RNZ National. 2016-01-20. 00:00-23:59.

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

20 January 2016

===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 The Virgin and the Whale, by Carl Nixon, read by Deana Elvins (1 of 10, RNZ); 3:30 Kate's Classics (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 20 January 2016
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Child abuser told he will not be deported 'in the interests of his children', Te Atatu residents walk together to grieve for killed neighbour, Too early to say if Whakatane boat will be salvaged, and China slowdown to continue.
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Duration: 36'37"

06:10
China's debt levels could threaten its economy
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A New Zealand investment manager based in Beijing says China's increasing debt levels are a greater threat to its economy than the latest growth figures.
Topics: business
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Tags: economy, China
Duration: 4'19"

06:20
Early business news
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Our business editor, Gyles Beckford, with what's happening in the financial world.
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Duration: 2'30"

06:25
Morning Rural News for 20 January 2016
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'15"

06:34
Sports News for 20 January 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'42"

06:38
Investigators say 'sooner the better' for sunken ship
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The clock is ticking for investigators deciding whether to salvage a passenger boat which sunk off Whakatane after catching fire with 60 people on board.
Topics: transport
Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: PeeJay V
Duration: 1'42"

06:40
Good year to ask for a pay rise?
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2016 could be a good year to ask for a pay rise, with the number of businesses intending to hire reaching a six year high according to a recruitment company survey.
Topics: business
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Tags: employment
Duration: 4'05"

06:45
British spy agency rated UK's most gay-friendly employer
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British spy agency MI5 has been named as the country's most gay-friendly employer.
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Tags: lgbtq
Duration: 3'46"

06:50
Dairy price result
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Prices have fallen in the latest global dairy auction.
Topics: business
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Tags: dairy price
Duration: 2'18"

06:53
China growth tipped to fall further
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China's economy could slow even further, with expectations the Government in Beijing may set a target of 6-and-a-half percent for this year.
Topics: business
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Duration: 1'56"

06:54
RBNZ can stay on hold through 2016 - NZIER
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In a little over a week the Reserve Bank will release its first interest rate statement of the year.
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Duration: 1'17"

06:56
SkyCity says plenty of room for growth
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The casino operator, SkyCity Entertainment Group, says there's plenty of room for growth in its high roller business, which has produced a turnover of more than 7 billion dollars in the past six months.
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Duration: 2'20"

06:58
Morning markets
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Turning to the markets
Topics: business
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Duration: 1'21"

07:07
Sports News for 20 January 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'44"

07:12
Child abuser told he will not be deported
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A man who punched his infant son in the head and broke his leg and ribs has been told he will not be deported because it would not be in the best interests of his children.
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Duration: 5'25"

07:17
Te Atatu residents walk together to grieve for killed neighbour
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Mourners who made a solemn and emotional hikoi in Te Atatu in Auckland last night have told how they still fear for their safety.
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Regions: Auckland Region
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Duration: 4'00"

07:21
Too early to say if Whakatane boat will be salvaged
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Tourist trips to White Island are scheduled to resume today, as accident investigators consider whether it's worth salvaging the boat that sank on Tuesday off Whakatane.
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Duration: 4'38"

07:25
China slowdown to continue
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The news that China's economy grew at its slowest pace in 25 years has not surprised economists.
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Duration: 3'55"

07:34
Flood affected Timaru begins cleanup this morning
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As the water recedes in Timaru today, the cleanup from last night's flooding begins.
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Duration: 2'23"

07:37
Criminal Bar Association President criticises Corrections Minister
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The president of the Criminal Bar Association says newly appointed Corrections Minister Judith Collins should keep her nose out of court judges' decisions.
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Tags: Criminal Bar Association, Mathew Kidman, Electronic Monitoring
Duration: 4'46"

07:42
London Maori called in to identify Cook's souvenirs
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Britain's National Maritime Museum hopes a group of London based Maori can resolve a mystery around artefacts brought back to England by Captain James Cook.
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Duration: 3'30"

07:45
Low inflation will give little comfort to those struggling
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Inflation figures are out this morning - and they should be rock bottom.
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Duration: 3'00"

07:48
End to Iran sanctions increase oil supply
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Saturday's agreement to remove economic sanctions against Iran is expected to lower world oil prices.
Topics: economy
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Tags: oil price, Iran
Duration: 4'19"

07:54
Stars boycott over lack of diversity in Oscar nominees
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Two prominent African-American filmmakers say they'll be boycotting this year's Academy Awards over a lack of diversity among nominees.
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Duration: 4'44"

08:07
Sports News for 20 January 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'38"

08:12
Corrections Minister
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Joining us is Corrections Minister Judith Collins
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Duration: 7'33"

08:20
Dairy professor worries Fonterra burdened by Chinese investment
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Dairy prices have fallen again in the global dairy auction, and analysts say that could force Fonterra to revise its current payout of four dollars 60.
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Duration: 3'19"

08:23
Fonterra defends Chinese investments
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Fonterra's chief financial officer, Lucas Paravicini, is with us
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Duration: 3'37"

08:26
Passenger tells of terrifying evacuation from burning boat.
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Another passenger who survived the sinking of the White island tour boat the Peejay V has spoken of her ordeal.
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Regions: Bay of Plenty
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Duration: 2'43"

08:30
Te Atatu residents vigilant as hunt for killer enters 6th day
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Te Atatu locals gathered last night to remember Cun Xiu Tian - the woman found dead in her home last Friday after a brutal daylight bashing. The hunt for Ms Tian's killer is entering its sixth day.
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Duration: 3'58"

08:34
Markets Update for 20 January 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'16"

08:39
Chinese economic slow down not panicking exporters
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New Zealand companies are not panicking about China's slowing economy, saying Chinese consumers' appetite for what they're offering remains undiminshed.
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Duration: 3'37"

08:43
Pacific trade deal negotiations drag on
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The Chief Trade Advisor for the Pacific Island countries says he is confident negotiations over the PACER Plus trade agreement for the region can reach a successful conclusion.
Topics: Pacific
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Tags: trade, pacer plus
Duration: 3'21"

