10 Tech News - Paul Brislen
The Tesla Car.
The Ashley Madison hack.
Will the phones of the future have a SIM card, or not?
3:30 Allergies On The Rise - Sonia Sly
Sonia Sly takes a look at the rise of allergies.
New Zealand Society
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about. With Jim Mora, Zara Potts, Mai Chen and Max Ritchie.
===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 22 July 2015
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The Panel with Mai Chen and Max Ritchie (Part 1)
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Topics - Police monitoring of Facebook, Foreign money vs foreign home buyers, and Kereru on the menu.
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Topics - Sex and violence in advertising, what's in a sausage, white men dominate Auckland Council boardrooms, Auckland's Unitary Plan. and a union of brains and money for alien search.
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Police monitoring of Facebook
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Canterbury police have been monitoring Facebook and issuing letters to users who they suspect have been interacting with drug dealers. Privacy lawyer Gareth Abdinor tells the Panel if this is any different to policing off-line.
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Foreign money vs foreign home buyers
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John Bolton of Squirrel Mortgages joins the Panel. He says it's not about Chinese surnames what we should be concerned about where the money comes from.
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Kereru on the menu
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The Maori Party says it was farming that led to the decline of the kereru.
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Sex and violence in advertising
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Researchers from the American Psychological Association in cohorts with Ohio State University have found found that sex and violence in advertising certainly attract the attention of viewers, but at the expense of the product being advertised.
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What's in a sausage?
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The Brits are going off their bangers. A local butcher Richard Newcombe joins the Panel to tell us about the good the bad and the ugly truth about sausages.
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White men dominate Auckland Council boardrooms
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A newspaper survey finds 88 of the 99 positions in Auckland council's boardrooms and executive management teams are held by white Europeans and men fill all the top jobs.
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Auckland's Unitary Plan
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Auckland Council wants more high quality, affordable apartments and townhouses closer to the CBD.
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A union of brains and money for alien search
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Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking is teaming up with a Russian billionaire to search for alien life.
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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 22 July 2015
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Evidence security guard died after being bashed in the head, Charter school accused of food bribery, Others may be charged for violent school rugby brawl, Corrections minister under pressure, Police say they won't find out how many times Maori unlicensed drivers let off, Vietnam vet cleared of importing methamphetamine and Former Nauru social worker looking at legal action against.
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Evidence security guard died after being bashed in the head
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An inquest's heard an Auckland security guard was bashed in the head but that forensics couldn't link any potential weapons found to a killer.
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Charter school accused of food bribery
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An Auckland charter school has been accused of ensuring children's good behaviour with KFC and doing its students more harm than good.
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Others may be charged for violent school rugby brawl
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A fifteen year old boy has been referred to youth aid and the police are not ruling out charging others involved in a violent schoolboy rugby brawl.
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Kiwi genius stuns Scrabble world winning French title
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New Zealand's scrabble champion, Nigel Richards, is now the French champion - and he's done this without speaking the language.
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Corrections minister under pressure
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The Corrections Minister is coming under more pressure over just when he knew about allegations a prisoner at the privately run Mt Eden Prison had been dropped from a balcony.
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Police say they won't find out how many times Maori unlicensed drivers let off
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The police in south Auckland say they don't know - and don't plan on finding out - how many times officers used a controversial policy which let unlicensed Maori drivers off paying a fine.
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Duration: 4'36"
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Vietnam vet cleared of importing methamphetamine
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A 74 year-old Vietnam veteran says the last year and a half has been insane as he battled to prove he was innocent of knowingly importing 6.2 kilograms of methampthetamine into the country.
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17:35
Evening Business for 22 July 2015
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17:37
Former Nauru social worker looking at legal action against
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An Australian social worker falsely accused off making up stories about asylum seeker abuse and kicked off Nauru is looking at suing Immigration officials.
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Labour calls for the flag referendum to be binned
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The Labour Party leader is calling for the flag referendum to be dumped because of the cost and a lack of public interest.
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Court insurance ruling may mean millions more for quake victims
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Tens of millions of dollars in extra insurance payments may be paid to Cantabrians whose homes were damaged beyond repair in the earthquakes.
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Auditor General officials defend report slating Whanau Ora
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Officials from the Auditor-General's office have faced tough questions from MPs about the office's critical report on Whanau Ora.
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Ministry refit blows out to $400,000-plus
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A government ministry refit at its Wellington head office has blown out - doubling to more than $400 000.
