Radio New Zealand National. 2015-12-16. 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:

16 December 2015

===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:06 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Insight (RNZ); 1:15 Primary People (RNZ); 2:05 The Forum (BBC); 3:05 05 The Elusive Language of Ducks, by Judith White, read by Jane Waddell (F, RNZ); 3:30 Diversions (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 Wednesday 16 December 2015
BODY:
An electronic threat closes all schools in Los Angeles. New Zealand's anti-doping agency targets teenage rugby drug cheats and the campaign to keep the current flag kicks into gear.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 32'21"

06:06
Sports News for 16 December 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'07"

06:15
Christmas stress making Salvation Army busier than ever
BODY:
As the financial and emotional stresses of Christmas increase, social agencies say they are seeing an increase in demand compared with last year.
Topics: life and society
Regions:
Tags: Salvation Army
Duration: 2'47"

06:20
Early Business News
BODY:
Our business editor, Gyles Beckford, is in now with what's happening in the financial world.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'37"

06:26
Morning Rural News for 16 December 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'57"

06:39
Deportee has still had no contact from PARS.
BODY:
A convicted armed robber who's been deported to Invercargill says he now has job offers - but has still heard nothing from the government-funded charity set up to help people in exactly his position.
Topics:
Regions: Southland
Tags: Australia, detention centres
Duration: 2'41"

06:44
EU works on new plans to plug gaps in migration policy
BODY:
The European Union's proposing new ways to plug the gaps in migration policy.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: European Union, EU, migration
Duration: 2'59"

06:47
Scientists quash claims of Nazi gold train
BODY:
Polish scientists have dismissed claims that a train, ladden with Nazi gold, has been discovered in southern Poland.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Poland, Nazi gold
Duration: 2'36"

06:51
Prices rise in global dairy auction
BODY:
Prices have risen for a second consecutive time in the last global dairy auction of the year.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: dairy prices
Duration: 2'53"

06:54
Spark says industry has little confidence in regulatory system
BODY:
Telecommunications company Spark says the industry is fed up with the government's regulatory approach to the sector which has only succeeded in delivering market uncertainty and costly internet pricing for consumers and businesses.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Spark, Chorus
Duration: 2'09"

06:56
Outlook more rosy for Chorus
BODY:
Meanwhile, shares in the telecommunications network operator, Chorus, hit a record yesterday, closing up 24 percent to 3-dollars-84.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Chorus
Duration: 49"

06:57
Winners and losers from half year outlook
BODY:
The Government may have some spare change for tax-cuts with strong signals that they are still on the cards.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: tax cuts
Duration: 1'08"

06:58
Morning markets
BODY:
American stocks are stronger -- higher oil prices and the expctation of an interest rate rise tomorrow are lifting energy and banking stocks.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 56"

07:07
Sports News for 16 December 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'01"

07:11
LA schools closed because of threat
BODY:
What's being described as an 'electronic threat' has closed all schools across Los Angeles.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: US, Los Angeles, terrorism
Duration: 6'37"

07:17
Drugs net to be widened for schoolboy rugby players
BODY:
New Zealand's anti-doping agency is stepping up its campaign against teenage rugby drug cheats.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: drug testing, rugby
Duration: 3'51"

07:22
RSA campaigning to save current New Zealand flag
BODY:
The campaign to save the existing New Zealand flag is kicking into gear after the alternative was confirmed yesterday.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: flag
Duration: 3'32"

07:25
Drug and alcohol testing to increase confidence in Police- IPCA
BODY:
The Police are planning to make drug and alcohol tests compulsory for officers involved in incidents that involve death or serious injury.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: police, drug and alcohol tests
Duration: 3'51"

07:29
Armed robber deported from Australia now has some prospects
BODY:
Life's looking up for Andre - the convicted armed robber who was recently deported from Australia.
Topics:
Regions: Southland
Tags: Australia, detention centres
Duration: 2'04"

07:37
Govt pushes out super payments another two years
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The Government has pushed out the restart date for contributions to the New Zealand Superannuation Fund for another three years, a move its critics say is irresponsibe.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: New Zealand Superannuation Fund
Duration: 3'02"

07:40
Finance Minister responds to Superannuation criticism
BODY:
Listening to that is Finance Minister Bill English.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: New Zealand Superannuation Fund
Duration: 4'00"

07:44
First glimpse of latest Star Wars film thrills fans
BODY:
The hotly anticipated latest addition in the Star Wars franchise, The Force Awakens, has had its world premiere in Los Angeles.
Topics: arts
Regions:
Tags: Star Wars
Duration: 4'45"

07:50
Final Republican candidate debate of the year today
BODY:
Republican presidential candidates in the US will go head to head in the final debate of the year in just a few hours.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Donald Trump, US, presidential candidates
Duration: 3'59"

07:55
Pastafarians win right to perform marriages
BODY:
They call themselves Pastafarians, adherents to a new religion based on a belief in an airborne god formed from spaghetti and meatballs.
Topics: spiritual practices
Regions:
Tags: Pastafarians
Duration: 5'06"

08:07
Sports News for 16 December 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'54"

08:11
NZ Rugby to back crackdown on teenage drug cheats
BODY:
New Zealand's anti doping agency is taking aim at teenage drug cheats in rugby.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: drugs, rugby
Duration: 3'21"

08:14
Greens say Red Peak will rise again
BODY:
The Green Party says the Red Peak flag design will rise again and could yet be the country's official flag.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: flag
Duration: 2'30"

