Radio New Zealand National. 2015-08-20. 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:

20 August 2015

===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 One in Five (RNZ); 1:05 Discovery (BBC); 2:05 The Thursday Feature (RNZ); 3:05 Minding Lear, by Owen Marshall (1 of 7, RNZ); 3:30 NZ Books (RNZ): 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:45 The Day in Parliament

===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 Thursday 20 August 2015
BODY:
A massive manhunt ends at a police roadblock in Waiouru. Number of pregnant homeless on rise but few places to go and the welfare minister blames copycats for a surge in attacks on Winz staff.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 29'17"

06:06
Sports News for 20 August 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'06"

06:10
Police have arrested Dolphy Kohu
BODY:
Police have arrested Dolphy Kohu, the man wanted in connection with a shooting in the central North Island yesterday.
Topics: crime
Regions:
Tags: Dolphy Kohu
Duration: 59"

06:11
Copycats blamed for an increase in assaults
BODY:
The associate Social Development Minister is blaming attention-seeking copycats for a significant rise in the number of assaults on Work and Income staff.
CORRECTION: This story states that there was a surge in assaults on WINZ staff and that 46 staff members were attacked in a year. This is incorrect information that was based on figures released to Radio NZ by WINZ. In fact, 11 members of staff were attacked in a year. WINZ has apologised to Radio NZ for supplying incorrect information.
Topics: crime
Regions:
Tags: Work and Incomes, assaults
Duration: 2'41"

06:19
Pacific News for 20 August 2015
BODY:
The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'41"

06:22
Morning Rural News for 20 August 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'09"

06:26
Te Manu Korihi News for 20 August 2015
BODY:
Te Tai Tokerau Principals Association says inadequate funding for special education in Northland is predominantly affecting Maori children, and it's questioning whether proposed improvements will make much difference; An Australian Aboriginal asbestos removal company is looking at expanding its business into New Zealand and offering employment to tangata whenua; A Tuhoe academic hopes his latest writing will inspire a new generation of Maori language scholars.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'39"

06:38
Police have arrested Dolphy Kohu
BODY:
Police have arrested Dolphy Kohu, the man wanted in connection with a shooting in the central North Island yesterday.
Topics: crime
Regions:
Tags: Dolphy Kohu
Duration: 2'20"

06:47
Fletcher Building to cut costs
BODY:
Fletcher Building says its profit will continue to grow by keeping costs down and selling more products to customers.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Fletcher Building
Duration: 2'31"

06:50
Meridian Energy to remain focused on holding onto customers
BODY:
Intense competition and a slowing economy will prompt Meridian Energy to remain focused on holding onto customers for longer, while it plans to expand its Powershop retail brand in Britain.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Meridian Energy
Duration: 3'41"

06:53
Producer prices fall in the June quarter
BODY:
Economists say weak commodity prices and a slowing economy are likely to weigh on wholesale inflation for the rest of the year.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: commodity prices
Duration: 1'24"

06:54
BurgerFuel expects to open its first US store
BODY:
Burger Fuel is expecting the rate of growth to speed up as it aims to open its first store in the United States before the end of the financial year.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Burger Fuel
Duration: 1'12"

06:56
Precinct says performance will continue to be strong
BODY:
Precinct Properties is not expecting to sell any more assets for now, as it invests in key properties in Auckland and Wellington.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Precinct Properties
Duration: 1'06"

06:57
NZX looks to increase range of risk management tools
BODY:
Volatile dairy prices has prompted NZX to consider increasing the range of risk management products it offers.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: NZX, risk management
Duration: 1'32"

06:58
Morning markets for 20 August 2015
BODY:
On Wall St, stocks have pared losses after the latest minutes from the United States Federal Reserve showed an improving job market had edged the central bank closer to an interest rate hike at its July meeting.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'02"

07:07
Sports News for 20 August 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'13"

07:10
Attempted murder charge after manhunt ends
BODY:
A man will appear in court this morning on a charge of attempted murder after a massive police manhunt ended at a roadblock in Waiouru last night.
Topics: crime
Regions:
Tags: Dolphy Kohu
Duration: 5'08"

07:20
Arrests a relief to Ruapehu district mayor
BODY:
The Ruapehu District mayor Don Cameron is with us.
Topics: crime
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Dolphy Kohu
Duration: 3'03"

07:23
Even with extra security, attacks on Work and Income staff rise
BODY:
The Government says attention-seekers are behind a huge increase in the number of assaults on Work and Income staff following last year's fatal shooting in Ashburton.
CORRECTION: This story states that there was a surge in assaults on WINZ staff and that 46 staff members were attacked in a year. This is incorrect information that was based on figures released to Radio NZ by WINZ. In fact, 11 members of staff were attacked in a year. WINZ has apologised to Radio NZ for supplying incorrect information.
Topics: crime
Regions:
Tags: Work and Income
Duration: 3'39"

07:27
Number of pregnant homeless on rise but few places to go
BODY:
Social workers and volunteers say the number of homeless pregnant women asking for help is rising, with some still without anywhere to live - just weeks before they're due to give birth.
Topics: health, housing
Regions:
Tags: homelessness, pregnancy
Duration: 3'14"

07:34
More school children in poorest schools
BODY:
More children are attending the country's poorest schools while the number of students at the wealthiest has fallen.
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags: poorest schools
Duration: 4'09"

07:39
NZers caught up in Ashley Madison data breach
BODY:
With us is the Privacy Commissioner, John Edwards.
Topics: internet
Regions:
Tags: Ashley Madison, privacy breach, privacy
Duration: 5'30"

07:48
The Black Caps have lost to South Africa in a nail-biter ODI
BODY:
The Black Caps have lost to South Africa in a nail-biter this morning
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: cricket
Duration: 3'58"

07:52
Oscar Pistorius parole decision overturned by Justice Minister
BODY:
Staying in South Africa. Oscar Pistorius's release from prison has been halted by the South African government.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Oscar Pistorius, South Africa
Duration: 2'42"

07:54
More drivers calling, texting than ever before
BODY:
More people are calling and texting behind the wheel than ever before, and the police are worried drivers aren't getting the message.
Topics: transport
Regions:
Tags: cellphones
Duration: 3'26"

08:07
Sports News for 20 August 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'05"

08:10
Police update on manhunt
BODY:
Back to our lead story the capture and arrest last night of Dolphy Kohu, the man wanted in connection with a shooting in the central North Island yesterday.
Topics: crime
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Dolphy Kohu, manhunt
Duration: 2'23"

08:12
Schools reopen after six people arrested
BODY:
This time yesterday morning businesses and schools in Ohakune stayed closed as the police hunted fugitives.
Topics: crime
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Dolphy Kohu, manhunt
Duration: 4'20"

