Radio New Zealand National. 2015-12-08. 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:

08 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 (4 of 12, PRX); 3:05 The Elusive Language of Ducks, by Judith White, read by Jane Waddell (2 of 10, 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 8 December 2015
BODY:
People abused in state care say they have been treated them with contempt by the Ministry of Social Development. Judith Collins comes in from the cold and are detainees returning home signing away their rights to fight their case?
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 34'57"

06:06
Sports News for 8 December 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'15"

06:10
Prime Minister says Judith Collins has learnt from her mistakes
BODY:
The Prime Minister, John Key, says Judith Collins has learnt from her mistakes and she'll come back to Cabinet as a better minister after yesterday's reshuffle.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Judith Collins
Duration: 2'50"

06:14
Obama vows to destroy IS in latest address
BODY:
President Barack Obama is promising the United States will destroy Islamic State in what he describes as a strong, smart and relentless campaign.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Barack Obama, US
Duration: 4'02"

06:21
Early business news
BODY:
Our business reporter, Jonathan Mitchell, is in with the latest from the financial world.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'03"

06:26
Morning Rural News for 8 December 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'07"

06:38
Victims of abuse in state care launch 750k lawsuit against MSD.
BODY:
People who were abused in state care are suing the Government for three-quarters of a million dollars, for what they say is a failure to act when they asked for their personal records.
Topics: law, politics
Regions:
Tags: personal records, abuse, compensation claims
Duration: 2'54"

06:41
National's newest MP has been waiting in wings since 2013
BODY:
National will soon have a new MP. Maureen Pugh was elected as Westland's mayor 11 years ago, the first woman to win the mayoralty.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'12"

06:51
Surveys show variations in business and rural confidence
BODY:
Recent surveys show a great deal of regional variation in business confidence, while the rural sector is generally more positive.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: surveys
Duration: 1'29"

06:52
Dairy futures seen as of greater help to industry
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The dairy sector -- farmers and dairy companies -- should be looking to make greater use of dairy futures to help control some of the price volatility in the sector.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: dairy futures
Duration: 1'03"

06:54
Record sales likely this year, but car market hits peak
BODY:
The car market has peaked and looks set to decline from this year's record sales.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: car market
Duration: 1'29"

06:55
TVNZ says digital ad sales improving through team effort
BODY:
The state television broadcaster, Television New Zealand, says its digital advertising sales are much improved since it joined forces with competitors to sell online advertising.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: TVNZ
Duration: 1'29"

06:57
Golden Oldies aims for growth with England branch opening
BODY:
In the world of international sports the emphasis is usually on the strength and prowess of the young.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Golden Oldies
Duration: 1'09"

06:58
Morning markets for 8 December 2015
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Wall Street and other markets have fallen into the red after oil prices reached the lowest level in about seven years, on oversupply fears.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'13"

07:06
Sports News for 8 December 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'06"

07:10
Victims of abuse in state care launch 750k lawsuit against MSD.
BODY:
People who were abused in state care say the Ministry of Social Development has treated them with contempt.
Topics: law, politics
Regions:
Tags: abuse, compensation claims, personal records
Duration: 2'51"

07:13
Exiled former minister Judith Collins the big winner
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Former cabinet minister Judith Collins has been brought in from the cold in the latest ministerial reshuffle.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Judith Collins
Duration: 4'42"

07:18
Radio New Zealand's political editor analyses cabinet reshuffle
BODY:
Joining us now is RNZ's political editor, Jane Patterson.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Judith Collins
Duration: 3'50"

07:22
Document questions if NZers deported from Australia can appeal
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An Australian lawyer says a previously unseen document appears to show New Zealand detainees returning home are signing away their rights to an appeal.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Australian detention centres
Duration: 3'44"

07:26
Climate change talks down to nitty gritty
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Negotiators and ministers at the climate change talks in Paris are now in back to back meetings as the conference gets down to the business end of the fortnight.
Topics: climate, politics
Regions:
Tags: climate change, Paris
Duration: 3'16"

07:33
Gun sales on the rise following mass shootings in US
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One of America's biggest gun dealers says business is booming following last week's mass shooting in San Bernardino.
Topics:
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Tags: US, guns
Duration: 6'49"

07:40
Labour leader Andrew Little discusses cabinet reshuffle
BODY:
Labour Party leader Andrew Little says he's baffled by John Key's decision to bring Judith Collins back as a minister.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Judith Collins
Duration: 3'32"

07:43
Wellington signs off on convention centre and a film museum
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After months of wrangling Wellington's council will vote today on whether to back a plan for a 3-storey joint convention centre and film museum near the waterfront.
Topics: politics
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: convention centre, film museum
Duration: 5'35"

07:49
Industrial nurse says construction workers spending thousands
BODY:
A nurse who runs health and safety workshops for Christchurch construction firms says one worker told her he spent 25 thousand dollars on methamphetamine over two weeks.
Topics:
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: methamphetamine
Duration: 3'10"

07:53
Hopes economic growth in Rotorua will bring more jobs
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Rotorua's civic leaders are hailing figures showing the region is leading the country in economic growth.
Topics:
Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: Rotorua, tourism
Duration: 3'14"

07:56
Dunedin courthouse to be restored for $15 million
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Dunedin residents who have spent months campaigning to save the historic courthouse are savouring victory.
Topics:
Regions: Otago
Tags: Dunedin, courthouse
Duration: 2'39"

08:07
Sports News for 8 December 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'47"

08:10
Judith Collins big winner in cabinet reshuffle
BODY:
Tim Groser's heading to Washington; Judith Collins is back in John Key's good books and Act's David Seymour has refused a cabinet position.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Judith Collins
Duration: 6'26"

08:17
Medical treatment injuries costing ACC $139 million a year
BODY:
The number of people filing medical treatment injury claims with ACC has almost doubled in four years with the Government scrambling to figure out why.
Topics: health
Regions:
Tags: ACC
Duration: 4'40"

