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15 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 Te Ahi Kaa (RNZ); 2:30 NZ Music Feature (RNZ); 3:05 The Stove Rake by Denise Keay, read by Tandi Wright (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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06:00
Top Stories for Monday 15 August 2016
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Two thirds okay with cannabis being legal or not criminal; two people in critical condition after gastric illness outbreak; world's fastest runners race in Rio this afternoon; Auckland Future campaign off to rocky start; more groups oppose school funding plan; report finds little demand for new Wellington airport routes; and anti-1080 activists plan direct action.
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Duration: 29'55"
06:12
Massive floods in Louisiana and Mississippi
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Torrential downpours have swamped parts of the US states of Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Duration: 4'17"
06:18
NZer tells of silver medal win in canoe slalom at Rio
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Tauranga paddler Luuka Jones talks to Morning Report about her elation after winning an Olympic silver medal in Rio in the canoe slalom event.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Rio 2016, Olympics
Duration: 3'33"
06:20
Early Business News for 15 August 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
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Duration: 2'21"
06:26
Morning Rural News for 15 August 2016
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'13"
06:38
Campylobacter outbreak strikes in Havelock North
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Schools are shut in Havelock North this morning as the town remains in the grip of a gastric outbreak. Campylobacter is to blame, but it is not yet known how it got into the town's water supply. We talk to one of the schools that is shut.
Topics: health
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Tags: Campylobacter, water supply
Duration: 4'09"
06:42
Auckland Future wants two bungled nominations re-instated
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The nomination process for Auckland Council for the Auckland Future team has got a bit messy. Candidate Savea Lavea has withdrawn and they're also trying to have two bungled candidate nominations corrected.
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Duration: 2'36"
06:45
Celebrations mark Kiingi Tuheitia's decade as Maori king
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Celebrations are being held throughout this week to mark the 10th anniversary of the coronation of the Maori King - Kiingi Tuheitia.
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Duration: 3'44"
06:50
Labour market data expected to show low unemployment rate
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Economists expect this week's labour market figures to point to a continuing low unemployment rate, modest jobs growth, and fewer people in the workforce.
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Duration: 2'00"
06:53
NZ SMEs offered cyber insurance as risks increase
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Insurance companies are beginning to offer cyber cover as an increasing number of hackers target New Zealand's small and medium sized companies.
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Duration: 1'31"
06:54
ParrotDog hits target with equity raise
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It was the Beervana festival in Wellington over the weekend but one brewer with more fizz than most might have been local brewer, ParrotDog, after it took just a couple of days to raise two million dollars.
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Duration: 1'20"
06:56
Jim Parker in Australia
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Over the Tasman now and after the Commonwealth Bank came out with a profit of around 10 billion Australian dollars, you might think all is well for the banking sector.
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Duration: 47"
06:57
Business agenda
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There's a full calendar of company earnings reports this week.
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Duration: 1'01"
06:58
Markets
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Wall Street was a mixed bag, buoyed by higher oil prices but cooled by flat retail data.
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Duration: 59"
07:06
Sports News for 15 August 2016
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The latest from the team at RNZ sport.
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Duration: 2'18"
07:11
Two thirds okay with cannabis being legal or not criminal
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A new poll of 1000 people has found two thirds of New Zealanders want cannabis legalised for personal use or at least for criminal penalties to be removed. We talk to the executive director of the Drug Foundation, Ross Bell.
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Duration: 5'00"
07:16
Two people in critical condition after gastric illness outbreak
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Two people are critically ill and a death is being linked to a gastroenteritis outbreak in Havelock North due to the water-borne bacteria campylobacter contaminating the town's water supply. Nick Jones, the medical officer of health says 20 people are in hospital and he expects more cases.
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Duration: 5'36"
07:22
World's fastest athletes race in Rio this afternoon
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Usain Bolt takes to the track in Rio this afternoon. The Jamaican runner is chasing his third consecutive gold medal in the men's 100 metres. Our reporter Barry Guy has all the latest.
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Tags: Rio, Olympics, Usain Bolt
Duration: 5'14"
07:27
Auckland Future campaign off to rocky start
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Auckland Future's bid to to take control of the Auckland Council gets off to a wobbly start. Our Auckland Correspondent Todd Niall went along to the party's campaign launch.
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Duration: 3'34"
07:36
More groups oppose school funding plan
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Principal groups join the chorus of opposition towards the Government's proposed changes to schools funding.
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Duration: 3'04"
07:39
Report finds little demand for new Wellington airport routes
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A new report on the Wellington airport extension has found there won't be enough passengers to make the proposed international routes commercially viable.
Topics: transport, business
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Duration: 2'57"
07:46
Anti-1080 activist plan direct action
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Anti-1080 activists in Taranaki are vowing to take direct action to halt a massive drop of the pest control poison in Egmont National Park. Our Taranaki reporter Robin Martin was at a crowded meeting last night that discussed the planned drop.
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Duration: 3'46"
07:50
Driving course not fine now option for restricted malingerers
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A programme in Christchurch is aiming to help people avoid running up thousands in fines or heading to jail because they have sat on their restricted or learners licences for years and end up breaching the conditions.
Topics: crime, transport
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Tags: Driver's Licence
Duration: 4'02"
07:55
Is there appetite for change on legalising cannabis?
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John Key says despite the poll, he's not a personal fan of changing the cannabis law. He says if Parliament were to decriminalise cannabis use, that would appaear to condone increased drug use.
