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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:
27 March 2016
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Police Files of NZ (RNZ); 1:05 Our Changing World (RNZ); 2:05 Heart and Soul (RNZ); 2:35 Hymns on Sunday; 3:05 One a Penny, Two a Penny by Marie Duncan (RNZ); 3:30 Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi (RNZ); 4:30 Science in Action (BBC); 5:10 Mihipeka - The Early Years, by Mikipeka Edwards (4 of 15, RNZ); 5:45 NZ Society
===6:08 AM. | Storytime===
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Easter Story, by Apirana Taylor, told by Carol Smith; The Egg, by Gaelyn Gordon, told by Jennifer Ward-Lealand; Mist, by Gaelyn Gordon, told by Peter Kaa; The Loblolly Boy, by James Norcliffe, told by Dick Weir; More Like A Boy, by Judith Holloway, told by Miriama McDowell
===7:10 AM. | Sunday Morning===
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A fresh attitude on current affairs, the news behind the news, documentaries, sport from the outfield, politics from the insiders, plus Mediawatch and music 7:43 The Week in Parliament An in-depth perspective of legislation and other issues from the house 8:10 Insight An award-winning documentary programme providing comprehensive coverage of national and international current affairs 9:06 Mediawatch Critical examination and analysis of recent performance and trends in New Zealand's news media (RNZ) 11:06 Easter Church Service Easter service from the Anglican Cathedral Church of Saint Paul the Apostle, Dunedin
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07:08
Silvio Carillo: The murder of Berta Caceres
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Last year, Berta Caceres, a Honduran human rights activist, won the Goldman Environmental Prize - widely considered the world's leading environmental award. At the time, the Guardian wrote that the odds of her survival, let alone success, could hardly be more stacked against her. It was a prescient observation: on Thursday 3 March, Berta Caceres was murdered in her home. Her nephew, documentary filmmaker, Silvio Carillo decided against attending her funeral and instead travelled to Washington DC to lobby politicians, who he holds partly responsible for his aunt's death, to stop supporting the Honduran regime.
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The family of a murdered Honduran human rights activist is calling for an international investigation into her death.
Berta Caceres, a 44-year-old award-winning environmentalist, was killed on 3 March in her home in La Esperanza.
She was shot by gunmen who broke into her house - an attack her family say was a political assassination, not a random murder as painted by the authorities.
Her nephew, documentary filmmaker Silvio Carillo, spoke to Sunday Morning from Washington DC, where he is lobbying politicians to stop supporting the Honduran regime, which he strongly opposes.
"This government is nothing but a criminal syndicate who is enriching themselves and doing nothing for the people of this country."
Mr Carillo said his aunt, who was the head of the National Council of Popular and Indigenous Organisations of Honduras, had been living with constant, serious threats from police, politicians and construction companies, as well as from people she knew.
Her activism, which won her the prestigious international Goldman Environmental Prize in 2015, was seen as a threat to the authorities because the movement had had some success, he said.
"They got the Chinese dam builder - the largest dam builder in the world - to pull out of this [Agua Zarca dam] project but then someone else stepped in."
The prize offered her no protection - despite that being the aim of the award.
"She was becoming a moral leader, as well as someone that was very popular inside and outside the country - she met with the Pope," Mr Carillo said.
"She was well respected - and so that's why they took her down, because she was eventually going to take over and possibly be the next leader of Honduras."
Mr Carillo said the police had tried numerous explanations for the murder, painting her death variously as a robbery, as the result of an internal dispute, a love affair and consistently defaming his aunt since her death.
He said the message of her murder was "don't speak up, don't fight for your rights", and the atmosphere in Honduras was terrifying for his family.
On 8 March, the BBC reported the country's police said they had arrested a man and a minor who belonged to an organisation founded by Ms Caceres and alleged they were responsible for the murder.
Hillary Clinton's role
Mr Carillo said US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton was the secretary of state when a coup deposed the country's democratically elected president Manuel Zelaya.
"She made the decision to sort of whitewash what had happened, to sweep it all under the rug."
He said the US State Department wanted Mr Zelaya gone because of fears he would destabilise the country and the US would no longer have access to its military assets.
Mrs Clinton detailed her support for the coup in her book Hard Choices.
Topics: environment, conflict, politics
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Tags: Honduras, Berta Caceres, Silvio Carillo, murder, human rights
Duration: 15'26"
07:30
The Week In Parliament for 27 March 2016
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With Parliament on a one week pre-Easter adjournment, we speak with retiring Serjeant-at-Arms Brent Smith - who held the role for 14 years. There's also a preview of the week ahead via the business statement from Leader of the House, Gerry Brownlee.
