RNZ National. 2016-08-08. 00:00-23:59.

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:

08 August 2016

===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 At the Movies with Simon Morris (RNZ); 1:05 From the World (RNZ); 2:30 NZ Music Feature (RNZ); 3:05 Tall Half Backs, by Graham Hutchins (RNZ); 3:30 Science (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
6:26 Rural News
6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

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06:13
Helen Clark still in UN Sec-Gen contest: McCully
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The Foreign Minister Murray McCully says it's too early to write off Helen Clark's bid for the United Nations Secretary-General job.
Topics: security, politics
Regions:
Tags: United Nations, Helen Clark
Duration: 3'30"

06:16
Phil Goff pledges to 2.5% rates rise cap in Akl fiscal policy
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The Auckland mayoral candidate Phil Goff is pledging to cut costs inside the council and keep rate rises at an average 2.5 percent - the same as this year's increase.
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Phil Goff
Duration: 2'43"

06:19
Shortage of Maori language teachers
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Most parents want te reo taught in schools but the Maori Language Commission sets out the challenges around making it a core subject.
Topics: te ao Maori, education
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Duration: 3'09"

06:23
Early Business News for 8 August 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 2'35"

06:24
Icy blast creates havoc in North Island
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Rural folk between Napier and Taupo are contending with heavy snow fall and rain in one of the worst storms for years.
Topics: weather
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Duration: 3'58"

06:27
Morning Rural News for 8 August 2016
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: farming, rural
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Duration: 4'21"

06:43
Olympics: Tim Price getting plenty of advice from wife
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New Zealand equestrian rider Tim Price given plenty of advice from his wife ahead of the three-day cross country stage at Rio.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Olympics, equestrian
Duration: 2'05"

06:47
Green Party accused of misleading public on Akl rail crossing
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The Green Party is being accused of misleading the public by suggesting a second Auckland harbour crossing won't include rail.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 2'32"

06:51
RBNZ rate cut a done deal this week - more to come
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An interest rate cut is a done deal this Thursday, if economists and financial markets are to be believed at least.
Topics: business, money
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Duration: 2'51"

06:57
Jim Parker in Australia
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Over the Tasman, The Reserve Bank of Australia's decision last week to cut official cash rates to an historic low of 1.5 percent has already got the financial markets looking for more.
Topics: economy
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Duration: 1'05"

06:58
Market update
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A round-up of the markets.
Topics: economy, money
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Duration: 1'36"

07:07
Sports News for 8 August 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'04"

07:11
The latest from the Olympics
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Shooter Natalie Rooney has won New Zealand's first Olympic medal at Rio, picking up a silver in the women's trap. We cross to our sports reporter Barry Guy for all the latest action from Rio.
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Tags: Olympics
Duration: 4'05"

07:15
Rio - Security issues and protests continue over the weekend
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Security issues continue in Rio, including a bullet in the media tent at the equestrian centre at Deadoro. Our reporter Gael Woods is there.
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Tags: Olympics
Duration: 4'41"

07:20
Boom! Timaru shooter Natalie Rooney takes Silver in Rio
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The Timaru shooter Natalie Rooney has won New Zealand's first Olympic medal at Rio, a silver in the women's trap. Trevor Manson is the past President of NZ Clay Target Association.
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Duration: 3'37"

07:29
Unison working to restore power after damage to network
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Four hundred homes still without power in the Taupo District and parts of Hawkes Bay.
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Duration: 2'53"

07:33
Housing NZ losing meth-clean up cases at the Tenancy Tribunal
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Housing New Zealand is losing cases to get tenants to pay thousands of dollars in clean-up costs.
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Tags: Housing NZ
Duration: 5'30"

07:40
Oscar Pistorius rushed to hospital with wrist injuries
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The Former South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius has received treatment in hospital for wrist injuries. We cross to South Africa.
Topics: law
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Duration: 2'50"

07:43
Helen Clark "discussing" options after disappointing UN poll
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Helen Clark is falling farther behind in the race to be the next United Nations Secretary General. We cross to New York to discuss the latest straw poll.
Topics: security
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Duration: 3'03"

07:47
Coles emotional after winning maiden Super Rugby title
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The Hurricanes captain Dane Coles played through the pain to lead his side to their maiden Super Rugby title. He talks to our rugby reporter, Joe Porter.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 4'25"

07:51
Determined Hurricanes finally claim Super Rugby title
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It was a case of third time lucky for the Hurricanes at the weekend as they claimed the Super Rugby championship. The team outclassed South Africa's Lions 20-3 in the final in the Capital to claim their first championship.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'21"

07:55
More detectives arrive in Nelson to help with homicide inquiry
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Police in Nelson have a murder mystery on their hands as they try to get to the bottom of the violent death of Nelson man, John Murray Morton. Mr Morton's body was discovered in the boat he lived on last week. We talk to Detective Inspector Paul Burrell.
Topics: law
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Duration: 2'53"

07:58
Quinton Winders to face court over killing of George Taiaroa
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The man accused of killing 67-year-old road worker George Taiaroa back in 2013 will go on trial in the High Court in Rotorua today.
Topics: law
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Duration: 2'18"

08:07
Sports News for 8 August 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'33"

08:14
Cross Country course should suit NZ equestrians
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After the dressage our eventors start the cross country stage tomorrow. The Equestrian team manager Erik Duvander talks to Stephen Hewson about the course in Rio.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Olympics
Duration: 2'04"

08:19
Russian paralympians banned for state sponsored doping
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The International Paralympic Committee has done what the International Olympic Committee chose not to - ban Russian athletes from competing in next month's games. Our Moscow correspondent Daria Bondarchuk says Russia will challenge the decision.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Paralympics
Duration: 2'14"

