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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:

03 August 2015

===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 At the Movies with Simon Morris (RNZ); 1:05 Te Ahi Kaa (RNZ); 2:30 NZ Music Feature (RNZ); 3:05 Heart of Darfur, by Lisa French Blaker (8 of 12, RNZ); 3:30 Science (RNZ); 5:10 War Report (RNZ)

===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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Radio New Zealand's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including: 6:18 Pacific News 6:22 Rural News 6:27 and 8:45 Te Manu Korihi News 6:44 and 7:41 NZ Newspapers 6:47 Business News 7:42 and 8:34 Sports News 6:46 and 7:34 Traffic

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06:00
Top Stories for Monday 3 August 2015
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Tim Groser prepared to do TPP battle for NZ dairy industry; Economics correspondent Patrick O'Meara with the TPP fallout; Mass doping allegations rock athletics; 'Treasure hunt spirit' on Reunion island after more debris; Parents call on NZ Govt to push Myanmar to release son; Tiwai Point Aluminum Smelter to remain open; Anti-family violence advocates would back criminal charge for domestic abuse; Receiver investigating potential privacy breach.
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Duration: 36'54"

06:06
Sports News for 3 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'33"

06:11
Groser says US and Japan likely to make TPP work
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The Minister of Trade, Tim Groser, says dairy was always going to be a sticking point for New Zealand in Trans Pacific Partnership talks. Trade ministers from 12 Pacific Rim countries have failed to clinch the regional free trade agreement following four days of talks in Hawaii.
Topics: economy
Regions:
Tags: TPP
Duration: 3'24"

06:14
Wreckage prompts Reunion locals to comb island for plane debris
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Another piece of wreckage has washed up on the shores of Reunion in the Indian Ocean, prompting locals to comb the small island for signs of plane debris. One object discovered south of the city of St Denis was thought to have been part of a door, but Malaysia's Director General of Civil Aviation Azharuddin Abdul Rahman says it was just a domestic ladder. Part of a wing came ashore, which has been sent to France for identification, but Malaysia's already confirming that it WAS part of Boeing triple-seven. It's led to the widespread belief that it belongs to MH370, the Malaysian airliner that disappeared last year with 239 people on board.
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Tags: MH370
Duration: 4'24"

06:20
Pacific News for 3 August 2015
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The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 2'56"

06:23
Morning Rural News for 3 August 2015
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural
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Duration: 4'03"

06:27
Te Manu Korihi News for 3 August 2015
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Fonterra has been fined over $170,000 for polluting the Rangitāiki River, which the regional council says is a significant taonga for iwi; A new report highlights agricultural opportunities for Maori in the Manawatu and Whanganui region; The out-going Chief Executive of Ngai Tahu Property is in no doubt that the value and influence of the iwi owned company will continue after he leaves the position at the end of the year; An iwi-led initiative to improve the well-being of communities in the Ruapehu district is being hailed a success with the generation of nearly 40 jobs.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Tags:
Duration: 3'40"

06:41
Opposition parties fear what NZ will give up for TPP
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Opposition parties are voicing fears about how far the Government is prepared to compromise in order to be part of a renegotiated Trans Pacific Partnership. Trade ministers from 12 Pacific Rim countries have failed to clinch the regional free trade agreement after four days of talks in Hawaii.
Topics: economy
Regions:
Tags: TPP
Duration: 3'05"

06:44
Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter's future
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Analysts are still convinced the owner of the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter will keep it open when the future of the plant is revealed.
Topics: business
Regions: Southland
Tags: Tiwai Point aluminium smelter
Duration: 1'55"

06:51
More change for business expected - Talley
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The head of one of New Zealand's largest food companies predicts more change for business over the next five years than it's seen in the past twenty five years. The joint managing director of the Nelson based Talley's group, Sir Peter Talley, opened the Nelson Tasman Chamber of Commerce annual business leaders conference, Aspire.
Topics: business, food
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Duration: 2'25"

06:53
Labour market data expected to point to low wage inflation
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Some economists are picking robust jobs growth and weak pay rises once again when the latest figures on the historical state of the labour market are released.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 2'00"

06:55
Economist calls for the Government to have a back-up plan
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A sharp fall in confidence in the construction sector has one economist reiterating his call for the Government to have a back-up plan in place in case the economy takes a turn for the worse.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'14"

06:58
Jim Parker in Australia
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Across the Tasman, and questions are being asked about Australia's new free trade agreement with China and its implications for workers.
Topics: business
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 54"

07:06
Sports News for 3 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'01"

07:08
Park under police guard after officers shot & killed a man
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A central Auckland park remains under police guard after officers shot and killed a man last night.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
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Duration: 2'20"

07:14
Tim Groser prepared to do TPP battle for NZ dairy industry
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Trade Minister Tim Groser has vowed to continue fighting for New Zealand's biggest export industry - dairy. Guyon Espiner asked Prime Miniser John Key if New Zealand could be forced to sign up to a TPP that includes a dud deal for dairy.
Topics: economy
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Tags: TPP, dairy
Duration: 5'01"

07:19
Economics correspondent Patrick O'Meara with the TPP fallout
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Trans-Pacific parternship talks between the 12 countries involved have broken down. Dairy, cars and intellectual property were the three main stumbling blocks.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: TPP
Duration: 3'31"

07:23
Mass doping allegations rock athletics
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Global athletics is in chaos after the leaking of thousands of blood tests. The information was leaked to Britain's Sunday Times and German broadcaster ARD. The news organisations showed the data to two experts, who concluded distance running was in the same state as cycling had been when Lance Armstrong won the seven Tour de France victories of which he has since been stripped. What it shows is endurance runners, suspected of doping, won a third of Olympic and world championship medals between 2001-2012.
Topics: sport
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Tags: doping
Duration: 4'09"

07:37
Decision due on aluminium smelter
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New Zealand should know the future of Southland's aluminium smelter shortly. The company running the firm has long complained about the costs of doing business at the plant, chiefly the price it pays for its electricity and the cost of transmitting that electricity to its factory. However despite these complaints, the company is not thought likely to shut down, even though it could.
Topics:
Regions: Southland
Tags: Tiwai Point aluminium smelter
Duration: 4'53"

07:42
Receiver investigating potential privacy breach
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The receiver for the defunct counselling service Relationships Aotearoa says he will investigate how a journalist was able to get access to thousands of clients' confidential files left in an abandoned Christchurch office. In a blogpost yesterday, freelance writer Beck Eleven posted photographs of dozens of boxes containing what she said were sensitive client files including details of sexual assaults and family violence.
Topics:
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Relationships Aotearoa, privacy breach
Duration: 4'44"