08:18
Fiji parliament embroiled in lawyer's torture claims
BODY:
A Fiji lawyer's allegations of torture by security forces have now embroiled the country's parliament.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Aman Ravindra-Singh
Duration: 2'55"

08:23
Immigration reverse residency decision
BODY:
Immigration officials who denied a French woman's request to stay in the country with her tetraplegic partner have had a change of heart.
Topics: law, politics
Regions:
Tags: immigration
Duration: 3'29"

08:24
Conservationists upset at proposed road
BODY:
Conservationists are up in arms at the prospect of a road linking West Coast and Nelson through the Kahurangi National Park.
Topics: transport
Regions: West Coast
Tags: roads, tourism
Duration: 4'47"

08:29
Defence wraps up case in trial of Taranaki farmer
BODY:
The defence will begin its closing address today at the trial of Taranaki farmer David Roigard who is accused of killing his son, Aaron, in June 2014.
Topics: law
Regions: Taranaki
Tags: David Roigard
Duration: 3'51"

08:33
Markets Update for 16 December 2015
BODY:
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'12"

08:39
Marriage-celebrant decision maker outlines Pastafarian reasons
BODY:
As we reported earlier the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has been approved to conduct marriages in New Zealand.
Topics: spiritual practices
Regions:
Tags: Pastafarians
Duration: 4'34"

08:44
Drought stricken farmers selling tens of thousands of animals
BODY:
Farmers struggling with drought in parts of the South Island are selling tens of thousands of animals to the North Island, with the help of a new farmer shareholder stock exchange.
Topics: farming, rural
Regions:
Tags: drought, Stock X
Duration: 3'26"

08:50
Christmas a time of stress struggle and loneliness for many
BODY:
It's billed as the most wonderful time of the year but Christmas is also one of the most stressful times for families, those along or struggling with problems.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Social agencies, Christmas
Duration: 3'32"

08:53
Study to examine kava's link to drink-driving
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A unique study to examine the effects of kava on driving ability, is being commissioned by New Zealand's Health Research Council.
Topics: health, transport
Regions:
Tags: kava
Duration: 3'02"

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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 (11 of 12, RNZ)

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09:08
Shortage of GP's in Northland
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Northland GP practices are full to the brim and some patients with urgent needs are instead going to hospital emergency departments. Chris Farrelly of Manaia Primary Health Organisation, which serves nearly 100 thousand people in Northland, says the region needs double the current number of new GP's each year to meet growing demand. Northland is again listed as one of the hard to staff communities for doctors and midwives, by the Ministry of Health. Under the Ministry's Voluntary Bonding Scheme, graduates are encouraged to work in areas like Northland, and get help to repay their student loans in return.
Topics: health
Regions: Northland
Tags:
Duration: 9'35"

09:18
Hacker Whisperer
BODY:
In 2013 Katie Moussouris convinced Microsoft to do what many considered unthinkable. She got them to pay hackers bounties to find problems in their software. Now she's the chief policy officer for a company called HackerOne and her job is to act as an intermediary between big tech companies and hackers who might want to report bugs rather than exploit them or sell the information to potential criminals.
Topics: law, internet, technology
Regions:
Tags: Microsoft, hacker, hacking, cracking
Duration: 14'14"

09:36
Should you drink Kava and drive?
BODY:
Former police officer and soldier Dr Apo Aporosa has received a 2015 Pacific postdoctoral fellowship worth $230,000 from the Health Research Council of New Zealand to examine the effects of drinking kava, on driver ability and road safety. The study - the first of its kind - will use cognitive and driving simulation tests to access driver fitness immediately following high kava use, which is known to have soporific effects. It's estimated that there are more than 20,000 kava users on an average Friday or Saturday night in New Zealand. Most of these are consuming kava at volumes 32 times greater than pharmacologically recommended doses, with many then driving home.
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Former police officer and soldier Dr Apo Aporosa has received a 2015 Pacific postdoctoral fellowship worth $230,000 from the Health Research Council of New Zealand to examine the effects of drinking kava, on driver ability and road safety. The study - the first of its kind - will use cognitive and driving simulation tests to access driver fitness immediately following high kava use, which is known to have soporific effects.
It's estimated that there are more than 20,000 kava users on an average Friday or Saturday night in New Zealand. Most of these are consuming kava at volumes 32 times greater than pharmacologically recommended doses, with many then driving home.
Topics: life and society, health, Pacific
Regions:
Tags: kava
Duration: 12'45"

09:49
Australia correspondent, Karen Middleton
BODY:
Aniversary of the Lindt Cafe siege in Sydney. Catholic George Pell delays giving evidence to royal commission,
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Australia
Duration: 10'40"

