Radio New Zealand National. 2015-12-01. 00:00-23:59.

A 24-hour recording of Radio New Zealand National. The following rundown is sourced from the broadcaster’s website. Note some overseas/copyright restricted items may not appear in the supplied rundown:

01 December 2015

===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Spectrum (RNZ); 1:05 From the World (RNZ); 2:05 Night Lights Classic Jazz - Rollins '57: Sonny Rollins Takes the Lead (3 of 12, PRX); 3:05 The Conquest of Mount Cook, by Freda du Faur (2 of 5, RNZ); 3:30 An Author's View (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)

===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including: 6:16 and 6:50 Business News 6:18 Pacific News 6:26 Rural News 6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

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06:00
Top Stories for Tuesday 1 December 2015
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Chris Cairns found not guilty of perjury; Chris Cairns relieved at not guilty verdict; Key pledges extra $220 million to tackle climate change; World leaders make climate change pledges in Paris; Warnings of a looming housing crisis for aging baby boomers; New Zealand Cricket reacts to Cairns verdict; Labour reshuffle ruffles feathers amongst Maori; Police reduce speed threshold to four kilometre tolerance.
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Duration: 29'41"

06:06
Sports News for 1 December 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'18"

06:15
Chris Cairns is found not guilty of perjury
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Our lead story this morning Chris Cairns has been found not guilty of perjury.
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Duration: 1'35"

06:25
Looming homeless
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A Salvation Army report published today warns hundreds of thousands of baby boomers could be left homeless in retirement.
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Tags: Salvation Army
Duration: 1'40"

06:26
Early business news for 1 December 2015
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Business confidence is heading into the holiday period at a six-month high in ANZ Bank's closely followed survey.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 2'01"

06:27
Morning Rural News for 1 December 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'09"

06:38
Chris Cairns acquitted of all charges in perjury trial
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Chris Cairns has been found not guilty of perjury and perverting the course of justice.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Chris Cairns
Duration: 4'09"

06:42
Labour's climate change spokeswoman in Paris
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John Key has told the climate change talks in Paris that fossil fuel subsidies have to go.
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Tags: climate change
Duration: 3'45"

06:45
Brownlee dismisses "pessimistic" report on quake recovery
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The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister is dismissing a new report that declares the Government's programme to deliver new facilities in central Christchurch is unachievable.
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Regions: Canterbury
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Duration: 1'56"

06:50
Business confidence hits six-month high in ANZ survey
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Business confidence has improved to its highest level in six months, according to the ANZ Bank's latest business sentiment survey.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 2'08"

06:52
Building inflation remains muted
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The latest data from the building sector shows construction costs are building in Auckland, but not enough to bother the Reserve Bank.
Topics: business, economy
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: building sector
Duration: 1'23"

06:54
FMA says audit standards need to improve
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The Financial Markets Authority says the audit profession needs to improve its standards and company directors and managers need to take the issue more seriously.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 2'01"

06:56
Financial services sector changes see shake up in the industry
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A director of investment consultancy, JMIS, says the changes in regulations covering financial market services is shaking up the industry and opening up opportunities for niche investment advisors.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'41"

06:57
Morning markets for 1 December 2015
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Wall Street is a bit weaker as investors await key non-farms payroll data at the end of the week.
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Duration: 1'00"

06:59
Business briefs - Intueri Education Group
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Intueri Education Group says it's completed the purchase of the New Zealand Institute of Sport and the New Zealand College of Massage, after receiving approval from the Overseas Investment Office.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 47"

07:07
Sports News for 1 December 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'57"

07:11
Chris Cairns found not guilty of perjury
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Our lead story this morning, a not guilty verdict for Chris Cairns.
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Duration: 5'43"

07:16
Chris Cairns relieved at not guilty verdict
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Cushla Norman has been covering the case and reports from London.
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Duration: 3'45"

07:20
Key pledges extra $220 million to tackle climate change
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Prime Minister John Key has used his platform at the Paris climate change conference to pledge an extra 220 million dollars to tackle the issue here and the Pacific.
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Duration: 1'14"

07:21
World leaders make climate change pledges in Paris
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Mr Key is one of 150 world leaders who are in Paris for the conference, along with 40,000 delegates from 195 countries.
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Duration: 4'13"

07:26
Warnings of a looming housing crisis for aging baby boomers
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The Salvation Army estimates a third of people retiring by 2025 will not own their own home.
Topics: housing
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Duration: 3'42"

07:29
New Zealand Cricket reacts to Cairns verdict
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Back now to our lead story the not guilty verdict for Chris Cairns. Stuart Heal is the chairman of New Zealand Cricket.
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Duration: 3'10"

07:36
Labour reshuffle ruffles feathers amongst Maori
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The Labour Party reshuffle has ruffled feathers in the Maori seats with veteran politician Nanaia Mahuta dropping from 4th to 12th, losing her position as the head of the Maori caucus and the portfolio for Maori Development.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 4'32"

07:40
Police reduce speed threshold to four kilometre tolerance
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Motorists heading on their holidays early this year will need to keep a closer eye on their speed from today.
Topics: transport
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Tags: speed limit
Duration: 2'43"

07:44
Brownlee calls Treasury report 'utter tripe'
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The Treasury's raised a red flag over the future of the Christchurch central city recovery plan.
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Regions: Canterbury
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Duration: 5'06"

07:49
Family of former Christmas Island detainee wants centre closed
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The mother of a former Christmas Island detainee says she's waiting for an apology from the Australian government after her son was wrongly sent to the detention centre.
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Tags: Christmas Island
Duration: 4'21"

07:53
McCullum's lawyer discusses Chris Cairns acquittal
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A jury in a London court has found Chris Cairns not guilty of perjury and perverting the course of justice.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Chris Cairns
Duration: 3'21"

07:57
Bruce McLaren's life to be immortalised on big screen
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Forty five years after his death while testing one of his racing cars, New Zealand sporting legend Bruce McLaren is about to be immortalised on the big screen.
Topics: sport, arts
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Tags: Bruce McLaren
Duration: 3'01"

08:07
Sports News for 1 December 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'13"

08:11
Cairns' former coach reacts to verdict
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As we have been reporting this morning Chris Cairns has been found not guilty of perjury and perverting the course of justice.
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Tags: Chris Cairns
Duration: 3'48"

08:16
Greens react to John Key's message to climate conference
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The Prime Minister, John Key, has told world leaders in Paris that every single country has a role to play in addressing climate change.
Topics: politics, climate
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Tags: climate change
Duration: 4'07"

