RNZ National. 2016-02-17. 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:

17 February 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 Enemy Territory, by Elspeth Sandys (8 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 Diversions (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:45 The Day in Parliament

===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 17 February 2016
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Government still to spend emergency housing money;The Salvation Army says it could take up to a year for the emergency housing funding to reach the families that need it;A breakthrough new cancer treatment to retrain body's immune system;Collins defends prison-filling bail policy;Patients left in lurch as Bayer pulls free anti-coagulant;Children as young as 5 have post-quake stress;Health Minister brushes off criticism of DHB spending cuts.
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Duration: 33'09"

06:07
Sports News for 17 December 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'31"

06:15
Housing Minister says Auckland Unitary Plan must stay on track
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The Government says Auckland's contentious Unitary Plan must stay on track and on time, despite a surge in community and political opposition to increased housing density.
Topics: housing, politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Unitary Plan, Auckland housing, Housing Density
Duration: 2'57"

06:20
Early business news
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Early business news with Gyles Beckford.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 2'39"

06:27
Morning Rural News for 17 February 2016
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'00"

06:33
Sports News for 17 February 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'20"

06:35
Labour upset Government still hasn't used emergency money
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The Labour Party says it's deeply upsetting the Government still has not spent any of the money it has earmarked for emergency housing in Auckland.
Topics: housing, politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: housing shortages, government spending
Duration: 2'18"

06:40
Air NZ at risk of massive fine
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Air New Zealand says it will continue to fight a long running legal action in which it's accused of being part of a conspiracy to fix prices on air freight services to the United States.
Topics: transport, law
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Tags: Air New Zealand
Duration: 4'06"

06:47
Dairy auction overnight
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Prices have fallen in the global dairy auction overnight.
Topics: business, economy, farming, rural
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Tags: dairy price drops
Duration: 2'20"

06:49
NZ dollar seen headed lower this year vs USD
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The persistent weakness in the dairy and other commodity prices as seen again this morning in the latest dairy auction - is set to lead to further weakness in the New Zealand dollar, according tom one analyst.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 2'20"

06:53
RBNZ may feel heat from low inflation expectations
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An economist says a survey of inflation expectations gives no immediate reason for panic or a cut in interest rates.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'33"

06:59
Morning markets
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American stocks lifted by bargain hunters and positive tone after a tentative move to stabilise oil prices.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 39"

07:06
Sports News for 17 February 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'32"

07:11
Government still to spend emergency housing money
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Nearly five months on from the Government's promise to pump two-million-dollars into emergency housing in Auckland, no money has been spent.
Topics: housing, politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: emergency housing
Duration: 2'51"

07:15
Salvation Army says funding slow to reach families
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The Salvation Army says it could take up to a year for the emergency housing funding to reach the families that need it.
Topics: housing, politics
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Tags: emergency housing, Salvation Army
Duration: 2'46"

07:17
A breakthrough new cancer treatment
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A new technique in the treatment of cancer has produced extraordinary results in a small group of terminally ill patients.
Topics: health, science
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Tags: cancer treatments
Duration: 4'01"

07:27
Collins defends prison-filling bail policy
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The Corrections Department says it won't be able to cope with the forecast increase in prisoner numbers.
Topics: crime, law, politics
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Tags: prisons, bail laws
Duration: 8'03"

07:40
Patients left in lurch as Bayer pulls free anti-coagulant
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Fifteen hundred patients with blood problems have been left in the lurch after a big pharmaceutical company stopped supplying them a free anti-coagulant drug.
Topics: health
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Tags: pharmaceuticals, Beyer Pharmaceuticals
Duration: 4'53"

07:45
Children as young as 5 have post-quake stress
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Research being done in Christchurch schools shows 200 children aged from five to seven are suffering post traumatic stress disorder linked to the earthquakes.
Topics: health, environment
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch earthquakes, Post traumatic stress disorder
Duration: 3'29"

07:50
Event company under investigation again after slide collapse
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Event Fun Limited is under investigation again after one of its inflatable slides collapsed at a gourmet food event in Hamilton.
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Duration: 2'54"

07:50
Health Minister brushes off criticism of DHB spending cuts
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The Health Minister is dismissing claims that doctors and nurses will bear the brunt of belt-tightening by District Health Boards.
Topics: health, politics
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Tags: district health boards, belt tightening
Duration: 6'26"

08:07
Sports News for 17 February 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'57"

08:10
Report say govt paints rosier than reality picture
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The Salvation Army says some government departments are so focused on meeting targets they have become willfully ignorant about the effect of policies.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Salvation Army
Duration: 4'09"

08:14
Auckland planning blueprint must be finished by October
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The Government's stepped in to Auckland's Unitary Plan debate, saying the 30 year development plan must be completed on time by October.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 4'41"