10:06
US psychologist Philip Zimbardo
BODY:
Philip Zimbardo is the American psychologist whose 1971 study on prison mentality exposed the ease at which participants playing the role of guards, began psychologically torturing their prisoners.The Stanford Prison Experiment centred on a group of college students who were deemed prisoners or guards at the flip of a coin and showed that within 24 hours those with power, used it mercilessly - and the group who were prisoners succumbed to submission just as easily. In recent years he has turned his attention to the disconnect between males and the real world because of online pornography, and a lack of role models and positive interactions. Preofessor Zimbardo is also behind a new initiative Heroic Imagination Project, which stems from his work on what makes people do bad things - and instead focuses on what qualities make people act in heroic ways.
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What makes people do bad things? What qualities make people act in heroic ways?
Philip Zimbardo is the American psychologist whose 1971 study on prison mentality exposed the ease at which participants playing the role of guards, began psychologically torturing their prisoners.The Stanford Prison Experiment centred on a group of college students who were deemed prisoners or guards at the flip of a coin and showed that within 24 hours those with power, used it mercilessly - and the group who were prisoners succumbed to submission just as easily. In recent years he has turned his attention to the disconnect between males and the real world because of online pornography, and a lack of role models and positive interactions. Preofessor Zimbardo is also behind a new initiative Heroic Imagination Project, which stems from his work on what makes people do bad things - and instead focuses on what qualities make people act in heroic ways.
Kathryn Ryan asks him about how we can so easily swing between good and bad behaviour.
Topics: author interview, life and society
Regions:
Tags: Phil Zimbardo, Stanford Prison Experiment, psychology, psychologist, Heroic Imagination Project, internet, pornography, Males
Duration: 33'06"

10:40
Book review: Six Days in Leningrad by Paullina Simons
BODY:
Reviewed by Gina Rogers , published by HarperCollins.
Topics: books
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'50"

11:06
Marty Duda features Dan Fogelberg
BODY:

Artist: Dan Fogelberg
Song: Part Of The Plan (3:18)
Composer: Dan Fogelberg
Album: Souvenirs (1974)
Label: Epic

Artist: Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg
Song: The Power Of Gold (4:32)
Composer: Dan Fogelberg
Album: Twin Sons Of Different Mothers (1978)
Label: Epic/Full Moon

Artist: Dan Fogelberg
Song: Same Old Lang Syne (5:20)
Composer: Dan Fogelberg
Album: The Innocent Age (1981)
Label: Epic/Full Moon
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 20'17"

11:27
Demographer Paul Spoonley on our changing population
BODY:
Professor Spoonley is Pro Vice-Chancellor of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Massey University.
Topics: life and society
Regions:
Tags: immigration
Duration: 20'24"

11:49
Arts commentator Courtney Johnston
BODY:
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. What's happening in New Zealand galleries over summer.
Topics: arts
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 10'29"

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09:05 Shortage of GP's in Northland
Northland GP practices are full to the brim and some patients with urgent needs are instead going to hospital emergency departments. Chris Farrelly of Manaia Primary Health Organisation, which serves nearly 100 thousand people in Northland, says the region needs double the current number of new GP's each year to meet growing demand. Northland is again listed as one of the hard to staff communities for doctors and midwives, by the Ministry of Health. Under the Ministry's Voluntary Bonding Scheme, graduates are encouraged to work in areas like Northland, and get help to repay their student loans in return.
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09:15 Hacker Whisperer
In 2013 Katie Moussouris convinced Microsoft to do what many considered unthinkable. She got them to pay hackers bounties to find problems in their software. Now she's the chief policy officer for a company called HackerOne and her job is to act as an intermediary between big tech companies and hackers who might want to report bugs rather than exploit them or sell the information to potential criminals.
09:30 Should you drink Kava and drive ?
Former police officer and soldier Dr Apo Aporosa has received a 2015 Pacific postdoctoral fellowship worth $230,000 from the Health Research Council of New Zealand to examine the effects of drinking kava, on driver ability and road safety. The study - the first of its kind - will use cognitive and driving simulation tests to access driver fitness immediately following high kava use, which is known to have soporific effects. It's estimated that there are more than 20,000 kava users on an average Friday or Saturday night in New Zealand. Most of these are consuming kava at volumes 32 times greater than pharmacologically recommended doses, with many then driving home.
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09:45 Australia correspondent, Karen Middleton
10:05 US psychologist Philip Zimbardo
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Philip Zimbardo is the American psychologist whose 1971 study on prison mentality exposed the ease at which participants playing the role of guards, began psychologically torturing their prisoners.The Stanford Prison Experiment centred on a group of college students who were deemed prisoners or guards at the flip of a coin and showed that within 24 hours those with power, used it mercilessly - and the group who were prisoners succumbed to submission just as easily. In recent years he has turned his attention to the disconnect between males and the real world because of online pornography, and a lack of role models and positive interactions. Preofessor Zimbardo is also behind a new initiative Heroic Imagination Project, which stems from his work on what makes people do bad things - and instead focuses on what qualities make people act in heroic ways.
10:35 Book review: Six Days in Leningrad by Paullina Simons
Reviewed by Gina Rogers
10:45 The Reading
Chappy by Patricia Grace told by Jim Moriarty and Simon Leary (Part 11 of 12)
11:05 Marty Duda features Dan Fogelberg
Artist: Dan Fogelberg
Song: Part Of The Plan (3:18)
Composer: Dan Fogelberg
Album: Souvenirs (1974)
Label: Epic

Artist: Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg
Song: The Power Of Gold (4:32)
Composer: Dan Fogelberg
Album: Twin Sons Of Different Mothers (1978)
Label: Epic/Full Moon

Artist: Dan Fogelberg
Song: Same Old Lang Syne (5:20)
Composer: Dan Fogelberg
Album: The Innocent Age (1981)
Label: Epic/Full Moon
11:20 Demographer Paul Spoonley on our changing population
11:45 Arts commentator Courtney Johnston