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Duration: 4'57"
08:07
Sports News for 15 August 2016
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The latest from the team at RNZ sport.
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Duration: 2'56"
08:12
Helen Kelly pushes for an overhaul of cannabis legal status
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A new poll shows more than eighty per cent of people want cannabis legalised or decriminalised for terminal pain relief.
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Duration: 6'12"
08:18
Legalise Cannabis party says poll backs their stance
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Legalise Cannabis party leader Michael Appleby delighted at latest poll showing two thirds of New Zealand want personal use of cannabis legalised or decriminalised.
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Duration: 3'15"
08:21
High Performance Sport promises funding review after Rio
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High Performance Sport New Zealand expects New Zealand to meet the target of 14 or more medals at Rio but admits there have been some disappointments.
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Tags: Rio 2016, Olympics, rowing
Duration: 3'46"
08:25
Hastings mayor devastated at gastro outbreak in region
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The Hastings council may have to look at permanently treating Havelock North's water supply or abandoning it altogether.
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Duration: 5'45"
08:30
Markets Update for 15 August 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
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Duration: 57"
08:37
Teina Pora's team push for third trial of Malcolm Rewa
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The team which helped overturn Teina Pora's convictions is pushing for Malcolm Rewa to face a jury for the third time for Susan Burdett's murder.
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Duration: 6'04"
08:43
Law Society says meth guidelines urgently needed
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The lack of methamphetamine contamination guidelines is causing house sales to fall through and The Auckland District Law Society says the information vacuum needs to be filled.
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Duration: 3'19"
08:47
Olympic gold medalist Mahe Drysdale to take time out
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Olympic gold medal winning rower Mahe Drysdale tells Morning Report he's now taking time out of his busy rowing schedule to focus on family, following his success in Rio on the weekend.
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Tags: rowing, Rio, Olympics
Duration: 3'07"
08:50
Assaults on elderly highest in south Auckland or Wellington
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The number of elderly victims of assault could be higher than statistics reveal with many victims too embarrassed to report crimes. Carla Penman reports.
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Duration: 3'35"
08:55
Whitebait season kicks off today for most of New Zealand
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Today marks the start of whitebait season for most of the country but the recent cold snap means it might get off to a sluggish start.
Topics: food, environment
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Duration: 5'05"
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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-11), read by Michael Hurst. A satirical novel following the fortunes of National Party Prime Minister David Hallwright and his Auckland set (Part 11 of 12, RNZ)
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09:08
Wellington airport extension 'fundamentally flawed'
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A fresh report into Wellington's controversial 300 million dollar runway extension says the airport's business case is `fundamentally flawed'. Kathryn Ryan speaks to Oliver Lamb of Sydney based Ailevon Pacific Aviation Consulting. His new report, on behalf of the Airline industry's lobby group Barnz, says previous pro-extension reports have been fundamentally flawed, inaccurate and overly optimistic.
Topics: transport, politics, environment, business, economy
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Wellington runway extension
Duration: 14'28"
09:22
How should primary schools deal with suicide?
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When is the appropriate age to talk about suicide at school, and what are the risks of discussing suicide in the classroom? Kathryn Ryan talks to 10 year old Lukah Sakamoto-Aish and his father Perrin Aish about what happened when Lukah chose suicide as the topic of his school speech competition. Kathryn Ryan also talks to Perry Rush from the New Zealand Principal's Federation, and Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand Shaun Robinson.
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A school's decision to stop a 10-year-old boy from giving a speech about suicide was the correct one, the Mental Health Foundation says.
Luka Sakamoto-Aish chose the topic for his school's speech competition because a friend had taken his own life.
The school decided he could deliver his speech to teachers, but not to students.
RNZ's Insight programme recently looked at the issue of New Zealand's suicide rates and shortly after that, 10 year old Lukah Sakamoto-Aish got in touch.
He told Nine to Noon his friend's death left him feeling sad and confused.
"I wanted to help people work around this and not do the same thing."
He said children tended to keep their feelings to themselves and his speech encouraged children to talk to somebody if they felt depressed.
Luka's father, Perrin Aish, said he initially did not want his son to do a speech about suicide, but later decided it was good to talk about it.
He said parents affected by suicide of a child would rather see the issue addressed than ignored.
But Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand chief executive Shaun Robinson said the school had done the right thing.
"Simply talking about suicide is not neutral or necessarily beneficial.
"In fact, with the best will in the world, it can often have the opposite effect to what people want," he said.
Mr Robinson said children needed active support to deal with their problems.
"While the messages that Luka was trying to raise are really valid, it's important that the actual support is actively there in the school for kids that might be in some kind of distress."
Mr Robinson said several organisations, such as the Skylight Trust, had resources specifically for talking to children about suicide, but schools generally did not have enough support for dealing with suicide.
Principal's Federation spokesperson Perry Rush said the issue was extraordinarily complex.
He said some primary school programmes had suicide-prevention aspects, such as encouraging children to seek help for their problems, and to talk about their feelings.
Mr Rush said schools needed more help to deal with the problem of youth suicide.
Health Ministry figures showed there were 549 suicides in 2012, of which 12 involved children aged between 10 and 14.
If you would like help, here are some options:
Lifeline: 0800 543 354 - available 24/7
Suicide Crisis Helpline: 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO) - available 24/7
Youthline: 0800 376 633
Samaritans: 0800 726 666 - available 24/7
Kidsline: 0800 543 754 - available 24/7
Whatsup: 0800 942 8787 - 1pm to 10pm weekdays, 3pm to 10pm weekends
Depression Helpline: 0800 111 757 - available 24/7
Rainbow Youth: (09) 376 4155
If it is an emergency and you feel like you or someone else is at risk, call 111.
