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Radio New Zealand National. 2015--. 00:00-23:59.
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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:

01 September 2016

===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Discovery (BBC); 1:05 The Thursday Feature (RNZ); 2:05 The Cultural Frontline; 3:05 The Daggy End by Barbara Anderson read by Donna Akersten (RNZ); 3:30 NZ Books (RNZ) 5:10 Witness (BBC)

===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including: 6:16 and 6:50 Business News 6:18 Pacific News 6:26 Rural News 6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

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06:07
Sports News for 1 September 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'35"

06:10
Health boards's budgets blow out to $54 million
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Labour's Annette King says figures showing district health boards have ended the year $54 million over budget is no surprise and the Government cannot keep pretending its funding is adequte to meet needs.
Topics: politics, health
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Duration: 2'26"

06:13
Fresh water advocates say birds not to blame for bad water
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Nick Smith is accused of trying to dodge responsibility after he blames birds for polluting rivers and lakes to such an extent they can't be made safe for swimming.
Topics: environment
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Duration: 2'52"

06:22
Early Business News for 1 September 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
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Duration: 2'33"

06:25
Morning Rural News for 1 September 2016
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News from the rural and farming sector.
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Duration: 5'07"

06:40
Home owners join steel mesh class action
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The lawyer planning a class suit against steel mesh makers and sellers says problems with mesh could invalidate building insurance if they suffer earthquake damage.
Topics: housing, law
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Tags: Steel Mesh, insurance
Duration: 2'44"

06:43
Ruling marks beginning of the end for Ruataniwha - Greenpeace
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Opponents of the Ruataniwha dam in Hawke's Bay hope a Court of Appeal ruling will spell the end for the controversial $900 million project.
Topics: environment, economy
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Duration: 2'52"

06:51
Economic growth picking up pace
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The pace of growth in the economy appears to be picking up and is likely to get a further boost from recent dairy price gains.
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Duration: 1'25"

06:53
Tax expert says BEPS doesn't address sweetheart tax deals
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A tax expert says the global response to ensure multinationals pay their fair share of tax doesn't address deals such as those between Apple and Ireland, which allowed the iPhone maker to pay virtually no tax.
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Duration: 1'54"

06:55
NZX asks companies to increase level of board independence
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The sharemarket operator, NZX, is asking companies to increase the number of independent directors on their boards, amid concerns that the current rules are out-of-step with international standards.
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Duration: 2'33"

06:57
NZX gets thumbs up on draft code of practice on governance
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Efforts by the sharemarket operator, NZX, to more closely align its code of practice rules to those of the Financial Markets Authority's have been given the thumbs up.
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Duration: 46"

06:58
Sydney property hitting highs
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Over the Tasman and it's not just New Zealand - in particular Auckland - having a record run on house prices, Sydney is also going gangbusters.
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Duration: 54"

06:59
Morning Markets for 1 September 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
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Duration: 58"

07:06
Sports News for 1 September 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'33"

07:12
Steel mesh legal action raises doubts over home insurance
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Concerns emerge that faulty steel mesh used in houses and offices built since 2012 could invalidate insurance if it fails to save buildings in an earthquake.
Topics: housing, law
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Duration: 3'44"

07:16
Two thirds of health boards are in red as budget blowout
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New Zealand health boards are in debt by $54 million - that's worse than initial projections and critics say it shows most of the DHBs are facing some very real patient pressures.
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Duration: 5'12"

07:21
Health Minister responds to DHB's financial struggles
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Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says the deficits are coming down, and they're just one percent of the overall health budget.
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Duration: 2'33"

07:24
UN insider says Helen Clark's bid for UN's job looks doomed
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The man who lost out to Ban Ki-moon in the race to lead the United Nations says Helen Clark's bid to be Secretary General is probably doomed.
Topics: politics, conflict
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Duration: 5'37"

07:29
Ruataniwha dam's future up in air after Appeal court ruling
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The future of Hawke's Bay's controversial Ruataniwha dam is up in the air after a Court of Appeal ruling yesterday.
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Duration: 3'52"

07:37
Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff ousted
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Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has been officially removed from office after Brazil's Senate voted to impeach her.
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Duration: 3'18"

07:40
Burglary victims say police should do more
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A woman who arrived home to find burglars at work says police could have caught them if they'd come when she called. Instead, they told her to make sure the offenders were still at the scene.
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Duration: 3'27"

07:44
Candidate Vic Crone offers $750 million for harbour tunnels
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Auckland mayoral candidate Vic Crone has pledged to bring forward the cross-harbour tunnel project by a decade or more, just ten days after saying she'd make no commitments on it.
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Duration: 2'54"

