RNZ National. 2016-02-16. 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:

16 February 2016

===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Spectrum (RNZ); 1:05 From the World (RNZ); 2:05 A Short History of Jazz - The 1970s (2 of 4, WFIU) 3:05 Enemy Territory, by Elspeth Sandys (7 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 An Author's View (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)

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

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06:00
Top Stories for Tuesday 16 February 2016
BODY:
Counselling and trauma services in Christchurch are slashed. A school and a children's hospital are hit in airstrikes in northern Syria and a man dies and a second is rescued in a boating tragedy off Gisborne last night.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 26'35"

06:06
Sports News for 16 February 2016
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'40"

06:13
Vatican distances itself from Pope John Paul II letters
BODY:
Hundreds of letters and photos have been released detailing Pope John Paul the second's thirty-year friendship with a married woman.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Pope John Paul
Duration: 4'24"

06:18
Qualifications leave students worse off
BODY:
New figures from Universities New Zealand show there are big financial returns for students of some courses, but others leave graduates worse off than people who never studied at all.
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags: degrees
Duration: 2'56"

06:23
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: 2'21"

06:25
Morning Rural News for 16 February 2016
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'03"

06:28
Annette King says Canterbury mental health cuts 'premature'
BODY:
The Labour Party says the Ministry of Social Development should not be reducing mental health funding in Canterbury.
Topics: health
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: mental health funding
Duration: 2'51"

06:41
Police vow to keep looking for body
BODY:
The Police are vowing not to give up trying to find the body of 27-year old Aaron Roigard who was murdered by his father in June 2014.
Topics: crime
Regions:
Tags: Aaron Roigard
Duration: 2'34"

06:44
Lobby groups at odds over TPP consultations during talks
BODY:
Lobby groups are at odds over the secrecy that enveloped the Trans Pacific Partnership talks, and whether the Government did enough to ease public mistrust about the contentious agreement.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: TPP
Duration: 3'38"

06:50
ASB forecasts soft start to the year before pick up
BODY:
The economy is expected to bottom out in the first half of this year at around 2 percent annual growth as the impact of weak dairy prices, slower construction growth, and the ever present slowdown in China are felt.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'33"

06:52
Retailers continue to rely on store-fronts to drive business
BODY:
A survey has found retailers believe a physical store presence trumps the online experience when it comes to driving sales, brand and customer loyalty ... in other words bricks over clicks.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: retailers
Duration: 1'22"

06:54
Belgium-based Allnex aims to buy Nuplex for $1 billion
BODY:
The Belgium-based resins manufacturer, Allnex, which is making a takeover bid for Nuplex is probably able to extract more value than the shareholders of the New Zealand resin maker, according to an analyst.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: Nuplex
Duration: 2'26"

06:56
Contact resigns itself to flat outlook
BODY:
The listed energy company, Contact, says it has resigned itself to a flat outlook, as customers shop around for the best buy.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: Contact
Duration: 1'46"

06:58
Huntly should stay open - Contact
BODY:
Contact Energy has added its voice to calls for the coal-fired power plants at Huntly might to stay open.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Genesis Energy
Duration: 27"

06:58
Morning markets for 16 February 2016
BODY:
American markets are closed for a public holiday, but the main British and European markets closed up between 2 and 3%.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'07"

07:07
Sports News for 16 February 2016
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'25"

07:10
MSD slashes funding for community and trauma mental health
BODY:
The Ministry of Social Development has slashed funding for community and trauma mental health services in Christchurch.
Topics: health
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: mental health services
Duration: 3'25"

07:14
Ministry responds to details of cuts to community counselling
BODY:
Listening to that was the southern regional manager of the Ministry of Social Development's Family and Community Services, Moira Underdown.
Topics: health
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: mental health services
Duration: 3'29"

07:17
Up to 14 people are killed after strikes on Syria hospitals
BODY:
More than 20 people have been killed and another 30 injured overnight in three attacks on hospitals in Syria.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Syria
Duration: 4'18"

07:22
Man dies in boating incident off Gisborne
BODY:
An evening fishing trip ended with one man dead and a second rescued after a boat hit rocks off Gisborne.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Tuamotu Island
Duration: 4'19"

07:26
Serco claims it should have been told
BODY:
It's emerged the Corrections Department investigated allegations of organised fights at Mt Eden Prison both before and after private operator Serco assumed management of the facility in 2011.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Serco
Duration: 3'54"

07:35
Some qualifications leave students worse off
BODY:
Students enrolling in tertiary study this year might want to re-think their choices in light of new figures that show which subjects deliver the biggest pay off.
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags: degrees
Duration: 3'20"

07:39
Aucklanders brace for bus strike distruptions
BODY:
Tens of thousands of Aucklanders will have to find other ways to get to work on Friday if bus drivers go ahead with a 24 hour strike
Topics: transport
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: bus strike
Duration: 3'13"

07:43
Schoolgirl tells parliament of her escape from Myanmar
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A schoolgirl has spoken at Parliament about how she and her family escaped Myanmar when she was six years old and found refuge in New Zealand.
Topics: refugees and migrants, politics
Regions:
Tags: refugees
Duration: 2'34"

07:45
John Key opens door for babies in detention row to come here
BODY:
John Key yesterday suggested the 37 babies who are among 260 aslyum seekers facing deportation to Nauru from Australia could be resettled here.
Topics: politics, refugees and migrants
Regions:
Tags: John Key
Duration: 1'25"

07:47
Labour accusing NZTE officials of misleading Select Committee
BODY:
The Labour Party is accusing New Zealand Trade and Enterprise officials of misleading a parliamentary Select Committee over the Saudi sheep deal.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Saudi sheep deal
Duration: 5'14"

07:52
Auckland mayoral candidates first campaign encounter
BODY:
Auckland's mayoral contenders have met for the first time on the campaign trail, with some struggling to take a clear position on how future housing density should be decided.
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: mayor
Duration: 3'36"