Topics: life and society, health, education
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Duration: 23'21"
09:46
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
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Seamus Kearney on foreign policy headaches as it prepares to Brexit, new Russia-Ukraine tensions,Turkey in turmoil and what to do about the on-going threat of terrorism after latest attacks?
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Duration: 14'18"
10:07
Writer Helene Wong on growing up Chinese in New Zealand
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Helene Wong - writer and film critic with The Listener magazine grew up in suburban Lower Hutt, the daughter of Chinese New Zealanders. Her new book Being Chinese traces her early life as part of a distinctive community - and one targeted with racist jibes in this country for a very long time. Her story also highlights how she became more aware of the importance of her Chinese identity and how it came to matter to her a lot more.
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Helene Wong - writer and film critic with The Listener magazine grew up in suburban Lower Hutt, the daughter of Chinese New Zealanders. Her new book Being Chinese traces her early life as part of a distinctive community - and one targeted with racist jibes in this country for a very long time. Her story also highlights how she became more aware of the importance of her Chinese identity and how it came to matter to her a lot more.
Read an edited excerpt of the interview below:
You have mentioned a sense of denial about being Chinese. What was that about? Does that go back to a desire to fit in and to some of the overt racism you experienced as a child?
Yes, both of those things. This was common to most Chinese children of that generation; that we would be taunted on the way to school and sometimes at school.
We were well aware that we were perceived as different and our parents would tell us not to fight back, just to ignore it, keep your head down and don’t respond and like good Chinese children we all did that.
And we found, each in our own way, that the best way to handle it was to be invisible. To deny any Chinese in you. So we became very engulfed in the Kiwi culture deliberately so people wouldn’t notice that you were different.
So that was the denial, the refusal to speak Chinese, the refusal to wear Chinese clothes, the refusal to do anything that would mark you out and might provoke a racist taunt.
For me it wasn’t a painful denial, I was perfectly happy to indulge in Kiwi culture, but as I grew up I realised there was something missing through that denial.
Were there two lives, in many ways? You were the only Chinese New Zealander in the school you went to and you talk about fitting in and the concept of denial around European New Zealanders, but you also talk about in the book the very rich social lives of your parents and others as well and the Mah Jong parties and a very supportive community. In some ways did you move between two worlds?
Yes. It was easy to do that. I never felt outside of either of them and that’s really what bi-culturalism is about in the end. It’s a bit like being bi-lingual or multi-lingual, you just move smoothly from one to the other, depending on the situation you are in, so that is what I did in terms of social interaction. It was easy. The only time it wasn’t easy was when I was required to behave like a Chinese within a New Zealand ‘white’ situation. That’s when you felt embarrassed and self-conscious.
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Duration: 39'28"
11:06
Political commentators Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton
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Politics from the left and right, with Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton: The latest polls, lost luggage legislation, local body elections - Auckland messes and Wellington scraps and cannabis reform.
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Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton pour scorn on National MP Nuk Korako’s Airport Authorities Amendment member's bill.
Williams says it’s an abuse of process, a waste of time and reflects badly on an MP of whom he’s never heard. Hooton believes it’s symbolic of a government that has lost its way.
“This is a silly bill but I think it’s symbolic. And if there were an opposition in this country worthy of the name this government would be in big trouble.”
What kind of week has Labour had? Hooton and Williams draw very different conclusions on Andrew Little’s political performance and what Labour’s polling might mean.
And Auckland’s local body elections; is the right wing “spinning its wheels” and is Phil Goff a shoo-in for mayor?
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Duration: 22'48"
11:32
Wellington chef off to world Paella competition
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Wellington chef John Allred has no mediterranean background whatsoever but that hasn't stopped him making the finalists in a world Paella (pron: pie -ee-ya) competition dominated by Spaniards. Clasically trained in French cuisine, John's passion for Paella has resulted in him being the only New Zealander to take part in the Valencia International Paella Competition this September. Paella - for the uninitiated - is a rice dish with common traditional ingredients being chicken or rabbit, beans, seafood, stock and saffron. It's cooked in a wide pan and a key part of a good Paella is the soccarot - the caramelised crunchy bottom.
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Tags: paella, John Allred, Valencia, competition, Osteria del Toro
Duration: 14'17"
11:48
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
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Kennedy Warne on "What future for wild places?" Reactions, comments and videos on the Environmental Defence Society's annual conference, held in Auckland last week.
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Duration: 10'54"
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09:05 Wellington airport extension 'fundamentally flawed'
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A fresh report into Wellington's controversial 300 million dollar runway extension says the airport's business case is `fundamentally flawed'. Kathryn Ryan speaks to Oliver Lamb of Sydney based Ailevon Pacific Aviation Consulting. His new report, on behalf of the Airline industry's lobby group Barnz, says previous pro-extension reports have been fundamentally flawed, inaccurate and overly optimistic.
09:20 How should primary schools deal with suicide?
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When is the appropriate age to talk about suicide at school, and what are the risks of discussing suicide in the classroom? Kathryn Ryan talks to 10 year old Lukah Sakamoto-Aish and his father Perrin Aish about what happened when Lukah chose suicide as the topic of his school speech competition. Kathryn Ryan also talks to Perry Rush from the New Zealand Principal's Federation, and Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand Shaun Robinson.