07:47
Federated Farmers want GMO control centralised
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Federated Farmers head says control of GMOs should rest with people with who have the expertise - and that's not councils.
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Duration: 4'25"

07:52
Trump heads to Mexico amid confusion over immigration policy
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US presidential hopeful Donald Trump is in Mexico for a hastily arranged meeting with President Enrique Pena Nieto.
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Duration: 2'32"

07:54
Auckland iwi block urban leaders' bid for city council role
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Auckland urban Maori organisations are furious iwi leaders have snubbed John Tamihere and Willie Jackson when appointing urban representatives to the city council's statutory Maori board.
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Duration: 3'35"

07:58
Tamihere says iwi leaders turning backs on Auckland Maori
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Urban Maori leader John Tamihere says iwi consider urban Maori second class citizens.
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Duration: 2'13"

08:07
Sports News for 1 September 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'30"

08:12
Chch developer worries insurers may get picky about steel mesh
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Christchurch developer Ernest Duval is worried whether insurers will pay out on buildings with defective structural mesh.
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Duration: 6'24"

08:19
Mayoral hopeful Phil Goff wants living wage for Akl council
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If elected Auckland's mayor, Phil Goff will make sure every council staff member gets a living wage of at least $19.80. He says the council needs to recognise the city is NZ's most expensive to live in.
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Duration: 4'17"

08:23
In wake of Apple ruling, urgent look at tax laws demanded
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The Government's urged to take a fresh look at tax laws in the wake of a European Commission ruling that Apple must pay Ireland $20 billion in back taxes.
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Duration: 2'59"

08:25
DHBs facing multi-million dollar deficit, patient demand blamed
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Association of Salaried Medical Specialists's Ian Powell says the minister is playing down the significance of District Health Boards' deficit of $54 million.
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Duration: 3'57"

08:29
Markets Update for 1 September 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
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Duration: 1'16"

08:37
Te Puea Marae closes its doors to homeless
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Te Puea marae officially ends its three month role providing housing to Auckland's homelessness. It says if it has to do it again next year, everyone will have failed.
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Duration: 3'48"

08:41
Soil and Health association praises council GMO decision
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Soil and Health Association Chair Marion Thomson says they're pleased with the court decision that puts control over GMOs into the hands of councils.
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Duration: 3'59"

08:44
Silver Ferns beat South Africa, now focus on Australia
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The Silver Ferns beat South Africa last night. Now the focus in on the game with Australia this weekend.
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Duration: 3'09"

08:53
Former president of Nauru has passport cancelled
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Nauru's former president says he can't leave the country for life-saving medical treatment because his passport's been seized after he took part in an anti-government protest.
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Duration: 3'01"

08:55
Te Reo advocate speaks only Maori in September
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Te Awamutu man begins a month of speaking only te Reo Maori and urges others to follow suit - even if does make it harder to order a meal at his local McDonalds.
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Duration: 3'12"

08:59
Top Stories for Thursday 1 September 2016
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Steel mesh legal action raises doubts over home insurance; two thirds of health boards are in red as budget blowout; UN insider says Helen Clark's bid for UN's job looks doomed; Ruataniwha dam's future up in air after Appeal court ruling; Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff ousted; burglary victims say police should do more; mayoral candidate Vic Crone offers $750 million for harbour tunnels.
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Duration: 28'27"

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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: Love as a Stranger by Owen Marshall, read by Katherine McCrae. Sarah sucumbs to a fleeting romantic distraction during a dismal period of life. (Part 4 of 10, RNZ)

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09:08
GE court decision bad for science says biotech industry
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Kathryn Ryan speaks to Will Barker, the chief executive of NZBIO - the lobby group representing New Zealand's biotech industry. It says the country is at risk of becoming a bioscience backwater after a High Court ruling which upholds the right of local and regional councils to ban the release of genetically modified organisms in their district.
Topics: science, law
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Tags: NZBIO, GM, GMO, genetic modification
Duration: 25'58"

09:20
Plain packaging for sugary drinks?
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Researchers at Auckland University's National Institute for Health Innovation surveyed 600 adolescents and young people online, examining the effects of plain packaging and warning labels on their preferences for sugary drinks. Kathryn Ryan talks to research leader Dr Cliona Ni Mhurchu.
Topics: health
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Tags: plain packaging, sugary drinks
Duration: 13'01"

09:45
UK Correspondent Kate Adie
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Kate Adie on the ongoing fallout from Brexit for the UK.
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Duration: 9'57"