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Duration: 15'00"
07:32
The Week in Parliament
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With Parliament on a one week pre-Easter adjournment, we speak with retiring Serjeant-at-Arms Brent Smith - who held the role for 14 years. There's also a preview of the week ahead via the business statement from Leader of the House, Gerry Brownlee.
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Duration: 15'07"
07:47
Gillian Mellsop - On the Frontline of Famine
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The United Nations is warning that 36 million people across Africa are facing hunger as much of the continent suffers from the worse drought in decades. Already, one million children are experiencing severe acute malnutrition. Kiwi Gillian Mellsop is UNICEF Representative in Ethiopia, the country worst hit in the current crisis.
Topics: international aid and development, climate
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Tags: famine, Africa, Unicef
Duration: 20'19"
07:47
Gillian Mellsop - On the Frontline of Famine
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The United Nations is warning that 36 million people across Africa are facing hunger as much of the continent suffers from the worse drought in decades. Already, one million children are experiencing severe acute malnutrition. Kiwi Gillian Mellsop is UNICEF Representative in Ethiopia, the country worst hit in the current crisis.
Topics: international aid and development, climate
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Tags: famine, Africa, Unicef
Duration: 20'19"
08:12
Insight - Investigating our Air Investigations Part 2
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Peter Newport continues his exploration into some of the country's serious air accident investigations.
Topics: transport
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Tags: Air Accidents, TAIC, helicopter crash
Duration: 26'35"
08:12
Insight: Investigating our Air Investigations Part 2
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Peter Newport continues his Insight exploration into some of the country's serious air accidents investigations.
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Questions are being raised by Labour over whether the Minister responsible for the Transport Accident Investigation Commission is doing enough to monitor standards.
An RNZ Insight programme has revealed funding shortages and that Commission investigators have had up to three times the workload recommended by the International Civil Aviation Organisation.
They have been also breached international timing guidelines on completing air accident reports.
Listen to part two of Investigating our Air Investigations Part 2:
Listen to part one here.
Labour's Transport spokesperson Sue Moroney said the Prime Minister needed to get involved and if Craig Foss wasn't up to the job he needed to be replaced with a Minister who was prepared to maintain standards and hold the Commission to account.
Insight has seen documents under the Official Information Act in which the Commission is described by the Ministry of Transport, in a request for more funding, as being increasingly divergent from Government, international regulator and public expectations.
Additional funding of $1.3 million was approved last year but air accident reports into helicopter crashes that took place in 2013 and 2014 have still not been published.
The International Civil Aviation Organisation, or ICAO, requires accident reports to be produced in one year if possible with an interim report to be produced if the publication date drifts too far beyond 12 months. TAIC has not produced an interim report for either of the helicopter accidents.
The 2014 helicopter crash near the summit of Mount Alta killed Auckland construction boss Jerome Box, but four of his friends on board the helicopter survived. His widow, Adelle Box, was looking for answers but was not satisfied with TAIC's conduct of the investigation or the time it was taking.
Associate Transport Minister Craig Foss said he believed TAIC was doing a good job and that he had confidence in the Commission. Investigators do a difficult job under difficult conditions and relatives often have their own perspective on how air crash investigations should be run, and what the outcomes should be, he said.
But Labour Transport spokesperson Sue Moroney argued that New Zealand's international reputation and high level of tourism industry revenue was at risk if TAIC didn't do a good job in finding the true cause of air accidents.
Sue Moroney claimed that Associate Transport Minister Craig Foss has failed to act on problems relating to TAIC that have been evident since 2010 and that he has repeatedly failed to act on those problems, which she said was totally unacceptable from the public's point of view.
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Topics: transport
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Tags: Transport Accident Investigation Commission
Duration: 26'35"
08:40
Diana Noonan and Carol Geissler - Women of the Catlins
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Writer Diana Noonan and photographer Cris Antona collaborated to tell the stories of 26 women living in one of the remotest parts of the country - the Catlins region. Wallace is joined by Diana, who lives in the Catlins, and Carol Geisser, who features in the book, to discuss family, work, isolation and their relationship with the rugged, beautiful landscape in which they live. And he tries to talk them into moving to Auckland. Women of the Catlins - Life in the Deep South, by Diana Noonan & Cris Antona, is published by Otago University Press
Topics: books, author interview, rural
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Tags: Catlins, Otago, Diana Noonan
Duration: 19'41"
08:40
Diana Noonan and Carol Geissler - Women of the Catlins
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Writer Diana Noonan and photographer Cris Antona collaborated to tell the stories of 26 women living in one of the remotest parts of the country - the Catlins region. Wallace is joined by Diana, who lives in the Catlins, and Carol Geisser, who features in the book, to discuss family, work, isolation and their relationship with the rugged, beautiful landscape in which they live. And he tries to talk them into moving to Auckland. Women of the Catlins - Life in the Deep South, by Diana Noonan & Cris Antona, is published by Otago University Press
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Writer Diana Noonan and photographer Cris Antona tell the stories of 26 women living in one of the remotest parts of the country in Women of the Catlins - Life in the Deep South.