07:57
Comedian finds dildo incident impossible to resist
BODY:
When Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce was hit in the face with a phallus shaped squeaky toy at Waitangi, he seemed to be aware of what would happen next.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: dildo, Steven Joyce
Duration: 2'53"

08:07
Sports News for 16 February 2016
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'59"

08:10
Counsellors' association say people may miss out on help
BODY:
As we have been reporting this morning..Figures obtained by Radio New Zealand show the Ministry of Social Development has slashed funding for community and trauma mental health services in the Christchurch
Topics: health
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: mental health services
Duration: 5'25"

08:16
Family and friends hold out hope to one day bury Aaron Roigard
BODY:
Yesterday David Roigard, was sentenced in the High Court at New Plymouth to at least 19 years in jail for the killing of his 27-year-old son Aaron.
Topics: crime
Regions: Taranaki
Tags: Aaron Roigard
Duration: 3'06"

08:20
Increase penalties won't stop police chases - experts
BODY:
Experts say government plans to increase the penalties for drivers who flee from police won't work, with some concerned it may actually encourage risky behaviour.
Topics: crime
Regions:
Tags: drivers
Duration: 2'45"

08:23
New study show varying returns on different degrees
BODY:
New research is highlighting which tertiary courses deliver a good return on investment for students.
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags: degrees
Duration: 2'50"

08:26
Huge worker shortage as fruitgrowing approaches season peak
BODY:
Fruitgrowers expect a record harvest this year but it could be overshadowed by a huge shortage of workers.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Fruitgrowers, pickers
Duration: 3'53"

08:30
Markets Update for 16 February 2016
BODY:
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'12"

08:36
Little says SAS in Iraq still possible under right conditions
BODY:
The Prime Minister John Key yesterday said New Zealand would not be sending SAS to fight against Islamic State in Iraq in response to US Defence Secretary Ash Carter's request for more assistance.
Topics: politics, defence force
Regions:
Tags: Andrew Little
Duration: 3'43"

08:40
Two years to catch up with GP's dangerous prescribing
BODY:
A Hamilton GP is to get to practice as a doctor again, despite prescribing dangerously high doses of controlled medicine to drug-addicted patients.
Topics: health
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Gregory Thorne
Duration: 3'34"

08:43
Horowhenua mayor irate after sewage video appears on Facebook
BODY:
The Horowhenua District Council says a video posted on Facebook showing toilet paper and raw sewage in a Shannon stream is a 'complete distortion of the facts'.
Topics: politics
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Horowhenua District Council
Duration: 4'11"

08:49
First refugees under emergency intake to arrive in Wellington
BODY:
The first group of Syrians to arrive in the country under the emergency refugee intake are due to leave the Mangere Resettlement Centre and arrive in Wellington later this month.
Topics: refugees and migrants
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Syria
Duration: 3'15"

08:52
Grammy's about to kick off in LA
BODY:
The biggest names in music take to the stage at the awards ceremony in Los Angeles in just a few hours.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Grammy's
Duration: 4'21"

08:56
Radio New Zealand radio mast to be demolished
BODY:
New Zealand's second-tallest structure, a Radio New Zealand radio mast, will be demolished this morning.
Topics: technology
Regions:
Tags: RNZ mast
Duration: 2'30"

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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: Stuff I Forgot to Tell My Daughter, written and told by Michele A'Court When her daughter moved out Michele A'Court realised she was so busy being a mother, there were some topics they hadn't got round to talking about (2 of 5, RNZ)

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09:08
Funding concerns for mental health services in Canterbury
BODY:
The Ministry of Social Development has slashed funding for community and trauma mental health services in Christchurch. The funding cuts were made before Sunday's big shake, which many residents said put their nerves back on edge five years after the quake that devastated the city. The Salvation Army has had a schools support programme going for nearly five years set up with donations from the public immediately after the earthquakes. That funding is coming to an end, but Major Brenda Luscombe with the Salvation Army's Southern Division Headquarters says the need is still very high.
Topics: health
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: earthquakes, mental health
Duration: 14'00"

09:22
Making sense of the Tenancy Tribunal
BODY:
Last year, just over 39,000 applications were made to the Tenancy Tribunal to rule on disputes. Just a tenth of them were brought by tenants against landlords, and the remaining 34,000 were landlords pursuing tenants. What does the Tenancy Tribunal offer both tenants and landlords when things go wrong? How does it work, and what do renters need to know when they're signing up to lease agreements? Kevin Reilly of the Manawatu Tenants' Union and Paul Davies of Mbie's Tenancy Services Team.
EXTENDED BODY:
The Tenancy Tribunal was called upon to intervene in more than 38,000 disputes last year - and most of the complaints were against tenants.
Just a tenth of them were brought by tenants against landlords, and the remaining 34,000 were landlords pursuing tenants.
These figures come from the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE), within which the Tenancy Tribunal sits.
Now is a busy time for renters looking for new flats for the coming year.
In parts of the country - particularly in Auckland - tenants report huge competition for flats, with queues forming to view certain properties.
Meanwhile, a select committee is considering a law change requiring insulation and smoke alarms in all rental properties.
So what does the Tenancy Tribunal offer tenants and landlords when things go wrong?
Kevin Reilly is from the Manawatu Tenants' Union, which was established 33 years ago and assists more than 1000 tenants a year.
He said the Tenancy Tribunal was an improvement on the way things were.
"It's better than the law of the jungle, which is what existed before. It's a lot more equal, not completely equal, but a lot more equal."
However, disputes could escalate.
"Sometimes it's warfare between landlords and tenants when it gets to the tribunal."
Another problem was despite there being a legal framework which set out rights and obligations, tenants were poorly educated.
"A lot of people have got no idea of their rights and obligations."
He said the most common complaints were to do with repairs and the condition of premises.
His organisation was advocating for a Warrant of Fitness system for rental properties, such as the one which has operated in Palmerston North since 1995, and for landlords to be licensed.
He said the tenant-landlord relationship was far from equal.
"The whole rental market is about power and control. Tenants do have some rights under the Residential Tenancy Act and some assistance with the Tenancy Tribunal, but at the end of the day the guy that owns the house controls everything.
"[That's] because in New Zealand there is no security of tenure."
A tenant could have rented a property for 40 years, yet still got only 90 days' notice to leave.
But Paul Davies, from tenancy services at MBIE, did not believe there was an imbalance of power between landlords and tenants.
He said the reason most disputes originated from landlords was because most concerned unpaid rent, and he believed there were good mechanisms to resolve problems before a matter reached the tribunal.
First the two parties must try to come to a mediated or negotiated agreement; there were 21,588 such mediations last year, of which 80 percent were resolved.
Listen to Kevin Reilly of the Manawatu Tenants' Union and Paul Davies of Mbie's Tenancy Services Team talk to Kathryn Ryan.

