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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 October 2015
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 One in Five (RNZ); 1:05 Discovery (BBC); 2:05 The Thursday Feature: Playing Favourites (RNZ); 3:05 As It Happens, by Stephen Higginson (1 of 2, RNZ); 3:30 NZ Books (RNZ): 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:45 The Day in Parliament (RNZ)
===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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Radio New Zealand's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour
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06:00
Top Stories for Thursday 22 October 2015
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Why are charter schools getting funded for more students they they actually have. Andrew Little on the deputy leadership and Joseph Biden finally makes up his mind about running for the US Presidency.
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Duration: 33'44"
06:06
Sports News for 22 October 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Tags:
Duration: 1'49"
06:14
Green Party: Govt failing to protect our environment
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The Green Party says urgent action is needed to protect our rivers and native species after a major report on the environment painted a bleak picture.
Topics: politics, environment
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Tags: Green Party
Duration: 3'36"
06:25
Morning Rural News for 22 October 2015
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Tags:
Duration: 4'03"
06:38
Charter schools paid for students that aren't there
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Latest figures show the Government has been paying charter schools for students they don't have.
Topics: education
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Tags: charter schools
Duration: 2'25"
06:41
Jacinda Ardern says it was her choice not to seek leadership
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The Auckland-based Labour MP, Jacinda Ardern, says it was her choice not to seek the party's deputy leadership.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Labour, Jacinda Ardern
Duration: 1'54"
06:43
Midwives accused of being in denial over critical study
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A maternity lobby group is accusing midwives of being in denial over research showing there's a higher chance of a baby dying if the midwife's in her first year on the job.
Topics: health
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Tags: maternity, midwives
Duration: 3'27"
06:50
Sky TV expects full year net profit to fall up to 11 percent
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Shares in Sky Network Television plunged 11 percent yesterday after it warned that its full year net profit will be as much as 11 percent down on the year earlier, but it's still unsure how that will impact its dividend payout.
Topics: business
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Tags: Sky Network Television
Duration: 2'01"
06:52
Fitch lowers Fonterra credit rating
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Dairy giant Fonterra's has taken another ratings downgrade.
Topics: business
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Tags: Fonterra
Duration: 45"
06:53
Whanganui boat builder says Fullers contract benefits community
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A small privately-owned, Whanganui-based boat-building business says it will rapidly expand, after being awarded a 16-million-dollar contract to build two new ferry boats for the transport company, Fullers.
Topics: business
Regions: Northland
Tags: Q-West
Duration: 1'41"
06:54
Website aims to put job seekers in right job
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A new employment website is aiming to put hospitality job seekers in the right job easily and as quickly as possible.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Helping Hands
Duration: 3'00"
06:57
Morning markets for 22 October 2015
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American stocks are flat as gains by General Motors and technology stocks have been offset by a fall in healthcare stocks.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'21"
06:59
Business briefs
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If you're in the construction sector, you should be aware that an important piece of law -- the Construction Contracts Amendment Act -- has just been passed and comes into effect in December.
Topics: business
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Tags: Construction Contracts Amendment Act
Duration: 26"
07:07
Sports News for 22 October 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Tags:
Duration: 1'54"
07:10
Govt still funding charters for more students than they have
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For the second year in a row, the government has funded charter schools for more students than they actually have.
Topics: education
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Tags: charter schools
Duration: 3'24"
07:13
David Seymour defends charter school funding
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ACT's David Seymour, is the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Education. He has some responsibilities for the charter schools programme - a policy intitiative that the ACT party helped introduce in 2011.
Topics: education, politics
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Tags: charter schools, David Seymour
Duration: 4'03"
07:18
Little to keep his deputy
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Annette King is to remain deputy leader of the Labour Party after Jacinda Ardern decided not to seek the party's deputy leadership.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Labour, Annette King, Jacinda Ardern
Duration: 2'39"
07:21
Joe Biden announces he won't run for US presidency in 2016
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Joe Biden has announced he won't be running for the American presidency.
Topics: politics
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Tags: US, Joe Biden
Duration: 3'54"
07:25
Police arrest son over the disappearance of his mother.
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Australian police have arrested the son of a New Zealand woman who has been missing for more than six years and is presumed to have been murdered.
Topics: crime
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Tags: Australia, Linda Sidon
Duration: 2'55"
07:28
Expulsion of Filipino workers would cripple industry
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Dairy farmers say the mass expulsion of Filipino workers who lied on their CVs would cripple their industry.
Topics: farming
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Tags: Filipino workers
Duration: 3'25"
07:35
Productivity Commission's plans may lead to patchy development.
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Radical changes to the way land is made available for housing are being proposed by the Productivity Commission.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Penny Hulse, Productivity Commission
Duration: 3'44"
07:39
Environment report makes for shocking reading
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Environmental advocates say the findings of the country's first state of the environment report in eight years are shocking and a damning indictment on the Government.
Topics: environment
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Tags: Environment Aotearoa 2015
Duration: 3'34"
07:42
Govt says report first step in strengthening clean green brand
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And, listening to that is the Environment Minister, Nick Smith.
Topics: environment, politics
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Tags: Environment Aotearoa 2015, Nick Smith
Duration: 5'28"
07:50
Bashar al Assad secretly met with Valdimir Putin
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Syrian President Bashar al Assad secretly met with Valdimir Putin yesterday and on his return home expressed his huge gratitude for the Russian President's assistance in battling rebel forces.
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Tags: Syria
Duration: 6'48"
07:57
14 Vanuatu MPs face jail terms for bribery
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A quarter of the Vanuatu's MPs parliament could be in jail this afternoon.
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Tags: Vanuatu
Duration: 2'52"
08:07
Sports News for 22 October 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Tags:
Duration: 2'11"
08:10
Govt still funding charters for more students than they have
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As you heard here earlier on Morning Report the Act Party leader, David Seymour, is defending the funding given to charter schools.
Topics: education, politics
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Tags: charter schools
Duration: 3'28"
08:15
Work begins on long-awaited Transmission Gully road
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Generations have waited for it, now work is ramping up on Wellington's major new road - Transmission Gully.
Topics: transport
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Transmission Gully
Duration: 3'27"
08:19
Little insists Jacinda Ardern is leadership material
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The Labour Leader, Andrew Little, is insisting Jacinda Ardern is leadership material, but he wants her to keep lifting the party's profile on Auckland.
Topics: politics
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Jacinda Ardern
Duration: 4'39"
08:23
Rare visit by New Zealand journalists to West Papua
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A relaxation of the ban on media in the Indonesian-controlled province of West Papua has allowed Radio New Zealand International to send journalists into the region.
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Tags: West Papua
Duration: 4'27"
08:28
Rowing body defends lack of NZ contenders for top honour
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Despite a brilliant year no New Zealand rower has made the final cut in the World Rower of the Year awards.