Wallace Chapman is joined by Diana, who lives in the Catlins, and Carol Geisser, who features in the book, to discuss family, work, isolation and their relationship with the rugged, beautiful landscape in which they live. (He also tries to talk them into moving to Auckland.)
Women of the Catlins - Life in the Deep South is published by Otago University Press
Topics: books, author interview, rural
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Tags: Catlins, Otago, Diana Noonan
Duration: 19'41"
09:10
Mediawatch for 27 March 2016
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The pitfalls of reporting terrorism; sanctions for anti-social social media feedback; short-changed by a short version; investigations follow the money; TVNZ's new channel for blokes.
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Duration: 30'49"
09:40
Wal Herring - Getting Children to Eat Healthily
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Who hasn't been at the battle of the dinner table? Getting children to eat food they don't want to eat can be a war of wills. So just how do you get kids to eat healthily and, more importantly, make healthy choices for the rest of their lives? Nutritionist Wal Herring joins Wallace to give some advice on how to help your children develop a healthy relationship with food.
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Tags: health
Duration: 17'39"
10:06
Steve Earle - Tribute to the Blues
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Steve Earle, veteran US singer, songwriter and activist has been a regular visitor to New Zealand - he comes here to play his music, and catch our fish. He has just released his 16th studio album with his band, The Dukes. It's called Terraplane, and in it Earle pays tribute to the blues, influenced by the giants of the genre he saw growing up in Texas - Lightnin' Hopkins, Freddy King, Johnny Winter, Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Canned Heat and Billy Gibbons. Steve Earle and the Dukes are playing at The Tuning Fork, Vector Arena, in Auckland on Tuesday March 29.
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US singer, songwriter and activist Steve Earle regularly comes to New Zealand to play his music - and catch fish.
Speaking to Sunday Morning, he said he kept his gear in Turangi and described fly fishing in little rivers on the sides of Mt Tongariro like "fishing in Jurassic Park".
He is drawn by the beauty of rivers: "Trout don't live in ugly places."
One of the big "visionary" voices in American music, Earle traverses country, folk and bluegrass as well as blues, and his songs have been covered by the likes of Johnny Cash and Emmylou Harris.
He rose to prominence with genre-busting 1986 album Guitar Town, and his albums have garnered him three Grammy awards.
He has just released his 16th studio album with his band, The Dukes, called Terraplane.
In it, he pays tribute to the blues, influenced by the giants of the genre he saw growing up in Texas: Lightnin' Hopkins, Johnny Winter, Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Canned Heat and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.
The bar was high for blues players growing up in Texas, he said.
Asked to define different blues styles, Earle said he was a folk singer and musicologist at heart and wanted to cover the whole range.
"Blues' oldest roots are not in self-taught primitive music from the (Mississippi) Delta - the guys in the Delta were listening to music made early in the 20th century - bands that were playing and sheet music that was being written before there were even records.
"When records finally started getting recorded the blues already existed - it was about a certain scale that could be played."
Steve Earle and the Dukes are playing at The Tuning Fork, Vector Arena, Auckland on Tuesday 29 March.
Topics: music, politics
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Tags: Steve Earle and the Dukes
Duration: 20'29"
10:36
Christian Dirk AKA StarJun - The World of Gaming
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The world of competitive gaming is massive. There are more than 70 million players worldwide and one of the biggest and most lucrative games is League of Legends. Christian Dirk is the owner of Sin Gaming - a pro league team of Australians and New Zealanders and they're hoping to win the upcoming Oceania finals for a chance to take their gaming skills to the world finals next month. Christian Dirk (AKA Starjun) talks to Wallace about why gaming is just as competitive as any traditional sport.
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Tags: technology
Duration: 18'41"
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7:08 Silvio Carillo - The Murder of Berta Caceres
Last year Berta Caceres, a Honduran human rights activist, won the Goldman Environmental Prize - widely considered the world's leading environmental award. At the time the Guardian newspaper wrote that the odds of her survival, let alone success, could hardly be more stacked against her. It was a prescient observation, on Thursday 3 March Berta Caceres was murdered in her home. Her nephew, documentary film-maker, Silvio Carillo decided against attending her funeral and instead travelled to Washington DC to lobby politicians, who he holds partly responsible for his aunt's death, to stop supporting the Honduran regime.
