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A 24-hour recording of Radio New Zealand National. The following rundown is sourced from the broadcaster’s website. Note some overseas/copyright restricted items may not appear in the supplied rundown:
22 April 2015
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Insight (RNZ); 1:15 Primary People (RNZ); 2:05 The Forum (BBC); 3:05 Tu, by Patricia Grace (14 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 Diversions (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)
===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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Radio New Zealand's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including: 6:18 Pacific News 6:22 Rural News 6:27 and 8:45 Te Manu Korihi News 6:44 and 7:41 NZ Newspapers 6:47 Business News 7:42 and 8:34 Sports News 6:46 and 7:34 Traffic
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06:00
Top Stories for Wednesday 22 April 2015
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As Australia's Prime Minister farewells troops bound for Iraq - a cabinet paper here warns New Zealand's deployment may make us a target for Islamic State. A neighbour of the man who killed his two children gives evidence in Dunedin. A devastating failure of a protection order. Why aren't they working? The Health Minister advises parents of injured children to shop around until they find a doctor who will treat their child for free.
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Duration: 25'55"
06:06
Sports News for 22 April 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'07"
06:20
Pacific News for 22 April 2015
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The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 2'28"
06:22
Morning Rural News for 22 April 2015
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: farming, rural
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Duration: 3'46"
06:26
Te Manu Korihi News for 22 April 2015
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A Christchurch local body politician who's moved to the North Island claims he has the confidence of Ngai Tahu for him to continue in his role working from out of town; The Tauranga City Council has issued a warning to residents following the death of about 25 eels in a stormwater drain after sustaining what looks like chemical burns; The country's top haka performers have made it clear to organisers of Te Matatini they want the best judges selected for future competitions; Ngati Toa descendants have been offered another chance to buy land and houses owned by the Crown.
Topics: te ao Māori
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Duration: 3'31"
06:42
Wild weather in New South Wales continues to cause carnage
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Conditions described as cyclonic have wrought havoc on the Hunter, Sydney, Central Coast and Illawarra regions over the past two days,
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Tags: Australia, cyclone, NSW
Duration: 3'11"
06:48
Investors call for smaller Coats board
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The Shareholders' Association is calling for a much slimmer Coats board, after Sir Ron Brierley stepped down, ending his 25-year tenure.
Topics: business
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Tags: Coats, Ron Brierley
Duration: 1'53"
06:50
Parity partygoers eye Oz inflation data
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Currency traders say there's a strong chance the New Zealand dollar could finally hit parity with the Australian currency today.
Topics: business, economy, money
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Tags: New Zealand dollar
Duration: 57"
06:51
Pacific Edge eyes Asian expansion
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Pacifc Edge says it is poised to sell its products in Asia, once its Dunedin diagnostics lab gains accreditation.
Topics: business
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Tags: Pacifc Edge
Duration: 1'06"
06:52
KiwiSaver safe from creditors
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A bankrupt person's KiwiSaver account is now safe from creditors, thanks to a Court of Appeal ruling.
Topics: business
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Tags: KiwiSaver, bankruptcy
Duration: 1'15"
06:53
Formula exporters hit by tougher rules in China
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New Zealand exporters are among those being hit by tougher regulations on infant milk formula which are set to be introduced in China.
Topics: business
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Tags: Infant milk formula, China
Duration: 2'20"
06:55
Hellaby head says it's business as usual despite resignation
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The head of Hellaby Holdings says it's business as usual for the investment company, despite announcing he will soon step down from his role.
Topics: business
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Tags: Hellaby Holdings
Duration: 1'23"
06:57
Super debate stifled by bad data
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A retirement think tank says a lack of basic data is hampering any real debate about the future of superannuation in this country.
Topics: business
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Tags: superannuation
Duration: 1'40"
06:58
Morning markets for 22 April 2015
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The Dow Jones Index is down 61 points to 17,974.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 45"
07:07
Sports News for 22 April 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'59"
07:11
Briefing warns sending troops to Iraq could make NZ a target
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As New Zealand troops head to Iraq a Cabinet paper reveals the Government was advised sending them there could make New Zealand a target of Islamic State.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Iraq
Duration: 5'40"
07:17
Hawkes Bay family say New Zealand man killed in Iraq
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it cannot confirm a media report that a New Zealander has been killed in Iraq.
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Tags: Iraq, Islamic State
Duration: 1'15"
07:18
Inquest fires calls for tougher protection order regime
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An inquest which began yesterday into the deaths of two Dunedin children at the hands of their father Edward Livingstone last year, was told of neighbour Christopher Foot's desperate attempt to prevent the killings.
Topics: crime
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Tags: inquest
Duration: 5'40"
07:23
Wild weather batters New South Wales
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A once in a decade storm continued to wreak havoc in Sydney overnight.
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Tags: Australia, cyclone
Duration: 3'49"
07:28
Health Minister - shop around to find a free doctor
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The Health Minister is advising the parents of injured children to shop around until they find a doctor who will treat their child for free.
Topics: health
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Tags: children
Duration: 3'18"
07:35
New Zealander killed in a rocket attack
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A New Zealander, Kadhem Chilab Abbas, of Napier, has been killed in a rocket attack in the Iraqi city of Tikrit.
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Tags: Iraq, rocket attack
Duration: 6'54"
07:43
Justice Minister's rejection only strengthens Ellis' resolve
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Supporters of Peter Ellis say they're disappointed the Justice Minister, Amy Adams, has rejected an inquiry into his conviction for sexually abusing children at a Christchurch creche more than 20 years ago.