08:20
Australian refugee rights advocates fear deportations
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Australian refugee advocates have welcomed the Prime Minister John Key's repeated offer to take asylum seekers under this country's refugee intake.
Topics: refugees and migrants
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Tags: Nauru
Duration: 4'00"

08:27
GP concerned as Bayer pulls free anti-coagulant drug
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Bayer Pharmaceuticals is defending its decision to pull a free anti-coagulent drug from fifteen hundred patients with blood problems.
Topics: health
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Tags: pharmaceuticals, Beyer
Duration: 3'21"

08:28
Human error blamed for last week's fatal train crash
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A high speed and fatal train crash in Germany last week has been blamed on human error.
Topics: transport
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Duration: 2'59"

08:29
Markets Update for 17 February 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
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Duration: 58"

08:35
Labour wants climate change refugees given new life in NZ
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The Labour Party says Pacific Islanders whose homes disappear under rising sea levels should be able to make a new life in New Zealand.
Topics: climate, environment, refugees and migrants, Pacific, politics
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Tags: climate change refugees
Duration: 2'45"

08:40
Opposition presses for more details on Saudi abattoir
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With Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully away in Fiji, the Government sent Minister Steven Joyce out to bat for it on its Saudi sheep deal during Parliamentary question time yesterday.
Topics: politics, rural, farming, business, economy
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Tags: Saudi sheep deals
Duration: 2'55"

08:45
Seventy Fairfax Media journalists to lose jobs
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Seventy journalists working for Fairfax Media are set to lose their jobs because of an Australian cost-cutting drive.
Topics: media
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Duration: 4'48"

08:50
Transpower forced to scramble
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Transpower has been forced to scramble fast to secure proper IT protection for vital infrastructure when an important upgrade hit a series of snags.
Topics: business, energy, technology
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Tags: Transpower
Duration: 3'34"

08:52
No spying concerns from Pacific govts over planned cable
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Pacific Island governments involved in talks with New Zealand over new submarine cable links appear mainly unconcerned about their communications being further tapped.
Topics: Pacific, politics, technology
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Tags: internet access
Duration: 3'10"

08:57
Cicadas make a late return this summer
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The kihikihi or cicadas have made a late return this summer.
Topics: environment
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Tags: kihikihi, cicadas
Duration: 2'38"

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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 (3 of 5, RNZ)

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09:10
Is CYF manipulating child abuse statistics?
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The Salvation Army says agencies like CYF are under pressure to meet certain targets - and have been changing definitions to make results appear better. Dr Nicola Atwool was part of the independent expert advisory panel that reviewed CYF's caseload report in 2014 and before that worked at Child Youth and Family for nearly twenty years. She is now a Senior Lecturer at the University of Otago.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 17'31"

09:25
NZ Health expert has leading role in Obesity Commission
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The inaugural meeting of a new international commission on obesity takes place in Washington DC, later on Wednesday. Auckland public health expert, Professor Boyd Swinburn is chairing the summit.
Topics: health
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Duration: 12'34"

09:40
What next for supercomputing and problem solving?
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As the performance of computer technology becomes faster and more energy efficient, what are the possibilities for harnessing their processing power and applying it to problem solving?
Topics: technology
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Tags: supercomputing, cloud, John Gustafson, Gustafson's Law.
Duration: 10'06"

09:50
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton
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Australia correspondent Karen Middleton.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 7'44"