08:17
Owner of Eat Coffee and Food
BODY:
Dawn Harallambi is the owner of Eat Coffee and Food Joint in Ohakune.
Topics: crime
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Dolphy Kohu, manhunt
Duration: 1'54"

08:19
Traders unsettled by Chinese market
BODY:
Chinese shares have once again been propped up by government cash in another rollercoaster day of trading the country's troubled stock markets.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: China
Duration: 2'29"

08:22
Trespassed beneficiaries not getting the help they need
BODY:
The number of people being trespassed from Work and Income's offices has jumped dramatically since last year's shooting in Ashburton.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Work and Income, beneficiaries
Duration: 6'00"

08:28
Health professionals concerned with TPP
BODY:
The Prime Minister's dismissal of Trans Pacific Partnership protestors as "misinformed" and "rent-a-crowd" has angered medical professionals.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: TPP
Duration: 5'46"

08:34
Markets Update for 20 August 2015
BODY:
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 44"

08:39
Child poverty campaigners say govt action insufficient
BODY:
Child poverty campaigners say the Government's efforts to fix the housing crisis have been insufficient.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Child Poverty Action Group
Duration: 3'09"

08:42
Decile 10 school rolls plummet
BODY:
More children are attending the country's poorest schools while the number of students at the wealthiest has fallen.
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags: poorest schools
Duration: 4'32"

08:47
Builders deny they're to blame for shoddy work
BODY:
The building sector has hit back at claims it's solely to blame for defective repair work done to earthquake damaged homes in Christchurch.
Topics: housing
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: defective repair work, Canterbury rebuild
Duration: 3'21"

08:51
Te Manu Korihi News for 20 August 2015
BODY:
A Tuhoe academic says he hopes his latest writing will inspire a new generation of Maori language scholars; An Australian Aboriginal asbestos removal company is looking at expanding its business into New Zealand and offering employment to tangata whenua; Te Tai Tokerau Principals Association says inadequate funding for special education in Northland is predominantly affecting Maori children, and it's questioning whether proposed improvements will make much difference.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'29"

08:55
New results show Whanau Ora is performing well
BODY:
A new report says Whanau Ora healthcare providers are performing as well as, or better than, other providers.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags: Whanau Ora
Duration: 3'37"

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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: Breathing Out, by Sarah Quigley, read by Helen Jones (RNZ)

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09:08
Massive infrastructure bill for dilapidated schools
BODY:
Phil Harding is the immediate past president of the Principal's Federation.
Topics: education, economy
Regions:
Tags: school buildings, Leaky Buildings
Duration: 12'54"

09:21
Are "Big Tobacco" companies marketing cigarettes to teens?
BODY:
A tobacco giant is trying to use freedom of information laws to obtain data from surveys of Victorian schoolchildren and teenagers revealing their attitudes towards smoking. Todd Harper is the Chief Executive Officer of the Victoria Cancer Council in Australia. They say they will do everything they can to fight it.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: cigarettes, marketing, tobacco industry, tobacco
Duration: 11'56"

09:37
Random acts of kindness through baking
BODY:
Next weekend about 250 nominated people around the country will get an anonymous gift of baking. Auckland woman Joyce McDonald, set up the weekend treat-giving - called NZ Ninja Baking Drop - to take her mind off some of the big events over the past year in her own life. A mother to a two-year-old, her husband was seriously injured in a quad bike accident and a cousin was diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer. She figured that there were others who would welcome something nice happening to them and through a Facebook page and website has got over 350 people volunteering to bake - and about 250 nominations of those who could do with a random act of sweet kindness.
Topics: life and society
Regions:
Tags: Ninja Baking Drop
Duration: 10'24"

09:50
UK correspondent Jon Dennis
BODY:
The UK Labour Party leadership race.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: UK
Duration: 8'24"

10:10
Kiwi dogs and their people
BODY:
Dog photographer and animal rights advocate David Darcy has turned his lens on New Zealand dogs and their owners. He travelled from south to north, and coast to coast meeting those, with four legs and two, who would feature in his recently-published book Kiwi Dogs and Their People.
EXTENDED BODY:
Dog photographer and animal rights advocate David Darcy has photographed dogs of all descriptions, all over the world, for the past 12 years.
He began at home in Australia, taking pictures of iconic Australian dogs - a best-selling book Mongrel Country was to follow.
There have been many more hugely popular books, and now David Darcy has turned his lens on New Zealand dogs and their owners for his recently-published book Kiwi Dogs and Their People.
He travelled from south to north and coast to coast meeting those with four legs and two.
Darcy would often go into towns and ask who the most interesting dog owners were.
"And most of these people would come out of the woodwork."
David Darcy is also a keen advocate of animal rights and has worked with a number of animal welfare organisations, including Vets Beyond Borders, photographing their work in India, where they treat, vaccinate and de-sex slum dogs.
He talks to Kathryn Ryan about his journeys throughout New Zealand and an unexpected and very painful accident in Reefton.

A listener's poem: My Dog Brew - Bill Hutchinson
On the 19th December, ‘91
Into my life came a bundle of fun.
A Rotty/Boxer, her name was Brew.
She became my mate, loyal and true

As the years went by, there came to stay,
(She’d have died for them whatever come may.)
A cat a Magpie, Heron & last, a kitten.
With all these critters, Brew was smitten.

I taught her to fetch, sit, stay & come.
Whatever I wanted, it was done.
Time went by. Always happy, my Brew,
Happiest with me. Gentle, and loving,
Never ‘blue’.

In 2001, 11th July,
I took Brew off, her time, to die.
As she breathed her last, and licked my hand,
She sighed, and died.
I cried.

Now Brew is home, close by the sea.
She lies at rest ‘neath a Lemonade tree.
Brew and Lemonade mix together nicely
So the tree is named,
Shandy.

Topics: life and society
Regions:
Tags: David Darcy, dogs
Duration: 22'50"

10:36
Book review: Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J Ryan Stadal
BODY:
Reviewed by Sonja de Friez, Published by Headline.
Topics: books
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 7'18"

11:06
New Technology with Paul Matthews
BODY:
Paul Matthews, the chief executive of the Institute of IT Professionals discusses the implications of the TPP on the tech sector, including whether it will impact on innovation in the sector.
Topics: technology
Regions:
Tags: TPP, GST, digital
Duration: 16'56"

11:26
Parenting - Sick children and when to go to the doctor
BODY:
Dr Leila Masson is a paediatrician who has written a guide on how to care for a sick child, when to seek help and advice and how to confidently support your child through an illness: Children's Health A-Z for NZ Parents (Bateman). Dr Masson has a Master of Public Health from Harvard, training in nutrition and environmental health and an interest in disease prevention through healthy nutrition and lifestyle.
EXTENDED BODY:

A sick child. Photo: CC BY SA 3.0 anjanettew
Dr Leila Masson is a paediatrician who has written a guide on how to support good health, how to care for a sick child, when to seek help and advice and how to confidently support your child through an illness: Children's Health A-Z for NZ Parents (Bateman).
She talks to Kathryn Ryan about the basis of good health and the treatment of childhood illnesses including fevers, colds and 'flu, viruses and bacterial infections, bed wetting, tummy bugs, runny nose, sore throats, dizzy spells and more.
Dr Masson has a Master of Public Health from Harvard, training in nutrition and environmental health and an interest in disease prevention through healthy nutrition and lifestyle.
Topics: health
Regions:
Tags: Leila Masson, paediatrician, children's health
Duration: 21'03"

11:50
TV review with Paul Casserly
BODY:
Paul Casserly reviews TVNZ's Sunday Theatre: How to Murder Your Wife; Smashed Palace, a new NZ reality show set in a wreckers yard on the volcanic plateau (The Box Mondays 9pm); and High Maintenance - (Vimeo).
Topics: arts
Regions:
Tags: television
Duration: 9'33"

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09:05 Finance Minister warns of massive infrastructure bill for dilapidated schools
The woeful condition of many schools classrooms and how the government plans to deal with the problem. The finance minister, Bill English has outlining a 30 year infrastructure plan saying fixing existing schools may have to take precedence over building new ones. Phil Harding is the immediate past President of the Principal's Federation. He discusses the state of many schools around the country.
0920: Are "Big Tobacco" companies trying new cynical ways to market cigarettes to teens?
A tobacco giant is trying to use freedom of information laws to obtain data from surveys of Victorian schoolchildren and teenagers revealing their attitudes towards smoking. Todd Harper is the Chief Executive Officer of the Victoria Cancer Council in Australia.
09:30 Random acts of kindness through baking - Ninja Baking Drop
Next weekend about 250 nominated people around the country will get an anonymous gift of baking. Auckland woman Joyce McDonald, set up the weekend treat-giving - called NZ Ninja Baking Drop - to take her mind off some of the big events over the past year in her own life. A mother to a two-year-old, her husband was seriously injured in a quad bike accident and a cousin was diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer. She figured that there were others who would welcome something nice happening to them and through a Facebook page and website has got over 350 people volunteering to bake - and about 250 nominations of those who could do with a random act of sweet kindness.
09:45 UK correspondent Jon Dennis
10:05 Kiwi dogs and their people
Dog photographer and animal rights advocate, David Darcy has photographed dogs of all descriptions, all over the world, for the past 12 years. He began at home in Australia, taking pictures of iconic Australian dogs - a best-selling book Mongrel Country was to follow. There have been many more hugely popular books, and now David Darcy has turned his lens on New Zealand dogs and their owners. He travelled the south to north and coast to coast meeting those with four legs and two. His book Kiwi Dogs and Their People has just been published. David Darcy is also a keen advocate of animal rights and has worked with a number of animal welfare organisations, including Vets Beyond Borders, photographing their work in India, where they treat, vaccinate and de-sex slum dogs.
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10:35 Book review: Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J Ryan Stadal
Reviewed by Sonja de Friez, Published by Headline.
10:45 The Reading 'Breathing Out' a short story by Sarah Quigley read by Helen Jones
A woman's visit to a dying male friend in hospital stirs up memories of a relationship that might have been.
11:05 New Technology with Paul Matthews
Paul Matthews, the chief executive of the Institute of IT Professionals discusses the implications of the TPP on the tech sector, including whether it will impact on innovation in the sector.
11:25 Parenting - Sick children and when to go to the doctor
Dr Leila Masson is a paediatrician who has written a guide on how to care for a sick child, when to seek help and advice and how to confidently support your child through an illness: Children's Health A-Z for NZ Parents (Bateman). Dr Masson has a Master of Public Health from Harvard, training in nutrition and environmental health and an interest in disease prevention through healthy nutrition and lifestyle.
11:45 TV review with Paul Casserly
Paul Casserly reviews TVNZ's Sunday Theatre: How to Murder Your Wife; Smashed Palace, a new NZ reality show set in a wreckers yard on the volcanic plateau (The Box Mondays 9pm); and High Maintenance - (Vimeo).
Music details
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Song: You’re The Top
Composer: Porter
Label: Verve
Time: 0934
Artist: Maala
Song: Touch
Composer: Maala
Album: Maala (EP)
Label: Sony
Time: 0947
Artist: Big Mama Thornton
Song: Hound Dog
Composer: Leiber / Stoller
Label: Sony
Time: 10.07
Artist: Laura Marling
Song: I Feel Your Love
Composer: Marling
Album: Short Movie
Label: Virgin
Time: 10.30
Artist: Beck
Song: Turn Away
Composer: Hansen
Album: Morning Phase (2014)
Label: Capitol
Time: 11.23
Artist: Paul Simon
Song: Mother and Child Reunion
Composer: Simon
Album: Paul Simon (1972)
Label: Warner
Time: 11.46

===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 20 August 2015
BODY:
School buildings are in worse shape than the government thought; No charges for a police officer who stomped on a man's head.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 14'54"

12:17
Port of Tauranga financial result little changed
BODY:
Port of Tauranga has reported a flat full year profit.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 57"

12:18
Trade Me reports flat full year profit
BODY:
Trade Me also reports a flat full year profit.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'14"

12:19
Genesis Energy ends coal contract with Solid Energy
BODY:
Genesis Energy has ended its coal contract with Solid Energy following the power company's decision to shut down its two remaining coal-fired units at its Huntly plant from the end of 2018.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 23"

12:20
ANZ says employers are still reluctant to hire
BODY:
ANZ says the fall in demand for labour has been arrested, but employers are still worried about hiring new people.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 53"

12:21
Stronger US demand helps Skellerup's sales
BODY:
A stronger presence in the American market and international demand for its dairy products has helped Skellerup Holdings.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'16"

12:22
APN to begin digital registration of NZ Herald's web visitors
BODY:
APN News and Media says it will begin the digital registration to its online New Zealand Herald website before the end of the year.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 49"

12:23
Refining NZ posts a $65m half year profit
BODY:
Refining New Zealand will pay a dividend for the first time in two years, thanks to higher margins.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'14"

12:24
Midday Markets for 20 August 2015
BODY:
The latest from the markets with Angus Marks at First NZ Capital.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'24"

12:26
A2 Milk full year financial result ahead of plan
BODY:
A2 Milk says its full year financial result is ahead of its plan, with exceptional growth in its infant formula products in Australasia and China.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 33"

12:27
Midday Sports News for 20 August 2015
BODY:
Good news for the future of shot put at the Olympics.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'40"

12:35
Midday Rural News for 20 August 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 8'42"

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===1:06 PM. | Jesse Mulligan, 1–4pm===
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An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)

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13:10
Songs You Have To Hear
BODY:
Any Libertines fans listening? Big British band - proper rock n roll, their lead singer Pete Doherty looks like a mess, was addicted to drugs and Kate Moss but writes a mean tune.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Libertines, Pete Doherty
Duration: 3'57"

