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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:
24 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 (15 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 Diversions (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)
===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including: 6:16 and 6:50 Business News 6:18 Pacific News 6:26 Rural News 6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers
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06:00
Top Stories for Wednesday 24 February 2016
BODY:
Desperately needed aid finally gets to Fiji's outer islands, we'll cross to Fiji for the latest. Could council plans to increase housing density in Auckland be tripped up today? U.S. President Barack Obama finally moves on his promise to shut down Guantanamo Bay.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 32'13"
06:06
Sports News for 24 February 2016
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'35"
06:09
Obama outlines plan to close Guantanamo Bay
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US President Barack Obama has confirmed a long anticipated plan to shut down the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention facility for terror suspects.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: US, Barack Obama
Duration: 4'24"
06:13
Shippers, exporters fight competition law change
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Exporters and shipping companies are making a last ditch stand against a Government crackdown on shipping laws which they say will be counter-productive for the economy.
Topics: transport, law, politics
Regions:
Tags: shipping
Duration: 3'23"
06:17
Queenstown developer lays blame for squeeze on council
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Queenstown is having to turn away tourists at peak times, and is losing conference business because it is short of hotels and still does not have a convention centre.
Topics: business
Regions: Otago
Tags: Queenstown
Duration: 2'38"
06:20
Early business news
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A warning that tough competition in the power sector is taking its commercial toll.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'27"
06:26
Morning Rural News for 24 February 2016
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Tags:
Duration: 4'17"
06:39
Fiji's tourism industry takes big hit following Cyclone Winston
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Fiji is beginning the massive job of cleaning up after cyclone Winston.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Cyclone Winston, Fiji
Duration: 3'24"
06:42
Universities NZ expects UE pass rate to rise
BODY:
Thousands of teenagers have once again missed out on getting University Entrance.
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags: UE, university entrance
Duration: 2'21"
06:48
Alternative flag taken from pole and replaced with shoes
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Vandals have struck a blow to retain the current New Zealand flag by ripping down the alternative design from flying above the Te Puke Memorial Hall.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: flag
Duration: 2'42"
06:51
Mighty River Power sees opportunity amid intense competition
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The power company, Mighty River Power, is confident it can find growth even though its revised down its full-year profit forecast in the face of an intensely competitive marketplace.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Mighty River Power
Duration: 2'27"
06:53
Tourism Holdings looking at growth by acquisition
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The campervan rental company, Tourism Holdings, is on the look out for new businesses as it forges ahead to a record full-year profit on the back of booming tourist numbers.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Tourism Holdings
Duration: 1'35"
06:57
Jim Parker reports on property perks in election year
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Staying in Australia, the country's powerful property industry is up in arms over proposals from the two major political parties to wind back tax concessions that have supported investment speculation on housing.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Australia
Duration: 1'58"
06:58
Morning markets for 24 February 2016
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Wall Street has gone the other way today - down about 1 percent - after the Saudi Oil Minister restated that country's rationale for maintaining output, despite a global glut.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 47"
07:07
Sports News for 24 February 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'26"
07:10
Fiji starts to send aid to remote islands
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Fiji is beginning to send boats carrying desperately needed aid to remote islands and coastal villages devastated by Cyclone Winston.
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Tags: Fiji, Cyclone Winston
Duration: 1'40"
07:12
Situation in Fiji every more grim as aid slow to get through
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Power is still off in many areas - and the blunt reality is it's expected to be four months before it's back to normal.
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Tags: Fiji, Cyclone Winston
Duration: 3'53"
07:16
Remote Yasawa Islands not spared by Cyclone Winston
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RNZ International's Alex Perrottet visited the remote Yasawa Island group yesterday. He's on the line from Nadi.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Cyclone Winston, Fiji
Duration: 4'34"
07:20
Obama's plan to shut down Guantanamo Bay
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American President Barack Obama has presented a plan to finally shut the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
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Tags: US, Barack Obama
Duration: 3'13"
07:23
Auckland Council risks defeat at extraordinary meeting today
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The plan to increase housing density in some central Auckland suburbs could be defeated today.
Topics: politics, housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Housing Density
Duration: 3'14"
07:27
Black Caps believe they are still in with a chance
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An expletive-laden tirade by bowler Josh Hazlewood has landed the Australian cricketer in hot water.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: cricket
Duration: 4'36"
07:35
Clients of collapsed Chch company promised homes will be built
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Clients of collapsed Christchurch building company Stonewood Homes have been assured that homes under construction will be completed.
Topics: business, housing
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch
Duration: 4'12"
07:40
Insurance Council on viability of quake claim deadline
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The Insurance Council says private insurers should settle the vast majority of Canterbury earthquake claims by the end of this year.
Topics: business, housing
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: insurance
Duration: 6'12"
07:46
Man who threatened baby formula spiking realised arrest likely
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An Auckland businessman says he felt sick after sending letters threatening to spike infant formula with 1080, and knew he'd probably get caught when he sent an anonymous retraction letter to police.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Jeremy Hamish Kerr, 1080
Duration: 2'49"
07:52
UE pass rate low again
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For the second year running, thousands of teenagers have missed out on getting University Entrance.
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags: UE, university entrance
Duration: 3'02"
08:07
Sports News for 24 February 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'08"
08:10
Aid workers begin distribution of relief supplies across Fiji
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The country is beginning to send boats carrying desperately needed aid to remote islands and coastal villages devastated by Cyclone Winston.