10:10
How to manage and prevent migraines and chronic headaches
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Stanford University headache expert Robert Cowan with advice for those who experience chronic headaches. It's a problem that afflicts millions of people worldwide. Dr Cowan is the founding director of the Headache and Facial Pain Clinic at Stanford Health Care, which helps patients to understand why they get headaches, and then to zero in on the type of pain they're suffering, and its potential causes. Dr Cowan has also been involved in the Headache Cooperative of the Pacific.
Websites recommended by Robert Cowan.
www.promyhealth.org
www.bontriage.com
http://www.americanheadachesociety.org/
migraine.com
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A world expert on migraines says lifestyle changes combined with medication can greatly improve the condition.
Stanford University migraine expert Robert Cowan told Nine to Noon he is just one of the millions of people worldwide who suffer from migraines or chronic headaches.
Migraines cause a throbbing headache that lasts between four and 72 hours, and is located in one hemisphere of the brain. Other symptoms include nausea and vomiting, and light and sound sensitivity.
But, Dr Cowan said, lifestyle changes and medication can vastly reduce suffering.
The founding director of the Headache and Facial Pain Clinic at Stanford Health Care said he has had migraines since childhood, finding them particularly bad as he studied at medical school. But since implementing lifestyle changes and taking medication, he has reduced the number of migraines he gets to about six a year.
He said doctors were starting to get a better understanding of migraines, which are three times more likely to affect women than men.
"We know that migraine in particular is a genetic disease, so one might say the cause is not selecting your parents carefully. But, the underlying path of physiology - what actually happens in the brain - we are starting to get a better understanding of that.
"It appears there is a genetic defect with patients that get migraines," he said.
People who got migraines were also more sensitive to changes in their environment, such as bright lights or loud sounds, fluctuations in hormone levels, and changes in sleep patterns and meal schedules.
"The best way to look at this is to think of there being a continuum from people who simply don't perceive pain - of course they don't do well, they die young - and at the other end are people who are overly sensitive to these environmental stimuli. In other words the brain does not process sensory input properly in either extreme ."
Non-threatening stimuli such as flickering lights or a skipped meal could trigger a migraine for sufferers, he said, as the brain sent inappropriate pain messages that the the body was "heading into a volcano", Dr Cowan said.
Normally it took a combination of triggers to cause a migraine. Red wine with dinner and a broken sleep, or a storm front coming in and dehydration, could be enough to do it. The important thing was to get a sense of how best to manage exposure to these triggers to make more informed decisions, Dr Cowan said.
Dr Cowan, who has been involved in the Headache Cooperative of the Pacific, recommends keeping a headache diary and having a treatment plan, which might include medication.
Medication is effective in reducing the frequency, severity and duration of attacks, he said.
But an injectable medication to treat cluster headaches, which are particularly painful, is currently unavailable in New Zealand.
Pharmac director of operations Sarah Fitt told Nine to Noon there were global supply issues with sumatriptan injections and New Zealand's supply ran out in December last year.
The tablet form of sumatriptan was still available, but the injectable form of the drug was particularly effective because it worked quickly.
However, Dr Cowan said the patients who see the most improvement were those that looked beyond treating the condition with medication alone.
"The patients who do the best are the ones who seriously accept the importance of lifestyle management... In the long run, to keep your migraines from getting worse, your best bet is to take care (to have) regular sleep schedule, regular exercise, regular eating, and stress management."
If you get a migraine when you drink red wine, you can choose not to do it, he said, but things got more difficult when triggers were out of a patient's control, such as changes in barometric pressure.
There was some anecdotal evidence that radical changes in diet such as eliminating carbohydrates or wheat and gluten could lead to fewer, less severe migraines. However, there were no large studies with solid data, Dr Cowan said.
Websites recommended by Dr Robert Cowan:

www.promyhealth.org
www.bontriage.com
http://www.americanheadachesociety.org/
migraine.com

Topics: health
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Tags: Dr Robert Cowan, headaches, migraines, pain, Stanford University
Duration: 30'36"

10:40
Is CYF manipulating child abuse statistics?
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Chief social worker for CYF, Paul Nixon, discusses child abuse statistics.
Topics: health, politics
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Tags: CYF, child abuse statistics
Duration: 8'06"

11:10
Marty Duda's music
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Marty Duda features the music of Animal Collective.
Topics: music
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Duration: 21'35"

11:25
WWII diary casts shadow on NZ's 'fair-go' reputation
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John Pratt from the Institute of Criminology at Victoria University has edited the diary. He says it sheds new light on an era that was dominated by a rigid insistence on conformity. He also warns that the intolerance can still be seen today in the current penal saturation.
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What happened to pacifists in World War II New Zealand? Why was New Zealand so intolerant of dissent?
In 1941, conscientous objector Archie Barrington sat in his solitary cell at Wellington’s Mount Crawford Prison and began to write an illicit diary scrawled in the margins of books. Various volumes were eventually smuggled out by the prison butcher, but then forgotten about. Many years later, the diary was discovered by Archie’s son John and painstakingly reconsutrcted.
The Prison Diary of A.C. Barrington: Dissent and conformity in wartime New Zealand draws on the rare first-hand account of prison life by Barrington, shedding new light on an era that was dominated by a rigid insistence on conformity
John Pratt from the Institute of Criminology at Victoria University edited the diary. He tells Kathryn Ryan that this intolerance can still be seen today in the current penal saturation:
Topics: books, crime
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Tags: World War Two
Duration: 17'05"

11:45
Science commentator, Siouxsie Wiles
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This week, science commentator Dr Siouxsie Wiles explains why it's better for retirees to keep up their book clubs and social groups, and talks about sexism in coding and advances in medical 3D printing.
Topics: science
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Duration: 10'07"