Helplines:
Youthline - 0800 376 633, free text 234
What's Up - 0800 942 8787 (for 5-18 year olds).
Kidsline - 0800 54 37 54 (0800 kidsline) aimed at children up to 14 years of age
The Lowdown - Free text 5626
Lifeline: 0800 543 354
Suicide Prevention Helpline - 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO
Samaritans - 0800 726 666
09:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
Seamus Kearney on foreign policy headaches as it prepares to Brexit, new Russia-Ukraine tensions,Turkey in turmoil and what to do about the on-going threat of terrorism after latest attacks?
10:05 Writer Helene Wong on growing up Chinese in New Zealand.
Helene Wong - writer and film critic with The Listener magazine grew up in suburban Lower Hutt, the daughter of Chinese New Zealanders. Her new book Being Chinese traces her early life as part of a distinctive community - and one targeted with racist jibes in this country for a very long time. Her story also highlights how she became more aware of the importance of her Chinese identity and how it came to matter to her a lot more.
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10:45 The Reading
Soon by Charlotte Grimshaw read by Michael Hurst. (Part 11 of 12)
11:05 Political commentators Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton
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Politics from the left and right, with Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton: the latest polls, lost luggage legislation, local body elections - Auckland messes and Wellington scraps and Cannabis reform.
11:30 Wellington chef off to world Paella competition
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Wellington chef John Allred has no mediterranean background whatsoever but that hasn't stopped him making the finalists in a world Paella (pron: pie -ee-ya) competition dominated by Spaniards. Clasically trained in French cuisine, John's passion for Paella has resulted in him being the only New Zealander to take part in the Valencia International Paella Competition this September. Paella - for the uninitiated - is a rice dish with common traditional ingredients being chicken or rabbit, beans, seafood, stock and saffron. It's cooked in a wide pan and a key part of a good Paella is the soccarot - the caramelised crunchy bottom.
11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
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Kennedy Warne on "What future for wild places?" Reactions, comments and videos on the Environmental Defence Society's annual conference, held in Auckland last week.
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Artist: The Pointer Sisters
Song: Yes We Can Can
Composer: Toussaint
Album: Maid In Manhattan
Label: Sony
Time: 11.30
===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 15 August 2016
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Cabinet reviews spy agency legislation and Havelock North residents furious about contaminated water supply.
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Duration: 15'20"
12:17
Contact FY profit slumps on asset writedowns
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Power company Contact has slumped to an annual loss after significant asset writedowns and flat earnings.
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Duration: 2'16"
12:19
Freightways FY net profit up 14 percent
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The courier and information management company, Freightways, says the full year profit is up nearly 14 percent driven by strong results from the courier, business mail and information management businesses.
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Duration: 1'51"
12:21
Summerset reports record HY results
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The listed retirement village operator, Summerset, has reported a record half-year result with strong sales and a solid build-rate.
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Duration: 1'34"
12:23
Service sector activity falls
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Activity in the services sector has fallen to its lowest level in nearly two years.
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Duration: 1'16"
12:24
Midday Markets for 15 August 2016
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Andrew Cathie at Craigs Investment Partners.
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Duration: 2'09"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 15 August 2016
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Great Britain's Andy Murray has become the first tennis player to win two Olympic singles titles after winning gold in Rio.
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Duration: 2'40"
12:34
Midday Rural News for 15 August 2016
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
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Duration: 8'39"
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===1:06 PM. | Jesse Mulligan, 1–4pm===
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An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)
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13:14
NZers discover potential diabetes breakthrough
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New Zealand researchers believe they've made a potentially significant breakthrough in the management and treatment of Type 2 diabetes.
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New Zealand researchers believe they've made a potentially significant breakthrough in the management and treatment of Type 2 diabetes.
More than 240,000 people in New Zealand have been diagnosed with diabetes - mostly Type 2, which is linked with obesity.
While exercise has been shown to improve the health of people with Type 2 diabetes, its effect can vary greatly between different people.
Now, researchers from Massey University believe a new non-drug therapy could make a big difference to those with the disease.
Martin Gram of Massey's School of Sport and Exercise told RNZ's Jesse Mulligan they had developed a natural protein, made up of a unique amino acid and mineral composition, which was having positive results for the study's participants.
It related to a damaging interaction happening in the blood of those with the disease, he said.
"The elevated glucose levels in the blood is increasing the ... 'reactive oxygen species'."
That could stop insulin working properly, but the protein might help break the circle and act as an antioxidant, he said.
Dr Gram said so far all the participants in the study had noted a decrease in the clinical measure of Type 2 diabetes, HbA1c.
There were currently limited options available for people with Type 2 diabetes, and a natural protein would be a significant development for those with the disease, he said.
If the protein turned out to be efficient, Dr Gram said it could take several years before it became available.
Anyone interested in taking part in the study is asked to contact Massey University in Wellington.
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Duration: 11'26"
13:25
Counteracting porn culture
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Children as young as five are accessing pornography online and Brisbane sexologist, Liz Walker says as a society, we've reached the 'tipping point of denial' about the damage it is causing.
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Brisbane sexologist Liz Walker says there is an alarming growth of internet porn use among kids and that our society has reached the 'tipping point of denial' about the damage it is causing.
Children as young as five are accessing pornography online and Brisbane sexologist, Liz Walker says as a society we've reached the 'tipping point of denial' about the damage it is causing.
She will be delivering her ‘Counteracting Porn Culture’ workshops to parents and education professionals in Auckland and Wellington starting today. And she says there's an alarming growth of internet porn use among children.