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Regions:
Tags: Fiji, Cyclone Winston
Duration: 6'38"
08:18
Report recommends overhaul of funding for doctors' visits
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The Government is considering sweeping changes to the way it funds family doctors.
Topics: health
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Tags: GP visits
Duration: 3'35"
08:21
Paediatrician urges Govt to do more to curb rises rates
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A paediatrician is urging the Government to do more to curb the growing number of children getting bronchiectasis, a lung disease that can be fatal if not treated early enough.
Topics: health
Regions:
Tags: Bronchiectasis
Duration: 2'59"
08:25
Friends mourn Southland trio killed in Australian car crash
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Family members of three young Southland friends found dead after their car crashed on a remote road 5 hours east of Perth, have have flown to West Australia.
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 2'19"
08:27
Awaroa Beach bid successful
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The crowd-funded bid to buy Awaroa Beach in the Abel Tasman National Park has been successful.
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Tags: Awaroa Beach
Duration: 54"
08:28
Thousands of teenagers miss out on getting UE
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For the second year running, thousands of teenagers have missed out on getting University Entrance.
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags: UE, university entrance
Duration: 4'08"
08:32
Conservation Minister confirms purchase of Awaroa beach
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The fundraising campaign to buy a remote Abel Tasman beach for the public has succeeded.
Topics:
Regions: Tasman
Tags: Awaroa Beach
Duration: 3'43"
08:36
Markets Update for 24 February 2016
BODY:
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'11"
08:41
When can a child bike alone?
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How old should a child be before they're allowed to bike to school alone?
Topics: education
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: cycling
Duration: 2'49"
08:44
Tertiary education sector under productivity scrutiny
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The Productivity Commission this morning kicks off a year-long investigation of tertiary education.
Topics: economy, education
Regions:
Tags: tertiary education
Duration: 3'09"
08:48
Tensions in Queenstown over funding for roads, housing
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There are increasing tensions in Queenstown over who will fund new roads and affordable housing to support the current boom in tourism.
Topics: business
Regions: Otago
Tags: Queenstown
Duration: 3'50"
08:52
Conservation Minister confirms purchase of Awaroa beach
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The fundraising campaign to buy a remote Abel Tasman beach for the public has succeeded.
Topics:
Regions: Tasman
Tags: Awaroa Beach
Duration: 3'49"
08:56
Larrikins leg it with yellow bucket from Cuba Street fountain
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Someone's made off with the biggest yellow bucket from the Cuba Street fountain.
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Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Cuba Street fountain
Duration: 2'51"
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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: Earthquakes and Butterflies by Kathleen Gallagher (3 of 5, RNZ)
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09:09
Kiwis buy Abel Tasman beach
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The crowdfunding campaign through Give-A-Little to buy a pristine stretch of beach in the Abel Tasman National park worked. Duane Major and Adam Gard'ner's campaign raised more than 2 million dollars and their tender for the 800 metre long strip of beach was accepted. After the funding campaign closed, Duane Major said it was a last-minute donation from Room 10 at Pahiatua School that could well have sealed the deal. Kirsten McCabe is the teacher at Room 10.
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"They're pretty excited, they were running around telling all the other teachers in the school"
Kirsten McCabe - the teacher of Room 10, who contributed 20 dollars to the crowdfunding campaign to buy the beach at Awaroa inlet.
Duane Major and Adam Gard'ner's campaign raised more than 2 million dollars and their tender for the 800 metre long strip of beach was accepted.
And they said it was a last-minute donation from Room 10 at Pahiatua School that could well have sealed the deal.
Kirsten McCabe says she is hoping this will help the kids learn that their actions, no matter how small, can help the world around them, that they can have an influence on the world.
Topics:
Regions: Tasman
Tags: Awaroa Beach
Duration: 5'55"
09:15
Worries that proven maths programme could lose funding
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A maths expert with proven success for a programme she helped set up for low decile schools is worried about running out of funding. Pasifika maths educator Roberta - or Bobbie - Hunter from Massey University has been running the inquiry based teaching project for over five years. Children learn by talking together in groups about maths problems that are set in a real world context with that relate to their lives or culture. Bobbie Hunter says the success of the programme is that it re-positions students approach to learning..... children participate more actively in their lessons and they become more articulate and engaged with the work. "Bobbie Maths" is now taught in 28 low decile schools; 22 in Auckland, 6 in Porirua and one in Christrchurch. But there is no assurance funding will be rolled over after this year. And with changes to the way the Ministry will fund professional development of teachers still being worked out, Bobbie Hunter says the picture for specialist maths teachers and schools is unclear.
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags: Roberta Hunter, Bobbie Hunter, Bobbie Maths, low decile, Pasifika, maths, Massey University
Duration: 14'14"
09:29
Abel Tasman beach purchase
BODY:
Andrew Peterson from Bell Gully is the lead negotiator for the trust set up to buy the beach at Awaroa Inlet. Chris Kennedy is the CEO of Harcourts that handled the sale.
Topics:
Regions: Tasman
Tags: Awaroa Beach
Duration: 14'58"
09:44
Has the war on drugs failed?
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The war on drugs has led to "near record-level" failure, according to a visiting drug policy expert, who says imprisoning users is like "curing clinical depression with a baseball bat".
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The war on drugs has led to "near record-level" failure, according to a visiting drug policy expert, who says imprisoning users is like "curing clinical depression with a baseball bat".
The United Nations General Assembly will soon hold a special session on the world's drug problem, where governments and NGOs will discuss the way forward.