Topics: sport
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Tags: rowing
Duration: 3'29"
08:32
Markets Update for 22 October 2015
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'05"
08:37
Police pursuits need to be prevented- expert
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An international expert on police pursuits says tougher penalties may make people more not less likely to flee.
Topics: transport
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Tags: police chases
Duration: 3'33"
08:45
Maori farmers back iwi-led agricultural training programme
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Māori farmers are backing an iwi-led agricultural training programme that aims to produce more Māori farming managers.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Tags: Maori farmers
Duration: 2'46"
08:48
Historic Waikato bridge closed because of possible damage
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An historic bridge in the Waikato town of Cambridge has been closed while its safety is checked after it was used by a severely overweight truck
Topics: transport
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Victoria Street bridge
Duration: 2'59"
08:51
NZ Festival will mark 30 years
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When the New Zealand Festival gets going next year, it'll celebrate its 30th birthday with a line up it's calling a "kick up the arts!"
Topics: arts
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Tags: New Zealand Festival
Duration: 3'10"
08:54
The Force is strong in the new Star Wars trailer
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It has been described as a disturbance in the force unlike anything Hollywood has seen in years.
Topics: arts
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Tags: Star Wars: Episode VII
Duration: 4'16"
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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 Writers' Festival, by Stephanie Johnson, read by Judith Gibson and Nigel Collins (7 of 12, RNZ)
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09:08
Ninety Six percent of guns in NZ are not registered
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A university professor is telling police this morning that big changes are needed to the licensing system and registration of guns as 96 percent of weapons in the country are not registered. He says there is also evidence that the fire power of weapons criminals are using is increasing. Alexander Gillespie is a professor of law at the University of Waikato he says the tracking of weapons is far too loose. He is addressing the Police Association's 'In the Firing line' conference.
Topics: crime, conflict, law
Regions:
Tags: guns, police
Duration: 12'21"
09:20
Turning out work-ready young people
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The Chief Executive of the UK's Commission for Employment and Skills, Michael Davis talks about the skills needed to best equip school-leavers and University graduates for the work force. Yesterday he addressed the New Zealand Vocational Education and Training Research Forum in Wellington. The Forum looks at the skills and training needed to best prepare people for employment, liasing with policymakers and industry representatives. In the UK the Commission for Employment and Skills is an industry led body, which provides analysis and advice to the labour market and aims to help training organisations to turn out people who are job-ready.
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The Chief Executive of the UK's Commission for Employment and Skills Michael Davis talks about the skills needed to best equip school-leavers and University graduates for the workforce. He recently addressed the New Zealand Vocational Education and Training Research Forum in Wellington.
The Forum looked at the skills and training needed to best prepare people for employment, liasing with policymakers and industry representatives. In the UK the Commission for Employment and Skills is an industry-led body, which provides analysis and advice to the labour market and aims to help training organisations to turn out people who are job-ready.
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags: Michael Davis, employment
Duration: 16'45"
09:37
Science expedition to explore South American volcanoes
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The South American Andes is one of the world's most volcanically-active regions and yet little is known about some of the volcanoes, largely because of their inaccessibility. In November an international team of volcanologists, including Victoria University's Dr Ian Schipper will undertake a four-month, four thousand kilometre long expedition to explore over 15 volcanoes along the South American Andes. It's the first time anyone has attempted a study of this kind on such a large scale, and in a departure from normal scientific endeavours, it's being made possible almost entirely by Land Rover and the Royal Geographical Society. The Trail by Fire team: Yves Moussallam, Ian Schipper, Aaron Curtis, Talfan Barnie, Philipson Bani and Nial Peters. Follow their journey on their website and through social media.
Topics: science
Regions:
Tags: volcanoes
Duration: 11'46"
09:49
UK correspondent Kate Adie
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The Chinese Presidents visit to the UK.
Topics: politics
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Tags: UK
Duration: 10'29"
10:06
Genre busting conductor Charles Hazlewood
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Charles Hazlewood is one of Britain's foremost conductors, a celebrated composer and founder of the British Paraorchestra. By working with a host of performers he's blazed a trail that knows no bounds, from working with with the rawest new South African vocal talent, to collaborations with bell ringers, Grime MCs, and most recently the rapper, Professor Green and Labrinth. Now he's bringing his genre-busting music to a radical reworking of The Beggar's Opera called , 'Dead Dog in a Suitcase' with a powerful sound track that includes trip hop, folk, Renaissance polyphony, psychedelia, ska, grime and dubstep. Kneehigh Theatre company's performance of 'Dead Dog in a Suitcase' will be performed as part of the 2016 New Zealand Festival which will welcome artists from all over the world to Wellington from 26th of February - 20 March.
Topics: arts, music
Regions:
Tags: classical, composer, conducter
Duration: 32'54"
10:39
Book Review: Conversations with McCartney by Paul du Noyer
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Reviewed by Quentin Johnson, published by Hodder.
Topics: books
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 5'10"
11:09
New technology with Sarah Putt
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Data Futures partnership, BlackBerry attempts revival with Android and fake online reviews.
Topics: technology
Regions:
Tags: Sarah Putt
Duration: 13'41"
11:25
Parenting : Issues facing tween girls
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Writer and social researcher Maggie Hamilton on the tricky transition for girls from tweens to teens. The stress of fitting in with the in-crowd, or feeling you are on the outer. Maggie Hamilton gives regular talks and hosts workshops in Australia and New Zealand about the issues facing children raised in the 21st century.
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Writer and social researcher Maggie Hamilton talks about the tricky transition for girls from tweens to teens. The stress of fitting in with the in-crowd, or feeling you are on the outer. Maggie Hamilton gives regular talks and hosts workshops in Australia and New Zealand about the issues facing children raised in the 21st century.
She talks with Kathryn Ryan.
Topics: life and society
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Tags: Maggie Hamilton, parenting, fitting in, tween girls
Duration: 21'34"
11:48
Television reviewer, Lara Strongman
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Lara Strongman discusses the new documentary on the Uruwera raids, The Price of Peace on Maori TV, which she says is Must see TV. And also the series Bosch, based on some of the best selling books by Michael Connelly.
Topics: media, arts
Regions:
Tags: television
Duration: 11'17"
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09:05 Ninety Six percent of guns in NZ are not registered
A university professor is telling police this morning that big changes are needed to the licensing system and registration of guns as 96 percent of weapons in the country are not registered. He says there is also evidence that the fire power of weapons criminals are using is increasing.
Alexander Gillespie is a professor of law at the University of Waikato he says the tracking of weapons is far too loose. He is addressing the Police Association's 'In the Firing line' conference.
09:20 Turning out work ready young people
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The Chief Executive of the UK's Commission for Employment and Skills, Michael Davis talks about the skills needed to best equip school-leavers and University graduates for the work force. Yesterday he addressed the New Zealand Vocational Education and Training Research Forum in Wellington. The Forum looks at the skills and training needed to best prepare people for employment, liasing with policymakers and industry representatives. In the UK the Commission for Employment and Skills is an industry led body, which provides analysis and advice to the labour market and aims to help training organisations to turn out people who are job-ready.