08:49
Algae warning in Wairarapa river for Masterton dog owners
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Dog owners in Masterton are being warned to avoid the Waipoua River, which runs through the town, because of potentially lethal levels of toxic algae
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Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: rivers, algae
Duration: 2'20"

08:53
Former players take reins at Breakers basketball team
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With four championships in the past five years, the Breakers know a thing or two about success.
Topics: sport
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Tags: basketball, Breakers, Paul Henare
Duration: 3'39"

08:56
Upsets on Day 2 of Australian Open
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Day two of the Australian Open was one of upsets yesterday.
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Duration: 3'11"

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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: Now and Then, by David Hill, read by Nick Blake
Snapshots of the changing face of New Zealand glimpsed through a group of friends who gather every ten years in memory of one of their number who died in the 1970s (3 of 5)

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09:11
Flooding danger spreads further in NZ
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As extreme weather events become the 'new normal', a new paper warns that it's not just people who live in low-lying areas and on the coast who need to be prepared for flooding.
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As extreme weather events become the 'new normal', a new paper warns that it's not just people who live in low-lying areas and on the coast who need to be prepared for flooding.
Thousands upon thousands of people around the world - including in the southern reaches of the American state of Illinois, northern England, southern Scotland and Australia's flood-ravaged Hunter region - have begun 2016 with rescues, evacuations and the expensive consequences of flooding.
Given how much is known about flooding and how to mitigate it, there really should be less disastrous flooding - but instead, there seems to be more.
Waikato University environmental planning professor Iain White is about to publish a paper called Groundhog Day, with Professor Graham Haughton from the University of Manchester in the UK, in which he warns that politicians and planners must start learning lessons from previous floods.
In New Zealand the dangers were highlighted last November in a report by the Parliamentary Commisoner for the Environment, entitled Preparing for Rising Seas. It identified 9000 at-risk, flood-prone homes in the coming decades.
The origins of Prof White's paper came from a conversation with an English colleague in 2014 about flooding taking place in the UK at the time, which had prompted public calls to consult the Dutch - who were seen to be the experts in flood prevention. The low-lying land in The Netherlands (Netherlands literally means low-lying land) requires the country to be heavily flood-proofed.
But their problem is dealing with flooding from the ocean, rather than heavy rainfall causing drainage systems to overflow and rivers to rise and overflow their banks - which was the problem in England, and often here in New Zealand.
"So (the Dutch) are very good at large technical defences that keep the sea out, and this wasn't that risk at all, and this is one of the messages: there's different kinds of risk and they demand different solutions," Prof White told Nine To Noon today
He noticed that there was the same kind of public outcry when the latest flooding happened, with the exact same key points: journalists, politicians and other interested parties all demanded major reviews of policy; doubts were raised about whether flood forecasting policy was correct and about whether there were certain areas being left behind, as well as whether planners had listened to scientists; and whether the flooding was related to climate change.
"It's not just the floods that reoccur, it's the conversations. And this is part of the difficulty as scientists, is that you really want to change things, you want policy to try and adapt to what we call 'the new normality' - and not just have the reoccuring conversations.
"And so it was about drawing attention to this cycle, which isn't just a climatic one but it's a policy one, and it's a political one and it's a journalistic one, and if you recognise that then you've got a chance of really making ground with some of the major policies that might need to change."
The problems particular to flooding in New Zealand were regional and required individually tailored solutions, Prof White said.
"So, for example, parts of low-lying land around the Thames coast (require looking) at certain types of risk, but we've always known that Wellington and Dunedin, they've had floods too so that's different kinds of risk and different solutions but if you take a step back and look at the bigger picture, you really need to start with climate change."
Until global warming was addressed, there would be no reversion to earlier climate patterns, Prof White's paper said.
The majority of climate scientists tended to agree on two things: that recent extreme weather events were unprecedented and that we will continue to experience more of them.
"Now our climate does appear to be changing, there's no real doubt about that whatsoever, we know, we've got records going back from (the) 1800s - so we know that it's getting warmer. 2014 was the warmest year we've had on record, but that was since broken in 2015."
He said it was worth considering just how hot last year was - January 2015 was the hottest January on record, February was the hottest February on record, and so on.
"It was just every month seemed to break new ground."
Overall, 2015 was the warmest year on record - and not by just a small margin.
"It smashed the previous record in climate terms, so if you're trying to picture what that might look like over a large time series, over a hundred, 150 years, you might expect records to be broken every now and again just by a small amount.
"The climate change record for 2015 is like running the 100 metres in nine seconds. It's really smashed our personal best and it means that we need to not just think about the mitigation, about how we might put less C02 into the atmosphere, but also - particularly with countries like New Zealand - how we might adapt, how we might build differently and how we might respond to some of the more extreme events that are happening."
Prof White said the issue around flooding was just exactly "how to listen to the future, and how we give it a voice".
The recent Paris agreement on climate change was a start, he said, but on a national level, the conversations still needed to start about how climate change would mean things would have be done differently in the future.
Sea level rise was one problem that could be relatively easily addressed, as records from the major ports all around New Zealand went back as far as 1899 in some cases.
"So we know that the sea level rise has increased by about 20 centimetres during the last century, so we know that's happened and it's one of the easier floods to understand scientifically, it's just like a bath tub slowly increasing as the global temperature rises - the water tends to expand, you've got a bit more snow melt, more glacier melt and there's more inputs into the system."
Those exact kinds of measurements have been extrapolated so that scientists have predicted that in the next 50 years, sea levels should rise by about 30cm - which Prof White said wasn't too bad.
"You think, well, 30cm, we could just build a few slightly higher sea defences and so on but it's the extremes, it's how does that interact with the king tides, how does that interact with some of the storm events that we get, and how far are those extremes going to get?"
Coastal erosion was one of the hardest problems - one big storm could cause the equivalent of 50 years of erosion in one day.
Flooding from rivers and lakes was a little easier to predict as there are quite visible records.
"You've got old pictures going back and you go near the rivers and you see the big ruler with 'this was the 1945 flood' - there's a good record there."
The data about rainfall went back 100-150 years and was also improving all the time, but predicting the levels of rain and the catchment it could land on was more difficult, because how rain lands changed its behaviour.
Data about rainfall levels actually added up to patterns over a longer period of time until the recent sudden acceleration of climate change, Prof White said. So the cliche of the one-in-100-years weather event was somewhat inaccurate now, as climate change was wreaking havoc with what had been relatively stable systems across decades or longer.
"So while our rainfall varies day to day, month to month, year to year, over this long series, it's assumed to be stationary... (but) we know climate change is making extreme weather more frequent, more severe."
The one-in-100-year event was still useful as a measure of how robust the flood defence systems needed to be, however with the now-seemingly constantly changing climate, the variables were becoming too hard to predict.
"With the sea level rising in and around Wellington, what we might expect to be a one in a hundred year event today, that might happen every year in 50 years' time."
Tackling global warming needed to become a central part of a multi-pronged approach to flood policy, Prof White said, as these extreme weather events become the 'new normal'. And there will be uncomfortable conversations to be had about who pays for flood mitigation.
Listen to the full Nine To Noon interview here:
Topics: climate, environment
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Duration: 14'50"