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09:05 News and current affairs
09:20 NZ Health expert has leading role in Obesity Commission
The inaugural meeting of a new international commission on obesity takes place in Washington DC, later on Wednesday. Auckland public health expert, Professor Boyd Swinburn is chairing the summit.
The Lancet medical journal has established the commission to analyse key drivers of the pandemic, to strengthen accountability, and stimulate action. Among the Commission's aims is to independantly measure obesity targets, country by country, to improve accountability, especially among the worst performing nations.
New Zealand has the third highest adult obesity rate in the OECD, and our rates are rising. Almost one in three New Zealanders over 15 years old is obese. The cost to the New Zealand health care system is over $600 million per year.
09:30 What next for super-computing and problem solving?
As the performance of computer technology becomes faster and more energy efficient, what are the possibilities for harnessing their processing power and applying it to problem solving?
That is a central question at a high performance computing conference on in Wellington (5th Multicore World) this week, which has attracted some of super-computing's biggest names.
John Gustafson is an American computer scientist and businessman who has a law named after him about computer programmers setting the size of problems to exploit computing power as resources improve.
And it does - parallel computing using multi-core processors is used more and more to analyse massive volumes of data,including in the Square Kilometre Array which - with help from over 20 countries including New Zealand - is exploring space with the world's largest radio telescope.
09:45 Australia correspondent Karen Middleton
10:05 Dr Robert Cowan - headache prevention
Stanford University headache expert and migrane sufferer, Robert Cowan has advice for those who experience chronic headaches and migraines. It's a problem that afflicts millions of people worldwide. Dr Cowan is the founding director of the Headache and Facial Pain Clinic at Stanford Health Care, which helps patients to understand why they get headaches, and then to zero in on the type of pain they're suffering, and its potential causes.
Dr Cowan has also been involved in the Headache Cooperative of the Pacific.
[embed] https://youtu.be/jHffEt-MXjI
10:30 Book Review: The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie
Reviewed by Leah McFall, Published by Fourth Estate
10:45 Reading: Stuff I Forgot to Tell My Daughter by Michèle A'Court (Part 3 of 5)
Michèle realises she's hasn't spoken to her daughter about feminism. She delves into some of the history of the movement, in all its different waves and forms. She also offers some solutions.
11:05 Marty Duda's artist of the week: Animal Collective
11:20 WWII diary casts shadow on NZ's 'fair-go' reputation
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What happened to pacifists in WWII New Zealand? Why was New Zealand so intolerant of dissent? The Prison Diary of A.C. Barrington: Dissent and conformity in wartime New Zealand draws on a rare first-hand account of prison life by one of New Zealand's leading pacifists, Archie Barrington. Barrington was a leading figure in the Riverside community in Motueka.
John Pratt from the Institute of Criminology at Victoria University has edited the diary. He says it sheds new light on an era that was dominated by a rigid insistence on conformity. He also warns that the intolerance can still be seen today in the current penal saturation.
11:45 Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
This week, science commentator Dr Siouxsie Wiles explains why it's better for retirees to keep up their book clubs and social groups, and talks about sexism in coding and advances in medical 3D printing.

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Artist: Federico Aubele
Song: La Esquina
Composer: Aubele
Album: Panamericana
Label: Eighteenth
Time: 09:38

===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 17 February 2016
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Child, Youth and Family denies massaging child abuse statistics and Invercargill's mayor demands answers over the sudden suspension of 130 meat workers.
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Duration: 14'59"

12:17
Fletcher Building first half profit rises 51%
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Fletcher Building has reported a 51 percent rise in its first half net profit, boosted by strong sales for its building products -- gains on asset sales -- and savings from closed businesses.
Topics: business
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Tags: Fletcher Building
Duration: 1'14"

12:18
A2 Milk H1 profit surges, raises full year forecast
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Specialist dairy company A2 Milk has reported a strong rise in first half profit driven by booming sales of its infant formula.
Topics: business
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Tags: A2 Milk
Duration: 1'54"

12:20
Trade Me reports flat half-year profit
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The online trading and advertising company, Trade Me, has reported a flat first-half profit, despite solid growth in its property, classifieds and motoring businesses.
Topics: business
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Tags: Trade Me
Duration: 57"

12:21
Other earnings results
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Property developer, Precinct Properites, it's reported a 10 percent increase in first half net profit, mainly driven by lower interest expenses and valuation gains.
Topics: business
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Duration: 54"

12:22
Canada and Australia hit Opus' earnings
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Engineering and infrastructure consultancy firm, Opus International is relatively upbeat about its outlook despite being hurt by the downturn in the global mining and oil sectors.
Topics: business
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Tags: Opus International
Duration: 1'20"

12:23
Midday Markets for 17 February 2016
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by James Grigor at Macquarie Private Wealth.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'17"

12:25
Business briefs
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Software company Wynyard has cancelled a special shareholder meeting which was set for tomorrow to approve a share placement, it says it's no longer viable to have a capital raising given current market conditions.
Topics: business
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Duration: 44"

12:26
Midday Sports News for 17 February 2016
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Pace bowler Doug Bracewell has been ruled out of the second cricket Test against Australia with a strain to the rotator cuff muscle in his right shoulder.
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Duration: 2'33"

12:35
Midday Rural News for 17 February 2016
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 8'31"

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

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13:09
First Song
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I&I - 'LUH' (Lost Under Heaven)
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Duration: 3'47"

