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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:
14 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 The Dream of Nikau Jam by Peter Hawes (3 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 14 April 2016
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We ask the Local Government Minister if she's prepared to change the law to cut dog attacks. New Zealand dialysis patients visiting Australia are charged thousands of dollars for dialysis which used to be free and a top level crisis meeting in Auckland today on the standard of quake-grade steel mesh.
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Duration: 30'26"
06:06
Sports News for 14 April 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'15"
06:12
Austistic child in leaky home has 'fallen through the cracks'
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A family with a severly autistic child who have to leave their leaky home while it's repaired say they're stuck with nowhere else to go.
Topics: health
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: autistic child
Duration: 2'55"
06:19
Early Business News for 14 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: 2'40"
06:26
Morning Rural News for 14 April 2016
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'11"
06:38
Australia is taking a hard line on dialysis patients
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Australia is taking a hard line on New Zealand dialysis patients who cross the Tasman for a holiday or business charging them thousands of dollars for treatment that used to be free.
Topics: health
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Tags: dialysis patients, Australia
Duration: 2'11"
06:41
Corrections scrambles to house rising prison muster
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The numbers of prisoners reached an all time high this week and is expected to keep growing, forcing the Corrections Department to scramble to find enough beds.
Topics: crime
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Tags: prisoners
Duration: 2'34"
06:43
Council told to call time on irrigation project
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The Labour Party says the Hawke's Bay regional council needs to call time on its controversial Ruataniwha water storage project.
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Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Ruataniwha Dam
Duration: 3'20"
06:53
Tax changes create a fair playing field for smaller businesses
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The business community and tax professionals are giving the thumbs up to the proposed tax changes for small firms.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: tax
Duration: 3'54"
06:55
Cavalier Corporation thinks the decline has levelled out
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Listed carpet maker Cavalier Corporation thinks the decline in demand has levelled out and its latest restructuring will improve its financial performance over the next two years.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Cavalier Corporation
Duration: 1'59"
06:56
OECD members meet on tax
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A special project meeting of the Joint International Tax Shelter Information and Collaboration (JITSIC) Network took place at the OECD in Paris overnight.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: tax
Duration: 56"
06:57
Morning markets for 14 April 2016
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American stocks closed strongly higher, driven by a strong aearnings report for investment bank JP Morgan and unexpectedly strong Chinese trade data.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'13"
06:59
Business briefs
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Software company Diligent is set to disappear off the NZX after shareholders approved the takeover offer by U.S. company Insight Venture Capital..
Topics: business
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Duration: 29"
07:07
Sports News for 14 April 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'16"
07:11
Options to tighten laws on dangerous dogs
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The government is considering options to tighten laws on dangerous dogs after a spate of serious attacks in the last week.
Topics: law
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Tags: dogs
Duration: 8'00"
07:19
Dialysis patients forced to pay up in agreement toughening
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Australia is taking a hard line on New Zealand dialysis patients who cross the Tasman for a holiday or business charging them thousands of dollars for treatment that used to be free.
Topics: health
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Tags: dialysis patients, Australia
Duration: 3'32"
07:23
Crisis meeting called over steel tests
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A crisis meeting over the standard of quake-grade steel mesh used in all new slab-floor houses is being held today in Auckland.
Topics: housing
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Tags: quake-grade steel mesh
Duration: 2'21"
07:26
Fonterra is planning to cut the size of its board
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Fonterra is planning to cut the size of its board by two directors.
Topics: business
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Tags: Fonterra
Duration: 3'56"
07:34
Cavalier workers 'devastated' at potential job cuts
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The carpet manufacturer, Cavalier, has announced 65 jobs could go in a major restructure.
Topics: business
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Tags: Cavalier Corporation
Duration: 3'33"
07:38
Doubt the OECD can crack down on tax havens
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A UK tax researcher is scathing of the OECD's ability to crack down on tax havens.
Topics: law
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Tags: tax havens
Duration: 5'24"
07:43
Kane Williamson
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Kane Williamson has been named the leading cricketer of 2015 by cricketing bible Wisden.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Kane Williamson
Duration: 3'02"
07:48
Beggars won't be banned in Wellington
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Wellington's mayor Celia Wade-Brown says she is happy councillors voted down a plan yesterday to ban begging in the central city.
Topics: law
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: beggars
Duration: 3'34"
07:51
MP says absurd schools not made to teach NZ history
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Tamaki Makaurau MP Peeni Henare says it's ridiculous there is still no requirement for school children to be taught New Zealand history.
Topics: history, education
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Tags: New Zealand history
Duration: 3'49"
07:55
Is the monster resting in Loch Ness, Nessie?
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A high-tech marine drone scouring the depths of Scotland's Loch Ness for one of nature's most elusive beasts has found a "monster".
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Tags: Loch Ness
Duration: 4'08"
08:07
Sports News for 14 April 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'30"
08:10
Local government wants help tackling dog control
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Local Government New Zealand is calling on central government to take a leadership role on dog control after a spate of serious attacks.
Topics: politics, law
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Tags: dogs
Duration: 5'22"
08:17
Corrections desperate for beds as prison muster keeps rising
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Moves are afoot to house men in a jail's gym and build new cells for 60 women, as the inmate population climbs towards 10 thousand.