08:21
Trust offers olive branch to gang member
BODY:
A veteran Black Power member has been offered an olive branch by a Maori trust that previously wanted to evict him from land it owns in Taranaki.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions: Taranaki
Tags: Kevin Moore
Duration: 2'50"

08:24
New social housing scheme "a drop in the bucket"
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A new scheme to house people, most desperately in need, in Auckland is being criticised for being too little too late.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: social housing
Duration: 2'42"

08:27
American public reacts to Obama address
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President Barack Obama is promising the United States will destroy Islamic State in what he describes as a strong, smart and relentless campaign.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: US, Barack Obama
Duration: 6'28"

08:33
Markets Update for 8 December 2015
BODY:
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'01"

08:42
Grandfather pleads for help to find his mokopuna
BODY:
A New Zealand grandfather, Maihi Nikora, is calling for the Australian police to ramp up their search for his four granddaughters who have been missing now for six weeks.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags: Maihi Nikora
Duration: 3'27"

08:48
Global poll labels NZers ignorant
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Are New Zealanders an ignorant bunch? A London based research company seems to think so.
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags: global perceptions study
Duration: 5'45"

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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: Chappy, by Patricia Grace, told by Jim Moriarty and Simon Leary (5 of 12, RNZ)

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09:08
NZ needs 11 new retirement villages a year to meet demand
BODY:
At least 11 new retirement villages are needed to be built every year, for the next forty years to meet demand according to a new report by property specialist JLL. Simon Challies is the Managing Director of Ryman Healthcare, New Zealand's largest retirement village operator
Topics: housing
Regions:
Tags: retirement villages, retirement
Duration: 14'57"

09:23
Are NZ companies prepared for cyber crime?
BODY:
Representatives from some of New Zealand's largest companies are gathering in Wellington this week to hear from one the world's top cyber security experts, Kristopher Rush from the Software Engineering Institute, or SEI in the US. The SEI has joined up with Victoria University and the Wellington firm Total Risk to develop training, advice and protection services in cybersecurity here. This comes as a major international survey of 1200 global CEO's by KPMG shows only half believe they are prepared for a future cyber event.
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Representatives from some of New Zealand's largest companies are gathering in Wellington this week to hear from one the world's top cyber security experts, Kristopher Rush from the Software Engineering Institute, or SEI in the US.
The SEI has joined up with Victoria University and the Wellington firm Total Risk to develop training, advice and protection services in cyber security here.
This comes as a major international survey of 1200 global CEO's by KPMG shows only half believe they are prepared for a future cyber event.
LISTEN to Kathryn Ryan speak with Kristopher Rush about his work, and the potential threat cyber crime poses to the security of governments, companies and individuals.
Topics: technology
Regions:
Tags: cybersecurity, hacking
Duration: 14'46"

09:38
The race for rare earths
BODY:
If the world is to limit itself to two degrees of global warming it will need to rapidly embrace new power sources and energy efficient technologies. At the heart of those technologies is a group of about 50 elements with obscure sounding names like Tantalum, Dysprosium, Europium and Neodymium. Collectively they're known as rare earth elements or rare earth metals. The first part of that name is the problem, rare earth elements are, well, rare and what's more they can be extremely difficult and environmentally damaging to extract. David Abraham is the Technology Director at the Rare and Electronic Materials Center at the Washington DC based Institute for the Analysis of Global Security. He's recently authored a book The Elements of Power: Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age
Topics: energy, environment, science, technology, author interview
Regions:
Tags: rare earth metals, mining, solar, green technology
Duration: 14'59"

09:53
US correspondent Steve Almond
BODY:
Mark Zuckerberg's new philanthropic organisation and claims it is just a way to avoid tax. Also, Carrie Fisher's Pre Star Wars Press Tour and Obama & the Rising Tide of Xenophobia.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: USA, United States
Duration: 5'51"

10:11
Resurrection Science
BODY:
Given the rapid advances in genetic technologies it's been speculated that everything from woolly mammoths, to passenger pigeons, to our own close cousins the Neanderthals could soon walk the earth once more. But if we can recreate extinct species in the lab do we devalue efforts to maintain existing populations clinging on at the brink of annihilation? And even if they can be physically brought back to life, can we recreate the environment and culture those animals evolved to fit over millions of years? Journalist and author Maura O'Connor has plumbed those questions in her latest book, Resurrection Science: Conservation, De-Extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things.
EXTENDED BODY:
Given the rapid advances in genetic technologies it's been speculated that everything from woolly mammoths, to passenger pigeons, to our own close cousins the Neanderthals could soon walk the earth once more.
But if we can recreate extinct species in the lab do we devalue efforts to maintain existing populations clinging on at the brink of annihilation? And even if they can be physically brought back to life, can we recreate the environment and culture those animals evolved to fit over millions of years?
Journalist and author Maura O'Connor has plumbed those questions in her latest book, Resurrection Science: Conservation, De-Extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things.
Topics: science, environment, author interview
Regions:
Tags: extinction, evolution, conservation, genetic engineering
Duration: 29'40"

10:40
Te Whiti O Rongomai and the Resistance of Parihaka
BODY:
Book Review: 'Te Whiti O Rongomai and the Resistance of Parihaka' by Danny Keenan. Reviewed by Harry Broad, published by Huia Publishers.
Topics: books
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'15"

11:06
Business commentator Rod Oram
BODY:
Central banks' decisions on interest rates get ever harder, beginning with NZ's Reserve Bank this Thursday.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 13'08"

11:19
Trump calls for a ban on all Muslims entering the US
BODY:
Our Washington correspondent Simon Marks.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: US, Donald Trump
Duration: 10'05"

11:30
Major project to map thousands of disused mines in NZ
BODY:
It's estimated there are around 5 thousand disused historic excavations and mines around New Zealand - but we only have records for half of them. WorkSafe New Zealand and New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals have established a joint project to track down all the current and historical mine plans in New Zealand. The aim is get better agency oversight of mine plans, to support government agencies, local government and mine operators to help make the industry safer, and reduce the risk of injury or loss of life. Mineral Industry consultant John Taylor is an expert on historic mines and has been charged with finding as many old mine plans as possible.
Topics: environment
Regions:
Tags: mining
Duration: 15'12"