10:08
The genetic engineering ‘renaissance’
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Kathryn Ryan talks to Raymond McCauley who was part of the team that developed Next Generation DNA sequencing - a technologically which has exponential decreased the cost of sequencing genes.
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In 2001 it cost $2.7 billion to sequence the human genome, by 2007 it was $1 million and in 2014 it was just $1000.
A scientist specialising in biotechnology, Raymond McCauley, predicts that by 2020 the cost will be measured in cents.
Dr McCauley was part of the team that developed the technology responsible for that exponential reduction in cost - Next Generation DNA sequencing.
He says the tools needed to alter and write DNA are also getting cheaper by the day; and he's on a mission to put those tools in as many hands as possible.
Dr McCauley is one of the founders of Biocurious, a non-profit that runs workshops for people with an interest in biotechnology and has a keen interest in developing cheap scientific instruments and releasing the specifications needed to build them for free.
He divides the fields of biotech into reading, writing and hacking.
“DNA is a digital medium just like a computer code, so if you can read, write and hack DNA, you really have access to the source code of life.”
A whole new field is emerging in gene sequencing technology, he says.
This can allow, for example, a particular genetic sequence to be identified which might show an individual’s likelihood of getting a disease.
He says genetic engineering is in the middle of a revolution and we are now not only able to read long stretches of DNA, but do something about them.
And the potential applications for this are vast.
Hacking in the context of DNA is benign - not an “evil teenager” sitting on a computer trying to hack your email, more a “white hack.”
“In the sense where we have people who want to understand how something works.
“You can go online and access huge databases of DNA even videos on You Tube and see how somebody has conducted an experiment.”
He says the techniques used to cut and paste DNA have become exponentially cheaper, from $10,000 per experiment with to $1,000.
“We are now in the era of drag and drop genetic engineering. You don't need a high level of education in the mechanics of DNA - it is already reaching a level of simplicity similar to software engineering.”
His non-profit Biocurious is currently involved making a cell printer and a cheap, powerful microscope with the design being open sourced so people all around the world can make them for free.
“The ethos of Biocurious is that getting more biotech tools into more hands increases the chance that a big discovery will be made.”
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Duration: 31'45"

10:40
Book Review - Boy Made of Blocks by Stuart Keith
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Reviewed by Leah McFall, published by Little, Brown Book Group, RRP $38.00.
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Duration: 5'32"

11:08
New technology with Sarah Putt
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Sarah Putt on the EU ordering Apple to pay $20b tax bill in Ireland, digital wallets and the possibility of a fourth mobile network in NZ.
Topics: technology
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Tags: EU, Apple, digital wallets, mobile network
Duration: 16'27"

11:30
Minimalist parenting. Less stuff. Less stress. More fun
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Why should having children come with a long list of expensive gear and piles of new clothes? Kathryn Ryan talks to Rachel Jonat about simple parenting and living a minimalist-ish life with three young boys. Rachel lives in Vancouver. Her new book is called The Minimalist Mom, How to Simply Parent Your Baby. She also writes a popular blog and is on facebook.
Topics: life and society
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Duration: 22'35"

11:45
Viewing with Sarah McMullan
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Sarah McMullan has seen the new documentary on Richie McCaw film - Chasing Great, the film Ben Hur and The Kettering Incident on Lightbox and Call the Midwife on TV One.
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Duration: 10'09"

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09:00 GE court decision bad for science says biotech industry
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Kathryn Ryan speaks to Will Barker, the chief executive of NZBIO - the lobby group representing New Zealand's biotech industry. It says the country is at risk of becoming a bioscience backwater after a High Court ruling which upholds the right of local and regional councils to ban the release of genetically modified organisms in their district under the resource management act.The court's decision is being hailed as a victory by anti-GM groups which say genetic modification poses a risk to human health, the economy and the environment.
09:20 Plain packaging for sugary drinks?
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We've already got warning labels on cigarettes with plain packaging on the way - should sugary drinks be next?
Researchers at Auckland University's National Institute for Health Innovation surveyed 600 adolescents and young people online, examining the effects of plain packaging and warning labels on their preferences for sugary drinks. Kathryn Ryan talks to research leader Dr Cliona Ni Mhurchu.
09:45 UK Correspondent Kate Adie
Kate Adie on the ongoing fallout from Brexit for the UK
10:05 Biohacking: Raymond McCauley
Kathryn Ryan talks to Raymond McCauley who was part of the team that developed Next Generation DNA sequencing - a technologically which has exponential decreased the cost of sequencing genes. He says the tools needed to alter and write DNA are also getting cheaper by the day and he's on a mission to put those tools in as many hands as possible. He'll be in Christchurch in November for Singularity U New Zealand Summit.
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10:35 Book review
10:45 The Reading
11:05 New technology with Sarah Putt
Sarah Putt on the EU ordering Apple to pay $20b tax bill in Ireland, digital wallets and the possibility of a fourth mobile network in NZ
11:25 Minimalist parenting. Less stuff. Less stress. More fun
Why should having children come with a long list of expensive gear and piles of new clothes?
Kathryn Ryan talks to Rachel Jonat about simple parenting and living a minimalist-ish life with three young boys. Rachel lives in Vancouver. Her new book is called The Minimalist Mom, How to Simply Parent Your Baby. She also writes a popular blog and is on facebook.
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11:45 Viewing with Sarah McMullan
Sarah McMullan has seen the new documentary on Richie McCaw film - Chasing Great, the film Ben Hur and The Kettering Incident on Lightbox and Call the Midwife on TV One.