08:20
Andrew Little names his line-up to take to the 2017 election
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Andrew Little has bit back hard at criticism from senior iwi leader who says dumping Nanaia Mahuta down Labour's rankings is a slap in the face for Maori.
Topics: te ao Maori, politics
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Duration: 4'39"

08:24
Salvation Army says boomers may face homelessness in retirement
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A new report is warning some baby boomers could be left homeless in retirement unless the government takes urgent steps to deal with the problem.
Topics: housing
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Tags: Salvation Army
Duration: 4'09"

08:28
School scholarship helps foreigner get approval to buy mansion
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An overseas buyer has been allowed to purchase a multi-million dollar investment home in Auckland, which he won't live in, after promising to set up a scholarship for children in low decile schools.
Topics: housing
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Duration: 3'41"

08:30
Markets Update for 1 December 2015
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 56"

08:37
George Nepia's whanau happy one jersey to return to NZ
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George Nepia's whanau are happy one of the jerseys the rugby great wore is to return to New Zealand.
Topics: te ao Maori, sport
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Tags: George Nepia
Duration: 3'06"

08:39
Community agonises over how to deal with mining giant
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To talk - or not to talk: That's the dilemma facing the small community of Puhipuhi near Whangarei, as it debates how best to deal with the Australian mining giant at its door.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions: Northland
Tags: Puhipuhi
Duration: 3'36"

08:43
Ministry intervenes in schools' roll woes
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The Education Ministry has stepped in to manage the competition for students that's leaving schools in some parts of the country partially empty while others are bursting at the seams.
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Duration: 3'02"

08:47
Businesses on DoC land not effectively monitored
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Companies granted permission to use Department of Conservation land are often falling to meet the conditions they are asked to fulfill in return.
Topics: environment
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Tags: Department of Conservation
Duration: 3'21"

08:56
Old West Coast miners road to reopen for trampers and bikers
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A long-forgotten gold miners' road on the West Coast of the South Island is being revived as a mountain biking and tramping trail, with locals hoping its opening will signal the start of new growth and development for the region.
Topics: business, economy, identity
Regions: West Coast
Tags: mountain biking, tramping trail
Duration: 3'35"

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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: Awa, by Shelly Davies, told by Nicola Kawana They're all waiting for Awa to arrive. He's arriving sooner than they thought but they've prepared a place for him (RNZ)

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09:08
Chris Cairns found not guilty
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Chris Cairns says his reputation has been completely "scorched" despite being found not guilty of lying under oath in a London court. Two former teammates, Lou Vincent and Black Caps captain Brendan McCullum, were among the key witnesses against the former New Zealand all-rounder. Now the prospect of cricketers being too scared to provide evidence against possible match-fixing has been raised. Fairfax sports reporter, Kevin Norquay has been covering the trial.
Topics: sport, media
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Tags: Chris Cairns, cricket, match fixing
Duration: 18'41"

09:30
The ethics of mass surveillance
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In the age of mass surveillance, computer scientists need a stronger code of ethics to prevent a dystopian future, says a US cryptographer visiting New Zealand to warn of the dangers.
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In the age of mass surveillance, computer scientists need a stronger code of ethics to prevent a dystopian future, says a US cryptographer visiting New Zealand to warn of the dangers.
Professor Phillip Rogaway, a cryptographer and computer scientist from the University of California will deliver a public lecture at Auckland University next week.
He has argued that the Edward Snowden leak, which made confidential US documents available, had provided a glimpse into the new political reality of global systems for mass surveillance, which threatened democracy and violated fundamental human rights.
He said this had raised the question of why there was not a stronger sense of social responsibility among scientists and engineers, and has called for a stronger code of ethics for computer scientists, as they were the ones who created the systems that were used by authorities and breached human rights.
Speaking to Nine to Noon today, Prof Rogaway said surveillance data should only be collected from specific targets for a specific cause.
"That is not what is happening at all. Information is being collected en mass - pretty much every telephone call people make, every google search query they make, every instant message they send, are all being recorded and monitored.
"It extends beyond metadata - entire email contents are certainly retained - the extent to which telephone data is maintained in bulk has never been made clear."
He said some of the research he had carried out showed that many of his colleagues in the cryptographical community felt a distance from the consequences of their work.
"This is endemic across science. We have this kind of extreme specialisation, each of us works on our little piece of the puzzle and how it all fits and actually impacts peoples lives is rarely in the front of the mind.
"The cryptographic community is a very small one. The majority of people in the community are interested in abstract mathematical puzzles that are motivated by problems in privacy and security, but don't necessarily directly address any particular human problem. The plan is very long range somehow, that maybe eventually these ideas will be useful, but for the here and now, that has not been the focus."
Prof Rogaway said the study of cryptography extended beyond incription, and went into issues of authenticity, which was arguably more important to e-commerce businesses than privacy.
His proposed code of ethics has been welcomed by many in the community, but Prof Rogaway said some did not want to individually involved.
"In an open letter we approached nearly 100 US-based cryptographers and found that just over half were willing to sign on to the letter after many rounds of changes. The people who did not want to sign on has a variety of reasons, but the most common was that they didn't feel they were somehow experts in this domain, or they thought that engaging in something ostensibly political they would somehow weaken their standing as academic cryptographers."
He said these sentiments were, in some ways, dangerous.
"Scientists actually need to impact public policy when they have the knowledge to do so, but these are prevailing sentiments."
He pointed out that very soon after the first round of Snowden revelations, he attended an event honouring computer scientists, where there was nothing but comments about all the wonderful things computer science had contributed to society, but almost nothing about the threat of that science turning the internet into an "amazing tool for ubiquitous surveillance".
Prof Rogaway said the code of ethics was needed, because the work cryptographers carried out was intensely political, whether they chose to recognise it or not.
"It determines who can and can't do what - this is somehow the basic motivation when you set up cryptographic problems, you're trying to deny particular parties the ability that other parties are enabled."
He said the authorities had spun a "very effective narrative" in which cryptography was a threat and enabled bad guys to accomplish evil purposes, and the threats would stop if the authorities had have better information, these threats will stop.
"I don't think it's a very honest accounting of what is actually going on. If we start illegalising the use of cryptography, or making it very difficult, we don't actually deny use of cryptography from those who would really like to use it - a smart programmer could write these in a day or so, and he also has many other means and his disposal, like face to face meetings.
"Trying to ban or curtail cryptographic use will have no effect on terrorism. What it will affect is ordinary peoples' ability to feel secure when they interact with each other electronically."
LISTEN TO THE FULL NINE TO NOON INTERVIEW WITH PROF ROGAWAY HERE:
Topics: technology
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Tags: ethics
Duration: 17'55"