11:46
Media commentator, Gavin Ellis
BODY:
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
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 13'11"

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09:05 NZ needs 11 new retirement villages a year to meet demand
At least 11 new retirement villages are needed to be built every year, for the next forty years to meet demand according to a new report by property specialist JLL.
Simon Challies is the Managing Director of Ryman Healthcare, New Zealand's largest retirement village operator
09:20 Are NZ companies prepared for cyber crime?
Representatives from some of New Zealand's largest companies are gathering in Wellington this week to hear from one the world's top cyber security experts, Kristopher Rush from the Software Engineering Institute, or SEI in the US. The SEI has joined up with Victoria University and the Wellingotn firm Total Risk to develop training, advice and protection services in cybersecurity here.
This comes as a major international survey of 1200 global CEO's by KPMG shows only half believe they are prepared for a future cyber event.
09:30 The race for rare earths
If the world is to limit itself to two degrees of global warming it will need to rapidly embrace new power sources and energy efficient technologies. At the heart of those technologies is a group of about 50 elements with obscure sounding names like Tantalum, Dysprosium, Europium and Neodymium. Collectively they're known as rare earth elements or rare earth metals. The first part of that name is the problem, rare earth elements are, well, rare and what's more they can be extremely difficult and environmentally damaging to extract. David Abraham is the Technology Director at the Rare and Electronic Materials Center at the Washington DC based Institute for the Analysis of Global Security. He's recently authored a book The Elements of Power: Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age
09:45 US correspondent Steve Almond
Mark Zuckerberg's new philanthropic organisation and claims it is just a way to avoid tax.
Also, Carrie Fisher's Pre Star Wars Press Tour and Obama & the Rising Tide of Xenophobia.
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10:05 Resurrection Science
Given the rapid advances in genetic technologies it's been speculated that everything from woolly mammoths, to passenger pigeons, to our own close cousins the Neanderthals could soon walk the earth once more. But if we can recreate extinct species in the lab do we devalue efforts to maintain existing populations clinging on at the brink of annihilation? And even if they can be physically brought back to life, can we recreate the environment and culture those animals evolved to fit over millions of years? Journalist and author Maura O'Connor has plumbed those questions in her latest book, Resurrection Science: Conservation, De-Extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things.
10:30 Book Review: Te Whiti O Rongomai and the Resistance of Parihaka by Danny Keenan
Reviewed by Harry Broad, published by Huia Publishers
10:45 The Reading: Chappy by Patricia Grace told by Jim Moriarty and Simon Leary (Part 5 of 12, RNZ)
11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram
Central banks' decisions on interest rates get ever harder, beginning with NZ's Reserve Bank this Thursday
11:30 Major project to map thousands of disused mines in NZ
It's estimated there are around 5 thousand disused historic excavations and mines around New Zealand - but we only have records for half of them.
WorkSafe New Zealand and New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals have established a joint project to track down all the current and historical mine plans in New Zealand. The aim is get better agency oversight of mine plans, to support government agencies, local government and mine operators to help make the industry safer, and reduce the risk of injury or loss of life.
Mineral Industry consultant John Taylor is an expert on historic mines and has been charged with finding as many old mine plans as possible.
11:45 Media commentator, Gavin Ellis
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: Neil Diamond
Song: Holly Holy
Composer: Diamond
Album: Touching You, Touching Me
Time: 10.05

===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 8 December 2015
BODY:
The Justice Minister has asked for an explanation from the Australian government, after seeing a form given to New Zealand detainees that waives their right to an appeal when they choose to return home. And a man who raped a teenager could be detained on prison grounds indefinitely, after Corrections applied for the first ever public protection order.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 15'26"

12:17
Economy performing more strongly
BODY:
The latest traffic flow report suggests the economy is ending the year on a strong note.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: Traffic flow report
Duration: 1'10"

12:18
Manufacturing sales at near two year high in Q3
BODY:
Manufacturing sales volumes were at their highest in nearly two years, in the three months to September, backing up the prospect of a solid quarter of economic growth.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: manufacturing
Duration: 44"

12:18
NZ food group and the Bank of China join forces
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Food and beverage businesses wanting to break into China are being offered a helping hand.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: China, AgriFoodNZ
Duration: 38"

12:20
Senior Trust sees rapidly growing opportunites for investment
BODY:
A newly NZX-listed, Senior Trust Retirement Village Listed Fund, has been set up to take advantage of the fast growing demand for retirement villages and aged care facilities.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: Senior Trust Retirement Village
Duration: 1'49"

12:24
Midday Markets for 8 December 2015
BODY:
For the latest from the markets we're joined by James Malden at Macquarie Private Wealth
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'43"

12:26
Midday Sports News for 8 December 2015
BODY:
Hooker Dane Coles has been named the Hurricanes captain for the 2016 Super Rugby season, with fellow All Black TJ Perenara his deputy.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: rugby, football, basketball
Duration: 2'21"

12:35
Midday Rural News for 8 December 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 7'53"

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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
BODY:
'Don't wanna fight' - Alabama Shakes
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Alabama Shakes
Duration: 4'47"

13:15
Principles in the Administration of the Islamic State - Shiv Malik
BODY:
A 24-page document leaked to the Guardian, outlines Isis' masterplan for building a caliphate state. The manual is intended for use by Isis state administrators. And is a framework for how the group has become a wealthy organisation. It's called Principles in the Administration of the Islamic State. And was given to investigations correspondent for the Guardian, Shiv Malik, from researcher Aymenn al-Tamimi.
Topics: conflict, politics
Regions:
Tags: ISIS, The Guardian, Principles in the Administration of the Islamic State
Duration: 15'19"

13:30
Miss Ink New Zealand - Emma Clewlow-Anaru
BODY:
New Zealand's first Maori, Miss Ink, was crowned on the weekend. Hamilton woman, Emma Clewlow-Anaru, took out the title of Miss Ink New Zealand at Christchurch on Saturday. The 27-year-old has had more than eighty hours' of work done, and says the ink represents her culture.
Topics: arts, te ao Maori
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Miss Ink, Hamilton, tattoos
Duration: 7'21"