Topics: crime, law, politics
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Tags: Peter Ellis
Duration: 5'35"
07:49
Building inspectors labelled pedantic
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One of Christchurch's biggest property developers says city council building inspectors are being pedantic.
Topics: housing
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: buliding inspectors
Duration: 3'15"
07:52
Housing Minister defends inspection process
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Listening to that was the Minister of Building and Housing, Dr Nick Smith.
Topics: housing
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Building inspectors
Duration: 6'02"
08:07
Sports News for 22 April 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'07"
08:11
Man hid information from psychiatrist before killing children
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A deceitful Edward Livingston hid crucial information from health professionals in the lead up to killing his two children in their Dunedin home.
Topics: crime
Regions: Otago
Tags: inquest, Edward Livingstone
Duration: 4'07"
08:15
Women's Refuge calls for overhaul of protection orders
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The effectiveness of protection orders is a central issue for the coroner in this case.
Topics: crime
Regions: Otago
Tags: inquest, Edward Livingstone
Duration: 5'07"
08:21
MPI pleased with penalties for misuse of meat preservatives
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The promotional body for the red meat industry says fines handed to more than 15 butchers who misused potentially harmful preservatives, aren't tough enough.
Topics: health, food, crime
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Tags: red meat, preservatives, fines, MPI
Duration: 6'35"
08:27
Middle East analyst says death of NZer highlights risks
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As we have been reporting this morning New Zealander, Kadhem Chilab Abbas, of Napier, has been killed in a rocket attack in the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Friday.
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Tags: Iraq, Islamic State, Kadhem Chilab Abbas
Duration: 5'03"
08:32
Markets Update for 22 April 2015
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'02"
08:38
Research says fuel price change complaints are unfounded.
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An economist is sticking up for petrol companies much maligned for being too quick to hike prices.
Topics: transport, business
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Tags: fuel prices, petrol
Duration: 2'52"
08:41
Plunket can no longer afford car seat hire service
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New parents will no longer be able to turn to Plunket to get their baby safely home from hospital, after the latest cut to one of the country's oldest child welfare charites.
Topics: transport
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Tags: car seats, Plunket
Duration: 3'29"
08:44
Search and rescue heroes honoured at awards
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Search and rescue operators have been recognised for their heroic efforts last year.
Topics: life and society
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Tags: search and rescue, SAR
Duration: 3'15"
08:49
Te Manu Korihi News for 22 April 2015
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A Christchurch local body politician who's moved to the North Island claims he has the confidence of Ngai Tahu for him to continue in his role working from out of town; The country's top haka performers have made it clear to organisers of Te Matatini they want the best judges selected for future competitions; The Tauranga City Council has issued a warning to residents following the death of about 25 eels in a stormwater drain after sustaining what looks like chemical burns; Ngati Toa descendants have been offered another chance to buy land and houses owned by the Crown.
Topics: te ao Māori
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Duration: 2'48"
08:52
Flooding in Dungog has isolated villages
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Authorities in Sydney are still struggling to deal with a once in a decade storm.
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Tags: Australia, cyclone
Duration: 2'45"
08:55
Susie Ferguson reports from Turkey ahead of Gallipoli centenary
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Susie Ferguson is in Turkey this week ahead of the centenary commemorations, and overnight she walked up the hill to Chunuk Bair.
Topics: history
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Tags: Gallipoli, Anzac
Duration: 4'30"
12:17
Finance Minister gives honest assessment of "tough budget"
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The Finance Minister, Bill English, says the upcoming budget will be the toughest he's had to present.
Topics: economy
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Tags: budget
Duration: 1'02"
12:18
South Island business index shows slight growth
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The Deloitte South Island index, which includes Ryman Healthcare, Meridian Energy and Ebos Group, found only 13 of the 31 companies it follows grew last year.
Topics: business
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Deloitte
Duration: 1'23"
12:19
Jenny Shipley appointed chair of Oravida
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Dame Jenny Shipley says her appointment as the first independent chair of Oravida is an important move for the company as it seeks to expand its presence in China.
Topics: business
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Tags: Oravida, China
Duration: 1'23"
12:24
Midday Markets for 22 April 2015
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by James Malden at Macquarie Private Wealth.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'17"
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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: The Godley Letters, read by Ginette McDonald and Sam Neill (8 of 10, RNZ)
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09:07
New energy and money-saving technologies
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New technologies such as LED lighting and solar panels are meant to be making electricity cheaper and reducing reliance on traditional electricity markets. But Nine to Noon recently highlighted the case of Wellington City Council's plan for installing LED streetlights to save electricity costs, which is being hampered by the local lines company saying it would change its charging formula to recoup any money lost. Wellington Electricity's chief executive referred to new technology "marching across the hillside looking at eating your lunch off the table". And there's been outrage after Meridian and Contact Energy slashed the price it pays for solar energy coming off its customers' houses. So what's the future of new technologies being able to put a dent in consumers' power bills and is the industry playing fair?
Topics: technology
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Tags: electricity, LED, solar
Duration: 23'43"
09:31
Warming seas and the impact on fish stocks
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One of the country's biggest fisheries companies, Sanford has closed its Christchurch mussel processing factory, blaming rising ocean temperatures and variable weather. Matthew Dunn, a Victoria University marine biologist and Dr John Zeldis a marine scientist with NIWA, discuss the implications of warming oceans on the seafood industry, which brings billions of dollars to the economy.
Topics: climate, science, economy
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Tags: fish
Duration: 19'10"
09:50
Australia correspondent Peter Munro
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A cyclone weather event in New South Wales. Teenagers arrested on terrorism charges in Melbourne. Centenary celebrations on ANZAC day. Intelligence sharing deal between Iran and Australia.