===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 1 September 2016
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A prominent Maori leader is found guilty of defrauding his iwi, the independent watchdog rules on the Police shooting of an unarmed man.
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Duration: 15'17"

12:17
Terms of trade falls in Q2 not so bad
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The country's purchasing power with the rest of the world has fallen. Official data shows the terms of trade declined 2.1% in the June quarter.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 2'08"

12:19
PWC's Elly Ward says no sweetheart tax deals in NZ
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New Zealand does not offer generous tax deals to attract big global firms such as Apple, with experts saying the system is based on taxing all income earned here.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: tax, Google, Apple, global corporations
Duration: 1'36"

12:24
Midday Markets for 1 September 2016
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Angus Marks at First NZ Capital
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Duration: 2'00"

12:26
Midday Sports News for 1 September 2016
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Sir Mark Todd says the Olympic disappointment still hurts, but he's hoping to put that behind him at this weekend's Burghley Horse Trials in England. Unheralded American qualifier Ryan Harrison has scored the upset of the US Open, beating Canadian fifth seed Milos Raonic in the second round.
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Duration: 2'40"

12:32
Long Range Weather Forecast for 1 September 2016
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Long Range Weather Forecast for 1 September 2016.
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Duration: 2'45"

12:35
Midday Rural News for 1 September 2016
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
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Duration: 8'25"

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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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13:08
Silver Scrolls finalists announced
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The finalists up for the 2016 Apra Silver Scroll Awards were named this morning, so we thought we'd talk through the final five. Music 101 presenter and RNZ music-man, Alex Behan, tells us what he thinks.
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The finalists up for the 2016 Apra Silver Scroll Awards were named this morning.
They are:
Tami Neilson - The First Man
The Phoenix Foundation - Give Up Your Dreams
Lydia Cole - Dream
Thomas Oliver - If I Move To Mars
Street Chant - Pedestrian Support League
Music 101 presenter and RNZ music-man, Alex Behan plays us some of the songs.

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Duration: 16'38"

13:25
Warm Spring could mean bumper stone fruit season
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Its the first day of Spring and meteorologists tell us its going to be a particularly warm one, with temperatures more like summer.
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It’s the first day of spring and meteorologists say it’s going to be a particularly warm one with temperatures more akin to summer.
Normally unseasonable temperatures play havoc with those in the agriculture industries, but in this case central Otago fruit growers are very happy at the prospect of a warm spring.
Simon Webb from Webb's Fruit in Cromwell grows apricots, nectarines, peaches, plums, apples and pears on the family orchard and he says we’re in for a bumper harvest.
“Our apricots are about 10 percent bloom at the moment, so we’ve just brought the bees in on Monday to start our pollination process.
“The warm weather that we’re getting really helps with pollination – keeps the bees really humming.”
And with a hot summer forecast too, the news is also good for flavour.
“It should just mean a bumper harvest of stone fruit, and the hotter the spring and summer is the sweeter and juicer the fruit is. It should mean lots of good-flavoured stone fruit that store well.”
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Duration: 2'42"

13:30
African forest elephants could be wiped out in 10 years
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The African forest elephant is a smaller species that inhabits tropical forests. The Wildlife Conservation Society says their numbers fell by 65 per cent across the Central African Republic between 2002 and 2013 due to ivory poaching.
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The African forest elephant is a smaller species that inhabits tropical forests. The Wildlife Conservation Society says their numbers fell by 65 per cent across the Central African Republic between 2002 and 2013 due to ivory poaching.
The organisation estimates that 12,000 to 15,000 forest elephants are being killed every year, which will lead to their extinction by 2023.
Peter Wrege is a behavioral ecologist who's spent many years as the project leader of the Elephant Listening Project.
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Duration: 11'51"