08:21
Hawke's Bay community cut off as road washed out
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Several farming families and an adventure lodge have been cut off after heavy rain washed out a section of a road in rural Hawke's Bay at the weekend. We talk to Doug Batt from the Mountain Valley Adventure Lodge.
Topics: weather
Regions: Hawkes Bay
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Duration: 2'38"

08:25
NZ braces for effects on Zespri's halt of kiwifruit exports
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The Prime Minister John Key confirms a Chinese trade minister has been involved in trade deal problems - but he continues to assure us that the relationship is not under threat.
Topics: business, politics, food, farming
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Duration: 8'39"

08:32
Markets Update for 8 August 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business
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Duration: 1'03"

08:38
Thousands of Turks gather in show of support for Erdogan
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Hundreds of thousands of Turks have gathered in Istanbul in a show of support for President Reycip Erdogan. Our correspondent Natalie Carney was at the rally.
Topics: security, conflict
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Duration: 3'14"

08:42
Fight for construction workers to feed Auckland's building boom
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Auckland's hunger for construction workers threatens to starve Christchurch in the final phases of the quake rebuild.
Topics: Civil Defence, housing, economy
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Duration: 3'29"

08:46
Unions say higher wages good for economy
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Unions say higher wages are good for the economy, but can employers afford to pay them?
Topics: economy
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Duration: 3'33"

08:50
Classic antiquities get a new lease of life with 3D printing
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Canterbury University is using 3D printing to give rare classical antiquities a new lease on life. Classics professor Patrick O'Sullivan tells us about how the new technology is helping students studying objects of the past.
Topics: arts, education
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Duration: 3'59"

08:54
Names of NZ's WW1 conscientious objectors online for first time
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New Zealand's World War One conscientious objectors are to be commemorated in the online realm.
Topics: history
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Duration: 3'17"

08:57
Council accused of shameful u-turn
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The Christchurch City Council is accused of shameful behaviour in going back on an agreement to keep 800 notable trees on a protected list. The future of the trees is now back in the hands of an Independent Hearings Panel.
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Duration: 2'25"

08:59
Top Stories for Monday 8 August 2016
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The latest from the Olympics; Rio - Security issues and protests continue over the weekend; Boom! Timaru shooter Natalie Rooney takes Silver in Rio; Icy blast creates havoc in North Island; Unison working to restore power after damage to network; Housing NZ losing meth-clean up cases at the Tenancy Tribunal; Oscar Pistorius rushed to hospital with wrist injuries; Helen Clark "discussing" options after disappointing UN poll.
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Duration: 31'18"

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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: Soon, by Charlotte Grimshaw (Part--6), read by Michael Hurst. A satirical novel following the fortunes of National Party Prime Minister David Hallwright and his Auckland set (Part 6 of 12, RNZ)

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09:09
Illegal fish being flogged on social media
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The fight against seafood poaching and the latest battle ground: social media. The Ministry of Primary Industry says social networking sites are the new tool being used by seafood poachers to flog illegal seafood. In Northland, it has recently successfully prosecuted two people who were using Facebook to offload crayfish and kina. Lynn Freeman speaks to MPI's District Compliance Manager, Steve Rudsdale who says it's a growing problem, and if left unchecked could have a huge impact on available kai moana.
Topics: environment, crime
Regions:
Tags: poaching
Duration: 11'26"

09:20
Battle to keep Salisbury School open
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Parents and supporters of Salisbury special education girls school are not ruling out legal action if the Minister of Education insists she will close the school. The Nelson school is at the centre of a battle between its supporters and the Ministry of Education, with accusations the Ministry has deliberately starved it of students. In 2012, the High Court ruled that a previous Government decision to close the school was unlawful and it was kept open. However since that time the government changed the enrollment system for special residential schools, meaning potential students can't enroll directly, and have to be referred by the Ministry's Intensive Wraparound Service. Phil Treweek is the father of a 15 year old girl - Ellen - who has been at Salisbury for two weeks.It took five applications over the last two years to finally get her into the school and the family is gutted to think it will close. He says the enrolment model is ridiculous - requiring a girl to have severe behavioural issues as well as intellectual disabilities to get into the school and because Ellen was well behaved at school, they could not get her into the school until her behaviour deteriorated.
Topics: life and society
Regions:
Tags: Salisbury School, Hekia Parata, Phil Treweek, Nelson
Duration: 12'15"