Topics: crime
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Tags: prisoners
Duration: 3'39"
08:21
Falling demand for woollen carpet hurts Cavalier
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A dramatic fall in demand for woollen carpet over the past decade has led the carpet manufacturer, Cavalier, to slash jobs.
Topics: business
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Tags: Cavalier Corporation
Duration: 3'25"
08:25
Labour defends latest attempt to undermine Shewan as reviewer
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The Labour Party is not resiling from its latest attempt to discredit the man appointed to carry out a review of foreign tax rules, John Shewan.
Topics: politics
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Tags: John Shewan, tax havens
Duration: 2'49"
08:28
Employers
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Small business owners may no longer need to predict their future earnings, under proposed tax changes.
Topics: business
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Tags: tax
Duration: 3'07"
08:31
Markets Update for 14 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: 1'03"
08:36
Peter Beckett still in custody despite mistrial
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A jury has failed to reach a unanimous verdict in the case of former Napier man Peter Beckett accused of murder.
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Tags: Peter Beckett, Canada
Duration: 2'24"
08:39
Internet is more important than radio and newspapers- Survey
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The internet has officially become the most important source of information in our daily lives.
Topics: internet
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Tags: information
Duration: 3'37"
08:42
Top honours from Wisden Cricketer's Almanack
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The skipper of the Black Caps Kane Williamson and White Ferns captain Suzie Bates have received top honours from the revered Wisden Cricketer's Almanack.
Topics: sport
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Tags: cricket
Duration: 4'07"
08:48
Australian reporters held in Lebanon
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Four Australians working for the country's version of the' 60 Minutes news program could face up to 25 years in prison and life hard labour if found guilty of taking part in an alleged kidnapping.
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Tags: Lebanon
Duration: 3'54"
08:52
Bias blamed for babies missing out on free health checks
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Figures show the majority of babies who miss out on visits from health professionals in their first year are Maori, Pacific Island or poor.
Topics: Pacific, health
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Tags: babies
Duration: 3'06"
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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: TBA
(RNZ)
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09:08
Fonterra cutting two governance positions from its board
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Fonterra is bowing to pressure and will cut two positions from its board. The move comes just months after the co-operative fought off a similar move driven by its farmer shareholders. We speak to Former Fonterra director Greg Gent - who says the overhaul doesn't go far enough. And to Fonterra's chairman, John Wilson
Topics: rural, economy
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Tags: Fonterra
Duration: 27'03"
09:35
Declan Hill on fighting sports corruption
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With two high profile sporting events fast approaching, the Rio Olympics and Euro 2016 in France, what chance is there of fans continuing to get any pleasure from watching professional sport? Declan Hill is one of the world's foremost experts on match-fixing and corruption in international sports. He was the first person to show the new danger to international sport posed by the globalization of the gambling market and match-fixing at the highest levels of professional football including the Champions League and FIFA World Cup tournaments. Part of his first book 'The Fix: Organized Crime and Soccer' details his involvement with an Asian match-fixing gang as they travelled around the world to fix major football matches. His second book was called 'The Insider's Guide to Match-Fixing'.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: match fixing, Olympics, FIFA
Duration: 14'40"
09:50
UK correspondent Jon Dennis
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Jon Dennis on the outfall for David Cameron and George Osborne from the Panama papers and plans for a law to prosecute those aiding tax evasion.
Topics: politics
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Tags: UK, David Cameron, Jon Dennis, George Osborne, Panama Papers, tax, tax evasion
Duration: 9'04"
10:08
Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen
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Farmer and best-selling author, Amanda Owen calls herself a Yorkshire Shepherdess. She and husband Clive have eight children, and live on their 2000-acre sheep farm, along with 700 ewes, 50 cattle, 13 chickens, five horses and six dogs. She grew up in the city of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, but dreamed of being a shepherdess after reading the books of James Herriot. She's also a passionate photographer, a bestselling author, with a new book due out soon, has been seen by millions on ITV's The Dales.
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Amanda Owen is a farmer and shepherdess on her farm Ravenseat in the Yorkshire Dales.
Amanda and husband Clive have eight children, who do live a free-range life - on their 2000 acre sheep farm, along with 700 ewes, 50 cattle, 13 chickens, five horses and six dogs.
Ravenseat sits by Whitsundale Beck, at the head of the River Swale, about an hour's walk west of Keld, the halfway point on the Coast-to-Coast footpath.
While Amanda didn't grow up on a farm herself - she grew up in the city of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, she dreamed of being a shepherdess after reading James Herriot.
She's a passionate photographer, a bestselling author, with a new book due out soon, has been seen by millions on ITV's The Dales, and Channel 5's New Lives in the Wild and is very busy on social media.
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Duration: 25'52"
10:38
Book review - The Newspaper of Claremont Street
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'The Newspaper of Claremont Street' by Elizabeth Jolley. Reviewed by Rae McGregor , published by Penguin Random House.
Topics: books
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Duration: 6'10"
11:07
New technology with Sarah Putt
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Sarah Putt on Chatbots in call centres, how technology can boost New Zealand's government agency productivity and Uber's sharing of users' information
Topics: technology
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Tags: Chatbot, call centres, Uber, productivity, NZ government
Duration: 13'40"
11:24
Caring for elderly family members
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As the population ages, an increasing number of people are caring not only for children, but their own elderly parents as well, often while holding down a full time job. Esther Perriam has some practical advice for carers.