13:17
Newly restored Frances Hodgkins work to be exhibited
BODY:
For 56 years, a painting by New Zealand artist Frances Hodgkins has been kept behind closed doors - seriously deteriorated, with flaking paint, it was too damaged to exhibit. Art conservationists and scientists have combined forces to restore the painting using state-of-the-art technology and now this weekend, it will see the light of day again as part of an exhibition at the Auckland Art Gallery.
EXTENDED BODY:
For 56 years, a painting by New Zealand artist Frances Hodgkins has been kept behind closed doors - seriously deteriorated, with flaking paint, it was too damaged to exhibit.
Art conservationists and scientists have combined forces to restore the painting using state-of-the-art technology and now this weekend, it will see the light of day again as part of an exhibition at the Auckland Art Gallery.
Jesse Mulligan talks to the gallery's Principal Conservator Sarah Hillary.
Images courtesy of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and Genevieve Silvester.
Topics: arts
Regions:
Tags: Frances Hodgkins, Auckland Art Gallery
Duration: 9'41"

13:30
A Smartphone Documentary
BODY:
The first feature length documentary filmed entirely on smartphones is being made - by teenagers and about teenagers. The project, titled My Weekend, will be shot in the next few months. The film's director Brooke Benton, and Ethan Mitchell from the production team talk to Jesse.
Topics: arts
Regions:
Tags: smartphones, documentary
Duration: 8'15"

13:45
Feature Album - Fairytale
BODY:
Today's album pick is Fairytale by Donovan and has been chosen by Jenny Dawson.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Fairytale, Donovan
Duration: 23'24"

14:08
Big Fish - Rudi Hoetjes
BODY:
An angler has hooked and landed what is believed to be the biggest trout ever recorded from Northland's Kai Iwi lakes. The rainbow trout weighed 4.32 kilograms, or 9.5 pounds, and was two thirds of a metre long.
Topics: life and society
Regions: Northland
Tags: rainbow trout
Duration: 6'56"

14:20
Roadmap - Barrytown
BODY:
Today on the roadmap, we're in Barrytown, on the west coast of the South Island, nestled between the Tasman Sea and the Paparoa Mountains.
Topics: life and society
Regions: West Coast
Tags: Barrytown
Duration: 45'00"

15:08
The Expats
BODY:
New York kiwi fashion designer, Rebecca Taylor.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: fashion design, New York
Duration: 15'09"

15:20
Masterpieces - Malcolm Walker
BODY:
Architect Malcolm Walker chooses his favourite New Zealand building.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: architecture, Malcolm Walker, New Zealand
Duration: 8'13"

15:45
The Panel pre-show for 20 August 2015
BODY:
What the world is talking about. With Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zara Potts.
Topics:
Regions:
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Duration: 14'24"

=SHOW NOTES=

1:10 Songs You Have To Hear
The Libertines - Gunga Din
1:15 Newly restored Frances Hodgkins work to be exhibited after 56-year absence
For 56 years, a painting by New Zealand artist Frances Hodgkins has been kept behind closed doors - seriously deteriorated, with flaking paint, it was too damaged to exhibit. But art conservationists and scientists have combined forces to restore the painting using state-of-the-art technology and now this weekend, it will see the light of day again as part of an exhibition at the Auckland Art Gallery. The gallery's Principal Conservator Sarah Hillary has overseen the ambitious project.
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1:30 A Smartphone Documentary
The first feature length documentary filmed entirely on smartphones is being made - by teenagers and about teenagers. The project, titled My Weekend, will be shot in the next few months. The film's director Brooke Benton, and Ethan Mitchell from the production team spoke to Jesse Mulligan.
1:40 Feature Album
Fairytale - Donovan. Chosen by Jenny Dawson.
2:10 Big Fish
An angler has hooked and landed what is believed to be the biggest trout ever recorded from Northland's Kai Iwi lakes. The rainbow trout weighed 4.32 kilograms, or 9.5 pounds, and was two thirds of a metre long.
2:20 Roadmap - Barrytown
Today on the roadmap, we're in Barrytown, on the west coast of the South Island, nestled between the Tasman Sea and the Paparoa Mountains.
3:10 The Expats
Today's Expat is New York kiwi fashion designer, Rebecca Taylor.
3:25 Masterpieces
Architect Malcolm Walker talks about his favourite New Zealand building
3:35 Our Changing World - The Gift of Speech
More than a third of the workforce depends on their voice to do their job. Our voice is also a big part of our identity and losing it through disease or an accident can have a big impact. Hamid Sharifzadeh, a computer scientist at Unitec, has developed an algorithm that returns the gift of speech.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about. With Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zara Potts.

===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 20 August 2015
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What the world is talking about. With Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zara Potts.
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Duration: 14'24"

16:05
The Panel with Peter Elliott, Garry Moore (Part 1)
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Panel intro; Financial secrets of the Hamilton Council; Dunedin hoteliers say there's plenty of quality rooms.
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Duration: 23'20"

16:06
The Panel with Peter Elliott, Garry Moore (Part 2)
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Bowie for a year; Panel says; Safeguarding your online secrets.
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Duration: 24'44"

16:07
Panel Intro
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What the Panelists Peter Elliott and Garry Moore have been up to.
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Duration: 5'41"

16:12
Financial secrets of the Hamilton Council
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When all we hear about is how much council debt there is, the Hamilton Council is in surplus. We ask mayor Julie Hardaker how they did it.
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Regions: Waikato
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Duration: 10'11"

16:22
Dunedin hoteliers say there's plenty of quality rooms
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The manager of Dunedin's Roslyn Apartments explains why Mayor Dave Cull is wrong about the quality accommodation available in Dunedin.
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Duration: 7'22"

16:35
Bowie for a year
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A US academic is going to live a year as David Bowie. What does he mean to achieve?
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Duration: 5'07"

16:40
Panel says
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What the Panelists Peter Elliott and Garry Moore have been thinking about.
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Duration: 9'53"

16:47
Safeguarding your online secrets
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Just how secret is your online life? We talk to Jordan Carter of InternetNZ about if there's any hack-proof way of living online.
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Duration: 9'19"

16:57
Eau de Conrad Smith parfum
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The All Blacks have teamed up with a European luxury goods brand to release limited edition male perfumes.
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Duration: 2'47"

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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
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Radio New Zealand's two-hour news and current affairs programme

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17:00
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 20 August 2015
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Gunman appears in court on attempted murder charge; Country's school buildings in worse shape than thought; Police officer won't face criminal charges for stomping; 11 year old rugby player banned for 2 and a half years; Health and Safety legislation takes farcical turn; Government criticised for blaming assaults on copycats.
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Duration: 20'58"

