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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:
07 April 2016
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Discovery (BBC); 1:05 The Thursday Feature (RNZ); 2:05 The Cultural Frontline; 3:05 Blind Bitter Happiness, written and read by Peter Feeney (7 of 10, RNZ); 3:30 NZ Books (RNZ) 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:45 The Day in Parliament
===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including: 6:16 and 6:50 Business News 6:18 Pacific News 6:26 Rural News 6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers
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06:00
Top Stories for Thursday 7 April 2016
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Thousands shelter from floods in Fiji. Kiwibank could have its credit rating downgraded without New Zealand Post as its guarantor. We'll talk to the finance Minister, Bill English and Inland Revenue defends the tax free status of foreign trusts in the wake of the Panama Papers.
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Duration: 33'56"
06:06
Sports News for 7 April 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'39"
06:09
Fiji visitors have to wait out Cyclone Zena
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Tropical Cyclone Zena has battered Fiji overnight. Heavy rain and thunderstorms continued over much of the country and winds gusting up to 170 kilometres an hour were recorded.
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Tags: Fiji, Cyclone Zena
Duration: 1'49"
06:14
Steel and Tube pulls its seismic reinforcing mesh
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Builders are warning costs could go up and house builds be delayed now a second big player, Steel and Tube, has pulled its seismic reinforcing mesh from the market.
Topics: housing
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Tags: seismic reinforcing mesh, Steel and Tube
Duration: 2'27"
06:20
Early Business News for 7 April 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'30"
06:26
Morning Rural News for 7 April 2016
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'03"
06:39
Cyclone Zena rips through Fiji
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Heavy rain has continued in Fiji overnight but Tropical Cyclone Zena, which locals feared would bring devastation, has changed course away from the country.
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Tags: Fiji, Cyclone Zena
Duration: 2'03"
06:41
Fijians battered by another cyclone
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For the latest, we're joined by forecaster Misaeli Funaki at the Fiji Meteorological Service.
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Tags: Fiji, Cyclone Zena
Duration: 2'38"
06:44
Law allows RSA to serve rum on ANZAC day without licence
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RSAs will be able to serve people a tot of rum with their bacon and eggs this Anzac day without an expensive licence after a member's bill was unanimously passed.
Topics: politics
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Tags: RSA, Anzac Day, alcohol
Duration: 3'26"
06:47
ACT says Government should get some guts on Kiwibank
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The ACT Party says the Government is refusing to properly sell off Kiwibank because it is scared of the political backlash.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Kiwibank
Duration: 1'32"
06:50
Kiwibank stake good news for NZ Super and ACC - Cullen
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The surprise move by the Superannuation Fund and Accident Compensation Corporation to take respective 25 and 20 percent stakes in Kiwibank is said to fit those entities long term investment strategies.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Kiwibank, Superannuation Fund, ACC
Duration: 1'35"
06:50
Kiwibank stake good news for NZ Super and ACC - Cullen
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The surprise move by the Superannuation Fund and Accident Compensation Corporation to take respective 25 and 20 percent stakes in Kiwibank is said to fit those entities long term investment strategies.
Topics: business, politics
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Tags: Kiwibank, Superannuation Fund, ACC
Duration: 1'35"
06:52
Banking expert says the Kiwi Group deal below market value
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A banking expert says the sale price for the 45 percent stake in New Zealand Post's Kiwi Group is too low and values the assets below a realistic market price.
Topics: business, politics
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Tags: Kiwibank
Duration: 2'29"
06:54
NZ still attractive to overseas investors
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An asset manager says New Zealand's comparatively high interest rates are still a winner with overseas investors and that's likely to be the case for some time.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: interest rates
Duration: 1'31"
06:56
National prices slow a shade but market still buoyant - QV
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The national housing market remains in a buoyant mood despite a slight slowing in price growth in some areas, according to the latest look at prices from Quotable Value.
Topics: business, housing
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Tags: house prices
Duration: 1'15"
06:57
Morning markets for 7 April 2016
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Wall Street is firmer, modestly so.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'33"
06:59
Business briefs
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The Overseas Investment Office has approved the sale of Vector Gas to the global infrastructure asset manager, First State Funds, for close to a billion dollars.
Topics: business
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Duration: 23"
07:07
Sports News for 7 April 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'23"
07:11
Fiji wakes up to further cyclone devastation
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More than three thousand people have fled to churches and schools in the west of Fiji to escape rising flood waters as thunderstoms and heavy rains continue to drench the country.
Topics: weather
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Tags: Fiji, Cyclone Zena
Duration: 3'02"
07:15
Bill English - Kiwibank will stay 100 percent New Zealand-owned
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The credit-rating agency Standards and Poors is poised to downgrade Kiwibank if it loses the New Zealand Post as its guarantor.
Topics: politics, business
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Tags: Kiwibank
Duration: 6'44"
07:21
IRD says changing NZ rules might shut down trust industry here
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Inland Revenue says if New Zealand followed the international norm and taxed the overseas income of foreign trusts, that might result in the end of the industry here.
Topics: politics
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Tags: tax havenx
Duration: 3'32"
07:25
RNZ on the ground in Fiji following Cyclone Zena
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RNZ International reporter Sally Round is in Lautoka just north of Nadi and joins us.