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Tags: Australia, news
Duration: 8'44"
10:12
Stephanie Johnson
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Stephanie Johnson is an award-winning novelist, poet, playwright and co-founder of the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival. She's published eight novels, and is a past winner of the Montana Book Award for The Shag Incident. She's also won the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship in Menton, and the Bruce Mason Memorial Playwright's Award. She has held the University of Auckland writers' residency and several of her novels have been long-listed for the Impac Awards in Dublin. Her latest novel The Writers' Festival is an entertaining look at the publishing industry and the politics and human comedy behind writers' festivals. It follows on from her last book, The Writing Class, which she describes as a novel about writing.
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Stephanie Johnson is an award-winning novelist, poet, playwright and co-founder of the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival.
She’s published eight novels, and is a past winner of the Montana Book Award for The Shag Incident.
She’s also won the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship in Menton, and the Bruce Mason Memorial Playwright's Award.
She has held the University of Auckland writers' residency and several of her novels have been long-listed for the Impac Awards in Dublin.
Her latest novel The Writers’ Festival is an entertaining look at the publishing industry and the politics and human comedy behind writers’ festivals. It follows on from The Writing Class, which she describes as a novel about writing.
Topics: books, author interview
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Tags: Stephanie Johnson
Duration: 31'29"
10:44
Book review: 'Life in a Cold Climate' by Laura Thompson
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Published by Head of Zeus. Reviewed by Lisa Finucane.
Topics: books
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Duration: 4'31"
11:06
John Key apologises to waitress
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Prime Minister John Key has apologised to a waitress for repeatedly pulling her ponytail in cafe he visits regularly. RNZ political reporter Chris Bramwell.
Topics: politics
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Tags: John Key, ponytail
Duration: 4'02"
11:10
Marty Duda's artist of the week: Peter Frampton
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Peter Frampton became a household name when his double album, 'Frampton Comes Alive' was released at the beginning of 1976, becoming the biggest selling album of that year. But while to many, he seemed like an over-night sensation, Peter Frampton had, in fact been making music for a decade first as a British pop idol with The Herd, then as a rough and ready blues rocker with Humble Pie. Frampton's career seemed to disappear as quickly as it exploded and by the end of the 70s he was all but forgotten. But the veteran rocker continued to release new music and tour… teaming up in the 80s with his old schoolmate David Bowie during his Glass Spider tour. Peter Frampton turns 65 years old this Wednesday.
Topics: music
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Tags: Marty Duda, Peter Frampton
Duration: 26'08"
11:36
Employment Law with Andrew Scott Howman
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Bosses cracking down on employees' bad behaviour outside of the workplace.
Topics: business, law
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Tags: employees' bad behaviour
Duration: 15'31"
11:52
Arts commentator Courtney Johnston
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Is painting getting bluer? And a group exhibition in Wellington uses objects to talk about memory, collecting and loss.
Topics: arts
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Duration: 7'50"
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09:05 News and current affairs
09:20 What's standing in the way of new energy and money-saving technologies being taken up
New technologies such as LED lighting and solar panels are meant to be making electricity cheaper and reducing reliance on traditional electricity markets.
But Nine to Noon recently highlighted the case of Wellington City Council's plan for installing LED streetlights to save electricity costs, which is being hampered by the local lines company saying it would change its charging formula to recoup any money lost.
Wellington Electricity's chief executive, Carl Hansen, referred to new technology "marching across the hillside looking at eating your lunch of the table". And there's been outrage after Meridian and Contact Energy slashed the price it pays for solar energy coming off its customers' houses. So what the future of new technologies being able to put a dent in consumers' power bills and is the industry playing fair?
09:45 Australia correspondent Peter Munro
10:05 Stephanie Johnson
Stephanie Johnson is an award-winning novelist, poet, playwright and co-founder of the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival. She’s published eight novels, and is a past winner of the Montana Book Award for The Shag Incident. She’s also won the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship in Menton, and the Bruce Mason Memorial Playwright's Award. She has held the University of Auckland writers' residency and several of her novels have been long-listed for the Impac Awards in Dublin. Her latest novel The Writers’ Festival is an entertaining look at the publishing industry and the politics and human comedy behind writers’ festivals. It follows on from her last book, The Writing Class, which she describes as a novel about writing.
10:35 Book review: 'Life in a Cold Climate' by Laura Thompson
Published by Head of Zeus. Reviewed by Lisa Finucane.
10:45 The Reading: The Godley Letters
Correspondence between Major General Godley and Lady Louisa Godley May to August 1915. Edited and arranged by Jane Tolerton. Read by Ginette McDonald and Sam Neill (8 of 10, RNZ).
11:05 Marty Duda's artist of the week: Peter Frampton
Peter Frampton became a household name when his double album, 'Frampton Comes Alive' was released at the beginning of 1976, becoming the biggest selling album of that year. But while to many, he seemed like an over-night sensation, Peter Frampton had, in fact been making music for a decade first as a British pop idol with The Herd, then as a rough and ready blues rocker with Humble Pie. Frampton’s career seemed to disappear as quickly as it exploded and by the end of the 70s he was all but forgotten. But the veteran rocker continued to release new music and tour… teaming up in the 80s with his old schoolmate David Bowie during his Glass Spider tour. Peter Frampton turns 65 years old this Wednesday.
