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26 May 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 Grievous Bodily by Craig Harrison read by John O'Leary (8 of 15, 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 26 May 2016
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It's Budget Day -- our political editor Jane Patterson and economics correspondent Patrick O'Meara look at what might be in store. Homeless people in Auckland scoff at the Government's cash incentive to move and Helen Clark's leadership style is under fire as she campaigns for the UN top job
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Duration: 29'49"
06:05
Sports News for 26 May 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'51"
06:09
New deal to help Greek economy.
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After extensive talks in Brussels, Greece has agreed to a deal to access a further 10.3 Billion euros in loans.
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Tags: Greece
Duration: 2'53"
06:14
Million dollar legal battle delays cycle trail project
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A million dollar legal battle is delaying completion of the Around the Mountains Cycle Trail in Southland, on top of costs which have already taken the project almost six million dollars over budget.
Topics: environment
Regions: Southland
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Duration: 2'08"
06:20
Early Business News for 26 May 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'19"
06:26
Morning Rural News for 26 May 2016
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News from the rural and farming sector
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'18"
06:39
Paula Bennett denies blindsiding Finance Minister
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The Social Housing Minister says she doesn't need Cabinet approval to give state housing tenants and homeless in Auckland up to five-thousand dollars to move to the regions.
Topics: politics, housing
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Duration: 1'54"
06:43
Chch residents frustrated at being shut out
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Christchurch residents frustrated at being shut out the decision making on the future of Chirstchurch's redzone are calling for more consultation from the new agency in charge of the area.
Topics: housing
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: redzone
Duration: 2'36"
06:50
Jade Software makes another FY net loss with flat revenue
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The software firm, Jade, says it expects to see a 10 to 20 percent increase in revenue this financial year, but is still expecting to make another loss this year, and possibly the year after as well.
Topics: business
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Tags: Jade
Duration: 1'53"
06:52
AFT hitches wagon to Maxigesic
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Recently-listed drug maker AFT Pharmaceuticals is banking on its main product, the painkiller Maxigesic, to drive the company's fortunes over the coming year.
Topics: business
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Tags: AFT Pharmaceuticals
Duration: 1'47"
06:54
Arvida targets development opportunities
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The listed retirement village operator, Arvida Group, is eyeing new green field developments for growth.
Topics: business
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Tags: Arvida Group
Duration: 1'41"
06:55
Investing in young workers important for future business
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A visiting expert on corporate culture and leadership says there are big gaps in businesses' investment in developing younger staff.
Topics: business
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Tags: John Mattone
Duration: 2'04"
06:57
Z Energy still pikcing $25-30 mln savings from Caltex merger
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Z Energy is still banking on savings of up to 30 million dollars when it takes control of the Caltex petrol station network next month.
Topics: business
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Tags: Z Energy
Duration: 55"
06:58
Morning markets for 26 May 2016
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Wall Street tracking higher on rising oil prices, with investors more open to the idea of interest rate rises in the United States earlier than first thought.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'00"
07:07
Sports News for 26 May 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'15"
07:11
New Zealanders have their say on Budget 2016
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It's Budget Day and the Finance Minister, Bill English, will deliver his eighth amid signs the economy has picked up pace.
Topics: politics
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Tags: budget
Duration: 3'49"
07:14
RNZ correspondents talk about what they're expecting in Budget
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RNZ will have extensive Budget coverage today - and our team will be led by our political editor Jane Patterson and our economics correspondent Patrick O'Meara - they're both with us.
Topics: politics
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Tags: budget
Duration: 10'36"
07:26
$5000 moving grant for homeless needs jobs attached
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People living in state houses in one of Auckland's poorest suburbs say a cash injection of five thousand dollars to pack up and move to the regions is no incentive without job prospects attached to it.
Topics: politics, housing
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Duration: 2'45"
07:29
Helen Clark under fire
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Helen Clark's leadership style at the United Nations Development Programme, has been criticised harshly as the battle for the UN's top job heats up.
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Tags: Helen Clark, UN
Duration: 5'04"
07:37
$1 million legal fight over Southland cycle trail
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A battle has developed in Southland where Fish and Game is trying to move a planned cycle trail away from a famous trout fishing river.
Topics: environment
Regions: Southland
Tags: Fish and Game
Duration: 3'20"
07:42
Inspector General: Clinton violated email rules
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A critical report from the State Department's Inspector General is set to reignite the debate over Hillary Clinton's handling of emails while she was Secretary of State.
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Tags: Hillary Clinton, US
Duration: 3'39"
07:46
Marae urges others to open the doors to homeless
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Families living in cars and young men living under bridges. Those are some of the people Te Puea marae has helped in just the first few days of opening its doors to the homeless.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: homelessness
Duration: 5'27"
07:52
Wairoa gets $100 million and Crown acknowledgement
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Wairoa iwi say yesterday's initialling of their deed of settlement with the Crown is a powerful milestone in addressing the terrible injustices they suffered.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Tags: Wairoa iwi
Duration: 2'47"
07:55
More time for Special Housing Areas
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More time might be given for landowners in Auckland to build on Special Housing Areas.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: special housing areas
Duration: 2'37"
08:07
Sports News for 26 May 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'27"
08:11
What to look for in Budget 2016- Economists
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The Finance Minister Bill English will present his eighth Budget, mapping out the Government's economic direction for the year, this afternoon.