17:08
Gunman appears in court on attempted murder charge
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A man accused of shooting at two police officers and sparking a day-long manhunt yesterday has appeared in court charged with attempted murder.
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Duration: 2'38"

17:10
Country's school buildings in worse shape than thought
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The country's school buildings are in worse shape than the government thought and the cost of repairs will be massive.
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Duration: 5'32"

17:15
Police officer won't face criminal charges for stomping
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A police dog-handler with 20 years experience will not face criminal charges, despite breaking the law by stomping on a man's head while he lay facedown on a road.
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Duration: 3'28"

17:18
11 year old rugby player banned for 2 and a half years
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The Auckland Rugby Union has for the first time banned a junior rugby player for referee abuse.
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Duration: 2'12"

17:20
Health and Safety legislation takes farcical turn
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The political debate over the government's health and safety reforms has taken a farcical turn, with the revelation high risk categories include mini-golf and worm farms, but not cattle or sheep farms.
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Duration: 2'43"

17:26
A man shot after a police chase
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Police say they were alerted to where a wanted man in a vehicle was earlier today in the South Island town, and found him about 3.30pm.
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Duration: 43"

17:27
Government criticised for blaming assaults on copycats
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The government's being criticised for blaming a sharp rise in assaults on Work and Income staff on copycats.
CORRECTION: This story states that there was a surge in assaults on WINZ staff and that 46 staff members were attacked in a year. This is incorrect information that was based on figures released to Radio NZ by WINZ. In fact, 11 members of staff were attacked in a year. WINZ has apologised to Radio NZ for supplying incorrect information.
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Duration: 3'19"

17:36
Evening Business for 20 August 2015
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APN News and Media's share price fell 30 percent today after it reported a small first half net profit of 7-and-a-half million Australian dollars in the six months to the end of June, against revenue of 427-point-6 million.
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Duration: 2'19"

17:38
Jibe from Fletcher Construction labelled "disgraceful"
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Disgraceful, racist and shocking are just some of the words people are using to describe a jibe at the Irish from the boss of Fletcher Construction.
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Duration: 3'34"

17:40
Man shot by police in Motueka
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More now on the wanted man shot by police in Motueka this afternoon.
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Regions: Nelson Region
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Duration: 1'09"

17:43
FBI starts hunt for Ashley Madison hackers
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The FBI is now on the hunt for the Ashley Madison hackers who stole millions of files on people keen to cheat on their spouses and then published the details.
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Duration: 4'48"

17:50
NZers held in detention in Darwin for deportation
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Growing numbers of New Zealanders are being detained at a Darwin detention centre under toughened laws that allow them to be deported.
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Duration: 3'40"

17:54
Te Manu Korihi News for 20 August 2015
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A government report is pointing the blame at the Turakina Māori Girls' College Trust Board for the kura's financial problems; An organiser of an East Coast hapu initiative to map the land and waterways says the move will help to combat the rapid decline of freshwater species; Major work is being done to return the oldest carved wharepuni to its original form, which includes getting back parts of it which are overseas.
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Duration: 3'31"

18:05
Sports News for 20 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 3'06"

18:10
Man in critical condition after being shot by police
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A man is in a critical condition in Wellington Hospital after he pointed a gun at officers who then shot him.
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Duration: 2'16"

18:12
Farmers don't want Health and Safety reps
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The political debate over the government's health and safety reforms has taken a farcical turn, with the revelation high risk categories include mini-golf courses and worm farms, but not cattle or sheep farms.
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Duration: 4'12"

18:16
Country's schools in worse shape than thought
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The country's school buildings are in worse shape than the government thought and the cost of repairs will be massive.
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Duration: 4'14"

18:22
'New low' by tobacco company in school survey grab
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In Australia, a global tobacco company has attempted to use freedom of information laws to mine school surveys about children's attitudes to smoking and alcohol.
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Duration: 4'08"

18:26
The latest from the police cordon at Motueka
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More now from Motueka where there has been a police shooting.
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Regions: Nelson Region
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Duration: 2'44"

18:32
Government surprised by rundown infrastructure
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There's a big water main burst in Ngaio tonight. Water is off to most of suburb and may not be restored till midnight. And one-hundred year old water pipes, and schools so rundown they've taken the government by surprise.
Topics: education
Regions: Wellington Region
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Duration: 2'44"

18:36
Tony Abbot faces leaks about dealing with leaks
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Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, might be thinking his government, if not his cabinet, is a leaky sieve delivering daily news headlines.
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Duration: 4'19"

18:40
Timaru man to keep giving his mates a lift home from pub
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A Timaru man says he'll keep giving his mates a ride home from the pub despite warnings from the police to stop.
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18:43
The police speak out about Motueka shooting
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The police have been speaking out at a news conference about their chasing and shooting an armed man in Motueka this afternoon.
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18:45
Another multi-million dollar treasure find in Florida
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Treasure hunters have discovered 6-point-8-million dollars worth of Spanish gold coins, 300 years to the day after a fleet of galleons sank in a hurricane on their way from Cuba to Spain.
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Duration: 4'23"

18:50
Te Manu Korihi News for 20 August 2015
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A government report is pointing the blame at the Turakina Māori Girls' College Trust Board for the kura's financial problems; An organiser of an East Coast hapu initiative to map the land and waterways says the move will help to combat the rapid decline of freshwater species; Major work is being done to return the oldest carved wharepuni to its original form, which includes getting back parts of it which are overseas.
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Duration: 3'30"

18:53
Today In Parliament for 20 August 2015 - evening edition
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Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Woodhouse faces questions from Labour's Sue Moroney about the government's Health & Safety Reform Bill; Questions from Labour's Stuart Nash to the Minister for Land Information Louise Upston are fielded on her behalf by Associate Finance Minister Paula Bennett.
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Duration: 5'15"

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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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Entertainment and information, including: 7:30 At the Movies with Simon Morris: Current film releases and film related topics (RNZ) 8:13 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries 9:06 Our Changing World: Science and environment news from NZ and the world (RNZ)

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19:10
Even More Atomically Accurate
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The importance of very accurate clocks to enable accurate GPS navigation - with A.Prof John McFerran and postdoctoral research associate Stephen Parker, both from the Frequency & Quantum Metrology Research Group at The University of Western Australia.
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Tags: satellites, ytterbium, GPS
Duration: 20'43"

20:40
Contemporary Classical Music
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RNZ Concert host Clarissa Dunn raises the baton on both contemporary classical music plus recent releases of old masters.
Topics: arts, music
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Tags: cello, China, Tibet, Rainphase
Duration: 20'59"

20:59
Conundrum - clue number 7
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Conundrum - clue number 7.
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21:59
Conundrum - clue number 8
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Conundrum - clue number 8.
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7:10 Even More Atomically Accurate
The importance of very accurate clocks to enable accurate GPS navigation - with A.Prof John McFerran and postdoctoral research associate Stephen Parker, both from the Frequency & Quantum Metrology Research Group at The University of Western Australia.
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7:30 At the Movies