Topics: weather
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Tags: Fiji, Cyclone Zena
Duration: 1'54"
07:27
RSAs no longer need special licence for Anzac Day tipple
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RSAs are applauding politicians for unanimously passing a law that means they'll no longer have to pay hundreds of dollars a year to serve alcohol on Anzac Day morning.
Topics: politics
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Tags: RSA, Anzac Day, alcohol
Duration: 3'32"
07:34
Transport Minister repsonds to Supergold card claims
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The New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters is predicting the end of the SuperGold Card which allows 640-thousand NZers access to free off-peak public transport.
Topics: transport, politics
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Tags: SuperGold Card
Duration: 6'29"
07:41
Steel and Tube pulls its seismic reinforcing mesh
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Builders are warning Steel and Tube that withdrawing its seismic reinforcing mesh from the market could push up costs and slow house builds down.
Topics: housing
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Tags: seismic reinforcing mesh, Steel and Tube
Duration: 4'18"
07:45
Wisconsin result deals new hand to presidential contenders
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The American presidential primaries delivered another twist yesterday with defeats for frontrunners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin.
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Tags: US, presidential primaries
Duration: 3'47"
07:49
Swiss police raid European Football headquarters
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In the latest twist in the Panama papers scandal, Swiss police have searched the offices of European football's governing body after ex-secretary general Gianni Infantino was named in the leaked documents.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Gianni Infantino, football
Duration: 2'48"
07:53
Goldie's last portrait sells for record 1.175 million
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The last portrait ever painted by Charles Frederick Goldie has sold for a record one million one hundred and seventy five thousand dollars at auction.
Topics: arts
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Tags: Goldie, painting
Duration: 3'46"
07:57
Country musician Merle Haggard dies
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Country musician Merle Haggard, who emerged from prison to become the poetic voice of the working man with hits such as "Mama Tried" has died.
Topics: music
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Tags: Merle Haggard
Duration: 1'07"
08:07
Sports News for 7 April 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'24"
08:11
Kiwibank deal a slippery slope towards privatisation
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A proposed deal to sell almost half of Kiwibank is being labelled a slippery slope towards privatisation.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Kiwibank
Duration: 2'58"
08:14
The implcations of Kiwibank part-sale
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Listening to that is Clare Matthews, banking expert from Massey University.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Kiwibank
Duration: 3'38"
08:17
Red Cross on Standby as Cyclone Zena Batters Fiji
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Thunderstorms and heavy rain lashed Fiji last night but the country was spared the brunt of Tropical Cyclone Zena last night.
Topics: weather
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Tags: Fiji, Cyclone Zena
Duration: 3'00"
08:20
Farmers reject calls for water charges
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A multi million dollar irrigation scheme has been opened in Canterbury this week as calls mount for large users to pay for the water they use.
Topics: farming
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: irrigation scheme
Duration: 3'34"
08:24
Are pundits underestimating Sanders' chances?
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The outsiders in the American president race scored big wins in yesterday's Wisconsin primary.
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Tags: US, presidential primaries
Duration: 5'46"
08:30
Markets Update for 7 April 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'11"
08:36
Wellington council considers fining people who give to beggars
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The Wellington City Council is considering making it illegal for people to give beggars money, in an attempt to help solve the capital's begging problem.
Topics: politics
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: beggars
Duration: 6'24"
08:48
Baboons with pigs' hearts offer hope for transplant patients
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American and German scientists have managed to keep pig hearts alive in baboons for a record two and a half years in what is being hailed as an important advance with potential applications for humans.
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Tags: US, Xenotransplants
Duration: 4'45"
08:53
Women on boards rise but is it a fast enough rate
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New figures from the Stock Exchange show there are more women on company boards - just.
Topics: business
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Tags: woman
Duration: 3'26"
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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: Where The Rekohu Bone Sings by Tina Makereti A spirit who exists in the 'no place' watches over his descendants living at the end of the 19th and 20th centuries (4 of 15, RNZ)
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09:08
Queenstown council cracks down on Wicked Campers
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Queenstown council is to issue hefty fines to Wicked Campers if offensive slogans on the company's vans are seen in the popular tourist destination. Mike Theelen is the chief executive of the Queenstown Lakes District
Topics: politics, life and society
Regions: Otago
Tags: Wicked Campers
Duration: 10'30"
09:22
Making social policy based on hard evidence
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Ron Haskins, from the Brookings Institution in Washington discusses evidence based social policy. He talks about a project in the United States in which 19 states are conducting assessments of their spending on social programs and drafting plans to shift spending from unsuccessful to evidence-based programs.
Topics: politics, science
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Tags:
Duration: 9'04"
09:32
NZ Hungry for organics, lack of certification hard to swallow
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Do you know the difference between 'certified organic eggs' and' organic certified eggs' ? NO ? Latest research into New Zealand's organic market reports that the organics sector has grown by more than 11% per annum since 2012 despite poor government regulation to protect organics. However most discerning shoppers can't name a brand they consider sustainable. Brendan Hoare the CEO of Organics Aotearoa New Zealand (OANZ) reports on the sector's quantitative and qualitative 2016 New Zealand Organic Market Report and how the industry is working with the government and major food chains to improve regulation.
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Are you hungry for organic food but find some of the labeling hard to digest?