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As the population ages, many people are caring not only for their children, but their own elderly parents, as well – often while holding down a full-time job.
Caring for aging family members can be fraught with difficulties as their needs are often complex – both physically and emotionally. So what are the best ways to meet the needs of elderly family members, while ensuring you don't reach breaking point yourself?
Esther Perriam, the general manager at ElderNet and Care Publications has some practical advice.
Read an edited snapshot of their conversation below:
We are living longer, the population is aging and other things are also affecting this, sometime having children later in life. There are a lot of people now in the situation, aren’t there, of still having dependent children, at the same time having to care for elderly family members, particularly parents? Very common.
Absolutely. And it’s not necessarily just caring for their children, it’s caring for your grandchildren, as well. So if we’re talking about a sandwich, it’s more like a club sandwich.
Indeed. What are the particular pressures that typically come to bear? One of them is time is just the sheer number of people who are drawing down on the well, right?
Mm-hm. Absolutely. As you say, there’s time, but there’s also emotional capacity, financial capacity. It’s a really complex situation that lots of people are navigating when they are supporting not just their own household but perhaps older parents. It could be older neighbours or older people who aren’t necessarily their family, as well.
That’s true, but I think sometimes – speaking of the emotions – part of the emotion is also on the side of the carer. It’s difficult to have a practical distance and to be practical about what is feasible for your family life and what isn’t, when it’s your own parents, right? There’s a big emotional element to even trying to make practical decisions about how to organise things.
Absolutely. I think what’s really important is that people have discussions with family before things reach crisis point. It's about having discussions now with people in the family what are the expectations of the care and support that you might feel comfortable providing. If you have those discussions now, then when those crisis points hit, people feel far more prepared and they are far more aware of what they’re able to offer themselves, but also what they can expect from the person who is going to be supporting them.
Topics: health
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Tags: elderly
Duration: 23'49"
11:48
TV Reviewer Paul Casserly
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Paul Casserly reviews David Farrier's documentary Tickled, the drone warfare film Eye In The Sky, with Helen Mirren and the late great Alan Rickman, and the new local current affairs show The Hui.
Topics: media
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Tags: film, television, viewing
Duration: 10'57"
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09:05 Fonterra cutting two governance positions from its board
Fonterra is bowing to pressure and will cut two positions from its board. The move comes just months after the co-operative fought off a similar move driven by its farmer shareholders.
We speak to Former Fonterra director Greg Gent - who says the overhaul doesn't go far enough
And to Fonterra's chairman, John Wilson
09:20 Declan Hill on fighting sports corruption
With two high profile sporting events fast approaching, the Rio Olympics and Euro 2016 in France, what chance is there of fans continuing to get any pleasure from watching professional sport ?
Declan Hill is one of the world's foremost experts on match-fixing and corruption in international sports. He was the first person to show the new danger to international sport posed by the globalization of the gambling market and match-fixing at the highest levels of professional football including the Champions League and FIFA World Cup tournaments. Part of his first book 'The Fix: Organized Crime and Soccer' details his involvement with an Asian match-fixing gang as they travelled around the world to fix major football matches. His second book was called 'The Insider's Guide to Match-Fixing'.
09:45 UK correspondent Jon Dennis
Jon Dennis on the outfall for David Cameron and George Osborne from the Panama papers and plans for a law to prosecute those aiding tax evasion
10:05 Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen
Farmer and best selling author, Amanda Owen calls herself a Yorkshire Shepherdess.
She and husband Clive have eight children, and live on their 2,000-acre sheep farm, along with 700 ewes, 50 cattle, 13 chickens, five horses and six dogs. She grew up in the city of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, but dreamed of being a shepherdess after reading the books of James Herriot.
She's also a passionate photographer, a bestselling author, with a new book due out soon, has been seen by millions on ITV's "The Dales".
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10:35 Book review
Rae McGregor reviews The Newspaper of Claremont Street by Elizabeth Jolley
10:45 The Reading
The Bank of Heaven by Christine M Johnston
11:05 New technology with Sarah Putt
Sarah Putt on Chatbots in call centres, how technology can boost New Zealand's government agency productivity and Uber's sharing of users' information
11:25 Caring for elderly family members
As the population ages, an increasing number of middle aged people are caring not only for children, but their own elderly parents as well, often while holding down a full time job.
Caring for ageing family members can be fraught with difficulties - as their needs are often complex - both physically and emotionally.
Esther Perriam, the General Manager at Eldernet and Care Publications has some practical advice for carers.
11:45 TV Reviewer Paul Casserly
Paul Casserly reviews David Farrier's documentary Tickled, the drone warfare film Eye In The Sky, with Helen Mirren and the late great Alan Rickman, and the new local current affairs show The Hui.
===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 14 April 2016
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The Government plans to take pest control out of the hands of regional councils and make the rules for using 1080 poison and other methods nationally consistent. The major American medical agency CDC has confirmed the zika virus causes severe birth defects, including microcephaly.
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Duration: 15'15"
12:17
Restaurant Brands' profit climbs 1 percent
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The listed fast food operator, Restaurant Brands, has posted a record full-year profit on the back of stronger sales, especially at KFC.