Topics: politics
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Tags: budget
Duration: 6'17"
08:18
Paula Bennett denies blindsiding Finance Minister
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The Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett denies blindsiding Bill English over a policy to give state housing tenants and homeless in Auckland up to five-thousand dollars to move to the regions.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: homelessness
Duration: 3'03"
08:21
Shifting Aucklanders only shifts problems - Whanganui trust
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Paula Bennett named Whanganui as one of the places with vacant state houses that Aucklanders could shift in to. Sian McGibbon of the Whanganui Housing Trust says when she asked to use three of those empty State houses for emergency housing, the trust was turned down.
Topics: politics, housing
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: homelessness
Duration: 3'36"
08:25
Social housing groups slam motel policy
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A budgeting service says it could re-home four times as many families for the same amount of money Work and Income spends on putting one family into a motel.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
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Duration: 2'43"
08:28
A Coloado city overcomes affordable housing shortage
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As New Zealand wrangles with the solutions to more affordable housing, one city in Colorado has found its own solution.
Topics: housing
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Tags: Colorado
Duration: 3'59"
08:32
Markets Update for 26 May 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'25"
08:38
Analysis on Fonterra's milk payout forecast
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As you've just been hearing Fonterra has announced its payout for the coming year.
Topics: business
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Tags: Fonterra, dairy price
Duration: 2'26"
08:40
Digitally restored documentary delights Ngati Whatua o Orakei
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Thirty eight years ago police and armed forces evicted protesters who were occupying Takaparawhau or Bastion Point on Auckland's waterfront.
Topics: arts, history, te ao Maori
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Bastion Point
Duration: 4'00"
08:47
Eviction looms for PNG student protesters
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Students at the University of Papua New Guinea have until five o'clock this evening to end their month long protest and leave the Port Moresby campus.
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Tags: Papua New Guinea, PNG
Duration: 3'13"
08:53
Researchers muddying Antarctic waters
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Researchers say human waste is contaminating Antarctica's pristine ocean -- affecting fish, seals, penguins and other marine creatures.
Topics: environment
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Tags: Antarctica
Duration: 4'24"
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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 (4 of 10, RNZ)
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09:09
$5000 incentive for homeless to leave Auckland
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The social housing minister Paula Bennett plans to pay homeless families five thousand dollars to move from Auckland to other centres including Ngaruawahia, Huntly, Gisborne, Palmerston North, Whanganui, and Lower Hutt. Kathryn speaks with the Whanganui Mayor Annette Main, and Gisborne District Councillor Meridith Akuhata-Brown about how the policy might work and what sort of housing, jobs and support will be available to families wanting to move.
Topics: housing
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Tags: homelessness
Duration: 18'57"
09:29
Transpower predicts massive shakeup in power sector
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The country's power grid operator is predicting a massive shakeup in the power sector including the failure of some lines companies amid a big uptake of new technologies such as solar. Transpower CEO Alison Andrew discusses the future of the sector.
Topics: energy
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Tags: Transpower, grid, solar, new technology, battery, batteries, storage
Duration: 16'07"
09:46
How will the Paris Agreement ambitions be fullfiled?
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The Paris Agreement on climate change has set ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to pull back the long-term global temperature rises. But how will those ambitions be achieved? Lavanya Rajamani is a visiting environmental legal expert from the Indian Centre for Policy Research. She was a part of the UN's core drafting and advisory team at the Paris negotiations and is in Wellington as a guest of Victoria University as its Sir Frank Holmes Fellow. Professor Rajamani says the aspirational target of a 1 point 5 degrees Celsius reduction in temperature - will require developed and developing countries to differentiate their efforts for reducing emissions
Topics: energy, climate
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Tags: Paris agreement, India, climate change, Greenhouse Gas, emissionsv
Duration: 10'06"
09:54
UK correspondent Kate Adie
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The EU referendum, football management and obesity.
Topics: politics
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Tags: UK
Duration: 5'45"
10:07
The remote little island that captured the design world
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Canadian multimillionaire, Zita Cobb talks to Nine to Noon about growing up on Fogo Island, and the bold architectural project she was involved with to nurse it back to economic health. The project has been made into a documentary called Strange & Familiar, Architecture on Fogo Island which is screening as part of the Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival 2016 which opens in Wellington today, before heading down to Dunedin and Christchurch between June and July. The full programme is available @ Rialto.co.nz
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Fogo Island is a remote fishing community located off the northeast coast of Canda's Newfoundland, and the birthplace of millionaire businesswoman Zita Cobb.