13:13
10,000 Sharks - Professor Stephen Kajiura
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Tens of thousands of sharks are migrating on the coast of Florida, just a stone's throw away from the shoreline. Florida Atlantic University biological sciences professor Stephen Kajiura, has been monitoring the sharks. And he's taken aerial footage of the spectacular sight.
Topics: science
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Tags: US
Duration: 7'58"

13:21
Keeping The House Cool - Nelson Lebo
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Rain may be on the forecast for most of the country today, but the temperatures are still up there, making for hot nights. One man who's given a bit of thought into how to cool down, is Palmerston North City Council eco design advisor, Nelson Lebo.
Topics: technology, housing
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Tags: eco design
Duration: 13'38"

13:35
Sound Archives - Sarah Johnston
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If you have driven into Wellington from the Kapiti Coast you will probably know the sight of the RNZ transmission masts which dominate the skyline at Titahi Bay near Porirua. esterday the last section of the big 700 foot mast was finally demolished after it was found to have significant rust and corrosion damage last year. A smaller mast will still remain on the site. There had been a radio mast at Titahi Bay since 1937 - the original 700 foot aerial was the tallest structure in NZ right up until the Sky Tower was built in the 1990s. In today's sound archives slot, Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & Vision is going to play us some recordings about the role this mast played in New Zealand's broadcasting history.
Topics: history
Regions: Wellington Region
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Duration: 11'45"

13:47
Favourite Album
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Imogen Heap's album Speak for Yourself.
Topics: music
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Duration: 12'16"

14:09
Sugar - Professor Margaret Morris
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The bad news about sugar consumption keeps coming - this time it's being linked to potential brain damage. Now a new study on rats led by an Australian research team found that the ones which were exposed to high sugar intakes had problems with brain development similar to what would be expected they had experienced stress and trauma. Professor Margaret Morris at the University of New South Wales, who co-authored the report, says more research needs to be done on the harm sugar can do to the brain.
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The bad news about sugar consumption keeps coming – this time it's being linked to potential brain damage.
A new study on rats led by an Australian research team found that the ones which were exposed to high sugar intakes had problems with brain development similar to what would be expected if they had experienced stress and trauma.
The co-author of the report Professor Margaret Morris tells Jesse Mulligan we need more research on the harm sugar can do to the brain.
Professor Margaret Morris is chair and Head of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences at the University of New South Wales.
Topics: science
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Duration: 8'19"

14:18
New dairy company for Kerikeri
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Earlier this week I spoke to a professor of economics from Waikato university, Jacqueline Rowarth, about plans by Northland businessman Wayne Brown to create a new dairy company in Kerikeri. Northland Dairy is in it's very early stages but work's being done on the resource consent application to build the 40 million dollar plant which, once up and running will produce 300 thousand litres of milk a day.
Topics: business
Regions: Northland
Tags: Northland Dairy
Duration: 5'56"

14:28
Roadmap - Awaroa Bay
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You've probably heard all about the crowdfunding campaign to buy a beach in the Abel Tasman National Park. So given all the attention we thought we might take a closer look at Awaroa for this week's Roadmap.
Topics: history
Regions: Tasman
Tags: Awaroa
Duration: 30'33"

15:06
Technology And Innovation
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This week our technology correspondent Paul Brislen has important news about India's regulation of Facebook, a bug for Apple user to watch out for, and the answers to some of your questions about being 'spied on' by your devices. Also we'll meet our Innovator-Of-The-Week, who is in the do-it-yourself funeral business.
Topics: technology
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Tags: Paul Brislen
Duration: 21'20"

15:28
The Wireless
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This week, RNZ's on-line magazine THE WIRELESS has sent Mava Moayyed to India.
Topics: education
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Tags: The Wireless
Duration: 6'54"

