Radio New Zealand National. 2015-07-31. 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:

31 July 2015

===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 The Food Chain (BBC); 1:05 The Friday Feature (RNZ); 2:05 NZ Society (RNZ); 2:30 The Sampler; 3:05 Heart of Darfur, by Lisa French Blaker (5 of 12, RNZ); 3:30 The Why Factor (BBC); 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

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06:00
Top Stories for Friday 31 July 2015
BODY:
More debris is found as on Reunion Island - the wing flap is sent to France to find out whether it is from the missing flight MH370. We'll talk to our correspondent in Paris, Hugh Schofield. Canadian Dairy Farmers defend their refusal to open their market to dairy products as the TPP talks head to the finish line. We look at progress with less than 36 hours to go and a 14 year old boy will be sentenced today for the manslaughter of Auckland dairy owner, Arun Kumar. Should he be named?
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 31'42"

06:06
Sports News for 31 July 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'08"

06:12
Climate change a talking point in today's UN meeting
BODY:
Climate Change... a life-and-death issue for dozens of small island nations and developing nations, will be discussed in front of the UN Security Council in New York today.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: UN, climate change
Duration: 3'13"

06:14
Public health affected by TPP
BODY:
Within 36 hours we'll know if a TPP deal has been struck in Hawaii. Trade ministers and officials from twelve countries have set the goal of wrapping up a wide-ranging deal by tomorrow morning. Dr Deborah Gleeson is a lecturer in public health at La Trobe University in Australia, and is representing the Public Health Association of Australia at the talks.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: TPP
Duration: 3'45"

06:21
Pacific News for 31 July 2015
BODY:
The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'35"

06:23
Morning Rural News for 31 July 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'12"

06:28
Te Manu Korihi News for 31 July 2015
BODY:
The architect of the new Len Lye Centre in New Plymouth says the concept of a wharenui was the inspiration for his design of the 12 million dollar art museum; The Māori version of the Ode of Remembrance is being changed to better recognise the service of women in the military; A new Māori early learning centre in Queenstown is pushing to expand it's opening hours and offer the community more Māori education; The former chair of the Maniapoto Māori Trust Board has been re-elected to lead the iwi un-opposed.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'29"

06:41
Plane debris could debunk MH370 conspiracy theories
BODY:
Malaysia has sent a team to the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion to determine whether debris washed up there is from a Malaysian plane that vanished last year.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: MH370, Malaysia, Reunion Island
Duration: 3'09"

06:45
Tables turned on Australia in third Ashes test
BODY:
The tables have turned on Australia in the third Ashes test. After thrashing England in the 2nd test, roles have reversed with Australia 168-7 in their 2nd innings just 23 runs ahead of England's first innings total. With us is cricket correspondent Mihir Bose
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: cricket
Duration: 2'30"

06:49
NZ Oil and Gas flagging a potentially significant find
BODY:
The oil and gas explorer, New Zealand Oil and Gas, is flagging a potentially significant find off the Canterbury Coast.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: New Zealand Oil and Gas
Duration: 2'44"

06:52
Briscoe Group says strong winter sales will drive profit growth
BODY:
Briscoe Group says it's more than happy with its recent earnings performance and the way it's proposed takeover offer for Kathmandu Holdings is proceeding.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Briscoe Group
Duration: 2'13"

06:54
Underlying picture for consents still okay - economist
BODY:
An economist says the underlying picture for housing consents is still rosy, led by Auckland.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: Housing consents
Duration: 51"

06:55
Moa Group sees overseas expansion opportunities
BODY:
Moa Group says it's well positioned to take advantage of a growing market for craft beer, with lower overheads and improved margins.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Moa Group
Duration: 1'36"

06:56
The rich are getting richer - latest NBR Rich List released
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The rich are getting richer according to the latest National Business Review Rich List for 2015.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: rich list
Duration: 41"

06:57
Sir John Todd dies
BODY:
The head of the one of New Zealand's richest families, Sir John Todd, has died, at the age of 88.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Sir John Todd
Duration: 1'23"

06:58
Morning markets for 31 July 2015
BODY:
Wall Street is mixed after some economic data out of the US.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 42"

07:07
Sports News for 31 July 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'20"

07:12
Local reporter on MH370
BODY:
More debris has washed up on Reunion Island - the latest is part of a suitcase although it is not being treated with the same certainty as the wing flap which was found yesterday.
Topics:
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Tags: MH370, Malaysia, Reunion Island
Duration: 2'20"

07:14
Plane debris is on its way to France
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The plane debris is on its way to France to find out whether it is from the missing flight MH370.
Topics:
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Tags: MH370, Malaysia, Reunion Island
Duration: 4'04"

07:18
MH370 families going through 'agonizing time'
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Malaysians were told by their government last night that while it was likely the wreckage came from Flight MH370, there would be no official comment until that was confirmed.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: MH370, Malaysia, Reunion Island
Duration: 4'01"

07:22
Dairy remains a focus in Hawaii as TPP talks approach deadline
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership talks are into the final sprint towards a finish.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: TPP
Duration: 4'21"

07:26
Charles Finny with his perspective on TPP talks
BODY:
Watching developments from Wellington is one of the lead negotiators in the 2008 New Zealand-China free trade agreement, Charles Finny.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: TPP
Duration: 5'36"