Topics: business, economy, food
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Tags: Restaurant Brands, KFC, Fast food
Duration: 1'06"
12:18
Pace of growth slows in manufacturing sector
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Manufacturers appear to be feeling less optimistic, with activity in the sector falling for a second consecutive month.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Manufacturering, BNZ
Duration: 1'44"
12:20
Telco industry positive on planned regulatory changes
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The Government is planning changes for regulating the telecommunications sector from 2020.
Topics: business, economy, technology
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Tags: telecommunications
Duration: 2'04"
12:22
IMF worries about global financial securiy
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The risks to global financial stability have increased in the past six months, according to the International Monetary Fund.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: International Monetary Fund, global economy
Duration: 1'10"
12:23
Midday Markets for 14 April 2016
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Melika King at Craigs Investment Partners.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'13"
12:25
Business briefs
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The listed clothing retailer, Hallenstein Glasson, has appointed Di Humphries as chief executive of the Glassons women's chain.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Hallenstein Glasson, MYOB
Duration: 1'02"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 14 April 2016
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A setback for the Blues with young openside flanker Blake Gibson out for 8 to 10 weeks with a fractured thumb.
Topics: sport
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Tags: rugby union, Premiere League, basketball, golf
Duration: 2'38"
12:34
Midday Rural News for 14 April 2016
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 8'44"
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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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13:14
Christchurch Mayoralty - Garry Moore
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It's just six months until the local government elections, but in Christchurch, nobody has put their hand up to run for mayor. Yesterday, the incumbent Lianne Dalziel told local media she was feeling the strain of the job and was torn about whether she would stand for a second term.
Topics: politics
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch, mayor, election
Duration: 9'27"
13:24
Inky's escape shows how smart Octopus' are - Dr Jean McKinnon
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The story of Inky the Octopus's daring escape from the Napier Aquarium has hit the headlines around the world. Inky took advantage of his tank's lid being left slightly ajar and fled to the Pacific Ocean via a drain hole used for taking water back to the sea.
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The story of Inky the Octopus's daring escape from the Napier Aquarium has hit the headlines around the world.
Inky took advantage of his tank's lid being left slightly ajar and fled to the Pacific Ocean via a drain hole used for taking water back to the sea.
But his exploits have not suprised marine biologists, who say the Cephalopod molluscs are among the most intelligent creatures in the world.
Octopus expert, Dr Jean McKinnon of Otago University has been studying them for many years, and says they are as smart as dogs and toddlers and she has many stories of similar wily behaviour from Octopodes.
Topics: environment
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Inky, octopus, Napier Aquarium
Duration: 9'52"
13:34
Bed bugs are winning the war against humans
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David Lilly, a Phd student from the University of Sydney has discovered that bed bugs have adapted to the chemical arsenal we throw at them by developing a thicker outer shell, making it much harder for the insecticide to penetrate.
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There’s a war raging in beds around the world. It’s an arms race between humans and bed bugs – and the creatures that feast on our blood that are winning.
Bed bugs – or cimex lectularius – are growing increasingly resistant to the pesticides we use to try and exterminate them. David Lilly, a Phd student from the University of Sydney, tested hundreds of bugs at a Parramatta home and discovered that they have adapted to the chemical arsenal we throw at them by developing a thicker outer shell that is much harder for the insecticide to penetrate.
Topics: environment, science
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Tags: University of Sydney, Bedbugs, parasites
Duration: 10'00"
13:44
Favourite Album
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The Essential Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen
Topics: music
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Duration: 15'45"
14:10
Mary Holm
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Financial author, columnist and educator Mary Holm answers your questions about personal finance.
Topics: economy
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Tags: Personal finance, money, KiwiSaver, interest
Duration: 22'34"
14:45
Russia/US Tension
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Multiple times this week, Russian planes have flown aggressively close to a US warship in the Baltic Sea, the USS Donald Cook. Where might this behaviour lead?
Topics: politics, conflict
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Tags: US, Russia
Duration: 14'28"
15:10
Masterpieces
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On Masterpieces today, photographer Simon Woolf of Woolf photography talks about his favourite photograph.
Topics: arts, media
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Tags: photography
Duration: 15'55"
15:25
The Expats - Luke Robertson
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Luke Robertson grew up in Westport but has gone on to become a professional beer writer in Melbourne. He was recently named Australian beer writer of the Year for 2015 for his blog Ale of a Time
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Luke Robertson grew up in Westport but has gone on to become a professional beer writer in Melbourne. He was recently named 2015 Australian Beer Writer of the Year for his blog Ale of a Time.
Topics: media, food
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Tags: Media monitoring, beer
Duration: 9'45"
15:45
Panel Pre-Show - Paul, Jim & Julie
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'11"
21:45
An ode to mangroves
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Mangroves have a mixed reputation, with some people thinking of them as weeds while others, including writer Kennedy Warne, value them for their ecosystem function and as a natural breakwater.
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"Mangroves have always had that bad rap. They’ve always been seen as wastelands of no importance, while they really are wetlands of supreme importance.” _Kennedy Warne
Mangroves have a rather mixed reputation. Some see them as useless weeds whose expansion needs to be controlled. Others appreciate their ecological role as coastal nurseries and natural breakwaters. Mangroves are both one of our most unusual native trees and possibly the most contentious.
