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A 24-hour recording of RNZ National. The following rundown is sourced from the broadcaster’s website. Note some overseas/copyright restricted items may not appear in the supplied rundown:
17 August 2016
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:06 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Insight (RNZ); 1:15 Country Life (RNZ); 2:05 The Forum (BBC); 3:05 The Stove Rake, by Denise Keay, read by Tandi Wright (RNZ); 3:30 Diversions (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC) 5:45 The Day in Parliament
===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including:
6:16 and 6:50 Business News
6:26 Rural News
6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers
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06:00
Top stories for 17 August 2016
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Kayaker Lisa Carrington bags New Zealand's third gold medal. Local surf club stays up for hero Carrington's Olympic race. Gastroenteritis outbreak continues. Elderly hit hard by gastroenteritis bug. Mega loses court bid to stop data being given to Kazakh govt. Massive increase in global dairy prices. Economist calls for a rethink on measuring inflation.
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Duration: 30'30"
06:06
Sports News for 17 August 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'30"
06:10
Kayaker Lisa Carrington wins New Zealand third gold
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Kayaker Lisa Carringon has won New Zealand's third gold at the Olympics. And the 49 sailors Blair Tuke and Peter Burling are assured of gold with two races to go. We cross to our team in Rio for the latest.
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Duration: 4'30"
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Kayaker Lisa Carrington wins New Zealand third gold
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Kayaker Lisa Carringon has won New Zealand's third gold at the Olympics. And the 49 sailors Blair Tuke and Peter Burling are assured of gold with two races to go. We cross to our team in Rio for the latest.
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Duration: 5'37"
06:15
Russia launches strikes on Syria - from Iran
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Russia has - for the first time - begun using an air base in Iran to launch air strikes against groups fighting the government in Syria.
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Duration: 3'34"
06:17
Woodhouse defends NZ's vetting process in light of stats
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The Immigration Minister, Michael Woodhouse, denies the Government is doing a poor job of vetting people who come to New Zealand Winston Peters says 1600 people who claimed asylum are cheating New Zealand's immigration and refugee policies. But Mr Woodhouse says not.
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Duration: 1'55"
06:20
Early Business News for17 August 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
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Duration: 2'21"
06:24
Morning Rural News for 17 August 2016
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News from the rural and farming sector.
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Duration: 4'33"
06:38
Carrington snares gold, NZ 49er sailors also assured of gold
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A heart-warming Olympics story - middle distance runner Nikki Hamblin takes a tumble finsihing well down the pack - but that doesn't rule her out of the competition. Our reporter in Rio. Gael Woods has more.
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Duration: 5'12"
06:44
NZ Court rules the personal details held by Mega be released
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The New Zealand cloud storage company Mega has failed in a High Court bid to stop information about its customers being handed to the Kazakhstan government.
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Duration: 3'23"
06:50
Alexa Cook and Gyles Beckford discuss dairy prices
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Global dairy prices have risen to their highest level in 10 months after the strongest rise in prices this year in the overnight auction.
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Duration: 2'14"
06:53
Fletcher Building to release results
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Fletcher Building to release results.
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Duration: 41"
06:57
Heartland Bank looks to acquistion and innovation for growth
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The small banking and financial services company, Heartland Bank, plans to continue to grow by acquistion and innovation, after returning a better than expected full year result.
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Duration: 1'03"
06:58
Opus shares down after company reports loss
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Shares in the engineering and infrastructure consultancy firm, Opus International Consultants, slumped more than nine percent yesterday.
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Duration: 52"
06:58
BHP profits hammered by commodity downturn, Brazil disaster
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The world's biggest mining company, BHP Billiton, recorded a loss of almost six and a half billion US dollars over the past year.
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Duration: 1'40"
06:58
Markets Update for 17 August 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
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Duration: 1'16"
07:06
Sports News for 17 August 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'36"
07:10
Kayaker Lisa Carrington bags New Zealand's third gold medal
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A golden morning for New Zealand at the Olympics. Lisa Carrington wins gold, the 49ers assured of gold in the yachting and a gutsy effort on the track for runner Nikki Hamblin.
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Duration: 8'41"
07:20
Local surf club stays up for hero Carrington's Olympic race
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"She's the whole package" says the president of the Whakatane surf club where New Zealand gold medallist Lisa Carrington started our her kayaking career.
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Duration: 4'00"
07:25
Gastroenteritis outbreak continues
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Hundreds of sick patients are still being seen by Hawke's Bay doctors....but officials think the outbreak has reached its peak.We talk to the chief medical officer of health, Mark Peterson.
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Duration: 4'09"
07:35
Elderly hard hit by gastroenteritis bug.
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Elderly hard hit by the gastroenteritis bug in Havelock North. But it's not just the elderly as our reporter Eric Fyrkberg who's in Havelock North discussed.
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Duration: 2'51"
07:40
Massive increase in global dairy prices
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Dairy prices have had the biggest increase so far this year at the latest global auction overnight. Federated Farmers dairy chair, Andrew Hoggard says one rise is good but they need to see a trend.
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Duration: 2'55"
07:40
Mega loses court bid to stop data being given to Kazakh govt
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The New Zealand cloud storage company Mega has failed in a High Court bid to stop information about its customers being handed to the Kazakhstan government. Phil Pennington unravels the details of this complex story.
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Duration: 4'06"
07:50
Economist calls for a rethink on measuring inflation
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Housing economist, Shamubeel Eaqub, wants a rethink about how inflation is measured. He says the consumer price index does not include house price inflation, and that's a problem.
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Duration: 3'18"
07:50
Government Statistician defends her independence
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Labour has accused the government of interference in Statistics NZ, but the Government's Statistician has completely rejected the claim.
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Duration: 3'29"
07:55
Businesses using Pokemon to lure customers
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Businesses are now spending money to have Pokemon show up at their premises as a way to get more customers through the door.
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Duration: 3'13"
07:55
Number of jobs being filled online soar- Trade Me
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Trade Me head of job, Jeremy Wade, says the majority of all job ads are only online.
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Duration: 2'12"
07:57
Truce called between amusement centre and disabled child
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A Whangarei children's amusement centre has offered an olive branch to the community after a row over the use of a bouncy slide by a girl who can't walk.