07:37
Lawyers say name suppression for 14-yr-old dairy killer vital
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A 14 year old boy will be sentenced today for the manslaughter of Auckland dairy owner, Arun Kumar.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Arun Kumar
Duration: 2'31"

07:40
Pacific nations to address climate change at UN
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Climate Change, a life-and-death issue for dozens of small island nations and developing nations, is being discussed in front of the UN Security Council in New York today.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: UN, climate change
Duration: 4'44"

07:45
Rich List out today with few surprises for publisher
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Packaging tycoon Graeme Hart remains the richest New Zealander on the National Business Review Rich List, with an estimated wealth of about 9 billion dollars.
Topics: identity, business
Regions:
Tags: rich list
Duration: 3'26"

07:48
Missing 7 year old boy
BODY:
Hamilton Police and Search and Rescue teams are assessing appropriate start points as the search for a schoolboy missing overnight resumes at first light.
Topics:
Regions: Waikato
Tags: missing boy
Duration: 59"

07:52
Principals worried about rural schools
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The Principals Federation is becoming increasingly concerned about the difficulties faced by rural schools.
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags: rural schools
Duration: 3'26"

07:55
'Critical' NZ First grows membership and and war chest
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Winston Peters says it's critical New Zealand First increases its membership and strengthens its war chest if the party is to fulfil its potential.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: NZ First
Duration: 2'21"

08:07
Sports News for 31 July 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'02"

08:12
More debris found on Reunion Island
BODY:
A suitcase is the latest bit of debris that has washed up on Reunion Island.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: MH380, Maaysia, Reunion Island
Duration: 3'50"

08:15
Canada fighting hard to keep a regulated dairy market
BODY:
Canada is holding firm against being forced to open its market to dairy imports as the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks head towards a climax in Hawaii.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: TPP
Duration: 4'14"

08:20
Economic correspondent discusses TPP
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With us is Radio New Zealand's economics correspondent, Patrick O'Meara.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: TPP
Duration: 3'18"

08:23
Union pushes for equal pay rises at Universities
BODY:
A union is pushing the country's universities and tertiary institutions to give the same pay rises to all staff - from cleaners to top managers.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: employment
Duration: 3'08"

08:27
ALP acknowledges New Zealanders in Australia
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Australia's Labor Party is promising a better deal for New Zealanders living there if it becomes the next government.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Australia, New Zealanders
Duration: 3'26"

08:30
Markets Update for 31 July 2015
BODY:
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'01"

08:36
Racist attitudes in Australian sport
BODY:
Rugby league is the latest code to be drawn into claims of racist attitudes in Australian sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: racism
Duration: 4'38"

08:41
NBR Rich List highlights inequality of wealth - academic
BODY:
The combined wealth of New Zealand's 180 richest people has reached 55 billion dollars in this year's NBR Rich List.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: NBR Rich List, rich list
Duration: 3'05"

08:44
Missing 7 year old boy - found
BODY:
Hamilton Police advise the boy has now been found.
Topics:
Regions: Waikato
Tags: missing boy
Duration: 23"

08:45
Te Manu Korihi News for 31 July 2015
BODY:
The architect of the new Len Lye Centre in New Plymouth says the concept of a wharenui was the inspiration for his design of the 12 million dollar art museum; The Māori version of the Ode of Remembrance is being changed to better recognise the service of women in the military; A new Māori early learning centre in Queenstown is pushing to expand it's opening hours and offer the community more Māori education; The former chair of the Maniapoto Māori Trust Board has been re-elected to lead the iwi un-opposed.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'18"

08:49
New health and safety laws are a step closer
BODY:
New health and safety laws are a step closer to becoming law, with the Government adamant they will make workplaces safer.
Topics: politics, law
Regions:
Tags: health and safety laws
Duration: 3'21"

08:52
Emissions reductions not enough, says UN climate chief
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Looking forward now to the next major international climate change conference which takes place in Paris at the end of the year.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: climate change conference
Duration: 2'53"

08:55
Top Gear trio to begin new show on Amazon
BODY:
Amazon has signed former Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May to present a new motoring show on its streaming service.
Topics: media
Regions:
Tags: Amazon, Jeremy Clarkson
Duration: 3'49"

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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 (10 of 12, RNZ)

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09:07
Boeing engineer on debris found off Reunion - is it MH370?
BODY:
Investigators expect to take at least a day before they can confirm whether debris found on an Indian Ocean island is from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. The debris, which was discovered on the island of Reunion, is being shipped to France for further investigation. Part of a damaged suitcase has also been discovered washed up on the island. Todd Curtis is a former safety engineer with Boeing who worked on its 777 wide-body jets - he is now director of the Airsafe.com Foundation.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: MH 370, Malaysia, Reunion Island
Duration: 11'25"

09:23
Seabed habitat in the Marlborough Sounds is rapidly degrading
BODY:
A newly released report has found 13 hundred hectares of important marine habitat was destroyed in just four years between 2011 and 2015, more than 71 percent of the area originally surveyed. The report says the most likely cause is habitat being smothered by runoff from forestry or physically destroyed by trawling for scallops. Nine to Noon speaks to the author of the report, marine biologist Rob Davidson, and the chair of the Marlborough District Council's environment committee, Peter Jerram.
Topics: environment
Regions: Marlborough
Tags: seabed, environment, forestry, dredging, trawling
Duration: 21'33"