07:44
Anti-family violence advocates would back criminal charge for domestic abuse
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Anti-family violence advocates say they'd support a specific criminal charge for domestic abuse, but it's not a silver bullet. The Justice Minister, Amy Adams, will release a discussion document this week, arguing in favour of dedicated family violence charges.
Topics: crime
Regions:
Tags: domestic violence
Duration: 6'02"

07:48
More trouble at Maori boarding school Hato Petera
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There are fresh concerns about the future of Auckland's last remaining Maori boarding school, Hato Petera College on the north shore. In the past week the school has suffered a suspension followed by the resignation of three hostel managers. Recently the Catholic Church, which owns the land and the whanau trust board, which looks after the property arm, re-signed the school lease, but the offer of 25 years has been reduced to just five.
Topics: te ao Maori, education
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Hato Petera College
Duration: 3'04"

07:54
Under fire Aust speaker resigns & sparks review of expenses
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The Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is promising a root and branch review of parliamentary entitlements after the embattled speaker Bronwyn Bishop resigned. The big-spending Ms Bishop has been under-fire since splurging thousands of dollars on a helicopter for what is otherwise an hour-long drive between Melbourne and Geelong.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Australia, Liberal Party
Duration: 3'19"

07:58
British TV personality and singer Cilla Black dies at 72
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The British singer and TV personality, Cilla Black, has died of natural causes at her home in Spain at the age of 72.
Topics: music, arts
Regions:
Tags: television, Cilla Black
Duration: 3'10"

08:06
Sports News for 3 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
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Duration: 2'04"

08:11
Update on fatal shooting in central Auckland
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A police press conference into the fatal shooting of a man at a central Auckland park has just finished with more details emerging about the circumstances that led to his death. The victim has been named by police as 21-year-old Slovakian David Cerven.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: polive
Duration: 2'39"

08:14
'Treasure hunt spirit' on Reunion island after more debris found
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More metallic debris is being collected on the beaches of Reunion Island. One object discovered south of the city of St Denis was thought to have been part of a door, but Malaysia's Director General of Civil Aviation Azharuddin Abdul Rahman says it was just a domestic ladder not from flight MH370.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: MH370
Duration: 3'57"

08:18
Parents call on NZ Govt to push Myanmar to release son
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The father of a New Zealander imprisoned in Myanmar for insulting religion by posting a picture of Buddha in headphones on Facebook says the Government is refusing to advocate on his behalf. Nearly 7000 prisoners were granted a presidential pardon ahead of a national holiday in Myanmar, but former Wellington man Philip Blackwood missed out.
Topics: technology, crime, spiritual practices
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Tags: Myanmar
Duration: 3'42"

08:22
Dairy industry keen to get fast resolution to stalled TPP talks
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New Zealand is continuing to push Canada for access to its dairy market. Canada's reluctance to open its domestic market to dairy imports was one of the stumbling blocks that stalled the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks.
Topics: economy
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Tags: TPP, Canada
Duration: 3'13"

08:26
Canada holdout blamed for TPP's dairy impasse
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Since the talks collapsed, the Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper has called general elections in October. That is expected to make significant climbdowns on Canada's dairy tariffs politically difficult.
Topics: economy
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Tags: TPP, Canada
Duration: 3'00"

08:28
Judge says change needed to make protection orders effective
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Fourteen women, six men and ten children are killed by a member of their family every year on average, and now the Government is considering making family violence a stand-alone offence. The concept of separate charge for family violence was first suggested three years ago by the then-chief Family Court judge, Peter Boshier, who is now also a Law Commissioner.
Topics: crime, law
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Tags: domestic violence
Duration: 3'56"

08:32
Markets Update for 3 August 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
Peters defends comment about Corrections Minister's race
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New Zealand First wrapped up its annual conference with its leader Winston Peters once again courting controversy with comments about race.
Topics: politics
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Tags: NZ First
Duration: 5'11"

08:43
Serious dog bites are on the rise
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Young children, Maori and Pacific Islanders and poor people are most at risk of being attacked by dogs, according to a new study. Nearly 100,000 dog bites were recorded in the past 10 years with an average of two people a day needing hospital treatment.
Topics: te ao Maori, Pacific
Regions:
Tags: dogs
Duration: 3'17"

08:48
Te Manu Korihi News for 3 August 2015
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A new report highlights agricultural opportunities for Maori in the Manawatu and Whanganui region; Fonterra has been fined over 170-thousand dollars for polluting the Rangitaiki River, which the regional council says is a significant taonga for iwi; An iwi-led initiative to improve the well-being of communities in the Ruapehu district is being hailed a success with the generation of nearly 40 jobs; The out-going Chief Executive of Ngai Tahu Property is in no doubt that the value and influence of the iwi owned company will continue after he leaves the position at the end of the year.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'20"

08:52
Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter to remain open
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The aluminium smelter in Southland will now stay open. The smelter is a critical part of the Southland economy.
Topics: economy
Regions: Southland
Tags: Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter
Duration: 5'09"

08:56
Phil Kafcaloudes with news from Australia
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Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says that recently resigned speaker Bronwyn Bishop is a victim of the entitlement system; and not much coverage of the TPP in Australian press.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Australia, Labor Party, TPP
Duration: 3'12"

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===9:06 AM. | Nine To Noon===
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Current affairs and topics of interest, including: 10:45 The Reading: Five Sons and 100 Muri of Rice, by Sharyn Steel and Zoe Dryden The life of Kharika Devkota, raised as a five year old bride in rural Nepal (11 of 12, RNZ)

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09:10
Claims home care workers not getting enough training/support
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Are home care workers in retirement villages being asked to do too much, without adequate training or support? Some workers say although they're meant to be looking after the "independent living" elderly, they're ill-prepared and trained for what they have to deal with. Nine to Noon speaks to a Home Care assistant worker; and Annie Newman, of the Services and Food Workers union, which represents workers in this sector; and John Collyns from the Retirement Village Association.
Topics: health, life and society
Regions:
Tags: elderly, retirement, home care, aged care
Duration: 30'22"

09:39
Australian mining companies linked to deaths in Africa
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Australian mining companies operating in Africa have been caught up in allegations of corruption, tax avoidance, environmental destruction and human rights abuses. 150 Australian companies operate across 33 countries in Africa. A new report by the US based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists finds that since the beginning of 2004, more than 380 people have died in mining accidents or in off-site skirmishes connected to these companies. Will Fitzgibbon is the lead investigator on the report.
Topics: environment, energy
Regions:
Tags: mining, Australia, Africa, human rights
Duration: 12'00"