09:30 World-first science expedition to explore South American volcanoes
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The South American Andes is one of the world's most volcanically-active regions and yet little is known about some of the volcanoes, largely because of their inaccessibility. In November an international team of volcanologists, including Victoria University's Dr Ian Schipper will undertake a four-month, four thousand kilometre long expedition to explore over 15 volcanoes along the South American Andes. It's the first time anyone has attempted a study of this kind on such a large scale, and in a departure from normal scientific endeavours, it's being made possible almost entirely by Land Rover and the Royal Geographical Society
The Trail by Fire team: Yves Moussallam, Ian Schipper, Aaron Curtis, Talfan Barnie, Philipson Bani and Nial Peters. Follow their journey on their website and through social media
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09:45 UK correspondent Kate Adie
10:05 Genre busting conductor Charles Hazlewood
Charles Hazlewood is one of Britain's foremost conductors, a celebrated composer and founder of the British Paraorchestra.
By working with a host of performers he's blazed a trail that knows no bounds, from working with with the rawest new South African vocal talent, to collaborations with bell ringers, Grime MCs, and most recently the rapper, Professor Green and Labrinth.
Now he's bringing his genre-busting music to a radical reworking of The Beggar's Opera called , 'Dead Dog in a Suitcase' with a powerful sound track that includes trip hop, folk, Renaissance polyphony, psychedelia, ska, grime and dubstep.
The Kneehigh Theatre company's performance of 'Dead Dog in a Suitcase' will be performed as part of the 2016 New Zealand Festival which will welcome artists from all over the world to Wellington from 26th of February - 20 March.
[embed] https://vimeo.com/143094798
10:30 Book Review: Conversations with McCartney by Paul du Noyer
Reviewed by Quentin Johnson, published by Hodder
10:45 The Reading: The Writers' Festival by Stephanie Johnson read by Judith Gibson and Nigel Collins (Part 7 of 12)
11:05 New technology with Sarah Putt
Data Futures partnership
BlackBerry attempts revival with Android
Fake online reviews
11:25 Parenting : Issues facing tween girls
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Writer and social researcher Maggie Hamilton on the tricky transition for girls from tweens to teens.
The stress of fitting in with the in-crowd, or feeling you are on the outer. Maggie Hamilton gives regular talks and hosts workshops in Australia and New Zealand about the issues facing children raised in the 21st century.
11:45 Television reviewer, Lara Strongman
Lara Strongman discusses the new documentary on the Uruwera raids, The Price of Peace on Maori TV, which she says is Must see TV. And also the series Bosch, based on some of the best selling books by Michael Connelly.
===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 October 2015
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Some charter schools fail to reach enrolment targets and a two year old punched by a gang member was not protected by police.
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Tags:
Duration: 15'22"
12:17
Auckland Airport lifts capital spending plans by up to 27%
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Auckland International Airport is going to increase capital spending by as much as 27% this year to expand its facilities to meet record growth in passenger numbers.
Topics:
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Auckland International Airport
Duration: 1'17"
12:19
Labour market shows signs of perking up
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The labour market is showing signs of perking up, but job growth looks set to remain modest. ANZ senior economist Sharon Zollner talking to business editor Gyles Beckford.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: labour market
Duration: 1'22"
12:21
Analyst says Sky TV's dividend payout is sustainable
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An analyst with brokerage Forsyth Barr says Sky Network Television should be able to keep up its dividend payout level even though the company has forecast a fall of up 11% in full year profit.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Sky Television
Duration: 1'15"
12:22
EU orders Fiat and Starbucks to pay back taxes
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The European Commission has ordered U.S. based coffee shop chain, Starbucks, and carmaker, Fiat Chrysler, to pay back about 100-million New Zealand dollars to authorities in Holland and Luxembourg, over illegal tax deals.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Starbucks, Fiat Chrysler, tax
Duration: 1'24"
12:23
Ferrari lists on New York Stock Exchange amid hoopla and glitz
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Exotic Italian carmaker Ferrari has debuted on the New York stock exchange, in the ulitmate display of rich boys and their toys.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Ferrari, Wall Street
Duration: 1'24"
12:24
Midday Markets for 22 October 2015
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Angus Marks at First NZ Capital.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'08"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 22 October 2015
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Springboks coach Heyneke Meyer has labelled the current All Black side as the best ever, and rowing's world governing body FISA concedes the absence of any New Zealand finalists for the international rower of the year award is in part due to people becoming tired of the country's success.
Topics: sport
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Tags:
Duration: 2'49"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 22 October 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Tags:
Duration: 7'15"
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===1:06 PM. | Jesse Mulligan, 1–4pm===
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An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)
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13:10
First Song - Limit Of Love
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' Limit Of Love' by Boy And Bear.
Topics: music
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Tags:
Duration: 4'09"
13:14
Queenstown Airport - Ewan Wilson
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The Chief Executive of Kiwi Regional Airlines, Ewan Wilson says he is disappointed with his company's treatment by Queenstown Airport. Next week the latest airline competitor will take its first commercial flight into the resort, with the airline expected to launch operations on October 27.
Topics:
Regions: Otago
Tags: Queenstown airport
Duration: 12'27"
13:27
Passchendaele steam locomotive - Wayne Mason
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One of the most precious steam trains in the country, the Passchendaele locomotive, is chugging its way to Invercargill this afternoon as part of a South Island trip to commemorate the centenary of World War One.
Topics: transport, history
Regions: Southland
Tags: Passchendaele locomotive, steam trains
Duration: 5'10"
13:34
The Legend of Mt White Station
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The diverse and desolate 40-hectares of Canterbury land that make up Mt White Station has attracted its fair share of colourful characters - musterers, shepherds, shearers, packmen, fencers, deer-cullers, cooks, cowboys and and high country legends have all worked and lived there over the past 150 years. Mt White has been one of the most successful operating stations since the Long Depression of the 1880s, and is now the largest privately owned landholding in the country. The Turnbull family, who live 200 kilometres away from the station, have owned Mt White for almost 100 years. The station is now the subject of a new book - we're speaking to writer Gerald Sandrey.
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The diverse and desolate 40-hectares of Canterbury land that make up Mt White Station has attracted its fair share of colourful characters - musterers, shepherds, shearers, packmen, fencers, deer-cullers, cooks, cowboys and and high country legends have all worked and lived there over the past 150 years. Mt White has been one of the most successful operating stations since the Long Depression of the 1880s, and is now the largest privately owned landholding in the country. The Turnbull family, who live 200 kilometres away from the station, have owned Mt White for almost 100 years.
The station is now the subject of a new book. Jesse Mulligan speaks with writer Gerald Sandrey.