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19:30
At The Movies: Trainwreck, The Man From Uncle, Women He's Undressed
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Simon Morris reviews Trainwreck, written by and starring woman of the moment, Amy Schumer, and the movie version of the old TV series The Man From Uncle. He also looks at Women He's Undressed, a documentary about Orry-Kelly who designed the costumes for over 250 Hollywood movies - including the Oscar-winning Some Like It Hot.
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Simon Morris reviews Trainwreck, written by and starring woman of the moment, Amy Schumer… and the movie version of the old TV series The Man From Uncle. He also looks at Women He's Undressed, a documentary about Orry-Kelly who designed the costumes for over 250 Hollywood movies - including the Oscar-winning Some Like It Hot.
The big picture with Simon Morris
When the publicity department starts talking about selling movies, they want to know for whom the films are being made. The key phrase is “target market” – but nobody wants that target to be too small. It’s a mass-audience business after all, not an archery competition. Unlike Robin Hood, the purpose isn’t to split an arrow in the dead centre of the target. No, it’s more like a paintball game. By all means hit the bull’s-eye if you can, but make sure the whole target gets splattered as well. That’s why big blockbusters aim beyond the Comic-Con fanboys by broadening the appeal with more generally accepted stars - Robert Downey Junior, Gwynneth Paltrow, Robert Redford and Michael Caine.
Smart film-makers throw all sorts of extra elements into the mix – pop songs for the kids, theatrical Dames and Knights for the oldies, cars ands guns for the boys, romance for the girls - while still keeping their eye on the target. The trick is not to muddy the waters.
This week, producer/director Guy Ritchie remembers his favourite TV show when he was a kid – a long-forgotten American James Bond spoof called The Man From UNCLE. Ritchie doesn’t think it needed more than amping up the action a bit. But who remembers The Man From UNCLE these days?
That’s an even bigger problem for a little documentary about Hollywood’s Golden Age. Director Gillian Armstrong realised that genius costume-designer Orry-Kelly is hardly a household name, so she plays the patriotism card. To be fair to modern Australian audiences, they’re not just unfamiliar with Orry-Kelly. They’re probably also unlikely to have heard of Bette Davis, Cary Grant, or even local boy Errol Flynn.
The trickiest balancing act is gender. In the past, a film aimed exclusively at male audiences assumed compliant girlfriends would come along too. But I suspect that’s changing. So the latest James Bond and Star Trek movies make sure there are good, strong women characters in there too. Now there’s a new wave of women-targeted films – Sex and the City, 50 Shades of Grey, Spy and this week Trainwreck. The question is, how much to pander to a secondary market of husbands and boyfriends, without losing that Girl Power edge?
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Duration: 23'48"

19:31
Trainwreck - film review
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Simon Morris reviews hit comedy Trainwreck, starring Amy Schumer.
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Trainwreck - directed by Judd Apatow, starring Amy Schumer, Bill Haden

Simon Morris reviews hit comedy Trainwreck, starring Amy Schumer, and finds it hard to know which sex comes off worse.
Trainwreck is the work of the latest hot comedienne to come out of American TV and standup. Like Kristen Wiig, Tina Fey and Lena Dunham, Amy Schumer taps mostly into women issues – notably in her TV series Inside Amy Schumer. So it was important for her first film – which she also wrote – that she kept it real as well as funny.
The film was directed by the godfather of the modern male sex-comedy, Judd Apatow, of Knocked Up, 40 Year Old Virgin and This Is 40. Trainwreck turns the usual Apatow formula on its head. Now the immature, commitment-resistant star is a woman – though we’re told it all goes back to Amy’s useless father. And why should only men be allowed to be complete tossers in comedies, then get the girl in the end? Why shouldn’t modern chicks be able to make the same sort of mistakes?
The fact is, in a modern romantic comedy you can get away with pretty much anything, but only as long as the lead succeeds in winning us over from the start. If you don’t like the star – male or female – both the romance and the comedy are dead in the water. And Amy Schumer – tough, funny, vulnerable and brave – has clearly hit the bull’s eye.
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Duration: 7'00"

19:40
The Man From Uncle - film review
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Simon Morris reviews the update of Sixties TV series, The Man From Uncle.
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The Man From UNCLE - directed by Guy Ritchie, starring Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander.

Simon Morris reviews the update of Sixties TV series, The Man From Uncle - a cool, Cold War spy spoof. Yes. Another one.
Nostalgia is a powerful emotion, but it’s not a very reliable one when it comes to picking a movie project. Too many giant TV hits of the past have returned, years later, as under-achieving movie flops. Often the enthusiasm of the producer and the studio for a childhood favourite overwhelms their caution. They forget that the young audience they’re aiming at has never heard of it.
The TV Man from UNCLE came off the back of the first James Bond craze, and it was even more popular, for a while.
In the new film the Cold War is hotting up, and the American CIA and the Russian KGB find themselves up against an unlikely enemy. Faced with Nazis, the two spies’ bosses order them to work together.
And this is where a one-off Man from UNCLE film suffers in comparison with a TV series – particularly one from the TV-mad Sixties. Back then the UNCLE boys were on every week. We got used to them, and, apparently, fell in love with them. But here we’re being asked to succumb after just one episode. The plot – indeed the whole movie – depends entirely on us being excited by the chemistry between our two old adversaries.
In fact, the only real charm in the movie comes late in the day with a very old hand at this sort of stuff. It’s Hugh Grant who walks away with The Man From UNCLE’s very few honours without breaking a sweat.
The question is “Which 2015 UK spy spoof – this one or the even less attractive Kingsman – is most likely to warrant a second episode?”
My guess is, not this one.
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Duration: 6'01"

19:50
Women He's Undressed - film review
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Simon Morris reviews the documentary Women He's Undressed, about the hugely successful Hollywood costume designer Orry-Kelly.
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Women He's Undressed - directed by Gillian Armstrong.
Simon Morris reviews the documentary Women He's Undressed, about the hugely successful Hollywood costume designer Orry-Kelly.
If you’re a fan of Hollywood in the glamorous Thirties, Forties and Fifties, you’ll probably be firmly in the middle of the target audience for Women He's Undressed. It’s a documentary about the man who dressed most of the top stars of the period, one Orry-Kelly.
Unfortunately, the director of Women He's Undressed, Australian Gillian Armstrong, may not have been the best person for the job. She admits that she knew very little about the former Australian, and berated her countrymen and women for being equally ignorant.
Orry-Kelly’s Hollywood colleagues were frankly bemused. While costume designers are absolutely essential to the look of a great movie star, they’re seldom known outside the industry.
Orry’s work-rate was astonishing – over 280 films, and often films that required dozens of outfits. However it was the movies themselves that marked him out. Orry made his name in the big, black-and-white musicals of Warner Brothers – the likes of 42nd Street and Gold Diggers of 1933 – that were most famous for the kaleidoscopic dance numbers of Busby Berkeley. The range of Orry’s work was phenomenal – pirate movies, dramas, technicolour musicals, and later his masterpiece - Some Like It Hot.
The stories behind the frocks are fascinating: how Orry-Kelly negotiated the prickly egos - and the physical imperfections - of the likes of Bette Davis, Natalie Wood and Marilyn Monroe.
Unfortunately Orry-Kelly’s taste was limited to his marvellous costumes, it seems. Like many of his Hollywood colleagues, his own life was a bit of a trainwreck. So I’m not sure if I’m complimenting the movie when I suggest that he would probably have loved it.
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Duration: 5'21"