If you do, then you're not alone.
Latest research into New Zealand's organic sector reports an 11 percent growth rate year on year since 2012 - driven by both domestic and overseas demand.
But with no regulation to protect certified organic products most discerning shoppers can't even name a brand they consider sustainable.
According to the national umbrella organisation that 's got to change, especially when a $217 million domestic market, and growing, is at stake.
Brendan Hoare is the CEO of Organics Aotearoa New Zealand.
He talks to Nine to Noon from Parliament where he is about to detail the 2016 New Zealand Organic Market Report as part of the sector's biennial review.
Topics: food, farming, environment
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Tags: Organic
Duration: 10'36"
09:49
UK correspondent, Dame Ann Leslie
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The fallout from the Panama papers in Britain.
Topics: politics
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Tags: UK
Duration: 11'02"
10:07
The quirky little bird that saved a family
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Australian couple Cameron and Sam Bloom tell how nursing a quirky baby magpie helped their family through dark days. The couple was traveling with their three boys in Thailand when a near fatal fall left Sam paralysed and deeply depressed. After months in hospitals and a spinal unit she moved home to Sydney's northern beaches, and not long after a magpie which had fallen out of the nest, came to live with them.
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Australian couple Cameron and Sam Bloom were travelling with their three boys in Thailand when a near-fatal fall left Sam paralysed and deeply depressed. After months in hospitals and a spinal unit she moved home to Sydney's Northern Beaches. Not long after a magpie, which had fallen out of the nest, came to live with them.
Her young sons called the bird 'Penguin' their honorary sister. Cameron Bloom is a photographer and he recorded Penguin's interactions with the family. Via Instagram, Penguin became a social media sensation. Now the book Penguin Bloom has been released, cataloguing family life with a resident magpie, and the family and Sam dealing with her paralysis.
Cameron and Sam Bloom talk with Kathryn Ryan about how nursing a quirky baby magpie helped their family through dark days.
Topics: books
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Tags: Cameron Bloom, Sam Bloom, Penguin Bloom
Duration: 17'48"
10:24
The future of Child Youth and Family
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Social Development Minister, Anne Tolley, discusses changes to Child Youth and Family and the way vulnerable children are cared for by the state.
Topics: politics, health
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Tags: welfare
Duration: 21'04"
11:07
New technology With Mark Pesce
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Mark Pesce discusses Biomeme; a handheld genetic testing lab powered by your smartphone. And also Quantiacs; an open source hedge fund. And how Wellington virtual reality company 8i is doing remarkable work.
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Mark Pesce discusses Biomeme; a handheld genetic testing lab powered by your smartphone
And also Quantiacs; an open source hedge fund
And how Wellington virtual reality company 8i is doing remarkable work - check out the video here
Topics: business, education, technology
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Tags:
Duration: 16'02"
11:25
Parenting - Advice for young part-time job seekers
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Some advice for teenagers as they navigate the High School years, and want to earn some spending money on the side. Eric Bittner owns Cafe Derailleur in Victoria, at a place called Wangaratta a couple of hours from Melbourne. He gets many approaches from teenagers seeking work, so much so, that he wrote an open letter to young people, posted it on the cafe's blog and it has been picked up by social media.
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Dear Eager Young Person,
Firstly, thanks for your enthusiasm and for stepping away from Snapchat to drop in your resume in-person. I know how hard it can be for some Millennials to take their eyes away from their smartphone for fifteen minutes…
So begins Australian cafe owner Eric Bittner's open letter to young part-time jobseekers.
So many teenagers were approaching his cafe for work at Cafe Derailleur (a couple of hours from Melbourne) that he posted the letter on his cafe's blog. It was then picked up by social media.
So what is this advice – which Eric says is not just for young people, but for their parents, too?
LISTEN to his conversation with Kathryn Ryan:
Topics: life and society
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Tags: employment, Eric Bittner, jobseekers, first job, cafe work, parenting, teenagers
Duration: 16'12"
11:47
Viewing with Duncan Grieve
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Duncan Grieve talks about what he's watching, including The Bachelor, Girls and Broad City.
Topics: media
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Tags: television
Duration: 12'04"
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09:05 Queenstown council cracks down on Wicked Campers
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Queenstown council is to issue hefty fines to Wicked Campers if offensive slogans on the company's vans are seen in the popular tourist destination.
Mike Theelen is the chief executive of the Queenstown Lakes District Council
09:20 Making social policy based on hard evidence
Ron Haskins, from the Brookings Institution in Washington discusses evidence based social policy. He talks about a project in the United States in which 19 states are conducting assessments of their spending on social programs and drafting plans to shift spending from unsuccessful to evidence-based programs.
09:30 NZ Hungry for organics, lack of certification hard to swallow
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Do you know the difference between 'certified organic eggs' and 'organic certified eggs' ? NO ? Latest research into New Zealand's organic market reports that the organics sector has grown by more than 11% per annum since 2012 despite poor government regulation to protect organics.
However most discerning shoppers can't name a brand they consider sustainable. Brendan Hoare the CEO of of Organics Aotearoa New Zealand (OANZ) reports on the sector's quantative and qualitative 2016 New Zealand Organic Market Report and how the industry is working with the government and major food chains to improve regulation.