While she left the island when she was 16 – it never left her.
And after a successful career in the dot-com industry, she returned to help rebuild it with the help of the local community and architect Todd Saunders.
The result was a striking series of buildings, and an Island Inn that caught the gaze of the design world, luring guests from around the world
She talks to Kathryn Ryan about growing up on Fogo Island, and the bold architectural project she was involved with to nurse it back to economic health.
The project has been made into a documentary called Strange & Familiar, Architecture on Fogo Island which is screening as part of the Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival 2016 which opens in Wellington today, before heading down to Dunedin and Christchurch between June and July.
Topics: housing, identity
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Tags: Canada, Newfoundland, Fogo Island, architecture
Duration: 32'34"
10:39
Book review - A French Wedding by Hannah Tunniclifffe
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Reviewed by Gina Rogers, published by Macmillan.
Topics: books
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Duration: 4'15"
11:16
New technology with Sarah Putt
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Sarah Putt on Google's modular phone, pay per view versus piracy and the Budget - a timeline in technology.
Topics: technology
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Duration: 11'44"
11:28
Language development in young children
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Speech and language therapist Christian Wright discusses how to stimulate young children's language development as a part of everyday life.
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"Often the first questions I get is ‘When should I be concerned about my child’s language development?’ - speech and language therapist Christian Wright.
Topics: education, health
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Duration: 16'23"
11:49
Viewing with Duncan Greive
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Duncan Greive on quitting Game of Thrones, the New Netflix show Lady Dynamite, Bryan Bruce's Inside NZ education documentary and Happy Valley, the new ultra-grim Lightbox Yorkshire kidnap story.
Topics: arts, media
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Duration: 10'29"
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09:05 $5000 incentive for homeless to leave Auckland
The social housing minister Paula Bennett plans to pay homeless families five thousand dollars to move from Auckland to other centres including Ngaruawahia, Huntly, Gisborne, Palmerston North, Whanganui, and Lower Hutt. Kathryn speaks with the Whanganui Mayor Annette Main, and Gisborne District Councillor Meridith Akuhata-Brown about how the policy might work and what sort of housing, jobs and support will be available to families wanting to move.
09:20 Transpower predicts massive shakeup in power sector
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The country's power grid operator is predicting a massive shakeup in the power sector including the failure of some lines companies amid a big uptake of new technologies such as solar. Transpower CEO Alison Andrews discusses the future of the sector.
09:30 How will the ambitions of the Paris Agreement on climate change be fulfilled?
The Paris Agreement on climate change has set ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to pull back the long-term global temperature rises. But how will those ambitions be achieved? Lavanya Rajamani is a visiting environmental legal expert from the Indian Centre for Policy Research. She was a part of the UN's core drafting and advisory team at the Paris negotiations and is in Wellington as a guest of Victoria University as its Sir Frank Holmes Fellow. Professor Rajamani says the aspirational target of a 1 point 5 degrees Celsius reduction in temperature - will require developed and developing countries to differentiate their efforts for reducing emissions.
09:45 UK correspondent Kate Adie
The EU referendum, football management and obesity.
10:05 The remote little island that captured the design world
Canadian multimillionaire, Zita Cobb talks to Nine to Noon about growing up on Fogo Island, and the bold architectural project she was involved with to nurse it back to economic health.
The project has been made into a documentary called Strange & Familiar, Architecture on Fogo Island which is screening as part of the Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival 2016 which opens in Wellington today, before heading down to Dunedin and Christchurch between June and July. The full programme is available @ Rialto.co.nz
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10:35 Book review - A French Wedding by Hannah Tunniclifffe
reviewed by Gina Rogers, published by Macmillan
10:45 The Reading
Fitz by Jenifer Roberts, read by Owen Scott. Part 4 of 10.
11:05 New technology with Sarah Putt
Sarah Putt on Google's modular phone, pay per view versus piracy and the Budget - a timeline in technology.
11:25 Language development in young children
Speech and language therapist Christian Wright discusses how to stimulate young children's language development as a part of everyday life.
11:45 Viewing with Duncan Greive
Duncan Greive on quitting Game of Thrones, the New Netflix show Lady Dynamite, Bryan Bruce's Inside NZ education documentary and Happy Valley, the new ultra-grim Lightbox Yorkshire kidnap story.
===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 26 May 2016
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A guilty plea from the man charged with murdering his ten-year old brother and Fonterra concedes its latest forecast is conservative.
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Duration: 15'07"
12:17
Mainfreight makes record profit, says it could have been better
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One of the country's biggest transport firms, Mainfreight, has reported a record full-year profit and sales, but says it's only a satisfactory result.
Topics: business
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Tags: Mainfreight
Duration: 1'39"
12:19
Fonterra picks a conservative forecast - economist
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An economist says the dairy giant, Fonterra, has been conservative when setting its opening forecast price for the new season.
