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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:

25 May 2016

===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:06 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Insight (RNZ); 1:15 Country Life (RNZ); 2:05 The Forum (BBC); 3:05 Grievous Bodily by Craig Harrison read by John O'Leary (7 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 Diversions (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC) 5:45 The Day in Parliament

===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including: 6:16 and 6:50 Business News 6:18 Pacific News 6:26 Rural News 6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

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06:00
Top Stories for Wednesday 25 May 2016
BODY:
Figures released by Labour shed light on how much home ownership rates have fallen in Auckland. 24 hours out from Budget 2016 we ask John Key just what's in store for those in need of emergency housing. For the first time, leading health organisations are recommending gastric bypass surgery as a direct treatment for diabetes in severely obese patients.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 31'25"

06:06
Sports News for 25 May 2016
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'52"

06:09
French officials raid Paris office of Google
BODY:
Google's headquarters in Paris have been raided by French officials as part of an investigation into tax fraud.
Topics: business, crime
Regions:
Tags: France, Google
Duration: 3'28"

06:13
Tourism report highlights shortage of hotel developments
BODY:
Tourism leaders say the Government may have to step up its role in hotel developments to entice more investors.
Topics: business, politics
Regions:
Tags: tourism
Duration: 3'10"

06:16
Expert calls for data quality push to back bowel screening
BODY:
A medical specialist says more information about quality standards is needed before more screening for bowel cancer gets under way.
Topics: health
Regions:
Tags: bowel cancer
Duration: 2'12"

06:19
Early Business News for 25 May 2016
BODY:
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'40"

06:26
Morning Rural News for 25 May 2016
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'11"

06:38
Government urged to do more in budget to dampen house prices
BODY:
Homeownership rates have fallen in more than 80-percent of the suburbs around Auckland.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags:
Duration: 2'59"

06:43
New research shows Alpine Fault may be worse for Canterbury
BODY:
New research shows that if a major earthquake ruptures the Alpine Fault Christchurch is likely to suffer more intense damage than some areas closer to the fault.
Topics: environment
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: earthquakes
Duration: 2'15"

06:45
Auckland worried about falling rugby numbers
BODY:
New Zealand Rugby has made Auckland a key priority in its five year plan as statistics reveal less than three percent of its population play rugby.
Topics: sport
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: rugby
Duration: 2'29"

06:50
Incentives for hotel investment won't address short-term demand
BODY:
Booming tourism is behind a government plan to boost investment in hotels, but there's doubt if it will help in the short-term.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: tourism
Duration: 2'36"

06:52
Tower confident but coy on full-year outlook
BODY:
Shares in insurance company Tower took a hefty hit yesterday -- falling 12 percent to a near three-month low.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Tower
Duration: 3'08"

06:55
Vista sees two-way street of opportunities in WePiao deal
BODY:
The cinema software company, Vista Group, says the new distribution business it's establishing with China's WePiao is more than just a one-way opportunity to sell software in China.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Vista Group
Duration: 1'46"

06:57
Morning markets for 25 May 2016
BODY:
Wall Street up strongly today -- tech and financial stocks higher -- on bets of an interest rate rise in the United States next month.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'02"

06:58
Business briefs
BODY:
The Taranaki-based, but Australian owned, power and gas distributor PowerCo has reported a slightly reduced full-year profit.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'21"

07:07
Sports News for 25 May 2016
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'19"

07:11
Government urged to do more in budget to dampen house prices
BODY:
Home ownership rates in Auckland are falling dramatically as investors make the most of the property boom.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags:
Duration: 3'25"

07:11
John Key previews Budget 2016
BODY:
A short time ago we spoke with Prime Minister John Key and asked him whether rising house prices remain a priority for the government.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags:
Duration: 8'53"

07:26
Motels for emergency housing 'not a long term solution'
BODY:
The Social Development Minister says entire motels could be leased to help those in need of emergency housing in Auckland.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: motel leasing, homelessness
Duration: 2'29"

07:28
Government plans for 26 new hotels
BODY:
An independent study published yesterday found 26 new hotels, with 4500 beds, need to be built in Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown over the next decade.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: hotels
Duration: 3'56"

07:36
$150k benefit fraud punished with home detention
BODY:
A Nelson woman who racked up almost 150,000 dollars in benefit fraud was this week sentenced to home detention and order to repay $10,000.
Topics: crime
Regions:
Tags: benefit fraud
Duration: 4'28"

07:41
Gastric surgery recommended as direct treatment for diabetes
BODY:
For the first time, leading health organisations are recommending gastric bypass surgery as a direct treatment for diabetes in severely obese patients.
Topics: health
Regions:
Tags: diabetes, gastric bypass surgery
Duration: 3'51"

07:46
Budgeting services set for a major shake up
BODY:
Budgeting services are facing an uncertain future as the Government prepares a major shake up of the sector.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Budgeting services
Duration: 3'44"

07:52
Alpine Fault quake would severely damage Canterbury
BODY:
New research says Canterbury would suffer severe damage in an Alpine Fault earthquake.
Topics: environment, science
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Alpine Fault, earthquake
Duration: 2'57"

07:55
600 tonnes of melted reactor fuel missing from Fukushima
BODY:
The operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant has admitted 600 tonnes of melted reactor fuel is still missing five years on from the disaster.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Japan, Fukushima nuclear plant
Duration: 3'26"

08:07
Sports News for 25 May 2016
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'23"

08:11
Wellington power cut
BODY:
Greg Skelton Wellington Electricity is on the phone.
Topics:
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: power outage
Duration: 2'09"

08:13
Rising homeless numbers prompt public meeting in Tauranga
BODY:
As we heard on Morning Report yesterday Tauranga is booming and house prices are rising. But also rising is the level of homelessness in some parts of the city.
Topics: housing
Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: homelessness
Duration: 4'23"