Among their supporters is Kennedy Warne, a writer and co-founder of the New Zealand Geographic magazine, who has explored many of the world’s mangrove stands to celebrate the “rainforests of the sea” and to highlight that, globally, these ecosystems are disappearing fast.
In New Zealand, he says, the issues are different. Here, mangroves have been spreading, taking root as estuaries become muddier as a result of erosion and sediment flowing down from rivers and stormwater drains. Their expansion brings them into conflict with people.
In response to demands from residents, the proposed Auckland Unitary Plan identifies areas where mangroves can be cut back to 1996 levels, without the need for resource consent, to stem their spread. Overall, the plan calls for the protection of mangroves in significant ecological areas or where they mitigate against coastal erosion, but outside of these spots, seedlings can be removed and established trees cleared to bring mangrove forests back to the range they occupied two decades ago.
“Mangroves have always had that bad rap,” Kennedy Warne says. “They’ve always been seen as wastelands of no importance, while they really are wetlands of supreme importance.”
He says it’s not the trees, but our activities, that are to blame for the mangrove spillover. “They are opportunists, and if we create a suitable substrate or habitat for them … mangroves are going to take over.”
The island of mangroves
Mangroves are superbly adapted to their intertidal habitat, where no other tree could survive.
To see them in an undisturbed state, I asked Kennedy to take me on a tour of Motu Manawa, the island of mangroves. Also known as Pollen Island, this is an unlikely nature and marine reserve, fringed by an industrial zone, cut by a motorway and surrounded by densely populated suburbs within view of Auckland’s harbour bridge.
Recent storms have washed away the sediment around some of the mangroves at the edge, exposing a shallow tangle of roots that extends across an area significantly larger than the height of the trees themselves. Further in, the muddy ground covers the main roots but sprouts a spiky carpet of aerial roots, or pneumatophores, that act as breathing snorkels.
“These trees can live with one foot in the sea and one foot on land. They are the only group of plants that can do this and that is able to withstand the twice-daily immersion in salt water.”
The term mangrove refers to several plants that have acquired an amphibious lifestyle. Tropical mangrove forests include many different species, but New Zealand is the southern-most outpost for one particular species, Avicennia marina. Its geographical limit is along a line drawn between the Waikato and the Bay of Plenty.
In the tropics, mangrove forests are known to provide important coastal nurseries for fish and invertebrates, including many fish that are caught for human consumption. Here, mangroves have a similar ecological function, harbouring spineless mud dwellers and the juveniles of fish and, in doing so, providing food for creatures further up the food web.
In a specific example, the removal of mangroves could tip the balance for the critically endangered fairy terns testing in Northland’s Mangawhai harbour.
A line of defence
In their intertidal habitat, mangroves stand between us and the sea. Their roots stabilise soft coastlines, prevent erosion of the land, and act as the “kidneys of the coastline”.
“They are a wonderful filtration system, filtering out nutrients and pollutants coming of the land and so protecting the sea,” says Kennedy Warne.
Going in the other direction, they also protect us from the ocean. “They are a breakwater, a coastal buffer. Research has been done that quantifies the ability of mangroves to quell storm surges and to dissipate the energy of the waves through the labyrinth of their roots.”
A recent study shows that mangrove forests could play a crucial role in protecting vulnerable parts of the coast from rising seas. In a collaborative effort, scientists in New Zealand and the UK have simulated how growing mangrove forests create networks of tidal channels and how these channels, in turn, affect the trees. The model shows that within a growing mangrove forest, these channels become shallower as they fill up with organic matter from the trees and trapped sediment, raising the bed until the area is no longer inundated by the tide.
Last but not least, Kennedy Warne says like any other forests, mangrove stands are efficient carbon sinks. “Mangrove forests are some of the best carbon storage habitats in the world. And as everyone is looking around for ways to sequester carbon, ways to decarbonise, here we’ve got a plant that is really good at that.”
Topics: science, environment
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Tags: mangroves, coastal nursery, erosion protection, carbon sequestration, native plants
Duration: 16'10"
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1:15 No candidates for the Christchurch mayoralty?
It's just six months until the local government elections, but in Christchurch, nobody has put their hand up to run for mayor. Yesterday, the incumbent Lianne Dalziel told local media she was feeling the strain of the job and was torn about whether she would stand for a second term. In a radio interview, Lianne Dalziel said she had lost the fun of life and was weighing up whether she still had the energy to run again. Former Christchurch mayor Garry Moore says he'll be counseling Lianne Dalziel to stand again.
1:25 Inky's escape shows how smart octopus' are
The story of Inky the Octopus's daring escape from the Napier Aquarium has hit the headlines around the world.
Inky took advantage of his tank's lid being left slightly ajar and fled to the Pacific Ocean via a drain hole used for taking water back to the sea. But his exploits have not suprised marine biologists, who say the Cephalopod molluscs are among the most intelligent creatures in the world. Octopus expert, Dr Jean McKinnon of Otago University has been studying them for many years, and says they are as smart as dogs and toddlers and she has many stories of similar wily behaviour from Octopodes.