09:49
US correspondent Susan Milligan
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Fear, world events and politics.
Topics: politics
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Tags: USA
Duration: 11'19"

10:08
The Political Origins of Banking Crises - Why do banks go bust?
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Financial Economics Professor Stephen Haber argues that banking crises are not the product of 'unforeseen shocks', but rather of politics, and we get the banking systems that our political systems allow. This is why American banks go bust so often, (the US has had 12 systemic banking crises since 1840), while Canada and Australia have had none.
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Financial Economics Professor Stephen Haber argues that banking crises are not the product of 'unforeseen shocks', but rather of politics, and we get the banking systems that our political systems allow.
This is why American banks go bust so often, (the US has had 12 systemic banking crises since 1840), while Canada and Australia have had none.
Professor Haber talks to Kathryn Ryan.
Topics: economy, politics
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Tags: banking crisis
Duration: 33'47"

10:40
Book Review: History's People: Personalities and the Past
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Today's book is History's People: Personalities and the Past, written by Margaret MacMillan, published by Text and reviewed by Lisa Finucane.
Topics: books, history
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Duration: 4'52"

11:08
Business commentator Rod Oram
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Rod discusses the main economic and corporate themes in this year's Top 200 rankings of NZ companies.
Topics: business, technology
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Duration: 14'00"

11:24
Complicated stuff in simple words with Randall Munroe
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Answers to science questions with web comic author Randall Munroe. The former NASA roboticist and programmer has a cult following, he is the creator of the webcomic xkcd.com. The 31 year old explains the law of science with cartoons and he is the bestselling author of What If? In latest his book 'Thing Explainer' - the focus is on explaining complicated stuff in simple words.
Topics: author interview
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Tags: Randall Munroe, Thing Explainer
Duration: 24'32"

11:47
Media commentator, Gavin Ellis
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Gavin Ellis discusses his concern over the search warrant executed on the home of Heather du Plessis-Allan and Barry Soper after she purchased a gun over the internet to expose loopholes in the system.
Also; The importance of investigative journalism, coverage of the Jonah Lomu memorial service and how the New Yorker has increased subscriptions despite putting up a paywall
Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz
Topics: media
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Duration: 11'55"

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09:05 Chris Cairns found not guilty
Chris Cairns says his reputation has been completely "scorched" despite being found not guilty of lying under oath in a London court. Two former teammates, Lou Vincent and Black Caps captain Brendan McCullum, were among the key witnesses against the former New Zealand all-rounder. Now the prospect of cricketers being too scared to provide evidence against possible match-fixing has been raised. Fairfax sports reporter, Kevin Norquay has been covering the trial.
09:30 The ethics of mass surveillance
Professor Rogaway, a cryptographer and computer scientist from the University of California argues that mass surveillance is abuse prone, anti democratic and is likely to engender a dystopian future. He believes cryptographers and computer scientists like himself must have a stronger sense of social responsibility.
He is speaking at the Asiacrypt Conference tomorrow and says:
"The Snowden revelations have provided a glimpse into a new political reality: the existence of global systems for mass surveillance. This threatens democracy and violates fundamental human rights. Yet the technology is the handiwork of computer scientists like me. How did this happen? Why is there not a stronger sense of social responsibility among scientists and engineers? I will explore such questions, drawing on my experience as a cryptographer and my years teaching a course on ethics to computer scientists and engineers".
09:45 US correspondent Susan Milligan
10:05 The Political Origins of Banking Crises - Why do banks go bust?
Financial Economics Professor Stephen Haber argues that banking crises are not the product of 'unforeseen shocks', but rather of politics, and we get the banking systems that our political systems allow. This is why American banks go bust so often, (the US has had 12 systemic banking crises since 1840), while Canada and Australia have had none.
Stephen Haber has been described as "one of Stanford's most distinguished teachers" as he has been awarded every teaching prize offered at the American university currently ranked third in the world by Times Higher Education. His current research focuses on three areas: the creation of regulatory barriers to entry in finance; the economic and political consequences of holdup problems created by different systems of agricultural production; and the comparative development of patent systems. He is a regular consultant to the World Bank .
He recently co-authored, 'Fragile by Design: The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit' with Dr Charles Calomiris of Columbia Business School.
10:30 Book Review: History's People: Personalities and the Past by Margaret MacMillan
Reviewed by Lisa Finucane, published by Text
10:45 The Reading: Awa a short story by Shelly Davies told by Nicola Kawana
They're all waiting for Awa to arrive. He's arriving sooner than they thought but they've prepared a place for him.
11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram
Rod discusses the main economic and corporate themes in this year's Top 200 rankings of NZ companies.
11:30 Complicated stuff in simple words with Randall Munroe
Answers to science questions with web comic author Randall Munroe.
The former NASA roboticist and programmer has a cult following, he is the creator of the webcomic xkcd.com.
The 31 year old explains the law of science with cartoons and he is the bestselling author of What If?
In latest his book 'Thing Explainer' - the focus is on explaining complicated stuff in simple words.
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11:45 Media commentator, Gavin Ellis
Gavin Ellis discusses his concern over the search warrant executed on the home of Heather du Plessis-Allan and Barry Soper after she purchased a gun over the internet to expose loopholes in the system.
Also; The importance of investigative journalism, coverage of the Jonah Lomu memorial service and how the New Yorker has increased subscriptions despite putting up a paywall
Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz

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Artist: Eden Mulholland
Song: Four to the Floor
Composer: Muholland
Album: Hunted Haunted
Label: Warner Music
Time: 09:27

===Noon | Midday Report===
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RNZ 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 1 December 2015
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Five teenagers with links to Opotiki College charged with sexual offending and Imported frozen berries linked to cases of hepatitis A.
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Duration: 15'03"

12:17
Hellaby says depressed, volatile conditions driving profit down
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The diversified investment company, Hellaby Holdings, says depressed and volatile trading conditions will see its first half profit fall by as much as 43 percent.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Hellaby Holdings
Duration: 1'26"

12:18
Terms of trade falls
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The country's terms of trade -- a measure of our purchasing power -- fell in the three months to September because of a weaker currency.
Topics: economy, business
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Duration: 1'01"