08:17
Govt accused of failing homeowners
BODY:
The Housing Minister Nick Smith has admitted a greater number of building inspections are failing.
Topics: housing
Regions:
Tags: building inspections
Duration: 5'01"

08:23
Major shake up of budgeting services
BODY:
A major shift is underway for the services responsible for giving budgeting advice to those struggling to make ends meet.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Budgeting services
Duration: 4'04"

08:27
Possible bowel screening move eagerly awaited in Budget
BODY:
There are high hopes in the health sector that wider screening for bowel cancer will get the go-ahead in tomorrow's Budget.
Topics: health, politics
Regions:
Tags: bowel cancer
Duration: 4'44"

08:32
Markets Update for 25 May 2016
BODY:
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 51"

08:38
Auckland on NZR's radar
BODY:
Rugby has long been regarded as New Zealand's national game but the sports's leaders fear it could become irrelevant in the country's biggest city.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: rugby
Duration: 3'32"

08:41
Rescuers honoured for daring feats
BODY:
A helicopter pilot, an off-duty surf life saver and a search and rescue volunteer have been recognised for saving lives during daring feats of rescue.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Search and Rescue Council Awards
Duration: 2'38"

08:46
IGIS says SIS and GCSB still not as open with the public
BODY:
The Inspector General of Intelligence and Security says there is still plenty of scope for New Zealand's spy agencies to be more open with the public about what they do, in order to boost public trust and confidence.
Topics: security
Regions:
Tags: SIS, GCSB
Duration: 3'08"

08:50
MH17 lawyer confident ahead of lawsuit
BODY:
The lawyer acting for families of New Zealand and Australian victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight shot down over Ukraine is confident he can make Russia pay compensation of 10 million dollars per victim.
Topics: law
Regions:
Tags: MH17, Russia
Duration: 3'28"

08:54
12th Festival of Pacific Arts underway in Guam
BODY:
The 12th Festival of Pacific Arts is underway in Guam with 27 Pacific countries and territories participating.
Topics: Pacific
Regions:
Tags: Guam, 12th Festival of Pacific Arts
Duration: 2'49"

08:57
Tauranga artists hopes to "tattoo" sick kids at Starship
BODY:
A Tauranga artist's offer on Facebook to "tattoo" sick children at Starship Hospital has gone viral.
Topics: health
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Starship Hospital, tattoo
Duration: 2'31"

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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: Fitz - The colonial adventures of James Edward Fitzgerald by Jenifer Roberts (3 of 10, RNZ)

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09:08
Should WINZ chase emergency housing debt?
BODY:
The Auckland community law centre says homeless people who've racked up thousands of dollars of debt to Work and Income for emergency housing may be burdened forever. The government says has ruled out a blanket write-off of debts run up by people who have borrowed money from Work and Income to pay for accommodation. But it says from September, some loans for short term emergency housing will not have to be paid back. In the last two weeks it's been revealed that WINZ clients, who are in emergency housing, often in motel rooms, are paying with loans from the government which must be repaid. Darryn Aitchison is a Senior Solicitor with the Auckland Community Law Centre and Alastair Russell from Auckland Action Against Poverty.
Topics: law, housing
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 19'14"

09:32
Government urged to get a move on with youth court review
BODY:
Youth law advocates & academics are calling on the government to move ahead swiftly to raise the youth court age to 18. Cabinet is considering a plan for offenders up to 19 in certain circumstances to be dealt with by the Youth Court, rather than adult courts. This is one of a number of recommendations being considered by Cabinet as part of a review of how children and young people are dealt with by government agencies. The Social Development Minister Anne Tolley says it'll be July before Cabinet considers the issue. Victoria University Senior Law Lecturer, Dr Nessa Lynch, says the change would keep thousands of young people out of the adult court system.
Topics: crime
Regions:
Tags: youth, law
Duration: 11'06"

09:43
Coral death stops fish detecting predators
BODY:
Australia and Swedish researchers studying the Great Barrier Reef have found that damaged coral reefs dull the senses of some marine life. On dead coral, young fish were unable to detect the scent of a predator. Professor Mark McCormick from James Cook University, who is one of the study's co-authors.
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The smell of dead coral from bleaching in reefs off Australia's east coast is having dramatic repercussions for small reef fish, who rely on their sense of smell to learn about and avoid predators, say scientists.
Professor Mark McCormick, who studies coral reef fish at James Cook University, talks with Kathryn Ryan:
The Great Barrier Reef is suffering worst coral bleaching in recorded history with 93% of the World Heritage Site affected.
This recent finding – by a team from Australia and Sweden researching damselfish – is not only bad news for the fish, but the reef itself, because it could seriously threaten the living colonies replenishing.
Read an edited extract of the conversation:
This must break your heart, it must break many people’s hearts, the threat that the reef is under. And first just explain what bleaching is and how it affects the reef.
Mark McCormick: Corals are an animal and they live in symbiosis within algae. So over evolutionary time most of their energy comes from the algae through photosynthesis – it’s producing glycogen and glucose. Consequently when the water temperature increases, the first thing to get stressed is a plant. It starts producing some quite nasty by-products and literally throws out the coral.
Consequently, this poor little animal, the coral – that has evolved to be given food – then has to try and make its own way with somewhat rudimentary tentacles - and can’t do it.
What is causing the bleaching?
Mark McCormick: Sadly, really, you need to put it down to climate change. There’s really good evidence of climate change - whether we’re actually driving it or not is another matter. But certainly the temperatures are going to be record again this month probably. And we’ve had a record heating event across that part of the ocean.
Explain why the dead coral dulls the sense of the damselfish. What is it that they’re not receiving that keeps them healthy?
Mark McCormick: Keep in mind that fish are in water, in the marine environment, and are doing things quite differently than we do on land. Their balance of senses that they use to inform their decisions are quite different. We concentrate on probably vision and hearing most of all, a fish tends to concentrate on vibration and sense of smell, and vision is often obscured – actually a really distant third, probably. For them the sense of smell is critically important.
When you’ve got a healthy coral reef and you pull part of it out of the water, really there’s not that much of a smell to it. When you get a dying or dead coral reef it gets covered in algae… and when you bring it out of the water it really reeks. We’d been working on how fish learn for quite some time and we’ve been bringing some of this coral and dead rubble into the lab. And we got so many complaints from the people that were working with us about the smell, we thought this is probably critically important for the animals, as well.
Topics: environment
Regions:
Tags: Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Coral Bleaching
Duration: 7'02"

