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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:

21 July 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: Westminster Pilgrimage; 2:05 The Cultural Frontline; 3:05 The End written & told by Francesca Emms (RNZ); 3:30 NZ Books (RNZ) 5:10 Witness (BBC)

===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 21 July 2016
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Speculation mounts US will send naval ship to NZ; Trump speech writer resignation refused; National Standards results are not dependable; Labour relishes challenge if Mana, Maori Party join forces; ANZ chief says tougher rules needed to solve housing crisis; Industry wants action on homegrown tobacco; Mother who wanted caregiver payment wins compensation; and Vietnam War entertainers finally get gong for efforts.
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Duration: 35'14"

06:06
Sports News for 21 July 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'58"

06:08
Russia names Rio team despite threat of blanket ban
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Russia has named a 387 member strong team for the Olympics despite the expectation its athletes will be banned.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Rio 2016, Olympics, Russia
Duration: 3'21"

06:16
Maori Party and Mana signal electoral co-operation
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Mana and Maori parties signal a willingness to cooperate in next year's elections, but Labour's Kelvin Davis says he has nothing to fear.
Topics: te ao Maori, politics
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Tags: Mana Party, Maori Party
Duration: 3'05"

06:20
Early Business News for 21 July 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 2'13"

06:24
Morning Rural News for 21 July 2016
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'21"

06:35
Sports News for 21 July 2016
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'42"

06:39
US Vice President talks up focus on Asia Pacific
BODY:
At a dinner in Auckland, US vice-president Joe Biden has reiterated America's commitment to the Pacific region. He says it accounts for 40% of the world's commerce and will keep growing in importance.
Topics: politics, Pacific, economy
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: USA
Duration: 2'36"

06:42
ANZ chief would like to see investors quit property market
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The head of the country's biggest bank, the ANZ, says the housing market would work better if there were fewer investors involved. He says they're making life too hard for first home buyers.
Topics: business, economy, housing
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Duration: 3'25"

06:46
Greens - National Standards are not standard
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A five year study on the national standards for reading, writing and maths shows children's results are not reliable. The government-funded study says results vary from one year to the next and between intermediate and primary schools.
Topics: politics, education
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Tags: Green Party
Duration: 3'30"

06:47
RBNZ economic update due
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The Reserve Bank is centre stage with its surprise economic assessment -- which is designed to fill the gap about its thinking, the risks and the backdrop to its next interest decision.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Reserve Bank
Duration: 2'55"

06:52
Legal form automation disrupts old way but offers new avenues
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The local law industry could be in for a shake up from a digital disruptor in the same way that the accounting sector has been.
Topics: law, technology
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Duration: 1'57"

06:52
Legal form automation disrupts old way but offers new avenues
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The local law industry could be in for a shake up from a digital disruptor in the same way that the accounting sector has been.
Topics: law, technology
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Duration: 1'57"

06:55
Online law firm's cloud-based service attracts range of clients
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Christchurch-based start-up, Online Lawyers, which has been going for six weeks, offers clients a cloud-based service. Lawyer, John Shingleton, says going online has streamlined costs, which means the firm can offer competitive, fixed prices for services, which are particularly attractive to small and medium-sized companies.
Topics: law, business
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Duration: 1'41"

07:06
Sports News for 21 July 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'20"

07:10
Speculation mounts US will send naval ship to NZ
BODY:
Joe Biden's in Auckland -- the first American vice-president to visit since 1970. And there's speculation he may announce a US Navy ship visit. US Analyst Paul Buchanan looks at his objectives during his flying visit to New Zealand.
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: USA, navy
Duration: 6'00"

07:18
ANZ chief says tougher rules needed to solve housing crisis
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The boss of New Zealand's biggest bank has warned that the latest Reserve Bank restrictions on property investors might not go far enough to solving Auckland's property woes; and it could instead be headed for a messy end.
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Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Reserve Bank, ANZ
Duration: 4'11"

07:21
Private school trust offers apartments below market rate
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A private school charitable trust is offering some first home buyers apartments in a six-storey complex with a price tag at least $150,000 below market value. Carla Penman reports.
Topics: housing, education
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Duration: 3'25"

07:25
Doubt over schools' national standards results
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A report into the national standards raises doubt over school's national standards results. Our education correspondent John Gerritsen has the details.
Topics: education
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Duration: 3'41"

07:30
Education Ministry responds to National Standards report
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The Education Ministry responds to the National Standards report giving the standards a pass mark of just 7 out of 10.
Topics: education
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Duration: 4'08"

07:35
Auckland housing crisis reaches new low - Labour
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Labour decries the Work and Income referral what some are saying are slum landlords. Phil Twyford asks what's next for the Auckland housing crisis - dog kennels?
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Labour Party, WINZ
Duration: 4'17"

07:42
Trump speech writer resignation refused
BODY:
Melania Trump's speechwriter says sorry but keeps her job as Donald Trump turns down her resignation offer.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Us Election
Duration: 4'08"

07:45
Speculation US will send warships return to New Zealand
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Nicky Hager discusses New Zealand's nuclear policy as speculation mounts US Vice President Joe Biden will announce his country's warships return to New Zealand ports for the first time in 33 years.
Topics: politics
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Tags: nuclear
Duration: 7'43"

07:55
Duco cracks down on illegal Joseph Parker downloads
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Heavyweight boxer Joseph Parker fights Solomon Haumono in Christchurch. The promoter of the fight have plans to crack down on illegal downloads. Martin Snedden explains.
Topics: sport
Regions: Canterbury
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Duration: 3'46"

08:06
Sports News for 21 July 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'28"

08:08
Mother who wanted caregiver payment wins compensation
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Human rights was the driving force behind Margaret Spencer's decade long battle for compensation to be paid for caring for her Down's syndrome son. She's been awarded $207,000 in compensation.
Topics: health, law
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Duration: 3'43"