12:19
Online property advertiser says asking prices off record highs
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Online advertiser, Realestate-dot-co-dot-nz, says the national average asking price for houses has remained below record highs for the past three months.
Topics: economy, business
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Tags: real estate
Duration: 1'33"

12:21
FMA wants improvement in audit standards
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The Financial Markets Authority is pushing the audit profession to improve its standards, after a survey has shown fewer than one in five company audits are up to a good standard.
Topics: economy, business
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Tags: Audits
Duration: 56"

12:23
Business briefs
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Infrastructure investor Infratil has sold its advertising business iSite to Australian media company QMS Media for $49 million.
Topics: economy, business
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Duration: 38"

12:24
Midday Markets for 1 December 2015
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Angus Marks at First NZ Capital
Topics: economy, business
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Duration: 2'05"

12:26
Midday Sports News for 1 December 2015
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The West Indies believe the Black Caps recent performances against Australia have provided them with valuable lessons for their upcoming matches.
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Duration: 2'12"

12:33
Midday Rural News for 1 December 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 9'12"

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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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13:09
First Song
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Amelia (Live) - Joni Mitchell
Topics: music
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Tags: Joni Mitchell, Amelia, Hejira
Duration: 13'28"

13:21
Climate Change - Veronika Meduna
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New Zealand will commit up to $200 million to support international climate change efforts and $20 million toward ground-breaking research to slash agricultural greenhouse gases.
Topics: climate
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Tags: COP21, climate change, Paris
Duration: 11'23"

13:35
Hi-Viz Cats - Heidi Kikillus
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Victoria University and Wellington City Council are working together on a new study into high visibility cat collars.
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Victoria University and Wellington City Council are working together on a new study into high visibility cat collars.
Topics: environment
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Tags: cats, native birds
Duration: 6'30"

13:42
Favourite Album
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'16 Lovers Lane' - The Go-Betweens. Chosen by Gary Stevens.
Topics: music
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Tags: The Go-Betweens, 16 Lovers Lane
Duration: 17'59"

14:08
Communicating Science - Kimberly Collins
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Just because you're really good at science doesn't mean that you're good at talking to people about science. In fact, it's arguable that if you're really good at science you're probably less likely to be good at talking to people about it. There are exceptions of course and more importantly things are changing. The Science Communicators Association of New Zealand is holding a conference in Wellington.
Topics: science
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Tags: The Science Communicators Association of New Zealand, communication
Duration: 9'32"

14:18
Great NZ Concerts - Queen
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This week's Great New Zealand concert is Queen's only visit to our shores in April 1985.
Topics: music
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Tags: Queen, concerts
Duration: 41'34"

15:09
Stefan Klein
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Curiosity. Courage and luck play a much bigger role in scientific breakthroughs than sheer brain power according to some of the world's best known scientists. Science Journalist Stefan Klein sits down for conversations with 19 scientists, including three Nobel Laureates, to find out what motivates them, what inspires them and what mysteries that still allude them. Readers eavesdrop on the discussions in Klein's new book called We Are All Stardust:: Scientists Who Shaped Our World Talk about Their Work, Their Lives, and What They Still Want to Know. We'll talk to Stefan Klein, considered Europe's most influential science writers.
Topics: science
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Tags: Stefan Klein
Duration: 24'15"

15:45
Panel Pre-Show for 1 December 2015
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What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zoe George.
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Duration: 14'10"

21:06
Protecting grape vines from leafroll virus
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Researchers at Plant and Food Research are developing an array of visual and molecular tools to help combat leafroll virus in grape vines
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The New Zealand wine industry produces hundreds of millions of litres of wine each year, has an annual turnover of more than $2 billion, and is the country’s biggest horticultural export by value. Underpinning it is more than 35,000 hectares of vineyards, planted in a range of grape varieties. And helping growers keep those grape vines in good health is a job that post-doctoral researcher Karmun Chooi at Plant and Food Research is focused on.
Karmun is researching a virus called Grapevine Leafroll associated Virus 3, or leafroll 3. Leafroll disease has been a problem in New Zealand for more than a hundred years, and it affects all varieties of grape as well as rootstocks. It is spread between grape vines by mealy bugs, small insects which chew into the leaves and transmit the virus as they do so. It can also be spread by tools used in propagation.
The virus causes visual symptoms such as downward rolling of the leaf margins, and in red varieties of grapes it causes premature reddening of the leaves. Although the leaves turn red the leaf veins remain green, which distinguishes leafroll 3 from other diseases. More importantly, it affects crop yield, causing uneven ripening, and reducing sugar content and increasing the acidity of grapes.
Controlling mealy bugs and removing infected vines are the only way of controlling the virus. This can be an expensive undertaking: in a case study from the Craggy Range vineyard, published by New Zealand wine, the cost of removing eight hectares of infected premium chardonnay vines was calculated to have a total cost (including lost production potential) of $1.3 million.
Karmun says that genetic work has shown there are at least six genetic strains of the leafroll 3 virus in New Zealand, which vary in their severity. Her current study is looking at three genetic strains of the virus in merlot, pinot noir, sauvignon blanc and pinot gris. Plant and Food is carrying out field trials in three different grape-growing locations, looking at the timing and severity of symptom development in the field, and Karmun is also working in lab.
Detection is a key part of leafroll 3 management. The virus is currently identified using an antibody-based ELISA test which identifies the virus’s distinctive coat protein. Vaughan Bell at Plant and Food Research is also developing a visual key that he hopes grape growers will be able to use in the field to quickly assess the extent of virus infestation in red grape varieties; visual assessment doesn’t work in white grape varieties. Karmun is also involved in developing new molecular tools that could be used for identification in future.
Karmun is investigating an idea called ‘mild strain cross protection’. This acts a bit like vaccination for the vines, as vines infected with a mild strain of leafroll 3 develop very few symptoms and seem to be resistant to developing the more virulent varieties of virus.
“First we need to understand what strains of virus we naturally have in the vineyards, and then we can look for a milder strain,” says Karmun. “Mild strain cross protection is one method for protecting crops but much more research is required to really understand what it might be capable of.”