09:49
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton
BODY:
Dairy prices. Bank Bill swap rate investigations. Review of 25 year old child murders. Facebook censorship. Election campaigns.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Australia
Duration: 10'09"

10:11
Five winters on Antarctica: Agnieszka Fryckowska
BODY:
Agnieszka Fryckowska has wintered over on the ice for five winters - working for the British Antarctic Survey as a meterologist and base camp manager. Her longest stretch was 34 months on end, over three winters, with just a handful of others and only three hours of twilight a day. Agnieskza finished up with the British Antarctic Service a year ago - she's now living in Northumberland in northern England, where she's a trainee pilot.Last month, she was awarded a Polar Medal from Prince William for her work for the British Antarctic Survey in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
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Agnieszka Fryckowska has wintered over on the ice for five winters - working for the British Antarctic Survey as a meterologist and base camp manager. Her longest stretch was 34 months on end, over three winters, with just a handful of others and only three hours of twilight a day. Agnieskza finished up with the British Antarctic Service a year ago - she's now living in Northumberland in northern England, where she's a trainee pilot. Last month, she was awarded a Polar Medal from Prince William for her work for the British Antarctic Survey in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
Read an edited excerpt of the interview below:
What is it about the place that has addicted you to it?
It’s a mixture. Not only is it an amazing environment to live in, in terms of all of the things that you get to see; it’s so pristine, so untouched, but it’s the people that you work with and the things that we do. It’s back to basics and relying on each other. And then also working towards the same goal, which is just to get good science.
Where did you first get the Antarctica bug?
It actually began at Otago University. One of my lecturers there would go to the Antarctic for his science every year and taught alpine geology and I thought that was the most amazing thing ever. I didn’t realise you could do that. So that got me started.
I came to the UK to get into the environmental sector and saw that the British Antarctic Survey had a post as a meteorologist. I did climatology and meteorology in my degree, so I thought that maybe I could give this a go. I did apply and I didn’t get an interview. It took me another 10 years until I reapplied, after a Masters, and yeah, got the job!
How did you first placement on Antarctica end up being 34 months long?
Well, when I went for the interview for the job, they actually advertised it as 18 months or 34 months, so I went with my head thinking, ‘I might be able to do 18 months’, but they informed me that, ‘No, it’s 34 months’. Now that's at the interview stage. You’ve got to sit and decide whether you can mentally and emotionally cope with that.
And on the spot you said, ‘I am not missing this.’
Absolutely. It’s such a tough job to try to get, I was not missing out on that opportunity.
What was your first winter in Antarctica like?
I was so excited. I knew I was doing two winters and I couldn’t wait. It’s like a child in a candy shop and you want everything at once. I didn’t know where to start. But there is such a routine of things that occur in the winter and it’s very special for the winterers. There are lots of things that we do. Mid-winters day is the biggest thing, so you make presents for each other, it’s like Secret Santa. There are so many activities going on that you don’t realise what you are entering into until you’re in it, and then you’re coming out of it again. I was just trying to absorb everything that I could.
What were some of the ways that the constant darkness that affected you?
I think, as I say, the activities are there to try and keep us happy, but post mid-winter when a lot of the excitement is gone and there is a little bit of drudgery, you really go, ‘Oh wow, can I really do another one of these?’ and you have to find your own way to get through that. You’ll go out one day and you’ll have an amazing, huge moon and the stars are everywhere and you think, ‘I couldn’t miss out on this actually, this is pretty cool’, so you think that you can put up with anything.
Topics: science, climate, weather
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 23'54"

10:38
Book review - We'll Always Have Paris by Emma Beddington
BODY:
Reviewed by Leah McFall, published by Macmillan.
Topics: books
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 6'13"

11:06
Marty Duda's artist of the week
BODY:
Six years after her previous album, British soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae has re-emerged with her third album, The Heart Speaks In Whispers. One of the reasons for the delay between releases was the untimely death of her husband in 2008. After immersing herself in the release of The Sea in 2010 and its subsequent world tour, Rae laid low for several years. Now, she's back with a new collection of infectious neo-soul tunes.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Marty Duda, Corinne Bailey Rae, music
Duration: 20'31"

11:27
Don't Judge a Book by its Cover. The Human Library.
BODY:
Welcome to the Human Library, a place where people are the books on loan to readers. Founded in Denmark in 2000, it has now spread to over 70 countries worldwide. Kathryn Ryan talks to Chloe Wright, the CEO of the Wright Foundation about bringing the event to Tauranga's Escape! Arts Festival and to Mike Brown who is one of the 'books' who will be on loan.
Topics: life and society, identity
Regions:
Tags: library
Duration: 18'06"

11:46
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
BODY:
The dangers of salt. Sudies on flys and sleep.
Topics: science
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 13'21"