13:38
Dung Beetles - Chris Clay
BODY:
A group involved in rearing Dung Beetles and an international award winning science and technology educator, have teamed-up to use the little creatures to switch young minds onto the wonders of science. To kick the project off the group is auctioning a colony of dung beetles on Trade Me. Chris Clay is an education consultant, specialising in science and technology education.
Topics: environment, science, education
Regions:
Tags: Dung Beetles
Duration: 9'38"

13:47
Favourite Album
BODY:
Daddy's Highway - The Bats. Chosen by Peter Small.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: The Bats
Duration: 12'39"

14:09
New Zealand House and Garden 2016 Tours - Sally Duggan
BODY:
Next we're talking about quirky and beautiful New Zealand homes. From a fourteen square metre space-saving home in Christchurch, to post-quake rebuilds and a home that's Christmas themed all year. They are some of the homes featured in the upcoming New Zealand House and Garden 2016 Tours. The tours are run in support of the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation. And New Zealand House and Garden Editor, Sally Duggan, is with us to talk us through the unique spaces.
Topics: life and society, housing
Regions:
Tags: New Zealand House and Garden 2016 Tours, New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation
Duration: 7'48"

14:17
Great NZ Concerts - Pearl Jam
BODY:
Today a band whose name is rumoured to come from a granny with a penchant for psychedelic preserves, Pearl Jam.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Pearl Jam, grunge
Duration: 42'50"

15:06
Simon Hughes
BODY:
Tuesday Simon Hughes had a pretty good innings as a professional cricketer, playing in England, South Africa and New Zealand as a bowler. He's now known as The Analyst, working as a sports journalist for TV and newspapers. But it's his boyhood dream of being a batsman that still haunts him. Hughes takes a closer look at the qualities, well beyond talent, that lead to success in batting and in life. His new book is called Who Wants to be a Batsman. We talk to Simon Hughes.
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Simon Hughes had a pretty good innings as a professional cricketer, playing in England, South Africa and New Zealand as a bowler. He's now known as 'The Analyst', working as a sports journalist for TV and newspapers. But it is his boyhood dream of being a batsman that still haunts him. Hughes takes a closer look at the qualities, well beyond talent, that lead to success in batting and in life. His new book is called Who Wants to be a Batsman?
Jesse Mulligan talks with Simon Hughes.
Topics: sport, author interview
Regions:
Tags: cricket, Who Wants to be a Batsman
Duration: 24'39"

15:46
The Panel pre-show for 8 December 2015
BODY:
What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zoe George.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 13'58"

21:20
Wetland wanderings in the Whangamarino
BODY:
Alison Ballance joins freshwater fish expert Stella McQueen in one of New Zealand’s largest bogs – the Waikato’s Whangamarino wetland – in search of fernbirds, spotless crake and mudfish
EXTENDED BODY:
Wetlands are difficult places to work. They are - not surprisingly- wet, muddy, hard to walk through and too often surrounded by an unwelcoming band of exotic vegetation such as blackberry and crack willows. And the wildlife that makes its home in wetlands is equally challenging: often small, dark and cryptic.
As part of its Arawai Kakariki wetland programme, the Department of Conservation is carrying out research in three major wetland complexes: Whangamarino wetland in the Waikato, Ō Tū Wharekai in Canterbury, and in New Zealand’s largest wetland, the Awarua-Waituna Wetlands in Southland. One objective is to carry out predator trapping to help protect threatened birds, and another objective is to develop ways of monitoring said birds.
This is where Stella McQueen comes in. Stella is a self-described native fish geek. She is the author of A Photographic Guide to Freshwater Fishes of New Zealand (New Holland 2013) and The New Zealand Native Freshwater Aquarium (Wet Sock Publications 2010), a regular correspondent on matters fishy during Nights with Bryan Crump, and also maintains the NZ Native Fish page on Facebook.
During the summer she works on various freshwater contracts, one of which is the spring-time monitoring of cryptic birds in the Whangamarino wetland. DOC wants to know if its predator trapping, which targets rats and mustelids, is benefiting the local populations of fernbird, spotless crake and bittern. The protocol is to spend five-minutes at pre-determined spots along a series of transect lines at different sites in the swamp, listening for fernbird calls. Then she plays spotless crake calls, in an effort to stimulate any nearby birds to reply. Bitterns are detected using recorders that are programmed to record at various times at dawn, dusk and during the night.
I joined Stella for an afternoon listening for fernbirds and spotless crakes - and we did manage to hear one spotless crake churring, and a pair of fernbirds dueting with each other. Stella had also put out small fish traps, called minnow traps, overnight, and these caught a number of small black mudfish, a threatened Galaxid species which is one of five species of mudfish New Zealand.
Stella says that one of the distinguishing features of New Zealand’s native fish is their lack of scales. The mudfish are also able to survive periods out of the water; they are able to gulp air and absorb it through the lining of their mouth.
Black mudfish are found from the Waikato northwards, and have a threat status of ‘at risk – declining’. As well as declining water quality in the wetland due to nutrient and sediment run-off from surrounding farmland, pest fish are a problem, especially Gambusia (also known as mosquito fish) and koi carp.
Wetlands are some of New Zealand’s most threatened habitats. More than 90% of our wetlands have been drained or filled.
Other wetland stories that have featured on Our Changing World include the ecology of Waituna Lagoon, flipping lakes, and monitoring the quality of stream water flowing into Waituna lagoon.
Topics: environment, science
Regions: Waikato
Tags: black mudfish, native fish, wetlands, conservation, Department of Conservation
Duration: 10'24"