08:17
National Standards results are not dependable
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Your child's national standards results might be incorrect. The Educational Institute's president Louise Green says the standards are just way too narrow. She'd given them barely a pass mark.
Topics: education
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Duration: 4'59"

08:20
Industry wants action on homegrown tobacco
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Soaring cigarette prices are encouraging more people to grow their own tobacco. Tobacco companies are crying foul, saying people who grow their own have an unfair advantage because they don't get hit by government taxes.
Topics: business, health
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Tags: tobacco
Duration: 3'26"

08:23
Labour relishes challenge if Mana, Maori Party join forces
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Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis says he can't wait for Mana and the Maori Party to mend fences - because he says Hone Harawira won't be able to resist the temptation to wreck the whole show.
Topics: te ao Maori, politics
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Tags: Mana Party, Maori Party, Labour Party, Labour
Duration: 4'05"

08:28
Ratepayers to pay for "tank farm" clean up
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Auckland ratepayers are in for big clean-up bill after the city council lost its fight with Mobil over the waterfront site known as the tank farm. The council wanted $10 million to decontaminate the site that Mobile used from 1925 to 2005.
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
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Duration: 3'13"

08:38
Father and son team take out classic car rally
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A Timaru father and son win the Peking to Paris car rally. "We went hard and we went home".
Topics: transport
Regions: Canterbury
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Duration: 3'05"

08:41
Treasury suggests agriculture could be included in ETS
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The Treasury says the Government faces big bills in the future through the Emissions Trading Scheme, and suggests one solution could be to make agriculture start paying its way.
Topics: economy, politics
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Tags: Treasury, ETS
Duration: 2'36"

08:45
Pacific emblem, the coconut palm, under threat
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There's growing concern that disease, pests and climate change are threatening to destroy a Pacific icon - the coconut palm.
Topics: Pacific, climate, environment
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Tags: coconut
Duration: 3'17"

08:47
Turkey declares state of emergency for next 3 months
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Turkey has just declared a state of emergency for three months. And it's now purged 53,000 people from the state sector. We talk to a specialist in Middle East politics.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Turkey
Duration: 2'51"

08:48
New Zealand MP's take on Republican National Convention
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"Politics on speed.' That's how the National MP for Botany Jami-Lee Ross describes the Republic National Convention. He's there to observe and he gave us some insights of the spectacle that is American politics.
Topics: politics
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Tags: National Party
Duration: 2'26"

08:54
Trubridge breaks world free diving record
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He made it - to 102 metres. Free diver William Trubridge set a new world record, and once he caught his breath, he talked to us.
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Tags: swimming, world records
Duration: 4'24"

08:58
Vietnam War entertainers finally get gong for efforts
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After waiting four decades, entertainers have received medals for their work during the Vietnam War. Paul Naera from The Hi-Marks looks back on exciting but dangerous times for musicians who tried to make a living in a war zone.
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After waiting four decades, some local entertainers have received medals for their work during the Vietnam War.
Paul Naera from The Hi-Marks looks back on exciting but dangerous times for musicians who tried to make a living in a war zone.
" we got caught up in a couple of rocket attacks, but you expect those things in a war zone."
"Every time you finished your show, you played that song "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place' ...and if your show wasn't going well, you'd play that song at the end, and you'd get a standing ovation."
Topics: music, conflict, history
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Tags: The Hi-Marks, Vietnam War
Duration: 4'04"

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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 When We Wake, by Karen Healy. Sixteen-year-old Tegan is happiest when playing the guitar, she's falling in love for the first time, and she's protesting the wrongs of the world. (Part 9 of 12, RNZ)

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09:09
Geopolitical implications of Turkey's failed coup
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As the Turkish President detains hundreds of military leaders what are the wider geoplotical implications of the failed coup in Turkey? Henri Barkey is the Director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and has just returned to the United States from Istanbul.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Henri Barkey, Turkey, coup, failed coup
Duration: 12'12"

09:23
Dollar falls on RBNZ's suggestion it will cut interest rates
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RNZ buiness editor Gyles Beckford on the Reserve Bank's surprise economic assessment expected to lay out it's thinking on the risks and the backdrop to its next interest decision next month.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Reserve Bank, exports
Duration: 8'12"

09:33
Effect of Natural Health Bill
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Canterbury University psychology professor Julia Rucklidge says new regulations on health products could mean people won't be able to access products that can help their mental health. Professor Rucklidge's studies have shown how micronutrients could be an alternative to traditional medication for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The Ministry of Health is currently working on a list of approved substances which will not need specific approvals but Julia Rucklidge says a lot of products will become inaccessible as nutrients will be banned for no good reason.
Topics: health, law
Regions: Canterbury
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Duration: 16'25"

09:50
UK Correspondent - Matthew Parris
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UK Correspondent Matthew Parris on the rollercoaster of British politics after the Brexit vote.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Brexit
Duration: 9'55"