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09:05 Should WINZ chase emergency housing debt?
The Auckland community law centre says homeless people who've racked up thousands of dollars of debt to Work and Income for emergency housing may be burdened forever. The government says has ruled out a blanket write-off of debts run up by people who have borrowed money from Work and Income to pay for accommodation. But it says from September, some loans for short term emergency housing will not have to be paid back. In the last two weeks it's been revealed that WINZ clients, who are in emergency housing, often in motel rooms, are paying with loans from the government which must be repaid. Darryn Aitchison is a Senior Solicitor with the Auckland Community Law Centre and Alastair Russell from Auckland Action Against Poverty.
09:20 Government urged to get a move on with youth court review
Youth law advocates & academics are calling on the government to move ahead swiftly to raise the youth court age to 18. Cabinet is considering a plan for offenders up to 19 in certain circumstances to be dealt with by the Youth Court, rather than adult courts. This is one of a number of recommendations being considered by Cabinet as part of a review of how children and young people are dealt with by government agencies. The Social Development Minister Anne Tolley says it'll be July before Cabinet considers the issue. Victoria University Senior Law Lecturer, Dr Nessa Lynch, says the change would keep thousands of young people out of the adult court system.
09:30 Coral death stops fish detecting predators
Researchers from Australia and Sweden, who've been studying The Great Barrier Reef, have found that damaged coral reefs dull the senses of some marine life. On dead coral, young fish were unable to detect the scent of a predator.
Professor Mark McCormick is from James Cook University and is one of the study's co-authors.
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09:45 Australia correspondent Karen Middleton
10:05 Five winters on Antarctica: NZ meterologist Agnieszka Fryckowska
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Agnieszka Fryckowska has wintered over on the ice for five winters - working for the British Antarctic Survey as a meterologist and base camp manager. Her longest stretch was 34 months on end, over three winters, with just a handful of others and only three hours of twilight a day. Agnieskza finished up with the British Antarctic Service a year ago - she's now living in Northumberland in northern England, where she's a trainee pilot.Last month, she was awarded a Polar Medal from Prince William for her work for the British Antarctic Survey in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
10:35 Book review - We'll Always Have Paris by Emma Beddington
reviewed by Leah McFall, published by Macmillan
10:45 The Reading
Fitz by Jenifer Roberts, read by Owen Scott. Part 3 of 10.
11:05 Marty Duda's artist of the week
Six years after her previous album, British soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae has re-emerged with her third album, The Heart Speaks In Whispers. One of the reasons for the delay between releases was the untimely death of her husband in 2008. After immersing herself in the release of The Sea in 2010 and its subsequent world tour, Rae laid low for several years. Now, she’s back with a new collection of infectious neo-soul tunes.
11:20 Don't Judge a Book by its Cover. The Human Library.
Welcome to the Human Library, a place where people are the books on loan to readers. Founded in Denmark in 2000, it has now spread to over 70 countries worldwide.
Kathryn Ryan talks to Chloe Wright, the CEO of the Wright Foundation about bringing the event to Tauranga's Escape! Arts Festival and to Mike Brown who is one of the 'books' who will be on loan.
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11:45 Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles

=PLAYLIST=

Artist: Broken Bells
Song: The High Road
Composer: Mercer/Burton
Album: Broken Bells
Label: Sony
Time: 0930

Artist: Bella Kalolo
Song: Good Things ( off-log)
Composer:
Album:
Label:
Time: 10:07

Artist: Diana Krall
Song: Charmed Life
Composer: Krall
Album: Australasian Tour Edition CD
Label: Verve
Time: 10:35

===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 25 May 2016
BODY:
It's revealed a mental health patient was missing two days before searches began. United Nations reviews country's performance as children sleep in cars and garages.
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Duration: 15'22"

12:17
AFT reports a slightly larger full year loss
BODY:
Listed drug maker AFT Pharmaceuticals has reported a slightly larger full year loss as it spends on research and market expansion.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags:
Duration: 2'06"

12:18
Arvida profit above IPO forecast
BODY:
The listed retirement village operator, Arvida Group, has reported a better than expected full-year result, helped by acquisitions and demand for aged care.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags:
Duration: 1'29"

12:21
Zespri reports a strong season
BODY:
The kiwifruit exporter, Zespri, has had a strong season with growth in sales volumes and profits.
Topics: business, economy, rural
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Tags: kiwifruit
Duration: 1'17"

12:22
Midday Markets for 25 May 2016
BODY:
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: 2'24"

12:24
Comvita takes a half share of Putake to secure honey supply
BODY:
The health products and honey company, Comvita, is buying half a stake in a business owned by the Blenheim-based apiary management business, Putake Group, for $2 million.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags:
Duration: 1'03"

12:24
Comvita takes a half share of Putake to secure honey supply
BODY:
The health products and honey company, Comvita, is buying half a stake in a business owned by the Blenheim-based apiary management business, Putake Group, for $2 million.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'03"

12:27
Midday Sports News for 25 May 2016
BODY:
Triathlon New Zealand names squad for Rio.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Olympics, Rio 2016
Duration: 2'27"

12:35
Midday Rural News for 25 May 2016
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Tags:
Duration: 9'40"

=SHOW NOTES=

===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)

=AUDIO=

13:10
Island Bay cycleway dug up?
BODY:
The $1.7 million Island Bay cycleway and new road layout was only completed three months ago, but part of it has now been dug up.
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The $1.7 million Island Bay cycleway and new road lay out was only completed three months ago, but part of it has now been dug up.
It is not due to the strong opposition to the cycle way from members of the Island Bay community, it is because the council is resealing the road. It plans to put it all back again afterwards. The cycle way spans 1.7 kilometres of The Parade, from Wakefield Park to Shorland Park by the sea. It sits between the kerb and parked cars to keep cyclists safer, but many locals have complained that this has made the road more dangerous, as cars are now parked right against a busy road.
Southern Ward councillor, Paul Eagle says it is a debacle and a total waste of money to dig up the road just a month before a safety audit into the cycle way is to be completed, and if there were concerns about the road the resealing should have been done while the new road layout was being done earlier in the year.
However, Councillor Andy Foster has rejected some of the claims made by Paul Eagle. Councillor Foster says the whole road is not being ‘dug up’ – the central section of the roadway is being rotomilled and then resealed, as is normal practice. A section of approx. 250 metres, between Avon and Tamar streets, is being resurfaced. The total length of the cycleway is almost 2 kilometres.
He says this is because the road surface is breaking up in places and is becoming dangerously slick in other places. The resurfacing was not originally intended to be done until reviews on the layout, safety and performance of the new Island Bay cycleway had been completed – however there are concerns the surface will break up over winter. Cr Foster says the council is aiming to get in and do the work before temperatures drop too much for the effective laying of asphalt.
And he says Cr Eagle is wrong when he claims solvents were used to remove paint from the surface, this is done via waterblasting.