===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 16 December 2015
BODY:
The former husband of Wellington woman Mei Fan will spend a minimum of 19 years in jail for her murder. And a North Canterbury dairy farmer facing a loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars says the latest lift in dairy prices makes him optimistic about next year.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 15'52"

12:17
Current account deficit narrows
BODY:
The balance of payments, which broadly measures the country's ability to pay its way in the world, improved slightly in the three months to September.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: deficit, Westpac
Duration: 1'30"

12:21
E-commerce markets offers opportunity to New Zealand
BODY:
Rapid expansion in China's online retail market will offer an opportunity for New Zealand's primary sector.
Topics: business, economy, internet
Regions:
Tags: China, Ministry for Primary Industries, Online Retail
Duration: 55"

12:22
Construction of NZ convention centre and hotel gets underway
BODY:
Construction of Sky City Entertainment's new international convention centre and hotel is officially underway, with the traditional turning of the first sod ceremony in Auckland this morning.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: Sky City Entertainment, construction, Fletcher Construction
Duration: 1'17"

12:23
Faster move to fibre connections possible - TUANZ
BODY:
Higher prices on traditional copper broadband lines may drive interest in new ultra-fast broadband.
Topics: business, economy, internet, technology
Regions:
Tags: Telecommunications Users' Association
Duration: 1'15"

12:24
Midday Markets for 16 December 2015
BODY:
For the latest from the markets we're joined by Melika King at Craigs Investment Partners
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'12"

12:26
Business briefs
BODY:
Vector's shareholders have approved the sale of its gas division to Australia's First State Funds for 952-and-a-half million dollars.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: Vector
Duration: 17"

12:27
Midday Sports News for 16 December 2015
BODY:
Rowing New Zealand will make a decision this afternoon on the future of experienced coach, Dick Tonks.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: rowing, golf, cricket, football
Duration: 2'41"

12:35
Midday Rural News for 16 December 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 7'47"

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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
BODY:
'Under the Sun' by DIIV
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: DIIV
Duration: 4'10"

13:13
Brief Candle In the Dark, A life in Science - Richard Dawkins
BODY:
Sharing the stage with John Cleese, dinner with Bill Gates, private parties on Tenerife with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin where Brain May from Queen is playing in the background. This is the life not of a Hollywood star, but an evolutionary biologist, ardent atheist and science educator, Professor Richard Dawkins. His books on evolution like The Selfish Gene, or The Blind Watchmaker that argues against a divine creator, and his withering criticism of religion have made him as famous as just about any actor or astronaut. In the second volume of his memoirs, Brief Candle In the Dark, A life in Science, Professor Dawkins reflects on his 35 years as a writer, scientist and thinker. He will be coming to New Zealand in March for the Wellington Writers Week. Richard Dawkins is on the line with us from London.
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Sharing the stage with John Cleese, dinner with Bill Gates, private parties on Tenerife with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin where Brian May from Queen is playing in the background.
This is the life not of a Hollywood star, but an evolutionary biologist, ardent atheist and science educator, Professor Richard Dawkins. His books on evolution like The Selfish Gene, or The Blind Watchmaker that argues against a divine creator, and his withering criticism of religion have made him as famous as just about any actor or astronaut.
In the second volume of his memoirs, Brief Candle In the Dark, A life in Science, Professor Dawkins reflects on his 35 years as a writer, scientist and thinker. He will be coming to New Zealand in March for the Wellington Writers Week. Richard Dawkins is on the line with us from London.
Topics: science, spiritual practices, author interview
Regions:
Tags: Brief Candle In the Dark, A life in Science
Duration: 19'27"

13:33
Nga Taonga Sound & Vision - Sarah Johnston
BODY:
One hundred years ago this week, New Zealanders began withdrawing from Gallipoli. The British commanders had realised in late November that it was a hopeless campaign and plans had been made for an elaborate evacuation, which had to take place in secret to stop the Turks realising what was going on. There are recordings of many Gallipoli veterans held in the sound archives at Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, which talk about the evacuation. Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga is here to play a couple of them for us.
Topics: media, conflict, history
Regions:
Tags: Nga Taonga, Gallipoli, World War I
Duration: 8'37"

13:41
Favourite Album
BODY:
Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads. Chosen by Chris Barker.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Talking Heads
Duration: 18'16"

14:20
School Closure
BODY:
We've just had news that the government is proposing closing the charter school at Whangaruru.
Topics: education
Regions: Northland
Tags: Whangaruru, school
Duration: 3'30"

14:23
Road Map - Otaki
BODY:
Today, three towns in one. Well, it started out as three distinct settlements either on, or just off, state Highway one. We are almost exactly halfway on the road between Wellington and Palmerston North.
Topics: history
Regions: Wellington Region, Whanganui, Manawatu
Tags: Otaki
Duration: 31'31"

14:57
Sydney Storm
BODY:
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has issued a warning, saying that very dangerous thunderstorms are forecast for Sydney.
Topics: weather
Regions:
Tags: Sydney, Storm, tornado, Australia
Duration: 4'29"

15:07
Technology and Innovation - Paul Brislen
BODY:
Paul Brislen on Chorus and the rising cost of broadband, the level of data companies collect and what they do with it, and an EU clampdown on kids using social media. And our innovator-of-the-week is Sam Kerse of Notifr.com.
Topics: technology, internet
Regions:
Tags: Chorus, social media
Duration: 19'27"