7:30 At the Movies
Films and movie business with Simon Morris.
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 Contemporary Classical Music
RNZ Concert host Clarissa Dunn raises the baton on both contemporary classical music plus recent releases of old masters.
9:06 Our Changing World

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21:06
To Catch a Trapdoor Spider
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Trapdoor spiders live on mud banks in long silk-lined tunnels with a camouflaged trapdoor, and Vikki Smith has developed a cunning way of luring them out
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By Alison Ballance
Spider expert Vikki Smith has invented a novel way of luring reclusive trapdoor spiders out of their long burrows – ‘beetling’. The standard technique that arachnologists use is vibrations from an electric toothbrush, but New Zealand Cantuaria trapdoor spiders are too clever to fall for that old trick - which is where Vikki’s secret spider attracting device comes into its own.
“I have this beetle,” says Vikki. “His name is Terrified Pete - and he’s a mealworm beetle. He wears a little harness and I walk him along in front of the trapdoor spider burrow. The spider is attracted by him because he’s prey and comes out. Oh, and the beetle usually gets away unscathed.”
The patter of tiny beetle feet and the small vibrations that the beetle sets off as it negotiates a minefield of silk strands radiating from beneath the camouflaged trapdoor are what alerts the resident spider to a passing meal. This sophisticated system of beetle detection is necessary as the spiders never leave their silk-lined burrows – they rely on their food walking to them. All the more remarkable is that female trapdoor spiders may reside in their burrow for up to 25 years – and never leave home once. For all that time they lie in wait, only erupting forth to grab an unwary insect and drag it down to devour in the privacy of their own ‘home’.
The only nocturnal visitor the female trapdoor spider doesn’t devour is the occasional passing male, out wandering in search of a mate. He’s presumably invited into the burrow for a spot of sex, before carrying on his way.
Trapdoor spiders live on mud or clay banks, and as the sons and daughters – when they eventually leave home after 6-18 months - set up residence right next to mum, a small area of bank can end up liberally honeycombed with tunnels that can be up to 30 cm long. The size of the trapdoor and the width of the tunnel are directly related to the size of the resident spider – over time, the growing spider excavates it to accommodate its expanding size.
Trapdoor spiders belong to a group of spiders known as mygalomorphs, which includes tunnel web spiders and tarantulas. Cantuaria spiders are endemic to New Zealand, and are the only New Zealand representatives of a family called Idiopidae, which has some Australian relatives. The taxonomy for the Cantuaria group is up in the air at the moment – spider expert Ray Forster described many species that Vikki and Canterbury Museum spider expert Cor Vink think are probably just one or two species. To do further taxonomy the pair require more male trapdoor spiders; during winter the smaller long-legged males leave their burrows to wander in search of females, so if anyone finds and collects one of these Cor would love to have it.
Vikki is studying trapdoor spiders as part of her PhD research, funded by scholarships from the Miss EL Hellaby Indigenous Grasslands Research Trust and the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Trust. She is using techniques such as a molecular clock to establish whether Cantuaria spiders have been in New Zealand since the break-up of Gondwana 65 millio years ago, or whether they have dispersed here more recently, like most of New Zealand’s biota. Vikki says that their ‘homebody’ lifestyle makes it unlikely that they dispersed here, unlike many other spider species that have a ballooning life stage when they are young and can be blown long distances by wind. If her molecular techniques show that the spiders have been here a long time it will lend support to the idea that islands persisted during the Oligocene, about 25 million years ago, when much of what is now New Zealand was below sea level.
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Duration: 16'10"

21:07
Trapdoor spider dinnertime
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Vikki Smith introduces Alison Ballance to a trapdoor spider called Sweetheart - and you can hear the amazing sound of a spider chewing a beetle.
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Duration: 21"

21:20
Designing Landscapes with People in Mind
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Landscape architect Mick Abbott wants to involve as many people as possible in meaningful ecological restoration projects
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By Alison Ballance
“Often ideas of sustainability and being environmental are very abstract. They’re conceptual ideas. But the way people identify with those ideas is place, it’s with landscape, it’s making a difference in a specific place in a specific way. That’s the excitement I have for landscape architecture in terms of what it can bring to this country. It’s about connecting people to places … and the way that people are beneficial rather than just somehow a negative impact on the environment.”
Mick Abbott, Lincoln University

Landscape architect Mick Abbott is a tramper and climber with a strong ecological bent. He’s also a strong advocate for not just involving people in restoration and conservation projects but giving them a lifelong link to that place.
When I went to visit him in the design lab at Lincoln University he was keen to point out that it was a collaborative space that he worked in with three other people. And it was clear that this strong sense of collaboration underpins the three diverse projects that he’s currently involved in.
One is the Punakaiki coastal restoration project (PCRP), which is taking an abandoned pilot mining site on the Barrytown Flats, on the West Coast, and restoring it so it enhances the neighbouring breeding habitat of the Westland black petrel. This is a joint project between the Department of Conservation (DoC), Rio Tinto, Conservation Volunteers and Lincoln University. It involves some of the more than 300,000 tourists who visit the area in meaningful conservation, encouraging them to volunteer in activities such as nursery work, predator monitoring and replanting. Through mobile apps and other kinds of ongoing communication Mick hopes people will have a strong sense of connection to the place even after they leave.
In March 2010, the PCRP site was officially declared a Nature Reserve, Te Ara Tāiko Nature Reserve, and in January 2014 Lincoln University, including Mick, became a partner in the project to help develop an ongoing master plan.
The idea of providing a meaningful conservation experience, says Mick, stems from Department of Conservation research that has found that “although national park visitors report that what they do is go walking, sight-seeing or hiking, when they’re asked about the benefits of conservation they talk about completely different things such as preserving and protecting the environment, saving species, looking after it for future generations. So what we’re trying to do is design an experience with those values.”
Mick is also working with Ngai Tahu on their large Eyrewell dairy development on the Canterbury Plains. Along with other Lincoln University staff he has been developing amenity and restoration planting plans for the farm, using a mix of native and exotic species around the houses and as shelter belts , and creating a large ‘braided river’ of native plantings with a main backbone of totara. Mick says about 350 hectares of forest will be created, which he hopes will provide a significant forested stepping stone on the mostly barren Canterbury Plains to enable kereru to travel between the forests of the Southern Alps and regenerating Banks Peninsula.
Mick is also involved with the DoC and Fonterra ‘Living Waters’ collaboration, which is working with five different wetlands nationally to show that it is possible to have dairying alongside healthy waterways. Mick is developing a restoration plan for the L2 catchment, which is part of the large Te Waihora – Lake Ellesmere catchment, and he hopes it will help the growing township of Lincoln develop a strong sense of ownership of the lake by hands-on involvement planting a corridor of vegetation between the town and the lake.
Mick also write a regular column for New Zealand Wilderness Magazine, used to design packs and tents, and has developed environmental games for children including the free Kiwi Ranger activities for children that are based at a number of conservation sites around the country. he co-edited the book 'Wild Heart: the possibility of wilderness in Aotearoa New Zealand' (2011 Otago University Press).
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Duration: 13'59"