Topics: law, housing
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 18'24"

09:40
Are we pushing fisheries to the point of collapse?
BODY:
A new international study on fishing numbers, by seafood researchers around the world including New Zealand says catches are double what official figures show. But the findings are being disputed by visiting fisheries expert, Professor Ray Hilborn of the University of Washington. Also speaking is Barry Weeber, the co-chair of the environmental umbrella group, ECO
Topics: environment
Regions:
Tags: fisheries
Duration: 14'04"

09:55
US correspondent, Susan Milligan
BODY:
US correspondent Susan Milligan reports from Washington, DC.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: US
Duration: 4'27"

10:12
Kimberley Hikaka - producer of Bafta winning tv series
BODY:
Kimberley Hikaka divides her time between producing award winning British television dramas, and working for Médecins Sans Frontières in countries torn apart by conflict.
EXTENDED BODY:
Kimberley Hikaka has worked on the successful British ITV series Downton Abbey. Last year a mini series she co-produced, won two Bafta's; for best actor and best mini series. The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies is now screening on Netflix NZ. and tells the story of a retired school teacher, Christopher Jefferies, who was questioned by British police over the murder of his tenant, 25 year old architect Joanne Yeates.
He was then hounded by the tabloid media despite no charges being brought against him. Another man was later charged with her murder.
Between television roles, Kimberley Hikaka also works for Médecins Sans Frontières.
She talks to Kathryn Ryan.
Topics: arts
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 30'21"

10:42
Book review - I'll See You in Paris by Michelle Gable
BODY:
Reviewed by Rae McGregor, Published by St Martin's Press
Topics: books
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'01"

11:06
Business commentator Rod Oram
BODY:
New Zealand company takeovers.
Topics: business, technology
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 13'27"

11:20
Paul Spoonley on the New Zealand diaspora
BODY:
Massey University demographer Professor Paul Spoonley talks about the New Zealand diaspora, which is second only to Ireland's. Around one million New Zealanders live elsewhere. He discusses whether this is changing, and what the impliations are for our economy and society.
EXTENDED BODY:
The New Zealand diaspora is second only to Ireland's, with around one million New Zealanders living elsewhere.
Massey University demographer Professor Paul Spoonley has been thinking about this. Kathryn Ryan asks him whether this is changing, and what the implications are for our economy and society.
Topics: economy, life and society
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 21'00"

11:44
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
BODY:
Gavin Ellis discusses The Independent in London announcing the end of its print edition and if that might happen here and the launch of a new current affairs programme in the 7pm slot - Willie Jackson and Martyn Bradbury's show will stream online and be broadcast on radio Radio Waatea. Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz
Topics: life and society, media
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 14'43"

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09:05 Funding concerns for mental health services in Canterbury
The Ministry of Social Development has slashed funding for community and trauma mental health services in Christchurch. The funding cuts were made before Sunday's big shake, which many residents said put their nerves back on edge five years after the quake that devastated the city.
The Salvation Army has had a schools support programme going for nearly five years set up with donations from the public immediately after the earthquakes. That funding is coming to an end, but Major Brenda Luscombe with the Salvation Army's Southern Division Headquarters says the need is still very high.
09:20 Making sense of the Tenancy Tribunal
Last year, just over 39,000 applications were made to the Tenancy Tribunal to rule on disputes. Just a tenth of them were brought by tenants against landlords, and the remaining 34,000 were landlords persuing tenants.
What does the Tenancy Tribunal offer both tenants and landlords when things go wrong? How does it work, and what do renters need to know when they're signing up to lease agreements?
Kevin Reilly of the Manawatu Tenants' Union and Paul Davies of Mbie's Tenancy Services Team.
09:30 Are we pushing the world's fisheries to the point of collapse?
A new international study on fishing numbers, by seafood researchers around the world including New Zealand says catches are double what official figures show.
But the findings are being disputed by visiting fisheries expert, Professor Ray Hilborn of the University of Washington.
Also speaking is Barry Weeber, the co-chair of the environmental umbrella group, ECO
09:45 US correspondent, Susan Milligan
10:05 Kimberley Hikaka - Bafta winning television producer
Kimberley Hikaka has worked on the successful British ITV series Downton Abbey. Last year she won a BAFTA as co-producer of the mini series The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies - which is now screening on Netflix NZ. The mini series tells the story of a retired school teacher, Christopher Jefferies, who questioned by British police for the murder of his tenant, 25 year old architect Joanne Yeates. He was then hounded by the tabloid media despite no charges being brought against him.
Between television roles, Kimberley Hikaka also works for Médecins Sans Frontières.
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10:35 Book review I'll See You in Paris by Michelle Gable
Reviewed by Rae McGregor, Published by St Martin's Press
10:45 The Reading: Stuff I Forgot to Tell My Daughter by Michèle A'Court ( Part 2 of 5)
In thinking about what she's forgotten to tell her daughter now that she's left home, Michèle lets us in on her approach to the sex talk and her take on rape culture.
11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram
11:30 Paul Spoonley on the New Zealand diaspora
Massey University demographer Professor Paul Spoonely talks about the New Zealand diaspora, which is second only to Ireland's. Around one million New Zealanders live elsewhere. He discusses whether this is changing, and what the impliations are for our economy and society.
11:45 Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz

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Artist: Bic Runga
Song: Tiny Little Piece of my Heart
Composer: Runga
Album: Belle (2011)
Label: Sony
Time: 10.06am
Artist: Caitlin Rose
Song: Old Numbers
Composer: Rose / lehning / Wilson
Album: The Stand-in (2013)
Label: ATO
Time: 11.40am

===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 February 2016
BODY:
Watchdog finds Police in the right over handling of crude schoolboy incident and doctors say there are long delays for quake-stricken Christchurch waiting for counselling.
Topics:
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Tags:
Duration: 14'59"

12:17
PM surprised by NZ dollar strength
BODY:
The strength of the New Zealand dollar - despite market turmoil and weak commodity prices - is surprising the Prime Minister.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 54"

12:18
Retail sales rise 1.2% in fourth quarter
BODY:
Consumers appear to be in a DIY mood with consumer spending rising in December quarter.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: retail
Duration: 1'32"

12:22
Contact adds voice to Huntly
BODY:
Genesis Energy plans to shut the two units in 2018 because their fixed costs are too high.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: Genesis Energy
Duration: 51"

12:23
Midday Markets for 16 February 2016
BODY:
For the latest from the markets we're joined by James Malden at Macquarie Private Wealth.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'07"

12:26
Midday Sports News for 16 February 2016
BODY:
The Black Caps coach Mike Hesson says he's all for greater use of technology in helping cricket umpires make correct decisions, and banned UEFA president Michel Platini says he hopes to clear his name in time for the 2016 European Championship in June.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'03"

12:35
Midday Rural News for 16 February 2016
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 8'04"

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===1:06 PM. | Jesse Mulligan, 1–4pm===
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An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)

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13:10
First Song - Rise Up
BODY:
'Rise Up' by Andra Day, who has been described as "possessed by the ghost of Billie Holiday" and compared to Amy Winehouse.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 5'00"

13:15
Mast Falls - Teresa Cowie
BODY:
It's been a big day for the RNZ transmission department today. A huge AM radio mast - nearly 200 metres tall - was brought down with explosives this morning. The mast at Titahi Bay, north of Wellington, was suffering with some quite serious corrosion and had become a potential safety hazard.
Topics:
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: RNZ, Titahi Bay
Duration: 5'15"

13:20
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra - Christopher Blake
BODY:
The Grammys are on today, and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra was up for the Best Orchestral Performance award. The nomination was for a recording of works by Chinese composer Zhou Long and the Symphony 'Humen 1839'. Christopher Blake is the chief executive of the NZSO.
Topics: music, arts
Regions:
Tags: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Grammys
Duration: 6'47"

13:30
New Zealand 'biggest wall of fire' - Pete Gallagher
BODY:
How do you make a wall of fire? That's what we're going to be speaking to our next guest about. Pete Gallagher is a fireman and he's heading up a seven-strong team of pyrotechnicians for this year's Warbirds Over Wanaka.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: pyrotechnics, fire, Warbirds Over Wanaka
Duration: 5'09"

13:40
Best Home Chef - Annabel Langbein
BODY:
Annabel Laingbein has just touched down back home, after picking up Best Home Chef at the prestigious Taste Awards in the United States.
Topics: food
Regions:
Tags: home cooking, Annabel Langbein
Duration: 10'47"

13:50
Favourite Album - Overton Park
BODY:
Overton Park by Lucero, chosen by Matt Adkins.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 13'05"

14:10
Legionella Bacteria - Rob McGee
BODY:
Legionella bacteria has been found in two public spa pools in Auckland. Spas pools at the Tepid Baths in downtown Auckland, and Manurewa were closed after the bacteria was found. Auckland Council's Manager Leisure, Rob McGee.
Topics: health
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Legionella bacteria
Duration: 4'21"

14:16
Weed Wars - Lynley Hayes
BODY:
Landcare Research's chief scientist Lynley Hayes has more stories from the front line of the 'War On Weeds'.
Topics: environment
Regions:
Tags: weeds, gardening, Landcare Research
Duration: 10'25"

14:25
Great NZ Concerts - U2's Zoo TV Tour
BODY:
The tour sold 5.3 million tickets just on it's first leg and it was largely a critical success, too, named "the most spectacular rock tour staged by any band" by Tom Doyle from Q magazine.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: U2
Duration: 36'21"

15:10
Peter Bergen
BODY:
They are average men and women, stable, educated, born in the United States and they are jihadists. This is the face of homegrown terrorism. Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst and one of the most respected authorities on terrorism. He reveals the surprisingly banal beginnings of these radicalized citizens and the disturbingly difficult job authorities have in tracking them down. His new book is called The United States of Jihad: Investigating America's Homegrown Terrorists.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: jihadists, terrorism, radicalization, USA
Duration: 20'24"

15:45
The Panel pre-show for 16 February 2016
BODY:
Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'50"

21:06
Beetle versus spider
BODY:
Jackie Spencer is investigating how the introduced venomous redback spider is affecting the threatened Cromwell chafer beetle, and what role rabbits play in the one-sided battle
EXTENDED BODY:
“In years to come, if there is no control done, it could be bad news for the chafer beetle.”
Jackie Spencer, University of Otago Master’s student