Many in the drug policy field argue that decades of a punitive approach have not deterred drug use, and in fact have caused more harm - particularly to indigenous people. In this country, Maori are consistently over represented in prison for drug offences and more than 1.5 times more likely to use cannabis daily.
Sanho Tree - the director of the Drug Policy Project for the Institute of Policy Studies in Washington DC - is in New Zealand as a guest of the Drug Foundation, and says drug problems will not be solved until poverty and alienation are addressed.
He told Nine to Noon that after four decades of the drug war, there was a clear winner.
"Well, we've spend well over $1 trillion fighting this war on drugs and the drugs are winning. If you look at the government's own indicators of success or failure, they measure the price, purity and availability of drugs - and drugs are cheaper to get, they're higher purity and they're more available than ever before. So we're near record levels of failure."
Listen to the full Nine to Noon interview here:
He said that even though many indigenous communities around the world had a long history of using different kinds of psychoactive substances without abuse, poor people and people of colour tended to be over-represented in terms of the punitive nature of the drug war.
"In the United States, african americans and latinos consume drugs at roughly the same rate as their relative size of the population, but if you look at the prison system, they're overwhelmingly over-represented, at every juncture, in terms of who gets arrested, who gets prosecuted, who gets convicted and who gets sentenced to incarceration."
This was compounded by the idea that it did not make sense to punish individuals for drug use, abuse or addiction.
"If you believe that drugs harm the individual, it makes no sense for the state to harm them even more by putting them in prison. It's a public health problem and we don't use coercion as a means for making people better. It's like curing clinical depression with a baseball bat."
Mr Tree said a regulated approach to drug use, as currently seen with cannabis in the United States, was a far more effective way at keeping drugs under control and out of the hands of children.
Many US states now have some form of decriminalisation of cannabis, which means it's not a criminal infraction and those caught using it get the equivalent of a parking ticket. Half the country has access to medical marijuana in some form or another, and now four states have legal recreational marijuana with some parameters. such as no public use and no driving, that sort of thing.
Mr Tree said the experiments in US drug reforms had worked "very well".
"It has raised a lot of tax revenue, it's kept it out of the hands of children, the sky has not fallen by any means. So the indicators are quite positive. Use has remained fairly stable, but it's still too early in the United States. If you look at the netherlands, for instance, they have been practising a form of quasi-legalisation for many years now, and across the board they have lower rates of cannabis use compared to the US, including amongst teens.
"The states in the United States are meant to be the laboratories of democracy, so we have 50 different models, and each one is going to experiment with a slightly different form of control. I personally prefer far stricter regulations, so the state of Vermont, for instance, may become the first state in the US to pass marijuana legalisation by legislature, where the politicians actually stand up and take a vote on this, and I think they are going to come up with a much better regulatory scheme than states like Colorado or Washington where it was a popular referendum."
While there were dozens of different methods of drug control underway in the States, Mr Tree said they all agreed something needed to done, with the country struggling under the weight of the biggest prison system on the planet.
"We incarcerate more citizens than any other country, including China and Russia, and that is overwhelmingly the result of the war on drugs policies. And there is now revolution in the US of many sorts - people are tired of the status quo, and one of those things is the war and our rates of incarceration."
Topics: crime, law
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 8'25"
09:52
Australia correspondent, Bernard Keane
BODY:
The Nauru detention centre. Labour's new tax policy.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Australia
Duration: 6'50"
10:09
Author and champion poker player, Helen Ellis
BODY:
In her latest collection of short stories, American Housewife, Helen Ellis subverts traditional stereotypes of women in literature - the world of domesticity is dark and dangerous. Helen Ellis calls herself a housewife, but she is also a champion poker player who regularly competes in high stakes tournaments. Her father taught her seven-card stud when she was 6 and she started entering tournaments in 2008, and in 2010 played at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
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In her latest collection of short stories, American Housewife, Helen Ellis subverts traditional stereotypes of women in literature - the world of domesticity is dark and dangerous.
Ellis calls herself a housewife, but she is also a champion poker player who regularly competes in high stakes tournaments.
Her father taught her seven-card stud when she was 6 and she started entering tournaments in 2008, and in 2010 played at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
She talks to Kathryn Ryan.
Topics: author interview
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Tags:
Duration: 27'26"
10:36
New Zealand Books Pukapuka Aotearoa
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The Deepening Stream: A History of the New Zealand Literary Fund by Elizabeth Caffin and Andrew Mason. Reviewed by Harry Ricketts, co-editor of the quarterly review, New Zealand Books.
Topics: books
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 7'47"
11:07
Marty Duda features the music of Prince
BODY:
New Zealand music fans are very excited about Prince's first shows here in Auckland. The Purple One is bringing his Piano And A Microphone Tour to the ASB Theatre for two intimate shows on Wednesday, February 24th. The reviews of the shows in Australia have been ecstatic with Prince turning in uniquely personal versions of many of his biggest hits along with covers of artists like Sly & The Family Stone, Ray Charles and Joni Mitchell. In order to get a feeling of what these shows may be like, we'll play three tunes taken from the set lists of those recent Australian shows.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 22'55"
11:29
Encouraging more women to learn to code
BODY:
Pearl Robin wants more people to overcome their fears and learn to code. She has just completed the Live the Dream programme, which helps young social entrepeneurs take their ideas to the next level. She is now running beginner courses for people with no tech experience to learn how to create a website. She says too many people, especially women, assume you have to be a mathematical or tech genius to code, when the tools available on-line mean it is much easier to do.