15:26
The Wireless Preview - Mava Moayyed
BODY:
Mava Moayyed talks about domestic violence and why it's especially dangerous in young people's relationships.
Topics: crime, life and society
Regions:
Tags: domestic violence, abuse, The Wireless
Duration: 9'22"

15:30
Kirkcaldie's Christmas farewell
BODY:
Farewells are never easy, but after 152 years in business it's time for Kirkcaldie and Stains to say goodbye. It's a store that has maintained many of its traditions, including the reintroduction of a doorman in 1998, Christmas windows and as always, a strong emphasis on quality customer service. Sonia Sly finds out what life has been like for some of the longest standing members of staff and what they'll miss about the iconic Wellington store.
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Farewells are never easy, but after 152 years in business it's time for Kirkcaldie and Stains to say goodbye.
It's a store that has maintained many of its traditions, including the reintroduction of a doorman in 1998, Christmas windows and as always, a strong emphasis on quality customer service.
Sonia Sly finds out what life has been like for some of the longest standing members of staff and what they'll miss about the iconic Wellington store.
The bottom line, according to Santa Claus, is this: “You can’t have two Santa’s in the shop at the same time.”
There might be three Santa’s all up, but only two work on any given day, and they alternate in one-hour blocks. Professional Santas have it down like Christmas clockwork.
So says Des Culling, who, as Kirkcaldie and Stains’ longest running Father Christmas, has donned the red suit for seven years. Cullen loves the kids, but the feeling isn’t always mutual. “Sometimes the kids don’t want to come near me at all,” he says. “There’s lots of funny things [that happen]; sometimes my beard slips off. You have to be good with adults, too, because you get grandmas sitting on your knee for a photo sometimes.”
Fellow Santa of three years, George Sutton, says selfies with Father Christmas are popular, and - for the record - there are no rules as to whether kids can sit on Santa’s knee. He says it’s the look on the kids faces that make his job worthwhile. “I had one little boy come round the corner. His mouth dropped open, he just gazed at me, and he was jumping for joy.”
What will happen to these Santas when Kirkcaldie and Stains shuts its doors after a 152-year reign in Wellington?
Promotions manager Lyn Tait says there have been challenges in staying current while maintaining the store’s heritage brand in an ever-changing retail market. The store is renowned for embracing Christmas, but this year they debated as to whether they would even do a final Christmas window. As a parting gift to Wellington, they have. Tait points to the bare shelves and areas of dwindling stock sitting nestled amidst rows of lush green trees with shiny red baubles. She’s sad to say goodbye to the store, which has played a large part of her life over the past 28 years. It’s like family.
Buyer Mary Gray feels the same: she’s the longest-standing member of staff at the department store. With 35-years of experience on the shop floor, she has witnessed a shift from the days of using Lamson tubes (to send money upstairs) to the implementation of modern tills.
“The Lamson tubes broke down far less frequently than our very high tech tills,” she laughs. “I really do feel grief for the store. I’ve loved it.”
The transition from old to new won’t just be a drastic change for the staff, says doorman Neville Wellbourn.
“It’s very, very sad [and] the customers feel very sad about it.”
Wellbourn has been with the company for a decade. Will he miss the green and red uniform? He shares a secret: he’ll be making make the transition from old to new, too; swapping his green and red trimmed coat and matching top hat for a brand spanking new suit.
“I’ve been fortunate to be appointed to David Jones [and] I’m in the process of being measured for their uniform, which will be in their corporate colours.”
That’s as much as Wellbourn can disclose for now.
For those customers who will miss the old store and seeing Wellbourn in his Kirkcaldie colours, there is currently a cardboard cutout of the doorman with a space where his face goes, so customer can take a final snap as a keepsake. For old time’s sake.
Topics: business, history, technology
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Kirkcaldie and Stains, John Kirkcaldie, Robert Stains, Lambton Quay, tradition, Christmas, department store, retail, business, lambson tube, Santa Claus, Father Christmas, David Jones
Duration: 17'56"

15:47
The Panel pre-show for 16 December 2015
BODY:
What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zara Potts.
Topics:
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Duration: 12'39"

=SHOW NOTES=

1:10 First Song
'Under the Sun' by DIIV.
1:15 Brief Candle In the Dark, A life in Science - Professor Richard Dawkins
Sharing the stage with John Cleese, dinner with Bill Gates, private parties on Tenerife with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin where Brain May from Queen is playing in the background. This is the life not of a Hollywood star, but an evolutionary biologist, ardent atheist and science educator, Professor Richard Dawkins. His books on evolution like The Selfish Gene , or The Blind Watchmaker that argues against a divine creator, and his withering criticism of religion have made him as famous as just about any actor or astronaut In the second volume of his memoirs, Brief Candle In the Dark, A life in Science, Professor Dawkins reflects on his 35 years as a writer, scientist and thinker. He will be coming to New Zealand in March for the Wellington Writers Week. Richard Dawkins is on the line with us from London.
1:30 Nga Taonga Sound & Vision - Sarah Johnston
One hundred years ago this week, New Zealanders began withdrawing from Gallipoli. The British commanders had realised in late November that it was a hopeless campaign and plans had been made for an elaborate evacuation, which had to take place in secret to stop the Turks realising what was going on. There are recordings of many Gallipoli veterans held in the sound archives at Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, which talk about the evacuation. Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga is here to play a couple of them for us.
1:40 Favourite Album
Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads.
2:10 BBC Witness - Velvet Underground
Now we're going back fifty years - to 11th December 1965. Lucy Burns of the BBC World Service history programme 'Witness', is recalling the first gig by the seminal alternative rock band, The Velvet Underground at a high school in suburban New Jersey.
2:20 Roadmap - Otaki
Today, three towns in one. Well, it started out as three distinct settlements either on, or just off, state Highway one. We are almost exactly halfway on the road between Wellington and Palmerston North.
3:10 Technology And Innovation
Paul Brislen on Chorus and the rising cost of broadband, the level of data companies collect and what they do with it, and an EU clampdown on kids using social media. And our innovator-of-the-week is Sam Kerse of Notifr.com.
3:25 The Wireless Preview - Mava Moayyed
Our next guest is going to be talking about domestic violence and why it's especially dangerous in young people's relationships. RNZ's online magazine, The Wireless, has just published Mava Moayyed's feature today.
3:35 New Zealand Society
Kirkcaldie and Stains in Wellington have dressed their final Christmas window after 152 years in business. Sonia Sly heads along to meet some of the long-standing members of staff to find out what makes the store so special.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zara Potts.