Topics: business
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Tags: Fonterra
Duration: 1'09"
12:20
Sanford almost doubles half-year profit
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The listed fishing company, Sanford, has almost doubled its half-year profit, as it focuses on selling premium fresh fish rather than frozen products.
Topics: business
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Tags: Sanford
Duration: 1'22"
12:21
Metro Performance Glass post solid maiden profit
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The country's biggest glass manufacturer, Metro Performance Glass, has posted a maiden full-year profit in line with forecasts, on the back of strong construction demand.
Topics: business
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Tags: Metro Performance Glass
Duration: 1'40"
12:23
Midday Markets for 26 May 2016
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Belinda Stanley at Craigs Investment Partners
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'53"
12:25
More company results
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There've been a number of other company results and announcements today.
Topics: business
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Duration: 1'00"
12:26
NZX says it is changing the way it deals with share prices
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The sharemarket operator, NZX, is changing the way it deals with unusual movements in share prices.
Topics: business
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Tags: NZX
Duration: 33"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 26 May 2016
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New Zealand tennis player Marcus Daniell says his fitness is at a career best following his first ever win at the French Open with American Brian Baker in the men's doubles.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'24"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 26 May 2016
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 8'29"
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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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13:13
Growing tourism pressure on regions
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It's budget day, and among the wish lists for regional leaders is more money to help tourist areas cope with the growing number of international visitors. Tourism is expected soon to overtake dairying as this country's leading export earner within the next year.
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There were 2.9 million international arrivals in the year ended March, an annual growth of seven percent - and the third year in a row of growth. 660 thousand more people visited the country in the last year, compared with 3 years ago.
Many of those tourists descend on the South Island - where tourist meccas have a small ratepayer base, which leaves little money to improve infrastructure to cope with the pressure of visitors at certain times of the year.
Jesse Mulligan speaks to the Grey District Mayor Tony Kokshoorn and Jason Fletcher who is councillor for the Hanmer Springs Ward on the Hurunui district council.
Topics: politics
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Tags: budget, tourism
Duration: 12'59"
13:22
Update on St Dominic College ball dress controversy
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You may remember yesterday we spoke to the principal of St Dominic Girls college about the rules around what kind of the dresses senior girls can wear to their ball. However since that interview we've received several emails from students at the school who strongly dispute what Ms Coddington said.
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You may remember yesterday we spoke to the principal of St Dominic Girls College about the rules around what kind of the dresses senior girls can wear to their ball. However since that interview we've received several emails from students at the school who strongly dispute what Ms Coddington said.
Excerpts of some of the emails we received from students at St Dominic College:
I am a student at St Dominic's College. I was present at this year 12 and 13 meeting unlike Coddington. The year 13 dean and the associate principal were present and telling us these rules. I'm appalled to say that even though our motto 'veritas' means truth, Carol [Ms Coddington] has said the complete opposite. We were specifically told the rules as they sound. Only serious relationships were allowed. Several girls that I know have had their dresses that they have already bought before these rules, turned down. We were also specifically told that if we turned up unacceptable, we would be turned away. I know its been and gone, but I just want you to know that we are not lying or exaggerating. Those were the rules. Until Coddington said differently on the radio.
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The way she dealt with it made us look like attention seeking teenagers which are not, we are simply trying to make sure everyone can be confident and comfortable at the 2016 ball. It was clearly stated that no cleavage is allowed we have to completely cover our chests and no students can only bring people from other school if they are in a serious relationship
Ms Coddington was not present at this year 12 and 13 meeting where the rules were explained. These had been clearly explained as
1. cannot see up, down or through the dress. As explained by Ms Coddington in the interview.
2. Dresses cannot be backless, The lowest the dress may go is under your armpit.
3. No cleavage at all.
4. you may not remove your shoes at any point during the night even if they are sore. ' this is an unprofessional look' if they were to be uncomfortable, we are not to wear them.
5. You may only bring a partner that you are in a serious relationship with, to bring a partner you must approve this by a member of senior management.
We were also told in that meeting that the dresses could not be shorter than the knee, how does this fit into being allowed to wear cocktail dresses? It doesn't. She says that infact nobody has been told that they can not wear their dresses when I know personally of many in my close group of friends.
The response from St Dominic's Principal Carol Coddington
It is unfortunate that the messages around attending the annual school ball are now getting further misconstrued. Early next week the senior leadership team at St Dominic's will be meeting with all girls planning to attend the ball. A free and frank conversation will be held at that school meeting.
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Duration: 1'35"
13:28
Mouse eradication for Antipodes Islands
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DOC staff have left Port Timaru on a ship, bound for a small set of islands 900 kilometres south east of New Zealand. Their mission is to eradicate mice from Antipodes Islands, a campaign which they say has massive logistical challenges but will help restore the islands' incredible wildlife, including a flightless parakeet and the Antipodes Snipe, not to mention some uncharismatic but fascinating beetles.