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Pearl Robin wants more people to overcome their fears and learn to code.
She fell into coding by accident when she had a go creating a website for a friend so learned via an online course.
After completing the Live the Dream programme – which helps young social entrepeneurs take their ideas to the next level – Pearl is now running beginner courses, teaching people with no tech experience how to create a website.
She tells Kathryn Ryan that too many people, especially women, assume you have to be a mathematical or tech genius to code, when the tools available online mean it is much easier than it seems.
Topics: technology
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 15'32"
11:48
Arts commentator Mark Amery
BODY:
Mark Amery talks about what photography says about us through a look at an exhibition of the work of pioneer 19th century American photographer Carleton Watkins and the large exhibition New Zealand Photography Collected at Te Papa.
Topics: arts
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 10'31"
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09:05 Kiwis buy Abel Tasman beach
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The crowdfunding campaign through Give-A-Little to buy a pristine stretch of beach in the Abel Tasman National park worked. Duane Major and Adam Gard'ner's campaign raised more than 2 million dollars and their tender for the 800 metre long strip of beach was accepted. After the funding campaign closed, Duane Major said it was a last-minute donation from Room 10 at Pahiatua School that could well have sealed the deal. Kirsten McCabe is the teacher at Room 10.
09:15 Worries that proven maths programme in low-decile schools could lose funding
A maths expert with proven success for a programme she helped set up for low decile schools is worried about running out of funding. Pasifika maths educator Roberta - or Bobbie - Hunter from Massey University has been running the inquiry based teaching project for over five years. Children learn by talking together in groups about maths problems that are set in a real world context with that relate to their lives or culture. Bobbie Hunter says the success of the programme is that it re-positions students approach to learning..... children participate more actively in their lessons and they become more articulate and engaged with the work. "Bobbie Maths" is now taught in 28 low decile schools; 22 in Auckland, 6 in Porirua and one in Christrchurch. But there is no assurance funding will be rolled over after this year. And with changes to the way the Ministry will fund professional development of teachers still being worked out, Bobbie Hunter says the picture for specialist maths teachers and schools is unclear.
09:30 Abel Tasman beach purchase
Andrew Peterson from Bell Gully is the lead negotiator for the trust set up to buy the beach at Awaroa Inlet.
Chris Kennedy is the CEO of Harcourts that handled the sale.
09:20 Has the war on drugs failed?
In April, the United Nations General Assembly will hold a special session on the world's drug problem, where governments and NGOs will discuss the way forward. Many in the drug policy field argue that decades of a punitive approach have not deterred drug use, and in fact have caused more harm - particularly to indigenous people.Sanho Tree - the Director of the Drug Policy Project for the Institute of Policy Studies, Washington DC. He says drug problems will not be solved until poverty and alienation are addressed.
09:45 Australia correspondent, Bernard Keane
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10:05 Author and champion poker player, Helen Ellis
In her latest collection of short stories, American Housewife, Helen Ellis subverts traditional stereotypes of women in literature - the world of domesticity is dark and dangerous.
Helen Ellis calls herself a housewife, but she is also a champion poker player who regularly competes in high stakes tournaments. Her father taught her seven-card stud when she was 6 and she started entering tournaments in 2008, and in 2010 played at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
10:35 New Zealand Books Pukapuka Aotearoa
The Deepening Stream: A History of the New Zealand Literary Fund by Elizabeth Caffin and Andrew Mason
Reviewed by Harry Ricketts, co-editor of the quarterly review, New Zealand Books
10:45 The Reading: Earthquakes and Butterflies by Kathleen Gallagher (Part 3 of 5)
11:05 Marty Duda features the music of Prince
11:20 Encouraging more women to learn to code
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Pearl Robin wants more people to overcome their fears and learn to code. She has just completed the Live the Dream programme, which helps young social entrepeneurs take their ideas to the next level. She is now running beginner courses for people with no tech experience to learn how to create a website. She says too many people, especially women, assume you have to be a mathematical or tech genius to code, when the tools available on-line mean it is much easier to do.
11:45 Arts commentator Mark Amery
Mark Amery talks about what photography says about us through a look at an exhibition of the work of pioneer 19th century American photographer Carleton Watkins and the large exhibition New Zealand Photography Collected at Te Papa.
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===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 24 February 2016
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A crowdfunding bid secures public ownership of Awaroa beach - but it was close, and the Ashburton WINZ shooting trial begins, but without the accused.
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Tags:
Duration: 14'39"
12:17
Genesis sees first-half profit fall
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Genesis Energy's first half net profit fell 47% to $35.9 million in the six months ended December, mainly because of falls in the values of financial deals, such as energy swaps and hedge contracts.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: Genesis Energy
Duration: 1'19"
12:19
Meridian also feeling competition pressures
BODY:
Meridian Energy has also felt the pressure of the competitive sector. It's net profit has fallen to $104 million, for the first half, from $117million a year earlier.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: Meridian Energy
Duration: 59"
12:20
Retirement village operators report profit growth
BODY:
Summerset's full-year profit to the end of December rose 56% to $84.2 million, compared with the year before, driven by property revaluations.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: retirement village, Summerset
Duration: 1'34"
12:21
Ebos posts sharp rise in profit
BODY:
Listed healthcare and animal products company Ebos has posted a sharp lift in its first-half profit on the back of increased sales.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: healthcare, Ebos
Duration: 1'17"
12:23
NZ Refining makes bumper full-year profit
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A slump in world oil prices and a low New Zealand dollar have boosted the profits of Refining New Zealand, the operator of the Marsden Point refinery.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 49"
12:24
PGG Wrightson H1 profit falls 18%
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Rural services company PGG Wrightson has seen its half-year profit fall 18%, because of tougher trading conditions in the farming sector.