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Duration: 3'36"
08:06
Sports News for 17 August 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 3'05"
08:10
Yachting Olympians scoop gold and silver in Rio
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The yachting Olympians are the latest to win medals. Sam Meech has won bronze in the laser class to win New Zealand's first sailing medal in Rio. Blair Tuke and Peter Burling are guaranteed a gold in their skiff class even before the final medal race is run.
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Duration: 3'03"
08:13
Tauranga Yacht club celebrates 49ers Olympic gold
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The New Zealand 49er sailors Blair Tuke and Peter Burling are assured of gold in Rio before the medal race has even been run. Burling's mentor, Gary Smith tells Morning Report today's racing has been fantastic for Tauranga yachting.
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Duration: 2'44"
08:20
What's needed for affordable homes now Auckland plan done
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More questions around the requirement to build affordable homes are raised as Auckland's Unitary Plan is adopted. Our Auckland correspondent has the details.
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Duration: 3'57"
08:23
Red Cross and Civil Defence go door to door in HB
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HB officials believe gastric bug has reached its peak despite hundreds of patients still being seen by doctors. Agencies are going door to door. We speak to the Red Cross doing exactly that, checking on people.
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Duration: 2'22"
08:28
Hawkes Bay's produce is safe
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Hawke's Bay's fruit producers are at pains to reassure the country their industry is safe from the gastric illness hitting Havelock North residents hard. We talk to orchardist Leon Stallard.
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Duration: 2'39"
08:29
Markets Update for 17 August 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
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Duration: 1'09"
08:35
Trump hires former Fox News chief to help with debates.
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We cross to Washington DC to find out more about Roger Ailes, the former Fox News chief and long time friend of Donald Trump, who's been hired to help with forthcoming presidential debates.
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Duration: 4'39"
08:40
Families welcome Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder action plan
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A 12 million dollar Government programme has been launched to focus on reducing the number of pregnant women drinking alcohol. We speak to a charity helping families living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
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Duration: 4'00"
08:40
Search on for identities of soldiers in newly found WW1 photos
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The search is on to reveal the identies of a number of First World War photographs which have been hidden away for a hundred years.
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Duration: 4'37"
08:55
Chatham Islands looking at jet services
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A jet aircraft service is on the horizon for the Chatham Islands.
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Duration: 3'08"
08:57
NZ museum sending German dog tag back to family
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A century after a German soldier was killed during the First World War's Battle of the Somme, a Dunedin museum is hoping to return his military dog tag to his family. Museum curator, Sean Brosnahan says a New Zealand soldier brought it home as a souvenir but now it's going back.
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Duration: 3'54"
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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: Snapper in a Landscape (Part-1), written and told by Declan O'Neill. Irish New Zealand "snapper" and raconteur Declan O'Neil reads from the blog he kept detailing his back country photographic road trips accompanied by dogs Toby and Rufus. (Part 1 of 6, RNZ)
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09:08
Top Republican figures against Trump
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One of the signatories of an open letter declaring that Donald Trump isn't qualified to be President, Kathryn Ryan speaks to former Deputy Secretary of Defense and Ambassador to NATO under Ronald Reagan, William H Taft IV.
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Duration: 18'30"
09:26
Contaminated Havelock North aquifer under the spotlight
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A council investigation is underway into how the source of Havelock North's drinking water became contaminated, making thousands sick. All indications are that animal faeces have somehow seeped into the town's aquifer. Dr Helen Rutter is a senior groundwater hydrologist with Christchurch based Aqualinc Research, which is currently working on a ground water project for the Hawkes Bay Regional Council.
Topics: health
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Tags: Havelock North, Campylobacter
Duration: 11'17"
09:38
Effectiveness of Community Treatment Orders
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Kathryn Ryan speaks to University of Otago Professor of Law John Dawson, who disputes the efficacy of Community Treatment Orders - where patients are compulsorily treated - even though they are used in relatively high numbers in this country.
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Tags: Community Treatment Orders, mental health
Duration: 11'27"
09:49
Australian correspondent Karen Middleton
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Karen Middleton on Australia-China relations and fresh calls to close Nauru detention centre.
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Duration: 10'29"
10:10
Nadia Hashimi: Afghan stories
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Kathryn Ryan speaks to the bestselling author Nadia Hashimi, the US born and raised daughter of Afghani migrants who left their home country in the 1970s. Growing up she watched a steady stream of extended family trickle out of what has become an increasingly conflicted and dangerous part of the world. Nadia has woven her family's stories into novels in a way that isn't biographical - but is representative of their experiences, and those of other refugees.
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Kathryn Ryan speaks to the bestselling author Nadia Hashimi, the US born and raised daughter of Afghani migrants who left their home country in the 1970s.
Growing up she watched a steady stream of extended family trickle out of what has become an increasingly conflicted and dangerous part of the world.
Nadia has woven her family's stories into novels in a way that isn't biographical - but is representative of their experiences, and those of other refugees.
Read an edited excerpt of the interview below:
What were the migration story of your parents? Because they did not leave during a time of conflict, what was the reason they sought to come to the United States?
My parents had a relatively straight forward migration into the United States. They left for economic reasons and so they came to the United States with the intention of working for a few years. My mother came via Europe where she had been studying and obtained her Master’s degree in engineering and then came to the United States and met up with my father.
They really did have the intention of returning to the homeland after working for a few years here and gathered a little nest egg for themselves, but history took a turn for the worse in Afghanistan and they weren’t able to go back. They were waiting to see when it would be safe to go back and next thing you know, it’s 30 years later.
The rest of my family has had a very different experience and over the years, after my parents there has been a trickle of uncles and aunts and cousins and up until the last year when people have continued to leave the country for various reasons and by various routes, but essentially most people left during the time of war and they left either as refugees and made their way to a whole lot of other countries, including Australia and more into your area.
How closely were your family’s stories weaved into the events of the novels? Because your other option was to come at this from a biographical or non-fiction angle. Why the preference to pursue fiction and how much is drawn from some of those experiences?
A lot of it is drawn from experiences. I had an interview with one of my uncles, and we had talked about things before, but I sat down with him virtually and recorded his story of how he travelled on foot, from Afghanistan into Iran and how he made that voyage under the cover of night and carried another family’s young child in his arms to make that passage. I used his experience in the story I crafted in The Moon is Low. That voyage hasn’t really changed much, it may have been in a different year, but that kind of passage and those feelings and the risks that people are encountering in the night are the same.