Topics: transport
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Island Bay cycleway
Duration: 11'56"

13:27
Low cut ball dress ban
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An Auckland girls college has sparked controversy over its new guidelines for what its students can wear at their school ball.
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An Auckland girls college has sparked controversy over its new guidelines for what its students can wear at their school ball.
A petition has been launched against St Dominic's new rules, and so far it has nearly 5-thousand signatures.
According to the petition, students have been told that no cleavage can be shown at all, the back of the dress cannot go below the armpit, and a split in the dress can only go up to the knee.
The Principal of St Dominics, Carol Coddington tells Jesse Mulligan that the rules are about dressing appropriately.

Topics: education
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: school balls
Duration: 7'13"

13:36
Sound Archives: The hit parades
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Depending on your age - and where in the country you lived - you might remember tuning in to The Lever Hit Parade, The Fabulous 50 or maybe Kasey Casem's American Top 40. Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & Vision takes us back through some of those music chart shows.
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Depending on your age - and where in the country you lived - you might remember tuning in to "The Lever Hit Parade", "The Fabulous 50" or maybe "Kasey Casem's American Top 40."
Sarah Johnston from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision takes us back through some of those music chart shows.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Nga Taonga Sound & Vision
Duration: 10'50"

13:40
Favourite Album - Irish Tour '74
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Phil O'Donoghue chooses Rory Gallagher's Irish Tour '74.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Rory Gallagher
Duration: 13'14"

14:10
Fat lot of good
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We've been told for years that high fat diets are bad. Then came the Atkins diet which said the opposite. There's new advice confirming we should be eating more fat, and that it will help us lose weight. A new report from two UK health charities says the current dietary advice of a a low fat, high carbohydrate diet is having "disastrous health consequences".
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We've been told for years that high-fat diets are bad. Then came the Atkins diet which said the opposite.
There's new advice confirming we should be eating more fat, and that it will help us lose weight.
A new report from two UK health charities says the current dietary advice of a low fat, high carbohydrate diet is having "disastrous health consequences.
The report, titled Eat Fat, Cut The Carbs and Avoid Snacking To Reverse Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes, was published by the Public Health Collaboration and the National Obesity Foundation, two UK-based charities.
But experts in New Zealand and in the UK say it’s not that simple.
Otago University Nutrition Professor Jim Mann of talks to Jesse Mulligan.
Read an edited snapshot of their conversation
Who are the Public Health Collaboration and the National Obesity Foundation? What do you know about them?
Jim Mann: Actually the short answer is not a lot. But not only do I know no a lot but nobody knows about them because they’re actually a self-selected group of people, most of whom have never researched in this area, but who believe in high-fat diets for whatever reason. And I think it’s important to realise their report has not been peer-reviewed, it has not been published in any scientific journal and this group don’t actually represent any professional organisation or group of individuals other than themselves.
Why is there so much conflicting information around what should be a straight forward topic?
This is a brilliant question. I wish I knew the answer in full. But at least in part, number one, there is a vested interest. There is no question a vested interest underlies a lot of this controversy. Secondly, I think people have always thought themselves as experts in nutrition. I mean everyone’s an expert in nutrition because everybody eats. And people acquire views that may be right, and they may be wrong, and they may also acquire views based on short-term observations and I think this is where this high-fat thing has started. There’s no doubt that high-fat diets help people to lose weight in the short term. Some of the weight they lose is water. Some of the weight they lose is actually because when you cut out fat you tend to cut out sugar as well, because a lot of fat and sugar tends to go together. It is also quite a novel diet compared with some of the other diets around….
But if you look at the long-term studies, which are ignored in this so-called report, [they] actually show that whether people lose weight in the long term is whether they follow the diet that they’re trying to follow, whether that’s high in fat, or carbohydrates, or whatever. You lose weight when you reduce calories to a lower level than is compatible with your level of physical activity.
So there is actually nothing in it in the long term as far as weight is concerned.
Sugar is a big enemy at the moment, has your thinking around sugar changed over the course of your career?
Jesse, I did my PHD in sugar in the mid-1970s and we actually said the exact thing in the mid-1970s that we’re saying now – sugar should be as low as you can possibly keep it. The World Health Organisation has just issued guidelines which really clarify that if you don’t want to be overweight and you don’t want rotten teeth and you don’t want all the consequences of being overweight you really need to keep sugar to definitely below 10 percent of your calories and ideally below five percent.
Topics: food, health
Regions:
Tags: Otago University
Duration: 9'47"

14:35
Bookmarks: Photographer Nikki Denholm
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Photographer Nikki Denholm has seen much of her life through a camera lens. Over the last two decades her work has taken her to some of the world's most depraved areas. From the orphanages of war-torn Ethiopia to the alleyway brothels of India; her images capture injustice's, indignity and even the beauty of her subjects. Nikki talks to Jesse Mulligan about her unusual life story and shares with us some of her favourite things.
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Photographer Nikki Denholm has seen much of her life through a camera lens. Over the last two decades her work has taken her to some of the world's most depraved areas. From the orphanages of war-torn Ethiopia to the alleyway brothels of India; her images capture injustice's, indignity and even the beauty of her subjects.
Nikki talks to Jesse about her unusual life story and shares with us some of her favourite things
Topics: arts, music
Regions:
Tags: photography, Tracy Chapman, Lukas Graham, Dave Eggars, Amanda Lindhout, Malcolm Gladwell, Nicholas Kristophesen, Sebastio Salgado, Jonas Bendickson Magnum
Duration: 38'43"