09:45 UK correspondent, Dame Ann Leslie
The fallout from the Panama papers in Britain
10:05 Cameron and Sam Bloom and the little bird that saved their family.
Australian couple, Cameron and Sam Bloom tell how nursing a quirky baby magpie helped their family through dark days.
The couple was traveling with their three boys in Thailand when a near fatal fall left Sam paralysed and deeply depressed.
After months in hospitals and a spinal unit she moved home to Sydney's Northern beaches, and not long after a magpie which had fallen out of the nest, came to live with them. Her young sons called the bird, Penguin. Cameron Bloom is a photographer and he recorded Penguin's interactions with the family, and via Instagram Penguin became a social media sensation. Now the book, Penguin Bloom has been released, cataloguing family life with a resident magpie, and the family and Sam dealing with her paralysis.
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10:25 The future of Child Youth and Family
Social Development Minister, Anne Tolley, discusses changes to Child Youth and Family and the way vulnerable children are cared for by the state.
10:45 The Reading Where the Rēkohu Bone Sings by Tina Makereti, Ep.4.
11:05 New technology With Mark Pesce
Mark Pesce discusses Biomeme; a handheld genetic testing lab powered by your smartphone
And also Quantiacs; an open source hedge fund
And how Wellington virtual reality company 8i is doing remarkable work - check out the video here
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11:25 Parenting - Advice for young part-time job seekers
Some advice for teenagers as they navigate the High School years, and want to earn some spending money on the side. Eric Bittner owns Cafe Derailleur in Victoria, at a place called Wangaratta a couple of hours from Melbourne. He gets many approaches from teenagers seeking work, so much so, that he wrote an open letter to young people, posted it on the cafe's blog and it has been picked up by social media. His advice is not just for young part-time job-seekers but for their parents also.
11:45 Viewing with Duncan Grieve
Duncan Grieve talks about what he's watching, including The Bachelor, Girls and Broad City
===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 7 April 2016
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Major plans to overhaul Child Youth and Family, and New Zealanders use foreign trusts to hide wealth.
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Duration: 14'40"
12:15
Sky City CEO resigning
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The chief executive of listed gaming company, Sky City Entertainment, Nigel Morrison, is to leave the company.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Sky City
Duration: 35"
12:16
Truckometer makes gains in March
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The economy appears to have some resilience according to activity on the roads.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Truckometer
Duration: 1'29"
12:19
Abano forecasting strong lift in full-year sales and profit
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The healthcare services provider, Abano Healthcare Group, says its full-year revenue and profit will be up sharply on the year earlier, driven by strong growth in its New Zealand dental business.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Abano Healthcare
Duration: 1'36"
12:20
Bonds to outperform cash in next one to three years
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An asset manager expects bonds to outperform cash over the next one to three years. Nikko Asset Management's head of bonds and currency, Fergus McDonald, says investors should look for better returns and flexibility offered by bonds.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Bonds
Duration: 1'43"
12:24
Midday Markets for 7 April 2016
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Angus Marks at First NZ Capital.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'57"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 7 April 2016
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The World Champion men's team sprint track cyclists Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins have been confirmed to ride for gold at this year's Rio Olympics, and the American golf legend Tom Watson is picking Rory McIlroy to win the US Masters this weekend.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'32"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 7 April 2016
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 8'18"
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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
Child Youth and Family - Benedict Collins
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The Government has announced it's overhauling Child Youth and Family today and will be looking to set up a new entity to care for vulnerable children. The Social Development Minister Anne Tolley says a new entity will be created to help reduce the fragmentation of services. Our political reporter Benedict Collins was at the announcment.
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Tags: Child Youth and Family, CYF, children
Duration: 7'14"
13:25
Songs for Bubbas 2 - Anika Moa
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Anika Moa's album, Songs for Bubbas 2, is set for release tomorrow. So we thought we'd have a catch-up to see how she's been getting on. And find out if this album is designed to get the little tykes to sleep!
Topics: music
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Tags: Anika Moa
Duration: 12'41"
13:35
Using Honey As Medicine - Dr Shaun Holt
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Professor Shaun Holt, is a medical researcher and adjunct Professor at Victoria University.And he's a bit of an entrepeneur. He has started two clinical trials organisations, formed medical research company Research Review, and is the Scientific Director and a founder of HoneyLab. Shaun talks about using honey as medicine.
Topics: health
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Tags: HoneyLab, honey, medicine
Duration: 10'36"
13:45
Favourite Album - The Ramones
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Today's favourite Album is The Ramones, by the Ramones.
Topics: music
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Tags: Ramones
Duration: 12'25"
14:10
Money - Mary Holm
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Financial journalist and author Mary Holm.
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Tags: money, saving, retirement
Duration: 20'48"
14:45
Executions - Grant Bayldon
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There has been a dramatic surge in executions globally, the highest number recorded by Amnesty International in more than 25 years. Three countries - Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia - are responsible for almost 90% of all recorded executions. Grant Bayldon is the Executive Director of Amnesty International.
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Tags: Amnesty International, execution
Duration: 10'04"
15:10
Masterpieces - Kevin Biggar
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Adventurer Kevin Biggar talks about his favourite view of the Gertrude saddle.
Topics: arts
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Tags: Gertrude saddle
Duration: 13'40"
15:20
The Expats - David Suckling
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Police Chief David Suckling, Danbury (New Hampshire).