Topics: history
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Mt White Station
Duration: 11'03"
13:45
Favourite Album: Tapestry
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Tapestry by Carole King, chosen by Ruth.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Carole King
Duration: 16'33"
14:10
Personal Finance - Mary Holm
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Why every New Zealander under 65 should be in KiwiSaver.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: KiwiSaver, retirement, money
Duration: 23'43"
14:45
Annabelle Langbein
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New Zealand food writer and media personality Annabelle Langbein is here to talk about her expansion into the United States and her new book of summer recipes called Endless Summer. She also shares a recipe for healthy hedonist's chocolate mousse cake.
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New Zealand food writer and media personality Annabelle Langbein talks about her expansion into the United States and her new book of summer recipes called Endless Summer.
She also shares a recipe for healthy hedonist's chocolate mousse.
Topics: food, author interview
Regions:
Tags: summer food, chocolate mousse cake, USA
Duration: 12'51"
15:10
The Expats - Briony Banks
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Briony Banks is a New Zealander working at Al Jazeera in Doha.
Topics: refugees and migrants
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Tags:
Duration: 13'17"
15:25
Masterpieces - Patrick Reynolds
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The New Zealand photgrapher Patrick Reynolds tells us about his favourite New Zealand photograph.
Topics: arts
Regions:
Tags: photography
Duration: 11'49"
15:45
The Panel pre-show for 22 October 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Tags:
Duration: 12'53"
21:06
Wilding pines go up in flames in name of science
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Scientists set fire to blocks of wilding pines to study whether chemicals used to control the weedy trees change the fire hazard.
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Over the last two days, blocks of young wilding pines on a farm just north of Twizel have gone up in flames – all in the name of science.
A team of almost 50 people, including fire scientists from the forestry research institute Scion, atmospheric scientists from the University of Canterbury and crews of rural fire fighters, gathered at Pukaki Downs Station to conduct a series of controlled burn-offs to track how fire moves through a stand of weedy conifers.
Wilding pines are spreading across wide areas of the country and pose a serious fire hazard, both to farming communities and on conservation land. The Department of Conservation uses herbicides and desiccating chemicals to control the spread, but the treatment results in stands of dry wood, which could fuel wildfires.
Grant Pearce, a senior fire scientist at Scion, says the aim of the experimental burns is to gather data on fire behaviour in blocks of treated and untreated wildings to see if the chemicals used to control them change the fire hazard, and whether fire itself could be used to help limit their spread.
We know from wildfires like the 2008 Mt Cook Station fire, nearby to the research site, [which burned through 750 hectares of wildings] that our existing fire behaviour models for forest vegetation don’t work in wilding pines. That’s not a surprise because they are a different fuel structure, so we need to collect data to start to develop new models for this particular fuel type.
Grant Pearce, Scion
With climate change likely to herald an increase of hot and dry conditions in this part of New Zealand, he says both wilding pines and wildfires are likely to become even bigger issues in the future.
“Not only should we see an expansion of the areas that are ideal for wildings to spread into, but we’re likely, through hotter, drier and windier conditions, to [have] more fires in these sorts of fuel types.”
This week, the team burnt down two plots and Grant Pearce says the team plans to continue a series of fires over the next fortnight to capture weather and wind conditions that are as close as safely possible to those that occur during wildfires.
Crews of rural fire fighters supported the science team by igniting the fires, setting up sprinklers down-wind and monitoring the plot boundaries to prevent the blaze from spreading.
Darrin Woods, the principal fire officer for the Christchurch City Council, says the experimental fires provide a great opportunity for fire fighters to test fire behaviour under conditions that are becoming more prevalent around the country, particularly in Canterbury and Otago.
“It’s very topical at the moment, with the recent wind events and a very dry winter on the east coast of the South Island. Heading into a strong El Nino weather pattern, we are predicting that fire-fighting teams, particularly around the east coast of the South Island, are going to be particularly busy this summer.”
The team placed data loggers and cameras, all in fire-proof housings, on a grid throughout each plot to monitor the speed and heat of the blaze. Scion fire scientist Veronica Clifford says the instruments will provide exact details about how fast the fire spreads, how hot it burns and how high the flames reach.
Other teams, including Tara Strand from Scion and Marwan Katurji and Paul Bealing from the University of Canterbury, used high-tech equipment to track plumes of smoke and particulates and changes in turbulence above the fire, and deployed fixed-wing UAVs to gather footage from above the flames.
Tara Strand says the ultimate goal is to understand any thresholds that could make a fire behave differently. “What would make it jump the plot? This data should get us closer to answering that puzzle.”
Topics: science, environment, climate
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Duration: 19'14"
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1:10 First Song
'Limit Of Love' by Boy And Bear
1:17 Queenstown Airport - Ewan Wilson
The Chief Executive of Kiwi Regional Airlines, Ewan Wilson says he is disappointed with his company's treatment by Queenstown Airport. Next week the latest airline competitor will take its first commercial flight into the resort, with the airline expected to launch operations on October 27.
1:27 Passchendaele Steam Locomotive - Wayne Mason
One of the most precious steam trains in the country, the Passchendaele locomotive, is chugging its way to Invercargill this afternoon as part of a South Island trip to commemorate the centenary of World War One.
1:34 The Legend Of Mt White Station - Gerald Sandrey
The diverse and desolate 40-hectares of Canterbury land that make up Mt White Station has attracted its fair share of colourful characters - musterers, shepherds, shearers, packmen, fencers, deer-cullers, cooks, cowboys and and high country legends have all worked and lived there over the past 150 years. Mt White has been one of the most successful operating stations since the Long Depression of the 1880s, and is now the largest privately owned landholding in the country. The Turnbull family, who live 200 kilometres away from the station, have owned Mt White for almost 100 years. The station is now the subject of a new book - we're speaking to writer Gerald Sandrey
1:40 Favourite Album
Tapestry by Carole King. Chosen by Ruth Lewis.
2:10 Personal Finance - Mary Holm
Why every New Zealander under 65 should be in KiwiSaver.
2:30 Sirocco - Peta Mathias
In today's episode of 'Sirocco, Peta immerses herself in Spain, which leads her to some fairly apposite observations about Spanish dance, and of course, sexuality.
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2:45 Feature Interview - Annabelle Langbein
New Zealand food writer and media personality Annabelle Langbein is here to talk about her expansion into the United States and her new book of summer recipes called Endless Summer.
She also shares a recipe for healthy hedonist's chocolate mousse cake.
3:10 The Expats - Briony Banks
Briony Banks is a New Zealander working at Al Jazeera in Doha.
3.25 Masterpieces - Patrick Reynolds
The New Zealand photgrapher Patrick Reynolds tells us about his favourite New Zealand photograph.
3.35 Our Changing World: Wilding pines go up in flames in name of science
Wilding pines are spreading across wide areas and pose a serious fire hazard. Fire scientists from Scion are conducting experimental burn-offs near Twizel to see if the chemicals used to control weedy pines change the fire risk.