The Cromwell chafer beetle reserve doesn’t look like much – just a typical bare Central Otago paddock on the road to Bannockburn.
But it’s the only home of one of New Zealand’s most endangered insects – and it’s turned into a bit of a battle field.
On one side you’ve got the enigmatic Cromwell chafer beetle.
On the other side, the villain of the piece – the venomous Australian redback spider. And it’s getting a helping hand from another introduced species, the rabbit.
The 81-hectare Cromwell chafer beetle reserve was created in 1979 to protect the last known population of the endemic beetle.
In the 1980s redback spiders became established in Central Otago, but it’s only in the last few years they have moved into the chafer beetle reserve. Although the reserve is surrounded by a rabbit proof fence and DOC carries out rabbit control within the fence, there are still lots of empty rabbit holes within which female redback spiders have taken up residence.
The beetles are enigmatic and difficult to study. The larvae live deep in the soft sandy soils, eating the roots of the silver tussocks and Raoulia cushion plants. The flightless adults emerge from the soil at night to feed on cushion plants, herbs and grasses.
The spiders are much easier to study – it’s just a case of finding a rabbit burrow and seeing if anyone is home. Jackie does that by lightly tapping on the messy tangled web that each female spider builds across the entrance to her home. The spider usually comes rushing out, thinking that it’s a trapped insect. Jackie mapped every rabbit burrow in the reserve, and using this technique she counted 459 redback spider females.
“I found a significant clustering of rabbit burrows in the centre of the reserve, and also a significant clustering of redback spiders,” says Jackie.
So how much of a threat do the redback spiders pose to the beetles?
Last year Jackie analysed the grisly remains of dead beetles caught in redback spider webs in the reserve. Number one on the spider menu was the darkling beetle (Mimopeous octagoensis) with more than 500 bodies found. Coming in at number two on the menu were 260 Cromwell chafer beetles, followed by another native beetle Pericoptus frontalis.
While most redback spider webs had caught just two or three beetles, ‘super spider’ had the remains of 70 beetles in her web.
“I called her super because she went on to catch 70 chafer beetles during my monitoring season last year,” says Jackie. “There were also darkling beetles and Pericoptis beetles in her web. There was another spider that had 28 spiders in her web.”

The rabbit holes shelter the spiders from the hot dry summers and very cold winters, and as part of her study Jackie also tested how effective it would be to control spider numbers by destroying the rabbit holes.
Redback spiders don’t move very far, so Jackie removed 15 spiders from their rabbit burrow and then destroyed all the burrows in a 5-metre radius.
Four months later Jackie returned to those areas and couldn’t find any sign of redback spiders. In her control areas, where she handled 15 spiders but didn’t destroy the burrow, 13 of the spiders survived the same period.
On October 2015 the Department of Conservation experimented with destroying all the rabbit burrows in the central area of the reserve, and Jackie says when she resurveys the reserve next month it will be interesting to see what impact this has had on spider numbers.
DOC and beetle expert Barbara Barrett, from Agresearch, monitor the chafer beetle population annually, and have developed techniques to rear the beetles in captivity.
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Tags: threatened species, invertebrates, insects, Crowmwell chafer beetle, conservation, redback spider, rabbits
Duration: 11'29"

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1:10 First Song
'Rise Up' - Andra Day.
1:15 Mast Falls - Teresa Cowie
It's been a big day for the RNZ transmission department today. A huge AM radio mast - nearly 200 metres tall - was brought down with explosives this morning. The mast at Titahi Bay, north of Wellington, was suffering with some quite serious corrosion and had become a potential safety hazard.
1:20 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra - Christopher Blake
The Grammys are on today, and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra was up for the Best Orchestral Performance award. The nomination was for a recording of works by Chinese composer Zhou Long and the Symphony 'Humen 1839'. Christopher Blake is the chief executive of the NZSO.
1:25 John Oliver takes another swipe at New Zealand
While we're talking about Kiwis on the international stage we better take a moment to mark STeven Joyce's appearance on John Oliver's HBO TV show last night. YOu probably know the story of how he ended up there but just in case you missed it here's the comedian with a refresher for you and the tens of millions of other people watching.
1:30 New Zealand 'biggest wall of fire' - Pete Gallagher
How do you make a wall of fire? That's what we're going to be speaking to our next guest about. Pete Gallagher is a fireman and he's heading up a seven-strong team of pyrotechnicians for this year's Warbirds Over Wanaka.
1:35 Best Home Chef - Annabel Langbein
Annabel Laingbein has just touched down back home, after picking up Best Home Chef at the prestigious Taste Awards in the United States.
1:40 Favourite Album
Overton Park - Lucero.
2:06 Legionella Bacteria - Rob McGee
Legionella bacteria has been found in two public spa pools in Auckland. Spas pools at the Tepid Baths in downtown Auckland, and Manurewa were closed after the bacteria was found. Auckland Council's Manager Leisure, Rob McGee.
2:12 Weed Wars - Lynley Hayes
Landcare Research's chief scientist Lynley Hayes has more stories from the front line of the 'War On Weeds'.
2:20 Great New Zealand Concerts - U2's Zoo TV Tour (19893)
The tour sold 5.3 million tickets just on it's first leg and it was largely a critical success, too, named "the most spectacular rock tour staged by any band" by Tom Doyle from Q magazine.
3:10 Feature Interview - Peter Bergen
They are average men and women, stable, educated, born in the United States and they are jihadists. This is the face of homegrown terrorism. Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst and one of the most respected authorities on terrorism. He reveals the surprisingly banal beginnings of these radicalized citizens and the disturbingly difficult job authorities have in tracking them down. His new book is called The United States of Jihad: Investigating America's Homegrown Terrorists.
3:30 Our Changing World
A one-sided battle is taking place in Central Otago. On one side is the endangered Cromwell chafer beetle. On the other, a poisonous Australian spider, the redback. And aiding and abetting the spider? The rabbit. Alison Ballance joins University of Otago Master's student Jackie Spencer at the Cromwell chafer beetle reserve to meet the villain and see the carnage.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zara Potts.