=PLAYLIST=

JESSE'S SONG:
ARTIST: DIIV
TITLE: Under The Sun
COMP: Smith
ALBUM: Is the Is Are
LABEL: n/a
FAVOURITE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Talking Heads
TITLE: Psyhco Killer
COMP: Byrne, Frantz, Weymouth
ALBUM: Stop Making Sense
LABEL: EMI
ARTIST: Talking Heads
TITLE: Heaven
COMP: Byrne, Harrison
ALBUM: Stop Making Sense
LABEL: EMI
ARTIST: Talking Heads
TITLE: Life during Wartime
COMP: Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth
ALBUM: Stop Making Sense
LABEL: EMI
ARTIST: Talking Heads
TITLE: Girlfriend is better
COMP: Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth
ALBUM: Stop Making Sense
LABEL: EMI
ROADMAP:
ARTIST: The Cattlestops
TITLE: (Back To) Rosetta Road
COMP: James Cameron
ALBUM: (Back To) Rosetta Road
LABEL: Jayrem
ARTIST: The Fourmyula
TITLE: Otaki
COMP: Wayne Mason
ALBUM: The Very Best of The Fourmyula
LABEL: EMI
ARTIST: Hot Club Sandwich
TITLE: Let's Talk About Me
COMP: Andrew London
ALBUM: Cafe Matrix
LABEL: Hotclubsandwich
HALFTIME:
ARTIST: R. Kelly
TITLE: I Believe I Can Fly
COMP: Kelly
ALBUM: R. Kelly: I Believe I Can Fly, The Best Of (Compilation)
LABEL: Sony

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

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

=AUDIO=

15:47
The Panel pre-show for 16 December 2015
BODY:
What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zara Potts.
Topics:
Regions:
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Duration: 12'39"

16:05
The Panel with Finlay MacDonald and Michele A'Court (Part 1)
BODY:
What the Panelists Finlay MacDonald and Michele A'Court have been up to. Vanessa Caldwell of the National Committee for Addiction Treatment talks about the PMs claim of drug dependency being a major factor in unemployment. The principal of Auckland's Papakura High School discusses being one of the schools struggling to attract students and teachers. And Takahe mistaken for pukeko and shot on Motutapu Island aren't the only ones. Other takahe were shot on Mana Island in 2008.
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Duration: 23'14"

16:06
The Panel with Finlay MacDonald and Michele A'Court (Part 2)
BODY:
Being fabulous is at al of our fingertips according to chat show guru Oprah Whinfrey. Is it really? What the Panelists Finlay MacDonald and Michele A'Court have been thinking about. Lee Hohaia talks further about the facts and fallacies of "specific pain" Nurofen. A Trust has been set up for the children of Jonah Lomu and now the PM has suggested a benefit rugby match at Eden Park. An emailed threat grinds Los Angeles schools to a halt. You can now get married by a bona fide Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster celebrant. To keep Wellington "film friendly" the "biggest trading weekend of the year" will see an ad for Suzuki being shot, and traffic will be restricted on Wakefield and Tory streets. Retailers are highly annoyed. Home detention for man who repeatly ran over another with his car. And what is your level of sympathy for Abdre Bishop, the Christmas Island deportee, not settling very well into Invercargill?
Topics:
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Duration: 27'30"

16:07
The Panel Intro
BODY:
What the Panelists Finlay MacDonald and Michele A'Court have been up to.
Topics:
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Duration: 3'12"

16:10
Poverty
BODY:
Vanessa Caldwell of the National Committe for Addiction Treatment talks about the PMs claim of drug dependency being a major factor in unemployment.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: National Committe for Addiction Treatment, drugs, unemployment, poverty
Duration: 8'49"

16:19
Full school empty school
BODY:
The principal of Auckland's Papakura High School discusses being one of the schools struggling to attract students and teachers.
Topics: education, inequality
Regions:
Tags: schools, Papakura High School
Duration: 9'15"

16:29
Accidentally shot takahe
BODY:
Takahe mistaken for pukeko and shot on Motutapu Island aren't the only ones. Other takahe were shot on Mana Island in 2008.
Topics: environment
Regions:
Tags: takahe
Duration: 1'47"

16:32
The fabulous Oprah
BODY:
Being fabulous is at al of our fingertips according to chat show guru Oprah Whinfrey. Is it really?
Topics: life and society, media
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Tags:
Duration: 6'25"

16:39
Panel Says
BODY:
What the Panelists Finlay MacDonald and Michele A'Court have been thinking about.
Topics:
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Duration: 5'08"

16:44
Targetted pain Nurofen
BODY:
Lee Hohaia talks further about the facts and fallacies of "specific pain" Nurofen.
Topics: health, business
Regions:
Tags: Nurofen
Duration: 5'15"

16:48
More money raising ideas for Lomu's family
BODY:
A Trust has been set up for the children of Jonah Lomu and now the PM has suggested a benefit rugby match at Eden Park.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Benefit Match, rugby
Duration: 1'55"

16:51
LA threat
BODY:
An emailed threat grinds Los Angeles schools to a halt.