09:20
NZ film producer has personal connection to Oscar nominated flick, Brooklyn
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New Zealand-born producer Finola Dwyer is in the running for an Oscar after the Irish romantic drama Brooklyn received three Academy Award nominations.
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A New Zealand producer is in the running for an Oscar after the Irish romantic drama Brooklyn received three Academy Award nominations.
Wellington-born Finola Dwyer was given the nod for Best Picture, along with fellow producer Amanda Posey.
The star of the film, Irish-American actress Saoirse Ronan, was nominated for Best Actress, and its writer, Nick Hornby, was nominated for the screenplay.
It is Dwyer's second Oscar nomination - she was previously nominated for the 2009 coming-of-age drama An Education.
Based on Colm Toibin's award-winning novel of the same name, Brooklyn, directed by John Crowley, tells the story of Eilis Lacey, played by Ronan, a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn.
Dwyer said Brooklyn was a very personal film for her, as she sees parallels with her own mother's journey to New Zealand in 1951 from Dublin.
"My mum used to say New Zealand houses had tin roofs just like the barns in Ireland, so I think it was probably quite a shock to the system for her, she was very homesick for a lot of our childhood."
They are feelings Dwyer identifies with as she now lives in London, but finds herself homesick for New Zealand.
"And it is so universal because of that relationship to home, the majority of us do leave our parents' home and often travel away for work or in search of a better life."
The recognition of Ronan's performance is a much needed boost to a film that has already broken out of the art house circuit and reached the mainstream.
"Something like this we were never going to be casting a household name in that role [Eilis Lacey], and people are like, 'immigration stories, there's been a lot, bit of a tired old story.'
"But there's never been a story about immigration told from a female's perspective."
Brooklyn also stars Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent and Julie Walters and opens in New Zealand cinemas on 21 January.

Listen to Finola Dwyer talk to Lynn Freeman on Nine to Noon:

Topics: media, life and society
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Tags: movies, film, Oscar
Duration: 11'52"

09:35
Unlocking memories in people with dementia
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A new programme is helping unlock memories in people with dementia and give them more social connection. There are currently just over 53,500 people with dementia in New Zealand. Annabel Grant from Massey University's Speech and Language Therapy programme, has been training students to use ideas developed in the US such as TimeSlips, Memory Books and creative storytelling to reach people suffering memory loss.
Topics: health
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Tags: dementia, communication
Duration: 10'30"

09:50
Australia correspondent, Peter Munro
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Peter Munro talking about political instability in Australia
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Duration: 10'26"

10:08
Dr Dan Murphy - the founder of the Bairo Pite Clinic
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Dr Daniel Murphy, the founder of the Bairo Pite Clinic in Timor-Leste. Dr Murphy has spent his career treating victims of disease in Mozambique, Laos, Nicaragua and, most recently, Timor-Leste. He arrived in the former Portugese colony in 1998 and says what followed was the two most dangerous years of his life as he treated people injured in a conflict which is estimated to have claimed the lives of 14 hundred civilians. He still lives and works in Timor-Leste in the Bairo Pite Clinic where he treats victims of tuberculosis, HIV, yellow fever and many other diseases. He also assists in the delivery of up to 100 babies a month.
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Duration: 27'51"

10:35
Book Review: Best Books of 2015
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Reviewed by Phil Vine
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Duration: 8'22"

11:07
Marty Duda's artist of the week - Lou Barlow
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Lou Barlow He's been hailed as the pioneer of the lo-fi movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s, and thanks to his involvement in bands such as Dinosaur Jr, Sebadoh and The Folk Implosion, along with his own solo releases, Lou Barlow is one of the most prolific songwriters of his generation. Growing up in Westfield, Massachusetts, Barlow met J Mascis and the two began their love/hate relationship forming hardcore band Deep Wound and then Dinosaur Jr. When tensions got too high, Lou focussed on his side project, Sebadoh, releasing a string of albums in the early 90s that helped define the era. Later he formed The Folk Implosion, finding a certain amount of mainstream success with Natural One from the Kids soundtrack. Over the past decade, Barlow has reunited with Mascis to reform Dinosaur Jr, toured and recorded with a reformed Sebadoh and continued to release his own solo material…his most recent album is 2015's Brace The Wave. Lou Barlow tours New Zealand with four solo shows lined up.
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Duration: 29'24"