10:06
Why are working class Americans supporting Donald Trump?
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In his new book 'Listen, Liberal or What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?' New York Times best selling author Thomas Frank argues America's Left has abandoned its working class roots to pursue a new class of supporter - the elite professional. He argues the Democratic Party has failed to do anything really meaningful about income inequality over the last few decades . And with no one championing the economic needs of ordinary workers this leaves rich pickings for Donald Trump. Thomas Frank is author of 2009 book 'What's the Matter with Kansas?' and is columnist for Harper's magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and the "The Tilting Yard".
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In his new book Listen, Liberal or What Ever Happened to the Party of the People? New York Times best selling author Thomas Frank argues America's left has abandoned its working class roots to pursue a new class of supporter - the elite professional.
He argues the Democratic Party has failed to do anything really meaningful about income inequality over the last few decades. And with no one championing the economic needs of ordinary workers this leaves rich pickings for Donald Trump.
Mr Frank wrote the 2009 book What's the Matter with Kansas? and is a columnist for Harper's magazine and The Wall Street Journal.
Read an edited excerpt of the interview below:
What do you make of this takeover, effectively, of the establishment Republican Party by Donald Trump?
Well, it’s a bumper crop of crazy this year. The stories of the two parties complement each other, that as it becomes more and more obvious that the Democratic party is appealing to an affluent white-collar group that the Republican Party (which is traditionally the more conservative party here in the United States) is making more and more of an appeal to disaffected and really angry working class voters. The Republican Party as we know it in this country is coming apart in front of our eyes here at the convention in Cleveland.
Has there been a rise of a “professional class” in politics? Has a "professionalising" of politics become part of the disconnect between two parties in the states and many voters?
In the sense that the campaigns are run by professionals? Yes.
Washington lobbyists, even those who are likely to make their way through to election in Senate and Congress… in some ways there is a political class. Has it always been like this in history or was there a time when there was more accessibility and more connection?
This is a problem that goes back many, many generations. But yes, it is worse today than ever and it is much more noticeable. The candidates talk all the time.
Washington D.C. is today the richest city in America, it was not even touched by the recession that started in the US and spread throughout the whole world. There was no problem in Washington D.C. Real estate values continued to climb, it’s a lovely place. The political class they have their own newspapers and they do often refer to themselves as the political class.
I love this phrase – “the influence class”. Meaning the hot lobbyists who are so connected to everybody and their friends. There are magazines that detail the comings and goings and what bars they go to and the kind of fun that they have and how they spend their money.
It is loathsome. There is no getting around it. It is deeply, deeply disgusting and everybody is angry about it. It’s absolutely a part of what is going on right now.
Why is it that a billionaire property developer who has had a television show, makes polarising statements, does not have political experience… why is it that Trump is pretty close to neck and neck with Hilary Clinton in the polls as of July?
That’s the question. Think of Hilary Clinton. You said that it is a year of anger for America and that is true for every candidate except Hilary Clinton. She is openly running as a candidate of complacency, of propriety, of finger-wagging, scolding for people who have bad manners. That’s who she is. So Trump’s slogan is ‘Make America great again’, and Hilary’s is that America has always been great. She’s saying that the economy is great, there’s nothing to complain about, Barack Obama has been a great president and every indication says that she’s probably going to be elected this November.
But the bigger answer to your question has to go back to what happened in this country eight years ago. When the financial crisis happened, the economy was in a tailspin – the economy of the entire world, thanks to what was happening in this country – this bright, young idealistic man Barack Obama was running for president. He seemed like the Franklin Roosevelt of our time. He was exactly what the situation called for and everything since then is a story of dashed hopes and crushed idealism. Disappointment on a massive scale that he didn’t do what needed to be done with the banks, with the economy…
If you look at where we are now, for most people the recovery never even happened. They think the recession is still going on, but for the upper class, white-collar professionals who make up the most important constituency in the Democratic Party, these are really good times. They honestly don’t understand why the rest of the country is so upset.
How do we assess class and who is doing okay and who isn’t doing okay in 2016?
That’s a really good question. In America we don’t debate that question at all.
I’ve got a PhD. I went to school for 25 years, I got a PhD in American history, wanted to become a professor of American history, only to discover that the American academic labour market had been completely casualised and I was never going to get a tenure job in American history. I was going to have to work for the rest of my life, with wages that are so unbelievably low that if I told you about them, you wouldn’t believe me. It’s insane.
Having a degree is zero protection. Going to school for all of those zeros was of zero use to me. So you know what I did instead? I became a journalist. And now journalism has utterly collapsed. If I told you how much money I have been offered to be a columnist, again, you would not believe it. It’s a disaster.
The question is how do you deal with these demands, and the way we have done it so far in America is to do nothing.
One way to do it would be to say, look at who is being harmed by these trade deals that we’re signing onto here in America and look at whose industries are being ruined and whose livelihoods are being ruined and let’s help them out. But we never do that. Instead we scold those people and call them stupid. We make no provision for people whose livelihoods have been ruined.
We refuse to understand what I think is the most basic thing about economics, that really everything about economics is a political relationship. It is a power relationship. This is something that we cannot talk about in this country.
Automation and mass unemployment is coming and unless we figure out that we have to talk about these problems in a different way, it is going to be unemployment for millions of people and too bad, case closed! That’s how we deal with it in America.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Democratic Party, Republican Party, USA
Duration: 33'38"

10:40
Book Review - Blood Wedding
BODY:
Blood Wedding by Pierre Lemaitre is reviewed by Graham Beattie, published by Hachette.
Topics: books
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Tags: France
Duration: 3'36"

11:10
New Technology with Sarah Putt
BODY:
Sarah Putt discusses how effective the telco complaints scheme is; the slow, tortured demise of Yahoo; and death and the internet
Topics: technology
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Tags: Telecommunications Dispute Resolution service, TDR, Tuanz, Yahoo, Internet NZ
Duration: 13'17"