This research is part of the Virus Elimination Project, a New Zealand Winegrowers' Research Project that is co-funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries (Sustainable Farming Fund).
Topics: science, rural, farming
Regions:
Tags: wine, wine industry, virus, grapes, horticulture, Plant and Food Research
Duration: 12'44"

=SHOW NOTES=

1:10 First Song
'Amelia' (Live) - Joni Mitchell.
1:20 Climate Change - Veronika Meduna
New Zealand will commit up to $200 million to support international climate change efforts and $20 million toward ground-breaking research to slash agricultural greenhouse gases.
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1:30 Hi-Viz Cats - Heidy Kikillus
Victoria University and Wellington City Council are working together on a new study into high visibility cat collars.
1:40 Favourite Album
'16 Lovers Lane' - The Go-Betweens. Chosen by Gary Stevens.
2:10 Communicating Science - Kimberley Collins
Just because you're really good at science doesn't mean that you're good at talking to people about science. In fact, it's arguable that if you're really good at science you're probably less likely to be good at talking to people about it. There are exceptions of course and more importantly things are changing. The Science Communicators Association of New Zealand is holding a conference in Wellington.
2:20 Great New Zealand Concerts - Queen
This week's Great New Zealand concert is Queen's only visit to our shores in April 1985.
3:10 Feature Interview - Stefan Klein
Curiosity. Courage and luck play a much bigger role in scientific breakthroughs than sheer brain power according to some of the world's best known scientists. Science Journalist Stefan Klein sits down for conversations with 19 scientists, including three Nobel Laureates, to find out what motivates them, what inspires them and what mysteries that still allude them. Readers eavesdrop on the discussions in Klein's new book called We Are All Stardust:: Scientists Who Shaped Our World Talk about Their Work, Their Lives, and What They Still Want to Know. We'll talk to Stefan Klein, considered Europe's most influential science writers.
3:30 Our Changing World.
Leafroller virus is bad news for wine lovers as it affects the growth and quality of grapevines. Diagnosing it has been a tricky affair, but Alison Ballance discovers from Karmun Chooi that new techniques developed at Plant and Food Research should make it easier for grape growers to detect the disease and ensure a healthy crop of grapes.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zoe George.

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JESSE'S SONG:
ARTIST: Joni Mitchell
TITLE: Amelia
COMP: Mitchell
ALBUM: Joni Mitchell: Dreamland (Compilation)
LABEL: Reprise
FAVOURITE ALBUM:
ARTIST: The Go-Betweens
TITLE: Loves goes on!
COMP: Forster, McLennan
ALBUM: 16 Lovers Lane [Bonus CD]
LABEL: EMI
ARTIST: The Go-Betweens
TITLE: You can't say no forever
COMP: Forster, McLennan
ALBUM: 16 Lovers Lane [Bonus CD]
LABEL: EMI
ARTIST: The Go-Betweens
TITLE: Streets of your town
COMP: Forster, McLennan
ALBUM: 16 Lovers Lane [Bonus CD]
LABEL: EMI
ARTIST: The Go-Betweens
TITLE: Dive for your memory
COMP: Forster, McLennan
ALBUM: 16 Lovers Lane [Bonus CD]
LABEL: EMI
GREAT NEW ZEALAND CONCERT:
ARTIST: Queen
TITLE: Killer Queen
COMP: Mercury
ALBUM: Queen: Live At The Rainbow '74
LABEL: Virgin
ARTIST: Queen
TITLE: Another One Bites the Dust
COMP: Deacon
ALBUM: Queen: Live At Wembley Stadium 1986
LABEL: Hollywood
ARTIST: Queen
TITLE: Radio Ga Ga
COMP: Taylor
ALBUM: Queen: Live At Wembley Stadium 1986
LABEL: Hollywood
ARTIST: Queen
TITLE: We Will Rock You
COMP: May
ALBUM: Queen: Live At Wembley Stadium 1986
LABEL: Hollywood
HALFTIME:
ARTIST: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
TITLE: O Tannenbaum
COMP: Walter De Mapes
ALBUM: Silent Night: The Greatest Hits Of Christmas
LABEL: CBS

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

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

=AUDIO=

15:45
Panel Pre-Show for 1 December 2015
BODY:
What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zoe George.
Topics:
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Duration: 14'10"

16:04
The Panel with Clarke Gayford & Denise L'Estrange-Corbet (Pt 1)
BODY:
What the Panelists Clarke Gayford and Denise L'Estrange-Corbet have been up to. Dr Chris Gallavin talks about the Police search of the home of Heather du Plessis-Allen after she illegally purchased a gun on-line for a story. And Dr Chris Gallavin talks about the not-guilty verdict in cricketer Chris Cairns trial. Ken Rutherford also talks about what affect the trial will have on Black Caps captain Brendan McCullum.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 24'24"

16:05
The Panel with Clarke Gayford & Denise L'Estrange-Corbet (Pt 2)
BODY:
when's the right time to put up your Christmas tree? What the Panelists Clarke Gayford and Denise L'Estrange-Corbet have been thinking about. A new report from the Salvation Army says many of us won't own anhome and won't be able to afford to pay rent in old age. Mayor Campbell Roberts joins the Panel. The 4k an hour speed tolerance has now been put in place by Police and they'll be breath-testing every motorist they stop. Is this over-the-top? Air New Zealand has suggested Jetstar is telling fibs about the prices on its new domestic routes. And A commercial building boom is on thanks to increased business confidence.
Topics:
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Duration: 25'56"

16:07
The Panel Intro
BODY:
What the Panelists Clarke Gayford and Denise L'Estrange-Corbet have been up to.
Topics:
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Tags:
Duration: 4'43"

16:12
Police search journalists home
BODY:
Dr Chris Gallavin talks about the Police search of the home of Heather du Plessis-Allen after she illegally purchased a gun on-line for a story.
Topics: crime, media, internet
Regions:
Tags: Heather du Plessis-Allen, Gun
Duration: 6'53"

16:18
Chris Cairns perjury verdict
BODY:
Dr Chris Gallavin talks about the not-guilty verdict in cricketer Chris Cairns trial. Ken Rutherford also talks about what affect the trial will have on Black Caps captain Brendan McCullum.
Topics: crime, sport
Regions:
Tags: Chris Cairns, match fixing, cricket
Duration: 12'35"

16:34
When to put up the Christmas tree?
BODY:
When's the right time to put up your Christmas tree?
Topics: life and society, spiritual practices
Regions:
Tags: Christmas trees
Duration: 3'34"

16:39
Panel Says
BODY:
What the Panelists Clarke Gayford and Denise L'Estrange-Corbet have been thinking about.
Topics:
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Duration: 4'46"