15:25
Geoffonomics: Ghost houses
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Geoff Simmons of the Morgan Foundation on the housing crisis and the impact of "ghost" houses.
Topics: housing
Regions:
Tags: economics
Duration: 14'42"

15:25
The history of beards and moustaches in NZ
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Bearded hipsters are an everyday sight in cities like Wellington. Male facial hair has made a comeback in recent years, including Movember. But beards and moustaches are nothing new for this nation. Grant Morris of Victoria University's law faculty looks back on the history of beards and moustaches in New Zealand.
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Bearded hipsters are an everyday sight in cities like Wellington. Male facial hair has made a comeback in recent years, including Movember.
But beards and moustaches are nothing new for this nation.
Grant Morris of Victoria University's law faculty looks back on the history of beards and moustaches in New Zealand.
He talks to Jesse Mulligan.
Topics: history, law
Regions:
Tags: Victoria University, beards, moustaches, facial grooming
Duration: 9'34"

15:25
The Wireless: When your phone tells you beauty = whiteness
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Mava Moayyed of The Wireless talks about her recent piece on how Huawei smartphones include a troubling "beauty" function that can automatically adjust every self-portrait.
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Mava Moayyed of The Wireless talks about her recent piece on how Huawei smartphones include a troubling “beauty” function that can automatically adjust every self-portrait.
Topics: technology
Regions:
Tags: smart phones, apps, beauty
Duration: 3'22"

15:46
The Panel pre-show for 25 May 2016
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'13"

21:45
Healthy homes: a breath of fresh air
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Veronika Meduna joins BRANZ physicist Manfred Plagmann as he equips a home with sensors that track how heat and moisture move through the rooms.
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One hundred New Zealand homes are part of an international research project to monitor how people ventilate their houses, how that controls moisture build-up and how much heat may be lost in the process.
BRANZ has joined an international ventilation research project, under the umbrella of the International Energy Agency, which equips homes with several sensors that track how moisture and temperature move through rooms, while at the same time monitoring how often occupants open their internal doors and windows.
Homes from across New Zealand are part of this study to capture any climatically driven differences in behaviour. Room temperatures, relative humidity and ventilation behaviour during winter is of primary interest, but some homes will also be looked at over the summer.
This project builds on earlier BRANZ research that found that newer homes are more air tight than older buildings. About 200 houses, throughout the country and of different ages, were tested and showed that in buildings from the 1940s air infiltration through strip lining and gaps under front doors provided most of the ventilation.
In more modern homes, it’s important that home owners open windows to allow air to circulate and to reduce moisture build-up, but in winter, that can come at the cost of heat loss.

Topics: science, health
Regions:
Tags: BRANZ, ventilation, heating, damp housing
Duration: 12'47"

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1:10 First song
1:17 Island Bay cycleway dug up
The $1.7 million Island Bay cycle way was only completed three months ago, but half of it has now been dug up. However it is not due to the strong opposition to the cycle way from members of the Island Bay community, it is because the council is resealing the road. It plans to put it all back again afterwards.
The cycle way spans 1.7 kilometres of The Parade, from Wakefield Park to Shorland Park by the sea. It sits between the kerb and parked cars to keep cyclists safer, but many locals have complained that this has made the road more dangerous, as cars are now parked right against a busy road, and many parked cars have had their wing mirrors knocked off by buses.
Southern Ward councillor, Paul Eagle says it is a debacle and a total waste of money to dig up the road just a month before a safety audit into the cycle way is to be completed
1:27 Low cut ball dress ban
An Auckland girls college has sparked controversy over its new guidelines for what its students can wear at their school ball.
The principal of St Dominics College, Carol Coddington
1:35 Sound Archives: The hit parades
Depending on your age - and where in the country you lived - you might remember tuning in to "The Lever Hit Parade", "The Fabulous 50" or maybe "Kasey Casem's American Top 40."
Sarah Johnston from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision takes us back through some of those music chart shows.
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1:40 Favourite album
2:20 Bookmarks: Photographer Nikki Denholm
Photographer Nikki Denholm has seen much of her life through a camera lens. Over the last two decades her work has taken her to some of the world's most depraved areas. From the orphanages of war-torn Ethiopia to the alleyway brothels of India; her images capture injustice's, indignity and even the beauty of her subjects.
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Nikki talks to Jesse about her unusual life story and shares with us some of her favourite things
3:10 Geoffonomics: Ghost houses
Geoff Simmons of the Morgan Foundation on the housing crisis and the impact of "ghost" houses.
3:25 The history of beards and moustaches in NZ
Bearded hipsters are an everyday sight in cities like Wellington. Male facial hair has made a comeback in recent years, including Movember. But beards and moustaches are nothing new for this nation.
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Grant Morris of Victoria University's law faculty looks back on the history of beards and moustaches in New Zealand
3:25 The Wireless: When your phone tells you beauty = whiteness
Mava Moayyed of The Wireless talks about her recent piece on how Huawei smartphones include a troubling “beauty” function that can automatically adjust every self-portrait.
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3:35 New Zealand Society
Tales of life in Aotearoa.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show