11:27
Teaching teenagers to drive
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Should parents teach their children to drive, or leave it to the professionals? Lynn Holland is a qualified NZTA Driving Instructor and she's worked for the AA as a Defensive Driving Instructor. She has tips for teaching teenagers to drive.
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Should parents teach their children to drive, or leave it to the professionals? Lynn Holland is a qualified NZTA Driving Instructor and she's worked for the AA as a Defensive Driving Instructor. She has tips for teaching teenagers to drive.
Read an edited excerpt of the interview below:
Why is it that over the last five or six years the number of teenagers seeking to get their licence has plummeted?
There are a lot of issues. I do get some students who have anxiety about driving and perhaps their parents are more keen for them to drive than they are themselves and it’s usually because they’ve seen something horrific or they’ve had a bad family experience, so they’re really not keen to get on the road themselves. I think it’s more an Auckland thing. When you’re out of Auckland there is less traffic to deal with, so you’re going to have a smoother ride.
How do you approach – in the least stressful way for everybody – getting ready to learn to drive?
I think in the city parents do need to be aware. They need to upskill a bit. It’s more challenging; there are more cars on the road. Driving behaviour has deteriorated. They really need to have a good hard look at their driving because the children in the back seat are watching them driving from a really young age. They really absorb their mannerisms. When I get a student, I can pretty much tell how their parents are driving, just by watching the student.
Parents need to get online. There are a lot of free resources on the NZTA website for students and their coaches who are getting ready for that driving experience. I think Nigel Latta did an excellent job on his series on teenage drivers.
Plan ahead. Upskill your knowledge and then sit down at the kitchen table and talk it through with your students to get ready.
The first few lessons in Auckland, yeah you can take them to a carpark on a Sunday morning when it is quiet, get them used to manoeuvring the car, but I would recommend driving lessons in the city because we have dual controls and we can take them through more complex situations and it really is a far safer environment.
Manual versus automatic. Is anyone learning how to drive a manual these days?
Yes they do, there is still a demand. Although it’s hard to get manual cars. In the city I would recommend they start on an automatic. In the city it’s really about situational awareness of the traffic around you. You’ve got to learn to control your car smoothly and keep an eye on the traffic. If you’re in a manual, you’ve got one more job to do. In an automatic it is easier. There really is very little advantage to learning in a manual first.
Do you think in a city like Auckland it might be a good idea to go to a professional instructor, unless you really, really know what you’re doing?
That’s right. You don’t have to have a driving instructor if your parents or coach really does take it on board and does their homework. But I would say that a driving instructor will make the whole process go a lot more smoothly. You see a lot of bad driving behaviour on the road and it’s very hard for learners to consolidate their practice. They need to practice a lot to get good.
Driving involves a specific sense of cognitive, spatial, anticipatory skill. It’s a fantastic discipline for the brain, you’re constantly watching what’s going on around you. Anticipation of what you and others are doing and what it’s going to mean collectively, is pretty much what dirving is about.
Yes. It’s learning about the inertia of the car and the momentum and learning to plan ahead. Not just staring at the front windscreen, but thinking about what is going to happen further down the road and searching out those moving hazards on the road. That’s something you can do even before the student gets behind the wheel. When they’re in the passenger seat you can start teaching them about where they should be looking and when they should be looking.
Topics: education, transport
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Tags: Lynn Holland, driving instructor, teaching teenagers to drive, driving lessons, parenting
Duration: 19'45"

11:50
Viewing with Paul Casserly
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TV and Film writer Paul Casserly reviews the '80s movie inspired TV series, Stranger Things, starring Wynona Ryder and the many charms of the documentary film, Poi E: The Story of Our Song.
Topics: arts, media, movies, music
Regions:
Tags: Stranger Things, Poi E: The Story of Our Song, Dalavanius, television, NZIFF
Duration: 11'16"

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09:05 The geopolitical implications of Turkey's failed coup
As the Turkish President detains hundreds of military leaders what are the wider geopoltical implications of the failed coup in Turkey? Henri Barkey is the Director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and has just returned to the United States from Istanbul.
09:20 Psychology professor Julia Rucklidge on chilling effect of Natural Health bill
Canterbury University psychology professor Julia Rucklidge says new regulations on health products could mean people won't be able to access products that can help their mental health. Professor Rucklidge's studies have shown how micronutrients could be an alternative to traditional medication for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The Ministry of Health is currently working on a list of approved substances which will not need specific approvals but Julia Rucklidge says a lot of products will become inaccessible as nutrients will be banned for no good reason.
09:45 UK Correspondent Matthew Parris
10:05 Thomas Frank
Why are working class Americans supporting Donald Trump? In his new book 'Listen, Liberal or What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?' New York Times best selling author Thomas Frank argues America's Left has abandoned its working class roots for a new elite class of supporter, claiming the Democratic Party has failed to do anything really meaningful about income inequality over the last few decades.
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10:35 Book review - Blood Wedding by Pierre Lemaitre
reviewed by Graham Beattie, published by Hachette
10:45 The Reading
When We Wake by Karen Healy read by Francesca Emms (Part 9 of 12)
11:05 New technology with Sarah Putt
Sarah Putt on how effective the telco complaints scheme is,the slow, tortured demise of Yahoo and death and the internet
11:25 Teaching teenagers to drive
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Lynn Holland has some tips for parents on teaching their children to drive. She is a qualified NZTA Driving Instructor and she's worked for the AA as a Defensive Driving Instructor.
11:45 Viewing with Paul Casserly
Paul Casserly reviews the '80s movie inspired TV series, Stranger Things, starring Wynona Ryder and the many charms of the documentary film, Poi E: The Story of Our Song,

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Artist: Frazey Ford
Song: Running
Composer: Ford
Album: Indian Ocean
Label: Nettwerk
Time: 9.28

Artist: Nancy Wilson
Song: A Lot of Livin' To Do
Composer: Strouse
Album: Ultra Lounge: Wild Cool & Swingin' Too!
Label: Capitol
Time: 11:06

Artist: The Swell Season
Song: Low Rising
Composer: Hansard
Album: Strict Joy
Label: Spunk
Time: 11.23

===Noon | Midday Report===
=DESCRIPTION=

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 21 July 2016
BODY:
The Reserve Bank signals further interest rate cuts are on the way and there's speculation that US Vice President Joe Biden will soon announce the first US warship visit in over 30 years.
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Duration: 15'46"