09:48
Pacific correspondent Mike Field
BODY:
Pacific correspondent Mike Field reports issues in the Pacific.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Pacific News
Duration: 11'20"

10:06
Most daring mountain rescues - Phillip Melchior
BODY:
Every year thousands of people head into New Zealand mountain ranges, pitting themselves against the elements and the environment. Sometimes they are under prepared and ill equipped and don't make it out alive. And sometimes they are just unlucky. All of those scenarios are explored in a new book about some of the most daring rescues in New Zealand mountaineering history. Its author, Phillip Melchior, is the former chairman of volunteer Land Search and Rescue - or LandSAR.
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Every year thousands of people head into New Zealand mountain ranges, pitting themselves against the elements and the environment.
Sometimes they are under prepared and ill equipped and don't make it out alive. And sometimes they are just unlucky.
All of those scenarios are explored in a new book about some of the most daring rescues in New Zealand mountaineering history.
Its author, Phillip Melchior, former chairman of volunteer Land Search and Rescue, talks with Kathryn Ryan.
Topics: environment
Regions:
Tags: mountains, LandSAR, Phillip Melchior
Duration: 29'34"

10:36
Book Review: Children's Books
BODY:
John McIntyre from The Children's Bookshop in Wellington reviews: 'Bye-Bye Grumpy Fly' by Ruth Paul, published by Scholastic. 'Yak and Gnu' by Juliette MacIver illustrated by Cat Chapman, published by Walker Books. 'Finding Monkey Moon' by Elizabeth Pulford illustrated by Kate Wilkinson, published by Walker Books.
Topics: books
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 7'13"

11:06
Frontline police to carry tasers at all times
BODY:
Frontline police officers are to carry tasers at all times.The announcement was made by the Police Commissioner Mike Bush at a media conference this morning. Currently, tasers are available to police when attending specific incidents. Radio New Zealand reporter Kate Gudsell.
Topics: crime
Regions:
Tags: tasers
Duration: 5'31"

11:11
Music review with Grant Smithies
BODY:
From southern soul to fetid punk-funk, Grant Smithies checks out new releases from Leon Bridges and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 22'00"

11:34
Sports commentator Brendan Telfer
BODY:
Brendan Telfer questions whether Richie McCaw's try last weekend contravene the laws of rugby; and Lydia Ko's brilliant start at the British Women's Open.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Brendan Telfer
Duration: 12'22"

11:48
The week that was
BODY:
With James Elliot and Michele A'Court.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: comedy
Duration: 10'45"

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09:05 Boeing engineer on debris found off Reunion - is it MH370?
Investigators expect to take at least a day before they can confirm whether debris found on an Indian Ocean island is from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. The debris, which was discovered on the island of Reunion, is being shipped to France for further investigation. Part of a damaged suitcase has also been discovered washed up on the island. Todd Curtis is a former safety engineer with Boeing who worked on its 777 wide-body jets - he is now director of the Airsafe.com Foundation.
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09:20 Important seabed habitat in the Marlborough Sounds is rapidly degrading
A newly released report has found 13 hundred hectares of important marine habitat was destroyed in just four years between 2011 and 2015, more than 71 percent of the area originally surveyed. The report says the most likely cause is habitat being smothered by runoff from forestry or physically destroyed by trawling for scallops. Nine to Noon speaks to the author of the report, marine biologist Rob Davidson, and the chair of the Marlborough District Council's environment committee, Peter Jerram.

The effect of an anchor being dragged across seabed. Credit: Rob Davidson

Stream in Hitaua Bay affected by sedimentation from forestry. Credit: Rob Davidson

Rhodoliths on the Marlborough Sounds seabed. Credit: Rob Davidson
09:45 Pacific correspondent Mike Field
Pacific correspondent Mike Field reports issues in the Pacific.
10:05 Phillip Melchior's new book on some of the country's most daring mountain rescues
Every year thousands of people head into New Zealand mountain ranges, pitting themselves against the elements and the environment. Sometimes they are under prepared and ill equipped and don't make it out alive. And sometimes they are just unlucky. All of those scenarios are explored in a new book about some of the most daring rescues in New Zealand mountaineering history. Its author, Phillip Melchior, is the former chairman of volunteer Land Search and Rescue - or LandSAR.
10:30 Book Review: Children's Books
John McIntyre from The Children's Bookshop in Wellington reviews:
Bye-Bye Grumpy Fly by Ruth Paul, published by Scholastic ISBN 9678-1-77543-318-7
Yak and Gnu by Juliette MacIver illustrated by Cat Chapman, published by Walker Books ISBN 978-1-922077-68-4
Finding Monkey Moon by Elizabeth Pulford illustrated by Kate Wilkinson, published by Walker Books ISBN 978-1-921720-73-4
10:45 The Reading: Five Sons & 100 Muri of Rice by Sharyn Steel and Zoe Dryden
Read by Susan Wilson and Uma Giri (Episode 10 of 12)
11:05 Frontline police to carry tasers at all times
Frontline police officers are to carry tasers at all times. The announcement was made by the Police Commissioner Mike Bush at a media conference this morning. Currently, tasers are available to police when attending specific incidents. Radio New Zealand reporter Kate Gudsell joins Kathryn.
11:10 Music review with Grant Smithies
From southern soul to fetid punk-funk, Grant Smithies checks out new releases from Leon Bridges and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
11:30 Sports commentator Brendan Telfer
Brendan Telfer questions whether Richie McCaw's try last weekend contravene the laws of rugby; and Lydia Ko's brilliant start at the British Women's Open.
11:45 The week that was with James Elliot and Michele A'Court
Music details
11:05 Music review:
Artist: Leon Bridges
Song: Lisa Sawyer
Comp: Bridges
Album: Coming Home
Label: Columbia
Artist: Leon Bridges
Song: Coming Home (title track)
Comp: Bridges
Album: Coming Home
Label: Columbia