3:45 Panel Pre-Show: Jesse & Jim & Zoe
What the world is talking about, with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zoe George.
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Thursday 22nd October
JESSE'S SONG:
ARTIST: Boy and Bear
TITLE: Limit of Love
COMP: Boy and Bear
ALBUM: Limit of Love
LABEL: Universal
FAVOURITE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Carole King
TITLE: I feel the Earth Move
COMP: King
ALBUM: Tapestry
LABEL: Epic
ARTIST: Carole King
TITLE: Smackwater Jack
COMP: Goffin, King
ALBUM: Tapestry
LABEL: Epic
ARTIST: Carole King
TITLE: Tapestry
COMP: King
ALBUM: Tapestry
LABEL: Epic
ARTIST: Carole King
TITLE: It's too late
COMP: King, Stern
ALBUM: Tapestry
LABEL: Epic
HALF TIME:
ARTIST: Jim Croce
TITLE: Time in a bottle
COMP: Croce
ALBUM: Jim Croce: The Collection (Compilation)
LABEL: Castle
===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
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An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)
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The Panel pre-show for 22 October 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 12'53"
16:05
The Panel with Susan Hornsby-Geluk and Neil Mille(Part 1)
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Topics - TV3 reporter Heather Du Plessis-Allan is facing prosecution for buying a rifle with falsified credentials. Don Hammond of the Game Animal Council tells us if buying a firearm is too easy, and a chat about political issues at home and abroad.
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Duration: 23'31"
16:06
The Panel with Susan Hornsby-Geluk and Neil Mille(Part 2)
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Topics - We've been told that the birth order of siblings dictates much about their personalities. Now there's a study that refutes that. The New Zealand Herald travel editor Winston Aldworth has some tips on what to do about airline ticketing issues. The current All Blacks side has been labelled the best rugby team - ever. One of the enduring questions on tension between the sexes. Should men put the toilet seat down? Conflicting ideas about eating meat. Is it really like holding a gun to your head?
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Duration: 27'25"
16:07
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What the Panelists Susan Hornsby-Geluk and Neil Miller have been up to.
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16:11
Is gun buying really that easy?
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TV3 reporter Heather Du Plessis-Allan is facing prosecution for buying a rifle with falsified credentials. Don Hammond of the Game Animal Council tells us if buying a firearm is too easy.
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Duration: 7'42"
16:20
Biden, Ardern, Branson, John and Richie
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A chat about political issues at home and abroad.
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16:31
Another study on birth order
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We've been told that the birth order of siblings dictates much about their personalities. Now there's a study that refutes that.
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16:35
Panel Says
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What the Panelists Susan Hornsby-Geluk and Neil Miller have been thinking about.
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16:40
When airline bookings go wrong
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The New Zealand Herald travel editor Winston Aldworth has some tips on what to do about airline ticketing issues.
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Duration: 8'18"
16:50
All Blacks are best of the best
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The current All Blacks side has been labelled the best rugby team - ever.
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16:54
Seat up or down?
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One of the enduring questions on tension between the sexes. Should men put the toilet seat down?
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16:57
Meat harm over stated?
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Conflicting ideas about eating meat. Is it really like holding a gun to your head?
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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
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Radio New Zealand's two-hour news and current affairs programme
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 22 October 2015
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Asbestos dust in corridors, clinical rooms in Dunedin Hospital, Police failed to properly protect a vulnerable child, Tribunal report - Crown deceived Whanganui Maori over land grab, Former MPs spend 700k on taxpayer travel, Botched South Dunedin cycle network scaled back, and Jury deliberating in Social worker's sex charge trial.
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Duration: 22'33"
17:05
Asbestos dust in corridors, clinical rooms in Dunedin Hospital
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Asbestos dust has been found in corridors and clinical rooms in Dunedin Hospital, and staff and patients, including pregnant women, may have been exposed.
Topics: health
Regions: Otago
Tags: asbestos, Dunedin hospital, asbestos exposure
Duration: 6'49"
17:14
Police failed to properly protect a vulnerable child
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The police are being criticised for failing to properly protect a vulnerable two-year-old who arrived at hospital with suspicious injuries. The Independent Police Complaints Authority says the boy was taken to Starship Hospital in 2013 after being reportedly punched in the face by a gang member. Reporter Mei Heron has been reading the findings.
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17:17
Charter funding disappoints and appalls
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Education leaders say they are disappointed, hurt and appalled that the Government has again paid charter schools for more students than they actually have. John Gerritsen reports.
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Duration: 3'12"
17:22
Tribunal report - Crown deceived Whanganui Maori over land grab
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A Waitangi Tribunal report has found the Crown was deceitful when it bought land from Whanganui Maori and is responsible for the deprived state many of them live in now.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions: Northland
Tags: Waitangi Tribunal, Whanganui
Duration: 3'40"
17:25
Former MPs spend 700k on taxpayer travel
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Former MPs and their partners have spent almost three quarters of a million dollars of taxpayer money on travel in the year to June. Amelia Langford reports.
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Duration: 2'30"
17:27
Botched South Dunedin cycle network scaled back
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The Dunedin City Council is scaling back its botched South Dunedin cycle network, saying it will have to do less of it, better.
Topics: transport
Regions: Otago
Tags: Dunedin City Council, cycle lanes, cycle networks
Duration: 3'15"
17:34
Evening Business for 22 October 2015
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News from the business sector including a market report.
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Duration: 2'04"
17:37
Workers concerned about asbestos exposure at Dunedin Hsopital
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Radiologists and laboratory workers at Dunedin hospital are worried they may have been exposed to asbestos at Dunedin hospital. Dr Deborah Powell is the Apex Union national secretary and spokesperson for the Medical Laboratory Workers' Union.
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Regions: Otago
Tags: asbestos, asbestos exposure
Duration: 4'00"
17:40
Lifeguards prepare for long hot summer, bigger waves, more rips
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A predicted strong El Nino summer has lifeguards making preparations for bigger waves, more rips and a long and hot summer bringing more people flocking to the water. Kim Baker Wilson has been at Muriwai, near Auckland.
Topics: climate, weather
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: El Nino
Duration: 3'08"
17:44
Jury deliberating in Social worker's sex charge trial
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A jury in the trial of a social worker accused of having sex with her underage client, has begun deliberating.
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Duration: 3'20"
17:48
Vanuatu government MPs jailed for corruption
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Fourteen corrupt Vanuatu government MPs including the deputy Prime Minister have been sent to jail. A Port Vila academic Tess Newton Cain spoke to Radio New Zealand International's Sally Round.
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Duration: 4'45"
17:53
Motunui Epa goes on display
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The precious Motunui Epa which was illegally smuggled out of the country in the 1970s has gone on public display in New Plymouth today.