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1:35 Bed Bugs are winning the war against Humans
The parasites that feast on human blood are growing increasingly resistant to the pesticides we use to try and exterminate them. David Lilly, a Phd student from the University of Sydney has discovered that bed bugs, or cimex lectularius have adapted to the chemical arsenal we throw at them by developing a thicker outer shell, making it much harder for the insecticide to penetrate.
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David Lilly tested hundreds of bugs at a Parramatta home and found nearly a fifth were very resistant to the standard pyrethroid-based chemical that used to kill them, and this same group ad an outer layer that was 15.3 per cent thicker than the susceptible bugs.
1:40 Favourite Album
The Essential Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen.
2:10 Money - Mary Holm
Financial author, columnist and educator Mary Holm answers your questions about personal finance.
2:30 Burnt Barley - Peta Mathias
Today, Part 13 of Peta Mathias' book, 'Burnt Barley, or How to Eat, Dance and Sing your way around Ireland'. The breakfast at Maddybenny near Portrush in Northern Ireland is famous, but a power cut lasting an hour put it in jeopardy.
2:40 Russian jets buzz US destroyer
Multiple times this week, Russian planes have flown aggressively close to a US warship in the Baltic Sea, the USS Donald Cook. Where might this behaviour lead?
3:10 The Expats - Luke Robertson
Luke Robertson grew up in Westport but has gone on to become a professional beer writer in Melborne. He was recently named Australian beer writer of the Year for 2015 for his blog Ale of a Time
3:25 Masterpieces - Photography
Simon Woolf is the owner of Woolf Photography, his photographic masterpiece is Moon Over Half Dome by Ansel Adams
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3:30 Our Changing World - Ode to a Mangrove
Mangroves have a rather mixed reputation. Some people regard them as weeds, whose expansion needs to be controlled, while others value their role as coastal nurseries and natural breakwaters. Writer Kennedy Warne says it's time to give them some love.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about with Paul Brennan, Jim Mora and Julie Moffett.
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PAUL'S SONG:
ARTIST: Stevie Wonder
TITLE: As
COMP: Stevie Wonder
ALBUM: Songs In The Key Of Life
LABEL: Tamla Motown
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Leonard Cohen
TITLE: Halleljah
COMP: Leonard Cohen
ALBUM: The Essential Leonard Cohen
LABEL: Columbia
ARTIST: Leonard Cohen
TITLE: Chelsea Hotel
COMP: Leonard Cohen
ALBUM: The Essential Leonard Cohen
LABEL: Columbia
ARTIST: Leonard Cohen
TITLE: Tower of Song
COMP: Leonard Cohen
ALBUM: The Essential Leonard Cohen
LABEL: Columbia
THE PANEL: HALFTIME SONG
ARTIST: Fred Astaire
TITLE: Puttin' On The Ritz
COMP: Irving Berlin
ALBUM: Blue Skies (Movie sound track)
LABEL: Decca Records
===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
=DESCRIPTION=
An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)
=AUDIO=
15:45
Panel Pre-Show - Paul, Jim & Julie
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'11"
16:05
The Panel with David Farrar and Gary McCormick (Part 1)
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What the Panelists Gary McCormick and David Farrar have been up to. Associate Professor Steven Hoadley discusses how soem New Zealand Navy vessels haven't left port for years. Why do we have them? Roger Levie of the Homeowners and Buyers Association talks about the Auckland duplex which is being half-demolished without consulting the other half's owners. Opposition to a supermarket liquor license application at "Chunder Lane".
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Duration: 23'55"
16:06
The Panel with David Farrar and Gary McCormick (Part 2)
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More people are living beyond their means to try to portray an image of material success. What the Panelists Gary McCormick and David Farrar have been thinking about. Dr Dushko Bogunovich discusses the accidental spread from Auckland to Hamilton. Bill English backed imigration by saying New Zealanders are "pretty damned hopeless". Are we a lazy, useless lot? Wellington's city councillors have opted not to ban the beggars.The council will look at bringing in kindness meters, where people donate to receptacles around the city instead of to the beggars themselves.
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Duration: 27'20"
16:07
The Panel Intro
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What the Panelists Gary McCormick and David Farrar have been up to.
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Duration: 4'27"
16:12
Navy vessels in the doldrums
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Associate Professor Steven Hoadley discusses how soem New Zealand Navy vessels haven't left port for years. Why do we have them?
Topics: defence force
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Tags: navy, boats, sea
Duration: 10'56"
16:22
Duplex demolition
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Roger Levie of the Homeowners and Buyers Association talks about the Auckland duplex which is being half-demolished without consulting the other half's owners.
Topics: housing, law
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Duplex, Demolition Auckland
Duration: 6'49"
16:29
Fears for more cheap booze for students
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Opposition to a supermarket liquor license application at "Chunder Lane".
Topics: housing, law
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Duplex, Demolition Auckland
Duration: 1'42"
16:33
Living the dream - but not paying for it
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More people are living beyond their means to try to portray an image of material success.
Topics: life and society, economy
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Tags: money, wealth
Duration: 4'01"
16:36
Panel Says
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What the Panelists Gary McCormick and David Farrar have been thinking about.
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Duration: 7'39"
16:44
Auckland's halo effect
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Dr Dushko Bogunovich discusses the accidental spread from Auckland to Hamilton.