Artist: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Song: Betty Vs The NYPD
Comp: Spencer/ Bauer/ Simmons
Album: Freedom Tower No Wave Dance Party 2015
Label: Bronze Rat/ Southbound

Artist: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Song: Born Bad
Comp: Spencer/ Bauer/ Simmons
Album: Freedom Tower No Wave Dance Party 2015
Label: Bronze Rat/ Southbound

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Music details
Grant Smithies music selection
Artist: Leon Bridges
Song: Lisa Sawyer
Comp: Bridges
Album: Coming Home
Label: Columbia
Broadcast Time: 4'07"
Artist: Leon Bridges
Song: Coming Home (title track)
Comp: Bridges
Album: Coming Home
Label: Columbia
Broadcast Time: 3'34"
Artist: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Song: Betty Vs The NYPD
Comp: Spencer/ Bauer/ Simmons
Album: Freedom Tower No Wave Dance Party 2015
Label: Bronze Rat/ Southbound
Broadcast Time: 1'50"
Artist: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Song: Born Bad
Comp: Spencer/ Bauer/ Simmons
Album: Freedom Tower No Wave Dance Party 2015
Label: Bronze Rat/ Southbound
Broadcast Time: 2'42"

===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 31 July 2015
BODY:
All frontline police are to carry tasers;A 14-year-old is sentenced to six years jail over the death of Arun Kumar.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 15'13"

12:17
Kirks investors agree to takeover by David Jones
BODY:
The Kirkcaldie and Stains name will soon be no more, after shareholders overwhelmingly agreed to a takeover by Australian retailer, David Jones.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'09"

12:19
Kiwi Property wants tax change on quake strengthening costs
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Kiwi Property Group is asking for changes to tax regulations, so it can write off some of the 83-and-half million dollars it's spent on earthquake strengthening the Majestic Centre building in Wellington.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'14"

12:21
OceanaGold says it has agreed to buy Romarco Minerals
BODY:
The miner, OceanaGold, has agreed to buy Romarco Minerals for about 856 million Canadian dollars, and create what it says will be the lowest cost gold producer in the market.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags:
Duration: 42"

12:25
Midday Markets for 31 July 2015
BODY:
For the latest from the markets we're joined by Don Lewthwaite at First NZ Capital.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'11"

12:26
Midday Sports News for 31 July 2015
BODY:
The Tall Blacks are pipped again in Europe.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'50"

12:35
Midday Rural News for 31 July 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 7'37"

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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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13:06
Jesse Intro
BODY:
A bit of garage rockabilly funk for your Friday afternoon. This is Labretta Suede and MOtel 6, and right now they are warming up in our Auckland studios for a live concert between two and three.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'38"

13:10
Song You Have To Hear - Loud Places
BODY:
Recommended by Kate Robertson, the music editor at Victoria student magazine Salient. She says Jamie xx's debut solo album In Colour is one of the best albums to be released this year. Since its release in June, music people the world over have been losing their minds over it. One of the best songs of the year so far, the title track "Loud Places".
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 5'21"

13:15
Tasers - Keith Locke
BODY:
Police have announced today that all frontline officers will now carry tasers. We speak to former Green MP Keith Locke who questions the timing of the announcement, and whether it's really safe to roll out taser use so broadly when they can cause serious injury and death.
Topics: law
Regions:
Tags: tasers
Duration: 7'11"

13:20
Brenda Long, a-k-a B B Rizzle
BODY:
Brenda Long is part of the world's oldest hip hop dance group - Hip Operation crew. The Waiheke Island dance troupe has been the subject of a documentary, a condensed version of which will be playing on TV next week on Prime. Brenda has led a pretty busy life - she's mother to 7 children, 15 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Her career has seen her and her husband of 63 years - J J Rizzle - run a farm, she's also worked as a model, plays the ukelele and this week at the age of 82 has just scored her first acting gig.
Topics: arts
Regions:
Tags: hip hop, dance, B B Rizzle
Duration: 9'25"

13:33
Anne Sophie Duprels
BODY:
We speak to Parisian soprano, the star of Madame Butterfly, Anne Sophie Duprels who is in Christchurch performing the emotionally taxing lead role of Cio-Cio San (Butterfly)
Topics: arts, music
Regions:
Tags: Madame Butterfly, soprano, opera
Duration: 6'00"

13:40
Feature Album - Treble and Reverb
BODY:
Aaradhna - Treble and Reverb.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 18'52"