Topics: business, economy, rural, farming
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Tags:
Duration: 42"
12:25
NZX drives revenue up 82%, revenue rises 12%
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The sharemarket operator NZX has seen an 82% increase in its full-year net profit, reflecting its investment in a funds management business and a broader range of products.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: NZX
Duration: 35"
12:26
Midday Markets for 24 February 2016
BODY:
For the latest from the markets we're joined by Don Lewthwaite at First NZ Capital.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'00"
12:27
Midday Sports News for 24 February 2016
BODY:
The Australian cricketers are edging towards victory on the last day of the second Test against New Zealand in Christchurch, and Lionel Messi proved a thorn in Arsenal's side yet again as his second-half goals earned Barcelona a 2-0 win at Arsenal in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'34"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 24 February 2016
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 9'02"
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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 - How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore
BODY:
How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore by Prince.
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Duration: 4'23"
13:14
Auckland Council Housing Density - Dr Sudhvir Singh
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The Auckland Council's public meeting on its housing density proposals kicks off at 2pm today. The council needs to take its plan for housing density to the government appointed Unitary Plan Independent Hearing Panel, but they updated and expanded the plan in December and some home owners in the affected suburbs have complained they should have been consulted. This pressure has led to a special meeting today where councillors will vote on whether to stick to the expanded plan, or revert to the original 2013 plan after all. Dr Sudhvir Singh is a spokeperson for Generation Zero.
Topics: housing
Regions:
Tags: Auckland housing, Auckland housing market, Housing Density
Duration: 6'27"
13:20
Auckland Council Housing Density - Richard Burton
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Auckland 2040 spokesperson, Richard Burton, talks about what he expects from the Auckland Council's public meeting on density proposals.
Topics: housing
Regions:
Tags: Auckland housing, Auckland housing market, Housing Density
Duration: 5'01"
13:30
Prince - Steve Yanko
BODY:
Prince is playing his first ever shows in Auckland tonight, and fans have been given strict instructions about the sold-out shows. Promoters advised fans could be sent home, if caught using mobile phones at the concerts. Tickets sold out within minutes of going on sale. Melbourne-based music teacher, songwriter and consultant, Steve Yanko is a huge Prince fan. Steve was at the recent Melbourne concert.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Prince
Duration: 8'12"
13:30
Sound Archives - Sarah Johnston
BODY:
A major project currently underway at the New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound - or Nga Taonga Sound and Vision - is digitising and describing nearly 1,000 acetate disc sound recordings of New Zealanders made between 1945 and 1949. The New Zealand Broadcasting Service Mobile Unit collection was last year entered into UNESCO's "Memory of the World" register as being a significant national treasure of documentary heritage, and today Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga is going to play us a couple of tracks from that collection.
Topics: history
Regions:
Tags: archives, New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound, Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
Duration: 13'38"
13:50
Favourite Album - Waves
BODY:
Chris Priestley has chosen the self-titled album by Auckland band Waves.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Prince
Duration: 11'08"
14:10
Pole Vault Champion - Eliza McCartney
BODY:
It's been a big week for New Zealand's 19 year-old pole vaulting sensation Eliza McCartney. Eliza took out the Next Emerging Talent Award at the Halberg Awards. Then she added four new New Zealand records to the books at the opening of the AUT Millennium pole vault facility last night.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Pole Vaulting
Duration: 7'46"
14:10
Roadmap - Te Kauwhata
BODY:
The New Zealand Road Map book has fallen open at the Waikato page today and three main geographical features stand out immediately; The Waikato River (our longest), Lake Waikare (third largest shollow water lake in the country) and Whangamarino, (the largest area of swamp land remaining in New Zealand.) In fact it's the largest swamp in the southern hemisphere. Slotted neatly between lake and swamp, on a norrow ridge, is a township the Locals call T.K. It's Maori name translates as empty storehouse, and tells the story of the time the local hapu found itself with insufficient provisions to feed visitors.
Topics:
Regions: Waikato
Tags:
Duration: 42'37"
14:30
Bomb Threats - Roy Sye
BODY:
Tamatea Intermediate School principal Roy Sye joins the show for an update.
Topics:
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Duration: 1'35"
15:10
Geoffonomics - Geoff Simmons
BODY:
Geoff Simmons on the unusal phenomenon of negative interest rates, being used by some central banks at the moment. Geoff is an economist working for the Morgan Foundation - an independent foundation which aims to stimulate debate on the important issues facing New Zealand.
Topics: economy, business, life and society
Regions:
Tags: negative interest rates
Duration: 11'41"
15:20
Bomb Threats - Robert Hyndman
BODY:
Brookfield School principal Robert Hyndman joins the show for an update.
Topics:
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Duration: 3'50"
15:25
Fiji Cyclone - Alex Perrottet
BODY:
Four days after Cyclone Winston wrought destruction on Fiji, those worst hit are struggling to put their lives back together. RNZ International reporter Alex Perrottet is in Fiji.
Topics: Pacific
Regions:
Tags: Fiji, Cyclone Winstone
Duration: 7'28"
15:32
The Wireless
BODY:
This week in RNZ's online magazine THE WIRELESS we're running five Q&As with five people helping to make post-quake Christchurch a cooler place to live. Lucy Smith, who's on an internship from the Christchurch Broadcasting School, is doing the interviews and she is here to tell us about the series.