11:40
'Parks and Rec' star Nick Offerman heading to NZ
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US comic Nick Offerman - best known for delivering some of the finest one liners in television as the tax-hating, meat-loving American patriot Ron Swanson - is heading to NZ for a one man stage show.
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US comic and actor Nick Offerman - best known for delivering some of the finest one liners in television as the tax-hating, meat-loving American patriot Ron Swanson - is heading to New Zealand.
"Capitalism - God's way of determining who is smart and who is poor," is one of the quotes fans typically like to include in their compilation of Ron Swanson's best moments on You Tube.
Offerman played Ron Swanson for seven years on the hit US comedy show Parks and Recreation and says it was a dream role.
He has a New Zealand connection - Lucy Lawless played his wife on the show.
"She told me a lot about what a beautiful place it is to kayak and hike."
While Offerman has been working to differentiate from Ron Swanson, he told Nine to Noon there were similarities between their personalities - one being their love of the outdoors.
"I just love the peace and quiet that it affords my soul to get out in the woods."
He said writers of the show - which was farewelled this time last year - did a brilliant job of taking aspects of the actors' personalities and writing them into the comedy.
"Early on they came and visited my woodshop and said 'you are an absolute nerd for woodworking so we're going to ring some great laughs out of this' and my love of the outdoors as well. In fact he had a couple of different canoes on the show and those were both canoes that I made myself."
He said his character, while offering up great laughs, was also relatable.
"We really seemed to strike a cord with Ron, putting across an old fashioned common sense that's been lost in this information age, you know? Where he's just a guy who only lives by three rules and if there's not meat in it, then it's not a meal."
In recognising the limitations that being such a well love character can have on a career, Offerman plans on avoiding having his mustache for a while, which was so quintessentially Ron Swanson.
"It's no longer mine, it's become Ron's mustache, and so if I want to play any roles and not be immediately thought of as Ron Swanson then I have to avoid the mustache"
By the time he arrives here he assures he should have a decent beard coming in.
[h] Back to his roots
In less than a month Offerman will bring his high-spirited, one man stage show Full Bush to New Zealand.
From sing-alongs to cautionary tales and tips on manliness - he's promising to bring a hearty serving of chuckles and beefy musk.
Talking to Nine to Noon, he explained what the show's title refers to.
"I do some in-depth scientific discussing of growing one's body hair and the pros and cons of that.
"And full bush also refers to the lifestyle of living at the readiness, in case all of these man-made systems ever fail us. We have to be ready to go into the bush and survive and so that's something that I pay attention to, in case the poop hits the fan. I want to be ready to build a boat and glean my own meat from the wilderness."
He will play his hand-made ukulele, talk about making things with your hands, and he has some material comparing an American experience to a New Zealand experience.
Offerman landed the role of Swanson after years plying his trade in theatre - which was still his first love.
He also likes the world of comedy, which he believed was a far more supportive community than the world of drama.
"There's more insecurities and ego involved and so people are a lot more competitive and they want to see their peers fail."
Community is important to Offerman, who grew up on a farm.
"I always seem to be in some sort of collective where we're all trying to do something good for humanity with our work rather than do something good for our own household."
Would he go back to a television series?
"I'd like to take a couple years off after Ron Swanson to sort of let that experience settle out of my system but I'd certainly be game to take another swing at a TV series. If you're an actor you just like getting a job. I'm not really picky where it's at."
Nick Offerman comes to Auckland's Bruce Mason Centre on Thursday February 11th and Wellington's Opera House, on Friday February 12th.
Listen to the full Nine To Noon interview with Nick Offerman here:
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Duration: 13'22"

11:50
Arts commentator Courtney Johnston
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Courtney Johnston talks about the surprisingly interesting stories about arts funding and American art warehouses, and a perfume workshop in Wellington.
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Duration: 7'28"

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09:05 Groundhog day. Why it's time for a fundamental rethink of flood policy in NZ.
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How do we prepare ourselves for the changing climate ? Iain White is a Professor of Environmental Planning at the University of Waikato. He is about to publish a paper called 'Groundhog Day ', with Professor Graham Haughton from the University of Manchester in the UK, on the inadequate response to the 2015 floods in the UK, and warns we must all start learning from previous floods, not just people in low lying and coastal areas.
With the rapid onset of extreme events as the 'new normal', he warns that much of our infrastructure, based on a 20th century climate model, needs to be urgently upgraded, and it's time to have uncomfortable conversations about who pays for flood mitigation.
0920 NZ film producer has 'personal connection' to Oscar nominated flick, Brooklyn
Finola Dwyer is a Wellington-born producer, who's is in the running for an Oscar after her film Brooklyn received three Academy Award nominations for:

BEST PICTURE, Producers: Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE, Saoirse Ronan
BEST WRITING - ADAPTED SCREENPLAY, Nick Hornby.
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Based on Colm Toibin's award-winning novel of the same name, Brooklyn is an Irish romantic drama film directed by John Crowley and adapted by author Nick Hornby. It tells the profoundly moving story of Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of America, Eilis departs Ireland and the comfort of her mother's home for the shores of New York City. The initial shackles of homesickness quickly diminish as a fresh romance sweeps Eilis into the intoxicating charm of love. But soon, her new vivacity is disrupted by her past, and Eilis must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
Finola Dwyer says Brooklyn has been 'a very personal film for me', her mother came to New Zealand in 1951 from Dublin, and Brooklyn 'is very much her story, yet it is so very universal too'.
This is Finola's second Oscar nomination, she was previously nominated for An Education.
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09:30 Unlocking memories in people with dementia
A new programme is helping unlock memories in people with dementia and give them more social connection. There are currently just over 53,500 people with dementia in New Zealand.
Annabel Grant from Massey University's Speech and Language Therapy programme, has been training students to use ideas developed in the US such as TimeSlips, Memory Books and creative storytelling to reach people with memory loss.
Related: in 2015 Kathryn Ryan spoke to Dan Cohen of the US programme Music and Memory, which used music familiar to alzheimers patients to reconnect with them, with remarkable results. Click here if you want to listen to that interview.
09:45 Australia correspondent, Peter Munro
10:05 Dr Dan Murphy - the founder of the Bairo Pite Clinic in Timor-Leste.
Dr Murphy has spent his career treating victims of disease in Mozambique, Laos, Nicaragua and, most recently, Timor-Leste.
He arrived in the former Portugese colony in 1998 and says what followed was the two most dangerous years of his life as he treated people injured in a conflict which is estimated to have claimed the lives of 14 hundred civilians. He still lives and works in Timor-Leste in the Bairo Pite Clinic where he treats victims of tuberculosis, HIV, yellow fever and many other diseases. He also assists in the delivery of up to 100 babies a month.
10:35 Book review
Phil Vine on his top picks for 2015:
Every time I find the meaning of life they change it, by Daniel Klein
Em and the big Hoom by Jerry Pinto
Two years eight months 28 nights by Salman Rushdie
The rise and fall of the great powers byTom Rachman
10:45 The Reading
11:05 Marty Duda's artist of the week - Lou Barlow
Lou Barlow
Artist: Sebadoh
Song: Not A Friend (3:40)
Composer: Lou Barlow
Album: Bakesale (1994)
Label: Sub Pop