She says it is not uncommon for children to be watching porn from the age of 8 which she says is a particular concern as much mainstream pornography is so hardcore.
“Developmentally they’re just not prepared for it,” she says.
There are stories of counsellors seeing the effects of porn on young men at the age of 14 to 15.
“They’re not able to respond in a healthy way to their partner because of erectile dysfunction.”
Anecdotally the problem has worsened, she says, as access to smartphones has exploded since 2010.
Her advice for parents?
“Talk - talk soon; talk often. Not just about sex, but about pornography and how it’s vastly different to intimate, loving, caring relationships.”
She says there are warning signs to look out for, particularly with young men, which may include their learning being affected, depressive symptoms, anxiety and withdrawal from regular activities.
Liz Walker will deliver her Counteracting Porn Culture workshops to parents and education professionals in Auckland and Wellington starting today.
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Duration: 9'31"
13:34
Lonesome When you Go
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Wellington writer, Saradha Koirala, has just published her first novel - based on her own experience of playing in bands entering New Zealand's rock quest contest.
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Wellington writer, Saradha Koirala, has just published her first novel - based on her own experience of playing in bands entering New Zealand's rock quest contest.
Lonesome When you Go centres on Paige, who plays bass in a band called Vox Pop that is aiming for the top: the national finals of a competition called Rockfest.
Saradha herself played bass in several bands "all with dubious names"
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Duration: 7'29"
13:43
Favourite album
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Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed, chosen by Sam Hunt.
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Duration: 16'39"
14:09
Maladaptive Daydreaming
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Rebecca Kamm from The Wireless has been looking at maladaptive daydreaming disorder, which has been explained as "extensive fantasy activity that replaces human interaction and/or interferes with academic, interpersonal or vocational functioning".
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Rebecca Kamm from The Wireless has been looking at maladaptive daydreaming disorder, which has been explained as "extensive fantasy activity that replaces human interaction and/or interferes with academic, interpersonal or vocational functioning".
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Duration: 8'25"
14:17
Television Critic, Alex Casey
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Alex reviews Stranger Things, The Kettering Incident, Nigel Latta: the Hard Stuff, and Bachelor in Paradise.
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Duration: 9'44"
14:28
Tackling the wasp problem
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They have a toxic sting that can kill a person and they're the most serious threat to our environment. Victoria University Insect ecologist, Phil Lester is at the forefront of tackling the wasp problem.
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They have a toxic sting that can kill a person and they're the most serious threat to our environment. In the native beech forests the drone of the wasps is so loud, you cannot hear the birds.
Victoria University Insect ecologist, Phil Lester is at the forefront of tackling the wasp problem. He says say that could involve making some tough decisions.
Topics: environment
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Duration: 31'47"
15:09
Is there a ninth planet in our solar system?
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Beyond Pluto, there is a giant planet, 10 times the size of earth, that was once part of our solar system. No one has ever seen it, but Scientists Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology say it's real and it is affecting the orbits of dwarf planets in our solar system. It's known as Planet Nine.
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The researcher who declassified Pluto as a planet and a Russian-born math genius might have discovered a new planet in our solar system.
Earlier this year, California Institute of Technology researchers Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin were looking at the bizarre behaviour of some objects in the icy Kuiper Belt, way beyond Neptune.
After crunching the numbers, they determined a hypothetical ninth planet between the size of Earth and Neptune could be making mischief billions of kilometres from the sun.
Now the hunt is on worldwide to actually see 'Planet Nine' and confirm the theory, which would make it the first genuine planet discovered in our solar system since Neptune in 1846.
Professor Batygin, on the line from California, told RNZ host Jesse Mulligan that the first clue came from a previously published paper about orbital parameters in the Kuiper Belt.
"[Brown] walked into my office and said 'have you seen how weird this is'... He kind of waved this picture, which he'd printed out," he said.
"What Mike was showing [me] was effectively the tip of the iceberg. What's really going on is that if you go far enough into the solar system, all of the orbits line up. All of the elliptical orbits of these icy debris swing out into the same direction and lie roughly in the same plane.
"It really is quite simple. If you draw the orbits, something is keeping them together."
The notion of a planet beyond the orbit of Neptune had been floating around in one form or another for 150 years, he said.
"It has sort of disintegrated to the point where mostly crazy people talk about it. We really, really, really did not want to go down this road - talking about there being a planet beyond Neptune - because that's crazy."
But, after 18 months sorting through other possibilities, the pair decided a planet was the only hypothesis that worked.
"The moment you introduce such a planet, in this particular configuration that we found, the rest of the solar system falls into place."
They suspected the planet would be made of icy material and rock, with a "substantial" atmosphere. It would probably be a couple of times bigger in size than the Earth - "maybe three" - and 10 times its mass, he said.
And - once the planet's existence was proven - did he have a name in mind?
"We certainly want to see it before we name it. Between the two of us, we refer to it as 'Phatty' or 'George'."
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Duration: 24'12"
15:30
Nurturing migrant mums - the midwife's role
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A landmark pay parity case taken by midwives against the government would have gone to court today (15 August 2016) but - just days out from the hearing - the parties decided to enter mediation. The College of Midwives took the action under the Bill of Rights Act saying the Ministry of Health was underfunding the maternity service and threatening its very viability. Midwives are sometimes the first contact migrant women have outside their families and they offer an important link to the wider community. Katy Gosset talks to migrant women about their take on our midwifery service.