Topics: media
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch
Duration: 3'04"
15:45
The Panel pre-show for 24 February 2016
BODY:
Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
Topics:
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Tags:
Duration: 14'42"
16:05
The Panel with Gordon McLauchlan and Niki Bezzant (Part 1)
BODY:
Topics - . The NZ public now owns Awaroa Beach. Auckland housing and how will cities grow in the future, and What's a good age for kids to start riding their bikes to school?
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Duration: 23'50"
16:06
The Panel with Gordon McLauchlan and Niki Bezzant (Part 2)
BODY:
Topics - Chickweed is the ingredient du jour for salads, The Government's putting $300,000 into helping people into work in the Buller District. That'll be matched by the same amount of money from the local council, do you notice the dying out of words like "double" "treble" and "twice"? An American tourist hasn't been charged after stealing $400 dollars, David Cameron has ripped into Boris Johnson after the Mayor of London voiced his support for the Brexit.
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Regions:
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Duration: 26'53"
16:29
Biking to school
BODY:
What's a good age for kids to start riding their bikes to school?
Topics:
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Duration: 1'07"
=SHOW NOTES=
1:10 First Song
'How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore' - Prince.
1:15 Auckland Council Housing Density - Dr Sudhvir Singh
The Auckland Council's public meeting on its housing density proposals kicks off at 2pm today. And some are saying it's hard to imagine a happy ending. The council needs to take its plan for housing density to the government appointed Unitary Plan Independent Hearing Panel, but they updated and expanded the plan in December and some home owners in the affected suburbs have complained they should have been consulted. This pressure has led to a special meeting today where councillors will vote on whether to stick to the expanded plan, or revert to the original 2013 plan after all. Dr Sudhvir Singh is a spokeperson for Generation Zero.
1:20 Auckland Council Housing Density - Richard Burton
Auckland 2040 spokesperson, Richard Burton, talks about what he expects from the Auckland Council's public meeting on density proposals.
1:25 Prince - Steve Yanko
Prince is playing his first ever shows in Auckland tonight, and fans have been given strict instructions about the sold-out shows. Promoters advised fans could be sent home, if caught using mobile phones at the concerts. The star is playing two shows at ASB Theatre tonight, at 6.30pm and 10pm. And tickets sold out within minutes of going on sale. Melbourne-based music teacher, songwriter and consultant, Steve Yanko is a huge Prince fan. Steve was at the recent Melbourne concert.
1:35 Sound Archives - Sarah Johnston
A major project currently underway at the New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound - or Nga Taonga Sound and Vision - is digitising and describing nearly 1,000 acetate disc sound recordings of New Zealanders made between 1945 and 1949. The New Zealand Broadcasting Service Mobile Unit collection was last year entered into UNESCO's "Memory of the World" register as being a significant national treasure of documentary heritage, and today Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga is going to play us a couple of tracks from that collection.
1:40 Favourite Album
Waves - Waves
2:10 Pole Vault Champion - Eliza McCartney
It's been a big week for New Zealand's 19 year-old pole vaulting sensation Eliza McCartney. Eliza took out the Next Emerging Talent Award at the Halberg Awards. Then she added four new New Zealand records to the books at the opening of the AUT Millennium pole vault facility last night.
2:20 Roadmap - Te Kauwhata
The New Zealand Road Map book has fallen open at the Waikato page today and three main geographical features stand out immediately; The Waikato River (our longest), Lake Waikare (third largest shollow water lake in the country) and Whangamarino, (the largest area of swamp land remaining in New Zealand.) In fact it's the largest swamp in the southern hemisphere. Slotted neatly between lake and swamp, on a norrow ridge, is a township the Locals call T.K. It's Maori name translates as empty storehouse, and tells the story of the time the local hapu found itself with insufficient provisions to feed visitors.
3:10 Geoffonomics - Geoff Simmons
For something a bit different this afternoon, we've invited Geoff Simmons in for a chat about the unusal phenomenon of negative interest rates, being used by some central banks at the moment. Geoff is an economist working for the Morgan Foundation - an independent foundation which aims to stimulate debate on the important issues facing New Zealand.
3:20 Fiji Cyclone - Alex Perrotett
Alex Perrottet from RNZ International provides an update on cyclone damage in Fiji.
3:25 The Wireless
This week in RNZ's online magazine THE WIRELESS we're running five Q&As with five people helping to make post-quake Christchurch a cooler place to live. Lucy Smith, who's on an internship from the Christchurch Broadcasting School, is doing the interviews and she is here to tell us about the series.
3:35 New Zealand Society
We check in on the Wellington Lochiel Marching Drill Team who recently performed in the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo to see why they still take part in the dying sport.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Julie Moffett.