Topics: history, arts
Regions: Taranaki
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Duration: 3'58"
18:06
Sports News for 22 October 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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18:07
Asbestos risk at Dunedin Hospital
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Asbestos dust has been found in corridors and clinical rooms in Dunedin Hospital, and staff and patients, including pregnant women, may have been exposed. Ruth Hill reports.
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Duration: 3'18"
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Asbestos requires action - MP Clark
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Asbestos dust has been found in corridors and clinical rooms in Dunedin Hospital, David Clark is Labour's acting health spokesperson and the MP for Dunedin North.
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Tags: Dunedin hospital, asbestos, asbestos exposure
Duration: 2'54"
18:18
The words of murdered woman heard in court
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The words of murdered woman, Mei fan detailing her fear of her estranged husband were read out in the High Court today. Reporter Nick Butcher has been at the trial.
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Duration: 5'03"
18:24
Russel Norman's final speech to Parliament
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The Green Party MP, and former co-leader, Russel Norman has used his final speech in Parliament to highlight what he says is a loss of democracy in New Zealand.
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Duration: 2'25"
18:27
Govt defends exemption for overseas "facitilation payments"
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The Government says it is not condoning bribery and corruption in other jurisductions by allowing some payments to foreign officials.
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Duration: 2'39"
18:28
Rowing snub labelled bizarre
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Rowing New Zealand says a snubbing at the world awards is bizarre - but the sport's global body says people are tired of this country's rowers winning so often. Rowing NZ chief executive Simon Peterson told our sport reporter, Richard Wain the governing body FISA's reasoning is very disappointing
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Duration: 2'22"
18:36
Horrific stories of Rogingyas absued at sea told
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Amnesty International has recounted horrific stories of Rohingya people who were abused and kept in hellish conditions while trafficked out of Myanmar in shoddy boats. Graham Thom, who is Amnesty's refugee expert based in Australia, travelled to Ache to talk to some asylum seekers who made it to shore.
Topics: refugees and migrants
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Duration: 4'39"
18:40
Report - defence vets not exposed to radiation on Mururoa
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A Government-commissioned report has found hundreds of sailors on two frigates protesting at Mururoa in the 1970s were not exposed to harmful levels of radiation.
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Duration: 5'35"
18:44
Joe Biden won't run for US presidency
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The US Vice President, Joe Biden, has dashed the hopes of many Democrats and announced that he will not run in the country's 2016 election. Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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Duration: 2'11"
18:47
Ferns confident they can still win Constellation Cup
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The Silver Ferns need to win tonight's Constellation Cup match against Australia in Auckland in order to keep their series hopes alive. Netball reporter, Bridget Tunnicliffe, says victory is possible if New Zealand can tighten up in defence.
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Duration: 3'09"
18:50
Today In Parliament for 22 October 2015 - evening edition
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Retiring Green MP Russel Norman delivers his valedictory speech to the House; Environment Minister Nick Smith faces questions about the state of New Zealand's rivers in light of this week's the Environment Aotearoa Report; Jacinda Ardern questions Police Minister Anne Tolley about crime resolution statistics; Phil Twyford ejected from chamber following a heated exchange with Social Housing minister Paula Bennett.
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Duration: 4'59"
18:57
Dutch team wins closely fought World Solar Challenge
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A Dutch team has won the biennial World Solar Challenge for the second time in a row, 42 solar cars set off from Darwin on Sunday for the 3-thousand kilometre race south, and so far 5 teams have reached the South Australian capital.
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Duration: 2'56"
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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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Entertainment and information, including: 7:30 At the Movies
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At The Movies for 22 October 2015
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On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews Crimson Peak, Guillermo Del Toro's tribute to the classic ghost story and Legend, the Kray Twins story, featuring Tom Hardy as both Ron and Reggie. Also an independent Indian film, Umrika, features two more brothers, obsessed with the USA.
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On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews Crimson Peak, Guillermo Del Toro's tribute to the classic ghost story and Legend, the Kray Twins story, featuring Tom Hardy as both Ron and Reggie. Also an independent Indian film, Umrika, features two more brothers, obsessed with the USA.
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Duration: 23'16"
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ATM - Crimson Peak Movie Review
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Simon Morris reviews a Gothic ghost story from Guillermo Del Toro, that's haunted by its Victorian ancestors.
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Duration: 6'40"
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ATM - Legend Movie Review
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Simon Morris goes to the long-awaited - in Britain - biopic of East Enders icons, the Kray Twins; The gimmick in this version being that both Ron and Reggie are played by Tom Hardy.
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Duration: 7'00"
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ATM - Umrika Movie Review
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Simon Morris reviews the recent Sundance favourite, about two brothers fascinated by the United Statres of America - "Umrika".
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Duration: 4'40"
7:30 At the Movies with Simon Morris: Current film releases and film related topics (RNZ) 8:13 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries 9:06 Our Changing World
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21:06
Wilding pines go up in flames in name of science
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Scientists set fire to blocks of wilding pines to study whether chemicals used to control the weedy trees change the fire hazard.
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Over the last two days, blocks of young wilding pines on a farm just north of Twizel have gone up in flames – all in the name of science.
A team of almost 50 people, including fire scientists from the forestry research institute Scion, atmospheric scientists from the University of Canterbury and crews of rural fire fighters, gathered at Pukaki Downs Station to conduct a series of controlled burn-offs to track how fire moves through a stand of weedy conifers.
Wilding pines are spreading across wide areas of the country and pose a serious fire hazard, both to farming communities and on conservation land. The Department of Conservation uses herbicides and desiccating chemicals to control the spread, but the treatment results in stands of dry wood, which could fuel wildfires.
Grant Pearce, a senior fire scientist at Scion, says the aim of the experimental burns is to gather data on fire behaviour in blocks of treated and untreated wildings to see if the chemicals used to control them change the fire hazard, and whether fire itself could be used to help limit their spread.
We know from wildfires like the 2008 Mt Cook Station fire, nearby to the research site, [which burned through 750 hectares of wildings] that our existing fire behaviour models for forest vegetation don’t work in wilding pines. That’s not a surprise because they are a different fuel structure, so we need to collect data to start to develop new models for this particular fuel type.
Grant Pearce, Scion
With climate change likely to herald an increase of hot and dry conditions in this part of New Zealand, he says both wilding pines and wildfires are likely to become even bigger issues in the future.
“Not only should we see an expansion of the areas that are ideal for wildings to spread into, but we’re likely, through hotter, drier and windier conditions, to [have] more fires in these sorts of fuel types.”
This week, the team burnt down two plots and Grant Pearce says the team plans to continue a series of fires over the next fortnight to capture weather and wind conditions that are as close as safely possible to those that occur during wildfires.
Crews of rural fire fighters supported the science team by igniting the fires, setting up sprinklers down-wind and monitoring the plot boundaries to prevent the blaze from spreading.
Darrin Woods, the principal fire officer for the Christchurch City Council, says the experimental fires provide a great opportunity for fire fighters to test fire behaviour under conditions that are becoming more prevalent around the country, particularly in Canterbury and Otago.