Topics: education, conflict
Regions:
Tags: Los Angeles, schools
Duration: 1'56"

16:53
A Pastafarian marriage
BODY:
You can now get married by a bona fide Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster celebrant.
Topics: spiritual practices
Regions:
Tags: church of the flying spaghetti monster
Duration: 3'03"

16:56
Film
BODY:
To keep Wellington "film friendly" the "biggest trading weekend of the year" will see an ad for Suzuki being shot, and traffic will be restricted on Wakefield and Tory streets. Retailers are highly annoyed.
Topics: media
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Suzuki Commercial
Duration: 1'30"

16:58
Sentences
BODY:
Home detention for man who repeatly ran over another with his car.
Topics: law, crime
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'04"

16:59
Christmas Island deportee
BODY:
And what is your level of sympathy for Abdre Bishop, the Christmas Island deportee, not settling very well into Invercargill?
Topics: law, crime
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 Wednesday 16 December 2015
BODY:
Murderer Michael Preston purposely left the knife in neck of his estranged wife Mei Fan, as a final insult to her and to mark his victory and an educational experiment in the Far North is about to become the first charter school to fail.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 24'09"

17:08
Mei Fan's murderer sentenced to 19 years at least
BODY:
Murderer Michael Preston purposely left the knife in neck of his estranged wife Mei Fan, as a final insult to her and to mark his victory.
Topics: crime
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'38"

17:11
Government to shut down Whangaruru's failing charter school
BODY:
An educational experiment in the Far North is about to become the first charter school to fail.
Topics: education, politics
Regions: Northland
Tags: School Closure, Whangaruru
Duration: 5'23"

17:16
Depressed woman died after leaving health unit
BODY:
The death of a woman who committed suicide after escaping from Waikato Hospital's mental health centre could have been prevented if she had better care.
Topics: health
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Waikato Hospital, Henry Bennett Centre
Duration: 5'02"

17:22
The Christchurch Wizard becomes a New Zealander
BODY:
The Wizard has officially become a citizen, 41 years after moving to Christchurch.
Topics: life and society
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch
Duration: 3'27"

17:24
$86,000 penalty after injury at high ropes course
BODY:
An accident on high ropes has cost an adventure course near Rotorua nearly 90 thousand dollars after a woman was seriously injured when she fell three metres just over a year ago.
Topics: life and society, health
Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: Rotorua, Tui Ridge Park, WorkSafe
Duration: 3'05"

17:28
Electric shocks turn crash into tragedy
BODY:
A low-speed crash into a power pole turned to tragedy when five young people from two cars got electric shocks with one of them dying.
Topics: transport
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch, car crash, electric shocks
Duration: 3'12"

17:35
Evening Business for 16 December 2015
BODY:
News from the business sector including a market report.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'56"

17:37
Extreme storm hits Sydney
BODY:
Sydney has been hit by a rare tornado which brought with it extreme winds and cricket ball-sized hail.
Topics: weather
Regions:
Tags: Sydney, Australia, Storm, tornado, Hail
Duration: 2'49"

17:40
Murderer planned to escape to South Africa
BODY:
The man who stabbed his wife to death planned to escape to South Africa after carrying out the killing.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: South Africa, murder
Duration: 2'50"

17:42
LA Schools to re-open after terror threat closure
BODY:
Schools in Los Angeles have been cleared to re-open tomorrow after a terror threat forced more than half a million students to stay at home.
Topics: education, security
Regions:
Tags: Los Angeles, schools, terrorism, Threats, email, America
Duration: 3'13"

17:47
Jury told father doesn't murder son over $66,000
BODY:
The jury in the trial of a Taranaki farmer has been told a father simply doesn't murder his son over 66 thousand dollars.
Topics: crime
Regions: Taranaki
Tags: New Plymouth, murder trial
Duration: 3'27"

17:49
The search for oil and gas in NZ slips down a gear.
BODY:
The search for oil and gas in New Zealand is moving down a gear.
Topics: business, energy
Regions:
Tags: oil, gas, Low Oil Prices
Duration: 3'08"

17:52
Collision kills three Hong Kong tourists - coroner
BODY:
Driving home from Wanaka, Adrienne Gaston had a feeling the two vans up ahead weren't going to stop for an oncoming truck - she pulled over, closed her eyes and heard a massive bang.
Topics: transport
Regions:
Tags: Wanaka, car crash
Duration: 4'08"

17:57
Death of a man at the centre of citifleet fraud self-inflicted
BODY:
A Dunedin City Council manager took his own life, six days after he was questioned about a missing fleet of cars trucks and scooters belonging to the council.
Topics: crime
Regions: Otago
Tags: fraud, suicide, Dunedin City Council
Duration: 2'53"