09:58
Europe correspondent - Carsten von Nahmen
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The U.S. and the European Union imposed sanctions on Russia for the annexation of Crimea and Russia's role in the conflict in the East of the Ukraine. But do these sanctions have any effect on the Russian economy? There's an uproar over the fact that, for the first time in many years two journalists have been put under investigation for treason by the Federal Prosecutor-General after they published information on the internet referring to activities of Germany's domestic secret service.
Topics: conflict, politics
Regions:
Tags: Ukraine, Germany, Europe
Duration: 9'02"

10:10
Rugby player and author Jerome Kaino
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Jerome Kaino was 21 when he made his debut for Auckland, the Blues and the All Blacks in the same year. He's considered to be the best blindside flanker in world rugby. Born in American Samoa, he was four years old when his family moved to Auckland, and he quickly shone on the rugby field. But his swift rise to the top was bumpy - he struggled with alcohol and was convicted for drink driving. Jerome Kaino's written a book about his career highs and lows. In it, he also looks at the effect of the pressure on young players, particularly Pacific Islanders.
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Top: Jerome and Di in Byron Bay. Bottom left: St Kents Basketball team. Bottom right: Milan keeps the World Cup safe on a unique celebratory trip to Rarotonga with Di and Jerome in 2012.
Jerome Kaino was 21 when he made his debut for Auckland, the Blues and the All Blacks in the same year. He’s considered to be the best blindside flanker in world rugby. Born in American Samoa, he was four years old when his family moved to Auckland, and he quickly shone on the rugby field.
But his swift rise to the top was bumpy – he struggled with alcohol and was convicted for drink driving. Jerome Kaino’s written a book about his career highs and lows. In it, he also looks at the effect of the pressure on young players, particularly Pacific Islanders.
Topics: author interview, sport, Pacific
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: rugby, blues, All Blacks, American Samoa
Duration: 29'19"

10:35
Book review - The Water Knife
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'The Water Knife' by Paolo Bacigalupi, published by Little Brown, reviewed by Dan Slevin.
Topics: books
Regions:
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Duration: 6'48"

11:07
Politics with Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton
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Political commentators Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton discuss the stalled TPP talks, The NZ First party conference, and the possibility of Winston Peters angling to become Prime Minister under a loose coalition.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Canada, TPP, NZ First, Kelvin Davis, Tim Groser, Winston Peters
Duration: 21'27"

11:30
Food with My Kitchen Rules contributor Karen Martini
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Karen Martini is an Australian chef, restaurateur, and television presenter, perhaps best known for her work as a guest judge on My Kitchen Rules. She is also the author of four cookbooks: Everyday, Feasting, Cooking at Home and Where the Heart Is. She is in New Zealand, as one of three judges tasked with picking the top spot in the MiNDFOOD Wellington On a Plate Award from five of Wellington's best chefs. The finalists are: Hummingbird, Ti Kouka, Zibibbo, Logan Brown and Artisan. Karen Martini says her cooking style flows from modern Mediterranean to Asia and the Middle East.
Topics: food
Regions:
Tags: My Kitchen Rules, television
Duration: 15'06"

11:50
Off the Beaten Track with Kennedy Warne
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Outdoors man and adventurer Kennedy Warne discusses apex predators - lions and great white sharks, which have been in the news. Also recent research on the therapeutic and human health benefits of trees.
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Kennedy Warne
Apex predators