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1:10 First Song
'Don't Wanna Fight' - Alabama Shakes.
1:15 Principles in the Administration of the Islamic State - Shiv Malik
A 24-page document leaked to the Guardian, outlines Isis' masterplan for building a caliphate state. The manual is intended for use by Isis state administrators. And is a framework for how the group has become a wealthy organisation. It's called Principles in the Administration of the Islamic State. And was given to investigations correspondent for the Guardian, Shiv Malik, from researcher Aymenn al-Tamimi.
1:30 Miss Ink New Zealand - Emma Clewlow-Anaru
New Zealand's first Māori Miss Ink was crowned on the weekend. Hamilton woman, Emma Clewlow-Anaru, took out the title of Miss Ink New Zealand at Christchurch on Saturday. The 27-year-old has had more than eighty hours' of work done, and says the ink represents her culture.
1:40 Dung Beetles - Chris Clay
A group involved in rearing Dung Beetles and an international award winning science and technology educator, have teamed-up to use the little creatures to switch young minds onto the wonders of science. To kick the project off the group is auctioning a colony of dung beetles on Trade Me. Chris Clay is an education consultant, specialising in science and technology education.
1:40 Favourite Album
Daddy's Highway - The Bats.
2:10 Great New Zealand Concerts - Pearl Jam
Today a band whose name is rumoured to come from a granny with a penchant for psychedelic preserves, Pearl Jam.
3:10 Feature Interview - Simon Hughes
Simon Hughes had a pretty good innings as a professional cricketer, playing in England, South Africa and New Zealand as a bowler. He is now known as The Analyst, working as a sports journalist for TV and newspapers. But it is his boyhood dream of being a batsman that still haunts him. Hughes takes a closer look at the qualities, well beyond talent, that lead to success in batting and in life. His new book is called Who Wants to be a Batsman. We talk to Simon Hughes.
3:30 Our Changing World
Alison Ballance joins freshwater fish expert Stella McQueen in one of New Zealand’s largest bogs - the Waikato’s Whangamarino wetland - in search of some cryptic birds and possibly even some mudfish.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zoe George.

=PLAYLIST=

JESSE'S SONG:
ARTIST: Alabama Shakes
TITLE: Don't wanna fight
COMP: Howard
ALBUM: Sound & Color
LABEL: Roughtrade
FAVOURITE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Bats
TITLE: Sir Queen
COMP: Bats, Scott
ALBUM: Daddy's Highway
LABEL: Flying Nun
ARTIST: Bats
TITLE: North by North
COMP: Bats, Scott
ALBUM: Daddy's Highway
LABEL: Flying Nun
ARTIST: Bats
TITLE: Some Peace Tonight
COMP: Bats, Scott
ALBUM: Daddy's Highway
LABEL: Flying Nun
ARTIST: Bats
TITLE: Had to be you
COMP: Bats, Scott
ALBUM: Daddy's Highway
LABEL: Flying Nun
GREAT NEW ZEALAND CONCERT:
ARTIST: Pearl Jam
TITLE: Daughter
COMP: Pearl Jam
ALBUM: Pearl Jam: Rear View Mirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003 (Compilation)
LABEL: Epic
ARTIST: Pearl Jam
TITLE: Betterman
COMP: Pearl Jam
ALBUM: Pearl Jam: Rear View Mirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003 (Compilation)
LABEL: Epic
ARTIST: Pearl Jam
TITLE: Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
COMP: Pearl Jam
ALBUM: Pearl Jam: Rear View Mirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003 (Compilation)
LABEL: Epic
ARTIST: Pearl Jam
TITLE: Jeremy
COMP: Pearl Jam
ALBUM: Pearl Jam: Rear View Mirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003 (Compilation)
LABEL: Epic
HALFTIME:
ARTIST: Eminem
TITLE: Not Afraid
COMP: Mathers
ALBUM: Recovery
LABEL: Aftermath

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

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

=AUDIO=

15:46
The Panel pre-show for 8 December 2015
BODY:
What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zoe George.
Topics:
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Duration: 13'58"

16:06
The Panel with Jeremy Elwood and Tim Watkin (Part 1)
BODY:
What the Panelists Jeremy Elwood and Tim Watkin have been up to. How the Panelists voted in the flag referendum. What's behind Act leader David Seymour's decision to turn down Ministerial portfolios? Judith Collins is back in charge of Corrections and has said she got too caught up in her work. Talk about Paris climate talks. Will anything concrete come out of it? And Westpac economist David Norman discusses plateauing Auckland house prices what this means for the city and the country in the near future.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 25'23"

16:07
The Panel with Jeremy Elwood and Tim Watkin (Part 2)
BODY:
How brave do you think you'd be in a terrifying situation like an attack by armed assailants? What the Panelists Tim Watkin and Jeremy Elwood have been thinking about. Dr Chris Jackson of the Cancer Society talks about the costs of drugs here and in other countries. Should NZ bring back the system where only the top percentage of the fastest speedsters are fined? The owner of luxury accomodation has revealed what he says the demands of Jeremy Clarkson were. Should he have remained zipped? And a UK Commission says the Coronation of the next monarch should be less Christian and that Bishops should be weeded out of the House of Lords.
Topics:
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Tags:
Duration: 24'53"

16:08
The Panel Intro
BODY:
What the Panelists Jeremy Elwood and Tim Watkin have been up to.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'33"

16:10
Last day to post your voting papers
BODY:
How the Panelists voted in the flag referendum.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: flag referendum
Duration: 5'25"

16:15
David Seymour turns down portfolios
BODY:
What's behind Act leader David Seymour's decision to turn down Ministerial portfolios?
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: ACT, David Seymour
Duration: 1'37"

16:17
Caught up in work
BODY:
Judith Collins is back in charge of Corrections and has said she got too caught up in her work.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Judith Collins
Duration: 59"

16:18
Paris climate talks
BODY:
Talk about Paris climate talks. Will anything concrete come out of it?
Topics: politics, climate
Regions:
Tags: COP21, Paris, Climate Talks
Duration: 7'59"

16:25
Plateauing Auckland house prices
BODY:
Westpac economist David Norman discusses plateauing Auckland house prices what this means for the city and the country in the near future.
Topics: economy, housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Auckland, house prices
Duration: 6'48"