Topics: environment
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Tags: Antipodes Islands
Duration: 12'35"
13:42
Last trip for old Wellington trains
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Tomorrow afternoon at 3:18 that last Ganz Mavag train will arrive at Wellington station on a regularly scheduled service from Melling in the Hutt Valley. The trains have been taking passengers in the region since 1982.
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It's out with the old and in with the new for Wellington's commuter trains.
Tomorrow afternoon at 3:18pm that last Ganz Mavag train will arrive at Wellington station on a regularly scheduled service from Melling in the Hutt Valley. The trains have been taking passengers in the region since 1982.
Wellington now has a full fleet of modern, air-conditioned Matangi trains built in South Korea, the oldest of which is six years.
Euan McQueen was Assistant General Manager of New Zealand Railways at the time the Ganz trains were purchased in 1982 and he is currently the foundation chair of The New Zealand Rail Heritage Trust.
Jesse Mulligan asks Euan how he feels about saying goodbye to the last Ganz Mavag train.
Topics: transport
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Tags: Ganz Mavag trains
Duration: 4'34"
13:47
Favourite album
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Wishbone Ash - "Argus". Chosen by Alan Kiddle.
Topics: music
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Duration: 12'07"
15:10
Masterpieces with Dunedin Astronomer, Ian Griffin
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Astronomer Dr Ian Griffin is the Director of Otago Museum in Dunedin. He is the former CEO of Science Oxford and the former head of public outreach at NASA's Space Telescope Science Institute. He talks about his masterpiece, which is Hoopers Inlet on the Otago Peninsula, which he says is a great place to see the Aurora Australis.
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Astronomer Dr Ian Griffin is the Director of Otago Museum in Dunedin. He's a star gazer, photography enthusiast and his favourite place to escape to is Hoopers Inlet on the Otago Peninsula, where the night sky reflects on the ocean's surface.
He is the former CEO of Science Oxford and the former head of public outreach at NASA's Space Telescope Science Institute.
His masterpiece is Hoopers Inlet – which he says is a great place to see the Aurora Australis.
He spoke to Jesse Mulligan about his passion for the night sky and why he loves living in Otago.
"Every day I wake up thinking I must be one of the luckiest people in the world," he said.
Hoopers Inlet is protected by a beach bar and high hills and is particularly shallow, so is protected from the wind.
"So on some nights when you are looking at the sky you can see some incredible reflections of stars, from the water....it can become a place which is transcendent, a place which is just unbelievably beautiful."
The sound of waves crashing and sea lions scuddering, with the view of the stars reflected makes it a "beautiful place to be".
It should be nationally protected, he said.
Topics: science, history
Regions: Otago
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Duration: 18'01"
15:28
Expat: Chris Holm in Jakarta
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Our expat this week is a New Zealander living in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Our expat this week is a New Zealander living in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Chris Holm initially moved to the city of 9.6 million people to work as a sub editor at the Jakarta Post 12 years ago, and made the city his home.
Topics: life and society
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Tags: Chris Holm
Duration: 7'03"
15:45
The Panel pre-show for 26 May 2016
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'29"
21:20
Learning from past floods
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University of Waikato professor of environmental planning Iain White argues that our 'same again' response to flooding is hindering our ability to plan more effectively.
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A year ago, Dunedin, the Kapiti coast and Whanganui all experienced extreme rainfall that led to floods. Flooding is the most frequent natural disaster in New Zealand and likely to increase as the climate warms. University of Waikato professor of environmental planning Iain White tells Veronika Meduna that our ‘same again’ response to flooding and extreme weather events is hindering our ability to learn from previous events and plan more effectively.
Topics: science, environment, climate
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Tags: flooding, natural hazards, sea level rise, Duinedin floods
Duration: 12'39"
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1:10 First song
1:15 Growing tourism pressure on regions
It's budget day, and among the wish lists for regional leaders is more money to help tourist areas cope with the growing number of international visitors.
Tourism is expected soon to overtake dairying as this country's leading export earner within the next year. There were 2.9 million international arrivals in the year ended March, an annual growth of seven percent, the third year in a row of growth. 660 thousand more people visited the country in the last year, compared with 3 years ago.
Many of those tourists descend on the South Island - where many tourist meccas have a small ratepayer base, which leaves little money to improve infrastructure to cope with the pressure of visitors at certain times of the year.
And the leaders in those regions say they desperately need more facilities to cope.
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1:25 Mouse eradication for Antipodes Islands
DOC staff have left Port Timaru on a ship, bound for a small set of islands 900 kilometres south east of New Zealand. Their mission is to eradicate mice from Antipodes Islands, a campaign which they say has massive logistical challenges but will help restore the islands' incredible wildlife, including a flightless parakeet and the Antipodes Snipe, not to mention some uncharismatic but fascinating beetles.
1:35 Last trip for old Wellington trains
Tomorrow afternoon at 3:18 that last Ganz Mavag train will arrive at Wellington station on a regularly scheduled service from Melling in the Hutt Valley. The trains have been taking passengers in the region since 1982.