12:17
RBNZ update backs lower interest rates outlook
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The Reserve Bank's statement this morning highlighting its concerns over low inflation, a high currency and significant global risks have cemented expectations of an interest rate cut next month.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: RBNZ, Reserve Bank
Duration: 2'18"

12:19
Migration hits further highs
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Migration remains at record levels but an economist believes that may be coming to an end.
Topics: business
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Tags: migration
Duration: 1'44"

12:23
Midday Markets for 21 July 2016
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Angus Marks at First NZ Capital.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'20"

12:25
Business briefs
BODY:
The ANZ Bank says it will comply with the spirit of the Reserve Bank's proposed mortgage lending restrictions, which are to take effect on September the 1st.
Topics: business
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Duration: 49"

12:26
Midday Sports News for 21 July 2016
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The All Blacks winger Julian Savea has been dropped for the Hurricanes Super Rugby quarter-final against the Sharks.
Topics: sport
Regions:
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Duration: 2'55"

12:35
Midday Rural News for 21 July 2016
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 7'34"

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===1:06 PM. | Jesse Mulligan, 1–4pm===
=DESCRIPTION=

An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)

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13:10
APRA Silver Scroll 20 Finalists Announced
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For the past 50 years the APRA Silver Scroll Award has commended the efforts of Aotearoa's best songwriters. Zac Arnold from RNZ Music has the list of 20 finalists for 2016
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For the past 50 years the APRA Silver Scroll Award has commended the efforts of Aotearoa's best songwriters. Past recipients have included the likes of The Fourmyula, Sharon O' Neil, Dave Dobbyn, Bic Runga, Che Fu, Lorde and last year's winners Ruban and Kody Nielson with Unknown Mortal Orchestra's 'Multi Love'.
Zac Arnold from RNZ Music has the list of 20 finalists for 2016
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: APRA, Silver Scroll Award
Duration: 16'11"

13:26
US To Send Ship To NZ's Navy Anniversary
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US Vice President, Joe Biden, has just announced his country will send a navy ship to New Zealand later this year. Joe Biden confirmed the move a short time ago as he emerged from a two hour meeting with New Zealand Prime Minister, John Key, at Government House in Auckland. It will end a 33-year stand-off, and comes after an invite from the New Zealand navy, to take part in its 75th birthday celebrations in November. RNZ's political reporter, Demelza Leslie, has been at the press conference in Auckland.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: US, Joe Biden
Duration: 2'58"

13:29
Auckland's Unitary Plan
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A collection of reports will be handed to the Auckland Council tomorrow, and they will shape Auckland for decades. The reports contain details of the long-debated Unitary Plan and how that will change the city's landscape. Editor at large of Metro Magazine, Simon Wilson, has been thinking about what it all means
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Unitary Plan
Duration: 9'28"

13:39
Chronesthesia: A love letter to Wellington
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Hayden J Weal directed, edited and stars in his own first feature film, Chronesthesia, which was filmed over his weekends around Wellington over four months, with a budget of zero!
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Hayden J Weal directed, edited and stars in his own first feature film, Chronesthesia, which was filmed over his weekends around Wellington over four months.
He made the film on zero budget with his friends who all work in the film industry, and it will premiere next Friday at the New Zealand International Film Festival.
Hayden was Martin Freeman's body double and stand in on The Hobbit, and so got a first hand view of making a big budget feature film. He joined Jesse in the studio to talk about his debut feature and the difficulties of making a film with no budget.
Topics: movies
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Tags: Chronesthesia, NZIFF
Duration: 5'56"

13:44
Favourite album
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"Actor" by St Vincent, chosen by Thom Watts.
Topics: music
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Duration: 14'32"

14:09
Theatre Critic - John Smythe
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John Smythe discusses youth theatre - the annual Young and Hungry festival in Wellington, and The Next Big Thing in Auckland.
Topics: arts
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Tags: theatre
Duration: 9'11"

14:18
Money with Mary Holm
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Personal finance expert, Mary Holm answers more listener questions about Kiwisaver performance, and first home help.
Topics: money
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Tags: Mary Holm
Duration: 19'38"

14:56
Harbour Bridge SkyPath Gets Unanimous Green Light
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The Auckland Council Finance Committee has given the controversial Harbour Bridge SkyPath cycle and pedestrian crossing the go-ahead.
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The Auckland Council Finance Committee has given the controversial Harbour Bridge SkyPath cycle and pedestrian crossing the go-ahead.
The vote for the clip-on pedestrian path and cycleway was unanimous despite earlier opposition from some councillors.
Now approved, a public-private partnership will fund the SkyPath, with construction, operation and maintenance costs fronted by HRL Morrison and Co's public infrastructure partnership fund, and the council underwriting some of the revenue.
In return, users would pay an admission charge of around $2 to $3 for crossing each way.
At peak times, the walkway was expected to have 10,000 to 12,000 people crossing daily.
RNZ Reporter Kate Newton was at the meeting.
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Skypath
Duration: 2'35"

15:09
Masterpieces with Joseph Romanos
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Sports writer Joseph Romanos picks his sporting masterpieces - the moments that stopped the nation.
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Sports writer Joseph Romanos picks his sporting masterpieces on New Zealand soil - the moments that stopped the nation
Topics: sport
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Duration: 13'54"

15:25
Designing NYC's rooftops
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Our expat is former Wellingtonian, Phillip Roche - who spends quite a bit of time on New York's rooftops.
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Former Wellingtonian, Phillip Roche spends quite a bit of time on New York's rooftops. He owns and runs New York's oldest and biggest landscape company, Plant Specialists, which specialises in gardens and outdoor areas for city rooftops in a city where space is at a premium.
He spoke to Jesse from Long Island, where he lives.
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Tags: expats, US, Phillip Roche
Duration: 11'12"

15:46
The Panel pre-show for 21 July 2016
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'10"