13:45
Favourite album - Sign o the Times
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Auckland Actor and Playwright Kirk Torrance shares his favourite songs from Sign o the Times, by Prince.
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Duration: 14'34"

14:10
Air NZ Airpoints splits from Fly Buys
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We discuss the significance of the split and what it means for consumers.
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From October, Fly Buys members will no longer be able to collect Air New Zealand air points, as the two loyalty schemes are separating.
The two have worked together since 2010 - but will now each focus on their own schemes..
So what does this mean for members?
Dr Richard Starr is a Senior marketing Lecturer at the University of Auckland Business School
Topics: business, money
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Duration: 5'37"

14:20
Theatre Critic - Karen Grant
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The Measures Taken by Paul Maunder.
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Duration: 9'13"

15:10
Money with Mary Holm
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Personal Finance expert Mary Holm on emotional thinking and how it affects our financial decisions.
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Can your feelings get in the way of how you invest your money? Yes they can, according to Personal Finance expert Mary Holm.
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Duration: 19'42"

15:10
Masterpieces with David Hall
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A philospher and roving book editor; David Hall works for Bridget Williams Books and recently completed a doctorate at Oxford University in political philosophy, specifically on the nature of political judgment. He joins Jim to to talk about what he considers to be a masterpiece from political writing, Thomas Hobbes's classic of modern political philosophy, Leviathan.
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Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan possesses a deceptive front cover, according to philosopher and roving book editor, David Hall.
At first glance, the picture appears to be of a king in a chainmail gown, holding in his hand a sword (representing the power of the state), and a crosier (the power of the church).
But a closer look is required to fully understand the metaphor.
The chainmail gown reveals itself as made up of, “a massive crowd of people, all looking up toward … the sovereign’s head and his crown.”
It’s a powerful image that highlights Hobbes’ understanding of the relationship between the masses and the ruler.
Leviathan claims that: “It’s the crowd that bestows the power on the sovereign, and then the sovereign is representative of the people.” Hall says.
After recently finishing his PhD at Oxford University in political philosophy, Hall has returned to New Zealand to be a guest in Dunedin’s Young Writers festival this week.
He describes his PhD as “looking at recent political and social psychology, and understanding the sort of influence this might have on political philosophy”.
As a result, he’s passionate about thinkers such as Hobbes.
He even sees the conceptions of state sovereignty articulated in Leviathan and the colonisation of New Zealand as deeply entwined.
“A lot of settlers considered Maori culture to fit into the idea of a state of nature – which is what the Crown was supposed to be the antithesis of and getting away from [in Leviathan].” Hall says. “But that was a misunderstanding.”
According to Hall, the settlers possessed deeply Hobbesian attitudes with their conceptions of a single crown controlling enormous swathes of land.
“An idea that wasn’t really familiar to Maori.”
And indeed, as Leviathan appears relevant to New Zealand’s past, it does too to our present.
“Hobbes offers the state as a solution to the problem of anarchy and violence.” Hall explains.
“But then when the state creates its own problems … if the representative gets too far from the common interest and loses support, power is lost as well.”
This might well be a familiar theme in a post-Brexit Britain, something Hall witnessed while completing his doctorate in Oxford.
“No one quite knows who to look to or where for the sense of who’s looking after their interests.” Hall claims, citing open public cynicism and a lack of “attachment” to public institutions.
So is Leviathan worth the read?
“It’s a slightly difficult read because it’s Medieval English, using a lot of strange spellings and vernacular.” Hall laughs.
“It’s an old way of thinking - but it has these ideas that still seem so relevant today.”
David Hall is a guest of New Zealand Young Writers Festival, being held Dunedin from today until Sunday.
Topics: arts, history, books, politics
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Duration: 17'40"

15:25
The Expats: Aaron Fry on working at Parsons
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Our expat this week is former Wellingtonian Aaron Fry, who now works as an Associate Professor of Design Strategies at the prestigious New York design school, Parsons. Parsons was the setting of the reality show Project Runway where budding fashion designers are given design challenges each week, with the top 3 getting to show a collection at New York Fashion week.
Topics: life and society, arts
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Tags: travel, fashion, New York Fashion week.
Duration: 15'20"

15:30
This Way Up: Food recycling
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This Way Up's Simon Morton discovers a food recycling project with a difference, Kaicycle.
Topics: environment
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Duration: 10'13"

15:44
One Quick Question for 1 September 2016
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We find the answers to any queries you can think up.
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Duration: 2'20"

15:45
The Panel pre-show for 1 September 2016
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 9'11"