“It’s very topical at the moment, with the recent wind events and a very dry winter on the east coast of the South Island. Heading into a strong El Nino weather pattern, we are predicting that fire-fighting teams, particularly around the east coast of the South Island, are going to be particularly busy this summer.”
The team placed data loggers and cameras, all in fire-proof housings, on a grid throughout each plot to monitor the speed and heat of the blaze. Scion fire scientist Veronica Clifford says the instruments will provide exact details about how fast the fire spreads, how hot it burns and how high the flames reach.
Other teams, including Tara Strand from Scion and Marwan Katurji and Paul Bealing from the University of Canterbury, used high-tech equipment to track plumes of smoke and particulates and changes in turbulence above the fire, and deployed fixed-wing UAVs to gather footage from above the flames.
Tara Strand says the ultimate goal is to understand any thresholds that could make a fire behave differently. “What would make it jump the plot? This data should get us closer to answering that puzzle.”
Topics: science, environment, climate
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Duration: 19'14"
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Eat better, think better - diet and the brain
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Psychologists and nutritionists at the University of Otago are studying how diet can have a postivie impact on heart and brain health
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On the cusp of a solar revolution
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Next generation printable and flexible solar cells, made with new materials, are part of a clean-energy revolution
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The price is going only in one direction, and that’s down.
Justin Hodgkiss, MacDiarmid Institute
This year we’ll capture more of our energy from sunlight than ever before. Photo-voltaic panels are part of a thriving renewables industry, and the drive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to tackle climate change is likely to boost growth even more.
Justin Hodgkiss, the deputy director of the MacDiarmid Institute, says as production is scaled up, costs go down, and we could be on the cusp of a solar revolution that makes solar power affordable and competitive.
“Solar power has been doubling every two years, but it’s not something that’s come out of the blue. It’s actually been doubling every two years for the past 25 years, ever since photo-voltaic panels were first invented. This is completely normal scaling for a new technology.”
At Victoria University of Wellington, Justin Hodgkiss leads a group that focuses on the next generation of polymer-based printable and flexible solar cells, which have the potential to bring prices down even further because they can be mass-produced and are made of abundant materials.
In my lab, we’re working on printable PV technology and that is where the active layer that absorbs light and creates electricity, instead of being made from silicon which you need to process as a solid panel, it’s made from polymers that can be printed as an ink.”
Joe Gallagher, who is completing a PhD in the group, says the polymers are dissolved in solution and can be printed as a very thin film that can be put on a flexible, transparent substrate.
“The layer can be incredibly thin, so you don’t need much material to effectively act as a solar cell. One kilogram can spread over 5000 square metres so you’ve got a very efficient way of making a lot of photo-voltaic cells for very low cost in terms of the materials, but it’s all about finding the most efficient materials.”
Chemically speaking, the polymers are complex molecules whose electrons are arranged in a way that allows them to absorb light and conduct electricity. Their structure is similar to chlorophyll, the green pigment plants use in photosynthesis.
The team works with chemists around the world who synthesise promising materials, which are then put through their paces in a laser lab in a quest to identify those that are most efficient in converting light into electricity.
The team uses ultra-short laser pulses that are about 100 femto seconds long (a millionth of a billionth of a second), says Justin Hodgkiss. “The reason we need such short pulses is that the time scale that light is converted to electricity is on that timescale. The difference between a good polymer photo-voltaic material and a bad polymer PV material happens on the sub-pico second timescale and so we’ve been focusing hard on that time scale to find out exactly what makes a good charge separation.”
And that’s where efficiency gains come from. In essence, the first step in creating a current comes down to absorbing light and separating positive and negative charges.
I’m quite optimistic that we’re going to get over 15 per cent power conversion efficiency. To put that into perspective, the silicon panels that you would buy today for your roof are about 15 to 16 per cent efficient. When I first started working on polymer PV, the efficiency was about 4 per cent seven years ago. Now it’s at 12 per cent and that’s been through the type of iterative process whereby measurements from labs feed into the design of new molecules.”
If we were to scale up solar power, Justin says the materials required to make the active layers are abundant. “I would say that the things that we would need to think carefully about and possibly innovate new solutions are other components, like the electrodes."
Active layers need to be sandwiched between electrodes and one of those needs to be transparent. “There are challenges in generating electrodes that are cheap and made from abundant materials but I’m sure that these innovations will go hand in hand with the development of active layer materials."
Justin Hodgkiss is one of the speakers in the Royal Society of New Zealand’s Luminaries series, which marks the International Year of Light.
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Duration: 16'20"
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Hair of the kuri or Maori dog
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Ecologist Cilla Wehi hopes that the hair and bones of kuri, or now extinct Maori dog, might hold clues to what they ate
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By Alison Ballance
“How would an animal that’s so treasured and so loved, how would that disappear?”
Cilla Wehi, ecologist, Landcare Research ponders the extinction of the kuri or Maori dog
Cilla Wehi is an ecologist at Landcare Research, and she is exploring the relationship between Maori and the introduced species that came with them on their waka when they migrated here from the Pacific, about 750 years ago. On board the canoe were kiore, or Pacific rats, and kuri, Maori dogs. She is particularly interested in why the treasured canine companions became extinct in the 19th century, and is hoping that finding out what the kuri were eating over time may shed some light on the mystery.
Migoto Eria is curator Maori at Otago Museum, which has a small collection of kahu kuri, Maori cloaks, made from kuri hair and skin, as well as some well-preserved kuri skins collected in caves and overhang in Central Otago in the 19th century. Migoto says it’s unusual to see intact skins, and more usual to see hair and strips of skin that have been woven into cloaks. The kahu kuri are an important taonga.
“Dogskin cloaks were only worn by chiefs – if you’re wearing a kahu kuri you’re a really important person,” says Migoto. “We have them embedded in traditional chants, where we want the next generation to be adorned in the chiefly dogskin cloaks of their fathers or grandfathers so that they become the leaders of tomorrow.”
“If we find some hairs that have already fallen off cloaks or skins we can sample them,” says Cilla. “We can look at the stable isotopes in the hair and work out whether those dogs were well fed, what they were eating – and that tells us about the life of the dog, and also something about the relationship they had with people at that time.”
Kuri were short stocky fox-like dogs with little pointed ears, big strong jaws and bushy tails. Cilla explains that kuri had many uses: they were companions, protectors, super-sensors that could be used as hunting companions, and they could also be eaten, either at celebrations or when there was little other food available. She suspects there were a number of reasons kuri became extinct: interbreeding with domestic European dogs was probably a key reason, but she also says it was highly likely that uncontrolled kuri came into conflict with pastoral farmers and were killed. She says it’s important to remember that it was also a period of social upheaval for Maori, and the traditional relationship between the dogs and people may have also been breaking down.