Photo: Kennedy Warne.
Apex predators have been in the headlines over this past fortnight, mostly for unfortunate reasons. At the more bizarre end of the spectrum, there were reports of an African lion on the loose in Milwaukee, complete with grainy cellphone video à la Loch Ness monster, but that story was quickly overshadowed by the killing of celebrity lion Cecil by Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer, who, I predict, will not be invited to give a keynote address at any dentistry conventions in the near future.
His actions—luring the lion out of a protected area in Zimbabwe so he could shoot it with a bow and arrow—caused an immediate storm of social media indignation, flaming into vilification. Protesters gathered outside Palmer’s dental practice (which was immediately closed for the duration), holding photographs of the lion with the words “RIP Cecil” and placards bearing the words “I am Cecil” (and some much nastier ones) and leaving stuffed animal toys at the surgery door.
Such was the outcry that one columnist wondered that if every lion was given its own name—and elephants and rhinos, too, while we’re at it—it might engender more public opposition to the killing of big game animals. The disturbing fact is that, according to the IUCN, tourist hunters kill more than 100,000 animals per year, including 800 leopards, 640 elephants and 600 lions. That’s 2% of the wild lion population per year—an unsustainable reduction in a population that is down to about 30,000. Add illegal poaching and the scale of the problem becomes much, much bigger.
One of the apex predators of the sea has also been in the headlines. The weekend before last, a scallop diver in Tasmania became the victim of a great white shark—an awful event that I won’t dwell on.
The shark encounter that really dominated world headlines happened a week before that, in South Africa.
But let me backtrack a moment.
Lately I’ve been writing about mako sharks—the Ferrari of sharks, capable of speeds of 70 km/hr—for New Zealand Geographic, so sharks have been on my mind. Sometimes I think the news media are doing better these days in reporting on shark encounters with humans, pointing out as part of the reporting that it is a million times more common for a shark to be killed by a human than for a human to be killed by a shark, or that large sharks play a crucial role in keeping marine ecosystems in balance, or that they contribute millions of dollars in dive tourism income. But then an incident like the one in Jeffreys Bay happens and it’s Jaws all over again, with narratives of shark-infested waters and mindless eating machines.
So, just to recap, a fortnight ago Australian surfer Mick Fanning had an encounter with a shark while competing in a world surfing championship in South Africa. It was immediately reported around the world (including here in NZ) that he was the victim of a “shark attack” and a “near death encounter.” The thing is, it wasn’t an attack. The surfer wasn’t bitten. The shark swam away.
According to the surfer, the shark (probably a great white) got tangled in the leg rope of his surfboard. Think about that. What is a shark going to do if it finds itself entangled? Thrash around to try and free itself. That’s exactly what happened. It was a big shark, so it had the weight to pull the board out from under the surfer. But there was no attack. The only attacking, in fact, came from the surfer who began pummelling the shark with his fists. A natural enough response, but the shark itself wasn’t doing any attacking.
Sensationalised reporting of this event drew on all the old stereotypes. Apart from describing the incident as an attack, there was the usual trope of “shark-infested waters.” South Africa’s waters are no more “infested” with sharks than African game parks are infested with lions or Kapiti Island is infested with birds. “Infest” is a verb best confined to descriptions of lice, fleas, rats or aphids.
Also, what we didn’t get to hear in the news coverage here was the response of South African surfers such as 30-year veteran surfer and surf instructor Ant Scholte, who gave quite a different perspective, saying: “I have only been lucky enough to see three sharks in all my years of surfing at Muizenberg [a famous surfing beach near Cape Town]. I regard these sightings as an enormous privilege. Seeing them and feeling ‘safe’ in their presence has done wonders for my peace of mind when surfing…. If sharks were even remotely interested in killing/eating humans we would not be able to ever go in the ocean. (Shark attacks would be a daily event). The number of surfers and sharks in Muizenberg are proof that humans and sharks can share the ocean in harmony.”
The central problem is this: If we don’t have a way of thinking and speaking differently about actual predatory incidents—such as the one in Tasmania—and interactions like the one in South Africa, we’ll remain stuck in an unproductive antagonism and a dysfunctional view of the natural world. We can’t hope to improve our dismal record on wildlife extinctions, and the declining fortunes of nonhuman species in general, unless we have a clearer view of human connectedness to nonhuman nature.
I was feeling despondent about the reporting of the Jeffreys Bay incident, but then I came across coverage of a third event involving a great white that happened a week earlier, which put me in a much better frame of mind. Lacking the celebrity news value of a famous surfer, this one fell beneath the threshold for much media coverage.
It happened at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and involved a great white that beached itself—an uncommon occurrence. It being midsummer, a lot of people were at the beach, and contrary to what you might expect they responded as they would to a beached whale, bringing buckets of water to pour over the shark and phoning the marine department to save the animal. Which is exactly what happened. The videos are lovely—including showing how officials harnessed the shark to the side of their inflatable and cruised slowly around the bay until it had recovered sufficiently to swim off under its own steam. Watch the videos here:
Ryan Daly, a shark researcher I have worked with in South Africa said that after seeing these videos, “I thought people might be seeing sharks as the new dolphins. But there’s nothing like a bit of bad publicity to put your reputation back in the gutter.” He went on to add: “I think the question is, how do we move forward from incidents like the one with Mick Fanning with a more rational approach about human–shark interactions, informed by the knowledge we have today. When Jaws came out we didn’t know sharks were ecologically and economically important, so we could be excused for being irrational. Today there is no excuse.”
Feel healthier! Look younger! Plant a tree!
For at least 30 years, researchers have been reporting the human mental and physical health benefits of trees. Back in 1984, for example, it was reported that patients recovering from surgery were discharged from hospital an average of one day earlier if their room overlooked a stand of trees than if it faced a wall. Since then, researchers have reported links between urban greenspace and improvements in memory and a reduction in aggression and crime. In 2006, a Michigan urban designer identified 22 direct benefits from urban tree planting, and claimed that “for a planting cost of $250-600 (including the first 3 years of maintenance) a single street tree returns over $90,000 of direct benefits in the lifetime of the tree.”
A few weeks ago, research from Canada reported that increasing the number of trees in urban areas could make people feel healthier and reduce cardio-metabolic illness. By analysing responses from more than 31,000 Toronto residents who took an online questionnaire about their health, and comparing those results to a dataset showing the location of the city’s trees, the researchers found that people who live in leafy areas felt healthier and reported fewer stress- and obesity-related conditions such as heart attack, stroke and diabetes than people who live in areas with fewer trees.
Even more interesting is when the researchers applied numbers to the findings. An increase of ten street trees per city block, for instance, increased health perception comparable to increasing the household income by $10,000 or being seven years younger. Adding just one more tree to 11 per block led to a decrease in cardio-metabolic conditions the equivalent to a $20,000 increase in income or being 1.4 years younger.
Photos of trees by Kennedy Warne
Although the study did not identify the mechanisms by which the benefits may occur, the authors suggested that improving air quality, relieving stress and promoting physical activity could all be contributing factors to improved reported health.
One of the things that caught my eye in the Canadian study was that the city of Toronto has mapped and listed all 530,000 trees planted on public land. This reminded me of another story that circulated a few weeks ago about people emailing trees in Melbourne. Melbourne had gone through a similar mapping project to identify and monitor the health of all city trees—some 70,000 of them—giving each tree an ID number and, to make communication more direct, an email address.
Administrators of Melbourne’s urban forest had expected members of the public to report tree-related issues, such as evidence of disease, lack of water or of branches having broken off in storms. What they didn’t expect was the whimsical emails people started sending to trees, everything from thanking them for providing oxygen and beauty to wishing them well in the coming drought. So this is a move beyond the “internet of things” to the “internet of species.”
A further detail in the Toronto study—explored in a commentary in The New Yorker—is that the health benefits of leafiness “stem almost entirely from trees planted along streets and in front yards, where many people walk past them; trees in back yards and parks don’t seem to matter as much.” Perhaps leafy streets encourage people to walk more, but possibly, as in the hospital study, just seeing and being in the presence of trees is therapeutic. And the benefits accrue whether or not you’re a nature-loving person. As the New Yorker article concludes, “Something deep within us responds to the three-dimensional geometry of nature, and that is where arguments of economic equivalence, however well intentioned, fall short. If someone offers you ten thousand dollars or ten trees, take the trees.”
Topics: environment
Regions:
Tags: animals, sharks, predators, trees
Duration: 11'43"

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09:05 Claims home care workers for the elderly are not getting enough training or support
Are home care workers in retirement villages being asked to do too much, without adequate training or support? Some workers say although they're meant to be looking after the "independent living" elderly, they're ill-prepared and trained for what they have to deal with.
Nine to Noon speaks to a Home Care assistant worker; and Annie Newman, of the Services and Food Workers union, which represents workers in this sector; and John Collyns from the Retirement Village Association.
09:20 Australian mining companies linked to deaths in Africa
Australian mining companies operating in Africa have been caught up in allegations of corruption, tax avoidance, environmental destruction and human rights abuses. 150 Australian companies operate across 33 countries in Africa. A new report by the US based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists finds that since the beginning of 2004, more than 380 people have died in mining accidents or in off-site skirmishes connected to these companies.
Will Fitzgibbon is the lead investigator on the report.
09:45 Europe correspondent Carsten von Nahmen
Europe correspondent Carsten von Nahmen, Head of News & Current Affairs for Deutsche Welle in Germany.
10:05 Rugby player and author Jerome Kaino
Jerome Kaino was 21 when he made his debut for Auckland, the Blues and the All Blacks in the same year. He’s considered to be the best blindside flanker in world rugby. Born in American Samoa, he was four years old when his family moved to Auckland, and he quickly shone on the rugby field. But his swift rise to the top was bumpy – he struggled with alcohol and was convicted for drink driving. Jerome Kaino’s written a book about his career highs and lows. In it, he also looks at the effect of the pressure on young players, particularly Pacific Islanders.