=PLAYLIST=
JESSE'S SONG:
ARTIST: Prince
SONG: How Come You Don't Call Anymore
COMP: Prince
ALBUM: The Hits' B Sides
LABEL: Warner
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Waves
TITLE: Elouise
COMP: Graham Gash
ALBUM: Waves
LABEL: Ode
ARTIST: Waves
TITLE: Castle Gates
COMP: Graham Gash
ALBUM: Waves
LABEL: Ode
ARTIST: Waves
TITLE: Arrow
COMP: Kevin Wildman
ALBUM: Waves
LABEL: Ode
ARTIST: Waves
TITLE: The Dolphin Song
COMP: Graham Gash
ALBUM: Waves
LABEL: Ode
New Zealand Road Map:
ARTIST: Billy Joel
TITLE: River of Dreams
COMP: Billy Joel
ALBUM: River of Dreams
LABEL: Columbia
ARTIST: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
TITLE: Fire Lake
COMP: Bob Seger
ALBUM: Fire Lake
LABEL: Capitol
ARTIST: Swamp Thing
TITLE: Balladeer
COMP: Michael Barker, Grant Haua
ALBUM: Balladeer
LABEL: Yellow Eye
PANEL - HALF TIME SONG:
ARTIST: Weird Al Yankovic
TITLE: Eat It
COMP: Michael Jackson / Al Yankovic
ALBUM: Weird Al Yankoviv in 3D
LABEL: Scotti Bros
===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
=DESCRIPTION=
An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)
=AUDIO=
15:45
The Panel pre-show for 24 February 2016
BODY:
Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
Topics:
Regions:
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Duration: 14'42"
16:05
The Panel with Gordon McLauchlan and Niki Bezzant (Part 1)
BODY:
Topics - . The NZ public now owns Awaroa Beach. Auckland housing and how will cities grow in the future, and What's a good age for kids to start riding their bikes to school?
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 23'50"
16:06
The Panel with Gordon McLauchlan and Niki Bezzant (Part 2)
BODY:
Topics - Chickweed is the ingredient du jour for salads, The Government's putting $300,000 into helping people into work in the Buller District. That'll be matched by the same amount of money from the local council, do you notice the dying out of words like "double" "treble" and "twice"? An American tourist hasn't been charged after stealing $400 dollars, David Cameron has ripped into Boris Johnson after the Mayor of London voiced his support for the Brexit.
Topics:
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Duration: 26'53"
16:07
Panel Intro
BODY:
What the Panelists Gordon McLauchlan and Niki Bezzant have been up to.
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Duration: 4'26"
16:10
Awaroa Beach
BODY:
The NZ public owns Awaroa Beach now.
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Duration: 9'20"
16:14
Buildings
BODY:
China is banning any more 'bizarre' buildings in a new push for 'economic, green and beautiful' architecture. How will cities like Auckland be built in the future?
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Duration: 8'46"
16:29
Biking to school
BODY:
What's a good age for kids to start riding their bikes to school?
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'07"
16:32
Yum. Chickweed.
BODY:
Chickweed is the ingredient du jour for salads.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'35"
16:36
Panel Says
BODY:
What the Panelists Gordon McLauchlan and Niki Bezzant have been thinking about.
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Duration: 7'15"
16:42
Govt subsidising Buller wages
BODY:
The Government's putting $300,000 into helping people into work in the Buller District. That'll be matched by the same amount of money from the local council.
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Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 8'35"
16:52
The death of double
BODY:
Do you notice the dying out of words like "double" "treble" and "twice"? Panel listener Graeme Leary does.
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Duration: 3'34"
16:56
Tourist not charged after theft
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An American tourist hasn't been charged after stealing $400 dollars.
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Duration: 2'07"
16:58
UK PM attacks London's mayor
BODY:
David Cameron has ripped into Boris Johnson after the Mayor of London voiced his support for the Brexit.
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Duration: 2'37"
=SHOW NOTES=
===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
=DESCRIPTION=
RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme
=AUDIO=
17:00
Checkpoint with John Campbell, Wednesday 24th February 2016
BODY:
Watch Wednesday's full programme here. It begins 5 minutes in.
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Duration: 00"
17:10
Cyclone Winston death toll rises to 42
BODY:
42 people are now confirmed dead from Cyclone Winston in Fiji. Rakiraki resident Marama Dunn was there when the Cyclone hit.
Topics: Pacific
Regions:
Tags: Fiji, Cyclone Winstone
Duration: 4'41"
17:16
Public pack crucial Akld Council meeting on housing density
BODY:
The Auckland Council is at a crossroads tonight as hundreds of people watch an extraordinary meeting on the level of housing density the Council wants to see.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Auckland Council, Auckland housing density
Duration: 5'12"
17:19
NZ public officially purchases beach
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Nearly 40,000 New Zealanders pledged more than $2.278 million to buy the land in Abel Tasman National Park.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Abel Tasman national park
Duration: 5'02"
17:23
Harrowing account of alleged shooting spree
BODY:
The trial of double murder accused, Russell John Tully, has heard a harrowing account of the moment he allegedly went on a shooting spree at the Ashburton Work and Income office. Conan Young is covering the case.
Topics:
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Russell John Tully
Duration: 4'44"
17:29
McCullum farewelled by Black Caps
BODY:
Brendon McCullum's international cricket career has come to an end, he retires with more than 14000 runs to his name over the three cricket formats, and with New Zealand's highest ever Test score of 302.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Brendon McCullum, cricket
Duration: 3'22"
17:35
Evening Business for 24 February 2016
BODY:
News from the business sector including a market report with Gyles Beckford.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 3'46"
17:39
Unicef NZ's Chief Executive on Cyclone Winstone
BODY:
The death toll in Fiji has reached 42 with reports entire villages have been wiped out on remote islands. Vivien Maidaborn is Unicef New Zealand's Chief Executive.
Topics: Pacific
Regions:
Tags: Fiji, Cyclone Winstone
Duration: 5'13"
17:45
Awaroa beach NZ's biggest crowdfunding campaign
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New Zealanders pledged more than $2 million towards the Abel Tasman beach campaign. It is New Zealand's biggest crowdfunding campaign and the biggest ever run by Givealittle. Tom Beyer is Givealittle's Chief Giving Officer.