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1:10 First song
1:15 Silver Scrolls finalists announced
The finalists up for the 2016 Apra Silver Scroll Awards were named this morning, so we thought we'd talk through the final five. Music 101 presenter and RNZ music-man, Alex Behan, tells us what he thinks.
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1:25 Warm Spring could mean bumper stone fruit season
Its the first day of Spring and meteorologists tell us its going to be a particularly warm one, with temperatures more like summer.
Now normally unseasonable temperatures play havoc with those in the agriculture industries - but in this case central otago fruit growers are very happy at the prospect of a warm spring.
Simon Webb of Webb's Fruit talks to us from Cromwell
1:20 African forest elephants could be wiped out in 10 years
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The African forest elephant is a smaller species that inhabits tropical forests. The Wildlife Conservation Society says their numbers fell by 65 per cent across the Central African Republic between 2002 and 2013 due to ivory poaching.
The organisation estimates that 12,000 to 15,000 forest elephants are being killed every year, which will lead to their extinction by 2023.
Peter Wrege is a behavioral ecologist who's spent many years as the project leader of the Elephant Listening Project.
1:40 Favourite album: Sign o the Times, by Prince
Auckland Actor and Playwright, Kirk Torrance shares his favourite songs from Sign o the Times
2:10 Air NZ Airpoints splits from Fly Buys
We discuss the significance of the split and what it means for consumers.
2:20 Theatre Critic: Karen Grant
The Measures Taken by Paul Maunder
2:30 Money with Mary Holm
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3:10 Masterpieces with David Hall
Our guest on masterpieces today is a philospher and roving book editor. David Hall works for Bridget Williams Books and recently completed a doctorate at Oxford University in political philosophy, specifically on the nature of political judgment. He joins Jim to to talk about what he considers to be a masterpiece from political writing, Thomas Hobbes's classic of modern political philosophy, Leviathan
David Hall is a guest of New Zealand Young Writers Festival, being held Dunedin from today until Sunday.
3:25 The Expats: Aaron Fry on working at Parsons
Our expat this week is former Wellingtonian Aaron Fry, who now works as an Associate Professor of Design Strategies at the prestigious New York design school, Parsons.
Parsons was the setting of the reality show Project Runway where budding fashion designers are given design challenges each week, with the top 3 getting to show a collection at New York Fashion week.
Aaron Fry talks about life and work in New York.
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3:30 This Way Up: Food recycling
This Way Up's Simon Morton discovers a food recycling project with a difference, Kaicycle
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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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15:44
One Quick Question for 1 September 2016
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We find the answers to any queries you can think up.
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Duration: 2'20"

15:45
The Panel pre-show for 1 September 2016
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 9'11"

16:05
The Panel with Fiona Fraser and James Elliott (Part 1)
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Topics - Property prices have now reached all-time highs in the regions. Financial journalist Diana Clement talks about whether there is privacy creep in the way insurance companies gather information.
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Duration: 22'17"

16:06
The Panel with Fiona Fraser and James Elliott (Part 2)
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Topics - A Uk survey's found a fifth of mothers regret the names they gave their children. A violent robbery has led a chain of Auckland liquor stores to close its doors early. Owner Jeffrey Wu talls about why he made the move. After his calls to build a wall Donald Trump has paid a visit to hold talks with Mexico's president Enrique Pena Nieto.
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Duration: 27'27"

16:07
Panel Intro
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What the Panelists Fiona Fraser and James Elliott have been up to.
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Duration: 4'25"

16:10
House prices
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Property prices have now reached all-time highs in the regions.
Topics: housing, economy
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Tags: house prices
Duration: 3'45"

16:14
Probing insurance questions
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Financial journalist Diana Clement talks about whether there is privacy creep in the way insurance companies gather information.
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Tags: privacy, insurance companies
Duration: 11'11"

16:30
Air NZ surfing safety video
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There's not a lot of safety in the latest Air NZ safety video.
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Tags: Air New Zealand, safety video.
Duration: 2'44"

16:34
Name regret
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A Uk survey's found a fifth of mothers regret the names they gave their children.
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Duration: 4'57"

16:40
Panel Says
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What the Panelists Fiona Fraser and James Elliott have been thinking about.
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Duration: 6'08"

16:44
Early closing after violent robbery
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A violent robbery has led a chain of Auckland liquor stores to close its doors early. Owner Jeffrey Wu talls about why he made the move.
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Duration: 8'04"

16:55
Trump in Mexico
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After his calls to build a wall Donald Trump has paid a visit to hold talks with Mexico's president Enrique Pena Nieto.
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Tags: Donald Trump
Duration: 2'19"