I have other family members who made their way across Europe through routes that are fairly similar to the character that I portray in The Moon is Low in the later parts of the story. I do take some licence with it and I do fictionalise things so that it is not really the story of my family.
I don’t want it to be the story of my family and that is the reason why I didn’t do this as a work of non-fiction. I think fiction is amazing because we kind of conceal a lot of information, a lot of reality under the guise of a story, and almost under the guise of entertainment, but I think it can give us a lot of compassion, it can give us a depth of understanding for what’s happening in other parts of the world that we might not otherwise want to pick up in non-fiction because then it feels a bit heavier.
In your writing you seek to flesh out and humanise and enrich the culture surrounding individuals who found themselves in a certain time and place. For example, Rahima’s story in The Pearl That Broke its Shell and the practice of Bacha Posh… can you explain a little bit about that?
The Bacha Posh tradition is an interesting one. It is one in which some Afghan families who only have daughters may choose to dress one of their young daughters as a boy and reintroduce her into society as a son. The reason for this is that Afghanistan truly is a patriarchal society, in which sons have a higher value than daughters.
There is a superstitious belief that if you dress one of your daughters as a son and masquerade her as this Bacha Posh then the next child born into the family will be a true son. There’s that much of a strong desire to have a son in a family, there is that much pride from having a son.
We feel this, I think, across all cultures, it’s just maybe to a greater extent in Afghanistan and we’ve found Afghanistan has created this creative and interesting way to get around that lack of honour and to find a way to restore their honour by having one of their daughters masquerade around as a boy.
Ironically it also allows a liberation that may not have otherwise been possible.
Exactly. So it gives these girls to experience life on the other side of the world, the other gender. In a country like Afghanistan and a society like that one in which girls and boys have such different roles and such different entitlements in the society, that is a big deal. It’s a taste of a different kind of life.
The circumstances depend on how the family treats them. Some girls might not feel that much of a difference between the daughter and the son role and in other families it’ll be a far greater difference and it’ll depend on how the community treats those children.
Some people in the society outside will know that this is a Bacha Posh and they will go along with it, other people may be fooled by the charade as well. But it is something that is widely accepted, as long as it is done in the pre-pubescent stage, so before the child hits puberty.
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Duration: 23'39"
10:38
Book review - Les Parisiennes by Anne Sebba
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Reviewed by Anne Else, published by Hachette NZ.
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Duration: 6'55"
11:06
Marty Duda features the music of Lisa Hannigan
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Marty Duda features the music of Dublin singer Lisa Hannigan who began her career as backing vocalist to Damien Rice. That collaboration ended in 2007 when she went solo. She has just released her her third album, At Swim.
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Duration: 20'05"
11:26
Creating a business with good karma
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Three years ago Simon Coley and brothers Matt and Chris Morrison discovered that despite the two billion cola drinks consumed daily around the world, there was no such thing as fairtrade certified cola nuts. So Karma Cola came around. Simon Coley talks with Kathryn Ryan.
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Despite the two billion cola drinks consumed daily around the world, there was no such thing as a fairtrade certified cola nut until three years ago. So Karma Cola came around.
Since Karma Cola bottled its first batch in 2012, the company has given back $100,000 towards infrastructure, schools and environmental projects in the cola growing community of Boma, Sierra Leone.
Simon Coley and brothers Matt and Chris Morrison (formerly of Phoenix Organics) were at a climate change conference in Australia when the idea of producing a fairtrade certified cola drink came about. “We wanted to be able to prove that the people producing the main ingredient in the product benefit from the consumer buying it.”
First up was setting up relationships with the cola farmers.
Fairtrade pioneer Albert Tucker (originally from Sierra Leone) introduced them to locals who could source the ingredients.
“Our exploration of whether it was possible to make the product led to the relationships that enable us to produce it.”
Simon, Chris, and Matt had first learnt about the importance of transparency in supply chains through importing other fairtrade products, such as bananas. Simon says the company’s high level of transparency means that Karma Cola customers don’t actually ‘have’ to trust them. “They can see that there’s a direct benefit because of the product they’re buying.”
“The world probably has enough of everything. If you’re going to make something new it better make a contribution.”
Simon Coley's 8 tips for setting up an ethical business
1) WHY First off, answer this question 'beyond making money, why are you in business?' In 10 years how will the planet, or people on it, benefit because from what you're doing?
2) WHAT If you're in business to change the world you need to stay in business - make sure your business idea addresses an emerging trend, an unmet need or does something no one else can do as well as you.
3) DIG Investigate your supply chain and the impact you/your business will have all along the way. Understand the effect of every decision, from packing to employment to how you communicate, to people you partner with.
4) OPEN Be prepared to show everyone every step of your business. Transparency is essential for trust.
5) WATCH Find other brands or businesses doing what you want to do and do the opposite. If everyone is earnest, be witty. If everyone is trying to be PC, be shocking.
6) LISTEN The people who buy your product or service will teach you more than any business school or list of tips from so called experts.
7) BUILD If you really want to do good, and have a long term impact, then have the social innovation or purpose built into the DNA of the business. That's the key.
8) SHARE Great business, product and service ideas inspire people to share them. The urgent need to create ways of transforming materials and transacting in ways that repair some of the harm we've done to our planet is a story millions are willing to share. Make sure you tell yours in a way that allows them to do just that.
Listen to Simon Coley on Saturday Morning (14 June 2014)
Topics: business, life and society, food
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Duration: 18'30"
11:47
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
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This week, science commentator Dr Siouxsie Wiles tells us all about a virus that changes the smell of the plants it infects to attract pollinators and asks if a recent study really did just show that taking paracetamol in pregnancy is linked to behavioural problems in kids.
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Duration: 12'39"
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09:05 Top Republican figures against Trump
One of the signatories of an open letter declaring that Donald Trump isn't qualified to be President, Kathryn Ryan speaks to former Deputy Secretary of Defense and Ambassador to NATO under Ronald Reagan, William H Taft IV.
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09:20 Contaminated Havelock North aquifer under the spotlight
A council investigation is underway into how the source of Havelock North's drinking water became contaminated, making thousands sick. All indications are that animal faeces have somehow seeped into the town's aquifer.
Dr Helen Rutter is a senior groundwater hydrologist with Christchurch based Aqualinc Research, which is currently working on a ground water project for the Hawkes Bay Regional Council.