1. I Don’t Want Our Loving To Die – The Herd taken from 1968 single (Fontana)
2 Shine On – Humble Pie taken from 1971 album, “Rock On” (A&M)
3. Baby (Somethin’s Happening) – Peter Frampton taken from 1974 album, “Something’s Happening” (A&M)
4. Show Me The Way – Peter Frampton taken from the 1976 album, “Frampton Comes Alive” (A&M)
11:30 Employment Law with Andrew Scott Howman
11:45 Arts commentator Courtney Johnston
Is painting getting bluer? And a group exhibition in Wellington uses objects to talk about memory, collecting and loss.
Gallery: Art with Courtney Johnston
Links:
Is now the bluest time in art? - Hyperallergic
The colour of paintings - Martin Bellander
The Artist Project - The Metropolitan Museum
Ornament/Artifice at Toi Poneke, Wellington, until 2 May
===Noon | Midday Report===
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Radio New Zealand news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm, including: 12:16 Business News 12:26 Sport 12:34 Rural News 12:43 Worldwatch
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12:00
Midday News for 22 April 2015
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The Prime Minister apologises for repeatedly pulling a waitresses pony tail. The cost of renting a home rises sharply.
Topics: politics, housing
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Duration: 15'09"
12:17
Finance Minister gives honest assessment of "tough budget"
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The Finance Minister, Bill English, says the upcoming budget will be the toughest he's had to present.
Topics: economy
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Tags: budget
Duration: 1'02"
12:21
Opus International says it will cut jobs
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Opus International has announced it will cut jobs and close some of its offices in Australia.
Topics: business
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 2'08"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 22 April 2015
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New Zealand cyclist Wesley Gough retires from the track.
Topics: sport
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Tags: cycling
Duration: 2'51"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 22 April 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural
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Duration: 8'01"
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===1:06 PM. | Afternoons===
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Information and debate, people and places around NZ
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13:08
Your Song - You Maybe Right
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Jo Murphy of Waikanae chooses this Billy Joel song.
Topics: music
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags:
Duration: 10'43"
13:20
Music Trivia game
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We play the songs, and you guess the link and give us a call.
Topics: music
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Tags:
Duration: 39'26"
14:08
Museum Dance-Off - Craig Scott
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If you think working at a museum is boring, old dusty stuff, think again. And the Otago Museum has entered an international museum dance off to prove just that. 'When You Work At a Museum' is an online competition where museums from throughout the world submit a video of their staff dancing. Today is the second day of knock-out round one voting. Craig Scott is the Head of Design at Otago Museum
Topics: life and society, music, science
Regions: Otago
Tags: Otago Museum
Duration: 11'40"
14:20
Atomic Clock - Ross Hutson
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The world's most accurate clock just got even more accurate. And the scientists behind it say it could theoretically 'tick' for 15 billion years. The atomic clock was developed by JILA in Colorado. It's a joint institute of the US National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado Boulder. Ross Hutson is a scientist on the team that developed the clock.
Topics: science
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Tags: atomic clock, JILA
Duration: 6'42"
14:38
Feature album - Contra
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Today's feature album is 'Contra' by Vampire Weekend.
Topics: music
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Duration: 21'18"
15:08
Tech News - Paul Brislen
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Twitter causes an uproar by introducing "Direct message anyone" capability. Google causes an uproar by changing its algorithm to emphasise mobile-friendly websites. HBO tells Kiwis and Aussies to prove they live in the US or face disconnection.
Topics: technology, internet
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Tags: HBO, Google, Twitter
Duration: 23'48"
15:10
Ghost Boy
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When Martin Pistorius was 12 years old, a mysterious illness put him in a coma. His parents were told he would never recover. But two years later, his brain came to life again, but no one knew it. He spent the next eight years aware of everything around him, but still unable to speak or move.
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When Martin Pistorious was just 12 years old, he fell into a coma-like state suffering from a mysterious illness. The little South African boy was unable to move or talk.
Martin spent four years completely unaware of his surroundings. Then his mind suddenly became active again, but no-one knew he was there.
I often say it was like being a ghost. You can hear, see and understand everything around you, but you have absolutely no power over anything...It is like you don’t exist, Every single thing in your life is decided by someone else, from what you wear to what you eat or drink, and there is nothing you can do about it.”
For 8 years, Martin Pistorious was unable to speak or move or alert anyone to the fact that his mind was active again.
Today he is married and has a career, and has written a haunting account of his experience in a new book called Ghost Boy: The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own Body. He has regained control of his head and arms, but needs a computer with a voice synthesizer to communicate.
During the dark days when no one knew he had become conscious again, he would lose himself in his imagination. "I’d imagine all sorts of things' like my wheelchair transforming into a flying vehicle a la James Bond with rockets or missiles" he says.
He would watch insects with great intensity, listen to the radio and dream of playing cricket. Sometimes his caregivers would park him in front of the TV to watch the children’s show, Barney. Now the purple dinosaur triggers difficult emotions. “Maybe it’s that fact that he was so jolly and I absolutely was not but I cannot watch the show” says Martin.
It took Martin Pistorious some time to fully comprehend that he was trapped in his own body. For his family, it was also an extremely difficult time. His Mother, unaware that Martin could hear and understand everything around him, told him she hoped he would die. “ I understood” he says about his Mother’s statement. “It broke my heart but not so much because she thought they would be better off without me, I thought that too, but because I could see how my illness affected all of them”.
Over the years, Martin spent time in several care facilities and says he was abused physically, mentally and even sexually in all of them.
I was hit, pinched, manhandled and intentionally dropped...even sexually abused at the day care centre...Not being able to communicate makes you a perfect victim because you can never tell anyone. There was never a care home I was in that I didn’t see some abuse, even if it didn’t happen to me."