15:30
Moving Earth, Shifting Patterns
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It's been nearly five years since Christchurch woman, Helen Grice, was paralysed in the February 2011 earthquake. She talks to our disability issues correspondent, Katy Gosset, about life in a wheelchair, changed family dynamics and what she wants from the future.
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by Katy Gosset
When February 22 comes around each year, Helen Grice tries to be kind to herself.
The 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Canterbury five years ago brought the chimney of Helen Grice's Fendalton home crashing through the roof, smashing laminate beams “as if they were balsa wood”.
She had tried to get out of the room but says the violence of the earthquake threw her back onto the floor.
“I heard the chimney go and thought ‘Oh crap, here it comes’. And sure enough it hit.”
Helen was paralysed instantly from the chest down.
While in the week to come tributes will be paid and memories shared around the country about what happened that day, she has stopped counting the days and months since she lost the use of her legs and lower torso.
“The way to heal is not to keep going back. Initially I’d say “It’s been four days since I got up and walked, or it’s been two weeks,” she says. “You kind of have to let that go.”
The mother of four has also learned to stop the “What Ifs?”.
“Hindsight’s a real bugger, especially when it’s two o’clock in the morning and you’re lying there thinking, ‘Now, if only I’d gone towards it, the angle would have meant it may have missed me completely.’”
Her husband points out that a different approach might have seen the chimney kill her outright, she says.
Adapting to life in a wheelchair, changed family dynamics and negotiating with government agencies to access the various services and activities she wants, have meant a steep learning curve.
While she was being treated in the spinal unit at Burwood Hospital, staff there gave her advice to help in her changed life.
The hospital had buzzers that went off every 20 minutes, reminding people to shift in their wheelchairs to avoid getting pressure sores, she says. “If you did [get a sore] that meant you had to be off that area completely to help it heal and that could mean months on complete bed rest.”
She knows of one man who spent over a year doing just that before his wound was sufficiently healed for him to sit up in bed. As a result, Helen keeps a close eye on any possible wounds of her own .
“When my carer comes at night, I get them to check my skin to make sure I haven’t got any bruises or marks or anything and I get them to check me in the mornings, so [it’s] a lot of discipline back in your life.”
Like the earth beneath their home, the family dynamics have also shifted within the Grice family. Helen has changed from being in charge to someone who needed help of her own. “I’m used to being the go-to fix it person and it’s really hard to have people come and do for you so that’s been frustrating and slow.”
She struggled to ask others for assistance and started to wonder why anyone would bother helping her. “I’ve had to come through a bit of a change in my own levels of self-esteem and think ‘Well, why wouldn’t they want to help?’”
While she was living away from home at Burwood Hospital, her children also learnt to do more for themselves. Upon her return, they seemed more like flatmates than children, telling her what their plans were and who they would be visiting rather than seeking permission from her or her husband. While she says that independence would have come later anyway, she regrets the lost years.
“It was a hard role to re-establish ‘cos the kids had moved on. The independence was there. You couldn’t go back to being the mother that you were the day before the earthquake.”
Since the accident, her home has been modified and a lift allows her to access the upper floor bedrooms and see what her teenagers are doing.
“So I [] can find out if there’s enough food growing enough mould to cultivate another planet and smelly washing, so it’s good to keep an eye on that.”
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While her children have gained more independence, Helen feels she’s forfeited some of her own. She says since her injury, the Accident Compensation Corporation has helped her greatly with modifications to her home. But she says, if she wants a carer to help her with an activity, she must also get approval and funding for those hours from ACC.
“It’s like being a child again, asking a parent for permission to do something. There isn’t that independence as an adult. ”
Now that her children have grown, it’s a time of life when she should be able to look forward to some different activities, she says.
“I now have to go and ask an organisation: ‘Am I worthy enough to be able to have this funding to carry on with something I want to do with my life?’”
“I’m finding that chafing a wee bit at the moment.”
However, Helen says she’s become more adventurous, taking swimming lessons and starting a course in jewellery making.
Her next plan is to learn scuba diving and she’s on the lookout for a wetsuit that helps with buoyancy as she lacks bone density in parts of her body that she hasn’t been using.
“So when I get in the water, that area floats up in the air – so my head goes down low and my butt comes up in the air – not a pretty sight.”
Helen also enjoys driving her car, which has been modified so it lowers to the ground and extends a ramp. She can get in and lock herself into position, staying in her power chair while she drives.