Artist: The Folk Implosion
Song: Natural One (3:09)
Composer: Lou Barlow-John Davis-Wally Gagel
Album: Kids: Original Soundtrack (1995)
Label: London

Artist: Lou Barlow
Song: Wave (2:52)
Composer: Lou Barlow
Album: Brace The Wave (2015)
Label: Joyful Noise

Artist: The Folk Implosion
Song: Insinuation (4:36)
Composer: Lou Barlow
Album: Dare To Be Surprised (1997)
Label: Communion
11:20 'Parks and Rec' star Nick Offerman comes to NZ, but will he paddle his own Waka ?
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US comic, Nick Offerman, best known for portraying the meat loving, tax hating American patriot, Ron Swanson, is heading to New Zealand shores in less than a month with his high-spirited, stage show, Full Bush.
From sing alongs, to cautionary tales, and tips on manliness - he's promising to bring a hearty serving of chuckles and beefy musk. But one thing on the tips of everyone's lips is whether the real life professional wood worker and author of 'Paddle Your Own Canoe', knows how to build his own Waka.
11:45 Arts commentator Courtney Johnston
Courtney Johnston talks about the surprisingly interesting stories about arts funding and American art warehouses, and a perfume workshop in Wellington.

===Noon | Midday Report===
=DESCRIPTION=

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

=AUDIO=

12:00
Midday News for 20 January 2016
BODY:
Inflation falls to levels not seen since the 90s. A communication breakdown's blamed for putting children at risk of abuse.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 15'37"

12:17
Consumer prices fall in Q4, annual inflation low
BODY:
The New Zealand dollar has fallen close to half a cent and wholesale interest rates are also lower after data showed inflation falling to its lowest level in nearly 16 years.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: consumer prices
Duration: 1'36"

12:19
Regions picking up pace, while Auckland cautious
BODY:
The housing market looks to have made modest gains in December, with the national median price rising 1-point-6 percent on the previous month to 465 thousand dollars in December, which was more than 3 percent higher than a year earlier.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: house prices
Duration: 1'06"

12:20
Banks slash dairy price forecast
BODY:
Retail banks have cut their milk price forecasts for the current season after another fall in dairy prices.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: dairy prices
Duration: 2'02"

12:22
NZX joins international market surveillance group, ISG
BODY:
The sharemarket operator, NZX, has joined an international group to help strengthen its powers of investigation on international trades.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: sharemarket, NZX
Duration: 1'13"

12:24
Midday Markets for 20 January 2016
BODY:
For the latest from the markets we're joined by Melika King of Craigs Investment Partners.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'09"

12:26
Business briefs
BODY:
The energy supplier, Mighty River Power, says it's seen the highest quarter of geothermal generation.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 39"

12:27
Midday Sports News for 20 January 2016
BODY:
All Black Sonny Bill Williams and three newcomers have been included in the 22-man New Zealand rugby sevens squad for the upcoming Wellington leg of the World Series.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'40"

12:35
Midday Rural News for 20 January 2016
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 8'41"

=SHOW NOTES=

===1:06 PM. | Jesse Mulligan, 1–4pm===
=DESCRIPTION=

An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)

=AUDIO=

13:10
First Song
BODY:
'Voices' by Posse.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 6'27"

13:17
Geoff Walker Detained - Ron Mark
BODY:
New Zealand photographer, Geoff Walker, has been arrested in Uganda. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it's aware of reports that a New Zealander is being questioned by the police in Uganda. It says the New Zealand Embassy, Addis Adaba, is following it up with authorities. New Zealand First's deputy leader, Ron Mark, speaks to Jesse Mulligan.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Geoff Walker, Uganda
Duration: 6'49"

13:24
HMS Protector - Sally Murphy
BODY:
Lyttleton has a somewhat unusual vessel in port. It's HMS Protector, the United Kingdom's ice patrol vessel stopping in as part of its first visit to this part of the world.
Topics:
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: HMS Protector
Duration: 4'50"

13:29
Red Pandas - Helen Watson
BODY:
Auckland Zoo has two new arrivals - red panda twins. Mother Bo gave birth to them at 3am Tuesday morning, and they're being watched closely by both her and Zoo staff. So far, things are looking good. Auckland Zoo Carnivore keeper Helen Watson is with me now.
Topics:
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: red pandas, Auckland Zoo
Duration: 7'51"

13:37
Summer sounds
BODY:
What are the sounds of a Kiwi summer? Cicadas? Surf? The jingle of the Mr Whippy ice-cream van? Sarah Johnston at Nga Taonga Sound & Vision has been listening to some recordings from the sound archives which evoke memories of summers past.
EXTENDED BODY:
What are the sounds of a Kiwi summer? Cicadas? Crashing surf? The jingle of the Mr Whippy ice-cream van?
Sarah Johnston at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision shares recordings from RNZ's commercial past the sound archives which evoke memories of summers past.
Topics: history
Regions:
Tags: sounds
Duration: 12'56"

13:49
Favourite Album
BODY:
Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Cat Stevens
Duration: 10'09"

14:17
Roadmap - Whangapoua
BODY:
Today's off the beaten track locale was a closely held secret until Britain's Guardian Newspaper spilt the beans on one of her pristine beaches. Then the Lonely Planet Guide got in on the act and named it among the 10 best uninahabited beaches in THE WORLD.
EXTENDED BODY:
Whangapoua was a closely held secret until the Observer spilt the beans on one of its pristine beaches – New Chums. Then the Lonely Planet Guide got in on the act and named New Chums among the 10 best uninahabited beaches in the WORLD.
Jesse Mulligan checks in with some Whangapoua locals.
Topics:
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Whangapoua
Duration: 42'04"