16:44
Homeless future for many elderly
BODY:
A new report from the Salvation Army says many of us won't own anhome and won't be able to afford to pay rent in old age. Mayor Campbell Roberts joins the Panel.
Topics: inequality, housing, economy
Regions:
Tags: Old Age, Salvation Army
Duration: 10'41"

16:54
Summer speed crackdown by Police
BODY:
The 4k an hour speed tolerance has now been put in place by Police and they'll be breath-testing every motorist they stop. Is this over-the-top?
Topics: law, transport
Regions:
Tags: Speeding Tickets
Duration: 4'01"

16:58
Air NZ has a go at Jet Star
BODY:
Air New Zealand has suggested Jetstar is telling fibs about the prices on its new domestic routes.
Topics: media, transport
Regions:
Tags: Jetstar, Air New Zealand, advertising
Duration: 58"

16:59
Business confidence up
BODY:
A commercial building boom is on thanks to increased business confidence.
Topics: economy, business
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 37"

=SHOW NOTES=

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

RNZ's two-hour news and current affairs programme

=AUDIO=

17:00
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 1 December 2015
BODY:
Opotiki College is refusing to talk tonight after the arrest of five young men, charged with sexual offending against underage girls and there's a warning tonight there could be more cases of Hepatitis A linked to frozen berries brought into the country from overseas.
Topics:
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Duration: 22'27"

17:07
Opotiki College says safety of students top priority
BODY:
Opotiki College is refusing to talk tonight after the arrest of five young men, charged with sexual offending against underage girls.
Topics: crime, education
Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: Opotiki College
Duration: 2'39"

17:10
Cafes, local producers on alert over HepA berry scare
BODY:
There's a warning tonight there could be more cases of Hepatitis A linked to frozen berries brought into the country from overseas.
Topics: health, food
Regions:
Tags: hepatitis A, berries
Duration: 3'16"

17:13
Cairns verdict poses more questions that it answers
BODY:
The Chris Cairns verdict overnight is raising more questions than answers.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Chris Cairns, cricket
Duration: 6'04"

17:20
Govt defends PMs comments from Paris
BODY:
Government ministers have been questioned about their record on climate change in Parliament, after the Prime Minister's speech to the Paris summit overnight.
Topics: climate, politics
Regions:
Tags: climate change, COP21, Paris
Duration: 3'37"

17:23
Labour MP challenged over tweet made about the Speaker
BODY:
The senior Labour MP Ruth Dyson has been referred to Parliament's privileges committee for critcising the Speaker of the House on twitter.
Topics: politics, law, internet
Regions:
Tags: Ruth Dyson, Twitter, Speaker Of The House
Duration: 1'55"

17:25
Fonterra engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct
BODY:
The High Court's ruled that Fonterra engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct in its dealings with some South Canterbury farmers.
Topics: law, business, farming
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Fonterra, High Court, South Canterbury
Duration: 4'34"

17:37
Today's market update
BODY:
The country's purchasing power has weakened because of a lower New Zealand dollar.
Topics: economy, business
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'08"

17:40
Govt accused of making mess of Chch rebuild
BODY:
The Government is being accused of making a mess of the Christchurch rebuild following the release of a Treasury report saying it's missed key milestones.
Topics: economy, politics
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch, rebuild, Treasury
Duration: 2'59"

17:41
China given reserve currency status.
BODY:
China has joined an elite group by receiving reserve currency status.
Topics: economy, politics
Regions:
Tags: China, International Monetary Fund
Duration: 3'17"

17:45
Oil spill in Whangarei Harbour
BODY:
Several hundred litres of fuel oil has spilled into Whangarei Harbour.
Topics: environment, transport
Regions: Northland
Tags: oil spill, Whangarei Harbour
Duration: 3'09"

17:49
Mystery theft of NZ Flags from Dunedin Car Park
BODY:
And now to the mysterious disappearance of the five new flag prospects in Dunedin.
Topics: crime
Regions: Otago
Tags: flags, theft
Duration: 2'59"

17:51
Accused says he planned to confront husband - not stab him
BODY:
Gurjinder Singh has told a court he planned to confront his lover's husband about his violence - not stab him.
Topics: crime
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'41"

17:54
Students' tribute for Jonah Lomu a hit
BODY:
A touching tribute song for Jonah Lomu, written and performed by pupils from his old primary school, will be available for free download as a gift for all those who loved him.
Topics: sport, music
Regions:
Tags: Jonah Lomu, Favona Primary School
Duration: 2'57"

17:54
Woman admits theft of Otago University exam papers
BODY:
A judge has described as bizarre, the case of a student who went to great lengths to steal 98 exam papers from Otago University, including her own.
Topics: crime, education
Regions: Otago
Tags: Otago University, theft, exam papers
Duration: 2'24"

18:07
Sports News for 1 December 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'54"

18:12
Link between frozen berries and Hepatitis A
BODY:
Four cases of the Hepatitis A virus have been linked to imported frozen berries, but officials are refusing to name any brands involved.
Topics: health, food
Regions:
Tags: hepatitis A, Frozen Berries
Duration: 4'40"

18:16
Players Association worries others might not step up
BODY:
The association representing cricket players says the Chris Cairns perjury trial has been awful for all caught up in the case .
Topics: law, sport
Regions:
Tags: Chris Cairns, cricket
Duration: 5'24"

18:21
Stand aside, Gerry Brownlee - tourism agency head
BODY:
The head of Christchurch's tourism agency and an architect say the Earthquake Recovery Minister needs to step aside and let somebody else manage the building of a convention centre.
Topics: politics
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Earthquake Recovery Minister, Christchurch
Duration: 3'05"

18:24
Sod turned on Kawarau Falls Bridge - in face of opposition
BODY:
The first sod's been turned on a 22 million dollar Kawarau Falls Bridge near Queenstown to replace the 90-year-old single-lane bridge that's a bottleneck.
Topics: politics, transport
Regions: Otago
Tags: Kawarau Falls, Queenstown
Duration: 3'01"

18:36
IMF adds yuan to basket of reserve currencies
BODY:
The International Monetary Fund has announced that China's currency, the yuan, will be added to the basket of reserve currencies it uses for dealing with member governments.
Topics: economy
Regions:
Tags: The International Monetary Fund, China
Duration: 5'14"

18:45
Stewart Is shark cage diving operators on last warning
BODY:
Shark cage diving companies on Stewart Island who've broken the rules in the past are on their last warning this season.
Topics: environment, law
Regions:
Tags: Stewart Island, sharks
Duration: 2'57"

