A recording of Radio New Zealand National from 5am to midnight. The following rundown is sourced from the broadcaster’s website. Note some overseas/copyright restricted items may not appear in the supplied rundown:
02 February 2015
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Arts on Screen (BBC); 1:05 Te Ahi Kaa (RNZ); 2:30 NZ Music Feature (RNZ); 3:05 Finding the Way Home, by Jane Seaford (RNZ); 3:30 Health Check (BBC); 5:10 Witness (BBC)
===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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Radio New Zealand's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including: 6:18 Pacific News 6:22 Rural News 6:27 and 8:45 Te Manu Korihi News 6:44 and 7:41 NZ Newspapers 6:47 Business News 7:42 and 8:34 Sports News 6:46 and 7:24 Traffic
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06:00
Top Stories for Monday 2 February 2015
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Peter Greste released from Egypt jail; PM indicates potential dates for Northland by-election; Latest poll suggests public support for National rising; Queensland election loss undermine Abbott but he's toughing it out; Japan 'shocked' at beheading; Midwives hit back at criticism by coroner.
Topics: life and society
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 30'10"
06:06
Sports News for 2 February 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Tags:
Duration: 2'00"
06:15
Pacific News for 2 February 2015
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The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 2'31"
06:22
Morning Rural News for 2 February 2015
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Tags:
Duration: 4'20"
06:25
Changes ahead for Earthquake Recovery Authority
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Changes are on the way for the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority which from today becomes part of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Topics: Canterbury earthquakes, politics
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: CERA
Duration: 2'59"
06:28
Te Manu Korihi News for 2 February 2015
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There are only 28 judges who define themselves as Maori working in New Zealand's legal system; A co-chair of a youth law advocacy group suspects banning prisoners from voting in general elections could be affecting who wins the Maori electoral seats; A United Nations Maori representative is pressuring government agencies to adopt some of the UN's proposals that protect the rights of tangata whenua; A Maori deacon in the Catholic Church says it has an obligation to ensure newly trained priests know at least some basic greetings in Te Reo including those based in the South Island.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'25"
06:42
By-election in the Northland electorate
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The main political parties will soon be firing up their campaign machines for a by-election in the Northland electorate after the sudden resignation of the National MP Mike Sabin on Friday.
Topics: politics
Regions: Northland
Tags: National, Labour
Duration: 2'06"
06:45
Rain not expected to ease drought woes
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Much-needed rain fell this weekend on parts of the country which have not seen rain in a long time.
Topics: weather
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Tags: drought
Duration: 1'55"
06:48
Correction - Pyne Gould Corporation and Perpetual Trust Ltd
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Radio New Zealand wishes to correct the item it broadcast on Friday in the Midday Business News relating to Pyne Gould Corporation and Perpetual Trust Ltd.
Topics: business
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Tags:
Duration: 42"
06:50
Labour market statistics expected to reflect low inflation
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Economists expect the December quarter labour market figures to reflect a slight drop in the unemployment rate, continued jobs growth and strong participation in the workforce.
Topics: economy
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Tags: employment
Duration: 2'06"
06:53
Orion shares plunge more than 13% on disappointing cashflow
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Shares in Orion Health plunged more than 13 percent on Friday after the newly-listed company disappointed investors with a worse than expected cashflow report.
Topics: business
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Tags: Orion
Duration: 2'03"
06:55
Some foreign investors still attracted by NZ's high interest rates
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Even though most foreign investors are currently fleeing New Zealand assets, some are still attracted by relatively high interest rates.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: foreign investment, interest rates
Duration: 1'15"
06:56
Craigs raises investment recommendation on Mighty River Power
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An analyst has upgraded his investment recommendation on Mighty River Power from sell to hold.
Topics: business
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Tags: Mighty River Power
Duration: 2'02"
06:58
Sydney Correspondent Jim Parker
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Across the Tasman, and there is an intense focus on the Reserve Bank of Australia's first monthly board meeting of the year this week amid growing concerns about the economy.
Topics:
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 1'03"
06:59
Markets Update for 2 February 2015
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 53"
07:06
Sports News for 2 February 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Tags:
Duration: 1'58"
07:11
Peter Greste released from Egypt jail
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Al-Jazeera journalist, Peter Greste, has been freed from prison in Egypt. Greste who was sentenced to 7 years jail by an Egyptian court had been in prison for 400 days.
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Tags: Egypt, Al-Jazeera, Peter Greste
Duration: 5'13"
07:17
PM indicates potential dates for Northland by-election
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The Prime Minister has indicated that the Northland by-election will be held in mid to late March.
Topics: politics
Regions: Northland
Tags:
Duration: 5'26"
07:22
Latest poll suggests public support for National rising
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Joining us now is Radio New Zealand's political editor, Brent Edwards.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 4'19"
07:28
Queensland election loss undermine Abbott
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Australia's Tony Abbott says he's determined to continue as Prime Minister despite reports the Queensland election result has doomed his leadership.