14:05
Keeping cyclists and trucks from being on a collision course
BODY:
Finds out what happens when truck drivers and their managers swap the cab for a bicycle saddle.
EXTENDED BODY:
Long-time cycling enthusiast Richard Barter likes nothing more than to hear people's happy memories about riding bikes.
“We regularly get at these workshops folk that haven’t been on a bike in 40 years and the guys especially, once they get on it, they are just ten-year-old boys again!”
But for every positive thought, there's also the anecdote of the near miss or close call, whether you're a cyclist or a professional driver.
And with freight volumes predicted to grow by nearly 80 percent in the Auckland region over the next 30 years, it’s likely that heavy vehicle drivers and cyclists will face increasing tension as congestion grows on our roads.
But the Cycling Advocates' Network (CAN) is determined to try and get all road users to be that little bit kinder to each other and has instigated Road User workshops designed to give cyclists and truck drivers a chance to ride a mile in each other’s tyres.
Richard Barter manages the workshops on behalf of CAN and says they were established following a spate of serious accidents.
“It was about five years ago that there were a series of deaths of cyclists involved with crashes with heavy vehicles and a coroner at the time said ‘Hey, we’ve got to do something about this,’” he says.
“And so people started thinking about this idea of entering into each other’s worlds, sitting in each other’s seats.”
First developed by CAN, the programme is now delivered in conjunction with the NZ Transport Agency, Cycling New Zealand, NZ Trucking Association and NZ Bus.
The workshops have been divided into three different exercises, all designed to get the participants thinking about travelling distances, road hazards and driver behaviour.
“The programme helps to build a general awareness of how people can minimise the risks and increase road safety by combining a bit of theory with practical exercises. Getting the two groups together has a profound impact; people end up talking, listening and developing empathy for one another,” Richard says.
“Everyone that participates has an understanding of what it feels like to be on the road on a bicycle and likewise what it feels like to be sitting in the cab of a heavy vehicle…there just isn’t a better way.”
New Zealand Society’s Lisa Thompson joins one of the workshops recently held in Auckland and finds out what happens when truck drivers and their trainers get out of the cab and onto a saddle…
Video: CAN - Workshop & Display - Key Course Contents courtesy Cycling Advocates’ Network
Topics: education, health, life and society, transport
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: cycling, truck drivers, freight, cycling advocates’ network
Duration: 12'13"

14:20
NZ Live - Labretta Suede and The Motel Six
BODY:
Today on New Zealand Live, a raucous mix of garage-rockabilly and blues courtesy of Labretta Suede and the Motel Six. Back in New Zealand after several years in New York, they're loud and live with Jesse Mulligan.
EXTENDED BODY:
Today on New Zealand Live, a raucous mix of garage-rockabilly and blues courtesy of Labretta Suede and the Motel Six. Back in New Zealand after several years in New York, they're loud and live with Jesse Mulligan.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Labretta Suede and the Motel Six
Duration: 37'32"

15:10
Food with Dariush Lolaiy
BODY:
Dariush Lolaiy from Cazador cooks roast wild duck and contemplates the Jerusalem Artichoke.
Topics: food
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 12'08"

15:20
Craft Beer - Neil Miller
BODY:
Neil Miller suggests a beer accompaniment for roast duck and gives us his selections for the weekend.
Topics: food
Regions:
Tags: beer
Duration: 7'17"

15:25
Movie Review - Karl Puschmann
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Karl reviews She's Funny That Way and Mission Impossible.
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Duration: 8'18"

15:33
New Music - Melody Thomas
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And we've extended a bit of an invitation to our colleagues at Music 101 to drop in on a Friday afternoon to tell us what they're planning for the weekend. And, to bring a song that we all need to hear. This week's song is 'In the Air' by Maala, who has been on a kind of talent incubator contract with Sony music.
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Duration: 8'12"

15:45
The Panel Pre Show for 31 July 2015
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What the world is talking about with Zoe George.
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Duration: 15'26"

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1:10 Songs You Have To Hear
Loud Places - Jamie XX (ft Romy)
1:15 Tasers - Keith Locke
Police have announced today that all frontline officers will now carry tasers. We speak to former Green MP Keith Locke who questions the timing of the announcement, and whether it's really safe to roll out taser use so broadly when they can cause serious injury and death.
1:20 Brenda Long (a-k-a B B Rizzle)
Brenda Long is part of the world's oldest hip hop dance group - Hip Operation crew. The Waiheke Island dance troupe has been the subject of a documentary, a condensed version of which will be playing on TV next week on Prime. Brenda has led a pretty busy life - she's mother to 7 children, 15 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Her career has seen her and her husband of 63 years - J J Rizzle - run a farm, she's also worked as a model, plays the ukelele and this week at the age of 82 has just scored her first acting gig.
1:30 Anne Sophie Duprels
We speak to Parisian soprano, the star of Madame Butterfly, Anne Sophie Duprels who is in Christchurch performing the emotionally taxing lead role of Cio-Cio San.
1:40 Feature Album
Doris du Pont discusses Aaradhna - Treble and Reverb.
2:10 New Zealand Society - Lisa Thompson
Auckland Council's Long Term Budget plan projects around 716,000 more Aucklanders using the regions roads within 30 years. That's the equivalent of the entire populations of Christchurch, Wellington and Dunedin. On top of this, New Zealand's freight traffic is set to also double in the same period, with freight volumes in the Auckland region to increase by nearly 80 percent, with a large majority being transported on the city's roads. It's therefore likely that heavy vehicle drivers and cyclists will face increasing tension as congestion grows on our roads. In order to alleviate some of these potential risks, the Cycling Advocates Network is delivering a series of workshops, aimed at educating professional drivers and cyclists about sharing the road.
2:20 NZ Live - Labretta Suede and the Motel Six
A raucous mix of garage-rockabilly and blues courtesy of Labretta Suede and the Motel Six, back in New Zealand after several years in New York.