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09:20 Effectiveness of Community Treatment Orders
Kathryn Ryan speaks to University of Otago Professor of Law John Dawson, who disputes the efficacy of Community Treatment Orders - where patients are compulsorily treated - even though they are used in relatively high numbers in this country.
09:45 Australian correspondent Karen Middleton
10:05 Nadia Hashimi: Afghan stories
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Kathryn Ryan speaks to the bestselling author Nadia Hashimi, the US born and raised daughter of Afghani migrants who left their home country in the 1970s. Growing up she watched a steady stream of extended family trickle out of what has become an increasibly conflicted and dangerous part of the world. Nadia has woven her family's stories into novels in a way that isn't biographical - but is representative of their experiences, and those of other refugees.
10:35 Book review - Les Parisiennes by Anne Sebba
Reviewed by Anne Else, published by Hachette NZ.
10:45 The Reading
Snapper in a Landscape written and told by Declan O'Neill. (Part 1 of 6)
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11:05 Marty Duda features the music of Lisa Hannigan
Marty Duda features the music of Dublin singer Lisa Hannigan who began her career as backing vocalist to Damien Rice. That collaboration ended in 2007 when she went solo. She has just released her her third album, At Swim.
Artist: Lisa Hannigan
Song: Ocean And A Rock (4:21)
Composer: Lisa Hannigan
Album: Sea Sew (2008)
Label: Hoop
Artist: Lisa Hannigan
Song: Home (4:59)
Composer: Lisa Hannigan-Gavin Glass
Album: Passenger (2011)
Label: ATO
Artist: Lisa Hannigan
Song: Prayer For The Dying (4:40)
Composer: Lisa Hannigan
Album: At Swim (2016)
Label: ATO
11:20 Making a business with good karma
Kathryn Ryan speaks to one of the founders of Karma Cola Simon Coley. Simon gives his tips on how to build a business with a social conscience and avoid breaking the bank while you do it.
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11:45 Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
This week, science commentator Dr Siouxsie Wiles tells us all about a virus that changes the smell of the plants it infects to attract pollinators and asks if a recent study really did just show that taking paracetamol in pregnancy is linked to behavioural problems in kids.
Links:
Viruses and pollinators: http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1005790
Bleaching coral: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00338-016-1473-5
===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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Midday News for 17 August 2016
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Legal action hinted at over Hawke's Bay gastro bug and Corrections criticised over Scott Watson decision.
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Duration: 15'36"
12:17
Fletcher Building FY net profit rises 71%
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A strong New Zealand building sector and rebound in Australia has driven Fletcher Building's annual profit higher.
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Duration: 1'25"
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NZX HY profit slides on legal case
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The stock exchange operator NZX's first-half net profit has slumped 80 percent hit by legal costs in a long-running court battle.
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Duration: 1'29"
12:20
Job numbers need to be taken cautiously
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Unemployment has edged lower in the three months to June to 5.1%.
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Duration: 1'22"
12:21
Producer prices rise in June quarter
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Producer prices -- which are a measure of wholesale inflation -- climbed in the June quarter, because of higher fuel, electricity and dairy prices.
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Duration: 37"
12:22
Economist reaffirms payout of $6 per kilo of milk solids
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A rural economist says today's hefty rise in global dairy prices gives him confidence in ASB sticking with a forecast payout of six dollars a kilo by the end of the season.
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Duration: 1'37"
12:23
Midday Markets for 17 August 2016
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Melika King at Craigs Investment Partners
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Duration: 2'13"
12:25
Business briefs
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Resin maker Nuplex Industries has reported an 18 percent lift in full-year profit to 87-million dollars in virtually its last act as a listed New Zealand company.
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Duration: 19"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 17 August 2016
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New Zealand's Olympic 49er sailing champions Peter Burling and Blair Tuke say they felt unadulterated joy after wrapping up the gold medal in Rio with a race to spare.
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Duration: 2'37"
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Midday Rural News for 17 August 2016
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
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Duration: 9'05"
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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
Liability in the Havelock North Campylobacter outbreak
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The Hastings Council is still trying to identify the source of the campylobacter contamination in the Havelock North town water supply. But what liability, if any, could the council face? Martin Williams is the former president of the Resource Management Law Association and barrister specialising in local government and environmental law
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The outbreak is s one of the biggest single instances of waterborne disease in New Zealand history. At least two thousand people are ill after the bug contaminated the drinking water supply.
Hawke's Bay DHB still has a 'boil water' notice in place and the Hastings Council is still trying to identify the source of the contamination.
But what liability, if any, could the council face?
Martin Williams is the former president of the Resource Management Law Association and barrister specialising in local government and environmental law
Topics: law, health
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Campylobacter
Duration: 9'07"
13:24
Science slaps down chemtrail myth
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A group of US environmental and atmospheric scientists has joined together to bust a persistent conspiracy theory about chemtrails.
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A survey shows 17 percent of us think those chemtrails in the sky are a clandestine spraying programme designed to control our behaviour. So a group of US scientists went myth-busting.
A group of US environmental and atmospheric scientists has joined together to bust a persistent conspiracy theory about chemtrails.
There are multiple websites devoted to the theory that the government, or big business, has been using jet aircrafts to spray chemicals from the sky to somehow control us.
A recent international survey showed nearly 17 percent of people believed in the existence of a secret large-scale atmospheric program (SLAP) to be true or at least partly true.
So a team of scientists from different universities across the US conducted a peer reviewed study on chemtrails to debunk the myth.
One them, Steven J Davis, from the University of California had a first-hand experience of the theory’s ubiquity when he was buying new bed.
“The salesman asked me what I did. He found out I was a researcher on climate studies, and he asked me right off the bat; his first question was about chemtrails.
“Made me realise it wasn’t just folks sitting at home in their underwear on the internet, that there were actually every day folks, reasonable people, that had questions about the topic.”
Davis got on the internet himself and found a dearth of credible information about the subject in peer-reviewed literature, so he decided to put the theorists’ claims to the test by asking experts from around the world.
“I’m a scientist and I didn’t have strong evidence one way or another to argue with these folks about the nature of the contrails, the condensation trails that we all see in the sky all the time.”
He says the conspiracy theorists have a range of explanations as to what the purpose of such a spraying programme might be.