Top: Jerome and Di in Byron Bay. Bottom left: St Kents Basketball team. Bottom right: Milan keeps the World Cup safe on a unique celebratory trip to Rarotonga with Di and Jerome in 2012
10:30 Book Review: 'The Water Knife' by Paolo Bacigalupi
Reviewed by Dan Slevin
The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
Published by Little Brown
10:45 The Reading: Five Sons & 100 Muri of Rice by Sharyn Steel and Zoe Dryden
Read by Susan Wilson and Uma Giri (Episode 11 of 12)
11:05 Politics with Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton
Political commentators Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton.
11:30 MRK judge and Australian chef, Karen Martini
Karen Martini is an Australian chef, restaurateur, and television presenter, perhaps best known for her work as a guest judge on My Kitchen Rules. She is also the author of four cookbooks: Everyday, Feasting, Cooking at Home and Where the Heart Is. She is in New Zealand, as one of three judges tasked with picking the top spot in the MiNDFOOD Wellington On a Plate Award from five of Wellington's best chefs. The finalists are: Hummingbird, Ti Kouka, Zibibbo, Logan Brown and Artisan. Karen Martini says her cooking style flows from modern Mediterranean to Asia and the Middle East.

11:45 Off the Beaten Track with Kennedy Warne
Outdoors man and adventurer Kennedy Warne discusses apex predators - lions and great white sharks, which have been in the news. Also recent research on the therapeutic and human health benefits of trees.

===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 3 August 2015
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Investigations are launched after police shoot a wanted man dead and huge relief in Southland as its aluminium smelter stays open.
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Duration: 14'34"

12:17
Tiwai Point smelter to stay open
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Shares in electricity stocks have jumped this morning after a deal that ensures the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter will stay open for at least three years.
Topics: business
Regions: Southland
Tags: Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter
Duration: 1'57"

12:19
About 20 NZ jobs to go as Cavalier restructures
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Cavalier will axe jobs and sell loss-making businesses as part of a major overhaul to reduce debt and restore the carpet makers fortunes.
Topics: business
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Tags: Cavalier
Duration: 1'40"

12:20
Commerce Commission claims price fixing in rural services
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The Commerce Commission has filed legal action against two rural services firms and five current or former employees, over claims of price fixing in connection with the introduction of a new animal tagging scheme.
Topics: business
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Duration: 45"

12:23
Midday markets for 3 August 2015
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Brad Gordon at Macquarie Private Wealth
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'49"

12:26
Midday Sports News for 3 August 2015
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The Black Caps batsman Ross Taylor says an improved fielding effort is needed to level the one-day cricket series against Zimbabwe.
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Duration: 2'44"

12:35
Midday Rural News for 3 August 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 7'23"

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

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13:06
Jesse Intro
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Cilla Black has died, aged 72 of natural causes, and I wanted to give her proper send off this avo so we'll play maybe her most famous song and talk to a Kiwi who played with her on her 1971 tour.
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Duration: 4'42"

13:10
Song You Have To Hear - In the Air
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Mt Eden singer Maala, I chatted to Melody Thomas about him on Friday. He's 20, nobody knows much about him except that he's very good. His song is called 'In the Air'.
Topics: music
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Duration: 4'37"

13:17
Cilla Black - Jim Hall
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Online tributes are pouring in remembering British singer and TV personality, Cilla Black. She has died at her home in Spain at the age of 72, of what is believed to be natural causes. The star enjoyed a 50-year showbusiness career, that began at Liverpool's famous Cavern Club, where she started work as a part-time cloakroom attendant. Her career focus shifted to television in 1968, when she was given her own BBC One primetime series, and she went on to host a number of shows for ITV. Prime Minister David Cameron has led tributes to the entertainer, remembering her as "a huge talent who made a significant contribution to public life". Joan Collins wrote on Twitter that she was a "resplendent and rare talent". And Sir Paul McCartney wrote "She was a lovely girl who infected everyone with her great spirit". Cilla Black toured New Zealand in 1971 and she changed one man's life, Jim Hall was a young musician at the time.
Topics: music
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Tags: Cilla Black, Jim Hall
Duration: 15'02"

13:31
Near-Death Experiences - Nicole Lindsay
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Seeing a light at the end of a tunnel may well be the popular perception of death, but a Nelson woman is finding it's not the most common. Nicole Lindsay is trying to find out what people experience when they face death. It's part of her PhD studies at the School of Psychology at Massey University.
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Seeing a light at the end of a tunnel may well be the popular perception of death, but a Nelson woman is finding it's not the most common. Nicole Lindsay is trying to find out what people experience when they face death. It's part of her PhD studies at the School of Psychology at Massey University.
Topics: science
Regions: Nelson Region
Tags: Massey University, Nicole Lindsay, near-death experiences
Duration: 15'52"

13:47
Feature album
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Maryanne Kavanagh talks us through her favourite album, The Cat Empire by The Cat Empire.
Topics: music
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Duration: 11'52"

14:10
TV review with Alex Casey
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Reviewing 'UnReal', 'Bogans' and 'I am Cait'.
Topics: media
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Tags: television
Duration: 12'01"

14:27
Music review with Colin Morris
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Reviewing Henry Thomas from the album 'The rough guide to unsung heroes of country blues'.
Topics: music
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Duration: 13'38"

14:40
Book review with Wendyl Nissen
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Reviewing 'My Brilliant Friend' by Elena Ferrante.
Topics: books
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Duration: 6'14"

14:47
Childrens book review with Hannah Wylie
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Reviewing 'Gangsta Granny' by David Walliams.
Topics: books
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Duration: 4'21"

14:53
Live shows review with Paul Simei-Barton
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Reviewing Auckland Theatre Companies 'Lysistrata'.
Topics: arts
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Tags: Lysistrata
Duration: 5'09"

15:10
Competitive Scrabble - Stefan Fatsis
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Champion- a 17 point word in Scrabble that doesn't even come close to describing the amazing feat of New Zealander Nigel Richards. A few weeks ago, Richards won the French Scrabble Championship, even though he doesn't speak French. His accomplishment put a spotlight on the intense world of competitive Scrabble. It's so much more than the game you pull out on a rainy day at the bach. Sportswriter and former American Football player Stefan Fatsis took leave from hi day job to play Scrabble at the elite level and wrote about his experience in a book about called Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players The 10th anniversary edition came out a few years ago.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Scrabble, Stefan Fatsis
Duration: 22'50"

15:30
Saving lives - a sister speaks out
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Lynda Chanwai-Earle brings us an exclusive story when she hears from a young woman speaking out for the first time after losing her mother and younger sister to domestic violence - Rida Noor is the ambassador for "Find Your Voice" - a campaign aimed at ethnic youth in our country.
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Lynda Chanwai-Earle brings us the exclusive story of a young woman speaking out for the first time after losing her mother and younger sister to domestic violence - Rida Noor is the ambassador for 'Find Your Voice' - a campaign aimed at ethnic youth in our country.