=SHOW NOTES=

1:10 First song
1:15 APRA Silver Scroll 20 Finalists Announced
For the past 50 years the APRA Silver Scroll Award has commended the efforts of Aotearoa's best songwriters. Past recipients have included the likes of The Fourmyula, Sharon O' Neil, Dave Dobbyn, Bic Runga, Che Fu, Lorde and last year's winners Ruban and Kody Nielson with Unknown Mortal Orchestra's 'Multi Love'. While we won't know the winner until Thursday 29th of September, let's get to know the 20 finalists for 2016.
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1.25 US To Send Ship To NZ's Navy Anniversary
US Vice President, Joe Biden, has just announced his country will send a navy ship to New Zealand later this year. Joe Biden confirmed the move a short time ago as he emerged from a two hour meeting with New Zealand Prime Minister, John Key, at Government House in Auckland. It will end a 33-year stand-off, and comes after an invite from the New Zealand navy, to take part in its 75th birthday celebrations in November. RNZ's political reporter, Demelza Leslie, has been at the press conference in Auckland.
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1.30 Auckland's Unitary Plan
A collection of reports will be handed to the Auckland Council tomorrow, and they will shape Auckland for decades. The reports contain details of the long-debated Unitary Plan and how that will change the city's landscape. Editor at large of Metro Magazine, Simon Wilson, has been thinking about what it all means
1:40 Chronesthesia; A love letter to Wellington
Hayden J Weal directed, edited and stars in his own first feature film, Chronesthesia, which was filmed over his weekends around Wellington over four months.
He made the film on zero budget with his friends who all work in the film industry, and it will premiere next Friday at the New Zealand International Film Festival. He joins Jesse in the Auckland studio to talk about his labour of love and the joys and difficulties of making a feature film with no funding.
[embed] https://youtu.be/U7wdS2MI8Lo
1:40 Favourite album
2:10 Theatre Critic
John Smythe discusses youth theatre - the annual Young and Hungry festival in Wellington, and The Next Big Thing in Auckland
2:20 Money with Mary Holm
Personal finance expert, Mary Holm answers more listener questions about Kiwisaver performance, and first home help.
2.55 Harbour Bridge SkyPath Gets Unanimous Green Light
The Auckland Council Finance Committee has given the controversial Harbour Bridge SkyPath cycle and pedestrian crossing the go-ahead. RNZ's reporter, Kate Newton, was at the meeting.
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3:10 Masterpieces with Joseph Romanos
Sports writer Joseph Romanos picks his sporting masterpieces - the moments that stopped the nation.
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3:25 The Expats: Phillip Roche: New York landscape designer
Former Wellingtonian, Phillip Roche spends quite a bit of time on New York's rooftops. He owns and runs New York's oldest and biggest landscape company, Plant Specialists, which specialises in gardens and outdoor areas for city rooftops in a city where space is at a premium.
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3:30 Science and environment stories
Stories from Our Changing World.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show

===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
=DESCRIPTION=

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 21 July 2016
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'10"

16:03
The Panel with Tony Doe and Damon Salesa Part 1)
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What the Panelists Tony Doe and Damon Salesa have been up to. Sky TV is being accused of curtailing other media's coverage of the Olympics. The Chinese aren't happy with the US vice-president Joe Biden's visit to Australia. We ask Stephen Noakes of the University of Auckland how New Zealand should handle relations with these two powers. Banking reform, embracing legal immigrants and Melania Trump's speech.
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Duration: 24'09"

16:05
The Panel with Tony Doe and Damon Salesa Part 2)
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Japan will be making its last VCR this month. We mull over the rapid macrh of technology. What the Panelists Tony Doe and Damon Salesa have been thinking about. What do long commutes to and from work do to you? Banking expert David Tripe discusses if the ANZ CEOs idea of the country being better off without property investors makes sense. Does a first class degree make a first class employee?
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Duration: 26'08"

16:07
NZ reporters pulled from Rio trip
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Sky TV is being accused of curtailing other media's coverage of the Olympics.
Topics: media
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Tags: Sky TV, Olympics
Duration: 3'09"

16:10
Panel Intro
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What the Panelists Tony Doe and Damon Salesa have been up to.
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Duration: 4'26"

16:15
NZs trading friends
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The Chinese aren't happy with the US vice-president Joe Biden's visit to Australia. We ask Stephen Noakes of the University of Auckland how New Zealand should handle relations with these two powers.
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Tags: US, China
Duration: 8'27"

16:23
Republican National Convention day 3
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Banking reform, embracing legal immigrants and Melania Trump's speech.
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Tags: US, Trump
Duration: 7'41"

16:33
From telegrams to texts
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Japan will be making its last VCR this month. We mull over the rapid macrh of technology.
Topics: technology
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Tags: telegrams, VCR
Duration: 4'43"

16:38
Panel Says
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What the Panelists Tony Doe and Damon Salesa have been thinking about.
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Duration: 6'02"

16:44
Long commutes
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What do long commutes to and from work do to you?
Topics: transport
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Duration: 5'16"

16:49
Property investors
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Banking expert David Tripe discusses if the ANZ CEOs idea of the country being better off without property investors makes sense.
Topics: housing
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Duration: 6'28"

16:56
The creme de la creme of qualifications
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Does a first class degree make a first class employee?
Topics: education
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Duration: 3'16"

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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 21 July 2016
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Watch Thursday's full programme here. It begins 5 minutes in.
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Duration: 00"

17:08
Missing family winched to safety
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The woman and four children aged 4 to 9 missing in the remote Te Urewera park for two nights have been winched to safety from a river bed.
Topics:
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: search
Duration: 3'35"

17:12
US to end 30 year stalemate
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After a 30 year stalemate, the United States says it will send a naval ship to New Zealand to take part in the Navy's 75th anniversary celebrations in November.
Topics: politics
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Tags: US
Duration: 3'36"