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JESSE MULLIGAN : AFTERNOONS 1- 4pm
Wednesday May 25th
JESSE'S SONG:
ARTIST: Bob Dylan
TITLE: Baby Stop Crying
COMP: Bob Dylan
ALBUM: Street Legal
LIVE: Columbia
FAVOURITE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Rory Gallagher
TITLE: Cradle Rock
COMP: Rory Gallagher
ALBUM: Rory Gallagher. Irish Tour '74
LABEL: Polydor
ARTIST: Rory Gallagher
TITLE: As The Crow Flies
COMP: Tony Joe White
ALBUM: Rory Gallagher. Irish Tour '74
LABEL: Polydor
BOOKMARKS: Nikki Denholm
ARTIST: Tracy Chapman
TITLE: Fast Car (Original version)
COMP: Tracy Chapman
ALBUM: Tracy Chapman
LABEL: Elektra
ARTIST: Lukas Graham
TITLE: 7 Years
COMP: Lukas Forchammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Ristorp, Morten Pilegaard
ALBUM: Lukas Graham (Blue Album)
LABEL: Warner
ARTIST: Laura Mvula
TITLE: Green Garden
COMP: Laura Mvula
ALBUM: Sing To The Moon
LABEL: RCA
THE PANEL HALF-TIME SONG:
ARTIST: Bernard Breslaw
TITLE: You Need Feet
COMP: Roy Irwin
ALBUM: Single
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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15:46
The Panel pre-show for 25 May 2016
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'13"

16:02
The Panel with Ella Henry and Josie McNaught (Part 1)
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Lower Hutt has introduced a ban on smoking in public places; the Auckland housing crisis is throwing up new issues; and accusations Auckland councillors being gagged over Unitary Plan.
Topics:
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags:
Duration: 26'49"

16:04
The Panel with Ella Henry and Josie McNaught (Part 2)
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What the Panelists Ella Henry and Josie McNaught have been thinking about. Major research which included a cohort of children from New Zealand reports that school pupils with no shoes on 'do better in the classroom'. Windows 10 is under fire for "nasty trick". Facebook apologises after deeming plus sized woman undesirable. Johnny Depp throws out insults at Barnaby Joyce over his dogs.
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Duration: 24'03"

16:10
Intro
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What the Panelists Ella Henry and Josie McNaught have been up to.
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Duration: 3'33"

16:12
Lower Hutt has introduced a ban on smoking in public places
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Public places to be smokefree in Lower Hutt after a new policy was passed by the council last night.
Topics: health, law
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: smoking
Duration: 3'17"

16:22
The Auckland housing crisis is throwing up new issues
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Mark Graham, Building Guide publisher, joins the discussion on dodgy products being used in houses as well as the cost of building a home.
Topics: housing, inequality
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 12'01"

16:25
Accusations councillors being gagged over Unitary Plan
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Local government expert and senior law lecturer, Dean Knight, joins the discussion on Auckland councillors being told what they can and can't talk about.
Topics: politics, law
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags:
Duration: 7'54"

16:35
Panel Says
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What the Panelists Ella Henry and Josie McNaught have been thinking about.
Topics:
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags:
Duration: 5'26"

16:36
Shoes or not?
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Major research which included a cohort of children from New Zealand reports that school pupils with no shoes on 'do better in the classroom'.
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Duration: 8'13"

16:49
Windows 10 is under fire for "nasty trick"
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IT expert Sean O'Connor is on the panel to discuss what the problem is with Windows 10.
Topics: technology
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Tags:
Duration: 5'40"

16:56
Facebook apologises after deeming plus sized woman undesirable
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An apology has been given to a plus sized model from Facebook which initially banned her photos after deeming the images to depict "body parts in an undesirable manner".
Topics: technology
Regions:
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Duration: 3'42"

16:58
Johnny Depp throws out insults at Barnaby Joyce over his dogs
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Actor Johnny Depp takes a swipe at Barnaby Joyce after he threatened his dogs which slipped into Australia in breach of biosecurity laws.
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Tags: biosecurity, Australia, Johnny Depp, Barnaby Joyce
Duration: 50"

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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
Checkpoint with John Campbell, Wednesday 25th May 2016
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Watch the full programme here. It begins 5 minutes in.
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Duration: 00"

17:10
Up to $5000 - to leave Auckland
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The government is offering people living in Auckland state housing or on its streets up to $5000 to leave the city and move to the regions.
Topics: housing, inequality
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags:
Duration: 3'31"

17:14
Do regional mayors support Auckland exodus grant?
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New Plymouth Mayor Andrew Judd joins Checkpoint to discuss the Government's proposal to give grants to those in social housing prepared to leave Auckland?
Topics: housing, inequality, politics
Regions: Taranaki, Auckland Region
Tags:
Duration: 3'35"

17:17
Govt accused of UN Rights of Child breach
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As homeless children live in cars and garages, the government has been accused of breaching its obligations under the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child.
Topics: inequality, politics
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Tags: UN
Duration: 3'18"

17:20
Budget to be unveiled tomorrow afternoon
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Finance Minister Bill English is remaining typically tight-lipped about what's in the budget, though a few announcements have already been made.
Topics: economy, politics
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Tags: Budget 2016
Duration: 3'14"

17:23
Police errors found in watchdog investigation
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The police watchdog has outlined many mistakes that led to police failing to search for a suicidal man whose body was eventually found by a member of the public in the Waikato River.
Topics:
Regions: Waikato
Tags: police
Duration: 3'42"

17:27
Melanoma patients seek early funded access to Opdivo
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Anxious patients with advanced melanoma are pushing for temporary access to the drug Opdivo while awaiting long-term decisions.
Topics: health
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Tags: Pharmac, Opdivo
Duration: 3'41"

17:33
Evening Business for 25 May 2016
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News from the business sector including a market report.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'39"

17:33
Evening Business for 25 May 2016
BODY:
News from the business sector including a market report.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'39"

17:40
Home insulation funding 'drying up'
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A programme to help insulate high-priority homes in Auckland says there is a large waiting list, but funding is drying up.
Topics: housing, inequality
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags:
Duration: 6'34"