It can become normalised if it has been going on for years and years. It’s important to create awareness and break the silence around domestic abuse.
– Rida Noor (sister of murder victim Sidra Noor)

On May 19, 2014 Ishrat Malik called his eldest daughter to tell her he had "finished" her mother and younger sister. Farhat Rana and her 18-year-old daughter Sidra Noor lay dead in the family's Ranui home, in West Auckland. He had stabbed them to death.
The tragic deaths of Pakistani-born mother and daughter Farhat Rana and Sidra Noor in West Auckland attracted intense media focus and created a lot of public discourse around Rana as the primary victim of domestic violence but little attention was paid to Sidra who had to witness violence between her parents since a young age.
Sidra Noor was just 18 when she lost her life at the hands of her own father.
In Sidra’s memory, Shakti Women’s Refuge Youth Unit developed a campaign titled Find Your Voice to assist ethnic youth to be empowered to reach out for help. Sidra’s surviving elder sister Rida Noor is the community ambassador for the campaign and speaking publically for the first time about her experiences, having witnessed violence growing up.
The campaign launch is taking place at the Wesley Community Centre in Sandringham, Auckland. Rida has agreed to speak with me before it starts. Her two toddlers play around her as she explains her motivation to speak out.
“When I think about my children, I would hate them to go through what I went through. Domestic abuse might not always be visible to normal people or to the public because the scars are always hidden. For us; me, my brother, my sister and my mum, for all of us it was always psychological. It was years and years of psychological and financial abuse. It’s very difficult when the abuse is like mental torture.”
During the trial Rida’s victim-impact statement had said she felt "numb . . . like I can never be normal again. I never thought the first funeral I would have to go to in my life would be for my mum and younger sister," she goes on to say, "I helped wash their bodies and saw every stab wound. I realised how evil he was and the struggle my mum and sister would have had to go through to try and stop him."
Shakti Women’s Refuge is a national not-for-profit community organisation and our country’s first Ethnic Women’s Refuge. Shakti’s Youth Unit started in 2010 when a group of young people of ethnic origin under 30 (most survivors themselves), decided to raise much needed awareness about children and youth witnessing violence and being the silent sufferers in the home.
Shakti Youth is part of Shakti Legal Advocacy and Family Social Services and is made up of young people from Asian, Middle Eastern and African communities working towards violence-free futures, ending all gender-based violence and oppression. It is part of Shakti Legal Advocacy and Family Social Services, which offers family support services such as family violence prevention, couple counseling, family conferencing and legal services for ethnic communities.
The Find Your Voice campaign came about because of Sidra and Rana and launched on the 23 July this year. Co-ordinator, Mengzhu Fu tells me that it had been 6 months in the preparation. The Youth Unit went to several high schools around Auckland region to gain insight into how ethnic youth felt about domestic violence, or if they had been experiencing this at home and what resources could really help.
There is psychological harm - a lot of children end up blaming themselves for what is happening and think “maybe I did something wrong when things happen between my parents.”

“We did four focus groups in schools around central and South Auckland, with 5 to 8 students in each group (27 students in total) of various ethnicities from Middle Eastern, African and Asian background.”
The response was very positive Mengzhu tells me, "We wanted to get feedback on the resources we were producing. We wanted to make sure they were relevant to them. They were really appreciative for the focus groups, for some it was their first chance to disclose violence happening within their homes. Often they think there is a culture of silence around this."
At the launch Jan Logie (Green Party) reminds the audience that domestic violence affects every community no matter the ethnicity or culture.
Every child deserves the right to be safe.

Jan tells me that it is important not to stigmatize the ethnic community whenever a case of domestic abuse happens. She says that this will exacerbate the reluctance that ethnic youth may already experience and not encourage them to come forward to break the silence in safety.
“New Zealand still has racism. It’s very difficult for minority communities that experience racism to break out and speak out about something negative that’s happening within their community because [they] want to protect their community from that racism. So we need culturally appropriate pathways and organisations to be able to disclose the abuse without damaging the community.”
Jacinda Adern (Labour Party) tells me that around 58,000 refereals are made to Police each year regarding children per year experiencing domestic violence in the home. “There are massive ramifications for the children who witness violence and it’s a double whammy for children from our ethnic minority communities. And what did she think about Rida’s message?
“What a powerful thing to hear from a young woman who has survived such a tragedy, to be willing to stand up to give hope and strength to others; a really courageous young woman.”
During presentations at the launch three sisters from the Pakistani community; Sehar, Mehwish and Sabah from the Shakti Youth Unit are speaking out too, it's the first time for Sabah to do so but her sisters Sehar and Mehwish have been proactive and outspoken for the last three years.
It turns out these three young university students have survived domestic abuse at the hands of their father as well, but they saved themselves by all leaving their father’s home at the age of 13 and 14. They say their courage has been inspired by women like Shakti founders Farida Sultana and Shila Nair, the co-authors of Purple Dandelion.
During Rida’s speech at the launch the silent audience feels the gravity of her words, "I don’t think I’ve actually grieved, I think I am still going through that process ... I just need time to grieve now."
Rida’s hope is what shines through, in spite of the intense trauma of her loss. Her enduring message:
Don’t hide it, don’t be ashamed ... if someone is asking for help, go and help them. You never know, you might change their life for the better. If I can help saves lives that would be a good deed for me.