“The purposes of such a program are especially divergent; whether it’s mind control, or population control or to control the climate; all of these are brought up by the conspiracy theorists.”
Out of a total of 77 experts, who were consulted about the theories, 76 debunked the various conspiracies. One could not be categorically sure they were not true.
The experts all had rudimentary explanations for the trails based on chemistry and physics – they found nothing sinister.
So what was the point of all this effort?
“There are plenty of folks out there, like my mattress salesman, who are curious about this.
“Now if the Google it they’ll come up with at least one study that expresses the scientific perspective that there are natural explanations for these condensation trials.”
For the true believers, however, he was less optimistic about the chance of enlightenment through science.
“There are people that think the moon is a hologram,” he says
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Duration: 11'19"
13:36
Sound Archives: the Vietnam War
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Tomorrow the government is holding official commemorations in Wellington to mark the 50th anniversary of New Zealand's involvement in the Vietnam War. Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & Vision shares some sound recordings from the archives about the war.
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Tomorrow the government is holding official commemorations in Wellington to mark the 50th anniversary of New Zealand's involvement in the Vietnam War. More than 3800 New Zealanders served in Vietnam between 1963 and 1975, but tomorrow has been chosen as the date for commemoration as it is the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, in which New Zealand artillery units were involved with Australian forces.
37 New Zealanders died in the conflict, which was the focus of many anti-war protests here at home.
Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & Vision shares some sound recordings from the archives about the war.
Links:
Qui Nhon 1966 documentary by Patricia Penn
Dr Douglas Short’s 1967 report on the Qui Nhon Hospital
Topics: history
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Duration: 12'15"
13:48
Favourite album: The Dandy Warhols
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The Dandy Warhols: 'Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia', chosen by Jill Masters.
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Duration: 11'38"
14:08
Music Critic: Kate Robertson
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New music from Jack White and electronic alternative-pop trio Glades.
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Duration: 14'25"
14:23
Bookmarks with Nicola Strawbridge
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Nicola Strawbridge is our guest on Bookmarks. She is the Co-director of the "Going West" Books and Writers Festival - the annual literary event held in West Auckland. She shares the books, music and places that inspire her.
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Our guest on Bookmarks is a proper bookworm.
Nicola Strawbridge has worked in publishing as an editor and as an on-line publisher and is now the Co-director of the "Go West" Books and Writers Festival, the annual literary event held in West Auckland, which is about to celebrate it's 21st in a couple of weeks time.
Her global travels have taken her to London, New York and places in-between, but her love of books is what makes her tick.
She shares the books, music, places and things that have inspired her
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Duration: 37'24"
15:08
Rabble: coder, activist and a little bit of an anarchist
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Technology creates possibility and it should be doing more than making a few people rich, says Evan Henshaw Plath, also known as Rabble.
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Technology creates possibilities and it should be doing more than making a few people rich; says coder and activist Evan Henshaw-Plath.
Henshaw-Plath AKA Rabble is a coder, activist and a little bit of an anarchist.
He doesn't just talk the talk about internet activism, he walks the walk. He was the lead developer at the company that eventually became Twitter, but left when it veered off its original vision of creating a platform to help to organise activism.
He’s in New Zealand this week to talk about using technology to encourage activism and openness at the ‘Open source, Open society’ conference.
Henshaw-Plath believes that, as a tech activist, his role is to promote social justice, and he is eager to empower civil society to influence politics through the use of software.
That was the original anarchic spirit that informed the creation of Twitter, he says, and traces of it remain today.
“In the US you see things like ‘Black Lives Matter’ a social movement combating police brutality, and the very way in which we refer to the social movement is as a hashtag”
Twitter wasn’t the creation of a few coders in a room, he says, users made it what it is today. The use of hashtags, the @ symbol all came from users of Twitter and became the norm.
Henshaw-Plath says a group of “slightly Asperger white guys” by writing software code, are writing the new laws that govern us; and that’s a concern for broad participation in society.
“Now we have this thing where we have increasing productivity, but we don’t have now an economic system that rewards people for participating in it.
“What is the future of work? What happens when trucks drive themselves?”
A noticeable number of articles about the Rio Olympics are written by software, he says. So software is now encroaching on areas thought to be immune to the de-jobbing ravages of technology
“Things we thought couldn’t be replaced by software are. Universal basic income (UBI) is that the solution, or part of the solution? We don’t know.”
Despite his background, Henshaw-Plath is ambivalent about the disruption technology brings
“Frankly I’m not sure the world is better for Uber. There’s a vision of the start- up world that is ‘let’s just roll through everything and create businesses that are much more efficient and re-capture the excess of the creative destruction, and no one else matters.”
And the future he says will be “unruly”.
“We’re looking at a space where companies want it to be very orderly, and they want you to live in the nice walled-garden of Facebook.
“Truth is most traffic is out elsewhere on the internet, Facebook, itself the dominant walled garden, can’t possibly retain its position.”
Topics: technology, internet
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Duration: 25'20"
15:35
10 years since the closure of Kimberley
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New Zealander Robert Martin has just been elected as one of eighteen Disability experts on an international committee tasked with the global monitoring the implementation of the UN Convention on the rights of Persons with Disabilities. It's a first for New Zealand and a first for people with learning or intellectual Disability. Not bad for a person who at 18 months of age, was placed in the Kimberley colony for mental deficients, near Levin north of Wellington. But fitting perhaps that this year marks ten years since Kimberley was closed. Former One in Five producer Mike Gourley profiles the issues and personalities in play, including Robert Martin, in the decision to finally close this country's last Psychopedic institution…
Topics: health
Regions: Wellington Region
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Duration: 9'42"
15:47
One Quick Question for 17 August 2016
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We find the answers to any queries you can think up.
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15:55
The Panel pre-show for 17 August 2016
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1:10 First song: Pink Floyd, Great Gig in the Sky
1:15 Liability in the Havelock North Campylobacter outbreak
The outbreak is s one of the biggest single instances of waterborne disease in New Zealand history. At least two thousand people are ill after the bug contaminated the drinking water supply.
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Hawke's Bay DHB still has a 'boil water' notice in place and the Hastings Council is still trying to identify the source of the contamination.
But what liability, if any, could the council face?