18:49
Japanese whalers set to resume minke kill
BODY:
A Japanese whaling fleet is on its way to the Southern Ocean where it intends to kill more than 300 minke whales.
Topics: environment, law
Regions:
Tags: whales, Japan, International Whaling Commission
Duration: 4'53"

18:54
Today In Parliament for 1 December 2015
BODY:
Food Safety Minister Jo Goodhew faces questions from her Labour counterpart Damien O'Connor about several cases of Hepatitis A linked to imported frozen berries; A third Labour MP - Ruth Dyson - is referred to the Privileges Committee for criticising the Speaker, David Carter; Request for urgent debate on the mistreatment of bobby calves as reported on TV is declined by Speaker.
Topics: politics
Regions:
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Duration: 5'16"

=SHOW NOTES=

===6:55 PM. | In Parliament===
=DESCRIPTION=

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

Entertainment and information, including: 7:30 The Sampler: A weekly review and analysis of new CD releases (RNZ) 8:13 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries 9:06 The Tuesday Feature: War and Words Jonathan Dimbleby tells the story of 20 momentous years of the last century, from 1936 to 1956, through the words and recorded soundtrack of events around the world (2 of 3, BBC)

=AUDIO=

19:11
Our Own Odysseys: A Six Month Meander
BODY:
Midway through the year, Aucklander Helen Vicary took the opportunity to travel through Spain (which she loves), then Sardinia, Crete, Armenia, and also Iran.
Topics: life and society
Regions:
Tags: odysseys, Spain, Sardinia, Crete, Armenia, Iran
Duration: 19'13"

20:42
Left Thinking
BODY:
Teacher of post-colonialism literature at Victoria University, Dr. Dougal McNeill deconstructs public policies from here and around the globe, Harry Holland and the early years of Labour and socialism in New Zealand.
Topics: politics, economy, life and society, history
Regions:
Tags: left thinking, socialism, Harry Holland, Labour Party
Duration: 15'18"

20:59
Nights Conundrum
BODY:
Clue 3
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 09"

21:59
Nights Conundrum
BODY:
Clue 4
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 14"

=SHOW NOTES=

NIGHTS on RNZ National
with skipper. Bryan Crump & navigator. Robyn Rockgirl Walker
On the show tonight (Tuesday)...
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7:12 OUR OWN ODYSSEYS: A SIX MONTH MEANDER
midway through the year, Aucklander Helen Vicary took the opportunity to travel through Spain (which she loves), then Sardinia, Crete, Armenia, and also Iran...
7:30 The Sampler

=SHOW NOTES=

=AUDIO=

19:30
The Sampler for 1 December 2015
BODY:
This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger reviews personal and political laments from The Broken Heartbreakers; country soul from Strange Faith; and a two-disc survey of The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll.
EXTENDED BODY:
This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger reviews personal and political laments from The Broken Heartbreakers; country soul from Strange Faith; and a two-disc survey of The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: music, music review, The Broken Heartbreakers, Strange Faith, Sam Phillips, Sun Records
Duration: 29'04"

19:35
Love & Poverty by Strange Faith
BODY:
Nick Bollinger considers the country soul collaboration of Strange Faith.
EXTENDED BODY:
Nick Bollinger considers the country soul collaboration of Strange Faith.
Though there was nothing in the packaging to tell me so, I immediately recognised the voice of Jeb Loy Nichols, an American singer-songwriter who has made something like nine albums since his the late 90s, all of which fall broadly under the umbrella of Americana and are characterised by his distinctly mellow conversational singing style. And there’s plenty of that here, though the context is a little different from anything he’s done before. The album is nominally the debut of a new band. They are called Strange Faith – which echoes the title of one of Nichols’ earlier albums – and seem to have grown out of a casual collaboration between the Wyoming-born songwriter and the London-based jazz and funk producer Benedic Lamdin. The common ground they have found is in an area that could be classified as country-soul. The grooves are mellow, punctuated with horns in the way R&B records were in the 70s, before they started replacing horn sections with synthesisers. Nichols’ delivery is a little like his compatriot J.J. Cale, and he keeps the temperature perpetually on low simmer. The songs, too, have a deliberate low-keyness about them; concise, understated meditations on the ways of the world, as observed from his adopted home in the Welsh countryside.
Songs played: Fair Weather, Walking Over, Hard Work In, Sun Gone West, Just A Few Feet From The Gutter
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: music, music review, Jeb Loy Nichols, Nostalgia 77
Duration: 7'02"

19:35
How We Got To Now by The Broken Heartbreakers
BODY:
Nick Bollinger travels through the personal and political laments from the southern folk trio.
EXTENDED BODY:
Nick Bollinger travels through the personal and political laments from the southern folk trio.
When vocalist Rachel Bailey sings ‘Put on a record, ‘cos I want to cry’, somewhere in the middle of the excellent new album by Dunedin-based band The Broken Heartbreakers, this could be just the record she has in mind. Because, in a way, it is an entire album of laments. A longing for home is one of several themes that run through the songs, all of which were written either by Bailey or her partner John Guy Howell, with whom she formed The Broken Heartbreakers in Auckland more than ten years ago. It’s been a long journey; one that has taken the couple across oceans, with spells in Ireland and Australia, and which finally saw them return a couple of years ago to live in Howell’s hometown of Dunedin, where they made this new record.

Both Bailey and Howell write about the personal tensions exacerbated by travel, and there is homesickness and displacement – as well as moments of joy and comradeship – in these songs. But they have also been affected by the politics of the places they have been, and Bailey – who was born in Ireland - addresses her observations of that country’s economic changes in very direct terms in ‘Twenty and Ten.’ Howell is no less pointed in his political laments, though it’s hard to tell whether the chorus of ‘Revolution of the Wolves’ – with its deceptively sweet, slightly ‘Daydream Believer’-ish melody - is about Ireland or New Zealand. It might be either, or both.