17:16
Baby killer sentenced to 8 years in prison
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The woman convicted of the manslaughter of three-year-old Moko Rangitoheriri is to appeal her sentence.
Topics: crime
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Tania Shailer
Duration: 3'28"

17:19
Undercover operation nabs father for baby's manslaughter
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Police used an elaborate undercover operation to gain a confession in the case of a baby girl fatally shaken by her father, Tawera Wichman, in 2009..
Topics: crime
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Tawera Wichman
Duration: 4'21"

17:24
WINZ knew about garage letting for over a year
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A senior social worker in Manurewa says she complained to Work and Income about a property manager renting out garages to tenants a year and a half ago - but nothing was done.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
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Duration: 3'43"

17:28
Calls for Lindauer paintings unearths surprises
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A Gottfried Lindauer painting that art experts never knew existed has been unearthed as part of a nationwide search under beds and in garages or attics.
Topics: arts
Regions: Auckland Region
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Duration: 2'59"

17:34
Evening Business for 21 July 2016
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News from the business sector including a market report.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'14"

17:36
WCC admits ex-employee had justifiable grievances
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The Wellington City Council says a former employee had some arguably justifiable grievances in a scathing exit email, which has been leaked.
Topics: politics
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Peter Whiting
Duration: 2'15"

17:39
NZ not winning war on pests, says environment watchdog
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Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Jan Wright believes 1080 is just holding the line in the battle for New Zealand's native birds - and she wants to see the country win the war.
Topics: environment
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Tags: 1080
Duration: 3'46"

17:42
Mother of disabled son awarded $207k compensation
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Auckland mother Margaret Spencer, who has repeatedly won the right to be paid for the years spent caring for her disabled son, has finally been awarded over $200,000 in compensation.
Topics: law, politics
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Tags: Margaret Spencer
Duration: 6'54"

17:54
Protesters strip over fashion store's fur garments
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Three PETA protestors said they'd rather go naked than wear fur - and, on a busy street in the Christchurch suburb of Sydenham, this morning they did just that.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Fur
Duration: 2'39"

17:56
Parker fights Haumono tonight in Chch
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New Zealand boxer Joseph Parker and his camp refuse to admit tonight's fight against former Australian rugby league player Solomon Haumono is a step in the wrong direction.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Joseph Parker
Duration: 2'29"

18:08
Social worker complained to WINZ
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A senior social worker in Manurewa says she complained to Work and Income about a property manager renting out garages to tenants a year and a half a go - but it kept sending clients to her.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: WINZ
Duration: 2'30"

18:10
Green light for Skypath
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Auckland harbour bridge has been monopolised by cars for 57 years, but now pedestrians and cyclists have finally got the green light.
Topics: transport
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Skypath
Duration: 3'17"

18:14
US navy visit seen as victory for NZ
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A visit by a United States navy ship for the first time in 33 years is being seen as a victory for New Zealand standing its ground on being nuclear-free.
Topics: politics
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Tags: US
Duration: 3'22"

18:18
Fairfax media, NZME- reporters not going to Rio
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Fairfax media and NZME have today announced their reporters will not be going to Rio for the Olympic Games. Both Fairfax and NZME say Sky is using its broadcasting rights to the Games to unfairly curtail news coverage of the event.
Topics: sport, media
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Tags: Olympics
Duration: 11'06"

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===6:30 PM. | None (National)===
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Highlighting the RNZ stories you're sharing on-line
Peter Bale – Panama Papers, and The State of The Media

===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

=AUDIO=

19:09
Life, the Universe and Stephen Hawking
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Theoretical cosmologist Professor David Wiltshire talks about his time working with Stephen Hawkins and answers questions about the universe.
Topics: life and society
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Duration: 21'53"

20:10
Nights' Culture - Jazz
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Editor and publisher, Fergus Barrowman is in to talk Jazz and spin some tracks.
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Duration: 19'06"

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7:12 Life, the Universe and Stephen Hawking
Theoretical cosmologist Professor David Wiltshire talks about his time working with Stephen Hawkins and answers questions about the universe.
7:35 At the Movies
Simon Morris looks at the controversial reboot of Ghostbusters - the comedy that launched a million angry tweets. There's a new version of Grandmama's favourite Anne of Green Gables, and a stunning Canadian film called Remember, directed by Atom Egoyan, and starring Christopher Plummer.
8:12 Nights' Culture - Jazz
Editor and publisher, Fergus Barrowman is in to talk Jazz and spin some tracks.
8:30 Window on the World
Mystery Body - On 12 December 2015, a man's body was found by a moorland track on Saddleworth Moor in northern England. He had nothing on him showing his identity. No-one knew who he was. And he had died from a rare kind of poisoning. The biggest lead was brought to the mortuary within the body itself. It was inside his left leg. And it's a clue which took the inquiry to Pakistan. Police believe he took his own life but did he travel nearly 4000 miles to die in this particular place?
9:07 Our Changing World
How early Moriori hunted Chatham Island sea lions to extinction and what this might mean for modern sea lions killed in subantarctic fisheries, and 3D printing a bionic arm for Dunedin teenager Corey Symon.
9:30 This Way Up
The This Way Up team visit a digital playground in Wainuiomata to meet Melanie Langlotz from Geo AR Games who has developed a location based mobile game that, like Pokemon Go, mixes the real world and video gaming - the idea is to get kids off the couch and running around outside.
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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
Trevor Reekie ghost rides with Suicides Martin Rev, Aradhna gives an exclusive insight to her latest album 'Brown Girl' and new tunes from Thee Oh Sees, Devon Walsh and Pattern.