Website: youth.shakti.org.nz
Shakti Facebook | Follow us on Twitter
If you are in crisis please call our 24/7 crisis line on 0800 SHAKTI (0800 742 584)
Topics: crime, refugees and migrants, health, education, inequality, media, identity
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Tags: women, cultural practice
Duration: 16'14"

15:47
The Panel pre-show for 3 August 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 12'48"

=SHOW NOTES=

1:10 Songs You Have To Hear
In The Air - Maala
1:20 Cilla Black - Jim Hall
Online tributes are pouring in remembering British singer and TV personality, Cilla Black. She has died at her home in Spain at the age of 72, of what is believed to be natural causes. The star enjoyed a 50-year showbusiness career, that began at Liverpool's famous Cavern Club, where she started work as a part-time cloakroom attendant. Her career focus shifted to television in 1968, when she was given her own BBC One primetime series, and she went on to host a number of shows for ITV. Prime Minister David Cameron has led tributes to the entertainer, remembering her as "a huge talent who made a significant contribution to public life". Joan Collins wrote on Twitter that she was a "resplendent and rare talent". And Sir Paul McCartney wrote "She was a lovely girl who infected everyone with her great spirit". Cilla Black toured New Zealand in 1971 and she changed one man's life, Jim Hall was a young musician at the time.
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1:30 Near Death Experiences - Nicole Lindsay
Seeing a light at the end of a tunnel may well be the popular perception of death, but a Nelson woman is finding it's not the most common. Nicole Lindsay is trying to find out what people experience when they face death.It's part of her PhD studies at the School of Psychology at Massey University.
1:40 Feature album
Maryanne Kavanagh talks us through her favourite album, The Cat Empire by The Cat Empire.
2:10 The Critics
TV: Alex Casey.
Music: Colin Morris.
Books: Wendyl Nissen.
Childrens Books: Hannah Wylie.
Live show: Lysistrata, ATC: Paul Simei-Barton.
3:10 Competitive Scrabble - Stefan Fatsis
Champion- a 17 point word in Scrabble that doesn't even come close to describing the amazing feat of New Zealander Nigel Richards. A few weeks ago, Richards won the French Scrabble Championship, even though he doesn't speak French. His accomplishment put a spotlight on the intense world of competitive Scrabble. It's so much more than the game you pull out on a rainy day at the bach. Sportswriter and former American Football player Stefan Fatsis took leave from hi day job to play Scrabble at the elite level and wrote about his experience in a book about called Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players The 10th anniversary edition came out a few years ago.
3:35 Voices - Lynda Chanwai-Earle
Lynda Chanwai-Earle brings us an exclusive story when she hears from a young woman speaking out for the first time after losing her mother and younger sister to domestic violence - Rida Noor is the ambassador for "Find Your Voice" - a campaign aimed at ethnic youth in our country.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about. With Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Noelle McCarthy.

===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
=DESCRIPTION=

An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)

=AUDIO=

15:47
The Panel pre-show for 3 August 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 12'48"

16:02
The Panel with Jeremy Elwood and Guy Ryan (Part 1)
BODY:
What the Panelists Jeremy Elwood and Guy Ryan have been up to. A Waikato Hospital worker has been fired for not having a flu vaccination and not wearing a mask. We talk to Dr Siouxsie Wiles about how much a mask helps in keeping the flu at bay. John Key reportedly made a girl cry and Winston Peters was accused of racism. Are these two cases of wilful misunderstanding? Reporters are banned from asking actor Tom Cruise about his love-life or his religion.
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Duration: 23'50"

16:05
The Panel with Jeremy Elwood and Guy Ryan (Part 2)
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Does music familiarity breed contempt or comfort? Ultra marathon runner Lisa Tamati joins the Panel to discuss heat as Iran swelters in 70 degree temperatures. Lisa's run through some of the most inhospitable places on the planet. Serious dog bites are on the rise. And it's the under-4s who are being savaged. The latest explosive allegations to engulf athletics. Singer Cilla Black has died at the age of 72. The Panel is joined by Martin van Raalte who was in the front row of her 1971 concert in Dunedin.
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Duration: 25'56"

16:07
Panel Intro
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What the Panelists Jeremy Elwood and Guy Ryan have been up to.
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Duration: 2'43"

16:10
No flu jab no job
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A Waikato Hospital worker has been fired for not having a flu vaccination and not wearing a mask. We talk to Dr Siouxsie Wiles about how much a mask helps in keeping the flu at bay.
Topics: health, law
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Tags: employment
Duration: 9'59"

16:20
Don't let me be misunderstood
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John Key reportedly made a girl cry and Winston Peters was accused of racism. Are these two cases of wilful misunderstanding?
Topics: media
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Tags: John Key, Winston Peters
Duration: 6'09"

16:26
Tom Cruise interviews
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Reporters are banned from asking actor Tom Cruise about his love-life or his religion.
Topics: media, arts
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Tags: Tom Cruise
Duration: 4'38"

16:34
Favourite songs
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Does music familiarity breed contempt or comfort?
Topics: music
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Tags: Familiarity
Duration: 5'19"

16:39
Panel Says
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What the Panelists Jeremy Elwood and Guy Ryan have been thinking about.
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Duration: 4'03"

16:45
Iran sweltering in heatwave
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Ultra marathon runner Lisa Tamati joins the Panel to discuss heat as Iran swelters in 70 degree temperatures. Lisa's run through some of the most inhospitable places on the planet.
Topics: sport, weather
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Tags: Iran
Duration: 5'35"

16:50
Dog bites
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Serious dog bites are on the rise. And it's the under-4s who are being savaged.
Topics: health
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Tags: dog bites
Duration: 2'19"

16:52
Crininalising performance enhancing drugs
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The latest explosive allegations to engulf athletics.
Topics: sport
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Tags: drugs, doping
Duration: 2'14"

16:55
Remembering Cilla Black's 1971 concert in Dunedin
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Singer Cilla Black has died at the age of 72. The Panel is joined by Martin van Raalte who was in the front row of her 1971 concert in Dunedin.
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Singer Cilla Black has died at the age of 72. The Panel is joined by Martin van Raalte who was in the front row of her 1971 concert in Dunedin.
Topics: music
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Duration: 4'24"

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===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 Monday 3 August 2015
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Robbery victims speak out about the man shot dead by police. Fears for a teenage girl who may be held against her will and doping in running - have athletics bosses been ignoring it?
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Duration: 20'59"

17:08
Slovak man shot dead by police
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An Auckland liquor store worker has described how a man shot dead by the police, robbed her in a calm and even non-threatening manner.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: David Cerven
Duration: 3'18"

17:12
Fears for teenage girl who may be held against her will
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The police fear for the safety of a 15-year-old Auckland girl who may have been kidnapped and being held against her will.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: LA Tukerangi, kidnapped
Duration: 2'46"

17:14
Tale of two West Auckland parties in Connor Morris trial
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The trial of the man accused of murdering Connor Morris is a tale of two West Auckland parties.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Connor Morris
Duration: 3'37"

17:19
Athletics accused of ignoring doping in running
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An Australian doping expert is accusing the world athletics governing body, the I-double-A F, of doing nothing about doping in endurance running.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 6'12"

17:25
Private prosecution succeeds where Worksafe fails
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It's taken a private prosecution to get a forestry company to plead guilty over the death of one its workers - a case Worksafe refused to take.
Topics: crime, law
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Tags: CTU, work safety
Duration: 4'45"