21:34
Giving People A Voice
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Computer scientist Hamidf Sharifzadeh is regenerating a natural-sounding voice for people who lost the ability to speak
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Our voice is a big part of our identity and losing it through disease or an accident can have a big impact. Current technologies to help people who have had their larynx removed are limited and often sound robotic, but Hamid Sharifzadeh, a computer scientist at Unitec, has developed an algorithm that can reconstruct the natural sound of speech from a whisper.
The larynx acts as an amplifier, and with its removal the power of projection is gone. The current options are limited to the use of an electro larynx, a device that is held against the neck to transmit vibrations through a buzzing sound, or surgery that replaces the larynx with a valve. In both cases the regenerated voice sounds monotonous, and the valve carries a risk of infections.
A person without a larynx can still form words though, even if their voice is reduced to a whisper – and a whisper is all Hamid needs to work with. He has created an algorithm that can reconstruct the natural sound of speech, and if a pre-operation voice sample is available, it can reproduce a person’s natural voice.
The Voice Back device will consist of a small microphone the user can hold to their mouth and a small speaker that can be worn on the hip or shoulder.
Jacqui Allen is the medical director of Auckland Voice and Swallow, a center that specialises in the diagnosis and management of all voice disorders. She says about a third of the workforce depends on voice for their job, and it is an important part of a person's identity. She says the device Hamid's team developed reconstructs voice in a way that sounds much more natural and gives the listener a chance to pick up more than just the words, including a sense of emotion.
She expects that her patients will welcome the development of the new device.
Your voice says a lot about yourself. It's how people identify you. And so the more like yourself you sounds and the more that you can respond emotionally with your voice, the more closely that represents our normal form of communication.

Apart from returning the gift of speech to people affected by voice disorders Hamid and his team also have plans to develop a mobile phone app that would allow people to whisper in their phones, while the person at the other end can hear their voice loud and clear.
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Tags: computing, voice recognition
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Building Better Flexi Bridges
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Low-damage precast concrete bridges featuring flexible steel tendons and energy dissipators that act as fuses are being tested at Canterbury University
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By Alison Ballance
“Lego, but with concrete components” is how PhD student Royce Liu describes pre-cast concrete bridges.

Traditionally, bridges have been built entirely on site, which is a time-consuming and difficult process, but a new generation of bridges are having their component parts made in a factory before being quickly assembled where they’re needed.
Royce and fellow student Zeinab Chegini are part of a team of earthquake engineers at the University of Canterbury working on a programme called Advanced Bridge Construction and Design (ABCD), funded through the Natural Hazards Research Programme.
Replacing or retrofitting bridges is a big part of the Christchurch rebuild – following the damaging Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 about 140 of the city’s 225 road and foot bridges were damaged. As well, other short-span bridges around the country are nearing the end of their life and will soon need replacing.
Zeinab says that one of the big challenges is that while a bridge is being worked on the road is out of commission – so, the faster the job can get done, the less disruption there is for road users.
Zeinab describes a typical New Zealand short-span bridge as being made of a superstructure – the deck which holds the cars and pedestrians – and the substructure, which comprises the abutments, the cap beam, the pier, and the foundations and piles. She works on the superstructure, and has been testing a 1:3 scale model that is almost 10 metres long and 2.5 metres wide, making it one of the largest bridge building tests carried out in the southern hemisphere. The testing took place in the structures extension laboratory at Canterbury University which has a strong floor and columns to enable large, heavy tests like this.
The superstructure that Zeinab is working on is a low damage rocking superstructure. She explains that earthquakes can act like a lateral load pushing against the superstructure, and in a simply supported bridge, where the deck just sits on top of the pier, the shaking can displace it or in extreme situations cause it to fall off.
“We’re trying to connect the superstructure elements together using post-tensioning tendons. These tendons act like an elastic band to hold the components together.”

The tendons are seven high-strength wires wound together to form a cable. They are attached to the abutments at each end, and run the length of the deck sections. Although Zeinab says the cable is very stiff it’s also very long, about 10-11 metres long, and this provides enough flex for the pre-cast deck sections to move slightly during an earthquake. The tendons then reposition the bridge as they return to normal after the shaking has stopped.
The quasi-static testing of the scale model was carried out using hydraulic rams that could push and pull the bridge back and forth by about 75 mm, allowing Zeinab to collect information on the force and displacement, and how the bridge behaved. She is now analysing this data to see how effective the post-tensioning tendons are.
Royce’s work is focused on the pier.
“Because the pier supports the superstructure it’s vitally important that it’s able to sustain earthquake loading” says Royce.

During his quasi-static testing the load is applied to the top of the pier. His pier is separate from and sits on top of the foundation block. There is post-tensioning running through the pier to hold everything together, while a series of dissipaters, which act like fuses, join the pier to the foundation block. These dissipaters allow the pier to rock back and forth during earthquake shaking. Royce says dissipaters are not new, but he is testing a system that uses two disspaters rather than one. During an average earthquake just one set moves, and the second set is available as a back-up for a rare large earthquake. The dissipaters help the pier and steel tendons retain their integrity, and can be easily replaced after an earthquake if necessary.
“In traditional construction we have the steel on the inside of the bridge pier, and that steel gets damaged by the force of the earthquake. What we’ve done here is we’ve brought that steel to the outside so we can see any damage and be able to replace it very easily. This reduces the amount of down time as the bridge is repaired.”
Bridge design is one of the strengths of the College of Engineering at the University of Canterbury. Our Changing World has previously featured the College’s annual student bridge building competition, in which Alessandro Palermo challenges students make bridges using just MDF and glue.
Fellow student Mustafa Marshall has made videos showing quasi-static testing of his bridge in the structures lab.
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Tags: earthquakes, bridges, roading, engineering, concrete, Christchurch
Duration: 12'32"

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