Martin Williams is the former president of the Resource Management Law Association and barrister specialising in local government and environmental law
1:20 Debunking the chemtrails conspiracy theory
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A group of US environmental and atmospheric scientists has joined together to bust a persistent conspiracy theory about chemtrails.
There are multiple websites devoted to the theory that the government or big business has been using jet aircrafts to spray chemicals from the sky to somehow control us..
A recent international survey showed Nearly 17% of people believed the existence of a secret large-scale atmospheric program (SLAP) to be true or partly true
So a team of scientists from different universities across the US conducted a peer reviewed study on chemtrails to debunk the myth and make this information available for anyone to see.
One of the authors was Steven J Davis of the University of California.
1:35 Sound Archives: the Vietnam War
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Tomorrow the government is holding official commemorations in Wellington to mark the 50th anniversary of New Zealand's involvement in the Vietnam War. More than 3800 New Zealanders served in Vietnam between 1963 and 1975, but tomorrow has been chosen as the date for commemoration as it is the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, in which New Zealand artillery units were involved with Australian forces.
37 New Zealanders died in the conflict, which was the focus of many anti-war protests here at home. Today Sarah Johnston from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision is going to talk to us about recordings in the sound archives about the war.
1:40 Favourite album: The Dandy Warhols: 'Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia'
2:00 Music Critic: Kate Robertson
New music from Jack White and electronic alternative-pop trio Glades
2:20 Bookmarks with Nicola Strawbridge
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This afternoon we meet a real bookworm. A woman who has worked in publishing as an editor and as an on-line publisher. Her global travels have taken her to London, New York and places in-between, but her love of books is what makes her tick. She is now the Co-director of the "Going West" Books and Writers Festival, the annual literary event held in West Auckland, which is about to celebrate it's 21st in a couple of weeks time.
3:10 Rabble: coder, activist and a little bit of an anarchist
Technology creates possibility and it should be doing more than making people rich says Evan Henshaw Plath, also known as Rabble.
He doesn't just talk the talk about internet activism, he walks the walk.
He was the lead developer at the company that eventually became twitter, but left when it veered off its original vision of creating a platform to help to organise activists.
Rabble is in New Zealand this week to talk about using technology to encourage activism and openness at the open source, open society conference.
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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 17 August 2016
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We find the answers to any queries you can think up.
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Duration: 6'17"
15:55
The Panel pre-show for 17 August 2016
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 4'13"
16:03
The Panel with Tainui Stephens and Brodie Kane (Part 1)
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What the Panelists Tainui Stephens and Brodie Kane have been up to. $500 000 dollars is going into a scheme to accomodate the perpetrators of family violence. Is it enough? We talk about Lisa Carrington's gold in canoeing, Nikki Hamblin's fall and Shaunae Miller's dive over the finish line. Economist Geoff Simmons talks about the twelve dirtiest carbon emitters in New Zealand.
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Duration: 24'48"
16:05
The Panel with Tainui Stephens and Brodie Kane (Part 2)
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Long rants on Facebook about your political leanings don't influence anyone. What the PanelistsTainui Stephens and Brodie Kane have been thinking about. Labour Party leader Andrew Little says there's "a huge mismatch" between imigrant workers and the number of unemployed New Zealanders who could do the same jobs.
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Duration: 17'44"
16:07
Panel Intro
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What the Panelists Tainui Stephens and Brodie Kane have been up to.
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Duration: 4'00"
16:11
Emergency housing for perpetrators of domestic violence
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$500 000 dollars is going into a scheme to accomodate the perpetrators of family violence. Is it enough?
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Duration: 3'38"
16:15
Rio update
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We talk about Lisa Carrington's gold in canoeing, Nikki Hamblin's fall and Shaunae Miller's dive over the finish line.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Rio, Olympics
Duration: 9'23"
16:24
Dirty Dozen climate cheats
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Economist Geoff Simmons talks about the twelve dirtiest carbon emitters in New Zealand.
Topics: climate
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Duration: 7'23"
16:34
No-one wants to hear about your politics
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Long rants on Facebook about your political leanings don't influence anyone.
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Duration: 4'24"
16:34
Panel says
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What the PanelistsTainui Stephens and Brodie Kane have been thinking about.
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Duration: 6'18"
16:44
Immigration
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Labour Party leader Andrew Little says there's "a huge mismatch" between imigrant workers and the number of unemployed New Zealanders who could do the same jobs.
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Duration: 7'01"
16:51
Revealing criminally accuseds' previous convictions
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Should an accused prvious convictions be disclosed? We ask Mark Henaghan of the University of Otago.
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Duration: 8'03"
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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
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RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme
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17:00
Checkpoint with John Campbell, Wednesday 17th August 2016
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Watch Wednesday's full programme here
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17:08
Kaitaia hit by spate of suicides
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Kaitaia is a community in crisis, as mental health services struggle with demand. There's been a spate of suicides, including five in just over a week, community leader Ricky Houghton says.
Topics: health
Regions: Northland
Tags: Kaitaia
Duration: 4'43"
17:13
Businesses consider class action over drinking water crisis
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Havelock North businesses are considering taking class action to be compensated for the town's water crisis, while some schools have decided to remain closed, but others will open tomorrow.
Topics: health
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: water, Havelock North
Duration: 9'27"
17:18
Craig Foss on Havelock North's water crisis
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The MP for Tukituki, which includes Havelock North, is Craig Foss. He told Checkpoint an investigation into the area's water contamination is sure to uncover the answers everyone wants.
Topics: health
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Havelock North, water
Duration: 4'23"
17:23
Meech, Carrington, Burling and Tuke bring medals home
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Sam Meech picked up bronze and Lisa Carrington secured gold at the Olympics today. And Peter Burling and Blair Tuke are guaranteed a gold medal in their race tomorrow.
Topics: sport
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Tags: 2016 Rio Olympics, New Zealand, Sam Meech, Lisa Carrington, Peter Burling, Blair Tuke
Duration: 3'43"
17:27
Police hunt for convicted rapist Nigel Gately
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Convicted rapist Nigel Gately, who is on preventive detention and described as a high risk offender, is on the run.
Topics: crime, law
Regions: Canterbury, Marlborough
Tags: Nigel Gately, on the run
Duration: 2'16"
17:33
Evening business for 17 August 2016
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News from the business sector, including a market report.