There were many times when Martin tried to alert everyone to his awakening. He describes his Father as his tower of strength through his 12 year ordeal. He tried to alert him about his awakening. “My Father was putting me into bed and I was trying as hard as I could to move to indicate to him that I was more aware than he thought” says Pistorious. “I remember how my heart was pounding and it felt like I was making these big movements, however they were barely perceivable. I was truly trapped” he adds.
Everything changed when a new care-giver named Verna came to work at the day care centre where Martin spent his days. “At first I thought she was just another carer, I had seen so many of them come and go” he says. “But I sensed she was different. She would talk to me as if I understood everything”. She noticed small ways that Martin indicated that he understood. She saw signs of his awareness in his eyes and urged his family to investigate. “I think being seen validates your existence. It makes you feel like you matter”.
They took him to the Centre For Augmentative And Alternative Communication at the University of Pretoria, where he started getting more intense therapy. Eventually he was given a computer to communicate and connect with the world he had only been able to watch for 12 years.
He’s married now and works as a web designer in England. He doesn’t like to dwell on the past. “ I am truly blessed. I have learned to appreciate the small, simple and yet important things in life; being with the people you love, the feel of sunshine on your skin, the taste of your favorite food”.
He also hopes his story will remind everyone who has a loved one in care never to give up hope. “Treat everyone with kindness and dignity whether you think they understand you or not”
Topics: books, author interview
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Duration: 01"
15:45
The Panel pre-show for 22 April 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
Topics: life and society, politics
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Duration: 14'17"
17:40
One Woman's Miracle - Burundi Remembered
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Two artists share their stories of the personal connections and memories they have of their homes through the exhibition Something felt, something shared. What are the connections and relationships that we build with our homes, and what story can they tell about the people who once lived there? Kalya Ward and Gabrielle Amodeo share their experiences and personal connections.
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Doris and her son FJ (Denis) in Burundi photo courtesy Doris Niyonsaba
Suddenly there was emergency everywhere ... students themselves were divided over ethnic issues, we heard that in some schools students were killing each other. We heard the military were killing students. We could hear gunshots everywhere, we could see people injured, blood everywhere.
– Doris Niyonsaba, former child refugee from Burundi, Africa.
By definition the word "miracle" is often used to; characterise any beneficial event that is statistically unlikely but not contrary to the laws of nature, such as surviving a natural disaster ... survival of an illness diagnosed as terminal, escaping a life-threatening situation or 'beating the odds'.
In the case of Doris Niyonsaba and her family their story sounds like a miracle of survival, one where they beat all the odds. You see Doris comes from Burundi and like Rwanda, Burundi has endured civil war and genocidal conflict between Hutu and Tutsi since the 1960's.
Little is known about the Burundi community living in New Zealand. Doris Niyonsaba and her family would be M&M's, that's "minorities within minorities" as far as our country's Pan-African communities are concerned.
When you look up the Republic of Burundi online you find out that it's; one of the five poorest countries in the world with one of the lowest per capita GDPs of any nation in the world. The country has suffered from warfare, corruption and poor access to eduction ... According to the Global Hunger Index of 2013, Burundi has an indicator ratio of 38.8, earning the nation the distinction of being the hungriest country in the world in terms of percentage.
But growing up in the tiny country that looks like a slice of cake sitting between the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Rwanda, Doris remembers a childhood full of rich, cultural experience. Burundi is also known as the heart of Africa, covering an area of 27,834 square kilometers. It's a region of lakes and valleys, lush and beautiful, rich in resources. By all accounts Burundi should not be poor.
Arriving in Burundi on her return, in 2013
Born in 1982 in a small town called Makenke in Northern Burundi, Doris's father was a doctor aide and her mother a nurse. One of four children with educated parents, Doris had a happy childhood; that is until October 21, 1993 when the democratically elected and pro-Hutu President Melchior Ndadaye was assassinated by Tutsi soldiers.
Civil war has affected Rwanda and Burundi since the 1960’s. With Burundi's independence in 1962, there were two major genocides. Around a quarter of million people have died from the combined conflicts; the 1972 mass killings of Hutus by the Tutsi-dominated army, and the 1993 mass killings of Tutsis by the Hutu majority. Some 300,000 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the following years.
At the time of the assassination Doris was 13. She and her older sister attended boarding school near the capital Bujumbura.
Being in a highschool we knew what was going on. We were aware of the political divide between ethnic groups. However on Oct 21 1993, when the president was assassinated my sister told me that the president had been captured ... we didn't even know he had been killed. It wasn't on the local radios. We heard from other students.
The country was thrown into turmoil. Hutu and Tutsi began killing each other. Even students began killing other students in schools everywhere. It was then that Doris and her older sister decided to flee the country - on foot and with nothing but the clothes they wore.
It was four o'clock in the morning and I remember running for our lives - for Tanzania.
They fled as a small group of around 12 girls, all students from the college. Doris remembers just following the older girls in the group, doing what they were told, staying away from the gunshots.
At one point the group divided into two, some girls went towards Rwanda but Doris and her sister kept heading to Tanzania. Possibly a crucial life saving choice at the time, given that many had to flee Rwanda again in 1994 with escalating violence there.
It was chaos, massive killings around the country between Hutu and Tutsis. My parents also left home and took a different direction, we didn't know where anybody was.
Doris and her sister ran for hours, it took the girls a day to finally cross the border into Tanzania. The first thing they saw was a Tanzanian flag, then people came and took them into shelter.
We slept in a hall somewhere, on the ground, refugee camps were not even set up at that stage.