18:07
Sports News for 16 December 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: rowing, golf
Duration: 2'57"

18:12
Why Far North charter school faces closure
BODY:
The Government is moving to shut down the troubled Northland charter school, Te Pumanawa o te Wairua after it failed yet another audit.
Topics: education, politics
Regions: Northland
Tags: Te Pumanawa o te Wairua, School Closure, charter schools
Duration: 5'55"

18:17
Richard Tonks falls out with Rowing NZ
BODY:
Top coach Richard Tonks has fallen out with Rowing New Zealand and tonight says he's finished with it, even as the crews head into Olympic year.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Rowing New Zealand
Duration: 2'25"

18:20
A year of woe on the dairy farm - and worse perhaps to come
BODY:
Rural towns are facing a severe downturn as a year of record low dairy prices take a toll on farmers' finances.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags: dairy prices
Duration: 3'26"

18:23
Southern Response says claimants misled
BODY:
A lawyer for Southern Response says customers hoping to take a class action against it have been misled into believing they have nothing to lose.
Topics: business, law
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Southern Response, Christchurch, Class Action
Duration: 2'47"

18:26
Cambridge quieter after SH1 By-pass opens
BODY:
One of the most attractive towns on State Highway One is enjoying a quieter evening, following the opening of a by-pass around Cambridge in Waikato.
Topics: life and society, transport
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Cambridge
Duration: 3'19"

18:34
Sisters home after 7 weeks
BODY:
Four Maori sisters who went missing seven weeks ago in Australia have been returned safely to their mother early today.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags: Australia
Duration: 3'03"

18:39
US surgeons plan first penis transplant
BODY:
Surgeons are poised to do the first penis transplant ever attempted in the US, to help an injured former military serviceman.
Topics: health, science
Regions:
Tags: USA, surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Duration: 5'33"

18:50
Limit appeals on council policy - Local Government
BODY:
Local Government New Zealand is suggesting limiting appeals over district plans under the Resource Management Act.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Local Government New Zealand, Resource Management Act
Duration: 3'01"

=SHOW NOTES=

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

Entertainment and information, including: 7:30 Spectrum: People, places and events in NZ (RNZ) 8:13 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries 9:06 The Wednesday Drama: Dardanella, by Stuart M Hoar A Gallipoli survivor's memories on his 100th birthday (RNZ)

=AUDIO=

19:12
New Zealand Rail - Neil Atkinson
BODY:
the significance of trains and the rail network to the history of New Zealand - with Neill Atkinson, chief historian at the Ministry for Culture and Heritage and author of Trainland: How Railways Made New Zealand...
Topics: transport, history
Regions:
Tags: trains, rail network
Duration: 23'41"

20:40
Uganda Tabu Butagira
BODY:
Uganda's Daily Monitor journalist Tabu Butagira reports on the Republic of Uganda, pop. 35,873,253 (est. 2012)... Pope Francis' historic visit to Uganda, and two other countries on his maiden pastoral trip to Africa...
Topics: life and society, politics, economy, spiritual practices
Regions:
Tags: Uganda, Catholics, Pope Francis
Duration: 16'00"

20:59
Conundrum Clue 5 Wednesday 16 December
BODY:
Conundrum Clue 5 Wednesday 16 December
Topics:
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Tags:
Duration: 16'09"

21:59
Conundrum Clue 6 Wednesday 16 December
BODY:
Conundrum Clue 6 Wednesday 16 December
Topics:
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Tags:
Duration: 48"

=SHOW NOTES=

NIGHTS on RNZ National
with skipper. Bryan Crump & navigator. Robyn Rockgirl Walker
On the show tonight (Wednesday)...
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7:12 NEW ZEALAND RAIL
the significance of trains and the rail network to the history of New Zealand - with Neill Atkinson, chief historian at the Ministry for Culture and Heritage and author of Trainland: How Railways Made New Zealand...

7:30 Spectrum - Tapping into the Past
> New Zealand people and their stories
8:12 Windows on the World - Assignment: The Story of Robert Jones
> international public radio documentaries
8:43 The Overseas Correspondents - UGANDA
Uganda's Daily Monitor journalist Tabu Butagira reports on the Republic of Uganda, pop. 35,873,253 (est. 2012)... Pope Francis' historic visit to Uganda, and two other countries on his maiden pastoral trip to Africa...
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roster: Liat Collins (Jerusalem, Israel); Motoko Kakubayashi (Tokyo, Japan); Will Flockton (Brighton, England); Shoba Narayan (Bangalore, India); Silver Tambur (Tallinn, Estonia); Nida' Tuma (Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine); Eri Garuti (Saint-Genis-Laval, France & Italy); Pablo Pires Fernandes (Belo Horizonte, Brazil); Peggy Revell (Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada); Lien Hoang (Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam); & Tabu Butagira (Kampala, Uganda)
8:59 conundrum clue 5
9:07 The Drama Hour - Dardanella
9:59 conundrum clue 6
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 - A Short History of Jazz - The 1990s
> jazzy jazz
... nights' time is the right time...

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

Late Edition Wednesday 16 December
Late Edition is a round up of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Date Line Pacific from RNZ International which covers the continuing drought in Papua New Guinea currently affecting half a million people

=DESCRIPTION=

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

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

Mark Donlon guides listeners through the musical, social and personal history of jazz (F, RNZ)