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3:10 Food - Dariush Lolaiy
Dariush Lolaiy from Cazador cooks roast wild duck and contemplates the Jerusalem Artichoke.
3:20 Craft Beer - Neil Miller
Neil Miller suggests a beer accompaniment for roast duck and gives us his selections for the weekend.
3:30 Movie Review - Karl Puschmann
Karl reviews She's Funny That Way and Mission Impossible.
3:40 New Music - Melody Thomas
Melody previews Music 101 this weekend and presents a song by an emerging artist.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about. With Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zoe George.

===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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15:45
The Panel Pre Show for 31 July 2015
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What the world is talking about with Zoe George.
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Duration: 15'26"

16:00
The Panel with Josie Pagani and Stephen Franks (Part 1)
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What the Panelists Stephen Franks and Josie Pagani have been up to;Teen gets 6 years for manslaughter;Tasers for all frontline police;Councillors' pay rises;TPP
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Duration: 26'39"

16:08
Panel Intro
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What the Panelists Stephen Franks and Josie Pagani have been up to.
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Duration: 4'41"

16:12
Teen gets 6 years for manslaughter
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Teen gets 6 years for manslaughter.
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Duration: 5'21"

16:17
Tasers for all frontline police
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Police have announced that frontline staff will carry tasers at all times while on duty. The announcement was made by Police Commissioner Mike Bush at a media conference this morning.
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Duration: 3'29"

16:20
Councillors' pay rises
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Auckland Councilors and board members are getting pay rises. Some don't want to accept them. But do they have a choice?
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Duration: 4'54"

16:25
The TPP
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Fears about the legal position of our SOEs under the TTP and some farmers saying the yet to be ratified free trade agreement spells disaster for dairy. Al Gillespie of Massey University explains the pitfalls.
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Duration: 7'46"

16:30
The Panel with Josie Pagani and Stephen Franks (Part 2)
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School shoes; Panel Says;Road shaming;rich list.
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Duration: 23'22"

16:35
School shoes
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Pupils at Wainuiomata High School are being taken out of class and made to work in isolation if they are wearing the wrong shoes. This has annoyed some parents.
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Duration: 3'44"

16:45
Panel Says
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What the Panelists Josie Pagani and Stephen Franks have been thinking about.
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Duration: 5'52"

16:55
Road shaming
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Nadav Golombick of the Australia-based Road Shamer website talks to the Panel about putting videos on line of bad driving and what that's meant to achieve.
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Duration: 5'54"

16:58
Rich list
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Graeme Hart is again at the top of the New Zealand Rich List.
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Duration: 1'48"

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

Radio New Zealand's two-hour news and current affairs programme 6:35 Focus on Politics Analysis of significant political issues presented by Radio New Zealand's parliamentary reporting team (RNZ)

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17:00
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 31 July 2015
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Killer of dairy owner given six year prison term;CYF knew about problems at boy's home;olice-wide tasers a step towards guns - human rights lawyer;Long jail term for Chews Lane drug ringleader;Pay rise for Auckland councillors could have been bigger;Labour 'sorry' for footnote omission;PNG announces ban on foreign advisors to government.
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Duration: 24'05"

17:07
Killer of dairy owner given six year prison term
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The lawyer for the boy who stabbed and killed dairy owner Arun Kumar says Child, Youth and Family should have taken him away from his drug-using mother.
Topics: crime, law
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Tags: manslaughter
Duration: 3'52"

17:12
CYF knew about problems at boy's home
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Child Youth and Family was notified 20 times about the boy's family - half of those reports were about domestic violence.
Topics: crime, politics
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Tags: Child Youth and Family
Duration: 4'40"

17:17
Police-wide tasers a step towards guns - human rights lawyer
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A human rights lawyer fears the move to arm all police with tasers is the next step towards introducing guns to the front line.
Topics: law
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Duration: 3'04"

17:19
Long jail term for Chews Lane drug ringleader
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Four drug dealers who reprocessed meth in a central Wellington apartment's kitchen are tonight beginning jail terms ranging from 17 years down to 3 and a half years.
Topics: crime
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: drug raids, Chews Lane
Duration: 2'58"

17:24
Pay rise for Auckland councillors could have been bigger
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Auckland councillors' salaries will go up next week but the increase is just a fraction of what it could have been.
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: councillors' pay rises
Duration: 3'57"

17:27
Labour 'sorry' for footnote omission
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Labour is rejecting claims of plagiarism after cutting and pasting extracts from an article in the Economist into a report without attributing the source.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 1'53"

17:28
PNG announces ban on foreign advisors to government
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Papua New Guinea is banning all foreign advisors who work for the Government, accusing them of spying and saying they make local staff lazy.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 3'18"

17:35
Today's market update
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Business firms are feeling even more gloomy about the economy, with confidence falling to a six-year low.
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Duration: 2'06"

17:37
Kirks investors agree to takeover by David Jones
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Kirkcaldie and Stains' fate has been sealed - the name will soon be no more.
Topics: business
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Duration: 2'55"