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A landmark pay parity case taken by midwives against the government is heading for mediation - just days before it was scheduled in the High Court in Wellington.
The College of Midwives says the maternity service has been underfunded and that has implications for all New Zealand women, including migrant mothers, for whom a midwife is an important first contact with the community.
Katy Gosset talks to Christchurch midwives and their Cambodian clients about the value of maternity services.
Sisters-in-law Houng Yen and Vanny Yun live together in a new Christchurch sub-division with their husbands.
Since arriving from Cambodia in the last three years, they've sometimes found it hard to meet locals.
Vanny has recently given birth to her second child, Sondra, and Houng is expecting her first. Now their midwife, Cara Meredith, is a welcome visitor.
Translating for her sister-in-law, Houng explains that midwives have been a useful source of information for Vanny.
"She says she has learnt a lot from the midwife, how to look after the baby, especially like when they got sick."
When Vanny was pregnant with her older daughter, Sonila, it fell to Houng to find her a midwife and the pair ended up having to travel across town regularly to Vanny's first midwife.
Houng says they found Cara and her back-up midwife, Rose Barker, through the Cambodian community and they're grateful the pair are prepared to come to their home.
She says, even if the maternity service wasn't free, she would be prepared to pay for what she believes is quality care.
Cuddling her niece, Sonila, Houng Yen admits to being a little jealous of her sister-in-law's children and she's looking forward to welcoming her own baby in December.
"It feels so exciting because I'm getting older now. I was married more than one year and we don't have the baby yet!"
She says she and her husband were so eager to have a baby they consulted the doctor three times to ask why she hadn't yet fallen pregnant.
"He said you two [are] young, don't worry, it's going to be here soon and after that, yeah we have it, so it's so exciting!".
A privileged position
Cara says it's been rewarding to develop bonds with some of the different migrant communities around Christchurch.
"I love it, I love all the diversity of the women that we look after and getting to know about their cultures."
She also enjoys the prospect of hearing different languages and picking up a few words. "Although I can only remember one Cambodian word at the moment! It's a very privileged position."
Her colleague Rose says by working closely with ethnic groups, it's possible for a midwife to find out what specific cultural traditions are important to families.
She says some Indian families she has worked with wanted to give holy water to their children immediately after the birth and, by building up trust with their midwife, they felt comfortable discussing that before they got to the hospital.
"So they could feel safe about doing that .. and feel confident that no one would challenge them, or criticise them or think it was a weird thing to do."
Battling burnout
However, despite the privileges of the job, Cara is also tired.
As a midwife she is on call 24/7 and, when she arrives at Vanny and Houng's home, she has already been up three nights in a row with a spate of births. "Births can be very quick, and they can be very long and they can come one after the other - which is what's just happened in this last week, so I'm a little bit tired!"
When working with diverse communities, language barriers can be a problem and so good communication is needed to seek informed consent from clients.
"That's really difficult when we're not speaking the same language and we have to do it through an interpreter," she says.
She says increased responsibilities, including scanning and blood testing, are putting midwives under pressure.
"The midwifery workforce is quite stressed and lots of midwives are burning out."
A last resort
Faced with the prospect of burnt-out midwives, and concerns that young women are spurning the profession because of the long hours and poor pay, the College of Midwives has mounted legal action. It lodged a claim last year under the Bill of Rights Act, saying the Ministry of Health was under-funding the profession and threatening its viability.
The college's chief executive, Karen Guilliland, says the move was a last resort but she says midwives believe they are facing gender discrimination.
"It needs to be sorted at a legal level so it doesn't happen to other women's professions.
Figures provided by the college indicate that, in 2015, the average taxable income of a midwife working as a lead maternity carer, or LMC, providing care for 41 women was $58,239 after expenses.
Ms Guilliand says the LMCs are essentially self-employed but the only way they can increase their income is by taking on more clients. "The government is forcing the profession to behave in a way that actually lowers the quality of the service, and we're not going to stand for that."
She says there is evidence existing midwives are now working fewer hours and she believes young women won't put up with the conditions.
"Young women come into midwifery and say, 'You are joking, seriously my whole life is dedicated 24 hours a day to what I do in my work?'"
She says young women are questioning the college.
"Why are we putting up with this ? We should be putting our foot down and asking for change. And that's the warning for us as a profession."
The court action would have gone ahead on 15 August, but the college and the ministry have now agreed to enter mediation. Ms Guilliland believes the ministry made the mediation offer in good faith.
The Ministry of Health says that mediation is a more appropriate forum to discuss the claims made by midwives.
Topics: life and society, health, refugees and migrants
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: College of Midwives, Pay Parity Court Case, Ministry of Health, Bill of Rights Act, Cambodian migrant community, maternity care
Duration: 10'10"
15:47
One Quick Question for 15 August 2016
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15:51
The Panel pre-show for 15 August 2016
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1:10 First song
1:15 Diabetes treatment breakthrough
New Zealand Researchers believe they've made a potentially significant breakthrough in the management and treatment of type 2 diabetes. More than 240,000 people in New Zealand have been diagnosed with diabetes - mostly type 2, which is linked with obesity. It's believed another 100,000 people who have it but don't know.
While exercise has been shown to improve the health of people with type 2 diabetes - it varies greatly between different people.
But now researchers from Massey University believe they may know why that is, and believe a new non-drug therapy could make an even bigger difference to those with the disease.
Dr Martin Gram of Massey's School of Sport and Exercise explains.