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Euan McQueen was Assistant General Manager of New Zealand Railways at the time the Ganz trains were purchased in 1982. He's now retired but in 1991 he became the foundation chair of The New Zealand Rail Heritage Trust.
1:40 Favourite album
2:10 Radio New Zealand Budget Special
Susie Ferguson and a panel of experts analyse the budget
3:10 Masterpieces with Dunedin Astronomer, Ian Griffin
Astronomer Dr Ian Griffin is the Director of Otago Museum in Dunedin. He is the former CEO of Science Oxford and and the former head of public outreach at NASA's Space Telescope Science Institute.
He talks about his masterpiece, which is Hoopers Inlet on the Otago Peninsula, which he says is a great place to see the Aurora Australis.
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He talks about his passion for the night sky and why he loves living in Otago
[embed] https://youtu.be/U9aMR2Jj_vo
3.25 Expat: Chris Holm in Jakarta
Our expat this week is a New Zealander living in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Chris Holm initially moved to the city of 9.6 million people to work as a sub editor at the Jakarta post 12 years ago, and made the city his home.
3:30 Science and environment stories
Stories from Our Changing World.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
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JESSE MULLIGAN : AFTERNOONS 1- 4pm
Thursday May 26th
JESSE'S SONG:
ARTIST: Jamila Woods
TITLE: Heavn'
COMP: N/S
ALBUM: Heavn'
LIVE: Download
FAVOURITE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Wishbone Ash
TITLE: Warrior
COMP: Andy Powell, Ted Turner, Martin Turner, Steve Upton
ALBUM: Argus
LABEL: MCA
ARTIST: Wishbone Ash
TITLE: Leaf & Stream
COMP: Andy Powell, Ted Turner, Martin Turner, Steve Upton
ALBUM: Argus
LABEL: MCA
THE PANEL HALF-TIME SONG:
ARTIST: Marina & The Diamonds
TITLE: I Am Not A Robot
COMP: Marina Diamandis
ALBUM: The Family Jewels
LABEL: 679
===2:00 PM. | None (National)===
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The 2016 Budget - Presented by Susie Ferguson
===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
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An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)
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15:45
The Panel pre-show for 26 May 2016
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'29"
16:06
The Panel with Paula Penfold and Duncan Webb (Part 1)
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What the Panelists Paula Penfold and Duncan Webb have been up to. Economic commentator Bernard Hickey shares some insights on Budget 2016. Construction sector commentator Mark Graham addresses some listener questions about building more homes.
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Duration: 22'37"
16:07
The Panel with Paula Penfold and Duncan Webb (Part 2)
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The future is now. A Chinese manufacturer which supplies parts for Apple has replaced 60,000 human jobs with robots. What the Panelists Duncan Webb and Paula Penfold have been thinking about. Nutrition professor Jim Mann on the vegan body and whether that diet contributed to a death on Mt Everest. On average people check Facebook 14 times a day. New Plymouth car parking spaces are to be measured after man got off paying a fine by proving his was too small. Branded bottled water has become a status symbol. Comedian Ricky Gervais has compared Donald Trump to the Big Brother TV villain - you just want to keep watching him.
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Duration: 28'01"
16:08
Panel Intro
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What the Panelists Paula Penfold and Duncan Webb have been up to.
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Duration: 3'59"
16:12
2016 Budget analysis with Bernard Hickey
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Economic commentator Bernard Hickey shares some insights on Budget 2016.
Topics: politics, economy
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Tags: budget, The Budget
Duration: 11'47"
16:23
Is the free market to blame for housing crisis?
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Construction sector commentator Mark Graham addresses some listener questions about building more homes.
Topics: politics, housing
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Tags: construction, housing crisis, Housing New Zealand
Duration: 6'43"
16:35
Company replaces 60k human jobs with robots
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The future is now. A Chinese manufacturer which supplies parts for Apple has replaced 60,000 human jobs with robots.
Topics: economy, life and society, business
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Tags: employment, jobs, robots
Duration: 4'54"
16:39
Panel Says
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What the Panelists Duncan Webb and Paula Penfold have been thinking about.
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Duration: 3'51"
16:41
Vegan dies on Everest
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Nutrition professor Jim Mann on the vegan body and whether that diet contributed to a death on Mt Everest.
Topics: life and society, science, food
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Tags: veganism, Everest
Duration: 7'18"
16:48
Car park dimensions fall short
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New Plymouth car parking spaces are to be measured after man got off paying a fine by proving his was too small.
Topics: transport
Regions: Taranaki
Tags: cars, car parks, New Plymouth
Duration: 2'26"
16:50
Checking in on Facebook
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On average people check Facebook 14 times a day.
Topics: internet
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Tags: Facebook
Duration: 4'16"
16:55
Water snobbery
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Branded bottled water has become a status symbol.