09:32
Gerard Smyth: Christchurch Dilemmas
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Nine to Noon speaks with filmmaker Gerard Smyth, who has made a six-part part interactive web series called Christchurch Dilemas, with RNZ as distribution partner. The short documentaries examines six themes - from the future of the river Red Zone, to affordable housing and the mental health of Cantabrians. Mostly, he tells the stories and views of the people of Christchurch, who he says are being forgotten by the rest of the country.
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Has the rest of New Zealand begun to forget about Christchurch? Filmmaker Gerard Smyth launches a new interactive web series today to stimulate conversations about the city's future.
Christchurch Dilemmas examines six themes in six short documentaries – from the future of the red zone, to affordable housing and mental health – while telling the stories of Cantabrians and inviting them to engage with the dilemmas facing their city.
Edited interview highlights
On Cantabrians' need to have their story told:
Gerard Smyth: We’re a pretty close community these days. And there’s so much to talk about, there’s so many decisions to be made. We haven’t had a huge amount of stories told, really, because New Zealand television audiences are mostly in Auckland, mostly in the north, and anything made has to be primarily for that audience. So although we probably have one of the most extraordinary stories to tell in New Zealand in the last hundred years there hasn’t been huge facility to do that.
So much of Christchurch has been top-down in the last five years. Lots of videos have been made by Cera [Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority], but they’ve been really to sell the minister’s plans.
On episode two: Mental Health – Do we have a crisis?
Programme two talks about the crisis we may be facing in mental health. The first one is black-and-white in its consideration. [Christchurch has a] 37% increase in people entering mental health services and a 60% increase in police call-outs for potential suicides. Five years after you have such an event… there’s all sorts of issues we get through in the first couple of years, but we get tired, and some people are not coping so well.
On episode four: Housing – How can we make it affordable?
In the quakes, it was the east of the city that got hit hardest. And in the east [it was] the older houses, the entry-level houses. If you were a first house buyer you may well have looked there if you were wanting to start on the housing ladder. 5,000 houses in the Red Zone there got bulldozed so entry-level housing in Christchurch is difficult.
On the current mood in Christchurch:
There’s so many different stories – it’s very hard to say 'Christchurch is angry' or 'Christchurch is frustrated'. There are so many different situations. By and large people are wealthier out of the quakes – I think most people are wealthier... A lot of people have got new houses, a lot of people have got new skills, and are being paid more as a result. But some people have done really badly out of the quakes. Some folks have been knocked for a six. So there is on every street, every house a different story.
Watch episode one: Red Zone - What is its future?
A new story from this six-part series will come out every Monday here on rnz.co.nz and on chchdilemmas.co.nz
Christchurch Dilemmas is produced by Gerard Smyth and edited by Gaylene Barnes, with support from NZ On Air and RNZ.
Topics: business, economy, life and society, politics, environment
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch, Gerard Smyth, rebuild
Duration: 21'44"

10:05
Andrea Hoffman: The Girl Who Beat Isis
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Nine to Noon speaks with Andrea Hoffman on her book The Girl Who Beat Isis, based on a series of interviews with a young Yazidi woman she met in an Iraqi refugee camp. Andrea is calling her 'Farida Khalaf', who escaped from months of captivity at the hands of Islamic State after being sold as a sex slave, subjected to mental and physical torture and rape, and passed around by human traffickers. Farida's remarkable story is one of survival and eventual escape, as well as the bitter experience of what comes after.
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Andrea Hoffman's latest book The Girl Who Beat Isis, based on a series of interviews with a young Yazidi woman she met in an Iraqi refugee camp.
Andrea is calling her 'Farida Khalaf', who escaped from months of captivity at the hands of Islamic State after being sold as a sex slave, subjected to mental and physical torture and rape, and passed around by human traffickers.
Farida's remarkable story is one of survival and eventual escape, as well as the bitter experience of what comes after.
Lynne Freeman talks to Andrea Hoffman about this harrowing story.
Topics: life and society
Regions:
Tags: Andrea Hoffman, ISIS
Duration: 38'56"

11:07
Political commentators Stephen Mills and Matthew Hooton
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Political commentary with Stephen Mills and Matthew Hooton.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 23'24"

11:29
Kitchen without boundaries
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Kitchen without boundaries is the brainchild of the ex pat Australian, Vanessa Baxter. It's about getting people of all ages and abilities engaged in cooking. She was a Masterchef finalist shortly after settling in Auckland after living many years overseas, including long stints in Vietnam, Indonesia and Singapore. Now food is at the core of her worklife, and the voluntary work she does. This includes running cooking classes for children, and also for corporate team building sessions.
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Kitchen without boundaries is the brainchild of the ex pat Australian, Vanessa Baxter. It's about getting people of all ages and abilities engaged in cooking.
She was a Masterchef finalist shortly after settling in Auckland after living many years overseas, including long stints in Vietnam, Indonesia and Singapore.
Now food is at the core of her worklife, and the voluntary work she does. This includes running cooking classes for children, and also for corporate team building sessions.
She talks to Lynn Freeman.
Topics: food
Regions:
Tags: Vanessa Baxter, food, recipes, Kitchen without boundaries, pork dumplings
Duration: 16'05"

11:49
Urbanist Tommy Honey
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Urbanist Tommy Honey discusses the future of Auckland housing in the wake of the Unitary Plan proposals. How is housing going to become more affordable?
Topics: technology
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Tags: urban, cities
Duration: 9'58"