1:25 Counteracting Porn Culture
Children as young as five are accessing pornography online, and our next guest says as a society, we've reached the 'tipping point of denial' about the damage is causing.
Brisbane sexologist, Liz Walker, will be delivering her Counteracting Porn Culture workshops, to parents and education professionals in Auckland and Wellington starting today.
And she says there's an alarming growth of internet porn use among kids.
1:35 Lonesome When you Go
Wellington writer, Saradha Koirala, has just published her first novel - based on her own experience of playing in bands entering New Zealand's rock quest contest.
Lonesome When you Go centres on Paige, who plays bass in a band called Vox Pop that is aiming for the top: the national finals of a competition called Rockfest.
Saradna herself played bass in sevral bands 'all with dubious names'.
1:40 Favourite album
2:10 Maladaptive Daydreaming
Rebecca Kamm from The Wireless has been looking at dangerous daydreaming, which has been explained as "extensive fantasy activity that replaces human interaction and/or interferes with academic, interpersonal or vocational functioning".
2:15 Television Critic, Alex Casey
Alex reviews Stranger Things, The Kettering Incident, Nigel Latta: the Hard Stuff, and Bachelor in Paradise.
2:30 Tackling the wasp problem
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They have a toxic sting that can kill a person and they're the most serious threat to our environment. In the native beech forests the drone of the wasps is so loud, you cannot hear the birds.
Victoria University Insect ecologist, Phil Lester is at the forefront of tackling the wasp problem. He says say that could involve making some tough decisions.
3:10 Is there a Ninth Planet in our Solar System?
Beyond Pluto, there is a giant planet, 10 times the size of earth, that was once part of our solar system. No one has ever seen it, but Scientists Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology say it's real and it is affecting the orbits of dwarf planets in our solar system.
It's known as Planet Nine.
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Brown and Batygin are challenging astronomers around the world to search the fringes of our solar system for a glimpse of it.
Konstantin Batygin talks to Jesse about this mystery planet.
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3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
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An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)
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15:47
One Quick Question for 15 August 2016
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15:51
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16:03
The Panel with Neil Miller and Ella Henry (Part 1)
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What the Panelists Neil Miller and Ella Henry have been up to. Tom Gorman of the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area talks about Colorado's experience since cannabis was decrimialised. Astrophysicist Richard Easther hypothesizes what on earth could be orbiting the wrong way near Neptune.
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Duration: 25'10"
16:03
The Panel with Neil Miller and Ella Henry (Part 2)
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A US psychology professor says wedded bliss is largely a myth and single people can live their best, authentic, most meaningful life. What the Panelists Neil Miller and Ella Henry have been thinking about. Former US ambassador Derek Shearer says there's still a chance the TPP will pass in December. The mayor of Opotiki John Forbes put a financial reason to a potential rival not to contest the mayoralty. Medical Council unable to immediately suspend doctors charged with serious misconduct. Refillable sipper bottles are as germ riddled as toilets.
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Duration: 25'54"
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What the Panelists Neil Miller and Ella Henry have been up to.
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16:13
Cannabis: What's happened in America since decrininalisation
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Tom Gorman of the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area talks about Colorado's experience since cannabis was decrimialised.
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Duration: 13'16"
16:27
Object orbiting against the stream
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Astrophysicist Richard Easther hypothesizes what on earth could be orbiting the wrong way near Neptune.
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16:34
Single people live more authentic lives
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A US psychology professor says wedded bliss is largely a myth and single people can live their best, authentic, most meaningful life.
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16:37
Panel Says
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What the Panelists Neil Miller and Ella Henry have been thinking about.
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16:40
Opotiki mayor visits rival about $50k election
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The mayor of Opotiki John Forbes put a financial reason to a potential rival not to contest the mayoralty.
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16:42
Suspending doctors
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Medical Council unable to immediately suspend doctors charged with serious misconduct.
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16:51
TPP still has a lame duck chance
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Former US ambassador Derek Shearer says there's still a chance the TPP will pass in December
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Duration: 4'01"
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Sipper bottles rife with germs
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Refillable sipper bottles are as germ riddled as toilets.
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Duration: 1'51"
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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
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RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 15th August 2016
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17:07
Hastings District Council under fire for response to gastro bug
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Hastings district councillor Wayne Bradshaw is livid the council didn't act sooner to prevent the gastro outbreak in Havelock North from spreading.
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Regions: Hawkes Bay
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Duration: 3'38"
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Peter Dunne on the campylobacter outbreak
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Associate Minister of Health Peter Dunne says Hastings District Council is working hard to find the cause of the gastro outbreak in Havelock North.
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Duration: 2'36"
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Mum desperate for help after gastro bug strikes
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Hastings District councillor Adrienne Pierce bought and delivered groceries to Kayla Vivian, who is struggling financially after her son fell ill in Havelock North.
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Duration: 5'18"
17:19
Hastings District Mayor responds to gastro outbreak
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Hastings District Mayor Lawrence Yule is dealing with an outbreak of what is believed to be campylobacter in Havelock North. He tells Checkpoint how the council is responding.
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Duration: 7'23"
17:25
Legislation gives spy agencies mandate to spy on Kiwis
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Legislation giving the country's spy agencies an explicit mandate to spy on New Zealanders has been introduced to Parliament. RNZ political editor Jane Patterson joins Checkpoint.
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Duration: 5'11"
17:37
Evening Business for 15 August 2016
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News from the business sector, including a market report.