===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
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15:45
The Panel pre-show for 16 February 2016
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'50"

16:04
The Panel with Tim Watkin and Sue Wells (Part 1)
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Dr Marc Wilson discusses emotional resilience, the need for therapy - and what are nudists thinking? In Dunedin a proposed Dunedin supermarket specialising in fresh food with a market atmosphere has got the thumbs down.
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Duration: 22'27"

16:05
The Panel with Tim Watkin and Sue Wells (Part 2)
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Creativity can follow boredom, Chris Gallavin discusses pros and cons of jurors knowing a defendants prior criminal convictions. And the decison to not charge teens over lewd pictures.
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Duration: 27'48"

16:08
Panel intro
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What the Panelists Sue Wells and Tim Watkin have been up to.
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16:15
Dr Marc Wilson - resilience, therapy, and nudity
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Dr Marc Wilson discusses emotional resilience, the need for therapy and the emotional state of the elderly.
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Duration: 15'42"

16:26
Raeward stores
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In Dunedin a proposed Dunedin supermarket specialising in fresh food with a market atmosphere has got the thumbs down.
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Duration: 4'00"

16:34
Boredom could be good for you
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Creativity can follow boredom.
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16:42
Panel says
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What the Panelists Sue Wells and Tim Watkin have been thinking about.
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16:47
Reavealing criminal pasts
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Chris Gallavin discusses pros and cons of jurors knowing a defendants prior criminal convictions, also the decision to not charge teens over lewd pictures.
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Duration: 12'38"

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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
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RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme

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17:00
Checkpoint with John Campbell, 16 February 2016
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Watch Tuesday's full programme here. It begins 5 minutes in.
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Duration: 00"

17:09
Father condemns police pepper spraying of six year old
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A man whose six-year-old son was pepper sprayed during a large brawl on a south Auckland street, says the police response was over-the-top. Police reporter Carla Penman spoke to angry residents.
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Duration: 3'09"

17:12
Area Commander on pepper spray incident
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Counties Manukau West Area Commander Jason Hewett speaks with John Campbell.
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Duration: 6'41"

17:20
Children's Commissioner slams residential tenancies bill
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Dr Russell Wills on the new bill being heard by a parliamentary committee which he says was originally intended to improve the poor quality of rental housing; but has now failed to achieve that. He joins Checkpoint.
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Duration: 5'46"

17:26
Parents of triplets killed in mall fire hold out for justice
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In May 2012, two year old triplets, Jackson, Lillie, and Willsher Weekes were killed in a fire in the Villagio Mall in Doha. Their parents Martin and Jane Weekes won't give up until someone is held responsible for the deaths.
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Duration: 5'41"

17:34
Evening Business for 16 February 2016
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Nona Pelletier with news from the business sector including a market report.
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Duration: 4'16"

17:38
Students react to the value of their qualifications
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Analysis by Universities New Zealand shows how much extra income each type of qualification is worth over a full-time working life. Education correspondent John Gerritsen has been asking students what they think of the figures.
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Duration: 3'22"

17:42
Separated couple unable to sell Christchurch home
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Clare and Graham Flynn's home is in Bower Ave in the Christchurch suburb of Parklands. The couple is insured with Southern Response and are part of a quake outcasts class action. The couple separated before the first September quake and have been unable to move on since.
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Tags: Canterbury earthquakes
Duration: 6'38"

17:49
Rock face above sumner assessed
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In Sumner experts are trying to assess how much of the huge amount of rock above the community's CBD has been loosened by Sunday's earthquake. Brenden Winder from Land Information New Zealand joins Checkpoint.
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Duration: 1'43"

17:51
DHBs say millions in savings are simply business as usual
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The government is expecting cash-strapped district health boards to save well over $100 million this year. Health Correspondent Karen Brown reports.
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Duration: 3'29"

17:54
Kendrick Lamar wins big at Grammys
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The 2016 Grammys, held today in Los Angeles, seemed to have been taken home by Kendrick Lamar, who had almost a clean sweep of the rap awards. Sasha Frere Jones is one of the world's most distinguished music critics.
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Duration: 6'06"

18:08
Demand for counselling in Chch despite funding cut
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Counsellors, doctors and residents insist there is demand for counselling services in Christchurch, despite the Ministry of Social Development cutting funding to community based counselling organisations. Catherine Hutton reports.
Topics: health
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Canterbury earthquakes, counselling, mental health
Duration: 3'25"

18:12
130 meatworkers wait for news after suspension
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130 meat workers in Southland are waiting for news about their jobs after being sent home suddenly a week ago. The Meat Workers Union's Otago-Southland secretary Gary Davis joins us.
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Tags: Meat Workers Union, Prime Range Meats factory
Duration: 2'52"

18:15
Countdown to Super Rugby season begins
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It's only 10 days until the 2016 Super Rugby season kicks off, with the Blues hosting the Highlanders at Eden Park on Friday week. Nehe Milner-Skudder and Charlie Faumuina spoke with Matt Chatterton.
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Duration: 3'21"

18:21
A special boat trip for a Wellington icon
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Wellington's Owhiro Bay "icon" and natural historian Sheila Natusch just turned 90, on Valentine's Day. To celebrate, the Wellington Police Maritime Unit took Sheila out for one last special boat trip. Features reporter Lynda Chanwai-Earle and cameraperson Jess Charlton with the story.
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Sheila Natusch - noted natural historian and icon of Wellington's Owhiro Bay - has celebrated her 90th birthday with one last boat trip.
The prolific writer and illustrator, who was born and raised on Stewart Island, has over 30 publications to her name and counted Janet Frame as a personal friend.
Her legendary status on the South Coast inspired a documentary by filmmaker Hugh McDonald - No Ordinary Sheila.
The film had its first screening on her birthday on Sunday to celebrate Sheila’s long and illustrious life.
Sheila and her late husband, Gilbert Natusch, lived by the sea in the same cottage for almost 70 years, during which time she was a regular sight in the bay swimming or running along the beach.
She counts marrying Gilbert among the best times of her life: “I’ve had lots of good moments, but that one was special.”
A 1967 Listener comic shows Sheila in her little rubber dinghy Patiki, which she took out onto the bay every day for 60 years: its rudder was made out of an old biscuit tin, its mast out of a mop and its sail out of a sheet.
"Good luck" was, she said, the principal reason for her long life, along with “lots of exercise, and going out in boats”.
Sheila has been diagnosed with terminal liver cancer, which has prevented her from going out on the water in recent years.
To give her one special final boat trip, the Wellington Police Maritime Unit took her out on the Lady Elizabeth IV for a grand tour of Wellington Harbour, with Senior Sergeant David Houston.
Sheila was so moved by her last boat trip with the Maritime Unit, she wrote this poem in their honour:
"We are the Maritime Policemen
Of the Lady Lizbeth Four
We're familiar with the tidal rips
And with every breaker's roar.
We run them in, we fish them out,
We chase them round and round about
From harbour mouth to Eastbourne shore.
So give three cheers and one cheer more
For the LADY LIZBETH FOUR!"
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Duration: 4'55"