Topics: life and society, food
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Tags: water, status
Duration: 3'23"
16:58
Trump as Big Brother villain
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Comedian Ricky Gervais has compared Donald Trump to the Big Brother TV villain - you just want to keep watching him.
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Duration: 1'46"
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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, Thursday 26th May 2016
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Watch Thurday's full programme here. It begins 5 minutes in.
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Duration: 00"
17:09
Predictable budget from Bill English
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The Prime Minister, John Key, says Budget 2016 paints a picture of a country with a sparkling economy. But opposition parties say the Budget was a missed opportunity.
Topics: economy, politics
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Tags: budget
Duration: 4'01"
17:11
Finance Minister: Budget invests in innovation & social issues
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The Finance Minister, Bill English, discusses his eighth budget.
Topics: economy, politics
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Duration: 9'19"
17:23
What's waiting for those who take up offer to move to regions?
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A grant of up to five-thousand dollars is being offered to people to leave Auckland - but what's waiting for them when they arrive in their new, regional home?
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: grant, Huntly, housing
Duration: 5'08"
17:36
Evening Business for 26 May 2016
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News from the business sector, including a market report.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 3'39"
17:39
Brother pleads guilty to murdering Alex Fisher
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The man charged with murdering his 10-year-old brother, Alex Fisher, has pleaded guilty. Ruth Hill was in court.
Topics: crime
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: Palmerston North High Court, murder
Duration: 2'57"
17:42
Queenstown hotel room shortage could deter filmmakers
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A hotel room shortage in Queenstown is raising concerns that international film productions could be deterred from bringing their business to the region.
Topics: business
Regions: Otago
Tags: Queenstown, hotels, film industry
Duration: 4'30"
17:47
Labour leader says Budget won't fix NZ's problems
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The Labour leader, Andrew Little, says today's Budget is not enough to fix New Zealand's biggest problems.
Topics: politics, economy
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Tags: budget, Labour
Duration: 4'40"
17:52
550 people narrowly avoid death after boat capsizes
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More than 550 people narrowly escaped drowning on Wednesday after their smugglers' boat capsized in the Southern Mediterranean.
Topics: refugees and migrants
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Tags: refugees, Libya, boat, Italy
Duration: 1'07"
17:53
Hesson signs on for third term as Black Caps coach
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The Black Caps coach Mike Hesson has had a change of heart and will continue as the New Zealand Cricket coach until 2019. He spoke with Stephen Hewson.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'47"
17:55
Wellingtonians could have to desex and register cats
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Wellington City Council has been applauded for taking a bold move to regulate cats and protect the city's native wildlife today.
Topics: environment, life and society
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: cats, Wellington Council
Duration: 2'37"
18:08
Airport CEO, health leader & economist look at the Budget
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Budget 2016 has already been dubbed the "boring Budget". Auckland Airport CEO Adrian Littlewood, Hapai Te Hau-ora General Manager Papa Nahi and economist Shamubeel Eaqub share their insights.
Topics: politics, economy
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Duration: 21'38"
18:50
Today in Parliament for 26 May 2016
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Finance Minister, Bill English, delivers his eighth Budget. Opposition leader, Andrew Little, launches the 11-hour Budget debate with the now-traditional amendment calling on the House to support a no-confidence vote in John Key's National-led minority government. Mister Key responds with a personal attack on the Opposition leader. Budget Debate adjourned after a couple of hours for the Government to take urgency to pass two bills flowing from the Budget - phasing out the transitional one-for-two surrender obligation measure from the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme and amending the Customs and Excise Act 1996 to make four cumulative 10% increases to the duties on all tobacco products.
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Duration: 5'10"
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===6:30 PM. | Worldwatch===
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The stories behind the international headlines
===6:55 PM. | In Parliament===
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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information
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19:12
Gender vs Genitals
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Dr Pani Farvid on the dangers of binary thinking when it comes to gender and why we need to learn to divorce gender from genitals.
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"If somebody identifies as a woman, if that’s how they see themselves, it shouldn’t matter whether they have a vagina or a penis or neither or both" – Dr Pani Farvid.
Dr Pani Farvid is a social psychologist who specialises in gender research and is a senior lecturer at AUT.
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Growing up, I generally thought the exception proves the rule – that most people with penises are men and most people with vaginas are women.
Dr Pani Farvid: Within our culture we hold on to this idea that genitals dictate your gender. But in reality there’s a difference between your biological sex and your socially ascribed gender. Your biological sex is determined by your chromosomal make-up and it differentiates people physically from each other. Men and women are identical apart from the sex chromosome which distinguishes you as male or female. Gender is the socialisation of boys and girls into masculinised and feminised individuals.
Within popular culture and media representations we have this idea that gender is inborn, that it’s biological, that it’s given at birth and connected to your genitalia. That is an absolute fallacy. It’s the number one rule in the scientific understanding of biology – gender is different to sex. Sex is your biological makeup and gender is a socially ascribed expression of cultural norms.