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Tags: Australia, Tony Abbott
Duration: 4'58"
07:36
Japan 'shocked' at beheading
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Japan has reacted with anger and defiance to a video appearing to show the beheading of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto by an Islamic State militant.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Islamic State, Japan
Duration: 5'05"
07:43
Midwives hit back at criticism by coroner
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Midwives say a coroner's report critical of the care of a young Ngaruawahia mother and her newborn baby before their deaths in 2012 overlooks gang-related intimidation involved in the case.
Topics: health
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Tags: midwives
Duration: 4'27"
07:47
Advocate for mother's family says college on wrong track
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Guyon Espiner speaks with Jenn Hooper, a spokesperson for Action to Improve Maternity (AIM), who has been working with Ms Nathan's partner and family.
Topics: health
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Duration: 4'26"
07:53
Lydia Ko youngest world number one ever
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New Zealand's Lydia Ko, yesterday became the youngest golfer ever to become the sport's world number one.
Topics: sport
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Tags: golf, Lydia Ko
Duration: 4'18"
07:58
'Pretty awesome' Ko on top of the world in golf
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New Zealand Golf's Dean Murphy speaks with Guyon Espiner.
Topics: sport
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Tags: golf, Lydia Ko
Duration: 2'20"
08:06
Sports News for 2 February 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Tags:
Duration: 2'06"
08:10
Colleague celebrates Greste release
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After 400 days in an Egyptian prison, the Al-Jezeera journalist Peter Greste has been freed.
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Tags: Al-Jazeera, Egypt, Peter Greste
Duration: 2'49"
08:14
Parties fire up campaign machines for upcoming by-election
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Just four months after the general election, political parties are having to fire up their campaign machines again for a by-election in Northland after the sudden resignation of National MP Mike Sabin on Friday.
Topics: politics
Regions: Northland
Tags:
Duration: 2'12"
08:18
Implications of Jordan hostage negotiations
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Jordan says it will do all it can to secure the release of a pilot captured by Islamic State, following the beheading of Japanese journalist, Kenji Goto.
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Tags: Islamic State, Jordan
Duration: 4'52"
08:22
Pollster says LNP had its campaign strategy wrong from the start
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A New Zealand pollster who worked with the Australian Labor Party which gave the ruling conservative party a surprise drubbing at the polls in Queensland on the weekend says the opposition had its campaign strategy wrong from the start.
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Tags: Queensland, Australia
Duration: 4'16"
08:26
Charter School Principal investigated by Teachers Council
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An Auckland Charter School, set to open its doors tomorrow, is seeking advice about whether its principal can stay in the role while being investigated by the Teacher's Council.
Topics: education
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: schools
Duration: 2'40"
08:30
Fonterra admits human error costs it its US import licence
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, farming
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Tags: Fonterra
Duration: 2'51"
08:33
Markets Update for 2 February 2015
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'03"
08:38
Changes ahead for Earthquake Recovery Authority
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The jury's still out on whether changes at the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority represent a winding back of the government's involvement in the rebuild of Christchurch or simply a shift in its focus.
Topics: Canterbury earthquakes, politics
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: CERA
Duration: 3'08"
08:42
50 years of Cook Islands self governance celebrated
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A bark dress worn by the former Prime Minister Helen Clark and a one-hundred-year old quilt are among the items on display in Wellington to commemorate the Cook Islands 50th anniversary of self governance.
Topics: Pacific
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Tags: Cook Islands
Duration: 3'08"
08:46
Te Manu Korihi News for 2 February 2015
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There are only 28 judges who define themselves as Maori working in New Zealand's legal system; A co-chair of a youth law advocacy group suspects banning prisoners from voting in general elections could be affecting who wins the Maori electoral seats; A United Nations Maori representative is pressuring government agencies to adopt some of the UN's proposals that protect the rights of tangata whenua; A Maori deacon in the Catholic Church says it has an obligation to ensure newly trained priests know at least some basic greetings in Te Reo including those based in the South Island.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Tags:
Duration: 3'22"
08:49
Technology could help track down missing ships, aircraft
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New Zealand defence experts and British academics are helping develop systems to track down missing ships and planes at sea.
Topics: technology
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Duration: 2'40"
08:53
Djokovic wins fifth Australian Open
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The world tennis number one, Novak Djokovic, last night proved why he's ranked the best by winning his fifth Australian Open title in Melbourne.
Topics: sport
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Tags: tennis, Australian Open
Duration: 3'54"
08:56
Phil Kafcaloudes with news from Australia
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Phil Kafcaloudes talks about Labor's victory in Queensland.