18:26
Historic Titahi Bay mast comes down
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About a 150 people gathered on a hill in Porirua this morning to watch the demolition of an historic RNZ radio mast. Teresa Cowie was there.
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Duration: 2'12"

18:50
Today In Parliament for 16 February 2016 - evening edition
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Finance Minister Bill English delivers this year's Budget Policy Statement to the Finance and Expenditure Committee - where he announces May 26 as Budget Day; Mr English also faces questions about the upcoming budget - and the TPPA.
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Duration: 5'11"

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===6:30 PM. | Worldwatch===
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The stories behind the international headlines

===6:55 PM. | In Parliament===
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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

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20:45
Pundit - Feminism
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Equality for women with feminist blogger Deborah Russell. Flirting, harassment, sexual assault: drawing some lines and who is responsible?
Topics: life and society
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Tags: feminism, Kim Vinell, boofheads
Duration: 15'31"

20:59
Conundrum clue 3
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Conundrum clue 3.
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21:59
Conundrum clue 4
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Conundrum clue 4.
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7:12 Our Own Odysseys - Kathmandu Catastrophe
Wellingtonian Andre Budd was on a climbing tour in the Himalayans when the earthquake struck Nepal last April...
7:30 The Sampler

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12:00
From Kinshasa to the Moon by Mbongwana Star
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Nick Bollinger reviews the cosmic Congolese sounds of Mbongwana Star.
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Nick Bollinger reviews the cosmic Congolese sounds of Mbongwana Star.
African music may be based on centuries-old traditions, but that doesn’t make it immune to innovation, and this band from Kinshasa, capital of the Republic of Congo, is proof.
Mbongwana Star’s frontmen, Coco Ngambali and Theo Nsituvuidi, were previously members of Staff Benda Bilili, the predominantly wheelchair-bound band who had been a highlight of New Plymouth’s Womad festival in 2012. I’d been sorry to learn later that the group had broken up amid financial acrimony; a cruel irony, having stuck together through years of poverty, when most of the group literally lived in Kinshasa’s public parks. But it is great to find that there’s life after that.
African music may be based on centuries-old traditions, but that doesn’t make it immune to innovation, and this band from Kinshasa, capital of the Republic of Congo, is proof.
Mbongwana Star’s frontmen, Coco Ngambali and Theo Nsituvuidi, were previously members of Staff Benda Bilili, the predominantly wheelchair-bound band who had been a highlight of New Plymouth’s Womad festival in 2012. I’d been sorry to learn later that the group had broken up amid financial acrimony; a cruel irony, having stuck together through years of poverty, when most of the group literally lived in Kinshasa’s public parks. But it is great to find that there’s life after that.
The bright dance mood harks back to the earlier band but the sonic inventions can be credited, at least in part, to Mbongwana Star’s one non-Congolese member: Liam Farrell, alias Doctor L. Irish-born and Paris-based, Farrell originally played in punk bands, but since some time in the 90s has been involving himself in collaborations with African musicians. He produced Black Voices, the wonderful solo album of Afrobeat pioneer and Fela Kuti sideman Tony Allen. And Farrell’s role in this latest project is multi-faceted. At times he’s the bass player; at other times the electronics guy. And throughout it he seems to have been hovering over the soundboard, lending an almost Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry sonic playfulness to the whole thing.
But there are a few moments when the tempo relaxes and, amid all the lunacy, you’ll find beautiful and soulful moments, like the Hendrix-meets-Mayfield ‘Coco’s Blues.’ Mbongwana Star’s From Kinshasa is soulful, playful, funky, and, at times, completely nuts. And I can’t get enough of it.
The bright dance mood harks back to the earlier band but the sonic inventions can be credited, at least in part, to Mbongwana Star’s one non-Congolese member: Liam Farrell, alias Doctor L. Irish-born and Paris-based, Farrell originally played in punk bands, but since some time in the 90s has been involving himself in collaborations with African musicians. He produced Black Voices, the wonderful solo album of Afrobeat pioneer and Fela Kuti sideman Tony Allen. And Farrell’s role in this latest project is multi-faceted. At times he’s the bass player; at other times the electronics guy. And throughout it he seems to have been hovering over the soundboard, lending an almost Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry sonic playfulness to the whole thing.
But there are a few moments when the tempo relaxes and, amid all the lunacy, you’ll find beautiful and soulful moments, like the Hendrix-meets-Mayfield ‘Coco’s Blues.’ Mbongwana Star’s From Kinshasa is soulful, playful, funky, and, at times, completely nuts. And I can’t get enough of it.
Songs played: From Kinshasa To The Moon, Nganshe, Coco Blues, Malukayi, Shegu, I Million C’est Quoi?
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Tags: music, music review, Mbongwana Star, Democratic Republic of Congo, World Circuit
Duration: 9'51"