As the anniversary approaches, Helen can understand why some want a public ceremony but says she won’t be attending. “I have given myself permission to ignore it.”
Her preference is to spend the day “hunkering down” at home with her family around her for support.
“I like to indulge myself by saying: ‘Oh, you know it was a terrible time five years ago so go and buy me that luxury ice cream ‘cos I deserve it [] or peel me a grape, why don’t you’ and my family all roll their eyes.”
On Monday, she’ll be making her day a little more comfortable.
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15:46
The Panel pre-show for 17 February 2016
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1:10 First Song
I&I - 'LUH' (Lost Under Heaven)
1:15 10,000 Sharks - Professor Stephen Kajiura
Tens of thousands of sharks are migrating on the coast of Florida, just a stone's throw away from the shoreline. Florida Atlantic University biological sciences professor Stephen Kajiura, has been monitoring the sharks. And he's taken aerial footage of the spectacular sight.
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1:25 Keeping The House Cool - Nelson Lebo
Rain may be on the forecast for most of the country today, but the temperatures are still up there, making for hot nights. One man who's given a bit of thought into how to cool down, is Palmerston North City Council eco design advisor, Nelson Lebo. He's come up with some cheap tips and tricks.
1:30 Northland Dairy Proposal - Wayne Brown
Earlier this week I spoke to a professor of economics from Waikato university, Jacqueline Rowarth, about plans by Northland businessman Wayne Brown to create a new dairy company in Kerikeri. Northland Dairy is in it's very early stages but work's being done on the resource consent application to build the 40 million dollar plant which, once up and running will produce 300 thousand litres of milk a day. The plan is to directly supply companies with retail outlets. Wayne Brown believes the concerns raised by Ms Rowarth about the plans and the Chinese milk market already being crowded miss the point.
1:35 Sound Archives - Sarah Johnston
If you have driven into Wellington from the Kapiti Coast you will probably know the sight of the RNZ transmission masts which dominate the skyline at Titahi Bay near Porirua. esterday the last section of the big 700 foot mast was finally demolished after it was found to have significant rust and corrosion damage last year. A smaller mast will still remain on the site. There had been a radio mast at Titahi Bay since 1937 - the original 700 foot aerial was the tallest structure in NZ right up until the Sky Tower was built in the 1990s. In today's sound archives slot, Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & Vision is going to play us some recordings about the role this mast played in New Zealand's broadcasting history.
1:40 Favourite Album
Imogen Heap's album Speak for Yourself.
2:10 Sugar - Professor Margaret Morris
The bad news about sugar consumption keeps coming - this time it's being linked to potential brain damage.
Now a new study on rats led by an Australian research team found that the ones which were exposed to high sugar intakes had problems with brain development similar to what would be expected they had experienced stress and trauma. Professor Margaret Morris at the University of New South Wales, who co-authored the report, says more research needs to be done on the harm sugar can do to the brain.
2:20 Roadmap - Awaroa Bay
You've probably heard all about the crowdfunding campaign to buy a beach in the Abel Tasman National Park. So given all the attention we thought we might take a closer look at Awaroa for this week's Roadmap.
3:10 Technology And Innovation
This week our technology correspondent Paul Brislen has important news about India's regulation of Facebook, a bug for Apple user to watch out for, and the answers to some of your questions about being 'spied on' by your devices. Also we'll meet our Innovator-Of-The-Week, who is in the do-it-yourself funeral business.
3:25 The Wireless
This week, RNZ's on-line magazine THE WIRELESS has sent Mava Moayyed to India.
3:35 New Zealand Society
It's been nearly five years since Christchurch woman, Helen Grice, was paralysed in the February 2011 earthquake. She talks to our disability issues correspondent, Katy Gosset, about life in a wheelchair, changed family dynamics and what she wants from the future.
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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The Panel pre-show for 17 February 2016
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The Panel with Clarke Gayford and Susan Guthrie (Part 1)
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What the Panelists Clarke Gayford and Susan Guthrie have been up to. Dame Diane Robertson discusses the latest report from the Salvation Army. Landlords in Wellington are being accused of price gouging and letting mouldy unhealthy flats. Red light running is a major concern for Auckland motorists, and they want more done about it.
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The Panel with Clarke Gayford and Susan Guthrie (Part 2)
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Having a social life as important as exercise for older people. What the Panelists Clarke Gayford and Susan Guthrie have been thinking about. Editor of Spin Off Duncan Grieve talks about on-line news and why trvia seems to be taking over. Backpacker accomondation are banning New Zelanders from staying because of their bad behaviour. Pop singer Taylor Swift is being lauded for what's seen as a feminist Grammy Award acceptance speech. Who should it be New Zealander of the year?
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Panel intro
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16:11
State of the Nation
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Dame Diane Robertson discusses the latest report from the Salvation Army.
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16:22
Wellington student renters
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Landlords in Wellington are being accused of price gouging and letting mouldy unhealthy flats.
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Duration: 4'52"

16:26
Red-light runners
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Red light running is a major concern for Auckland motorists, and they want more done about it.
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16:32
A healthy social life
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Having a social life as important as exercise for older people.
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16:38
Panel Says
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What the Panelists Clarke Gayford and Susan Guthrie have been thinking about.
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16:44
News in the digital age
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Editor of Spin Off Duncan Grieve talks about on-line news and why trvia seems to be taking over.
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Duration: 8'33"

16:53
Backpacker ban on locals
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Backpacker accommodation are banning New Zealanders from staying because of their bad behaviour.
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16:56
Taylor Swift's acceptance speech
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Pop singer Taylor Swift is being lauded for what's seen as a feminist Grammy Award acceptance speech.
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New Zealander of the year
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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
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17:00
Checkpoint with John Campbell, Wednesday 17th February 2016
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17:09
Measles exposure in Auckland
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Hundreds of people in central Auckland, including SkyCity Casino goers, have been exposed to a person who refused to be quarantined for the measles.
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Duration: 7'19"

17:17
Corrections CEO takes resposibility for Mt Eden debacle
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The Department of Corrections Chief Executive has, for the first time, taken personal responsibility for the handling of the former Serco-run Mt Eden prison, where violent attacks and fight clubs broke out.
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Duration: 3'06"