7:30 News headlines
7:32 The Week in Parliament
7:47 Gillian Mellsop - On the Frontline of Famine
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The United Nations is warning that 36 million people across Africa are facing hunger as much of the continent suffers from the worse drought in decades. Already, one million children are experiencing severe acute malnutrition. Kiwi Gillian Mellsop is UNICEF Representative in Ethiopia, the country worst hit in the current crisis.
8:12 Insight : Investigating our Air Investigations Part 2
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Flying and safety go hand in hand and there is a crucial need for confidence in any accident inquiry. In Part Two of this Insight investigation, Peter Newport looks at who is accountable for enforcing international air accident investigation standards in New Zealand and asks whether the current system is, in any way, falling down.
Produced by Philippa Tolley.
8:40 Diana Noonan and Carol Geissler - Women of the Catlins
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Writer Diana Noonan and photographer Cris Antona collaborated to tell the stories of 26 women living in one of the remotest parts of the country - the Catlins region. Wallace is joined by Diana, who lives in the Catlins, and Carol Geisser, who features in the book, to discuss family, work, isolation and their relationship with the rugged, beautiful landscape in which they live. And he tries to talk them into moving to Auckland.
Women of the Catlins - Life in the Deep South, by Diana Noonan & Cris Antona, is published by Otago University Press
9:06 Mediawatch
Can the media cover atrocities like this week's Brussels bombings without giving the attackers the publicity they seek? Also - TVNZ's new channel targeting blokes; a scary story for time-poor parents; more evidence investigative reporting is still alive; and are the media responsible for extreme online feedback?
Produced and presented by Colin Peacock and Jeremy Rose.
9:40 Wal Herring - Getting Children to Eat Healthily
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Who hasn't been at the battle of the dinner table? Getting children to eat food they don't want to eat can be a war of wills. So just how do you get kids to eat healthily and, more importantly, make healthy choices for the rest of their lives? Nutritionist Wal Herring joins Wallace to give some advice on how to help your children develop a healthy relationship with food.
10:06 Steve Earle - Tribute to the Blues
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Steve Earle, veteran US singer, songwriter and activist has been a regular visitor to New Zealand - he comes here to play his music, and catch our fish. He has just released his 16th studio album with his band, The Dukes. It's called Terraplane, and in it Earle pays tribute to the blues, influenced by the giants of the genre he saw growing up in Texas - Lightnin' Hopkins, Freddy King, Johnny Winter, Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Canned Heat and Billy Gibbons.
Steve Earle and the Dukes are playing at The Tuning Fork, Vector Arena, in Auckland on Tuesday March 29.
10:36 Christian Dirk AKA StarJun - The World of Gaming
The world of competitive gaming is massive. There are more than 70 million players worldwide and one of the biggest and most lucrative games is League of Legends. Christian Dirk is the owner of Sin Gaming - a pro league team of Australians and New Zealanders and they're hoping to win the upcoming Oceania finals for a chance to take their gaming skills to the world finals next month. Christian Dirk (AKA Starjun) talks to Wallace about why gaming is just as competitive as any traditional sport.
11:05 Easter Service
This year's Easter Service comes from the Cathedral Church of St Paul the Apostle in Dunedin. The celebrant for this Service is the Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Dunedin, The Right Reverend Dr Kelvin Wright. The preacher is the Dean of the Cathedral, the Very Reverend Dr Trevor James. Mr George Chittenden is the director of music. He leads the Cathedral Choir today and also plays the pipe organ.
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Artist: Steve Earle & The Dukes
Song: Baby Baby Baby (Baby)
Composer: Steve Earle
Album: Terraplane
Label: New West
Broadcast Time: 9:40
Artist: Steve Earle & The Dukes
Song: Better off Alone
Composer: Steve Earle
Album: Steve Earle
Label: New West
Broadcast Time: 10:10
Artist: Steve Earle & The Dukes
Song: Ellis Unit One
Composer: Steve Earle
Album: Dead Man Walking
Label: Columbia
Broadcast Time: 10:35
Artist: Daft Punk
Song: Around the World
Composer: Thomas Bangalter/Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
Album: Electrospective
Label: EMI
Broadcast Time: 10:55
===12:11 PM. | Spectrum===
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Clap once, down a coconut shell of muddy water, then clap three times and pass on the shell while your tongue slowly numbs. But how does kava mix with modern day activities like driving, given its growing popularity outside the Islands and its increased consumption by followers of teetotal religions? (RNZ)
===12:37 PM. | Standing Room Only===
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It's an 'all access pass' to what's happening in the worlds of arts and entertainment
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12:42
Jean Batten on stage
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New Zealand's legendary aviatrix Jean Batten remains something of a mystery despite her many well-documented achievements in the air. She made the first-ever solo flight from England to New Zealand, setting a record that stood for 44 years. She was fiercely private, yet one of the most famous Kiwis of her time - brave but not reckless, and forging a new path for women while still being patronised. Lynn Freeman talks to Auckland scriptwriter Phil Ormsby and actress Alex Ellis who are portraying her on stage, calling it a celebration of an independent woman who pursued her ambition with unqualified success.