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Duration: 3'12"
17:35
Eli Devoy's mortgage scam damages public's trust
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A family-run, multi-million-dollar mortgage scam run by Eli Devoy will damage the public's trust not just in banks but in all financial institutions, a judge says.
Topics: law, crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: mortgage scam
Duration: 2'28"
17:39
Watson wants Gerald Hope interview recorded
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Scott Watson was in court today fighting for journalist Mike White to be allowed to cover his meeting with Gerald Hope, the father of Olivia, who he was convicted of killing.
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Duration: 3'14"
17:43
Labour questions latest unemployment rates
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Unemployment has declined for the sixth straight quarter but Labour is skeptical about whether changes to the way employment is measured are masking the true state of joblessness.
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Duration: 3'07"
17:46
Govt claims it funded captioning paid for by deaf foundation
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National Foundation for the Deaf has paid for live captioning of free-to-air Olympic coverage on Prime TV, but the government claims it also paid for it. So who is correct?
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The National Foundation for the Deaf has transcribed Checkpoint's interview with Louise Sinden-Carroll.
[John] If you’re Deaf or hearing impaired the free to air Olympic coverage on Prime TV has near live captioning. It’s expensive but to provide commentary interviews and reactions to people who would otherwise be denied it is considered money well spent.
Now the money has been spent by The National Foundation for the Deaf, but listen to this. In a media statement put out last week by the Ministers of Broadcasting and Disability Issues. It says, and I quote verbatim, “The Government through NZ On Air funds the charitable trust Able with 2.8 million a year to caption content on free to air TV” and it continues “it’s been a great year for captioning in New Zealand. In February Prime began broadcasting with captions the the coverage of the Olympic games in Rio , also on Prime, has substantial live captioning each day."
Now the clear inference is that the Olympic captions on Prime have been funded by the government through New Zealand On Air, so Louise Sinden-Carroll from The National Foundation for the Deaf is that the case?
[Louise] Absolutely not.
The Rio Olympics near live captioning that is showing on the Sky TV free to air channel called Prime has been fully funded by The National Foundation for the Deaf because we realised that nobody else was going stand up and give us access. And as a community and a sector we’re sick to death of not being able to understand what's going on in the amazing events such as the Olympics.
[John] So when you see this, when you saw this media statement which really does suggest the funding has come from the government through New Zealand On Air and the charitable trust Able, what did you think?
[Louise] We just felt really, really, really shafted to be honest. Really sidelined. Really, really, really quite hurt and marginalised. So a number of us rung the Minister for Disabilities, of Disability Issues Office in Parliament and asked them to put out a statement just saying that the Olympics captioning was funded by The National Foundation for the Deaf. And they declined the opportunity so we’ve taken the opportunity.
[John] So you called Nicky Wagner's office and said hey this media statement clearly infers the government has funded it. The government hasn’t funded it - we have, what’d they say back to you?
[Louise] Umm initially when they spoke with me they said they would look into it. And then when a couple of other people with hearing loss also rung them and said that’s not fair you need to make it clear, um and they were asked directly to put out a statement saying that we had funded it and also to say we need donations to cover the cost of this and um they declined. I was advised by one of the other callers that they declined which left us in a situation where we felt like we were to be frank um really dirt, like we don’t matter, like we don’t count so its just an ongoing marginalisation of us. They wont fund the captioning and then they wont recognise it when we do it so its really not fair.
[John] How much does it cost you?
[Louise] Cost us $200,000 and that funding will give us near live captioning long term on Sky TV Prime channel. So its not just the Olympics its a whole range of live, near live captioning.
[John] And where do you get the money from? If you’ve got to stump up with $200,000 where does that come from?
[Louise] From donations. And we don’t have millions of dollars of reserves like the other big national charities, we just don’t. So this has taken a fair wallop of our reserve funding but we actually believe that this is so vital that we have to do it.
[John] And all you’re after is credit where credits due, really.
[Louise] Yes, yes please. That’s all we’re asking for because we’ve got a $3 telephone line out here for people to text the word GOLD to 4847 but if nobody will recognise what we've done we’re not getting any support.
[John] Louise Sinden-Carroll from The National Foundation for the Deaf. Checkpoint asked both the Disability Minister Nicky Wagner and the Broadcasting Minister Amy Adams for comment and Ms Wagner's office referred us to Ms Adams office as the quotes in question were hers. Ms Adam's office said the media statement did not mean to infer anything and it has relayed that to The Foundation for the Deaf.
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Duration: 4'37"
17:51
Pharmac called on to improve funding practices
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Melanoma sufferers who missed out on Keytruda, now funded by Pharmac, are still paying the price, a parliamentary select committee has been told.
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Duration: 3'24"
18:08
Winston Peters on police resourcing in Kaitaia
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Winston Peters says New Zealand's police force is understaffed and under-resourced and the far North is particularly neglected.
Topics: health
Regions: Northland
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Duration: 4'24"
18:13
Havelock Nth firms consider class action over drinking water
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Havelock North business owners are considering taking a class action to get compensation for what's expected to be big losses due to the town's drinking water crisis.
Topics: health
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Lawerence Yule
Duration: 3'06"
18:16
Annette King visits Havelock North during water crisis
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Labour's health spokesperson Annette King visited Havelock North this afternoon. Checkpoint asked her for her assessment of the community's situation.
Topics: health
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: water, Havelock North, Annette King
Duration: 2'13"
18:23
Sam Meech wins bronze, hopes sister will also win medal
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First time Olympian sailor Sam Meech won a bronze in the Laser class today. He hopes his sister Molly might add to the medal tally later in the week.
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Duration: 6'22"
18:25
Selevasio Tu'ima sings Hallelujah
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Selevasio Tu'ima has reached the finals of singing competition Stand Up, Stand Out. He came into our Auckland studio to sing Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.
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Selevasio Tu'ima, 13, has reached the finals of Auckland talent quest Stand Up, Stand Out. He joins Checkpoint with John Campbell to sing Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.
He is being coached by Nainz Tupai, who is known through the work he's done with Adeaze and is accompanying his pupil in his performance tonight.
Stand Up, Stand Out is a competition for secondary school singers, musicians and dancers run by the Auckland Council. The finals will be held on 26 August at the Vodafone Event Centre.