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17:40
Homeless could stay in tents, warehouses, Colliers says
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Real estate giant Colliers International suggested the government house homeless people in tents and warehouses, in an urgent report commissioned by the Ministry of Social Development.
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Duration: 3'51"
17:43
Bennett rejects Colliers' suggestion homeless live in tents
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Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett says she rejected Collier International's suggestion of homing the homeless in warehouses and tents.
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Duration: 39"
17:44
PM refuses to decriminalise cannabis despite public support
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A new survey has shown more people than ever before are in favour of legalising or decriminalising cannabis, but the Prime Minister is ruling out any law changes.
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Duration: 3'22"
17:47
NZ companies accused of cheating emissions trading scheme
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The Morgan Foundation has accused New Zealand Steel, Fonterra and three other companies of buying cheap overseas emission units to offset their pollution.
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Duration: 4'18"
17:51
Ecan's oversight of taxi scheme under spotlight
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Questions are being asked about oversight the Canterbury Regional Council has of a subsidised taxi scheme, after the council identified cab drivers may have claimed $420,000 for trips that never happened.
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Duration: 3'17"
17:55
Trampolinist Dylan Schmidt places 7th in Rio
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New Zealand trampolinist Dylan Schmidt may be one of the least well known names in New Zealand's Olympic team, but the 19-year-old trampolinist made the Olympic final - and finished seventh.
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Duration: 3'02"
18:09
Auckland Council finally signs off Unitary Plan
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The seemingly never-ending story is finally over with Auckland's Unitary Plan signed off, setting a path for the future development of the city. Todd Niall talks to deputy mayor Penny Hulse.
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Duration: 2'10"
18:11
Mounting anger among Havelock North locals
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Havelock North locals are furious their council didn't warn them about the gastro outbreak earlier, as medical centres and pharmacies struggle to keep up with demand.
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Regions: Hawkes Bay
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Duration: 3'26"
18:18
School workers face pay cuts unless govt boosts funding
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Thousands of school office workers, teacher aides, technicians and caretakers face reduced hours and pay cuts unless the government boosts school funding.
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Duration: 3'09"
18:20
Mayoral candidates reconsider runway funding
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Wellington's mayoral candidates are back-pedalling on whether the city should stump up $90 million for the airport's runway extension.
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Duration: 3'26"
18:22
Lisa Carrington chases two gold medals in Rio
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Canoe sprinter Lisa Carrington begins her Olympic campaign tomorrow morning as she seeks to cement her place as the world's most dominant female paddler.
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Duration: 3'22"
18:25
Boiled, chlorinated water in Hastings now 'absolutely safe'
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Hastings water supply has been chlorinated and as long as it is boiled it should be safe to drink, Hawke's Bay Public Medical Officer of Health Dr Nick Jones says.
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Duration: 4'30"
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===6:30 PM. | None (National)===
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Highlighting the RNZ stories you're sharing on-line
Stuart Firestein: ignorance, failure, and how we smell
===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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Nights' Science - Botany
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Plants talk in two worlds - above ground and below ground.
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Duration: 19'54"
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Dean Baigent-Mercer
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Dean Baigent-Mercer is a Northland environmentalist - one who bridges, or attempts to bridge the divide between the aspirations of conservationalists and those who want to develop and utilise natural resources for local iwi.
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===8:30 PM. | Windows On The World===
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Monday 15 August - The Power of Cute
Zoologist and broadcaster Lucy Cooke explores the science behind our seeming obsession with all things adorable. There has been an explosion in interest in cuteness, particularly online, with an ever growing number of websites dedicated to pandas, kittens, puppies and of course babies. We hear about the latest scientific research looking at just what makes babies cute, and what looking at them does to our brain, with some surprising results.
Tuesday 16 August - The Forgotten Girls of Dhaka
Farhana Haider enters the world of Duaripara slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh to meet a group of teenage girls who were married and then abandoned by their husbands before they even reached the age of 16. While in the globalized world of opportunity, many of us are discovering and shaping our identities through new possibilities, others less fortunate are having their identities shaped by circumstances out of their control. Farhana hears them give intimate insights into who they are and what they think the future holds.
Wednesday 17 August - Fertile Food
How much could your diet affect your ability to have a child? Throughout history, harvest and the abundance of food have been associated with the creation of life. Join us on a journey from ancient traditions to the latest science. When the vegetable sellers of east London shed little light on which foods make us fertile, the BBC’s Emily Thomas goes to the Wellcome Library to look through some 16th century recipe books with Dr Jennifer Evans from the University of Hertfordshire. From stags' testicles, to ‘mad apples’ we find out which food the ancient Egyptians thought to be the biggest aphrodisiac, and why a 300 year old recipe book tells us beans lead to babies. How well does this all sit with the latest science? We talk to Dr Jorge Chavarro, from the Harvard Schools of Public Health and Medicine.
Thursday 18 August - Adelia Prado - Voice of Brazil
A portrait of the Brazilian poet, Adelia Prado who has shunned the spotlight since her discovery in 1976 – then a 40-year-old mother of five living in the interior state of Minas Gerais. Now aged 80, her sensual, devout, sometimes provocative poetry is read and admired around the world. In the company of her long-time translator and fellow poet Ellen Doré Watson, Adélia Prado invites us into her home to talk about her life and work.
===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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A water-borne health threat in Hawkes Bay; an astrophysicist who believes there is a ninth planet in our solar system and its affecting the orbits of dwarf palents; Olympic gold meadalist Mahe Drysdale; Dateline Pacific
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RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National
===11:06 PM. | None (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)