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 3'35"
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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: This Way of Life, by Sumner Burstyn, told by Miriama McDowell
In an isolated and rural NZ, Peter and Colleen raise their kids on the thin edge between freedom and disaster (6 of 7, RNZ)
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09:05
Al Jazeera journalist, Australian Peter Greste freed from Egytian jail
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Australian journalist Peter Greste hass been released overnight. Greste, and his Al Jazeera colleagues, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohammed were sentenced to 7 to 10 years in prison over their coverage of a violent crackdown on protesters following the military overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi. Mr Greste was released following presidential "approval.", under a new law passed last year allowing imprisoned foreigners to be deported to complete their sentence in their home countries. His colleagues remain in prison in Egypt. Peter Greste, had spent 400 days in prison, was put on a plane to Cyprus early this morning. New Zealand journalist Wayne Hay was an Al Jazeera correspondent in south East Asia when he was arrested by the Egyptian military while reporting in Cairo in August 2013. Mr Hay and three colleagues were detained for a week after they'd been filming a protest by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood. Wayne Hay is now working in New Zealand (for 60 Minutes on Prime) and freelancing back to Al Jazeera.
Topics: media
Regions:
Tags: Al Jazeera, Egypt, Peter Greste
Duration: 12'18"
09:22
University considers applications from students who failed to get UE
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Waikato University says it's trying to find alternative pathways into university for as many as 350 students who have failed University Entrance - but would have made the grade a year ago, before standards changed. The government revealed last week that only 58% of Year 13 students got UE last year, down from 70% in 2013.Waikato University's Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Alister Jones explains.
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags: education, university entrance, UE
Duration: 9'44"
09:30
Staff and bosses have to be more flexible as workforce ages
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A recruitment firm says how staff and bosses will have to radically adapt to different ways of being employed as the New Zealand workforce ages. Simon Bennett is the chief executive of Madison Recruitment.
Topics: life and society, business
Regions:
Tags: work, employment, aging
Duration: 12'46"
09:47
Africa correspondent Deborah Patta
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African correspondent Deborah Patta talks about the Nigerian elections, Boko Haram and the Ebola epidemic.
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Tags: Africa
Duration: 12'41"
10:05
Hope in a Ballet Shoe - Michaela de Prince
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Nineteen-year-old International ballerina perfoming with the Dutch National Ballet, based in Amsterdam. Michaela de Prince was born Mabinty Bangura, in Sierra Leone. At the age of four she was orphaned by the civil war there. After a difficult time living in an orphanage, she was eventually adopted by an American couple, Elaine and Charles de Prince, and was able to fulfil her dream of becoming a dancer. Book: Hope in a Ballet Shoe by Michaela and Elaine de Prince.
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Michaela DePrince. All photos: Jade Young Photography.
Michaela DePrince is an international ballerina, performing with the Dutch National Ballet based in Amsterdam.
But for the 19 year old, getting to the top of her profession was even harder than for most, as she explains during Nine to Noon.
Michaela DePrince was born Mabinty Bangura, in Sierra Leone, and at the age of four was orphaned by the civil war there.
She was sent to an orphanage, where she was mistreated and abused, partly because of a condition - vitiligo - in which part of her skin lacks pigment and is blotchy.
As the war continued and chaos spread, at one stage, Mabinty witnessed the murder of a beloved teacher.
One day, the wind blew a magazine cover through the gates of the orphanage and she saw a picture of a ballerina.
"I found this magazine right outside the gate. It was something I'd never seen before.....it was a ballerina.....I was so mesmerized, and intrigued by what she was doing. The thing that really struck me the most was the fact that she was so happy. I hadn't seen a really happy person in a long time, and for me it gave me hope again, to have a dream again - to be something."
That dream became possible when she and her best friend from the orphanage were adopted by an American couple.
Elaine and Charles DePrince had experienced enormous losses themselves, with the deaths of two of their haemophiliac sons before Michaela was born. Another son died while she was a young girl, and the couple adopted nine children altogether.
"I think my mom and my dad just understood us, each, for all our abilities and talents".
Michaela began to dance soon after arriving in the US - and has not stopped since. But as she rose through the ranks, she found very few other black ballet dancers.
"It's very upsetting, there are not a lot of dark, dark ballerinas. That's why I came to the Dutch National, they are not focusing on what colour my skin is...it's upsetting, you'd think that in the US it would be more colourful in the dance world."
Michaela and her mother, Elaine, have written a book together called Hope in a Ballet Shoe, which was reviewed on Nine to Noon recently.
Topics: life and society, arts
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Tags: ballet, Sierra Leone, dance
Duration: 30'01"
10:37
Book Review: Chase Your Shadow - the trials of Oscar Pistorius
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Chase Your Shadow - the trials of Oscar Pistorius by John Carlin. Published by Atlantic Books, RRP $37.00. Reveiwed by Leah McFall.
Topics: books
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Tags:
Duration: 7'42"
11:05
Political commentators Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton
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Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton discuss who might step up to fill Russel Norman's shoes at the helm of the Green Party, and the resignation of National MP Mike Sabin - sparking a by-election in Northland.
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Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton discuss who might step up to fill Russel Norman's shoes at the helm of the Green Party, and the resignation of National MP Mike Sabin - sparking a by-election in Northland.