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09:05 Illegal fish being flogged on social media
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The fight against seafood poaching and the latest battle ground: social media. The Ministry of Primary Industry says social networking sites are the new tool being used by seafood poachers to flog illegal seafood. In Northland, it has recently successfully prosecuted two people who were using Facebook to offload crayfish and kina. Lynn Freeman speaks to MPI's District Compliance Manager, Steve Rudsdale who says it's a growing problem, and if left unchecked could have a huge impact on available kai moana.
09:20 Battle to keep Salisbury School open
Parents and supporters of Salisbury special education girls school are not ruling out legal action if the Minister of Education insists she will close the school. The Nelson school is at the centre of a battle between its supporters and the Ministry of Education, with accusations the Ministry has deliberately starved it of students. In 2012, the High Court ruled that a previous Government decision to close the school was unlawful and it was kept open. However since that time the government changed the enrollment system for special residential schools, meaning potential students can't enroll directly, and have to be referred by the Ministry's Intensive Wraparound Service. Phil Treweek is the father of a 15 year old girl - Ellen - who has been at Salisbury for two weeks.It took five applications over the last two years to finally get her into the school and the family is gutted to think it will close. He says the enrolment model is ridiculous - requiring a girl to have severe behavioural issues as well as intellectual disabilities to get into the school and because Ellen was well behaved at school, they could not get her into the school until her behaviour deteriorated.
09:20 Gerard Smyth: Christchurch dilemmas
Nine to Noon speaks with film maker Gerard Smyth, who's made a 6 part interactive web series called Christchurch Dilemas, with RNZ as distribution partner. The short documentaries examines six themes - from the future of the river Red Zone, to affordable housing and the mental health of Cantabrians. Mostly, he tells the stories and views of the people of Christchurch, who he says are being forgotten by the rest of the country.
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10:05 Andrea Hoffman: The Girl Who Beat Isis
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Nine to Noon speaks with Andrea Hoffman on her book The Girl Who Beat Isis, based on a series of interviews with a young Yazidi woman she met in an Iraqi refugee camp. Andrea is calling her 'Farida Khalaf', who escaped from months of captivity at the hands of Islamic State after being sold as a sex slave, subjected to mental and physical torture and rape, and passed around by human traffickers. Farida's remarkable story is one of survival and eventual escape, as well as the bitter experience of what comes after.
10:45 The Reading
Soon by Charlotte Grimshaw read by Michael Hurst. (Part 6 of 12)
11:05 Political commentators Stephen Mills and Matthew Hooton
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Political commentary with Stephen Mills and Matthew Hooton
11:30 Kitchen without boundaries
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Kitchen without boundaries is the brainchild of the ex pat Australian, Vanessa Baxter. It's about getting people of all ages and abilities engaged in cooking. She was a Masterchef finalist shortly after settling in Auckland after living many years overseas, including long stints in Vietnam, Indonesia and Singapore. Now food is at the core of her worklife, and the voluntary work she does. This includes running cooking classes for children, and also for corporate team building sessions.

11:45 Urbanist Tommy Honey
Urbanist Tommy Honey discusses the future of Auckland housing in the wake of the Unitary Plan proposals. How is housing going to become more affordable?

===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 8 August 2016
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Celebrations in Waimate as a shooter hits the silver target and Landcorp will halt the use of a controversial palm kernel feed.
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Duration: 15'12"

12:17
Michael Hill CEO steps down after 34 years with the company
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The long-serving chief executive of the jewellery retailer, Michael Hill International, is stepping down.
Topics: business
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Tags: Michael Hill International
Duration: 1'26"

12:18
Companies urged to disclose remuneration policies
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Companies are being urged to step-up the disclosure of what they're paying directors and executives, as regulators move to put in place tougher standards covering corporate governance.
Topics: business
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Tags: Financial Markets Authority
Duration: 1'29"

12:19
Jim Parker in Australia
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To Australia, where the main retail banks seem to have given consumers more reasons to hate them.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Australia
Duration: 59"

12:22
Midday Markets for 8 August 2016
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Don Lewthwaite at First NZ Capital.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'38"

12:24
Business briefs
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The developer of software for smart measurement devices, ikeGPS, is in a trading halt, as it completes a placement of shares to a number of Australian institutional investors.
Topics: business
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Duration: 1'04"

12:26
Midday Sports News for 8 August 2016
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New Zealand's silver medal winning trap shooter, Natalie Rooney, says her nerves got the better of her during her gold medal match.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 3'04"

12:34
Midday Rural News for 8 August 2016
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 8'11"

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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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13:15
Why Isn't Canterbury Sleeping?
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Christchurch Hospital has had a massive increase in the number of people using its Sleep Service. Referrals to the service, which assists people suffering from disorders like apnoea, increased from 800 in 2008 to 4500 last year. Dr Michael Hlavac is director of the Hospital's sleep service
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Christchurch Hospital has had a massive increase in the number of people using its Sleep Service. Referrals to the service, which assists people suffering from disorders like apnoea, increased from 800 in 2008 to 4500 last year.
Dr Michael Hlavac is director of the Hospital's sleep service
Topics: health
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: sleep
Duration: 11'17"

13:27
Counting the cost of the honeybee decline
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Honeybees are vital pollinators, and their numbers have been dwindling due to the varroa mite and colony collapse disorder. Now New Zealand scientists have attempted to quantify just how much this is going to cost our economy.
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Honeybees are vital pollinators, and their numbers have been dwindling due to the varroa mite and colony collapse disorder. Now New Zealand scientists have attempted to quantify just how much this is going to cost our economy.
Steve Wratten of the Bio-Protection Research Centre at Lincoln University is the co-author of a study into the impact of honey bee loss on our agricultural sector.
Topics: environment, rural, science
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Tags: bees
Duration: 9'05"

13:36
A green light for drag activist, Carmen
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A new unique set of green lights have been unveiled on Cuba street this morning. They pay tribute to another local legend, Carmen Rupe, the drag performer, brothel keeper and activisit who was a colourful member of Cuba street.
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Following the success of the Kate Shepherd pedestrian crossing lights in Wellington, a new unique set of green lights have been unveiled on Cuba street this morning.
They pay tribute to another local legend, Carmen Rupe, the drag performer, brothel keeper and activisit who was a colourful member of Cuba street.
The lights are work of the Wellington City Council, its strategy and communications director Jeremy Baker joins Jesse in the studio.
Topics: arts
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Carmen
Duration: 4'19"

13:40
Favourite album
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"Grand Romantic" by Nate Ruess, chosen by Sara Moylan.
Topics: music
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Duration: 18'07"

14:09
Television Critic: Melenie Parkes
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Stranger Things, The Night Of..., and Fireplace Birchwood 4K.
Topics: media
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Tags: television
Duration: 9'21"