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Duration: 13'08"
15:45
The Panel pre-show for 7 April 2016
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'27"
21:06
Search for early signals of dementia with Parkinson's disease
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Brain imaging scientist Tracy Melzer is using MRI scans to look for changes in the brain that could predict if a person with Parkinson's Disease will develop dementia.
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Parkinson’s disease is often thought of as a condition that affects movement and balance, but many people also develop cognitive impairments, including dementia. Brain scientist Tracy Melzer hopes that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of blood flow in the brain will help pinpoint early changes that could predict the cognitive risk for sufferers.
Michael J Fox and Muhammad Ali are the two most famous people to have developed Parkinson’s, but worldwide there are more than seven million people living with the condition. In New Zealand alone, more than 10,000 people have been diagnosed and are dealing with a suite of symptoms including uncontrollable shaking and a shuffling gait and slow movement.
These motor-control symptoms are the most familiar and the most noticeable, but many people eventually also develop cognitive problems. Some struggle to concentrate, some are plagued by anxiety while others find it difficult to read spatial clues.
Tracy Melzer, a research fellow at the University of Otago’s New Zealand Brain Research Institute in Christchurch, part of the Centre of Research Excellence Brain Research New Zealand, says Parkinson’s was essentially treated as a movement disorder until about a decade ago.
“But there a number of non-motor problems that people with Parkinson’s will experience. One of the most common, and probably most burdensome, is cognitive impairment and ultimately dementia.”
The cognitive decline is gradual, but unlike other brain-degenerative disorders, he says Parkinson’s does not primarily affect memory. “The impairment affects different domains in the brain, including executive functions. Decision-making and the processing of information can be affected, as well as orienting yourself and understanding what you’re seeing.”
Tracy Melzer’s research goal is to identify early signals in the brain that could predict the later development of dementia. In a longitudinal study of a group of people at different stages of the disease, he has taken MRI scans of their brains every two years to track subtle changes.
“We use the cognitive information and the scans to see if we can pick up information about what’s happening in the brain. We’d like to be able to identify a biomarker; something in the brain that we can measure with MRI which tells us about the future cognitive state, about the risk of that person developing dementia in the near future.”
The brains of people who have already developed dementia show striking changes including the loss of brain cells and changes to areas that connect different brain regions. But Dr Melzer says these more obvious changes probably happen late in the process.
“One of the hints that we’re particularly interested in looking at is functional blood flow, so the amount of blood that arrives in a particular area of the brain. You can imagine that would be quite important. If you don’t get blood to the particular area of the brain, it’s probably not going to be working very well, and you get this cascade that may ultimately end in cell death and loss of tissue.”
His team has developed a scanning method, backed up by sophisticated computer processing and analysis techniques, that can track the damage to small blood vessels in the brain.
This is something that happens as part of normal ageing, particularly in association with cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels, but Dr Melzer says in Parkinson’s it is “happening at an increased rate to what you’d see with healthy ageing”.
“We currently don’t have any magic bullets for curing dementia in Parkinson’s, or in Alzheimer’s for that matter, but the goal of our research is that if we were to find something that did indicate which individuals were at high risk for dementia, we would slot that into pharmaceutical trials.”
Topics: science, health
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Tags: Parkisnon's Disease, dementia, cognitive impairment, magnetic resonance imaging
Duration: 15'28"
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1:10 First Song
'Can't Let You Do It' - Eric Clapton.
1:15 Child Youth and Family - Benedict Collins
The Government has announced it's overhauling Child Youth and Family today and will be looking to set up a new entity to care for vulnerable children. The Social Development Minister Anne Tolley says a new entity will be created to help reduce the fragmentation of services. Our politcial reporter Benedict Collins was at the announcment.
1:25 Songs for Bubbas 2 - Anika Moa
Anika Moa's album, Songs for Bubbas 2, is set for release tomorrow. So we thought we'd have a catch-up to see how she's been getting on. And find out if this album is designed to get the little tykes to sleep!
1:35 Using Honey As Medicine - Dr Shaun Holt
Professor Shaun Holt, is a medical researcher and adjunct Professor at Victoria University.And he's a bit of an entrepeneur. He has started two clinical trials organisations, formed medical research company Research Review, and is the Scientific Director and a founder of HoneyLab. Shaun talks about using honey as medicine.
1:40 Favourite Album
Ramones - The Ramones.
2:10 Money with Mary Holm
More advice on personal finance from our expert financial author and columnist, Mary Holm.
2:30 Burnt Barley - Peta Mathias
Today, Part 12 of Peta Mathias' book, 'Burnt Barley, or How to Eat, Dance and Sing your way around Ireland'. In this episode Peta visits Shankill Road in Belfast.
2:40 Executions - Grant Bayldon
There has been a dramatic surge in executions globally, the highest number recorded by Amnesty International in more than 25 years. Three countries - Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia - are responsible for almost 90% of all recorded executions. Grant Bayldon is the Executive Director of Amnesty International.
3:10 Masterpieces - Kevin Biggar
Adventurer Kevin Biggar talks about his favourite view, of the Gertrude saddle.
3:25 Expats - David Suckling
Jesse meets Police Chief David Suckling, from the Danbury Police Department in New Hampshire.