17:20
No flag crisis, says government
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Is the Government worried there isn't enough public support for changing the flag?
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17:23
Formal confirmation Wairoa metaworkers will return to work
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170 Wairoa meatworkers, shut out of the AFFCO plant in the town for five months, will return to work on Monday.
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Duration: 5'01"

17:28
No protection for tertiary education whistleblowers
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The Tertiary Education Commission says it cannot protect staff who blow the whistle on rorts at tertiary institutions.
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Duration: 3'13"

17:34
Business news with Nona Pelletier
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Fletcher Building reported a big half year profit.
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Duration: 3'27"

17:40
Tolley rejects claims CYF massages abuse statistic for govt
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The Social Development Minister, Anne Tolley, says it's insulting to accuse Child, Youth and Family of massaging child abuse statistics to achieve targets she has set.
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Duration: 2'54"

17:43
Repeat flooding on Hokitika street no problem, says council
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Brace yourselves, in many parts of the country, for some pretty bad weather over the next couple of days.
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Council responds to flooding queries
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Joining us now from the Westland District Council is Group Assets Manager Vivek Goel.
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17:48
Heavy rain expected across the country overnight
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Georgina Griffiths from the Metservice joins us in the studio to discuss the upcoming bad weather across the country.
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17:52
Sports chat with Matt Chatterton
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Matt Chatterton begins with a big announcement by the Warriors today.
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18:09
Teachers accused of misconduct over relationship with pupil
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Two teachers are facing a disciplinary hearing over their relationship with a 13 year old student who was later found dead.
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Duration: 3'32"

18:12
Report looks at moving Auckland's port to Muriwai
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A report suggesting that Auckland's port could move to the Muriwai, Mahurangi or Kaipara harbours has left many scratching their heads.
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Duration: 3'23"

18:16
Boss whose iwi lost millions seeks seat on runanga
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The man at the helm of a Taranaki iwi when it lost much of its Treaty Settlement money, is now seeking election as a trustee for the tribe.
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Duration: 3'57"

18:20
Fulton Hogan to make emergency repairs to Vanuatu runway
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The Vanautu government has today signed a contract with Fulton Hogan to carry out emergency repairs to the runway at Port Vila's Bauerfield Airport.
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Duration: 2'55"

18:24
Quake researcher shares insights on Christchurch shake
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After the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes in Christchurch, perhaps the earthquake scientist heard from more than any other was Dr Mark Quigley, from the University of Canterbury.
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Duration: 6'02"

18:50
Today In Parliament for 17 February 2016 - evening edition
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Children's Commissioner Russell Wills appears before the Social Services Committee for its annual review of his office; Dr Wills later make a submission to that same Committee on the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill - and voices doubts about the Bill's effectiveness in dealing with child health problems; John Key faces questions about a recently published Salvation Army report on Government performance targets.
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17:37
Soldier to be dismissed after admits to supplying drugs
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A soldier is to spend 90 days in detention and be dismissed from the army after pleading guilty to supplying the psychoactive drug 'N-Bomb'.
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===6:30 PM. | Worldwatch===
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The stories behind the international headlines

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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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Sea Ice Expands
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NIWA Marine Physicist Dr. Natalie Robinson on why sea ice around Antarctica is expanding, despite it being formed in an ocean that is getting warmer...
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Duration: 21'03"

20:42
Nights' Overseas Reports - The Pacific
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RNZI senior journalist Johnny Blades on our adjacent neighbours, the nations within the Pacific Ocean, pop 11,400,060 (est. 2015)... imminent independence referendums in two Pacific territories: New Caledonia and Bougainville...
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Conundrum Clue 5
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21:59
Conundrum Clue 6
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7:12 Sea Ice Expands
NIWA Marine Physicist Dr. Natalie Robinson on why sea ice around Antarctica is expanding, despite it being formed in an ocean that is getting warmer...
7:30 Spectrum - Life 101
New Zealand people and their stories
8:12 Window on the World - Tropicalia - Revolution in Sound
international public radio documentaries
8:43 Nights' Overseas Reports - The Pacific
RNZI senior journalist Johnny Blades on our adjacent neighbours, the nations within the Pacific Ocean, pop 11,400,060 (est. 2015)... imminent independence referendums in two Pacific territories: New Caledonia and Bougainville...

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

8:59 conundrum clue 5
9:07 The Drama Hour - The Explorers' Club pt 2 of 2
9:50 Eileen Pollack pt 2 of 2
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 - Gypsy Jazz
jazzy jazz
... nights' time is the right time...

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

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London, 1879, and the hapless members of the Explorers Club must confront their most lethal threat yet: the admission of a woman into their hermetically-sealed ranks. But the intrepid Phyllida Spotte-Hume turns out to be the least of their troubles, in this hilarious farce starring members of the original Broadway cast. (2 of 2)

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

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