Topics: politics
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Tags:
Duration: 21'41"
11:32
Kasey and Karena Bird on Maori cuisine
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Since winning Masterchef last year, Kasey and Karena Bird's lives have been a whirlwind of food festivals, columns, guest chef positions and work on their upcoming cookbook. The sisters, from Maketu, are now the new food editors for Mana Magazine, where their recipes will focus on Maori and Pacific flavours.
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Kasey and Karena Bird, the winners of last year's Masterchef competition, are the new food editors of Mana Magazine, where their recipes will focus on Māori and Pacific flavours.
The sisters, from Maketu in the Bay of Plenty were popular winners of Masterchef, maintaining a sense of humour despite the gruelling competition. The judges were impressed by their advanced cooking skills at such a young age. Their prize included a cookbook deal, which is due out in April.
They talk about their hectic life since their win and their passion for Māori cuisine.
Recipe: Horopito Pork Belly with Smoked Mash and Cavolo Nero Pork.
Topics: food, te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags: cooking, kai
Duration: 16'21"
11:47
Urbanist Tommy Honey
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Coming to a city near you in 2015… issues affecting city dwellers, the good, the bad and the ugly. Tommy Honey rounds up the best and worst apps for city life.
Topics: technology, life and society
Regions:
Tags: apps
Duration: 11'06"
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09:05 Al Jazeera journalist, Australian Peter Greste freed from Egyptian jail
Australian journalist Peter Greste hass been released overnight. Greste, and his Al Jazeera colleagues, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohammed were sentenced to 7 to 10 years in prison over their coverage of a violent crackdown on protesters following the military overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi.
Mr Greste was released following presidential "approval", under a new law passed last year allowing imprisoned foreigners to be deported to complete their sentence in their home countries.
His colleagues remain in prison in Egypt. Peter Greste, had spent 400 days in prison, was put on a plane to Cyprus early this morning.
New Zealand journalist Wayne Hay was an Al Jazeera correspondent in south East Asia when he was arrested by the Egyptian military while reporting in Cairo in August 2013.
Mr Hay and three colleagues were detained for a week after they'd been filming a protest by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Wayne Hay is now working in New Zealand (for 60 Minutes on Prime) and freelancing back to Al Jazeera.
09:15 University considers applications from students who failed to get UE
Waikato University says it's trying to find alternative pathways into university for as many as 350 students who have failed University Entrance - but would have made the grade a year ago, before standards changed. The government revealed last week that only 58% of Year 13 students got UE last year, down from 70% in 2013.Waikato University's Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Alister Jones explains.
09:30 Staff and bosses have to be more flexible as workforce ages
A recruitment firm says how staff and bosses will have to radically adapt to different ways of being employed as the New Zealand workforce ages. Simon Bennett is the chief executive of Madison Recruitment.
09:45 Africa correspondent Deborah Patta
The Nigerian elections.
10:05 Hope in a Ballet Shoe - Michaela de Prince
Michaela de Prince is an international ballerina, performing with the Dutch National Ballet, based in Amsterdam. But for the 19-year-old, getting to the top of her profession was even harder than for most. She was born Mabinty Bangura, in Sierra Leone, and aged four, was orphaned by the civil war there. Sent to an orphanage, she was mistreated and abused partly because of a condition, vitiligo, in which part of her skin lacks pigment and is blotchy. One day, a magazine cover picturing a ballerina blew through the gates of the orphanage, and Mabinty was captivated. Adopted by an American family, along with her best friend from the orphanage, she began to dance in the US, and has never stopped. Her book Hope in a Ballet Shoe, tells her story.
Michaela de Prince, on toes Photo: Jade Young
10:35 Book review: Chase Your Shadow - the trials of Oscar Pistorius by John Carlin
Reviewed by Leah McFall. Published by Atlantic Books.
10:45 The Reading: 'This Way of Life', by Sumner Burstyn
In an isolated and rural New Zealand, Peter and Colleen raise their kids on the thin edge between freedom and disaster. Told by Miriama McDowell (6 of 7, RNZ)
11:05 Political commentators Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton
Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton discuss who might step up to fill Russel Norman's shoes at the helm of the Green Party, and the resignation of National MP Mike Sabin - sparking a by-election in Northland.
11:20 Kasey and Karena Bird on cooking using Maori and Pacific ingredients
Kasey and Karena Bird, the winners of last year's Masterchef competition, are the new food editors of Mana magazine, where their recipes will focus on Maori and Pacific flavours. The sisters, from Maketu in the Bay of Plenty were popular winners of Masterchef, maintaining a sense of humour despite the gruelling competition. The judges were impressed by their advanced cooking skills at such a young age. Their prize included a cookbook deal, which is due out in April. They talk about their hectic life since their win, and their passion for Maori cuisine.
They'll share a recipe for Horopito pork belly with smoked mash and Cavolo nero Pork.