3:30 Our Changing World
Tracy Melzer, at the New Zealand Brain Research Institute in Christchurch, is using Magnetic Resonance Imaging techniques to track changes in the brains of people with Parkinson's disease. He tells Veronika Meduna that the aim of the research project is to scan for any biomarkers that signal the early stages of dementia, which could then help to develop more effective treatments.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zara Potts.
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JESSE'S SONG:
ARTIST: Eric Clapton
TITLE: Can't Let You Do It
COMP: Eric Clapton
ALBUM: I Still Do
LABEL: Download
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: The Ramones
TITLE: Chainsaw
COMP: Joey Ramone
ALBUM: The Ramones
LABEL: Sire
ARTIST: The Ramones
TITLE: Havana Affair
COMP: Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone
ALBUM: The Ramones
LABEL: Sire
ARTIST: The Ramones
TITLE: I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
COMP: Tommy Ramone
ALBUM: The Ramones
LABEL: Sire
ARTIST: The Ramones
TITLE: Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World
COMP: Dee Dee Ramone
ALBUM: The Ramones
LABEL: Sire
ADDITIONAL MUSIC:
ARTIST: Vampire Weekend
TITLE: Everlasting Arms
COMP: Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij
ALBUM: Modern Vampires of The City
LABEL: XL
ARTIST: The Phoenix Foundation
TITLE: Bob Lennon, John Dylan
COMP: Samuel Flynn Scott, Luke Buda, Conrad Wedde, Tom Callwood, Will Ricketts, Chris O'Connor
ALBUM: Give Up Your Dreams
LABEL: NZOA KHD
THE PANEL: HALFTIME SONG
ARTIST: Merle Haggard
TITLE: Okie From Muscogee
COMP: Roy Edward Burris, Merle Haggard
ALBUM: Okie From Muscogee
LABEL: Capitol
===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
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An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)
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15:45
The Panel pre-show for 7 April 2016
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'27"
16:05
The Panel with Susan Hornsby-Geluk and Chris Gallavin (Part 1)
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Topics - The CEO of Child Matters Anthea Simock talks about the sweeping new reforms announced for CYF, a Non-binary person says they were denied a haircut because they weren't a man. Dr Tony Fisher of Massey University talks about finding a better solution than using a plural third-person pronoun as singular.
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Duration: 25'08"
16:06
The Panel with Susan Hornsby-Geluk and Chris Gallavin (Part 2)
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Topics - Country music star Merle Haggard has died on his birthday at the age of 79, Former MP Jim Anderton talks about KiwiBank's next phase, the Queenstown Lakes District Council is to start fining Wicked Campers which have indecent of offensive slogans on them, and Banning begging; is it an answer?
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Duration: 25'21"
16:07
Panel Intro
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What the Panelists Susan Hornsby-Geluk and Chris Gallavin have been up to.
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Duration: 6'10"
16:10
CYF reform
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The CEO of Child Matters Anthea Simock talks about the sweeping new reforms announced for CYF.
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Tags: CYF, Child, Youth and Family
Duration: 8'33"
16:20
A non-binary person refused haircut a mens' barbers
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Non-binary person says they were denied a haircut because they weren't a man.Dr Tony Fisher of Massey University talks about finding a better solution than using a plural third-person pronoun as singular?
Topics: identity
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Tags: gender, sex
Duration: 9'59"
16:36
Merle Haggard has died
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Country music star Merle Haggard has died on his birthday at the age of 79.
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Duration: 6'38"
16:38
KiwiBank
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Former MP Jim Anderton talks about KiwiBank's next phase.
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Duration: 6'45"
16:40
Panel Says
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What the Panelists Susan Hornsby-Geluk and Chris Gallavin have been thinking about.
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Duration: 6'29"
16:50
Queenstown to fine Wicked Campers
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The Queenstown Lakes District Council is to start fining Wicked Campers which have indecent of offensive slogans on them.
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Tags: Wicked Campers
Duration: 2'21"
16:55
Beggars
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Banning begging. Is it an answer?
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Duration: 2'03"
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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
=DESCRIPTION=
RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme
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17:00
Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday 7 April 2016
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Watch Thursday's full programme here. It begins 5 minutes in
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17:09
Detainee's family call for answers
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The family of Rob Peihopa, a New Zealander who died in an Australian detention centre, is calling for answers about what caused his death. Marama Davidson joins Checkpoint.
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Tags: Rob Peihopa, Australian detention centres, Villawood Detention Centre
Duration: 4'13"
17:12
CYF to be overhauled after report findings
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Child Youth and Family could be replaced by a new agency within a year, under sweeping changes to child welfare services announced by the Government today.
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Tags: Child Youth and Family, CYF, child welfare services, children
Duration: 3'58"
17:16
IGIS finds 'significant shortcomings' in SIS vetting practice
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The Inspector-General of Security and Intelligence has found "significant shortcomings" in how the Security Intelligence Services carries out vetting for security clearances.
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Tags: Security Intelligence Services, security clearances
Duration: 3'05"
17:21
WorkSafe launches investigation into on-stage injuries
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WorkSafe has launched an investigation into how two boys suffered neck injuries during a school play at St Kentigern College in Auckland.