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New Zealand's legendary aviatrix Jean Batten remains something of a mystery despite her many well-documented achievements in the air. She made the first-ever solo flight from England to New Zealand, setting a record that stood for 44 years. She was fiercely private, yet one of the most famous Kiwis of her time - brave but not reckless, and forging a new path for women while still being patronised. Lynn Freeman talks to Auckland scriptwriter Phil Ormsby and actress Alex Ellis who are portraying her on stage, calling it a celebration of an independent woman who pursued her ambition with unqualified success.
Topics: arts, transport, history
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: theatre
Duration: 11'37"
12:51
Auckland's Crystal Palace is reborn
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She's nudging 90 years and is looking a bit rough in places but Auckland's Crystal Palace faces a bright future. It's been a working cinema all its life - it was the first 'talkie' cinema in Auckland - and in the 60s it was also a popular dance hall and recording studio. Now it's destined to become an arts hub for musicians, performers and filmmakers. Karl Sheridan and Taylor MacGregor from Monster Valley made a documentary about the Crystal Palace last year and were so smitten they're now managing it.
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She's nudging 90 years and is looking a bit rough in places but Mt Eden's Crystal Palace faces a bright future. It's been a working cinema all its life - it was the first 'talkie' cinema in Auckland - and in the '60s it was also a popular dance hall and recording studio.
Now it's destined to become an arts hub for musicians, performers and filmmakers. Karl Sheridan and Taylor MacGregor from Monster Valley made a documentary about the Crystal Palace and were so smitten they're now managing it.
Learn more about the history: Save the Crystal Palace on New Zealand Society (14.07.2015)
Topics: arts, music
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: film, Crystal Palace
Duration: 9'57"
13:34
A revival of classic play Joyful and Triumphant
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It's one of the most performed New Zealand productions - 200 shows over 5 years here and overseas. Robert Lord's family epic Joyful and Triumphant spans 4 decades of the Bishop family's Christmas Days. Robert died just before rehearsals started. Now, almost 20 years since the last show, it's returning to the stage - with many of the original actors who are now playing 'older' roles. Lynn Freeman talks to three of them - Catherine Downes, Jane Waddell and Michele Amas.
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It's one of the most performed New Zealand productions - 200 shows over 5 years here and overseas. Robert Lord's family epic Joyful and Triumphant spans 4 decades of the Bishop family's Christmas Days. Robert died just before rehearsals started. Now, almost 20 years since the last show, it's returning to the stage - with many of the original actors who are now playing 'older' roles. Lynn Freeman talks to three of them - Catherine Downes, Jane Waddell and Michele Amas.
Topics: arts
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: theatre, Robert Lord, Circa
Duration: 10'26"
13:47
Auckland Communities Foundation chair Geoff Clews
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Two big reports on philanthropy in Auckland are about to be released. One asks what motivates philanthropists, and what they hope will come from their donations. The other gives potential donors advice on groups - like the arts - that are most in need of private funding. The Auckland Communities Foundation is behind the reports and in its first five years of working with philanthropists, it's distributed more than 5 million dollars in grants. The Foundation's Chair, Geoff Clews, is an Auckland tax barrister and longtime supporter of the Arts. He's set up the Rampart Endowment Fund to promote arts education. Lynn Freeman asked Geoff why New Zealanders seem much more reluctant philanthropists than those in countries like America.
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Two big reports on philanthropy in Auckland are about to be released. One asks what motivates philanthropists, and what they hope will come from their donations. The other gives potential donors advice on groups - like the arts - that are most in need of private funding. The Auckland Communities Foundation is behind the reports and in its first five years of working with philanthropists, it's distributed more than 5 million dollars in grants. The Foundation's Chair, Geoff Clews, is an Auckland tax barrister and longtime supporter of the Arts. He's set up the Rampart Endowment Fund to promote arts education. Lynn Freeman asked Geoff why New Zealanders seem much more reluctant philanthropists than those in countries like America.