Doris and her older sister were separated from their parents and two other siblings for over 3 years, surviving in different refugee camps for a few years. The whole family were scattered, not knowing where other family members were or if they were still alive, unable to contact each other.
Burundi revisited, 2013
In the refugee camps they were able to find extended family. But even the refugee camps were not safe with Hutu and Tutsi living alongside each other.
Doris and her sister lived in Mwanza in Tanzania with extended family and friends of the family who could take them in. It was here that they approached the UNHCR and finally tracked down their older brother and little sister in Cameroon. Their little sister was only 8 years of age when she fled.
Photo: Traditional Burundi dish BBQ fish and cooked bananas photo courtesy Doris Niyonsaba
Doris and her siblings were unable to track down their parents for years. It was not until they came to New Zealand that Doris and her parents finally located each other and family reunification was able to take place. I ask Doris what the odds were that none of her family perished during the genocide and that they could finally be reunited, here.
We were so lucky we didn't suffer a loss through that chaos. It was a miracle.
Doris is now 33, a successful accountant based in Auckland. Her experience as a child refugee escaping Burundi in 1993 has helped to shape her optimistic drive for life. Has she been back to Burundi since the war?
When I arrived in New Zealand and could not speak English I was buddied with Red Cross volunteers, they gave so much time to me. Although I didn't choose to live in New Zealand I have grown to love it. When I went back home [to Burundi] in 2013, it felt like I was a tourist.
She gives back by volunteering tirelessly for the Red Cross, helping other refugees to resettle in their new country. "We have such an amazing opportunity to have a greater life for ourselves here in this peaceful country, Particularly the young. You can work, go to school and train and have a better life. We have an amazing opportunity to do better. I like to see my children grow up and be great contributors to this society."
There are so many people living in refugee camps around the world, people who don't have the freedom. My family are so lucky.
Family reunited
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Topics: refugees and migrants
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Tags: Rwanda, Burundi, war, genocide, refugees and migrants, women, aid and development, WISE Women’s Collective
Duration: 9'55"
=SHOW NOTES=
1:10 Your Song
You May Be Right - Billy Joel. Chosen by Jo Murphy
1:20 Music Trivia game
No clues here. Sorry!
2:10 Museum Dance-Off - Craig Scott
If you think working at a museum is boring, old dusty stuff, think again. And the Otago Museum has entered an international museum dance off to prove just that. When You Work At a Museum is an online competition where museums from throughout the world submit a video of their staff dancing. Today is the second day of knock-out round one voting. Craig Scott is the Head of Design at Otago Museum.
2:20 Atomic Clock - Ross Hutson
The world's most accurate clock just got even more accurate. And the scientists behind it say it could theoretically 'tick' for 15 billion years. The atomic clock was developed by JILA in Colorado. It's a joint institute of the US National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado Boulder. Ross Hutson is a scientist on the team that developed the clock
2:30 NZ Reading - KM in the FS
A man is excited after hearing his favourite Katherine Mansfield story on the radio. An insatiable desire to get his own copy of the story sends him to the local second hand book-shop
2:45 Feature album
Vampire Weekend "Contra" (2009)
3:10 Tech News - Paul Brislen
Twitter causes an uproar by introducing "Direct message anyone" capability
Google causes an uproar by changing its algorithm to emphasise mobile-friendly websites
HBO tells Kiwis and Aussies to prove they live in the US or face disconnection
3:35 Eyewitness - Lynda Chanwai-Earle
Burundi is a tiny country wedged between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda and, like Rwanda, endured a genocidal conflict between Hutu and Tutsi in 1993. Lynda Chanwai-Earle hears from one former refugee who fled the conflict as a child of 13, and what it took to make a new life for herself here
New Zealand Society
Tales of life in Aotearoa.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
With Simon Mercep, Noelle McCarthy, Rosemary McLeod and Selwyn Manning
MUSIC DETAILS
Wednesday 22 April
YOUR SONG:
ARTIST: Billy Joel
TITLE: You May Be Right
COMP: Billy Joel
ALBUM: Glass Houses
LABEL: COLUMBIA 436 384
TRIVIA QUIZ:
ARTIST: Simon and Garfunkel
TITLE: April Come She Will
COMP: Simon
ALBUM: Round Midnight
LABEL: CONCORD 723266
ARTIST: Madonna
TITLE: Lucky Star
COMP: Madonna
ALBUM: Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
LABEL: SIRE 926440
ARTIST: Ella Fitzgerald
TITLE: A-Tisket A-Tasket
COMP: Alexander/Fitzgerald
ALBUM: Ella Fitzgerald: Compact Jazz
LABEL: VERVE 831367
ARTIST: Dusty Springfield
TITLE: Mockingbird
COMP: Foxx/Foxx
ALBUM: Dusty Springfield: Complete BBC Sessions
LABEL: MERCURY 984356
ARTIST: Rolling Stones
TITLE: Dandelion
COMP: Jagger, Richards
ALBUM: More Hot Rocks
LABEL: ABKCO 844478
ARTIST: Tom Waites
TITLE: Jockey Full Of Bourbon
COMP: Waits
ALBUM: The Ballad Of John Henry
LABEL: J&R 91646
ARTIST: Sly And The Family Stone
TITLE: Everyday People
COMP: Stewart
ALBUM: The Essential
LABEL: EPIC 986867
ARTIST: Stevie Ray Vaughan
TITLE: Mary Had A Little Lamb
COMP: Guy, Vaughan
ALBUM: Texas Flood
LABEL: SONY 784783
ARTIST: Black Sabbath
TITLE: Supernaught
COMP: Butler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward
ALBUM: Black Sabbath Vol 4
LABEL: WARNER 112602
ARTIST: Sinead O'Connor
TITLE: The Emperor's New Clothes
COMP: O'Connor
ALBUM: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
LABEL: ENSIGN 321759
2:15PM SONG:
ARTIST: HAIM, Lorde, Q-Tip, Stromae & Pusha T
TITLE: Meltdown
COMP: HAIM, Lorde, Q-Tip, Stromae & Pusha T
ALBUM: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt 1
LABEL: UNIVERSAL 470806
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Vampire Weekend
TITLE: I Think U R A Contra
COMP: Batmanglu, Koenig
ALBUM: Contra
LABEL: XL 404292
ARTIST: Vampire Weekend
TITLE: Giving Up The Gun
COMP: Baio, Batmanglu, Koenig
ALBUM: Contra
LABEL: XL 404292
ARTIST: Vampire Weekend
TITLE: Horchata
COMP: Baio, Batmanglu, Koenig, Tomson
ALBUM: Contra
LABEL: XL 404292
PANEL HALF-TIME:
ARTIST: The Clash
TITLE: Magnificent Seven
COMP: Clash
ALBUM: The Singles
LABEL: EPIC 496253
===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 22 April 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
Topics: life and society, politics
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Duration: 14'17"
16:07
Panel intro
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What the Panelists Rosemary McLeod and Selwyn Manning have been up to.