16:57
Havelock North water
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Another weekend ahead for residents of Havelock North to keep boiling their water.
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Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Donald Trump
Duration: 2'45"

16:58
Stickability
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The key to achieving what you want is sticking to it.
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Duration: 2'40"

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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
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RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme

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17:00
Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday 1 September 2016
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Watch Thursday's full show here.
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Duration: 00"

17:08
Joshua Kite's ex partner pleads for him to turn himself in
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The ex-partner of Joshua Kite, who is accused of shooting at police last week, is pleading for him to come home before he ends up dead.
Topics: crime, life and society
Regions: Northland
Tags: Joshua Kite, Whangarei
Duration: 5'52"

17:16
Mexicans angry at Trump visit
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Mexicans have united in their anger against their president Enrique Peña Nieto for inviting Donald Trump to visit their country, CNN's Rafael Romo told Checkpoint.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Donald Trump, Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto
Duration: 4'49"

17:21
Emergency should have been declared in Havelock Nth - Labour
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A water emergency should have been declared as soon as authorities were aware of the campylobacter outbreak in Havelock North, Labour's Annette King says.
Topics: health, politics
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Havelock North, water, Labour
Duration: 4'29"

17:25
Chch water chief struggles to reassure on risk
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Christchurch City Council's drinking water manager says he can't guarantee the safety of drinking water in the north-west of the city after the DHB asked for reassurance.
Topics: politics, health
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch, water
Duration: 3'30"

17:29
Sir Ngatata Love found guilty of fraud against iwi organisation
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Prominent Maori leader Sir Ngatata Love has been found guilty of defrauding his fellow trustees in the Wellington Tenths Trust.
Topics: crime, te ao Maori
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Tags: Ngatata Love, Wellington Tenths Trust, fraud
Duration: 3'07"

17:35
Evening business for 1 September 2016
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News from the business sector, including a market report.
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Duration: 3'23"

17:39
Mayors tell MPs changes are undemocratic
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More than a dozen mayors turned up to Parliament today to protest against a law change which they say strips away local democracy.
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Tags: Mayors, parliament
Duration: 3'05"

17:42
Police justified in fatal shooting, IPCA rules
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Independent Police Conduct Authority has ruled police officers were justified in shooting Slovakian national David Cerven last year, but there were a number of things they could have done differently.
Topics: law, crime
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Tags: Police Conduct Authority, David Cerven
Duration: 2'41"

17:47
Christchurch tourism poised for rebound from quakes
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Christchurch's tourism sector is poised for a strong rebound five years after the Canterbury earthquakes, but tourist operators and leaders say there is still work to do.
Topics: business, life and society
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch, tourism
Duration: 3'31"

17:52
Fiji whistleblower left for dead
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Fiji businessman Rajneel Singh has been left for dead after being attacked in his home, allegedly by security forces.
Topics: Pacific, crime
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Tags: Fiji, Rajneel Singh, Beating
Duration: 2'07"

17:54
Santy Maria launch a watershed moment for Maori fisheries
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A large new fishing vessel launched in Nelson today is a watershed moment in Maori fisheries, Ngati Porou Seafoods CEO Mark Ngata says.
Topics: business
Regions: Nelson Region
Tags: Ngati Porou Seafoods, Maori fisheries, Santy Maria
Duration: 4'06"

17:58
Pokemon players turn crime-fighters in Napier
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Four aspiring Pokemon Masters turned crime-fighters in Napier last night when they gave chase after hearing a car alarm and witnessing a masked man sprinting away.
Topics: crime, life and society, internet
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Pokemon Go, Napier, Perfume Point
Duration: 1'27"

18:09
Trump's meeting with Mexico's president could help his campaign
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Donald Trump's meeting with Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto in Mexico could be a turning point in his campaign, CNBC producer Jake Novak told Checkpoint.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Donald Trump, Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexico
Duration: 3'22"

18:12
Transgender people face up to 44-year wait for surgery
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The transgender community wants the waiting times for sex change operations cut, saying new figures show it could take up to 44 years before they get one.
Topics: health
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Tags: Transgender community, surgery
Duration: 3'50"

18:16
Human Rights Commission launches racism campaign
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The Human Rights Commission has launched New Zealand's first-ever nationwide anti-racism campaign and is asking people to share their experiences of racism.
Topics: education, life and society
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Tags: Human Rights Commission, racism
Duration: 3'04"

18:19
South Dunedin residents discuss concerns about rising sea level
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The residents of low-lying South Dunedin have started talking about their uncertain future living in New Zealand's most threatened community by rising sea levels.
Topics: environment, housing
Regions: Otago
Tags: South Dunedin, sea levels
Duration: 4'00"