15:08
Technology And Innovation
BODY:
Our technology correspondent Paul Brislen is here to tell us about a future without passwords, Netflix' territorial issues and Apple's odd tax situation. We'll meet our Innovator Of The Week, who wants to help tourists connect with locals wherever they travel. Paul will also answer your questions about technology.
Topics: technology
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 17'53"

15:27
The Wireless
BODY:
Mava Moayyed drops in to talk about her article in RNZ's online magazine The Wireless, about Charlie Camp: the punk drummer and budding builder who is smashing every stereotype about what girls "should" do.
Topics: media
Regions:
Tags: The Wireless
Duration: 4'56"

15:46
The Panel pre-show for 20 January 2016
BODY:
Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 13'53"

21:20
New Zealand's super diversity
BODY:
Auckland's Dalmatian community has contributed to a genetic survey of New Zealand, which shows that just about all of the world's genetic lineages are represented in New Zealand.
EXTENDED BODY:
Similar studies have been done looking at New York City, which is incredibly diverse, but we probably have some of the rarer lineages you wouldn’t find in New York City.
Lisa Matisoo-Smith, Africa to Aotearoa project

Without the Babiches, Sundes, Nobilos and many other Dalmatian families, New Zealand may never have become renowned as a fruit-growing and wine-producing country.
But back in the 1860s, when the first Dalmatians arrived in New Zealand to dig first for gold in the South Island and then for kauri gum in Northland, before eventually establishing the first vineyards, they brought much more than their skills in viticulture.
They added to New Zealand’s diversity, and their DNA sequences are now contributing to the Africa to Aotearoa project, the first survey of the genetic diversity of New Zealand’s current population, which traces ancient migration histories right back to when people first walked out of Africa.
This expansion out of Africa began some 60,000 years ago. New Zealand was the last destination on this great human journey - the last landmass to be settled only about 750 years ago.
Auckland’s Dalmatian community is one of several ethnic groups that have contributed their DNA to the project, led by University of Otago biological anthropologist Lisa Matisoo-Smith.
The project draws on the analysis of genetic markers from around 2000 New Zealanders to reveal their migration histories. Most people were sampled randomly in all major cities, but Matisoo-Smith says she also wanted to unravel the migration stories from the various communities that have come to New Zealand as groups of people with a shared culture.
Apart from Auckland’s Dalmatians, other groups include the Lebanese community in Dunedin and the Chinese community which arrived in Central Otago during the Gold Rush.
She says such groups are interesting because they usually maintain links to their culture and language, and often originate from a small region, or even a particular village.
“What is interesting about the Dalmatian community is that, unlike the other communities that we’ve sampled, there seems to be a more broad representation of the genetic diversity in the [home] country than we see, for example, in the Lebanese community.”
While the Lebanese and Central Otago Chinese each represent essentially one village or a specific region, the Dalmatians include people from all parts of what is now known as Croatia.
The full mix of lineages is fairly similar to the proportions that we see in Croatia today.

This includes a very rare lineage that is only found on one of Croatia’s off-shore islands, Hvar. “It’s an Asian lineage and papers have been written about the fact that it’s been found in this European population in Croatia. It also turned up in the Auckland Dalmatian community, in one person whose family lineage takes him back to the island.”
Croatia has many small islands, which are often of interest to geneticists because “of the assumption that islands are genetic isolates”.
For example, one island in Micronesia has become known as the island of the colour blind, because one of the founding people had the condition. “But if you think about the Mediterranean, these are people of the sea … so while they may be more isolated than mainland populations, they are not really completely isolated.”
One surprise to emerge from the DNA analysis of the Dalmatian community in Auckland is the lack of Maori lineages. “Given the history of the gum diggers, particularly in the far north, I expected that there would be more Maori mitochondrial lineages in the broader Dalmatian community. It may just be the structure of the Auckland community as opposed to a Northland community, but we didn’t find any Maori haplotypes.”
The main result of the Africa to Aotearoa project, however, is that New Zealand may be genetically more diverse than some of the world’s largest cultural melting pots. With the exception of a few rarer genetic lineages, Lisa Matisoo-Smith says all major branches that exist in the world are represented in New Zealand.
Similar studies have been done looking at New York City, which is incredibly diverse, but we probably have some of the rarer lineages you wouldn’t find in New York City. It’s a pretty cool result for this country that has such a short human history. It says something about the diversity of New Zealanders and what it means to be a New Zealander.

Topics: science, identity
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Africa to Aotearoa, genographic, genetic survey, Dalmatian community, ancient migration history
Duration: 13'07"

=SHOW NOTES=

1:10 First Song
'Voices' by Posse.
1:15 Geoff Walker Detained - Ron Mark
New Zealand photographer, Geoff Walker, has been arrested in Uganda. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it's aware of reports that a New Zealander is being questioned by the police in Uganda. It says the New Zealand Embassy, Addis Adaba, is following it up with authorities. New Zealand First's deputy leader, Ron Mark, speaks to Jesse Mulligan.
1:20 HMS Protector - Sally Murphy
Lyttleton has a somewhat unusual vessel in port. It's HMS Protector, the United Kingdom's ice patrol vessel stopping in as part of its first visit to this part of the world.
1:25 Red Pandas - Helen Watson
Auckland Zoo has two new arrivals - red panda twins. Mother Bo gave birth to them at 3am Tuesday morning, and they're being watched closely by both her and Zoo staff. So far, things are looking good. Auckland Zoo Carnivore keeper Helen Watson is with me now.
1:30 Summer Sounds - Sarah Johnson
What are the sounds of a Kiwi summer? Cicadas? Surf? The jingle of the Mr Whippy ice-cream van? Sarah Johnston at Nga Taonga Sound & Vision has been listening to some recordings from the sound archives which evoke memories of summers past.
1:40 Favourite Album
Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens.
2:10 BBC Witness - Chairman Mao's Little Red Book
In 1966, the collected thoughts of China's communist leader became an unexpected best-seller around the world. A compendium of pithy advice and political instructions from Mao Tse-tung, it was soon to be found on student bookshelves everywhere.
2:20 Roadmap - Whangapoua
Today's off the beaten track locale was a closely held secret until Britain's Guardian Newspaper spilt the beans on one of her pristine beaches. Then the Lonely Planet Guide got in on the act and named it among the 10 best uninahabited beaches in THE WORLD.
3:10 Technology And Innovation
Our technology correspondent Paul Brislen is here to tell us about a future without passwords, Netflix' territorial issues and Apple's odd tax situation. We'll meet our Innovator Of The Week, who wants to help tourists connect with locals wherever they travel. Paul will also answer your questions about technology.
3:25 The Wireless
Mava Moayyed drops in to talk about her article in RNZ's online magazine The Wireless, about Charlie Camp: the punk drummer and budding builder who is smashing every stereotype about what girls "should" do.
3:35 Our Changing World
The Africa to Aotearoa project, the first-ever survey of the genetic diversity of New Zealand's current population, draws on the analysis of genetic markers from around 2000 New Zealanders to reveal their migration histories. Veronika Meduna meets University of Otago anthropologist Lisa Matisoo-Smith in Auckland, as she returns results to the Dalmatian community.
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: Posse
TITLE: Voices
COMP: Sacha Maxim, Jon Salzman, Paul Wittmann-Todd.
ALBUM: n/a
LABEL: Download
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Cat Stevens
TITLE: On the Road To Find Out
COMP: Cat Stevens
ALBUM: Tea For The Tillerman
LABEL: Island
ARTIST: Cat Stevens
TITLE: Where Do the Children Play
COMP: Cat Stevens
ALBUM: Tea For The Tillerman
LABEL: Island