===7:30 PM. | At The Movies===
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A weekly topical magazine about current film releases and film related topics

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19:30
At The Movies for 21 July 2016
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On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at the controversial reboot of Ghostbusters - the comedy that launched a million angry tweets. There's a new version of Grandmama's favourite Anne of Green Gables, and a stunning Canadian film called Remember, directed by Atom Egoyan, and starring Christopher Plummer.
Topics: movies
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Duration: 23'27"

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Featured this week – Ghostbusters with a new all-female set of spookhunters, including Melissa McCarthy and Kristin Wiig.
[embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEZlQPcWToY
Yet another version of old-time favourite Anne of Green Gables, featuring Martin Sheen.
[embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifhsay56Fwc
And Remember stars Christopher Plummer as an aging avenger, out to find the last surviving guard of the Nazi death camp that killed his family.
[embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFxXCoprNqc

===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

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21:06
Hunted to extinction - the Chatham Island sea lion
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Within 200 years of settling the Chatham Islands, Moriori had hunted the local sea lion to extinction. What lessons can we learn from that?
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It’s a story we hear time and time again in New Zealand – how people arrived here, and within 200-or-so years hunted different species to extinction. New ancient DNA and archaeological research from Nic Rawlence, Bruce Robertson and Justin Maxwell, at the University of Otago, shows that is exactly happened to a unique lineage of sea lions on the Chatham Islands.
Archaeologist Justin Maxwell has been investigating Moriori settlement at the Chatham Islands. The earliest evidence for human settlement dates to 1450 AD, although Justin says people may have arrived earlier than that.
Evidence suggests that about 50 people settled the islands, and the human population grew to more than 2000. There were plentiful marine mammals, fish and other seafood as well as a good source of carbohydrates from the karaka trees that the Moriori brought with them to the islands.
There is abundant evidence of sea lion and other marine mammal bones from sites that pre-date human settlement, and also in Moriori middens from 1450 to 1650. Previous work by Justin and others has showed that sea lions may have made up about half of the Moriori diet.
By 1650 the sea lion population – which Nic Rawlence thinks numbered once more than 50,000 – had been hunted to extinction.
Population modelling showed that a rate of hunting of less than one sea lion per person per year was enough to drive the once-large population to extinction.
Ancient DNA analysis has confirmed that the Chatham Islands sea lion was a distinct and previously unrecognized lineage. Another lineage of Phocarctos sea lion on mainland New Zealand was also hunted to extinction by Maori over the same time period, while the subantarctic New Zealand sea lion population survived later hunting by European sealers.
Using lessons from the past to manage modern species
“The team’s computer models suggest that current reported and unreported [fishery] bycatch levels may be unsustainable for the long–term survival of the [endangered New Zealand sea lion, “ says Bruce Robertson. “Our study adds to the growing evidence that undetected sea lion bycatch may still be driving the decline of the species, something the government’s recently released sea lion threat management plan (TMP) dismisses.”
“Overall, this study is a great example of how ancient-DNA can be used to inform conservation strategies of currently endangered species”, says Nic.
“What our research shows is that human harvesting and sea lions do not mix. Unless measures are taken to mitigate continuing bycatch levels, the outlook for our sea lions is bleak”.
The paper Human-mediated extirpation of the unique Chatham Islands sea lion and implications for the conservation management of remaining New Zealand sea lion populations by NJ Rawlence et al is published in Molecular Ecology.
NIWA’s Jim Roberts was on Our Changing World recently talking about his New Zealand sea lion risk assessment modelling.
Previous work on the extinction of penguins and sea lions, by Jon Water and colleagues from the University of Otago, has appeared on Our Changing World.
Topics: science, environment, te ao Maori
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Tags: New Zealand sea lions, marine mammals, conservation, Chatham Islands, extinction, hunting
Duration: 14'00"

21:16
3D printing a bionic arm
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As part of the 2016 International Science Festival in Dunedin, teenager Corey Symon was gifted a 3D-printed bionic arm by Limbitless Solutions.
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Corey Symon is a trombone-playing 14-year old with a passion for the sport of fencing. He was also born without his right-hand and forearm. Now, thanks to Dunedin’s International Science Festival and US non-profit Limbitless Solutions, he is the proud owner of a 3D-printed bionic arm.

Limbitless Solution was set up by Albert Manero two years ago, when he realised there was a need for cheap prosthetic arms for kids who were missing all or part of their arm. He decided that open source software and 3D printing was a way to produce a robust arm that could then be fitted with electronics, powered by a rechargeable battery.
The arms are decorated to match the personality of the recipient – the first arm that Limbitless Solution built and gifted went to Alex, a boy with a love of the robotic character Iron Man. Corey’s arm is sleek and grey, modelled on a sports car’s racing lines.
It takes about 30 hours to 3D print a bionic arm, and costs about US$330 in material, says engineer Brendan Jones, who has been in New Zealand to help fit (and fix) Corey’s new arm.
Corey has had prosthetic arms before, but they have had limited movement, relying on him flexing his whole arm to make the thumb open and close.
His new arm has a fully opening and closing hand. Corey wears three electrodes that are glued to his stump, and small electric signals produced as he contracts and relaxes his muscles are enough to open and then close the hand.
Albert is an aerospace engineering student, and Limbitless Solution relies on donations and volunteers to make each arm.
You can hear Albert in conversation with Jesse Mulligan here.
Topics: science, health, technology
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Tags: 3D printing, Bionic Arm, prosthetic limbs, hands, arms
Duration: 10'58"

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

William Trubridge breaks world free diving record. An Auckland mother has been awarded over $200,000 in compensation for the years spent caring for her disabled son and the geopoltical implications of the failed coup in Turkey.
=DESCRIPTION=

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

===11:06 PM. | Music 101===
=DESCRIPTION=

Music, interviews, live performances, behind the scenes, industry issues, career profiles, new, back catalogue, undiscovered, greatest hits, tall tales - with a focus on New Zealand/Aotearoa (RNZ)