Cilla is interested in tracing the arc of social and ecological change through time, and she has access to kuri relicts that cover almost 700 years of Maori history.
She has already analysed samples of hair from kuri cloaks held at Te Papa, and says it is giving a much more complex picture than early accounts of kuri by early 19th century explorers such as Colenso would have suggested. He wrote that kuri largely ate fish, but evidence to date is that their diet was much more varied than that.
“There were dogs that were eating at quite different trophic levels. There were some dogs eating much more protein than others, as you might imagine if they were the pets of chiefs, for example.” says Cilla. “Then there were other dogs, that when we compared them to modern dogs that are on vegan or vegetarian diets, they were quite similar - which suggested to us they were eating a lot more vegetables.”
It was also possible to say that some dogs had a much more inland food signature, while others were clearly living closer to the coast.
While many of the cloaks date back to the late 18th and early 19th century, and Otago Museum’s dogskins are mid and possibly late 19th century, Cilla has to use bones to go further back in time. She is collaborating with archaeologist Ian Barber, at the University of Otago, about kuri bones collected from three different midden sites. Bones from the Shag River mouth are from the 14th century, and there is evidence that lots of moa and seals were being eaten there. Bones from Purakanui are early 15th century and by then there was very little evidence of moa being eaten.
“It will be interesting to see from the isotope signatures from the dogs whether at Shag River people were feeding plentiful moa to the dogs,” says Ian. “And whether we can contrast that to Purakanui where moa were relatively scarce and therefore we expect dogs were eating other food.”
A third site from the northern South Island was a much more agricultural site, and Cilla and Ian wonder if this will mean there is a stronger vegetable signal in the kuri bones.
Migoto and Cilla are both sad that many of the kuri cloaks held in museums have become ‘orphaned’ from their history, and they hope that the research might also be able to add something to the story of each item, such as where in the country the taonga have come from.
Cilla's research is funded by a Marsden Fast-Start Award.
Recent research published by University of Otago PhD student Karen Greig shows that genetic testing reveals kuri are most closely related to Indonesian dogs, rather than other Polynesian dogs in the Pacific.
Topics: science, environment, te ao Maori
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Tags: Kuri, Maori dog, extinction, diet, stable isotope analysis, bones, anthropology, Maori cloaks, kahu kuri
Duration: 17'09"
9:06 Our Changing World: Science and environment news from NZ and the world (RNZ)
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How do we respond to begging?
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How should we respond both personally and as communities to the increase in begging? Dame Diane Robertson from the Auckland City Mission, former youth worker Scottie Reeve, and Christchurch City Councillor Paul Longsdale join Bryan to discuss.
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Part of Radio New Zealand's Begging in New Zealand series
How should we respond both personally and as communities to the increase in begging?
Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington all face increasing numbers of people asking for money, and all of these cities are looking at ways of dealing with the issue.
Dame Diane Robertson from the Auckland City Mission says the number of people in Auckland begging is definitely increasing.
“It’s a bit like a tumble wind, once it starts, it starts to grow. You know three or four years ago we had very few beggars, then it becomes more acceptable and becomes more and more and more."
She says that there are people begging who use donations to supplement their benefits, those who have been stood down from benefits, and even those who chose not to accept benefits.
“There are some who have become alienated from Government agencies…. and they chose to withdraw because they don’t want to have to interact with those agencies."
Dame Diane says that people will start moving to suburbs such as Newmarket as begging becomes more and more prevalent in the city.
Christchurch City Councillor Paul Longsdale says the begging in his city's suburbs is already an issue.
He says they want to find out how big the problem is throughout the city, and develop a multi-agency approach to the issue.
The council is looking at other examples of how cities, like Melbourne, deal with beggars, he says.
Longsdale says there are a range of issues, such as homelessness and substance abuse that combine to make begging an option for some people.
"And some of it is because it’s actually quite lucrative."
Former youth worker Scottie Reeve says that there has been a marked increase in the number of people begging in Wellington.
The increase in young people begging has been particularly worrying, he says.
The need for young people to beg often comes from the fall between tertiary employment and working where they’re not going into anything, he says.
“They just don’t know how to get back into the system."
The three panellists talk to Nights presenter Bryan Crump about the issues facing each of their cities, and what they see as solutions to people begging on the streets.
Topics: life and society, inequality
Regions: Auckland Region, Wellington Region, Canterbury
Tags: begging, homelessness, mental health
Duration: 21'51"
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Cultural Ambassador - Chris Jannides
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Toi Whakaari movement tutor and founding member of Limbs Dance Company on one of the most significant choreographers of our time, the late Pina Bausch.
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Duration: 15'29"
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Conundrum clue 7.
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Begging to survive
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Radio New Zealand's Features team members, Katy Gosset and Justin Gregory reflect on what they've experienced in seeking out current stories about begging.
Topics: life and society
Regions: Auckland Region, Wellington Region, Canterbury
Tags: begging, homelessness
Duration: 14'36"
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Conundrum clue 8.
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NIGHTS on Radio New Zealand National
skipper. Bryan Crump & navigator. Robyn Rockgirl Walker
Thursday rundown...
7:12pm HOW DO WE RESPOND TO BEGGING
why are more people begging on the streets of New Zealand, and how should we respond both personally, and as a community - with Dame Diane Robertson from the Auckland City Mission, former youth worker (now coffee bar owner who aims to train young people) Scottie Reeve, and Christchurch City Councillor Paul Longsdale...
7:35pm At the Movies with Simon Morris
8:12pm Windows on the World (international public radio documentaries) - Macau: Monte Carlo of the Orient
8:43pm NIGHTS Cultural Ambassadors
roster: Kate Mead (Contemporary Classical Music); Adrian Kinnaird (Comics & Graphic Novels); Miles Buckingham (Jamaican Music); Cliff Fell (Poetry); Kirsten Zemke (Hip Hop); Andrew Todd (Video Games); Fergus Barrowman (Jazz); Leilani Unasa (Pasifika); Paul Berrington (Electronic Music); & Chris Jannides (Dance)
DANCE
body movements, usually to music - with Chris Jannides, Toi Whakaari movement tutor and founding dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Limbs Dance Company... one of the most significant choreographers of our time, the late Pina Bausch - her company will be the star dance attraction at the NZ International Arts Festival next year...
8:59pm NIGHTS conundrum clue 7
9:07pm Our Changing World
9:59pm NIGHTS conundrum clue 8
10:17pm Late Edition (a round up of today's Radio New Zealand news and feature interviews as well as Date Line Pacific from RNZ International)
11:07pm Eleventh Hour Music: Music 101 pocket edition with Emma Smith
... nights' time is the right time...
===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
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Radio New Zealand news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from Radio New Zealand National
===11:06 PM. | Music 101===
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Music, interviews, live performances, behind the scenes, industry issues, career profiles, new, back catalogue, undiscovered, greatest hits, tall tales - with a focus on NZ (RNZ)