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Duration: 2'39"
16:07
The Panel with Rosemary McLeod and Selwyn Manning
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John Key has apologised to an Auckland waitress after pulling her pony tail on several separate occasions. An invasion of personal space or a human act of playfulness? Tony Abbott has told the EU to emulate Australia's refugee policy. We talk to Dr Lucy Fiske of the University of Technology in Sydney about why this is or isn't a good idea. Have we reached Peak ANZAC? It looks like the Aussie's have.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 24'14"
16:10
Pin the ponytail on the PM
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John Key has apologised to an Auckland waitress after pulling her pony tail on several separate occasions. An invasion of personal space or a human act of playfulness?
Topics: politics
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Duration: 6'16"
16:17
Australian PM advises EU on refugees
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Tony Abbott has told the EU to emulate Australia's refugee policy. We talk to Dr Lucy Fiske of the University of Technology in Sydney about why this is or isn't a good idea.
Topics: politics, refugees and migrants
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 10'22"
16:27
Peak ANZAC
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Have we reached Peak ANZAC? It looks like the Aussie's have.
Topics: life and society, defence force
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Tags: Anzac
Duration: 3'30"
16:33
The Panel with Rosemary McLeod and Selwyn Manning (part 2)
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American boss reports an almost immediate increase in business after giving all his workers a 46% payrise. Clive Elliott QC joins the Panel to discuss the case for and against Global Mode - the NZ service that allows New Zealanders to access overseas blocked online content. An ad purporting to raise awareness of the jihadist attitude to Jews has been allowed to be used in the US. A landmark legal ruling in the United States has declared two captive chimpanzees have "personhood".
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Duration: 26'22"
16:34
Wages
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American boss reports an almost immediate increase in business after giving all his workers a 46% payrise.
Topics: business
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Tags: wages, USA
Duration: 4'52"
16:37
Panel says
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What the Panelists Rosemary McLeod and Selwyn Manning have been thinking about.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 4'45"
16:42
TV gets with the times
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Clive Elliott QC joins the Panel to discuss the case for and against Global Mode - the NZ service that allows New Zealanders to access overseas blocked online content.
Topics: technology, internet
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Tags: TV, Global Mode
Duration: 7'30"
16:51
Controversial religious ad allowed in US
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An ad purporting to raise awareness of the jihadist attitude to Jews has been allowed to be used in the US.
Topics: politics
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Tags: USA
Duration: 5'12"
16:56
Chimps are people
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A landmark legal ruling in the United States has declared two captive chimpanzees have "personhood".
Topics: law
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Duration: 2'21"
=SHOW NOTES=
===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
=DESCRIPTION=
Radio New Zealand's two-hour news and current affairs programme
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17:00
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 22 April 2015
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Ponytail pulling playful, says Key, but others condemn it, Analysis from our political editor, Police admit major failings in Livingstone shooting, Canterbury Landlords taking advantange of housing crisis, Nick Smith defends comments on the housing crisis, Labour says paper reveals case for Iraq deployment weak.
Topics: politics, crime, law
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Tags: housing, war, Iraq
Duration: 23'59"
17:07
Ponytail pulling playful, says Key, but others condemn it
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The Prime Minister's ponytail pulling has made the news worldwide - he's defending it as playful banter.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 4'16"
17:12
Analysis from our political editor
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Our political editor Brent Edwards is with us now...
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Duration: 3'50"
17:16
Police admit major failings in Livingstone shooting
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The police have admitted they should have tracked down Edward Livingstone's full criminal history in Australia of arson and assault before he shot dead his two children.
Topics: crime, law
Regions: Otago
Tags: police
Duration: 7'00"
17:23
Canterbury Landlords taking advantange of housing crisis
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Landlords in Canterbury are taking advantange of a housing crisis with the region overtaking Auckland as the most expensive to rent.
Topics: Canterbury earthquakes
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: housing
Duration: 2'41"
17:26
Nick Smith defends comments on the housing crisis
BODY:
Listening to that is the Housing Minister Nick Smith.