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Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Saint Kentigern College
Duration: 4'24"
17:26
Southern District Health receive 25 complaints
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Southern District Health have received 25 formal complaints about the pre-packed, frozen food it started serving at the start of the year.
Topics: health, food
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Tags: Southern District Health
Duration: 4'09"
17:31
Evening Business for 7 April 2016
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News from the business sector including a market report.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 3'47"
17:37
Countdown pulls some eggs from shelves
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A big supermarket chain has pulled Morning Harvest eggs from its shelves that come from a farm implicated in an undercover investigation, which showed hens packed into filthy, over-crowded cages and laying eggs on rotting corpses. Ruth Hill reports.
Topics: food, health
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Tags: caged chickens, eggs, animal rights, battery hens
Duration: 4'05"
17:41
Should we ban begging in Auckland?
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As the Wellington City Council considers outlawing begging, the focus has once again fallen on people on the streets asking for money. Auckland mayoral candidate Mark Thomas joins Checkpoint.
Topics: law
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Tags: begging, poverty
Duration: 6'33"
17:49
Bottlenose dolphins at risk in Bay of Islands
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Endangered bottlenose dolphins are at risk of being displaced or even driven to extinction in the Bay of Islands. Kate Gudsell reports.
Topics: environment
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Tags: bottlenose dolphins
Duration: 3'39"
17:52
France to put Panama on blacklist of tax havens
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France plans to put Panama back on its blacklist of tax havens in the wake of the "Panama Papers" affair. Sara Hemrajani from Reuters reports.
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Duration: 1'54"
17:55
Crowdfunding campaign to get orphan to NZ
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A crowd-funding campaign has been set up for a young Canadian boy hoping to join his aunt in New Zealand, after his mother, grandmother and grandfather all died within four years.
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Tags: Carson Loan
Duration: 3'29"
18:09
Structure of MSD and CYF both up in the air following review
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The structure of both the Ministry of Social Development and Child Youth and Family are up in the air following a major review of how they deal with vulnerable children. Political editor Chris Bramwell reports.
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Tags: CYF, Child Youth and Family, Ministry of Social Development
Duration: 2'51"
18:12
Former foster child on proposed changes
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Daryl Brougham had more than 30 placements when he was a foster child, he wrote about his life in a book called "Through the Eyes of a Foster Child"
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Tags: CYF, Child Youth and Family, Ministry of Social Development
Duration: 7'22"
18:19
Queestown-Lakes council to fine Wicked Campers
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The Queenstown-Lakes District Council is taking a stand against Wicked Campers. The council's chief executive is Mike Theelen.
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Regions: Otago
Tags: Wicked Campers, Queenstown
Duration: 4'18"
18:25
Refugees protest their deportation to Turkey
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A Pakistani man has threatened to hang himself on the Greek island of Lesbos as hundreds of refugees protest their deportation to Turkey.
Topics: refugees and migrants
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Tags: refugees, Turkey
Duration: 1'46"
18:26
First of NZ's cycling medal hopes announced
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The first members of New Zealand's sprint cycling Olympic team was announced today in Cambridge. Our sports reporter Matt Chatterton asked Sam Webster about his hopes for Rio.
Topics: sport
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Tags: cycling, Olympics
Duration: 3'09"
18:28
American girl meets Pope as part of visual bucket list
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A five-year-old American girl who doesn't know she is going blind has met Pope Francis as part of her parents' "visual bucket list" to show her special people and things before she loses her sight.
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Duration: 1'18"
18:50
Today In Parliament for 7 April 2016 - evening edition
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Leader of the House, Gerry Brownlee, makes an unprecedented attack on the new chief ombudsman, Judge Peter Boshier, and is roundly condemned for it by opposition speakers led by Labour's Trevor Mallard. New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, is thrown out of the chamber for the second day in a row while unsuccessfully trying to wring an admission from the government that New Zealand is indeed a tax haven. But Mister Peters found support from an unexpected quarter in the committee rooms where former National Party and ACT leader, Don Brash, was making a submission on the government's Resource Legislation Amendment Bill.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 4'54"
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===6:30 PM. | Worldwatch===
=DESCRIPTION=
The stories behind the international headlines
===6:55 PM. | In Parliament===
=DESCRIPTION=
===7:06 PM. | Nights===
=DESCRIPTION=
RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information
=AUDIO=
19:12
Trombone Day
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How, out of all the horn instruments that exist in the world, has the trombone somehow found a day to dedicate to itself - with Hadyn Godfry & Ben Zilber of trombone octet Aucktet...
Topics: music
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Tags: trombone
Duration: 20'13"
20:12
Nights' Culture - Comics & Graphic Novels
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Shading in the heroes and villains of an animated realm is cartoonist, writer, illustrator Adrian Kinnaird... why readers of superhero comics love to see their favourite characters go head to head...
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Since comic books were created in the 1940s fans have been debating over match ups between their favourite superheroes.
In the wake of the release of the Batman v Superman movie, and the forthcoming release of Captain America: Civil War (which is basically Captain America vs Ironman) next month, we ask why readers of comics love to see their favourite characters go head to head?