14:20
Beware of the 'Super Lice'
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New research out of the States, has found that 98 per cent of head lice have become resistant, to over-the-counter remedies.
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Merely hearing the words "Super Lice" is enough to give parents nightmares.
New US research published in the Journal of Economic Entomology has found that 98 per cent of lice have become resistant, to over-the-counter remedies.
So, is it time to ditch the chemicals and the comb?
Dr Cameron Webb is from the Department of Medical Entomology, from the University of Sydney.
He talks to Jesse Mulligan about how "Super Lice" can be stopped in their tracks.
Topics: science
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Tags: lice
Duration: 8'29"

14:33
Philosphy and Perception
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Why is it that two people can experience exactly the same event, but perceive it very differently?
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Why is it that two people can experience exactly the same event, but perceive it very differently? Associate Professor of Philosphy, Dr Bill Fish has been exploring conscious perception for many years, and says understanding how and why people perceive things so differently is vital to having a more peaceful society.
He also works with children, helping them explore philosophical questions such as what is truth, and what is fairness.
Topics: science
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Tags: Philosphy
Duration: 26'12"

15:09
In Praise of @#$%!
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English professor Michael Adams believes dirty words have been given a bad rap over the centuries, yet they are a rich source of creativity. Adams comes to the defence of swear words in his book, In Praise of Profanity.
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One person's profanity is another's prose.
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump certainly has no problem with the F bomb. English professor Michael Adams believes dirty words have been given a bad rap over the centuries, yet they are a rich source of creativity. Adams comes to the defence of swear words in his book, In Praise of Profanity.
Topics: language
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Tags: Profanity
Duration: 21'51"

15:30
A Taste of Home - Philippine Festival
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Celebrating 50 years of Philippines and New Zealand diplomatic relations, one Filipino New Zealander guides Lynda Chanwai-Earle through her community's annual celebration with a hands on cooking demonstration from their very own Master Chef celebrity Leo Fernandez.
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His Excellency, Jesus S. Domingo, the Philippines ambassador to NZ, weaves his way through the food stalls, as if led by his nose. He stops in front of an entire spit-roasted pig and – the perfect guide around the "Taste of Home" Philippine Festival – and explains that no part of the animal will be wasted.
"Lechon is the name for spit roasted food, normally whole pig but for our Muslim brothers and sisters it would be whole chicken. Sisig (beef tripe) is peanut sauce based stew, made with ox tripe and traditionally served with beer."
Celebrating 50 years of NZ and Philippines diplomatic relations, the new Filipino Community Centre in Petone, Wellington is buzzing with families. To celebrate all that is "delicious and diverse in Filipino food" this year the Wellington Bulwagan Foundation Trust have brought the best in home-cooking, both regionally and nationally known dishes to a hungry public.
Filipino food has always been synonymous with comfort. Whether its because you grew up with it, or whether it's reminiscent of your own culture. The fusion of flavours, influenced by our diverse history is what makes Filipino food a cuisine in its own.

“It's a festival of food [today],” says Domingo “but if you had to summarize our history - we joke that we spent four decades in a Spanish convent and four decades in Hollywood! But we also have Muslim influences in our culture and the Spanish influence can be seen in the dances and traditional dresses."
Domingo says that their annual festival is the best way to celebrate all that is Filippino; "When Magellin circumnavigated the globe he came across the Philippines. We are very much the first globalised country, our culture is a mix of East and West but our base culture is Malayo-Polynesian and we share DNA with the Polynesian gene pool."
John the stall-holder tells us that the whole pork head is boiled and then minced and deep fried with vinegar and spices. Famous in the province of Bicol where Trust member and Kiwi-Noys (Kiwi-Filipino) Dinna O'Meara and her friend Ric Robrigardo hail from is laing. This incredibly popular dish is made with shredded taro leaves, pork, coconut milk, pickled shrimp paste and served with rice. Ric has slow cooked his laing for three hours. It's delicious, aromatic and one of the first dishes to sell-out.
Not far from Ric's stall is the Fav Artisan sweet stall run by Flora Nogoy. She's selling traditional Polvorones - Spanish short-bread cookies typically made from a powdered milk and butter.
Around 40,000 Filipinos make up 1% of New Zealand’s population, the third largest Asian migrant group after the Indians and Chinese. Around 5,100 live in Wellington region and they’ve gathered to raise the profile of their community with a special festival featuring the Filifest Kids indigenous dance group for children, traditional food stalls and of course their very own national celebrity – Chef Leo Fernandez.
As Dinna and emcee Rocky Dunmire organise the festival line-up, Chef Leo Fernandez prepares for his ‘great taste of home’, regional and national food culinary showcase. Leo Fernandez is New Zealand Masterchef 2015 Runner-Up and the Kiwi-Noys ambassador of Filipino food.
Leo's three classic Filipino recipes include the Mindanao Buntaa (soft shelled crab dish), KBL (Kadyos, Baboy, Langand; crispy pork belly and consummé) paying homage to his mother's Visayan heritage and finally sweet Tinupig con biko (glutinous rice cake) from Laoac, Northern Philippines.
Dinna says the Trust (operating since 1999) along with their new centre, is vital to the community. "We want to showcase our culture to the wider community, so they get to know who we are. We all love to sing, dance and eat!"
When asked what the quintessential Filipino dish would be, Dinna answers emphatically."It's got to be adobo!"
From the Spanish adobar or "marinade" - the seasoning of vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, and bay leaves involves meat, seafood, or vegetables that are marinated, browned in oil, and then simmered or slow cooked in the marinade.
"It's the unofficial national dish, we even have festivals across the Philippines to honour adobo."
But wait, there's more! We love to dance too!
Backstage around 15 excited children change into traditional costumes reminiscent of Spanish influence. Melissa Walker is half Filippino, half Pakeha. "I can't speak my heritage language but I can dance it." She's one of the senior tutors in the Filifest Dance Group, her mother Anita is the president and founder. "We bring Flipino culture and share it with young and old." If adobo is their quintessential dish then Tinikling is their quintessential dance.
Melissa tells me that the dance celebrates the Tinikling birds escaping the bamboo traps set by farmers. This traditional dance originated during the Spanish Colonial era and involves two people beating and sliding bamboo poles on the ground while one or more dancers step between the poles. Tinikling is traditionally performed to rondalla music, an ensemble of stringed instruments that originated in Spain during the middle ages.
Surrounded by a delighted crowd Tinikling is performed with dazzling virtuosity by two ten-year-old members of Filifest, Ella and Miguel.
Judging by the emptied food stalls and happily exhausted children at the festival's conclusion, it's celebration well worth waiting another year for.
Topics: life and society, refugees and migrants
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: diversity, culture, Filipino New Zealanders, Philippines
Duration: 10'24"