17:42
Final countdown at TPP trade deal talks
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The latest now on the elusive TPP, the powerhouse trade deal that so far just refuses to get signed off.
Topics: politics
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Tags: TPP, Maui
Duration: 4'08"

17:45
Two children break out of Early Childhood Education centre
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A childcare centre is taking action after two preschoolers managed to open an emergency exit and wander off across a four lane road.
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Duration: 2'16"

17:47
Fatal crash area not prone to rockfalls - NZTA
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The police and coroner are investigating a fatal crash in the Waikato thought to be caused by a boulder on the road.
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Duration: 2'29"

17:48
Te Manu Korihi for 31 July 2015
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The Green Party says the 'Tomorrow's Schools' model is weakening Te Reo because it restricts the ability to monitor and research how it is being taught; The Chief Executive of Ngai Tahu Property, Tony Sewell is to leave the company at the end of the year; The Otakou runanga on the Otago Peninsular is opposing any retrospective resource consent conditions for a rock quarry at Papanui Inlet on the peninsular; A book has been published to mark the end of an exhibition of kaakahu, cloaks and weaving from five generations of one family.
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Duration: 3'35"

17:55
Surfer survives shark attack with punches and kicks
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A shark attack at Evans Head in New South Wales this morning is more evidence that shark attacks and sightings along the coast are on the increase.
Topics: environment
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Duration: 3'10"

18:06
Sports News for 31 July 2015
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An update from the team at Radio NZ Sport.
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Duration: 3'08"

18:10
CYF should have taken 14-year-old off mother - lawyer
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The lawyer for the boy who stabbed and killed Arun Kumar says Child, Youth and Family should've taken him off his drug using mother.
Topics: law, crime
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Tags: manslaughter, Child Youth and Family, Arun Kumar
Duration: 3'37"

18:15
Cricket tries to boost appeal to Maori
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The Black Caps will take the field as Aotearoa, not New Zealand, in their one-day international against Zimbabwe in Harare this weekend.
Topics: sport
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Tags: The Black Caps, cricket, Aotearoa, Zimbabwe, David White
Duration: 3'27"

18:20
PNG announces ban on foreign advisors to government
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Papua New Guinea is banning all foreign advisors who work for the Government, accusing them of spying and saying they make local staff lazy.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 4'46"

18:24
School 'really has turned the corner' - next door neighbour
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The much-criticised last, last chance the Government's given to a failed Whangaruru charter school has delighted its nextdoor neighbour.
Topics: education, politics
Regions: Northland
Tags: Whangaruru Charter School
Duration: 4'04"

18:27
NZ gumboot thrower to compete at World Champs
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A Dunedin nurse is vying to become the gumboot-throwing World Champion.
Topics: sport
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Tags: gumboots, Gumboot throwing
Duration: 2'50"

18:35
Focus on Politics for 31 July 2015
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Time now for Focus on Politics, where our parliamentary chief reporter, Jane Patterson, looks at how the political debate in New Zealand unfolded, during the week as the Trans Pacific Partnership talks were held in Hawaii.
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Duration: 16'50"

18:52
Te Manu Korihi for 31 July 2015
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Mana Movement leader Hone Harawira says he's worried tasers will become the weapon of first choice for police rather than of last resort now frontline officers will be carrying them on duty; The Chief Executive of Ngai Tahu Property, Tony Sewell is to leave the company at the end of the year; The Green Party says if the Government is serious about keeping Te Reo Maori alive it should put more money into researching how it is used in schools; A book has been published to mark the end of an exhibition of kaakahu, cloaks and weaving from five generations of one family.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'30"

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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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Entertainment and information, including: 9:06 Country Life: Memorable scenes, people and places in rural NZ (RNZ)

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20:10
Sport: Europe
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BBC sports journalist Russell Fuller keeps the score court side. It's the third Ashes cricket test between Australai and England; British cyclist Chris Froome wins the Tour de France; and the English Premier League season returns, and defending champions Chelsea take on the FA Cup winners Arsenal in the Community Shield on Sunday.
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Duration: 13'28"

20:55
Nights Coundrum : the answer
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All eight clues and this week's answer.
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Duration: 6'28"

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7:06 Sonic Tonic
8:10 Sport: Europe
BBC sports journalist Russell Fuller keeps the score court side.
8:25 Dylan Goes Electric
Nick Bollinger talks to author and musician Elijah Wald about the 50th anniversary of Bob Dylan's electrified appearance at the Newport Folk Festival, an event that shook up the worlds of folk and rock music.
9:06 Country Life

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21:05
Guest - Mairead Fox
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Mairead Fox has won the national women's gumboot throwing title and is off to compete in Italy.
Topics: rural, farming
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Tags: Gumboot throwing, gumboots
Duration: 3'43"

21:10
Regional Wrap
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In the North Island calves are arriving thick and fast but in Southland, cows are still coming home from winter grazing.
Topics: rural
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Tags: farming conditions
Duration: 7'24"