Topics: arts, law
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: charity, tax, arts funding
Duration: 14'23"
14:25
Dunedin's Fe29 Art Gallery
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Dunedin couple Meg and Cecilia Mickelsen have turned their love of art into a cottage industry. Their St Clair home is also a gallery called Fe29, selling works by local and overseas artists - and a few by Cecilia, too. But we're not talking about just one or two rooms here. The entire house is given over to art and the pair live happily amongst it all.
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Dunedin couple Meg and Cecilia Mickelsen have turned their love of art into a cottage industry. Their St Clair home is also a gallery called Fe29, selling works by local and overseas artists - and a few by Cecilia, too. But we’re not talking about just one or two rooms here. The entire house is given over to art and the pair live happily amongst it all.
Topics: arts
Regions: Otago
Tags: gallery
Duration: 12'14"
14:38
Novelist Karen McMillan's new novel The Paris of the West
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We first met novelist Karen McMillan's Polish characters in Warsaw, the Paris of the East, during the Second World War. In her sequel, the surviving family members who suffered appalling hardships under the Nazis, move to the Paris of the West - San Francisco. Unlike many migrants of the time, Celina, her father, shell-shocked husband and journalist brother in law get a big helping hand from family who moved to the States from Poland before the war. But even with financial support, the new migrants struggle to establish a new life in a very different country. Lynn Freeman talks to Karen about The Paris of the West.
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We first met novelist Karen McMillan's Polish characters in Warsaw, the Paris of the East, during the Second World War. In her sequel, the surviving family members who suffered appalling hardships under the Nazis, move to the Paris of the West - San Francisco. Unlike many migrants of the time, Celina, her father, shell-shocked husband and journalist brother in law get a big helping hand from family who moved to the States from Poland before the war. But even with financial support, the new migrants struggle to establish a new life in a very different country. Lynn Freeman talks to Karen about The Paris of the West.
Topics: arts, books
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Tags: Warsaw, Poland, USA, San Francisco
Duration: 9'57"
14:48
Photographer Trey Ratcliff
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American travel photographer Trey Ratcliff - now based in Queenstown - has had billions of hits on his Travel Photography Blog: StuckInCustoms. Trey's blind in one eye and only took up photography a few years ago. He made history by having the first HDR photo - that's High-Dynamic-Range imaging - ever to hang in the Smithsonian. The works are dramatic in scale and tend to be highly manipulated with hyper rich colours.
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American travel photographer Trey Ratcliff - and former TedXQueenstown speaker - has had billions of hits on his travel photography blog. Trey is blind in one eye and only took up photography a few years ago. He made history by having the first HDR photo - that's High-Dynamic-Range imaging - ever to hang in the Smithsonian. The works are dramatic in scale and tend to be highly manipulated with hyper rich colours. Lynn Freeman asked Trey about his very first camera.
Topics: arts, technology
Regions: Otago
Tags: photography, HDR
Duration: 13'29"
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12:42 Jean Batten on stage
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New Zealand's legendary aviatrix Jean Batten remains something of a mystery despite her many well-documented achievements in the air. She made the first-ever solo flight from England to New Zealand, setting a record that stood for 44 years. She was fiercely private, yet one of the most famous Kiwis of her time - brave but not reckless, and forging a new path for women while still being patronised. Lynn Freeman talks to Auckland scriptwriter Phil Ormsby and actress Alex Ellis who are portraying her on stage, calling it a celebration of an independent woman who pursued her ambition with unqualified success.
12:51 Auckland's Crystal Palace is reborn
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She's nudging 90 years and is looking a bit rough in places but Auckland's Crystal Palace faces a bright future. It's been a working cinema all its life - it was the first 'talkie' cinema in Auckland - and in the 60s it was also a popular dance hall and recording studio. Now it's destined to become an arts hub for musicians, performers and filmmakers. Karl Sheridan and Taylor MacGregor from Monster Valley made a documentary about the Crystal Palace last year and were so smitten they're now managing it.
1:10 At The Movies
This week Simon Morris reviews London has fallen, An and Risen.
1:34 A revival of classic play Joyful and Triumphant
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It's one of the most performed New Zealand productions - 200 shows over 5 years here and overseas. Robert Lord's family epic Joyful and Triumphant spans 4 decades of the Bishop family's Christmas Days. Robert died just before rehearsals started. Now, almost 20 years since the last show, it's returning to the stage - with many of the original actors who are now playing 'older' roles. Lynn Freeman talks to three of them - Catherine Downes, Jane Waddell and Michele Amas.