Acoustic instruments have always been at the heart of The Broken Heartbreakers’ sound and the acoustic playing on How We Got To Now is classier than ever. But there is also more electricity in this record than the Heartbreakers’ have used before, and it increases the album’s depth and range, from the gentle jangle of ‘Revolution of the Wolves’ to the big Byrds-ian Rickenbackers of ‘I’m Not Dead’. And there are moments when Howell’s newfound love of loud almost turns them into a whole different band; like the guitar jam at the end of the opening track, in which things take an unexpected turn for the psychedelic, or towards the end of the album, when you think they have already shown us all their tricks, and they unleash a horn section as Bailey wails on a big torch ballad.
But through folk-rock, psychedelia and soul, The Broken Heartbreakers’ How We Got To Now is connected by a thread of melancholy; songs in which the personal and the political, the inner and outer worlds, turn out to be inseparable. You might say it’s the kind of record you put on because you want to cry.
Songs played: Somebody Please, Breaking Branches, I’m Not Dead, My Sense Of Wonder, When You Don’t Have Your People, Revolution of the Wolves, Twenty and Ten, Cry
Topics: music
Regions: Otago
Tags: music, music review, The Broken Heartbreakers
Duration: 9'09"

19:35
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll
BODY:
Nick Bollinger reviews a compilation surveying the career of The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll.
EXTENDED BODY:
Nick Bollinger reviews a compilation surveying the career of The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll.
Rock ’n’ roll has its creation myths, and one of the more popular versions has it all starting with ‘Rocket 88’.
Credited to Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats, ‘Rocket 88’ was actually the Memphis bandleader Ike Turner – later of Ike and Tina Turner - and his group The Kings Of Rhythm with their 1951 version of a jump blues that had been around in different forms since at least the 1940s. But the reason rock ’n’ roll starts here, according to the oracles, is mostly the sound of the guitar on this particular recording.

The mythology goes that, en route to the recording session, the speaker belonging to Kings Of Rhythm guitarist Willie Kizart had fallen off the roof of the band’s car, rupturing the cone. When he got to the studio and plugged in, it produced the honking, distorted sound you hear on the record. It’s a sound that would have caused most recording engineers to call for a replacement or cancel the session. But the engineer on this session was cut from a different cloth. He liked that ruptured effect; it sounded different, it excited him, and he made it his mission to capture it in all its glory. Which is essentially why ‘Rocket 88’ is called the first rock ‘n’ roll record and why – to extend the mythology even further – that engineer is called The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll. That’s the title of a new book about that man, Sam Phillips, written by Peter Guralnick, who has also compiled this 2-disc, 55-song companion set.

‘Rocket 88’ may have been groundbreaking, but unquestionably the best-known performer Sam Phillips ever recorded was Elvis Presley. And, in many ways, the recordings Elvis made with Phillips were even more groundbreaking than ‘Rocket 88’, fusing black blues and hillbilly country in a hybrid that would be permanently assigned the title rock ‘n ‘roll. Several examples of that fusion are included here, such as ‘Mystery Train’, a song Phillips had earlier recorded in a version by its author, the black bluesman Junior Parker.

As Guralnick details in his book, it was white singers like Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis that gave Sam Phillips his biggest hits, but that was only the culmination of a mission with which Phillips had set out many years earlier; a mission to create something that would change the world. And that would begin by putting onto record the voices of some of the most disenfranchised people in the United States. That meant artists like Chester Burnett, a.k.a. Howlin’ Wolf. If the guitar sound on ‘Rocket 88’ was revolutionary, Wolf’s ‘Moanin’ At Midnight’ – cut that same year, 1951 – applies that celebration of distortion to absolutely everything. Wolf’s voice is the first sound you hear, though it always takes me a few moments to remember it is a voice; it sounds more like a mountain waking up.

Phillips, who appears to have been a true egalitarian in a time and place where racial prejudice was rife, held (according to Guralnick) the belief that Howlin’ Wolf could and should have been as successful as Elvis. But Wolf isn’t the only bluesman featured on Guralnick’s quirky and personal survey of Phillips’ catalogue. Unlike earlier compilations of Phillips’ work, this one goes wider than just the Sun label, which came to be dominated by white rockers like Elvis, and among the artists I never realised had set foot in Phillips’s Memphis studio was the profound and idiosyncratic Sleepy John Estes, represented here in the near-surreal ‘Rats In My Kitchen’.

Though almost of Phillips’ signings came from the same region – Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana – they brought a variety of musical idioms, from the low-down blues of Sleepy John to the high church Howard Seratt, an angelic-voiced watchmaker from Arkansas who cut just one record for Phillips in a country gospel style.

Was Sam Phillips really the man who invented rock ‘n’ roll, or – like a lightning rod – was he just there to catch it when it struck? If luck played a part, it was clearly in combination with some kind of divine madness. And perhaps you’ll find some of that notion summed up in the most recent recording in this collection: a 1979 track by the singer-songwriter John Prine, which Guralnick calls ‘Sam’s last producing hurrah.’ The song is titled ‘How Lucky Can One Man Be’?
Songs played: Rocket 88, Mystery Train, Flying Saucers Rock ‘n’ Roll, Moanin’ At Midnight, in my Kitchen, Every Night, Troublesome Waters, How LuckyR
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: music, music review, Sam Phillips, Sun Records, Elvis Presley
Duration: 12'57"

7:30 The Sampler
> music album reviews & music discussion with Nick Bollinger
8:12 Windows on the World - Global Midwives
> international public radio documentaries
8:43 The Pundits - LEFT THINKING
teacher of post-colonialism literature at Victoria University, Dr. Dougal McNeill deconstructs public policies from here and around the globe... Harry Holland and the early years of Labour and socialism in New Zealand...

roster: Ann Kerwin (Philosophy); Eric Crampton (Right Thinking); Damien Fenton (Military History); Deborah Russell (Feminism); Brian Roper (Left Thinking); Ian Mayes (Eco-Living); Gavin McLean (NZ History); Douglas Pratt (Religion); Shannon Haunui-Thompson (Kai-A-Miro, Maori); & Brian Easton (Economics)
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8:59 conundrum clue 3
9:07 Tuesday Feature - War and Words pt 2 of 3 - On All Fronts
9:59 conundrum clue 4
10:17 Late Edition
> a round up of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Date Line Pacific from RNZ International
11:07 The Eleventh Hour - The Global Village
> music from around the world
... nights' time is the right time...

===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
=DESCRIPTION=

RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National

===11:06 PM. | None (National)===
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New tango and new flamenco styles are featured, with music from the Gipsy Kings, Calaita Flamenco Son and two master accordionists - Astor Piazzolla and Richard Galliano. Plus June Tabor and the Oysterband, a classic from Argentine saxophonist Gato Barbieri and a modern approach to some older Chinese favourites from the Shanghai Restoration Project (10 of 12, KMUW)