21:16
First Fruit
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Charlie Owen's fruit is ready a few weeks ahead of most other Hawkes Bay orchards, He grows apples, nectarines, apricots, peaches and plums for the domestic market in a micro-climate a few kilometres north of Wairoa.
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Fruit grower Charlie Owen puts the quirks of his orchard down to 'location, location, location'.
The fruit from Otoki orchard beats other fruit to the market by up to three weeks because it's grown in a micro-climate. The orchard is 12 kms north of Wairoa, in front of the Whakaki Lagoon and its wetlands .
Charlie says the warm air from the wetlands is blown by the sea breeze over the orchard, hits the hills that are the orchard's backdrop and is circulated again onto the orchard. He says his father used to farm stock on the land but, 30 years ago, they looked at diversifying. It was suggested an orchard would be a good option. Charlie says fruit had always matured early in the back yard.
"Dad used to grow maize here. He wasn't the first to be planted but he was always the first to be picked."
Some of Charlie's apples are ready for picking in the first week of January. He also grows many varieties of nectarines, plums, peaches and apricots. All of the fruit is sold on the domestic market and there is a shop for gate sales that Charlie says does well over summer.
"The holiday makers...yeah they come in and the idea is they don't just walk out with a bag of nectarines.. they walk out with a bag of apricots, nectarine peaches and plums," he says with a grin.
Topics: rural
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: apples, Summer Fruit, Otoki Orchard, fruit
Duration: 9'50"

21:30
Diary Days in Dairy Land
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Andrew and Michelle McPherson are 50:50 sharemilkers with 540 cows on a farm south of Hamilton, at Paterangi. Calving is one of the busiest and most stressful times of the year. The first in a year-long series following dairy farming activities.
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Calving is one of the busiest and most stressful times on dairy farms. Waikato sharemilker Andrew McPherson gives the two staff on his 540 herd farm every second weekend off, but for him, it's 16 plus hour days, from mid-July to mid-September.
Both Andrew and his wife Michelle came to dairy farming after more than a decade in banking. After eight years in Auckland and three in London, they realised they wanted to bring their three boys up in a small country area, similar to their own upbringing, and on a dairy farm.
Michelle says Andrew has to take her to Auckland city once a year so she can see the lights and look at shops, but otherwise she loves life on the farm.
Calf rearing is her main activity. " I love doing the calves. I love this time of year, teaching the calves and just being down here with them. Watching our beautiful baby heifers grow. These are our assets, these are my babies."
With the low dairy payout this season the milk cheque barely covers farm working expenses, it certainly doesn't cover the McPherson's food bill. Andrew says "we're working for nothing. We'll end the season at least 120 thousand dollars in the red."
Their carefully crafted budget hangs on the kitchen wall as a daily reminder to watch every single farm cost.
This is the first in a year- long series following the activities and fortunes of a dairy farming couple.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions: Waikato
Tags: calving, budget, colostrum
Duration: 16'51"

21:45
Mustering Memories
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More than 50 years ago Dave Withers was a musterer on the North Island's vast Ngamatea Station. Musterers and teams of dogs would head out for weeks on end combing the rugged landscape for mobs of sheep. The men would live on weetbix, freshly shot venison and tinned peas.
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We always had a pack of cards in the pack box, and we did, we played a hang of a lot of 500 and poker at those huts overnight with the candlelight. That's all we had, the old candles.
But one time, we got out the back, and we'd misplaced the cards! So, what are we going to do? Gee whiz, we've got to have a pack of cards! So someone came up with a bright idea, we'll make a pack a cards out of the weetbix boxes, because we lived a lot on three course meals. You know, bread butter and jam, or weetbix, jam and butter. And that's how we went.
So we scoffed up these few packets of weetbix, because the cardboard, and used the packets, and drew up a set of cards. It's wasn't too long, after awhile, we soon worked out which one had the pictures on the back of the weetbix packet, who was the Joker! So you can try steer the game of cards round your way, when you knew who had the joker, and you're be able to call him out on that. Yeah, a lot of fun.

Dave Withers fibbed to get his dream job.
It was more than 55 years ago and 19-year-old Dave was so desperate to work on the North Island's vast Ngamatea station, he lied about his age. He knew he wouldn't be taken on unless the boss thought he was 21.
Dave had been a cadet at Smedley Station and had seen some magnificent photos taken by former Ngamatea musterers.
"I've always loved the back country, loved the big country and remoteness and mountains and rivers. I couldn't wait, I couldn't resist."
Two years later Dave was caught out when Ngamatea's owner hand delivered him a telegram from his mother wishing him a happy 21'st birthday. Dave loved his time at Ngamatea, heading out for weeks on end with other musterers and teams of dogs to scour the landscape and bring the sheep back to the 19-thousand acre holding paddock.
"What an awe inspiring adventure for any of us young fullas ....to be part of it. It was just incredible”.
Dave Withers talks to Carol Stiles about life in the back country – tin huts with a dirt floors and sack bunks; sauce bottles being filled to act as hotties; and the tinned peas and milk made from skim powder that were staple parts of the musterer's diet.
Topics: farming, rural
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: Ngamatea Station, Mustering, sheep farming, Taihape
Duration: 11'36"

9:06 Country Life
Rural news and features.
10:17 Late Edition
A review of the leading 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 Womad 2015 Live: Che Sudaka, Tahuna Breaks
Spanish based group Che Sudaka. Originally from Columbia and Argentina, the four members of Che Sudaka honed their sound busking on the streets of Barcelona - and 1200 concerts and 41 countries later made their first appearance in New Zealand. Then, a set from Auckland-based funk band Tahuna Breaks who had an appreciative Womad audience up and dancing.

===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

===11:06 PM. | None (National)===
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(5 of 13, RNZ)