1:47 Auckland Communities Foundation chair Geoff Clews
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Two big reports on philanthropy in Auckland are about to be released. One asks what motivates philanthropists, and what they hope will come from their donations. The other gives potential donors advice on groups - like the arts - that are most in need of private funding. The Auckland Communities Foundation is behind the reports and in its first five years of working with philanthropists, it's distributed more than 5 million dollars in grants. The Foundation's Chair, Geoff Clews, is an Auckland tax barrister and longtime supporter of the Arts. He's set up the Rampart Endowment Fund to promote arts education. Lynn Freeman asked Geoff why New Zealanders seem much more reluctant philanthropists than those in countries like America.
2:06 The Laugh Track - Massive Company's Sam Scott and Scotty Cotter
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Sam and Scotty's choices include Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.
2:25 Dunedin's Fe29 Art Gallery
Dunedin couple Meg and Cecilia Mickelsen have turned their love of art into a cottage industry. Their St Clair home is also a gallery called Fe29, selling works by local and overseas artists - and a few by Cecilia, too. But we’re not talking about just one or two rooms here. The entire house is given over to art and the pair live happily amongst it all.
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2:38 Novelist Karen McMillan's new novel The Paris of the West
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We first met novelist Karen McMillan's Polish characters in Warsaw, the Paris of the East, during the Second World War. In her sequel, the surviving family members who suffered appalling hardships under the Nazis, move to the Paris of the West - San Francisco. Unlike many migrants of the time, Celina, her father, shell-shocked husband and journalist brother in law get a big helping hand from family who moved to the States from Poland before the war. But even with financial support, the new migrants struggle to establish a new life in a very different country. Lynn Freeman talks to Karen about The Paris of the West.
2:48 Photographer Trey Ratcliff
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American travel photographer Trey Ratcliff - and former TedXQueenstown speaker - has had billions of hits on his travel photography blog. Trey is blind in one eye and only took up photography a few years ago. He made history by having the first HDR photo - that's High-Dynamic-Range imaging - ever to hang in the Smithsonian. The works are dramatic in scale and tend to be highly manipulated with hyper rich colours. Lynn Freeman asked Trey about his very first camera.
3:06 Drama at 3
The Mercy Clause by Philip Braithwaite.
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Artist: Eric Burdon
Song: San Franciscan Nights
Composer: Vic Briggs, Eric Burdon, Barry Jenkins, Danny McCulloch
Album: The Animal's Greatest Hits
Label: Prism Entertainment 222
Played at: 12:12
Artist: The Flower Pot Men
Song: Let's Go To San Francisco
Composer: Carter, Lewis
Album: Listen To The Flowers Grow
Label: RPM 959
Played at: 12:33
Artist: Richie Havens
Song: San Francisco Bay Blues
Composer: Fuller
Album: The Best Of Richie Havens: Resume
Label: Rhino 271189
Played at: 12:57
Artist: Arctic Monkeys
Song: Fake Tales of San Francisco
Composer: Arctic Monkeys
Album: Whatever People Say I Am I'm Not
Label: Domino 353344
Played at: 1:08
Artist: Chris Isaak
Song: San Francisco Days
Composer: Isaak
Album: San Francisco Days
Label: Reprise 246069
Played at: 1:46
Artist: Foxygen
Song: San Francisco
Composer: Jonathan Rado, Sam France
Album: MOJO Presents 2013: The Best Of The Year
Label: MOJO January 2014
Played at: 1:59
Artist: Jeanette MacDonald
Song: San Francisco
Composer: Kahn, Kaper, Jurmann
Album: San Francisco and Other Jeanette MacDonald
Label: BMG 660877
Played at: 2:06
Artist: Tony Bennett
Song: I Left My Heart In San Francisco
Composer: D. Cross, G. Cory
Album: The Best of Tony Bennett
Label: CBS 462775
Played at: 2:59
Artist: Scott McKenzie
Song: San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)
Composer: Scott McKenzie
Album: Tour Of Duty 3
Label: CBS 465119
Played at: 3:06
Artist: Buddy Guy
Song: Hello San Francisco
Composer: Geddins
Album: The Very Best of Buddy Guy
Label: Rhino 270280
Played at: 3:59
===3:04 PM. | None (National)===
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Highlighting radio playwriting and performance: Philip Braithwaite's The Mercy Clause (RNZ)
===4:06 PM. | None (National)===
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Astrophysicist Professor Storchi Bergmann talks about black holes and their role in the evolution of galaxies (3 of 4, BBC)
===5:00 PM. | None (National)===
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A roundup of today's news and sport
===5:11 PM. | None (National)===
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America's Mosques - A Story of Integration (Part 2 of 2)
Tharik Hussain continues his journey across America to find out what role mosques are playing in the country today. In Washington DC he visits The Nation's Mosque, which was once an exclusively black "Muslim Temple" for the Nation of Islam before becoming an inclusive Muslim Mosque for mainstream Islam.