16:35
Personal San Bernadino stories
BODY:
How brave do you think you'd be in a terrifying situation like an attack by armed assailants?
Topics: life and society
Regions:
Tags: San Bernadino, bravery
Duration: 2'16"

16:37
Panel Says
BODY:
What the Panelists Tim Watkin and Jeremy Elwood have been thinking about.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 7'17"

16:45
The cost of medicines
BODY:
Dr Chris Jackson of the Cancer Society talks about the costs of drugs here and in other countries.
Topics: health, politics
Regions:
Tags: Cancer Society, Keytruda, Pharmac, medicine
Duration: 6'32"

16:51
Speed Camera fines
BODY:
Should NZ bring back the system where only the top percentage of the fastest speedsters are fined?
Topics: transport
Regions:
Tags: speed cameras
Duration: 1'20"

16:54
Loose lips on Waiheke Island
BODY:
The owner of luxury accomodation has revealed what he says the demands of Jeremy Clarkson were. Should he have remained zipped?
Topics: media
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Jeremy Clarkson, Waiheke Island
Duration: 3'24"

16:57
Less Christian Britain
BODY:
A UK Commission says the Coronation of the next monarch should be less Christian and that Bishops should be weeded out of the House of Lords.
Topics: spiritual practices, politics
Regions:
Tags: UK, religion
Duration: 2'16"

=SHOW NOTES=

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

RNZ's two-hour news and current affairs programme

=AUDIO=

17:00
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 8 December 2015
BODY:
The Justice Minister today sought and received an assurance from the Australian government, about New Zealanders in detention and their ability to appeal if they are deported here and a man who raped a teenager just days after being paroled could be detained on prison grounds indefinitely, after Corrections applied for the first ever public protection order.
Topics:
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Duration: 23'07"

17:08
New Zealand receives assurances from Australia about detainees
BODY:
The Justice Minister today sought and received an assurance from the Australian government, about New Zealanders in detention and their ability to appeal if they are deported here.
Topics: politics, law, crime
Regions:
Tags: Ausstralian Detention Centres, Detainees
Duration: 2'50"

17:11
First ever Public Protection Order sought
BODY:
A man who raped a teenager just days after being paroled could be detained on prison grounds indefinitely, after Corrections applied for the first ever public protection order.
Topics: crime, law
Regions:
Tags: Clinton Jacob Wilson
Duration: 3'27"

17:15
Call for police blitz on petty crime in Kaitaia
BODY:
A Far North businessman is calling for a police blitz on petty crime in Kaitaia after an officer was stabbed, overnight.
Topics: crime
Regions: Northland
Tags: Kaitaia, stabbing, police
Duration: 2'47"

17:17
Children injured a crash west of Auckland
BODY:
A number of children have been hurt in a crash which has closed part of State Highway 16 west of Auckland.
Topics: transport
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Auckland Crash
Duration: 1'11"

17:19
Donald Trump calls for complete Muslim ban
BODY:
The billionaire businessman Donald Trump has sparked controversy after calling for a ban on Muslims entering America.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Donald Trump, Muslims
Duration: 3'09"

17:21
Woman abused in state care dubs govt compensation a disgrace
BODY:
An elderly woman who was abused as a child in state care says government delays in compensating victims of abuse are a disgrace.
Topics: crime, life and society
Regions:
Tags: state care, child abuse, Government Compensation
Duration: 2'48"

17:26
Learning to Drive to be part of NCEA
BODY:
Teenagers will be able to earn NCEA credits by sitting their driver's license next year.
Topics: education, transport
Regions:
Tags: Driver's License
Duration: 3'41"

17:28
Rise in women travelling from NZ to Islamic State areas
BODY:
The number of women travelling from New Zealand to Islamic States controlled areas in the Middle East is on the rise.
Topics: conflict
Regions:
Tags: ISIS
Duration: 2'51"

17:35
Evening Business for 8 December 2015
BODY:
News from the business sector including a market report.
Topics: economy, business
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'15"

17:37
HB pastor attacked by man wielding Maori weapon
BODY:
A Hawke's Bay pastor had to have a head wound stapled in hospital after a strange attack by a man wielding a traditional Maori weapon.
Topics: crime
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Flaxmere
Duration: 3'40"

17:41
Running a car is set to get cheaper
BODY:
Running a car is set to get cheaper with annual licence fees being cut next year by a third to an average of 130 dollars.
Topics: transport
Regions:
Tags: Licence Fees
Duration: 3'16"

17:44
N Plymouth District Council wins right to sell big investment
BODY:
New Plymouth District Council has won a legal battle to sell its biggest investment worth hundreds of millions of dollars but it has one more hurdle to clear before the deal goes ahead.
Topics: farming, business
Regions: Taranaki
Tags: New Plymouth
Duration: 3'35"

17:48
Murder accused led her husband like a lamb to the slaughter
BODY:
The Crown says Amandeep Kaur led her husband like a lamb to the slaughter.
Topics: crime
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'09"

17:52
Movie Museum and Convention Centre for Wellington
BODY:
Wellington will get a new multimillion dollar movie museum and convention centre - just across the road from Te Papa.
Topics: media, arts, education
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Wellington, Movie Museum
Duration: 2'17"

17:54
Calls for a holiday to mark the New Zealand land wars
BODY:
Demand is growing for a public holiday to mark the New Zealand land wars.
Topics: te ao Maori, politics
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Wellington, Land Wars, National Holiday
Duration: 3'15"

17:57
Bars closing earlier cuts proportion of badly behaved drunks
BODY:
A study suggests stricter bar closing hours may behind a drop in how much police work is taken up dealing with drunks.
Topics: crime, business
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'17"

18:08
Sports News for 8 December 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'19"

18:12
More women heading to IS - though still under a dozen
BODY:
The number of women travelling from New Zealand to Islamic States controlled areas in the Middle East is on the rise, though they still total less than a dozen.
Topics: conflict
Regions:
Tags: Middle East
Duration: 2'09"

18:14
From fighting with Kurds, to fighting in court
BODY:
The latest on a Brisbane 23 year old, back with his family after fighting alongside Kurdish forces against Islamic State.
Topics: conflict, law
Regions:
Tags: Australia, Ashley Dyball
Duration: 3'32"