15:45
One Quick Question for 8 August 2016
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We find the answers to any queries you can think up.
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The Panel pre-show for 8 August 2016
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1:10 First song
1:15 Why Isn't Canterbury Sleeping?
Christchurch Hospital has had a massive increase in the number of people using its Sleep Service. Referrals to the service, which assists people suffering from disorders like apnoea, increased from 800 in 2008 to 4500 last year.
Dr Michael Hlavac is director of the Hospital's sleep service
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1:25 Counting the cost of the honeybee decline
Honeybees are vital pollinators, and their numbers have been dwindling due to the varroa mite and colony collapse disorder. Now New Zealand scientists have attempted to quantify just how much this is going to cost our economy.
Steve Wratten of the Bio-Protection Research Centre at Lincoln University is the co-author of a study into the impact of honey bee loss on our agricultural sector.
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1:30 A green light for drag activist, Carmen
Following the success of the kate Shepherd pedestrian crossing lights in Wellington, a new unique set of green lights have been unveiled on Cuba street this morning.
They pay tribute to another local legend, Carmen Rupe, the drag performer, brothel keeper and activisit who was a colourful member of Cuba street.
The lights are work of the Wellington City Council, its strategy and communications director Jeremy Baker joins Jesse in the studio.
1:40 Favourite album
2:10 Beware of the 'Super Lice'
They are the nightmare of parents, they're 'super-lice'. New research out of the States, has found that 98 per cent of lice have become resistant, to over-the-counter remedies. The study was published in the Journal of Economic Entomology.
So, is it time to ditch the chemicals?
Dr Cameron Webb is from the Department of Medical Entomology, from the University of Sydney.
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2:20 Television Critic: Melenie Parkes
2:30 Philosphy and Perception
Why is it that two people can experience exactly the same event, but perceive it very differently?
Associate Professor of Philosphy, Dr Bill Fish has been exploring conscious perception for many years, and says understanding how and why people perceive things so differently is vital to having a more peaceful society.
He also works with children, helping them explore philosophical questions such as what is truth, and what is fairness.
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3:10 In Praise of @#$%!
One person's profanity is another's prose. US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump certainly has no problem with the F bomb. English professor Michael Adams believes dirty words have been given a bad rap over the centuries, yet they are a rich source of creativity. Adams comes to the defence of swear words in his book, In Praise of Profanity.
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3:45 The Panel Pre-Show

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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
One Quick Question for 8 August 2016
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We find the answers to any queries you can think up.
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Duration: 4'50"

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The Panel pre-show for 8 August 2016
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16:03
The Panel with Garry Moore and Graham Bell (Part 1)
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What the Panelists Garry Moore and Graham Bell have been up to. Steve Wyn-Harris gives us an update on what farmers in Central Hawke's Bay are experiencing in the snow. Sociologist Charles Crothers discusses the promises of Auckland mayoral hopefuls to cap rates and reduce spending.
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Duration: 23'25"

16:05
The Panel with Garry Moore and Graham Bell (Part 2)
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A new study's people with a high IQ spend more time lazing around. What the Panelists Garry Moore and Graham Bell have been thinking about. Psychology professor Marc Wilson talks about minds games used against the competition in sport and in life. The Labour leader Andrew Little's sick cat has gone missing. Housing NZ is losing meth-contamination cases in the Tenancy Tribunal as it attempts to pass methamphetamine-related clean-up costs on to tenants.
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Duration: 27'04"

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Panel Intro
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What the Panelists Garry Moore and Graham Bell have been up to.
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Duration: 3'59"

16:11
Hawke's Bay snow
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Steve Wyn-Harris gives us an update on what farmers in Central Hawke's Bay are experiencing in the snow.
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Duration: 4'44"

16:16
Mayoral hopefuls rate promises
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Sociologist Charles Crothers discusses the promises of Auckland mayoral hopefuls to cap rates and reduce spending.
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Duration: 14'17"

16:33
Lazy bones active mind
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A new study's people with a high IQ spend more time lazing around.
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16:36
Panel Says
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What the Panelists Garry Moore and Graham Bell have been thinking about.
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Duration: 6'23"

16:41
Super-bacteria and Russian paralympians banned
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The latest non-sporting news from the Rio Olympic Games.
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Duration: 3'15"

16:45
Mind over matter
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Psychology professor Marc Wilson talks about minds games used against the competition in sport and in life.
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Duration: 6'38"

16:51
Andrew Little says goodbye to cat
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The Labour leader Andrew Little's sick cat has gone missing.
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Duration: 2'00"

16:54
Otago uni party costumes not to be censored.
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Students reject regulation of party costumes
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Duration: 1'57"

16:56
Housing NZ is losing meth-contamination cases
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Housing NZ is losing meth-contamination cases in the Tenancy Tribunal as it attempts to pass methamphetamine-related clean-up costs on to tenants.
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Duration: 1'27"