18:23
Waimaikiri Mayor David Ayers buys undies after 4 years
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Waimaikiri Mayor David Ayers has finally bought undies four years after making a pledge to his wife he wouldn't buy them until Farmers reopened.
Topics: life and society
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Kaiapoi, Farmers
Duration: 1'53"

18:25
Chch dog owners face fines if they don't follow new rules
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Christchurch dog owners could be fined $300 for not carrying bags to pick up after their pets or letting them walk on pathways in Hagley Park without a leash.
Topics: law, life and society
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: hagley park, fine, Christchurch
Duration: 3'58"

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===6:30 PM. | None (National)===
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Highlighting the RNZ stories you're sharing on-line

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

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19:12
The ethics of owning pets
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Professor Kevin Stafford, an expert in animal behaviour and welfare from Massey University's Institute of Vet, Animal and Biomedical Sciences talks about the debate on the ethics of pet ownership. He'll look at the welfare and impact it has on an animal kept by humans as well as the wider debate about the use of protein rich ingredients to feed them.
Topics: science, life and society
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Duration: 17'20"

20:10
Nights' Culture - Jamaican music
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Singers: Lovers & Culture - DJ and toaster Miles Buckingham looks at Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs & Freddie McGregor, all massive stars in Jamaica by the mid 70s, who straddled the world of Rastafarian concerns & matters closer to the heart.
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DJ and toaster Miles Buckingham looks at Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs & Freddie McGregor, all massive stars in Jamaica by the mid 70s, who straddled the world of Rastafarian concerns & matters closer to the heart.
Rastafarianism was the dominant force in mid-1970s roots era reggae.
Roots reggae was directed towards higher cultural ideas: the praising of Jah, social problems and the journey back to Africa for the black man – the idea of natty dread.
But there was also a growing audience for reggae, many of them female, who wanted a little romance too.
Hence the emergence of Lovers Rock.
Topics: music, history
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Tags: Jamaica, reggae, dub
Duration: 21'14"

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7:12 The Ethics of Owning Pets
Is it ethical to keep animals as pets? Professor Kevin Stafford, an expert in animal behaviour and welfare from Massey University's Institute of Vet, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, looks at welfare issues plus the wider debate about the use of protein rich ingredients to feed pets.
7:35 New Horizons
William Dart reviews bass-player/singer/songwriter Esperanza Spalding's new album Emily's D+Evolution.
8:12 Nights' Culture - Jamaican Music
Singers: Lovers & Culture - DJ and toaster Miles Buckingham looks at Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs & Freddie McGregor, all massive stars in Jamaica by the mid 70s, who straddled the world of Rastafarian concerns & matters closer to the heart.
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8:30 Window on the World
A new technology is emerging which could change the world as significantly as mobile phones or the Internet. That technology is Virtual Reality. Up to now it's mainly been used for fun - but things are changing. Adam Shaw investigates how VR could change our lives and revolutionise the world of business. Enabling us to be in two places at once and, for example, replacing the need for many painkillers and helping cure psychological problems.
9:07 Our Changing World
Tonight on Our Changing World - finding out how underground fungi might help tiny replanted trees grow into a mighty forest, and making urban streams more commuter friendly for native fish.
9:30 This Way Up
With New Zealand about to overhaul the law governing e-cigarettes, This Way Up's Simon Morton reviews what we currently know about their safety.
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10:17 Late Edition
A round up of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Date Line Pacific from RNZ International.
11:07 Music 101 pocket edition
Trevor Reekie takes us to refugee camps in France where beautiful music is pouring out or terrible situations.
We catch up with Wellington musicians Louis Baker and Eva Prowse to hear new music from each of them.
Plus new tunes from Thundercat, glass animals and Alsarah and the nubitones.

===7:30 PM. | None (National)===
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Music commentator and critic William Dart offers fascinating insights and surprising links across contemporary music.

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

===9:06 PM. | Our Changing World===
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Highlights from the world of science and the environment, with Alison Ballance

===9:30 PM. | This Way Up===
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Exploring the things we use and consume. Some content may offend. (RNZ)

===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
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About those airpoints you're accruing; plain packaging on sugary drinks. In Dateline Pacific, who attacked a Fijian business man in his home?
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RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National

===11:06 PM. | Music 101===
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Music, interviews, live performances, behind the scenes, industry issues, career profiles, new, back catalogue, undiscovered, greatest hits, tall tales - with a focus on New Zealand/Aotearoa (RNZ)