18:17
Witness says farmer confessed to murdering his son
BODY:
A witness at the trial of a Taranaki farmer accused of murdering his son has told a jury he confessed.
Topics: crime
Regions: Taranaki
Tags: New Plymouth, murder, Aaron Roigard
Duration: 3'47"

18:21
Defence Force to get new rifles
BODY:
The Defence Force will spend 59 million dollars on new rifles.
Topics: defence force
Regions:
Tags: guns
Duration: 1'47"

18:23
Government agencies on notice over OIA
BODY:
An inquiry into the the Official Information Act has found some ministerial officials have tried to limit the scope of what's released.
Topics: law
Regions:
Tags: Official Information Act
Duration: 5'25"

18:28
NZ worried that LMDCs holding up Paris deal
BODY:
To the Paris climate change talks, where New Zealand's ambassador, Jo Tyndall, says a small group of countries appear unwilling to budge on their positions.
Topics: climate
Regions:
Tags: COP21, Paris, climate change talks
Duration: 2'27"

18:35
First ever "red alert" for pollution in Beijing
BODY:
Beijing has issued its first ever "red alert" for pollution, with authorities in the Chinese capital ordering half the citys cars of the road and advising schools to shut.
Topics: climate, environment
Regions:
Tags: Beijing, pollution
Duration: 6'17"

18:41
Schools falling behind in efforts to help under achievers
BODY:
The Education Review Office says half of the schools it looked at in the first six months of last year were failing to raise student achievement.
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags: Education Review Office
Duration: 3'14"

18:45
Manukau City and Onehunga Port head transformation list
BODY:
The Auckland Council's new urban development agency plans to create a new waterfront at Onehunga, and transform the Manukau City Centre.
Topics: life and society
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Manukau, Onehunga, Auckland Council
Duration: 3'38"

18:48
A-League licence issues to blame for bad pitch - PFA
BODY:
Negotiations over the Phoenix A-league licence are being blamed for forcing Saturday's football match against the Melbourne Victory to go ahead on a sub standard pitch.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Wellington Phoenix, football, Football Federation Australia
Duration: 2'18"

18:51
Today In Parliament for 8 December 2015 - evening edition
BODY:
In his first appearance at Question Time in the month since his infamous "you support the rapists" jibe at Labour, the prime minister, John Key, stands by all his previous statements including that one. He also is taken to task on his re-appointment of Judith Collins to the Corrections Portfolio and Parmac's lack of funding for the Keytruda anti-cancer drug.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'58"

=SHOW NOTES=

===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 (F, BBC)

=AUDIO=

19:10
Our Own Odysseys: mobility chair to mountain peaks
BODY:
A Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis didn't deter Massey PhD student Nick Allen from getting fit enough to spend two months climbing peaks in India and Nepal.
EXTENDED BODY:
A Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis didn't deter Massey PhD student Nick Allen from getting fit enough to spend two months climbing peaks in India and Nepal.
Topics: life and society
Regions:
Tags: MS, mountain climbing
Duration: 18'56"

20:40
The Pundits - NZ history
BODY:
Gavin McLean is a senior historian for the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Tonight, he talks to Bryan about New Zealand prime ministers and their official accommodation.
Topics: history
Regions:
Tags: NZ History, prime ministers, accommodation
Duration: 16'08"

20:59
Conundrum clue 3
BODY:
Conundrum clue 3.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 11"

21:59
Conundrum clue 4
BODY:
Conundrum clue 4.
Topics:
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Tags:
Duration: 17"

=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: MOBILITY CHAIR TO MOUNTAIN PEAKS
a Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis didn't deter Massey PhD student Nick Allen from getting fit to recently to spend two months climbing peaks in India and Nepal...
7:30 The Sampler

=SHOW NOTES=

=AUDIO=

19:30
The Sampler for 8 December 2015
BODY:
This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger reviews an unexpected dance move from members of Nashville alt-country collective Lambchop; a North Indian excursion with Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood and Israeli singer Shye Ben Tzur; a lost classic from Fijian funksters Mantis, and new compilations of local rock and soul from the '60s and early '70s.
EXTENDED BODY:
This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger reviews an unexpected dance move from members of Nashville alt-country collective Lambchop; a North Indian excursion with Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood and Israeli singer Shye Ben Tzur; a lost classic from Fijian funksters Mantis, and new compilations of local rock and soul from the '60s and early '70s.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: music, music review, Jonny Greenwood, Mantis, Lambchop
Duration: 29'55"

19:35
Junun by Shye Ben Tzur, Johnny Greenwood and The Rajasthan Express
BODY:
Nick Bollinger embarks on a North Indian excursion with Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood and Israeli singer Shye Ben Tzur.
EXTENDED BODY:
Nick Bollinger embarks on a North Indian excursion with Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood and Israeli singer Shye Ben Tzur.
I’ll admit, it was recognising a couple of high-powered names, one from the rock world, one from Hollywood cinema, which drew my attention to this album. But if that’s what saves it from being buried at the back of the world music bin then that’s got to be a good thing. Jonny Greenwood is, of course, the guitarist and multi-instrumentalist for Radiohead, and his role is subtle yet significant; something that becomes apparent watching the documentary of the same name made by the other major celebrity involved, director Paul Thomas Anderson. Anderson captured the sessions that saw this music take shape, in a 15th century palace in the Jodhpur, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. But if you’re having visions of western dilettantes wading indelicately into ancient eastern traditions, the driving force behind the project is a lesser-known artist who is clearly more than a dabbler. That’s Shye Ben Tzur, an Israeli singer and flute player who for the past decade or so has immersed himself in the Sufi devotional music known as Qawwali.
Traceable back to the 13th century, the tradition is found in Pakistan and North India, and involves long, poetic songs, in which the singer works himself into an increasingly intense and passionate state. The most famous Qawwali singer in recent years was the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who made a number of albums for Peter Gabriel’s Real World label. Ben Tzur isn’t the only singer on the album, but when he takes the mic it’s clear he has not only studied the traditions, but adapted them. For one thing, he doesn’t just sing in Hindi or Urdu, as the Qawwali musicians traditionally have, but also sometimes in Hebrew. He’s also put together a group of musicians for this project that is a bit different from the usual Qawwali accompaniment. There are about twenty players in all, including Greenwood on guitars, bass and synthesisers. There is also a parade-style horn section, reminiscent of a Balkan or even New Orleans brass band, thrilling trumpet solos by Aamir Bhiyani, and moments where the deep polyrhythmic groove approaches the feel of early 70s Miles Davis. Junun, the album’s title, is a term used in the teachings of Sufism that means roughly ‘the madness of love.’ And that sounds like the ecstatic state Ben Tzur and the Express achieve on this exceptional recording.
Songs played: Hu, Junun, Chala Vahi Des, Julus, Eloah, There Are Birds In The Echo Chamber, Junun Brass
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: music, music review, Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead
Duration: 10'19"