17:44
Supergold cardholders switch for Akld Transport
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Auckland Transport is in a race against time to get Supergold cardholders to switch to its AT-HOP cards if they want to keep their free travel concessions.
Topics: transport
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: elderly, gold card, AT-Hop cards
Duration: 3'14"

17:47
Sports News for 25 May 2016
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The Warriors National Rugby League club has been thrown into further dissaray today with the announcement out-of-favour centre Konrad Hurrell has been axed from the team. And the Sevens will stay in Wellington.
Topics: sport
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Rugby Sevens, rugby league
Duration: 6'20"

17:55
House sales rocket in Patea
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Perhaps best known for the out of nowhere number one single, Poi E, Patea is enjoying a real estate boom as investors extend their tendrils around the country.
Topics: housing, music
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Tags: Poi E
Duration: 3'59"

17:57
Row over Catholic School's ball dress code
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A storm is brewing at an Auckland Catholic girls' school over the dress code for the ball. Year 12 and 13 students at St Dominics College have been given a list of rules for their dresses - no cleavage, no backs on show, and no slits above the knee. But more than five thousand people have signed a petition calling for the rules to be scrapped.
Topics: education
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags:
Duration: 1'46"

18:08
Minister confirms plans to pay tenants to leave Auckland
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The Social Housing Minister has announced a $5000 grant to encourage people to move into empty state houses in cities other than Auckland.
Topics: housing
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Duration: 3'33"

18:14
Marae opens doors for family in need
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Te Puea marae in Mangere has established a support programme to help those sleeping in cars and garages and on the street and four families have already come for help.
Topics: te ao Maori, inequality, housing
Regions: Auckland Region
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Duration: 2'30"

18:19
Texan finds solution to homelessness in Austin
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As the entire country confronts homelessness, emergency housing, overcrowding, and the best Government responses to it, an American man has found a solution to housing homeless people in Austin, Texas.
Topics: housing
Regions:
Tags: inequality, USA, Texas
Duration: 8'17"

18:22
Sevens will remain in Wellington for another three years
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The Wellington Sevens will remain in the capital for another three years. Wellington had been under pressure to hold onto the tournament after falling spectator numbers in recent years.
Topics: sport
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Rugby Sevens
Duration: 2'19"

18:52
Today In Parliament for 25 May 2016
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Tomorrow's budget dominates questions to ministers; Prime Minister continues to face questions about housing from Labour leader Andrew Little; Health Committee hears evidence on petition calling for a ban on smoking in cars; Law and Order Committee receives petition calling on the Minister and Commissioner of Police to ensure a Police Officer be resident in the town of Ross on the South Island's West Coast.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 5'14"

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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

=AUDIO=

19:12
Macular Degeneration
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Macular Degeneration NZ's Chairperson Dr Dianne Sharp is warning of a tsunami of blindness as the New Zealand population ages. We'll talk about a simple sight test you can do at home.
Topics: health, education, disability
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Tags: blindness, macular degeneration, Macular Degeneration NZ
Duration: 24'22"

20:12
Nights' Overseas Reports - France & Italy
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France's 35 hour work week under threat, sexual harrassment allegations against a senior MP, and could 3 eggs a day be the secret to a long life? Italian born Euronews journalist Eri Garuti with the latest from France and Italy.
Topics: life and society, politics
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Tags: France, Italy, current affairs
Duration: 17'22"

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7:12 Macular Degeneration
Ophthalmologist Dr Dianne Sharp is warning of a tsunami of blindness as the population ages, with Macular Degeneration affecting one in seven New Zealanders over 50. We'll talk about the disease, treatment, and the simple test you can do at home to see if you're at risk.
7:30 Spectrum
Circus Kumarani - They come to Dargaville's Circus Kumarani once a week to hone their talents and leave their disabilities at the door. David Steemson finds out more.
8:12 Nights' Overseas Reports - France & Italy
France's 35 hour work week under threat, sexual harassment allegations against a senior MP, and could 3 eggs a day be the secret to a long life? Italian born Euronews journalist Eri Garuti with the latest from France and Italy.
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8:30 Window on the World
St Louis Chess - David Edmonds tells the strange story of how a mid-western city in Missouri, United States, has become a world centre for the game of chess. St Louis is one of America's most segregated cities and has most recently been in the news for race riots which erupted when an unarmed black man was shot by police. Can the game of chess serve to lessen racial tension and unite its citizens across the board?

9:07 The Drama Hour
The twenty-fifth of April: a true fiction - What if? If only? The past is the past, but what other choices might we have made and where might we be as a consequence of such choices? 25th April is a significant day, a day of remembrance and reflection. Might it have been just as significant, but for a different reason? Might it have been, indeed, a day of celebration.
10:17 Late Edition
A round up of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Date Line Pacific from RNZ International
11:07 At the Eleventh Hour
A short history of Jazz - This eight part series guides listeners on a historical path, tracing the evolution of jazz from its beginnings in the early 1900s, up until the 1990s and beyond. During the course of the series, we hear the story of jazz; learn about how it developed structurally and harmonically, and find out about the social context behind everything. It is brought to you by some of New Zealand's greatest jazz thinkers and players, all lecturers and graduates of the New Zealand School of Music

===7:35 PM. | Spectrum===
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They come to Dargaville's Circus Kumarani once a week , and leave their disabilities behind. A dozen from two local trusts learn juggling, stilt walking, acrobatics, rope work, and they even play with fire. This troupe is preparing for its annual fire spectacular, marking Matariki next month (RNZ)

===8:30 PM. | Windows On The World===
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International public radio features and documentaries

===9:06 PM. | None (National)===
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A drama in the 'mockumentary' style telling the story of a New Zealander - a would be war poet who is badly wounded at Gallipoli and returns home to become a figurehead and rallying point for the anti-war movement (RNZ)

===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
=DESCRIPTION=

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

===11:06 PM. | None (National)===
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