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Sports News for 22 July 2015
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NZ Customs says supply of methamphetamine increasing globally
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Customs says international drug syndicates may be trying to inject life back into the methamphetamine market by oversupplying the drug.
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Filipino worker claims his farming boss kicked and abused
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A Filipino worker who's only been in the country for just over month says he's fled a Southland dairy farm after being kicked and abused by his employer.
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Duration: 3'43"
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Parents need to learn to behave on sidelines
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Auckland's Secondary School Rugby Union hopes parents, who were involved in a violent schoolboy rugby brawl, get the message and stop behaving badly on the sidelines.
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IS leader empowers his inner circle
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Documents seized during a US commando raid on an Islamic State compound in Syria have revealed how the ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is trying to ensure the terror group survives long term.
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Disability Rights Commissioner calls for inquiry into carer law
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The Disability Rights Commissioner is calling for a select committee inquiry into a law governing payments to family carers, saying it is having a chilling effect.
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Waikato doctor hopes to predict when children get hurt
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A team of doctors at Waikato Hopsital is hoping to predict which day of the week, even which hour, a child will get hurt and what that injury will be.
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18:46
Te Manu Korihi News for 22 July 2015
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Officials from the Auditor-General's office faced tough questions about its critical report into Whanau Ora at a Social Services Select Committee meeting today; The historian Paul Moon says the kereru might have a better chance of survival if Maori were allowed to take the odd kereru for specific cultural purposes; Education Ministry officials say Bay of Plenty schools are bucking a national decline in Maori language learning.
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Today In Parliament for 22 July 2015 - evening edition
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John Key continues to battle Andrew Little & Winston Peters over the flag debate; Foreign property investors an issue in chamber & committee rooms.
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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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Modern Albania
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Author and Special Advisor to Human Rights Watch, Fred Abrahams, on the rapid evolution of a small nation on the Balkan Peninsula (and birthplace of Mother Teresa), Albania, which ended 47 years of communist rule in 1992 - Abrahams' recently published book 'Modern Albania: From Dictatorship to Democracy in Europe'...
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Formerly of RNZ's Morning Report team, breakfast producer at BBC Radio Brighton, Will Flockton reports from the country of England, which is part of the United Kingdom, pop 53,012,456 (est. 2011) ... a road rage murder in Sussex and the rise in knife crime; the America's Cup World Series is all go in Portsmouth; Brighton is looking to ban smoking on the beach, a shiver of sharks has been spotted, and there's a hot tub adrift in the English Channel...
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Conundrum Clue 5
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Conundrum Clue 6
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7:10 Modern Albania
Author and Special Advisor to Human Rights Watch Fred Abrahams on the rapid evolution of a small nation on the Balkan Peninsula (and birthplace of Mother Teresa), Albania, which ended 47 years of communist rule in 1992 - Abraham's recently published book Modern Albania: From Dictatorship to Democracy in Europe.
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 England
Formerly of RNZ's Morning Report team, breakfast producer at BBC Radio Brighton Will Flockton reports from the country of England, which is part of the United Kingdom, pop. 53,012,456 (est. 2011).
9:06 The Wednesday Drama
The War Artist by Carl Nixon
A radio drama inspired by the work of New Zealand’s first official war artist, George Butler. Butler is attached to a burial party charged with taking an ambulance full of corpses and finding a suitable spot for burial. Butler is confronted with the role luck plays in a soldier’s life. (Part 1 of 2)
The Lonely Traveller written and performed by Tai Berdinner-Blades
A short drama inspired by Southern Gothic literature, and set on the edge of the American dust bowl. (RNZ)
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 Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
The Origins of RCA-Victor; the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was one of the first major record labels and arguably the best. They became a revolutionary force in the music industry. The story of RCA Records actually begins in 1929, although this programme includes the earlier years of jazz. RCA acquired the Victor Talking Machine Company. They were the biggest American producer of phonograph machines. RCA-Victor became synonymous with high quality records (8 of 13, PRX)
===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
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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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The Origins of RCA-Victor; the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was one of the first major record labels and arguably the best. They became a revolutionary force in the music industry. The story of RCA Records actually begins in 1929, although this programme includes the earlier years of jazz. RCA acquired the Victor Talking Machine Company. They were the biggest American producer of phonograph machines. RCA-Victor became synonymous with high quality records (8 of 13, PRX)