Topics: housing, economy
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Auckland, Hamilton, train
Duration: 8'14"
16:52
Deputy PM says some kiwis are hopeless
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Bill English backed imigration by saying New Zealanders are "pretty damned hopeless". Are we a lazy, useless lot?
Topics: life and society, politics
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Tags: work, Skills, Hopeless
Duration: 3'46"
16:56
Kindness meters
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Wellington's city councillors have opted not to ban the beggars. The council will look at bringing in kindness meters, where people donate to receptacles around the city instead of to the beggars themselves.
Topics: life and society, politics
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Kindness meters, homelessness
Duration: 3'35"
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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
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RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme
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17:00
RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday 14th April 2016
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Watch Thursday's full programme here.
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17:08
Where does the govt stand on dangerous dogs?
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Associate Minister for Local Government Louise Upton says the government is open to all suggestions in deciding how to deal with dangerous dogs.
Topics: life and society, law
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Tags: government, dogs, dangerous dogs, Dog Laws
Duration: 4'11"
17:13
Banning dogs won't work - SPCA
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Banning particular 'dangerous' breeds of dogs will not help reduce the number of attacks, says Auckland SPCA CEO Andrea Midgeon
Topics: life and society, law
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Tags: government, dogs, dangerous dogs, Dog Laws, SPCA
Duration: 5'10"
17:17
Government questioned over vessels going up for sale
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Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee says the government is looking for a buyer, and would most likely sell them, because they can't handle the big seas beyond New Zealand's 12 mile limit.
Topics: defence force, politics
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Tags: navy, Sale, Inshore Patrol
Duration: 3'14"
17:20
Deputy PM will not apologise for comments
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After labelling New Zealanders hiring off benefits for farm work as "pretty damned useless", deputy Prime Minister Bill English remains unapologetic about his comment.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Comments, Useeless
Duration: 9'50"
17:33
Evening Business for 14 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: 3'04"
17:36
Suzie Bates - the best female cricketer in the world
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White Ferns Captain Suzie Bates, along with Black Cap Kane Williamson, has been named the world's best cricketer. She joins Checkpoint.
Topics: sport
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Tags: cricket, Wisden
Duration: 5'02"
17:41
35 year Cavalier Carpets veteran loses job
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Cavalier carpet workers in Whanganui have been meeting with their employer and their union today, in an attempt to understand what's happening to them.
Topics: life and society
Regions: Whanganui
Tags: Cavalier carpets, job cuts
Duration: 2'57"
17:44
60 minutes crew could still face jail time in Lebanon
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A judge in Lebanon has urged an Australian mother, who travelled to Beirut with a television crew in an attempt to get her children back, to reach a custody agreement with her estranged husband.
Topics: conflict, law
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Tags: 60 Minutes, Lebanon, Tv Crew
Duration: 3'44"
17:48
McCaw joins prestigious group
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Richie McCaw officially joined an elite group of New Zealanders today, accepting his appointment to the Order of New Zealand - the highest honour there is.
Topics: life and society, sport
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Duration: 2'01"
17:50
Auckland man in shock as half of apartment set for removal
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An Auckland man says he's in shock after discovering one half of his ex-state duplex flat in Remuera is about to be removed.
Topics: life and society, housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Duplex, Remuera
Duration: 3'47"
17:54
Climatic conditions cause catastrophic cauliflower costs
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Fans of the humble cauliflower have been wincing at high prices for the vegetable for months - but why? Howe Young joins Checkpoint.
Topics: food, economy
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Tags: cauliflower, prices, NZ Chinese Growers' Association
Duration: 3'31"
18:08
Labour wants urgency on Mossack Fonseca OIO case
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It's been revealed that the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers is involved in an overseas investment land application here in New Zealand.
Topics: law
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Tags: tax, Panama Papers, Mossack Fonseca
Duration: 2'22"
18:08
Police investigating dog attack in Tokoroa
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Police are investigating yet another dog attack - this one in Tokoroa has left a 16-year old boy with serious chest, arm and leg injuries.
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Duration: 1'36"
18:11
Police investigating dog attack in Tokoroa
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Police are investigating yet another dog attack - this one in Tokoroa has left a 16-year old boy with serious chest, arm and leg injuries.
Topics: crime, life and society
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Tags: dog attack, Tokoroa
Duration: 1'36"
18:13
Pitbull Association blames owners, not dogs
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The NZ American Pitbull Association says pitbull attacks receive disproportionate media coverage and there is nothing intrinsically wrong with the breed.
Topics: law, life and society
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Tags: dog attacks, Pitbulls
Duration: 6'14"
18:13
Pensioners nervous over home sell-off plan
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Pensioners living in council housing in Horowhenua are worried they could lose their homes if the council goes ahead with plans to sell off the units.
Topics: housing
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: Horowhenua District Council, Pensioners, Council Housing
Duration: 3'06"
18:22
Controversial Maori land bill hits Parliament
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The Maori Development Minister, Te Ururoa Flavell, will push ahead with his controversial proposals to change the way Maori land is handled.
Topics: te ao Maori, politics
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Tags: Maori Development Minister, Waitangi Tribunal, Ture Whenua Maori Bill
Duration: 3'03"
18:25
NZ looks to cash in on hungry booming middle class in Asia
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By 2025 over 1 billion Asian consumers will move from lower to middle class which means they will have money to spend on things they can't afford now - including more expensive, imported food.