When you look at animal species, often the one who is in charge of reproduction has the highest status – so the person with the womb, who gives the birth, has the highest status. And within many animals the prettier of the species is the man because he has to attract the female’s attention – ducks, peacocks, fishes… Somehow humans have completely turned this upside down.
It seems to me in the last decade or so, in terms of expression of masculinity and femininity, there’s a greater gap, again, between men and women and what’s ideal in terms of how you look.
Dr Pani Farvid: I think that’s a really good point. This is what I like to call a regenderisation process. I’ve noticed in the last maybe 10 to 20 years there’s been a real push to fiercely promote differences between boys and girls and a push for boys to bulk up and be hypermasculine and for girls to be hyperfeminine.
Why do you think that’s happening, then?
Dr Pani Farvid: Typically when you have periods of progress when it comes to gender equality. – in the '60s and '70s we had second-wave feminism making strides – then you often have this swing or backlash. We saw that a little bit in the '80s, then in the 'girl power' Spice Girl period of the '90s there was a big resurgence around this ‘Girls can do anything’.
I almost feel like whenever we have these movements where the status quo, the gendered norm of patriarchal society, women are here, men are here… when we start to disrupt those, to question them, when there starts to be a noticeable change, there’s often a backlash. The closer we get to gender equality, the more there’s backlash to reinscribe the traditional ways of being. ‘Let’s emphasise how girls look again. Let’s make it all about how she looks.’
It’s not just something I think has been pushed by men on to women. It’s also something I think women have themselves chosen, to look more feminine, because I think they see a benefit in doing that.
Dr Pani Farvid: That’s a really interesting point. It’s quite a complex system that creates that. Our society idealises being slim, being young, being toned, being beautiful. Those things are winning at life when you’re a woman. So of course there’s going to be a huge pull to enact those and take them on, because it’s so idealised. It takes a lot to unlearn that gender system or unlearn the very limited and narrow versions of what it means to be a woman or a man.
Topics: science, identity
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Duration: 22'07"
20:12
Nights' Culture - Electronic Music
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Poms grab the flame - 1989-1991 - The evolution of music made with devices powered by electricity and/or computers, with Paul Berrington aka DJ B-Low...
Topics: music, history, technology
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Duration: 26'48"
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7:12 Gender vs Genitals
Dr Pani Farvid on the dangers of binary thinking when it comes to gender and why we need to learn to divorce gender from genitals.
7:35 At the Movies
Dan Slevin reviews the latest superhero; a documentary about Jonathan Gold, the first food writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism and chats to Dylan Reeve, co-director of the new documentary "Tickled".
8:12 Nights' Culture - Electronic Music
Aphex Twin anyone? Paul Berrington aka DJ B-Low surveys the sonic landscape of British electronica during the pivotal period: 1989-1991.
8:30 Window on the World
Dance Floor - The dancer, Dane Hurst, has bought a former Rambert Company dance floor -which is deep, protective, roll out vinyl - to take back to his home in South Africa, for under-privileged kids to dance on. Modern Dance is like a magic carpet. It transported young Dane out of the volatility, violence and poverty of his childhood in segregated Port Elizabeth, to life as a Rambert student and dancer in London. He believes it can transport other young people.
9:07 Our Changing World
The colour of feathers and what that tells us about a bird's sex life, how to plan future cities to avoid flood damage, the sun's impact on electricity supplies on Earth, and how to keep your home warm and dry in winter
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
The Runaways' Cherie Currie, Bizzy Bone of Bone Thugs N' Harmony, Naked and Famous offshoot Space Above, Cleve Cameron, plus new tunes from Badbadnotgood, Deerhoof and Marcus Marr
===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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19:29
X-Men: Apocalypse
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Dan Slevin reviews the 9th X-Men movie (if you include the two Wolverine and one Deadpool spinoffs).
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Duration: 6'25"
19:33
Tickled: Dylan Reeve interview
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Dan Slevin chats to Tickled co-director Dylan Reeve about the making of the film and what makes a documentary 'cinematic'.
Topics: arts
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Tags: documentary, Tickled, film
Duration: 12'42"
19:37
City of Gold review
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Dan Slevin reviews Laura Gabbert's documentary about Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic Jonathan Gold.
Topics: arts
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Tags: film, documentary
Duration: 4'16"
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Featured on this week’s show, X-Men: Apocalypse:
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jer8XjMrUB4
Laura Gabbert’s City of Gold:
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__2uT1cZWkY
Dylan Reeve and David Farrier’s Tickled:
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOBXuCYB4jQ
David Farrier chats to Wallace Chapman about the film on Sunday Morning:
[audio]http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/audio/201801606/the-funny-business-of-competitive-tickling
===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===
=DESCRIPTION=
Music, interviews, live performances, behind the scenes, industry issues, career profiles, new, back catalogue, undiscovered, greatest hits, tall tales - with a focus on New Zealand/Aotearoa (RNZ)