GREAT NEW ZEALAND CONCERT:
ARTIST: Chris Rea
TITLE: On The Beach
COMP: Chris Rea
ALBUM: On The Beach
LABEL: Magnet
ARTIST: Hello Sailor
TITLE: Lyin' In The Sand
COMP: Harry Lyon
ALBUM: Hello Sailor
LABEL: Key
ARTIST: All Saints
TITLE: Pure Shores
COMP: Shaznay Lewis, William Orbit
ALBUM: All Saints, All Hits
LABEL: London

ARTIST: Claude Rains
TITLE: Listening To The Sea
COMP: Hewitt
ALBUM: Claude Rains
LABEL: Private
ADDITIONAL MUSIC:
ARTIST: Squeeze
TITLE: Happy Days
COMP: Difford, Tillbrook
ALBUM: Single
LABEL: Digital

===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 20 January 2016
BODY:
Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 13'53"

16:03
The Panel with Niki Bezzant and Joe Bennett (Part 1)
BODY:
What the Panelists Niki Bezzant and Joe Bennett have been up to. conomic commentator Bernard Hickey talks inflation. Wine show organiser Belinda Jackson discusses paid for wine reviews.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 23'19"

16:05
The Panel with Niki Bezzant and Jow Bennett (Part 2)
BODY:
Do we need to fully bathe everyday? What the Panelists Niki Bezzant and Joe Bennett have been thinking about. udges' hands are tied when dealing with criminal with violent pasts. Coffee is known for its jolt - now tea is shown to have a perking effect.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 27'18"

16:07
The Panel Intro
BODY:
What the Panelists Niki Bezzant and Joe Bennett have been up to.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'28"

16:11
Inflation
BODY:
Economic commentator Bernard Hickey talks inflation.
Topics: economy
Regions:
Tags: inflation
Duration: 8'58"

16:20
Paid wine reviews
BODY:
Wine show organiser Belinda Jackson discusses paid for wine reviews.
Topics: food
Regions:
Tags: Belinda Jackson
Duration: 10'31"

16:33
How clean are you?
BODY:
Do we need to fully bathe everyday?
Topics: health
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'19"

16:36
Panel Says
BODY:
What the Panelists Niki Bezzant and Joe Bennett have been thinking about.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 7'46"

16:44
Rehab doesn't work - Simon Kerr
BODY:
Paroled prisoner and member of the hole in the Wall gang Simon Kerr talks about why rehabilitation doesn't work.
Topics: crime
Regions:
Tags: convictions
Duration: 10'51"

16:55
Tea's perking effects
BODY:
Coffee is known for its jolt - now tea is shown to have a perking effect.
Topics: food
Regions:
Tags: tea, coffee
Duration: 4'53"

=SHOW NOTES=

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

RNZ's drive-time news and current affairs programme

=AUDIO=

17:00
Checkpoint with John Campbell, 20th January 2016
BODY:
The complete programme, presented by John Campbell in RNZ's Auckland studio.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 00"

17:08
Struck-off teacher not reported to police
BODY:
The Teachers Council struck-off a teacher for showing pornography to students but failed to alert the police and the man went on to sexually abuse a boy in his community.
Topics: education, crime
Regions:
Tags: Victor Charles Jacka
Duration: 3'09"

17:11
Education Council fronts on failure to alert authorities
BODY:
So why did the Teacher's Council fail to alert the authorities about Victor Charles Jacko's dangerous behaviour?
Topics: education, crime
Regions:
Tags: Victor Charles Jacka
Duration: 3'18"

17:15
Christchurch family in housing limbo for almost five years
BODY:
On the 22nd of next month it will be five years, to the day, since 185 people died, and thousands of properties were damaged, in a 6.3 magnitude earthquake.
Topics: housing
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: insurance
Duration: 1'44"

17:17
Te Paa family speaks out
BODY:
A short time ago John spoke to Loretta and Nick Te Paa, via Skype video, from the family's temporary home in Linwood Park... ...and I asked them to describe the past five years.
Topics: housing
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: insurance
Duration: 5'59"

17:23
Southern Response statement
BODY:
We put a call in to Southern Response this morning. We received a statement from them this afternoon.
Topics: housing
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: insurance
Duration: 1'14"

17:24
Singapore Airlines launches 'bureaucrat express' flight
BODY:
A new Capital Express linking Canberra and Wellington on Singapore Airlines is being welcomed by beaucrauts and business people.
Topics: transport
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Singapore Airlines
Duration: 3'07"