11:45 Urbanist Tommy Honey
Coming to a city near you in 2015… issues affecting city dwellers, the good, the bad and the ugly. Tommy Honey rounds up the best and worst apps for city life.
Links:
The Stealth Suit
Should we be concerned about Placemeter – an app which monitors street views from apartment windows? The Guardian
The most cringeworthy apps of 2014, CityLab
===Noon | Midday Report===
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Radio New Zealand 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 2 February 2015
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Pathologists say the proposed integration of laboratory services in the Wellington region amounts to privatisation to save money. Four men, including the former Chairman of Harness Racing New Zealand Patrick O'Brien, are facing charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office relating to an alleged gaming machine fraud worth 30-million dollars.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 14'59"
12:17
Correction - Pyne Gould Corporation and Perpetual Trust Ltd
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Radio New Zealand wishes to correct the item it broadcast on Friday in the Midday Business News relating to Pyne Gould Corporation and Perpetual Trust Ltd.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 42"
12:18
Kathmandu shares plunge xx% after warning of first-half loss
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Shares in Kathmandu plunged more than 20 percent after it said it expects to post a first-half net loss between one and two million dollars.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Kathmandu
Duration: 1'15"
12:20
Synlait revises forecast farmgate milk price down 12% to $4.40
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Synlait Milk has revised down its farmgate milk price for the 2015 season to 4-dollars-40 per kilogram of milk solids, from five-dollars.
Topics: business
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Tags: Synlait Milk, dairy price
Duration: 1'28"
12:22
Xero's third quarter receipts from customers jumped 81%
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Xero says its third quarter receipts from customers jumped 81 percent to 32.5 million dollars in the three months ended December but its cash outflow totalled nearly 23 million dollars.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Xero
Duration: 1'06"
12:23
Abano: Aotea withdraws from bid to continue pathology services
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Abano Healthcare says its 55 percent-owned Aotea Pathology has withdrawn its bid to provide pathology services for the lower North Island beyond October this year.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Abano Healthcare, pathology
Duration: 1'19"
12:25
Midday Markets for 2 February 2015
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Melika King at Craigs Investment Partners
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'18"
12:27
Midday Sports News for 2 February 2015
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Australia's former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash says Andy Murray had a meltdown in his Australian Open final defeat to world tennis number one Novak Djokovic.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Australian Open, Lydia Ko, Super Bowl
Duration: 2'36"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 2 February 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural
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Tags:
Duration: 9'00"
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===1:06 PM. | Afternoons===
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Information and debate, people and places around NZ
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13:08
Your song - When My Train Pulls In
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James Wright has chosen 'When My Train Pulls In' by Garry Clark
Topics: music
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Tags:
Duration: 14'36"
13:20
New Zealand Retro: Flares
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The age of the flared trousers is our retro theme today. Archival audio supplied by Nga Taonga Sound & Vision.
Topics: history
Regions:
Tags: trousers, fashion
Duration: 38'00"
14:09
Historic sex convictions - Wiremu Demchick
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Recently we spoke to Professor Andrew Hodges about his book on British mathematician Alan Turing, who played a large part in cracking the Germans' Enigma code in World War Two. The book was the basis for the Oscar-nominated movie 'The Imitation Game'. After the War, Alan Turing, who was gay, was convicted of gross indecency and sentenced to chemical castration. He committed suicide in 1954. The movie has prompted calls in Britain for the government there to pardon thousands of men who were prosecuted for having gay sex. In New Zealand, sex between men was illegal until 1986, punishable by up to seven years in prison. And now a Wellington-based man has started a petition to have historic sex convictions wiped from gay New Zealanders' records. Wiremu Demchick speaks about why he has started the petition.
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Alan Turing plaque at Sackville Park CC BY Lmno.
Recently Simon Mercep spoke to Professor Andrew Hodges about his book on British mathematician Alan Turing, who played a large part in cracking the Germans' Enigma code in World War Two. The book was the basis for the Oscar-nominated movie 'The Imitation Game'.
After the War, Alan Turing, who was gay, was convicted of gross indecency and sentenced to chemical castration. He committed suicide in 1954.
The movie has prompted calls in Britain for the government there to pardon thousands of men who were prosecuted for having gay sex.
In New Zealand, sex between men was illegal until 1986, and was punishable by up to seven years in prison.
Now, a Wellington-based man has started a petition to have historic convictions for consensual sex wiped from gay New Zealanders' records.
"This would be a formal acknowledgement if nothing else as to the fact that we as a society acknowledge that that was wrong and are seeking to, the best that we can, remedy the situation,"
Wiremu Demchick tells Simon Mercep about why he has started the petition.