12:00
Angelino by Sam Outlaw
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Nick Bollinger jumps on board the metropolitan country of LA cowboy Sam Outlaw.
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Nick Bollinger jumps on board the metropolitan country of LA cowboy Sam Outlaw.
There’s a photo inside the cover of this album that shows what is recognisably the city of Los Angeles, spread out at twilight in all its hazy metropolitan glory. What’s odd about the picture, though, is the figure in the foreground. He’s out of focus, but appears to be a young white male, and he’s wearing a cowboy hat.
His given name is Sam Morgan but he’s changed it (and not just for the benefit of New Zealanders who might confuse him with the Trade Me guy) to Sam Outlaw. Outlaw was Morgan’s mother’s maiden name, but you have to admit it’s appropriate – almost too appropriate – for a singer who has staked his position on the alternative side of country music.
There might not be anything obviously challenging about Outlaw’s approach; it’s sweet on the ear and gentle on the mind. But there are at least a couple of things that make him an outsider, and make the Outlaw name oddly appropriate. For one thing, his music is a long way from what’s referred to as ‘mainstream country’, which has taken on many of the trappings of stadium rock. Outlaw, on the other hand, prefers a lighter touch.
The other thing is that he is based in Los Angeles, two-thousand miles and some considerable cultural distance from Nashville, country’s commercial heart. Not that California doesn’t have its own country music traditions. In the sixties there was the Bakersfield scene, epitomized by Merle Haggard and Buck Owens. In the seventies it was the launchpad of cosmic cowboy Gram Parsons and, in the eighties, home base of Dwight Yoakam. But Outlaw’s music has a more urbane feeling to it than any of those artists. His songs have all the economy of good country, yet there’s a lushness that says L.A., with strings, Mariachi horns, a sweep of pedal steel and a touches of Spanish guitar behind Outlaw’s plaintive voice.
Some credit for that lushness can go to Ry Cooder, who co-produced Outlaw’s album with his son Joachim. As a session musician in the 60s, Cooder played on a lot of records that described that blurry area between country and metropolitan pop, which is where Outlaw seems to be reporting from.
Songs played: Ghost Town, It Might Kill Me, Love Her For A While, Who Do You Think You Are?, Angeleno, Jesus Take The Wheel
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Duration: 10'34"

12:00
New View by Eleanor Friedburger
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Nick Bollinger checks out the new views of Fiery Furnaces front-woman Eleanor Friedberger.
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Nick Bollinger checks out the new views of Fiery Furnaces front-woman Eleanor Friedberger.
‘It takes a long time to grow young,’ goes the much-quoted line, from Picasso, by which I assume he meant that achieving a child-like simplicity is harder than throwing all your adult neuroses at the canvas. ‘I was so much older then/I’m younger than that now’ might be Bob Dylan’s variation on the same thought. Either of which can be applied to the latest development in the work of this singer and songwriter.
It’s a long way from the music Friedberger was producing when she started out making records, some fifteen-odd years ago, as a member of The Fiery Furnaces; a Brooklyn, New York-based duo comprised of herself and her brother Matthew. Matthew played numerous instruments, sang and wrote most of the material; Eleanor joined in on vocals. Together they specialized in maximalist indie epics.
But this is the third collection Friedberger has released since the Furnaces put their activities on hold five years ago, and the latest step in what seems to be an ongoing process of reduction and simplification. Her voice was always the most accessible thing about The Fiery Furnaces. A warm, clear alto, it reached out to connect, through what often seemed like a dense fog of styles, from synth-rock to opera buffa. In these new songs that communication is much more direct. The melodies are straightforward, like folk-rock songs from the sixties, and the voice more gorgeous than ever.
A lot of these songs start with something immediate and literal; a view from a window, say, or walk across town. Others have the feel of emails or replayed conversations.
You won’t find any overwrought dramas, though by paying attention to the spaces – the unsaid things between the lines, and the solitary tone of the texts - you might find hints of a relationship breakup.
More directly, there are references in several songs to a change of surroundings. Not long ago, Friedberger left her Brooklyn home for a more rural location in upstate New York; the explanation for the album’s title New View. The move was an economic one; Friedberger has said it had become impossible to carry on being a professional musician from a Brooklyn base. Yet it would certainly be wrong to characterize this album as any sort of howl of self-pity. Rather, New View just seems to be Friedberger trying to reflect the world as she sees it. And that view looks – and sounds - pretty good.
Songs played: He Didn’t Mention His Mother, Open Season, Your Word, Never Is A Long Time, Does Turquoise Work?, A Long Walk
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Duration: 9'34"

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The Sampler for 16 February 2016
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Nick Bollinger checks out the new views of Fiery Furnaces front-woman Eleanor Friedberger, jumps on board the metropolitan country of LA cowboy Sam Outlaw, and Mbongwana Star From Kinshasa to the Moon.
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Duration: 29'56"

7:30 The Sampler
music album reviews & music discussion with Nick Bollinger
8:12 Window on the World - Cassandro - Queen of Lucha Libre
international public radio documentaries
8:43 Nights' Pundit - Feminism
equality for women with feminist blogger Deborah Russell... flirting/harassment/sexual assault: drawing some lines and who is responsible?

pundit roster: Economics, Philosophy, Right Thinking, Military History, Feminism, Left Thinking, Mathematics, NZ History, Religion & Kai A Miro (Maori Issues)

8:59 conundrum clue 3
9:07 Tuesday Feature - Reith Lecture 2016 pt 1 of 2: Stephen Hawking - Do black holes have no hair?
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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 - The Shed
music from a myriad of cultures
... nights' time is the right time...

===8:13 PM. | Windows On The World===
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International public radio features and documentaries

===9:06 PM. | None (National)===
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World renowned physicist Professor Stephen Hawking delivers his two BBC Reith Lectures on the subject of black holes. 1. Do black holes have no hair? (1 of 2, BBC)

===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
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RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National

===11:06 PM. | None (National)===
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Award winning former British broadcaster Mark Coles presents his pick of the best new music releases and demos from around the planet. A glorious mix of brand new sounds from all over the world, real conversations with music makers and tales of everyday life as seen from an English garden shed. (9 of 13, MCM)