Topics: Canterbury earthquakes
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: housing
Duration: 3'00"
17:35
Today's market update
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The parity party is back on hold after stronger-than-expected Australian inflation data caused the New Zealand dollar to fall from today's high of 99-point-6 cents.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'38"
17:37
Labour says paper reveals case for Iraq deployment weak
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The Labour Party says a newly released Cabinet paper reveals how weak the case is to send troops to Iraq.
Topics: politics, defence force
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Tags: war, Iraq
Duration: 2'50"
17:40
Hospitality workers react to 'Ponytailgate'
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Waitresses say the Prime Minister has crossed the line pulling repeatedly on a worker's ponytail.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 3'26"
17:43
Political commentator has more
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Political commentator Matthew Hooton says this is a very bad look for John Key.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 4'54"
17:47
Latest on the NSW wild weather
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At least four houses have been washed away and others have been swept off their foundations as massive storms batter Australia's east coast.
Topics: weather
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Tags: NSW
Duration: 4'52"
17:52
Helen Milner's son is sentenced for selling cannabis
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The son of a woman who murdered her husband has been sentenced to home detention for selling cannabis and having a sawn-off shotgun without a licence.
Topics: crime, law
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Duration: 2'17"
17:55
Voters told there's nothing fear from Māori wards
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The former Race Relations commissioner, Joris de Bres, has told New Plymouth voters they have nothing to fear from the introduction of a Māori ward.
Topics: politics, te ao Māori
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Duration: 3'19"
18:07
Sports News for 22 April 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'53"
18:11
PM says ponytail pulling was just horsing around
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The Prime Minister has described his repeated pulling of an Auckland waitress' hair as just 'horsing around'
Topics: politics
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Duration: 3'31"
18:15
Food workers union 'disgusted'
BODY:
The Service and Food Workers Union regional director of organising Andrea Rushton is with us now.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 2'44"
18:17
Backpackers' IRD numbers used to scam money
BODY:
A Bay of Plenty man has been sentenced to home detention for using backpackers' IRD numbers to scam more than a quarter of a million dollars.
Topics: crime, law
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Tags: IRD
Duration: 3'27"
18:24
Auckland home affordability gap grows to 25-year high
BODY:
The affordability gap for house buyers between Auckland and the rest of the country is the worst it's been in the quarter-century of monitoring it.
Topics: economy
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Tags: housing
Duration: 5'22"
18:46
Te Manu Korihi News for 22 April 2015
BODY:
The former Race Relations commissioner, Joris de Bres, has told New Plymouth voters they have nothing to fear from the introduction of a Māori ward; A Māori language immersion school in northern Hawke's Bay says it's had to wait 20 years before it could build suitable and permanent buildings; Finally... the name's Bond - Ria Bond. Of Ngapuhi and Ngati Hine descent, the hairdresser is New Zealand First's newest MP.
Topics: te ao Māori
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Duration: 3'25"
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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
=DESCRIPTION=
Entertainment and information, including: 7:30 Spectrum: People, places and events in NZ (RNZ) 8:13 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries 9:06 The Wednesday Drama: Hikoi, Hikoi, by Miria George Trish and her three teenage kids decide to make a journey from Rotorua to Wellington for the last leg of the 2004 Hikoi. Along the way they pick up some surprising guests who they challenge about what they believe is right and wrong (RNZ)
=AUDIO=
19:10
Cracking Up About Climate Change
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By utilising creative energy and a clowning spirit, Tejopala Rawls and Giovanni Fusetti aim to positively influence what will be the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris this December 2015.
Topics: climate, technology, arts
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Tags: clowning, climate change, sustainability, UN Climate Change Conference 2015, Climate Reality Project
Duration: 17'37"
20:40
Japan
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Palmerston North raised journalist Motoko Kakubayashi resides in Tokyo and works for the Japanese Science and Technology Agency, pop. 126,434,964 (est. 2014). Caring concerns for a growing number of grandparents with dementia, the growing celebrity of Princess Kako, and worries about the mass death of dolphins on Japan's east coast.
Topics: life and society, politics, economy
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Tags: Japan, dementia, dolphins
Duration: 17'11"
20:59
Conundrum - clue number 5
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Conundrum - clue number 5.
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Duration: 11"
21:59
Conundrum - clue number 6
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Conundrum - clue number 6
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Duration: 26"
=SHOW NOTES=
7:10 Cracking Up About Climate Change
By utilising creative energy and a clowning spirit, Tejopala Rawls and Giovanni Fusetti aim to positively influence what will be the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris this December 2015.
7:30 Spectrum
People, places and events in New Zealand.
8:10 Windows on the World
International public radio documentaries - visit the Windows on the World web page to find links to these documentaries.
8:40 Japan
Palmerston North raised journalist Motoko Kakubayashi resides in Tokyo and works for the Japanese Science and Technology Agency, pop. 126,434,964 (est. 2014). Caring concerns for a growing number of grandparents with dementia, the growing celebrity of Princess Kako, and worries about the mass death of dolphins on Japan's east coast.
9:06 The Wednesday Drama: Hikoi, Hikoi, by Miria George
Trish and her three teenage kids decide to make a journey from Rotorua to Wellington for the last leg of the 2004 Hikoi. Along the way they pick up some surprising guests who they challenge about what they believe is right and wrong (RNZ)
10:00 Late Edition
A review of the news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.
11:06 Night Lights Classic Jazz
On a Turquoise Cloud: Duke Ellington after the war (WFIU, 9 of 12)
===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
=DESCRIPTION=
Radio New Zealand news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from Radio New Zealand National
===11:06 PM. | None (National)===
=DESCRIPTION=
On a Turquoise Cloud: Duke Ellington after the war (WFIU, 9 of 12)