Topics: health
Regions:
Tags: Bronchiectasis
Duration: 5'25"
17:51
MoH calls on doctors to learn about bronchiectasis
BODY:
The Ministry of Health says it's up to doctors and specialists to learn about the lung disease bronchiectasis which is on the rise in children. Laura Bootham reports.
Topics: health
Regions:
Tags: Bronchiectasis
Duration: 3'34"
17:55
Crayfish, snapper numbers falling at Goat Island Marine Reserve
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Crayfish and snapper numbers are falling at the Goat Island Marine Reserve north of Auckland, and scientists say it's due to commercial fishing on the boundary. Alexa Cook reports.
Topics: environment
Regions:
Tags: Goat Island, crayfish, snapper
Duration: 3'19"
17:57
Locals shocked 4 lane South Akld highway gets green light
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South Auckland locals and environmentalists say they're shocked independent commissioners have given the go ahead for a large four-lane highway. Tom Furley reports.
Topics:
Regions: Auckland Region
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Duration: 2'38"
18:09
NZ ramps up relief efforts as Fiji death toll climbs to 42
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New Zealand is ramping up its relief efforts for Fiji as the death toll from Cyclone Winston continues to climb. It's feared the toll could rise further as emergency services are still yet to reach some areas. Reporter Kim Baker Wilson is in Fiji.
Topics: Pacific
Regions:
Tags: Fiji, Cyclone Winstone
Duration: 4'16"
18:14
Awaroa beach belongs to New Zealand public
BODY:
The successful bid to buy the Abel Tasman Beach was confirmed last night after 11th hour negotiations. The deal was secured after the government put in extra money, and a 250-thousand dollar donation from the Joyce Fisher philanthropic trust.Belinda McCammon reports,
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Tags: Abel Tasman Beach
Duration: 3'34"
18:18
Akld school defends heavy new uniform that sparked petition
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More than one thousand three hundred people have signed an online petition calling for a summer uniform for Massey High School after some students reportedly suffered nosebleeds, headaches and discomfort in the heat. John Garelja is the head of Massey High School's board of trustees.
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Tags: Massey High School
Duration: 3'13"
18:18
Wellington renters hit hard in the pocket
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Wellington renters are being hit hard in the pocket, with prices hitting a record high average of $450 a week.
Topics:
Regions: Wellington Region
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Duration: 2'35"
18:24
Tokoroa man's quest to kill 58 million flies
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Tokoroa man John Berry has made homemade fly traps that he estimates kill 4.5 million flies each, out of 200 litre plastic drums, recycled cans and plastic. He plans to kill 58 million flies in the Tokoroa area alone.
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Duration: 5'56"
18:29
Small passenger plane missing in Nepal
BODY:
A small plane carrying at least 21 people has gone missing in west Nepal.
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Duration: 36"
=SHOW NOTES=
===6:30 PM. | Worldwatch===
=DESCRIPTION=
The stories behind the international headlines
===7:06 PM. | Nights===
=DESCRIPTION=
RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information
=AUDIO=
19:12
Peace Museum
BODY:
The first-of-its-kind, the online Australian Living Peace Museum, and the stories of peace that it holds - with Emeritus Prof. Michael Hamel-Green of Victoria University Melbourne, convenor of the Curatorial Committee, Australian Living Peace Museum, and Martin Bush, formerly of Museum Victoria.
Topics: life and society, security, history
Regions:
Tags: Australia, peace
Duration: 20'28"
20:42
Automated Cargo Ships
BODY:
The imminent future for international shipping (has no people crewing the ships) - with Prof. Henrik Ringbom from the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law at the University of Oslo.
Topics: transport, technology, law
Regions:
Tags: shipping, automated, cargo
Duration: 14'41"
20:59
Nights Conundrum
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Clue 5
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Duration: 10"
21:59
Nights Conundrum
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Clue 6
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Duration: 11"
=SHOW NOTES=
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7:12 Peace Museum
the first-of-its-kind, the online Australian Living Peace Museum, and the stories of peace that it holds - with Emeritus Prof. Michael Hamel-Green of Victoria University Melbourne, convenor of the Curatorial Committee, Australian Living Peace Museum, and Martin Bush, formerly of Museum Victoria...
7:30 Spectrum - Healthy Tamariki
New Zealand people and their stories
8:12 Window on the World - Something Old, Something New
international public radio documentaries
8:43 Automated Cargo Ships
the imminent future for international shipping (has no people crewing the ships) - with Prof. Henrik Ringbom from the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law at the University of Oslo...
8:59 conundrum clue 5
9:07 The Drama Hour - Undercover Mumbai pt 1 of 3
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: Jazz and Film
jazzy jazz
... nights' time is the right time...
===7:35 PM. | Spectrum===
=DESCRIPTION=
===8:13 PM. | Windows On The World===
=DESCRIPTION=
International public radio features and documentaries
===9:06 PM. | None (National)===
=DESCRIPTION=
Inspector Alia Khan, a young detective in the Mumbai Police Force, faces many obstacles as she attempts to solve a series of crimes, make sense of her troubled past and cope with being a woman in a chauvinistic, male-dominated police force (Part 1 of 3, Goldhawk Productions)
===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
=DESCRIPTION=
RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National
===11:06 PM. | None (National)===
=DESCRIPTION=