Bryan talks to cartoonist, writer and illustrator Adrian Kinnaird about these much-debated match-ups.
http://gone-and-forgotten.blogspot.co.nz/
Topics: arts, crime, life and society, media, politics, spiritual practices
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Tags: comics, graphic novels, animation, Superman, Batman, Captain America, ironman
Duration: 18'09"
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7:12 Trombone Day
How, out of all the horn instruments that exist in the world, has the trombone somehow found a day to dedicate to itself? - Bryan talks with Hadyn Godfry & Ben Zilber of trombone octet Aucktet.
7:30 At the Movies
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Featured this week – Hunt for the Wilderpeople, directed by Taika Waititi and starring Sam Neill, Julian Dennison and Rima Te Wiata.
[embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fGurAKnavo
Straight to DVD - American Ultra, a comedy chase, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart…
[embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txHc8LDEl2g
…and Z for Zachariah – an all-star cast, a classic Young Adult novel and the landscape of New Zealand – couldn’t save Craig Zobel’s end-of-the-world fable.
[embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7o0iv3YbTM
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19:30
At the Movies for 7 April 2016
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On At The Movies, Simon Morris joins the rest of the country at Taika Waititi's Hunt For The Wilderpeople, and has a rare look at the notorious "straight to DVD" shelf at the video store. What kept American Ultra and Z For Zachariah away from the cinemas?
Topics: arts
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Tags: films
Duration: 23'05"
19:31
Hunt For The Wilderpeople
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Simon reviews Taika Waititi's smash-hit action comedy, starring Sam Neill and Julian Dennison.
Topics: arts
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Tags: films
Duration: 5'52"
19:32
American Ultra
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Simon reviews the straight-to-DVD comedy, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart.
Topics: arts
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Tags: films
Duration: 6'03"
19:33
Z For Zachariah
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Simon reviews the film adaptation of a famous 1970s children's book - filmed in New Zealand. It stars Margot Robbie, Chiwetel Ejiafor and Chris Pine.
Topics: arts
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Tags: films
Duration: 6'00"
7:30 At the Movies
Simon Morris joins the rest of the country at Taika Waititi's Hunt For The Wilderpeople, and has a rare look at the notorious "straight to DVD" shelf at the video store. What kept American Ultra and Z For Zachariah away from the cinemas?
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8:12 Nights' Culture - Comics & Graphic Novels
Why do readers of superhero comics love to see their favourite characters go head to head? We ask cartoonist, writer, illustrator Adrian Kinnaird.
http://gone-and-forgotten.blogspot.co.nz/
8:30 Window on the World
Food and smells have a powerful impact on our brains, instantly evoking memories, so much so that one company using nostalgia to help people with dementia regain their appetites. Manuela Saragosa explores the power food has to evoke memory and how memory impacts the food we eat.
9:07 Our Changing World
The search for early signals of dementia in people with Parkinson's Disease, smart fabrics and e-textiles, the complex interactions between rivers and the ocean, and Hector's dolphins.
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 Music 101 pocket edition
Kirsten Johnstone catches Low performing an impromptu acapella. Zac Arnold doubles down Americana style with Aucklander Will Wood and Trevor Reekie gets 3 feet high with De La Soul at this year's WOMAD festival.
... nights' time is the right time...
===7:30 PM. | At The Movies===
=DESCRIPTION=
A weekly topical magazine about current film releases and film related topics
=AUDIO=
19:30
At the Movies for 7 April 2016
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On At The Movies, Simon Morris joins the rest of the country at Taika Waititi's Hunt For The Wilderpeople, and has a rare look at the notorious "straight to DVD" shelf at the video store. What kept American Ultra and Z For Zachariah away from the cinemas?
Topics: arts
Regions:
Tags: films
Duration: 23'05"
19:31
Hunt For The Wilderpeople
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Simon reviews Taika Waititi's smash-hit action comedy, starring Sam Neill and Julian Dennison.
Topics: arts
Regions:
Tags: films
Duration: 5'52"
19:32
American Ultra
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Simon reviews the straight-to-DVD comedy, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart.
Topics: arts
Regions:
Tags: films
Duration: 6'03"
19:33
Z For Zachariah
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Simon reviews the film adaptation of a famous 1970s children's book - filmed in New Zealand. It stars Margot Robbie, Chiwetel Ejiafor and Chris Pine.
Topics: arts
Regions:
Tags: films
Duration: 6'00"
=SHOW NOTES=
Featured this week – Hunt for the Wilderpeople, directed by Taika Waititi and starring Sam Neill, Julian Dennison and Rima Te Wiata.
[embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fGurAKnavo
Straight to DVD - American Ultra, a comedy chase, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart…
[embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txHc8LDEl2g
…and Z for Zachariah – an all-star cast, a classic Young Adult novel and the landscape of New Zealand – couldn’t save Craig Zobel’s end-of-the-world fable.
[embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7o0iv3YbTM
===8:30 PM. | Windows On The World===
=DESCRIPTION=
International public radio features and documentaries
===9:06 PM. | Our Changing World===
=DESCRIPTION=
Highlights from the world of science and the environment, with Alison Ballance and Veronika Meduna
===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
=DESCRIPTION=
RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National
===11:06 PM. | Music 101===
=DESCRIPTION=
Music, interviews, live performances, behind the scenes, industry issues, career profiles, new, back catalogue, undiscovered, greatest hits, tall tales - with a focus on New Zealand/Aotearoa (RNZ)