16:58
Senior rugby players conspicuous by their silence
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Should past and present senior rugby players be publicly speaking up about the Chiefs' stripper incident?
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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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17:08
Celebrations ahead for NZs first Olympic medalist
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Celebrations are already being planned for Olympian Natalie Rooney, who shot her way into the history books today after winning a silver medal.
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Duration: 4'07"

17:14
Power cut to hundreds of homes
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Hundreds of homeowners in Taupo and Hawke's Bay remain without power after a wintry weekend of snow, wind and freezing temperatures. Rangataiki Tavern owner Duncan Klaus is one of them.
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Duration: 5'37"

17:18
Pike River families want mine's CEO to face charges
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Families of two of the Pike River victims are back in court as they challenge a decision to drop charges against the mine's chief executive Peter Whittall.
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Two women whose relatives died in the Pike River Mine disaster are heading to the Court of Appeal in an attempt to hold someone to account for the deaths of 29 men.
Sonya Rockhouse lost her son, Ben, and Anna Osborne lost her husband, Milton, after a series of explosions at the West Coast coal mine in 2010.
They are appealing after the High Court turned down their application to review the decision to drop charges against the mine's former chief executive, Peter Whittall.
Mr Whittall faced a raft of health and safety charges relating to the explosions, but the prosecution was dropped after an insurance payment of more than $3 million to the 29 victims' families.
The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment had determined that the "public interest was not met by continuing with a long costly trial and a low probability of success".
Ms Rockhouse told Checkpoint with John Campbell that even to try and fail would be better than being denied the chance to try at all.
"To fight and lose, I think we could accept. But not to fight, and not have anything happen, that I can't accept. So, for us, we will just continue fighting until we get something."
The pair's lawyer, Nigel Hampton QC, will make submissions on their behalf tomorrow.
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Duration: 6'23"

17:25
Auckland Council planners want parts of Unitary Plan overturned
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Auckland Council planners want to overturn some of the key features of the city's re-written Unitary Plan. Auckland Issues correspondent Todd Niall joins Checkpoint.
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Duration: 3'20"

17:29
Calls made to ban fast food outlets near schools
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Locals from the Christchurch suburb of Linwood have joined Labour MP Ruth Dyson in calling for restrictions to the number of fast-food outlets near schools.
Topics: health, education
Regions: Canterbury
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Duration: 3'01"

17:34
Evening Business for 8 August 2016
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News from the business sector, including a market report.
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Duration: 1'54"

17:36
Trial into George Taiaroa's murder begins
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Quinton Winders is on trial charged with killing road worker George Taiaroa just over three years ago. RNZ reporter Andrew McRae joins Checkpoint from Rotorua.
Topics: law
Regions: Bay of Plenty
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Duration: 4'23"

17:40
Failed finance company directors on trial
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Executives from Viaduct Capital and Mutual Finance have gone on trial in the High Court in Auckland, more than six years after the firms' collapse.
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Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Mutual Finance, Viaduct Capital
Duration: 3'52"

17:44
Trust fund set up for Tongan crash victims' families
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Aongatete Coolstore has set up a trust fund for the families of five Tongan men who were killed in a crash last week.
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Duration: 5'27"

17:50
Olympic sailing siblings ready to race at Rio
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Olympic sailor Sam Meech stopped offering his younger sister Molly advice when she won a world championship title - now they're both aiming for gold at Rio.
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Duration: 3'08"

17:53
Carmen Rupe's silhouette to light up Cuba St lights
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Carmen Rupe's silhouette has been used in four pedestrian crossing lights in what was the heart of Wellington's red light district.
Topics: life and society, identity
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Carmen Rupe, gender, sexuality
Duration: 4'01"

18:08
Natalie Rooney ecstatic at silver medal win
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Olympian Natalie Rooney's silver medal should be enough to land her on the honours board at her local shooting club in Timaru, she says.
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Duration: 2'16"

18:11
Farmers face another week without power
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Farmers between Taupo and Napier are struggling with power cuts and snow so heavy it's caused sheds and fences to cave in, trapped livestock and cut off access.
Topics: rural, farming, weather
Regions: Hawkes Bay, Waikato
Tags: power cuts
Duration: 4'07"

18:15
Farmers need an incentive to switch from palm kernel
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Farmers say they're going to need an incentive from large companies like Fonterra if they're to follow in the footsteps of Landcorp and phase out the controversial use of palm kernel.
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Duration: 3'40"

18:19
Labour MP Nanaia Mahuta returns to Parliament with moko
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Labour MP Nanaia Mahuta will be the first woman to wear the moko in the House of Representatives when she returns to Parliament tomorrow.
Topics: politics, te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'25"

18:23
Hurricanes win Super Rugby competition
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The Hurricanes' losing streak in the Super Rugby competition ended when they won on Saturday night, for the very first time.
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Duration: 5'39"

18:26
Armed Offenders Squad called out to New Plymouth house
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Police are attending an incident on Marama Crescent, New Plymouth after reports that shots were fired, Taranaki reporter Robin Martin is there.
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Duration: 1'54"

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Euan Ashley; athletes and genetics