Topics: economy, food
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Tags: High Value Nutrition Conference, Asia, economics, food, export
Duration: 5'01"
18:50
Today In Parliament Thursday 14 April 2016
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New Zealand First MPs follow their deputy leader out the door after Jonathan Coleman, answering Ron Mark's questions about protection of fisheries, calls him a cook and Mister Mark responds by calling the minister a pratt. Some New Zealand First MPs return after Question Time to be the only party to vote against the third and final reading of the Maori Language Te Reo Bill. More questions about the standard of food served to patients of the Southern DHB but this programme guaranteed totally free of any reference to tax havens. ParliamentToday.co.nz
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Duration: 5'10"
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===6:30 PM. | Worldwatch===
=DESCRIPTION=
The stories behind the international headlines
===6:55 PM. | In Parliament===
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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
=DESCRIPTION=
RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information
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19:09
Fossil Parasites
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What does the fossil record reveal about the evolution of 'boneless' parasites? Dr. Tommy Leung from the School of Environmental & Rural Science at the University of New England explains.
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Chances are there are a few parasites hanging around near you, maybe even in you - and they've been hanging around for a while.
Dr Tommy Leung, from the School of Environmental & Rural Science at the University of New England, in New South Wales has been studying the fossil record of ancient parasites.
Which isn't so easy, as parasites are often made of soft tissue which doesn't fossilise easily, but their eggs might, especially if those eggs were laid in a load of fossilised poo - coprolites, as they're known in the trade.
When Dr Leung’s not studying ancient parasites, he's doodling, in fact, his artwork has become quite popular online.
Topics: science
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Tags: fossils, parasites
Duration: 20'41"
20:07
Nights' Culture - Jamaican Music
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Placing the needle on the one drop of riddim, rocksteady, ska and roots and culture with deejay and toaster Miles Buckingham...
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Duration: 19'26"
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7:12 Did T-Rex have worms?
Dr. Tommy Leung from the School of Environmental & Rural Science at the University of New England on whether the fossil record reveals anything about the evolution of 'boneless' parasites.
https://theconversation.com/the-mighty-dinosaurs-were-bugged-by-other-critters-50390
[gallery:1934] Tommy Leung's parasitic (and quasi-scientific) drawings
7:35 At the Movies
Simon Morris looks at two holiday films - The Huntsman - Winter's War, with its high-powered cast, led by Charlize Theron and Emily Blunt… and Zootopia, the latest smash hit from Disney Animation. He also talks to the creators of New Zealand independent film The Great Maiden's Blush - Andrea Bosshard and Shane Loader.
8:12 Nights' Culture - Jamaican Music
Placing the needle on the one drop of riddim, rocksteady, ska and roots and culture with deejay and toaster Miles Buckingham. This week, Augustus Pablo, and Asher & Tremble.
8:30 Window on the World
Peter Taylor reveals how the so-called Islamic State's terror network has been operating secretly in Europe.
9:07 Our Changing World
Changing the way we walk to protect our joints, the launch of dementia prevention research clinics, threatened species and their parasites, the plight of the hoiho, and a walk through a mangrove forest.
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
This week, Sam Wicks speaks with Emily Littler and Billie Rogers about the new Street Chant album 'Hauora', Andrew Savage of Parquet Courts joins Zac Arnold, Auckland-based beatmaker, vocalist and producer Miloux is live in session and a quick catchup with Sergio Vega of Deftones.
... nights' time is the right time...
===7:30 PM. | At The Movies===
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A weekly topical magazine about current film releases and film related topics
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19:30
At the Movies for 14 April 2016
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Simon Morris looks at two holiday films - The Huntsman - Winter's War, with its high-powered cast, led by Charlize Theron and Emily Blunt, and Zootopia, the latest smash hit from Disney Animation. He also talks to the creators of New Zealand independent film The Great Maiden's Blush - Andrea Bosshard and Shane Loader.
Topics: arts
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Tags: film
Duration: 23'56"
19:31
The Huntsman: Winter's War
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Simon reviews the sequel to Snow White And The Huntsman, starring Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt and Chris Hemsworth.
Topics: arts
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Tags: film, The Huntsman
Duration: 5'40"
19:32
Zootopia
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Simon reviews the endlessly surprising animated comedy-drama from Disney Animation.
Topics: arts
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Tags: film, Zootopia
Duration: 6'10"
19:33
Andrea Bosshard and Shane Loader
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Simon talks to the writer-director-producers of the independent New Zealand film, The Great Maiden's Blush.
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Duration: 9'48"
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Featured this week – Huntsman: Winter’s War, starring Chris Hemsworth, and Charlize Theron and Emily Blunt as rival wicked queens.
[embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_x4U3tRfoA
Zootopia is another winner from Disney Animation, about a rookie bunny cop and a streetwise fox.
[embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSXIr6mppSs
Andrea Bosshard and Shane Loader talk about their new independent film. The Great Maiden’s Blush is about two very different recent mothers.
[embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KmQgLATOQk
===8:30 PM. | Windows On The World===
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International public radio features and documentaries
===9:06 PM. | Our Changing World===
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Highlights from the world of science and the environment, with Alison Ballance and Veronika Meduna
===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
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RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National
===11:06 PM. | Music 101===
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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)