Topics: life and society
Regions:
Tags: sexuality, sex convictions, petitions, homosexuality
Duration: 10'02"
14:25
Huge Piano - Krzysztof Malek
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At 5.7 metres long it's the world's longest grand piano. So it's perhaps no surprise that Krzysztof Malek, pianist on board the cruise ship Seabourn Odyssey, wanted to play the piano when the ship visited Timaru yesterday. He liked the experience so much, he wanted to do it twice. Only thing is, that meant having a word with the ship's captain. Today Krzysztof Malex is with the Seabourn Odyssey in Akaroa.
Topics: music
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Krzysztof Malex, pianos, pianist, cruise ships
Duration: 6'18"
14:46
Feature album - Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
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"Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance" is the ninth studio album by Belle and Sebastian, released on 19 January 2015. Belle and Sebastian's lead singer Stuart Murdoch was afflicted with chronic fatigue syndrome for seven years - it is a debilitating illness with no easy cure.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance, Belle and Sebastian
Duration: 14'31"
15:09
Author Interview - Paul Keany
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October 2008. The Celtic Tiger had lost its roar and 45-year-old Dubliner Paul Keany's plumbing business was faltering. So he did something he lived to regret: he agreed to smuggle six kilos of cocaine into Ireland from Venezuela for a man he met in a pub. Arrested at the airport in Venezuela, he spent two years in one of the most notorious prisons in South America. His book, 'The Cocaine Dairies: A Venezuelan Prison Nightmare' describes the horror of life behind bars. It has recently been on the top ten best seller list in New Zealand.
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Duration: 23'32"
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How to be dead - Writer Chris Tse
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Interviewing ghosts to redress an injustice; 110 years on writer Chris Tse takes Lynda Chanwai-Earle to the scene of the racially motivated murder of Chinese Gold miner Joe Kum Yung in Wellington's old Chinatown, Haining Street.
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Chris Tse reads from his book, on Haining Street
He would have been the ghost who wanders, removed and homeless, because he wasn't buried in his home, back in China.
– Chris Tse from his book How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes (Auckland University Press, 2014)
Chris Tse tells me his name rhymes with peace, as we traverse Haining Street, Wellington. It's the site of the murder scene of elderly Chinese gold miner Joe Kum Yung.
Haining and Frederick Streets (off Taranaki Street and in the CBD) were the sites of the old 'Chinatown' of Wellington. Virtually nothing is left of this Chinatown, today its office buildings, urbanised apartments and lots of passing traffic.
How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes is Chris's first book of poetry, published with Auckland University Press in late 2014 and it's already garnered critical acclaim. He's reading excerpts at the spot where Joe Kum Yung lay dying, fatally shot by white supremacist Lionel Terry, 110 years ago in 1905.
The memorial plaque to murder victim Joe Kum Yung
According to historical accounts, Lionel Terry took his gun that day and shot a 'Chinaman', an innocent member of the public, to help eradicate the 'yellow peril'. Terry saw himself doing a service to the community.
Even though it's 110 years on it still gives me a chill to visualise the cold-blooded actions of Lionel Terry. Chris's book evokes the voices of the dead into our living present with haunting lyricism.
Why the title? Because 1905 was in the Chinese year of the snake and because Chris was fascinated by the underlying cultural and spiritual beliefs that colour each year of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac. It's not that Chris wishes to demonise snakes, rather, he uses the year of the snake as the cultural and spiritual backdrop to replay some of our own unsavory history.
It's taken 10 years for Chris to write this book, from the earliest explorations of this subject matter during his Masters degree in Creative Writing at Victoria University's International Institute of Modern Letter in 2005. This was also the centenary of Joe Kum Yung's murder.
At the centenary in Haining Street there was a lot of activity acknowledging the event but it had always been more of Lionel Terry's story. Who owns the story? I wanted to show the flip-side, present a different view - the murder victim's view.
Public fascination has always lain with Lionel Terry in this politically and racially motivated hate crime.Chris wanted to turn this around. He wanted to give the murder victim, Joe Kum Yung a voice, back from the dead.
Chris's book is dedicated to his late Por Por (Cantonese for maternal grand-mother). It was her passing in 2011, when his family practiced ching ming, appeasing their ancestor with offerings of food and the burning of joss-sticks, that he formulated the idea of interviewing the ghost of Joe Kum Yung and other ghosts of Haining Street.
It's very important in Chinese culture to practice ching ming so that the ghosts of the dead won't wander, hungry and lonely.
Because the victim had largely been ignored by history, Joe Kum Yung had become a lost voice, a wandering ghost. Chris also interviews Lionel Terry but he was careful not to let Lionel's story overshadow Joe Kum Yung's.
Haining Street
After traversing Haining Street we conclude the interview back at the spot where Joe Kum Yung lay dying. It seems fitting to hear more of his voice, to give Joe Kum Yung the last word so Chris reads me more excerpts from his book:
I rest now with my tongue silenced, words
cast out beyond my reach.
The night
embraces all, still as a headstone ...