17:27
Are Wellingtonians keen to travel to Canberra?
BODY:
But are Wellingtonians keen to holiday in the Australian capital? We asked travellers at Wellington airport this afternoon
Topics: transport
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Singapore Airlines
Duration: 1'42"

17:32
Business news
BODY:
The New Zealand dollar fell after weaker than expected inflation figures raised the likelihood of further interest rate cuts. Annual inflation has fallen to its lowest level since 1999. Business reporter Nona Pelletier has been monitoring that and the real estate figures that came out today.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 4'56"

17:37
Te Paa family lawyer says Christchurch families at risk
BODY:
Earlier, we met the Te Paa family, their home was in Woolston on TC3 land. They were placed in temporary accommodation for what they were told would be 26 weeks whilst their house was rebuilt. That was four years ago.A short time ago John spoke to the Te Paa's lawyer Grant Cameron and asked him how many people are in a similar position.
Topics: housing
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: insurance
Duration: 5'38"

17:43
South Island still officially in drought
BODY:
The official drought period in parts of Otago and all of Canterbury and Marlborough has today been extended by six months.
Topics: weather
Regions: Canterbury, Otago
Tags: drought
Duration: 2'58"

17:46
Drought woes continue for farmers
BODY:
Conan was on the farm of Richard Murchison. He spoke to him about the impact of the drought.
Topics: weather
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: drought
Duration: 4'20"

17:51
Sarah Palin endorses Donald Trump
BODY:
Sarah Palin, the former Governor of Alaska, John McCain's running mate in 2008, and doyenne of America's conservative movement, has endorsed Donald Trump for the American Presidency.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: US, Donald Trump
Duration: 4'04"

17:56
Wellington schools do best out of donations
BODY:
It's back to school next week, and for many families that's a big expense, including shelling out money to pay for school donations.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: school donations
Duration: 3'36"

18:09
Christchurch family in housing limbo for almost five years
BODY:
On the 22nd of next month it will be five years, to the day, since 185 people died, and thousands of properties were damaged, in that unforgettable Christchurch earthquake.
Topics: housing
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: insurance
Duration: 5'23"

18:14
Bali receives terror threat
BODY:
The popular holiday destination Bali, has stepped up its security after a threatening letter was sent to a government office.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Bali
Duration: 3'31"

18:18
Murder trial for former Napier councillor underway
BODY:
A former Napier city councillor has gone on trial in Canada for murdering his wife in 2010.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Canada, Peter Beckett
Duration: 5'26"

18:24
Queenstown weddings take off - literally
BODY:
Queenstown claims to be many things - among them... the Helicopter-Wedding capital of the world.
Topics:
Regions: Otago
Tags: weddings
Duration: 2'58"

18:26
Planets to align for the first time in more than a decade
BODY:
If you're an early riser, for the next month, you might just get a glimpse of our cosmic neighbours in the night sky.
Topics:
Regions: Otago
Tags: stars
Duration: 3'18"

=SHOW NOTES=

===6:30 PM. | Worldwatch===
=DESCRIPTION=

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

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

=AUDIO=

19:12
Thailand's struggle for democracy
BODY:
Journalist and author Andrew MacGregor Marshall on Thailand, it's current political situation and the impact of politics on general society, as explored in his book 'Kingdom in Crisis: Thailand's Struggle for Democracy in the Twenty-First Century'...
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 19'32"

20:42
Nights' Overseas Reports - Japan
BODY:
Palmerston North raised journalist Motoko Kakubayashi now resides in Tokyo and works for University of Tokyo's Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, pop. 126,434,964 (est. 2014)... Australian tourists get lost going back country skiing; the furore over Japan's biggest boy band possibly breaking up after 28 years; and North Korea has been carrying out nuclear tests...
Topics: life and society, politics, economy, spiritual practices
Regions:
Tags: Japan, skiing, boy band, SMAP, North Korea, nuclear tests
Duration: 17'14"

20:59
Conundrum Clue 5
BODY:
Listen on Friday for the answer.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 16"

21:59
Conundrum Clue 6
BODY:
Listen on Friday for the answer.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 25"

=SHOW NOTES=

7:12 Thailand's struggle for democracy
Journalist and author Andrew MacGregor Marshall on Thailand, it's current political situation and the impact of politics on general society, as explored in his book 'Kingdom in Crisis: Thailand's Struggle for Democracy in the Twenty-First Century'...
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7:30 Spectrum - The Town That Wouldn't Lie Down
New Zealand people and their stories
8:12 Window on the World - Burying Chernobyl pt 1 of 2
international public radio documentaries
8:43 Nights' Overseas Reports - Japan
Palmerston North raised journalist Motoko Kakubayashi now resides in Tokyo and works for University of Tokyo's Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, pop. 126,434,964 (est. 2014)... Australian tourists get lost going back country skiing; Japan's biggest boy band breaking up after 28 years; and North Korea has been carrying out nuclear tests...

overseas roster: Japan, England, India, Estonia, The Pacific, Palestine, France & Italy, Brazil, Canada, Viet Nam, Uganda & Israel

8:59 conundrum clue 5
9:07 Wednesday Feature - Space Wars
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 At the Eleventh Hour - New Jazz Archive: The Art of Jazz Drumming
jazzy jazz, ba-boom tish
... nights' time is the right time...

===8:13 PM. | Windows On The World===
=DESCRIPTION=

International public radio features and documentaries

===9:06 PM. | None (National)===
=DESCRIPTION=

We may think war in space is a scenario dreamed up by Hollywood film-makers. But Chris Bowlby discovers how the world’s top military minds now believe future wars will be fought both on Earth - and above it. Satellite communications have become key to military action. We reveal how secret plans and weapon designs focus more and more on how to attack – or defend – crucial ‘space assets’. Rising powers such as China and India are taking this very seriously, while the US is pouring money into its new space strategy.
Since the launch of the first satellites, the military have had their eyes on dominating space. We hear of extraordinary plans to arm space stations and experiments with detonating weapons high above Earth. Until now, though, all-out conflict up there has been prevented. But for how long? Space matters hugely to all our lives, in ways few realise. We reveal how much is at stake in a new age of tension - at the highest level.
A BBC World Service Documentary

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

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

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