19:35
Vinyl Reissues and Mantis
BODY:
Nick Bollinger discovers a lost classic from Fijian funksters Mantis, and new compilations of local rock and soul from the '60s and early '70s.
EXTENDED BODY:
Nick Bollinger discovers a lost classic from Fijian funksters Mantis, and new compilations of local rock and soul from the '60s and early '70s.
Too Much Monkey Business / Alright in the City - Various
1960s New Zealand is often portrayed as a grey and silent place, where life shut down at six o’clock. But evidence to the contrary can be found in the first of these two new surveys of vintage Kiwi pop, where Wellington band The Librettos whip up an R&B storm on the great original ‘I’m A Dog’, and The Bitter End deliver a frantic ‘Too Much Monkey Business’ (even if they don’t get Chuck Berry’s lyrics quite right.)
The second set surveys a slightly later period: the early ‘70s mania for horn-led R&B. The Quincy Conserve’s title track sets the tone, but there’s variety within the genre, from the Hendrixoid riffs of Jesse Harper and Ticket to the undiluted funk of Collision.
Songs played: I’m A Dog, Too Much Monkey Business, Water Pipe, If I Had The Time, Too Much Monkey Business, Alright In The City, All In My Head
Turn onto Music by Mantis
Contender for local reissue of the year is this lost classic, recorded in Wellington’s HMV studios in 1973 by visiting Fijian band Mantis. Actually, when they first landed they didn’t have a name; they had simply been the resident band in a Suva nightclub, The Golden Dragon, where they were popularly referred to as The Dragon Swingers. But on their arrival in Wellington they came to the attention of promoter and producer Ed Morris, who seized on their potential, introducing them to the A&R department of the local Polygram label where they were rechristened Mantis.
It’s raw and absent of studio polish, but it shows you what an exciting live band they were. Even the photo of the group on the back is great, with beards, beads, afros and an abundance of polyester. And though the music – along with the look – is clearly influenced by the American R&B of the day, their funk has a faint island flavour – more calypso than reggae - that is part of its uniqueness and charm.
Songs played: Firewalker, Back At The Village, Shake That Fat, Day and Night

Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: music, music review, vinyl
Duration: 10'54"

19:35
The Diet by HeCTA
BODY:
Nick Bollinger stumbles upon an unexpected dance move from members of Nashville alt-country collective Lambchop.
EXTENDED BODY:
Nick Bollinger stumbles upon an unexpected dance move from members of Nashville alt-country collective Lambchop.
The voice belongs to Kurt Wagner, who for the better part of two decades has fronted the large, fluid alt-rock collective known as Lambchop. And in ten albums of languid, lyrical songs, they have never done anything that I would describe as disco. But then, this isn’t Lambchop. It’s HeCTA: a new project involving Wagner and two other members of the Lambchop collective, Ryan Norris and Scott Martin. And dance music is very much at the heart of it.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard Wagner sing over so many beats-per-minute, but then neither have I heard him treat his vocal electronically in the manner of these tracks, or dice up his lyrics into such abstracted text blocks. But if the dance medium has a different set of rules from the alt-rock of Lambchop, then Wagner has both embraced them, and bent them a little to suit his own particular aesthetic.
A chorus that goes ‘you shouldn’t have to change a thing/except your mind’ over a pulse that might have been borrowed from a Giorgio Moroder record sounds like it might be an instruction for how to approach this album. But even if the irony is deliberate, there’s nothing tongue-in-cheek about the concept of Hecta’s debut. Wagner and his cohorts have thrown themselves into the dance genre, mastered its modular constructions and mechanised beats. They have created something almost unrecognisable from the live-in-a-room, no-dancing-please-we’re-artists ambience of Lambchop. And yet there remains something cerebral, decidedly Wagnerian about it. It would be interesting to see how Hecta’s The Diet was received on a dancefloor.
Songs played: Change Is In Our Pocket, Til Someone Gets Hurt, Prettyghetto, The Concept, Like You’re Worth It, Sympathy For The Auto Industry
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: music, music review, Lambchop
Duration: 8'48"

7:30 The Sampler
> music album reviews & music discussion with Nick Bollinger
8:12 Windows on the World - Changing Climate Change: The Politics pt 1 of 3
> international public radio documentaries
8:43 The Pundits - NZ HISTORY
a lucky guy whose job is also his hobby, Gavin McLean is a senior historian for the Ministry for Culture and Heritage... New Zealand prime ministers and their official accommodation...

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)

8:59 conundrum clue 3
9:07 Tuesday Feature - War and Words pt 3 of 3 - The Price of Peace
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===

Late Edition for 8 December 2015
Kiwi women travelling to ISIS territory to become jihadi brides; a new convention centre in the pipeline for Wellington; bringing mammoths back from extinction; and in Dateline Pacific, a spate of prison escapes in Samoa.

=DESCRIPTION=

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

===11:06 PM. | None (National)===
=DESCRIPTION=

A selection of world music along with jazz, rock, folk and other styles, artists and songs with world and roots influences (11 of 12, KMUW)