Topics: books, author interview, history
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Haining Street, Wellington, Joe Kum Yung, Chinatown
Duration: 10'06"
15:46
The Panel pre-show for 2 February 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 13'34"
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1:10 Your Song
When My Train Pulls In - Gary Clark Jnr. Chosen by (artist) James Wright
1:20 New Zealand Retro: Flares
Archival audio supplied by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.
2:10 Historic sex convictions - Wiremu Demchick
Last week we spoke to Professor Andrew Hodges about his book on British mathematician Alan Turing, who played a large part in cracking the Germans' Enigma code in World War Two. The book was the basis for the Oscar-nominated movie 'The Imitation Game'. After the War, Alan Turing, who was gay, was convicted of gross indecency and sentenced to chemical castration. He committed suicide in 1954. The movie has prompted calls in Britain for the government there to pardon thousands of men who were prosecuted for having gay sex. In New Zealand, sex between men was illegal until 1986, punishable by up to seven years in prison. And now a Wellington-based man has started a petition to have historic sex convictions wiped from gay New Zealanders' records. Wiremu Demchick speaks about why he has started the petition.
2:20 Huge Piano - Krzysztof Malek
At 5.7 metres long it's the world's longest grand piano. So it's perhaps no surprise that Krzysztof Malek, pianist on board the cruise ship Seabourn Odyssey, wanted to play the piano when the ship visited Timaru yesterday. He liked the experience so much, he wanted to do it twice. Only thing is, that meant having a word with the ship's captain. Today Krzysztof Malex is with the Seabourn Odyssey in Akaroa.
2:30 NZ Reading - The Thrill Of Falling #1
Little Tu is a sickly child and his grandfather gives him the name of their famous ancestor Tupaea to help him survive. He runs away from the kids who ridicule his stutter and jumping off the Tologa Bay bridge, he discovers 'The Thrill of Falling'. Each year Koro presides over the family feast celebrating Oro, the god who sent Tupaea to them, and tells them the history. When Uncle Tu-Bad goes to gaol, the mantle of Tuapea is passed to Little Tu.
2:45 Feature album
Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance - Belle and Sebastion
3:10 Author Interview - Paul Keany
October 2008. The Celtic Tiger had lost its roar and 45 year old Dubliner Paul Keany's plumbing business was faltering. So he did something he lived to regret: he agreed to smuggle six kilos of cocaine into Ireland from Venezuela for a man he met in a pub. Arrested at the airport in Venezuela, he spent 2 years in one of the most notorious prisons in South America. His book, The Cocaine Dairies : A Venezuelan Prison Nightmare describes the horror of life behind bars. It has recently been on the top ten best seller list in New Zealand.
3:35 Voices
In 1905 - a year of the snake - a man 'went hunting for a Chinaman' on Haining Street, Wellington. The tragic murder of a Cantonese gold miner by a white supremacist is revisited by an award winning Chinese New Zealand writer. Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets the writer at the murder scene to learn more.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
With Julie Moffett, Jim Mora, Wendyl Nissen and Tim Watkin.
===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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The Panel pre-show for 2 February 2015
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Duration: 13'34"
16:09
The Panel with Wendyl Nissen and Tim Watkin (Part 1)
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Topics - Nearly four in five Auckland secondary schools now ask or permit pupils to bring a laptop, a notebook or tablet to school. Often young people can't bring the one in the house, they have to buy the one the school does a deal on. There's an Auckland traffic fine defaulter who owes the Council $37,523. Tony Abbott's address to the National Press Club in Australia today is being seen as crucial for his leadership.
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Duration: 22'31"
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The Panel with Wendyl Nissen and Tim Watkin (Part 2)
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The nation of Croatia has wiped out the debts of its poorest citizens in a 'fresh start' scheme. 'Boltholes with airstrips' in New Zealand are being bought up by the world's super-rich who want a hideout in case of 'civil uprising'. A giant slip n slide event which drew 3000 people to the Christchurch suburb of Sumner descended into disgruntlement as unhappy customers spent up to two and a half hours queuing. Stephen Fry calls God an 'evil, capricious, monstrous maniac'. He was asked on Irish TV what he would say to the Almighty at the gates of heaven.
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Duration: 27'15"
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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
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Radio New Zealand's two-hour news and current affairs programme
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 2 February 2015
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More than 200 lab testing jobs in Wellington are in limbo after a leading pathology firm pulled out of a DHB merger plan, warning it might harm its services to patients. The chief executive of the Hutt Valley District Health Board Graham Dyer is with us. The Prime Minister has defended his decision not to stand Mike Sabin down as a select committee chair last December, after he found out about the MP's personal issues. After 400 days in a Cairo prison Australian journalist Peter Greste is now in Cyprus a free man but his family say he won't rest until his two Al Jazeera colleagues are also released.
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Duration: 20'06"
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220 lab testing jobs in limbo
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More than 200 lab testing jobs in Wellington are in limbo after a leading pathology firm pulled out of a DHB merger plan, warning it might harm its services to patients.