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Duration: 3'37"
18:50
Today In Parliament Wednesday 17 August 2016_@1
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Government ministers and MPs join together in the General Debate to claim credit for early ratification of the Paris Agreement on greenhouse gas emissions. Signed by 180 countries, the agreement was being ratified by just over 20. The agreement was tabled in the House before Question Time along with its National Interest Analysis.
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Political commentators Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton
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19:12
Repatriation: a Māori perspective
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More work is needed to provide a Māori perspective on the repatriation of Māori remains; says researcher Amber Aranui.
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In the nineteenth century the remains of Māori were often traded as curiosities or for scientific research. Now a Māori expert in the area wants to bring them home.
“There’s been many times when I’ve been in tears, actually, especially when we take them home. That’s when it really hits you.”
Amber Aranui, a PhD student at Victoria University and a repatriation researcher at Te Papa, is researching where Māori remains are now kept, and is working with institutions to bring them home.
Most of these remains were collected from the 1840s; with the vast majority collected in the 1870s.
“At the time scientists and museums were interested in collecting skulls from around the world, particularly from indigenous cultures, just to, I guess, compare them, to put them in a tree if you like,” she says.
Many of these remains ended up in collections at museums and other institutions and she says people in overseas institutions are often surprised by the emotional connection Māori feel to them.
“I was at a conference recently in London about corpses and cadavers, and how human remains were used in the past and present in a number of different fields.
“People were talking about ancestors and human remains as being ‘specimens’ and ‘objects',’” she says.
It wasn’t until she gave her own Māori perspective about the remains being human that there was a change.
“You could see in the audience that people were actually thinking about it in a different way.”
She said it’s a learning process.
“The equivalent of how it feels emotionally for us would be for me to come and dig up your parents, or your grandparents – dig them up, take them away - do things to them, scientific research. And then pop them on display in a museum.”
From the 1870s hundreds of skulls were taken from New Zealand and thousands from around the world.
Toi moko, Māori tattooed preserved heads, were collected from the time of Captain Cook.
Joseph Banks obtained the first preserved head of a young boy. He traded it with a Māori for some white linen draws.
According to Cook’s journals the Māori didn’t want to sell it. Begrudgingly he sold it, then he tried to go back on the deal. Banks reportedly pulled out a musket and said 'Give it to me'.
Māori didn’t trade the heads of their own, they traded the heads of their enemy.
“Prior to Europeans coming to New Zealand we weren’t seen as iwi, we were hapu or sub-tribes, large extended family groups. We didn’t see ourselves as one as we do today.
“The ultimate disrespect you could give to your enemy was to trade their head and send it overseas.”
The Karana Aoteaora repatriation programme was set up in 2003 to bring Māori ancestors home and Amber says returning them to their communities is an emotional experience.
“There’s been many times when I’ve been in tears, actually, especially when we take them home. That’s when it really hits you.”
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 23'25"
20:12
Nights overseas-France and Italy
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Italian born Euronews journalist Eri Garuti joins Bryan Crump to talk about the French housing minister asking for the public's help to host refugees in their homes and the burkini ban in Cannes. She'll also have more on the vegan diet debate in Italy which is dividing politicians throughout the country.
Topics: life and society, politics, economy, spiritual practices
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Duration: 18'02"
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7:12 Amber Aranui - Repatriation: The Maori Perspective
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Maori Studies doctorate student Amber Aranui joins Bryan Crump to talk about the repatriation of Maori artifacts and remains specifically from the Maori perspective. She is also Te Papa's repatriation researcher, meaning she looks at current resting places of Maori remains and works with museums and universities which hold them to return them to New Zealand and their iwi.
7:30 At The Movies
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at the art of the movie-trailer, and why so many seem to be rather more entertaining than the movies they’re previewing. He also looks at the much-anticipated Absolutely Fabulous The Movie and the critically-acclaimed thriller Green Room, starring Patrick Stewart.
8:12 Nights' Overseas - France and Italy
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Eri Garuti joins Bryan Crump to talk about the French housing minister asking for the public's help to host refugees in their homes and the burkini ban in Cannes. She'll also have more on the vegan diet debate in Italy which is dividing politicians throughout the country.
8:30 Window on the World
How much could your diet help you have a child?Throughout history, harvest and the abundance of food have been associated with the creation of life. This BBC World Service Food Chain programme takes us on a journey in search of fertile food from ancient traditions to the latest science.
9:07 The Drama Hour
This week's drama is not a carefully scripted dramatic performance rather it's a spontaneous exchange between five respected New Zealand writers - recorded in one of the 'Spotlight on Playwrights' sessions staged by Circa Theatre in Wellington earlier this year.
10:17 Late Edition
A round up of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Date Line Pacific from RNZ International,
11:07 At the Eleventh Hour
===7:35 PM. | At The Movies===
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A weekly topical magazine about current film releases and film related topics. (RNZ)
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At The Movies for 17 August 2016
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On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at the art of the movie-trailer, and why so many seem to be rather more entertaining than the movies they're previewing. He also looks at the much-anticipated Absolutely Fabulous The Movie and the critically-acclaimed thriller Green Room, starring Patrick Stewart.
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Duration: 23'48"
19:31
Trailers Review
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With so many blockbusters disappointing, is the fault in the trailers? Are they too good?
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Duration: 10'20"
19:32
Absolutely Fabulous The Movie
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25 years after the much-loved TV show, Edina and Patsy are back on the big screen. Starring Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley.
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Duration: 5'56"
19:33
Green Room
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When a young punk band meet neo-Nazis, everything goes South. No doubt. Starring Patrick Stewart and the late Anton Yelchin.
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Duration: 6'15"
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===8:30 PM. | Windows On The World===
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International public radio features and documentaries
===9:06 PM. | None (National)===
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Spotlight on Playwrights: Who the Hell Are We? Reflections of Kiwis on stage both challenge and entrench our unique lifestyle. From Foreskin's Lament to Waiora, Middle Age Spread to The Motor Camp, Wednesday to Come to Hikoi - are we representing our nation honestly on stage? Chair Dave Armstrong discusses with fellow playwrights Carl Nixon, Hone Kouka and Pip Hall and actor/director Nancy Brunning. (RNZ)
===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
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Late Edition for Wednesday August 17 - with highlights from the day on RNZ National and RNZ International In tonights programme more gold for New Zealand in rio the experinece of an afghan american and in Dateline Pacific Fiji tourism benefits from rugby sevens exposure
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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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(RNZ)