In the DC area he also visits an community which is moving from rented accommodation to a permanent home. It is part of a new movement led by a younger generation going against the usual narrative of elder members of the community founding local mosques.
In New York Tharik goes in search of America's largest Bangladeshi community, comparing it with his own British Bangladeshi Muslim heritage. He discovers that in spite of the differences between British and American cultures, they share many challenges and benefits.
He also joins a Sufi community at the Dergah al-Farah Mosque in New York, which is adopting an unusually inclusive approach, welcoming “seekers and students of all religious and non-religious paths into our gatherings”.
===5:40 PM. | Te Manu Korihi===
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===6:06 PM. | Te Ahi Kaa===
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Exploring issues and events from a tangata whenua perspective (RNZ)
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18:00
Father David Gledhill - Pākehā priest among Māori
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The fourth in a Te Ahi Kaa series on Pākehā working and living in te ao Maori. We meet Father David Gledhill SM, a Pakeha priest who has worked among Maori for 50 years.
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As part of a series about Pākehā whose work has been associated with te ao Māori, Te Ahi Kaa visits Father David Gledhill SM – a Pākehā priest who has worked among Māori for 50 years.
In his last year at school David Gledhill was asked about his future plans. Put on the spot, David admitted that he was considering study for the priesthood...
“I thought 'I’ll give it a go. They’ll discover I’m not suitable. Then I’ll go home and get on with the rest of my life’." But they never did. I’m still at it 50 years on!”
Listen to David Gledhill in conversation with Jerome Cvitanovich here:
In the late 1950s David joined students from around New Zealand to begin training at the Society of Mary’s seminary in Hawkes Bay – Mount St Marys.
The Society began in France but traces its origins in New Zealand back to the landing of Bishop Pompallier in the Hokianga in 1838. Two Marists came with Pompallier on that journey – Father Servant and Brother Michel. Their arrival is regarded as the beginning of the Catholic Mission in New Zealand – much of it focused on a mission to Māori.
Fr David’s original plan was to volunteer for missionary work overseas. But in his last years of seminary training he was asked to consider staying in New Zealand.
In 1966, shortly after his ordination, his superior sent him a short note advising him of his posting.
“Dear David,” it read. “You are appointed to Hato Paora college. You may do university if you wish. Kind Regards.“
Hato Paora is a Maori boys boarding college near Fielding, founded in 1947. It was run in those days by the priests and brothers of the Society of Mary.
For the newly ordained priest the school was a culture shock. “I was a pākehā boy from the South Island. I really had no idea of the family Māori. Like most European New Zealanders, I thought we were all Kiwis... untiI I got to Hato Paora”.
Father David says the Society of Mary ran 300 priests in those days, but little of his training prepared him for the work. “It was a European style of running matters concerning the church. While there was always respect for people – there was little understanding of the cultural implications of being Māori.”
After a year of immersion in school life as a teacher he realised he needed to learn te reo. He began part-time study at Victoria University, but it was when he started spending time with the families of the students that the real learning began.
“I was so blessed by those families. The kindness with which they dealt with you, the respect was there once they could you see you were genuinely concerned for the welfare of the boys.”
Fr David regards Hato Paora as a tāonga and is sad to see the demise of some of the other Māori boarding schools around the country.
These days he is based in Rotorua and work for the Hamilton Diocese, visiting Māori communities all around the North Island.
Father David says that after 50 years he is a lot more at ease among the “family Māori”, but he is still aware that he is Pākehā. “The old people took you in hand and put a cloak on you. The Pākehā stays the same, but with the guidance of the old people you are able to apply yourself to those who need help.”
Fr David Gledhill celebrates 50 years of priesthood on June 26, 2016.
Topics: te ao Maori, spiritual practices
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Tags: religion, Catholic, Hato Paora, Pakeha
Duration: 27'36"
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===6:40 PM. | Voices===
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===7:05 PM. | TED Radio Hour===
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Transformation
Are we simply the sum of our experiences? Or can we choose our own path? Host Guy Raz talks with TED speakers, who explore share stories of undergoing remarkable transformations, despite facing extraordinary circumstances
===8:06 PM. | Sunday Night===
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An evening of music and nostalgia (RNZ)
===10:12 PM. | Mediawatch===
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Critical examination and analysis of recent performance and trends in New Zealand's news media (RNZ)
===10:45 PM. | In Parliament===
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===11:04 PM. | None (National)===
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Easter service from the Anglican Cathedral Church of Saint Paul the Apostle, Dunedin