17:33
Today's market update
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Shares in electricity stocks have jumped after Meridian Energy struck a deal to keep the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter open for at least three more years.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'21"

17:36
Legal action may follow poor home care of disabled man
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Legal action may follow over a disabled man who died in a fire after he was locked in a house unsupervised while his caregiver went to buy food.
Topics: health
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Tags: death, fire
Duration: 4'12"

17:40
Club rugby player banned for a decade for spitting at ref
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A Feilding rugby team notorious for referee abuse and deceit is facing expulsion from all competition after its captain swore and spat at a referee's face.
Topics: sport
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: referee abuse
Duration: 4'23"

17:44
John Key confident of TPP deal
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The Prime Minister remains confident a favourable Trans Pacific Partnership can be reached, and expects fresh talks to resume in the next few weeks.
Topics: politics
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Tags: TPP
Duration: 1'26"

17:45
Tiwai Point pins hopes on paying lower electricity prices
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The company that runs the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter is pinning its hopes on paying lower prices for the transmission of electricity around the country.
Topics: business
Regions: Southland
Tags: Tiwai Point aluminium smelter
Duration: 3'47"

17:50
Iwi not told about whey washed into a Bay of Plenty river
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A Bay of Plenty runanga says it's disappointed the region's council never informed it that Fonterra had spilled 11-thousand litres of whey into the Rangitaiki River last year. The dairy giant has been fined over 170-thousand dollars for polluting the river through four failures of its wastewater irrigation system and two overflows into the stormwater pipes. Te Manu Korihi's Alexa Cook reports:
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 2'58"

17:53
Big fines for stink but Eltham may not see a cent
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Eltham locals fear they won't see a cent of the more than three hundred thousand dollars in fines slapped on Fonterra and a council over a buttermilk stink.
Topics: law
Regions: Taranaki
Tags: Fonterra, Eltham
Duration: 3'25"

18:07
Sports News for 3 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 3'04"

18:12
Widow on private prosecution of forestry worker's death
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A forestry company has pleaded guilty over the death of a worker but not as a result of an official prosecution - but a private one.
Topics: business, law
Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: forestry, death
Duration: 6'32"

18:21
Bronwyn Bishop resigns, review into entitlements launched
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The Australian government is searching for a new Speaker of the House to replace the disgraced Liberal MP, Bronwyn Bishop, who resigned yesterday after weeks of pressure.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Australia, Bronwyn Bishop
Duration: 4'17"

18:25
Battle lines over US police shooting unarmed suspects
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Three months after riots erupted over the death of Freddie Gray in police custody, his hometown Baltimore is seeing a surge in homicides, 45 last month alone.
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Tags: US, Baltimore, homicides
Duration: 4'18"

18:34
Bird life threatened by imports of Chinese delicacy
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A North Shore man who smuggled in a shipment of birds' nests has put the country's bird life at risk.
Topics: crime
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Tags: smuggling, birds nests
Duration: 3'03"

18:38
Feilding rugby player banned for a decade
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A Feilding rugby team is facing expulsion from all competitions as its players have continued to abuse referees and tried to blame another teammate for it.
Topics: sport
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Tags: expulsion
Duration: 5'09"

18:43
Elderly man who died wasn't given medication prescribed
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A 96 year old man who died from the flu at a rest home wasn't given the medication he was prescribed and was put on palliative care without input from the family or doctor.
Topics: health
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Tags: Deputy health and Disability commissioner, report
Duration: 3'31"

18:48
Te Manu Korihi News for 3 August 2015
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The Māori Language Commission is commending a secondary school student for raising the possibility of extending Maori language week with the Prime Minister; The acting chair of Tūhoronuku, Sam Napia will seek to confirm his position in elections this month; A Bay of Plenty runanga is disappointed the region's council never told it about 11-thousand litres of whey Fonterra spilt into the Rangitāiki River last year; The head of Ngāi Tahu's property company says the Christchurch rebuild is likely to take 15 to 20 years, not five years as first thought.
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Duration: 3'29"

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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
=DESCRIPTION=

Entertainment and information, including: 8:13 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries 9:30 Insight: An award-winning documentary programme providing comprehensive coverage of national and international current affairs (RNZ)

=AUDIO=

19:11
Chamber Music Means Business
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Harnessing Chamber Music to inspire students to think broadly on how to approach their own careers and future - with violinist Justine Cormack from NZ Trio.
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Duration: 16'10"

20:40
World Weather
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MetService severe weather forecaster Erick Brenstrum on how a day doesn't go by without some weather... a tropical cyclone named Raquel appeared in the South Pacific in July for the first time on record, Pakistan had it's most deadly heat-wave on record, and hundreds of wildfires have sparked in Canada.
Topics: weather, climate, environment, life and society
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Tags: weather, cyclone, heat-wave, wildfires
Duration: 15'29"

20:59
Conundrum - clue number 1
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Conundrum - clue number 1.
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Duration: 54"

21:07
Ban the Bomb
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Is progress being made now that over 100 nations have pledged to work on eliminating nuclear weapons in the aim of global disarmament, with Asia/Pacific director Tim Wright of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).
Topics: life and society
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Tags: nuclear weapons ban
Duration: 19'17"

21:59
Conundrum - clue number 2
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Conundrum - clue number 2.
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Duration: 08"

=SHOW NOTES=

7:10 Chamber Music Means Business
Harnessing Chamber Music to inspire students to think broadly on how to approach their own careers and future - with violinist Justine Cormack from NZ Trio.
7:35 Upbeat Feature: Norman Meehan
New Zealand Jazz legend Norman Meehan retires from his teaching position at the New Zealand School of Music after 18 years.
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 World Weather
MetService severe weather forecaster Erick Brenstrum on how a day doesn't go by without some weather... a tropical cyclone named Raquel appeared in the South Pacific in July for the first time on record, Pakistan had it's most deadly heat-wave on record, and hundreds of wildfires have sparked in Canada.
9:10 Ban the Bomb
Is progress being made now that over 100 nations have pledged to work on eliminating nuclear weapons in the aim of global disarmament, with Asia/Pacific director Tim Wright of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).
9:30 Insight
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 Beale Street Caravan
Hosted by David Knowles. From North Mississippi we have Kenny Brown with a gritty set of Hill Country boogie, and from the Delta, the superb soul of Rev. Rob Mortimer and Good Paper. Memphis Sax man, Jim Spake, is also with us to resume his series on the great saxophone sidemen of the 20th century.

===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. | Beale Street Caravan===
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David Knowles introduces the Memphis-based radio show with an international reputation for its location recordings of blues musicians live in concert. (1 of 13, BSC)