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19:12
The first Māori in Australia
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Did you know that the first Māori arrived in Sydney in 1793? Hohepa Ruhe is the director of Kotahi Tourism, which leads tours exploring the lives of the first Māori Australians.
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Māori have been in Australia since before the nation was born. Hohepa Ruhe talks with Bryan Crump about the Māori who have lived, traded, visited and worked there since 1793.
Hohepa Ruhe leads tours in Sydney.
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Hohepa Ruhe: [The first recorded Māori were] two men called Tuki Tahua and Ngāhuruhuru. They arrived in April 15, 1793 from the Far North of New Zealand.
The governor of Norfolk Island at the time was Philip Gidley King. He had a relative of harakeke (flax) growing on Norfolk Island [but] been unsuccessful in trying to get the flax of the time to a high enough grade to utilise as ropes – sails for the navy, for example, maybe clothing products for the new colonies that they were setting up in the south.
Philip Gidley King had this idea of trying to “procure” two to three Māori from New Zealand to, how would you say, 'enhance' the process of flax, to try and get the flax to a high-enough grade to utilise for the new colony.
[Gidley King's] vessel was sailing into the Far North of New Zealand. Apparently the captain had sick crew aboard, so he didn’t even stop to anchor in far north waters. He just slowly drifted through and enticed these two men aboard.
They were taken downstairs, given gifts, given food, and a few hours later they were brought upstairs. Not a blade of grass, not a grain of sand anywhere... They’d actually been kidnapped.
They only spent a few days in Sydney and then they were transport to Norfolk Island. Philip Gidley King had clear ideas about what he wanted the men to do.
Philip Gidley King set them up in Government House at Norfolk Island. They weren’t in the barracks, they weren’t housed with the convicts. They weren’t actually asked to do any hard labour, which is interesting. The men were quite giving once they found out they weren’t going to be doing that.
One thing they had to say, though, to Philip Gidley King was the simple thing that [harakeke, or flax] is actually the realm of Māori women and they are specialists within the Māori world. So they actually took the wrong sex… The men had very limited understanding of the procurement of flax. They gave their knowledge anyway under the proviso that Philip Gidley King would take them home.
Tuki Tahua drew a map in chalk on the floor of Government House at Norfolk Island and that map was transferred to paper. The map had all the places where the men wished to be dropped off... and that map got them home.
Related story: New Zealanders in Sydney celebrate 222 years of Māori in Australia
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Duration: 32'17"

20:12
Nights' Science - Toxicology
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Our Poison Professor Dr.Leo Schep on a couple of common plants that can be a real pain.
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Tags: NZ National Poisons Centre, toxicology, toxins, poisons
Duration: 15'24"

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7:12 Maori in Colonial Sydney
Did you know that Māori were some of the earliest regular visitors to Sydney? Hohepa Ruhe is the director of Kotahi Tourism which leads tours exploring the lives of the first Māori Australians.
7:35 Upbeat
Tabla player and Indian classical music specialist Basant Madhur shares the intricacies of the hand drum and performs live. He comes from a musical family, has trained more than 300 students in Indian classical music, and performed with some of the leading international musicians in this style of music.
8:12 Nights' Science - Toxicology
Our Poison Professor Dr. Leo Schep on the Arum lily and the Phoenix Palm, a couple of common plants that can be a real pain.
8:30 Window on the World
Food on the Move - Fruit in the summer, grain in the autumn - our diets once consisted of eating what was around us and what was in season. But we now live in a global food village, where in many countries the idea of eating seasonally has been consigned to history. In the 21st Century we ship, fly and truck our food supply across huge distances. Britain, for example, imports 90% of its fresh fruit. The BBC's Mike Johnson presents Food on the Move: What We Want, When We Want It.
9:30 Insight
Tracey Neal explores what lies ahead for the marine farms in the Marlborough Sounds as consents start to come up for renewal. Will any have to move?
10:17 Late Edition
A roundup of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Date Line Pacific from RNZ International.
11:07 At the Eleventh Hour
Tonight Mark Rogers presents the very best in Americana with new music from William Tyler, Shaun Colvin & Steve Earle, Sturgill Simpson and Sarah Jarosz.

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

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Monday 8 August- Food on the Move
Fruit in the summer, grain in the autumn - our diets once consisted of eating what was around us and what was in season. But we now live in a global food village, where in many countries the idea of eating seasonally has been consigned to history. In the 21st Century we ship, fly and truck our food supply across huge distances. Britain, for example, imports 90% of its fresh fruit. The BBC’s Mike Johnson presents Food on the Move: What We Want, When We Want It.

Tuesday 9 August- Graffiti: Paint and Protest #2of 2
Graffiti’s modern role is evolving rapidly. From Europe to Brazil, street artists are displaying their anger about inequality, invisibility, corruption and control. In part two Steve Uruqhart meets graffiti writers and street artists from Brazil. Thousands of angry young Brazilians could not care less about the 2016 Olympics; they would rather paint Rio and São Paulo’s walls with their views about political turmoil, poverty and inequality. Others choose to cover historic buildings with stark, crude lettering known as 'pixação'.

Wednesday 10 August - The Battle for the US Constitution
How has an Amendment to the US Constitution passed just after the US Civil War become the battleground on which modern America's most ferocious issues are fought out? Adam Smith, historian of 19th Century America, travels to Washington DC and North Carolina to find out.

Thursday 11 August- Malawi’s Big Charity Secret
Simon Cox investigates the secretive world of one of Malawi’s biggest charities - Dapp (Development Aid from People to People). For decades governments including the US, UK and other European nations have donated many millions of dollars to DAPP for projects ranging from sanitation to teaching. But Dapp has a big secret – it is under the control of a Danish cult-like organisation called the Teachers Group.

===9:30 PM. | Insight===
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An award-winning documentary programme providing comprehensive coverage of national and international current affairs.

===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
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The Yazidi women taking on Islamic State; sleepless in Christchurch; and in Dateline Pacific the runway saga continues in Port Vila.
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RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National

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Wairarapa's Mark Rogers presents a selection of old and new music - from country and blues, to rock 'n' soul (Arrow FM)