Topics: health
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: jobs, Aotea Pathology, laboratory services
Duration: 4'16"
17:12
DHB chief responds
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The chief executive of the Hutt Valley District Health Board Graham Dyer is with us now.
Topics: health
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Aotea Pathology, laboratory services
Duration: 5'30"
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PM defends decision not to stand Mike Sabin down
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The Prime Minister has defended his decision not to stand Mike Sabin down as a select committee chair last December, after he found out about the MP's personal issues.
Topics: politics
Regions: Northland
Tags: Mike Sabin
Duration: 3'36"
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Andrew Greste talks about his brother's release
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After 400 days in a Cairo prison Australian journalist Peter Greste is now in Cyprus a free man but his family say he won't rest until his two Al Jazeera colleagues are also released.
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Duration: 6'41"
17:28
Abbott refuses to step down as leader
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The Australian Prime Minister has faced down his critics and is refusing to step down as leader, delivering what some of his colleagues have described as a "make or break" speech.
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Duration: 4'28"
17:37
Today's market update
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New Zealand shares were slightly stronger today, the benchmark Top 50 Index gaining 13 points to 5757.
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Duration: 3'08"
17:40
New England Patriots win Superbowl 49 in Phoenix
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The New England Patriots are this year's Super Bowl champions beating the Seattle Seahawks 28-24.
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Duration: 4'51"
17:45
Swimming pools help in grass fire fight
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Two swimming pools full of water have been crucial for people near Rolleston facing a big grass fire that at one stage closed State Highway One south of Christchurch.
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Duration: 1'55"
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Slater told he appeared to be ridiculing ex-pizza executive
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Cameron Slater has been told by the chair of the Human Rights Review Tribunal that his blogs could be seen as nothing more than publicly ridiculing a businessman.
Topics: media
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Tags: Cameron Slater, Whale Oil
Duration: 3'58"
17:51
Men charged over gamblng fraud
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Charges have been laid against four men following a multi-agency investigation into what's been described as the largest criminal case of its kind in the gambling sector.
Topics: crime
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Tags: gamblng, fraud
Duration: 2'31"
17:53
Couple's sex show in city centre lands them in trouble
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Two insurance workers who had sex in their office late at night oblivious to hundreds of people looking on and filming from a central Christchurch bar could lose their jobs.
Topics: life and society
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch
Duration: 4'11"
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Water charges an option for boosting funds
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Water and sewage meters, and getting royalties from mining are among options being looked at to lessen councils' reliance on rates.
Topics: politics
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Tags: water, LGNZ, water meters, rates
Duration: 2'15"
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Sports News for 2 February 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Super Bowl, cricket, football
Duration: 3'07"
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DHBs press on with lab test merger despite pullout
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Three Wellington-region district health boards plan to continue with a hotly debated proposal for a major restructure of lab services.
Topics: health, politics
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Aotea Pathology, laboratory services
Duration: 4'05"
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Peter Greste's family speak about their son being released
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Peter Greste's mother says she never dared think this day would come, when he'd be freed from an Egyptian prison.
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Duration: 3'01"
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A lawyer talks about sex in the office
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Two insurance workers who had sex in their office late at night oblivious to hundreds of people looking on and filming from a central Christchurch bar could lose their jobs.
Topics: law
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: confidentiality
Duration: 3'40"
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Calls for more Maori judges
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The Māori legal profession says more indigenous judges are needed after Government figures released to Te Manu Kōrihi reveal there are only 28 working in New Zealand's legal system.
Topics: te ao Maori, law
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Duration: 3'19"
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Forestry worker who killed colleague speaks out
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A forestry foreman who felled a tree which killed a 23-year-old worker says he wishes he could wind back the clock and change what happened.
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Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: forestry
Duration: 2'49"
18:38
Could rates be a thing of the past in 10 years time ?
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Water and sewage meters, and getting royalties from mining are among options being looked at to lessen councils' reliance on rates.
Topics: politics
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Tags: rates, local government
Duration: 4'45"
18:48
Te Manu Korihi News for 2 February 2015
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Only 28 of the 243 judges in the legal system identify themselves as tangata whenua, which has the Maori legal profession saying more are needed; A marae in Hawkes Bay says it's very close to securing a transfer of state houses, seven years after the community's proposal; The Maori Party co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell is making it clear that the Maori Affairs Select Committee is managing its workload well, after the former National list MP, Tau Henare raised a concern about the group; The Tauranga City Council is calling for public submissions on its draft public art policy to reflect the area's character and identity.
Topics: te ao Maori, politics
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Duration: 3'18"
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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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Entertainment and information, including: 8:13 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries 9:30 Insight (RNZ)
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Giant glacier floating free
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NIWA physical oceanographer Craig Stevens sent his technical operator Brett Grant with instructions to catch up with the last giant floating glacier and then measure the surrounding super cold ocean flows.
Topics: science, environment, climate, Antarctica
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Tags: glacier, ocean flows, Korean icebreaker, marine ice
Duration: 20'49"
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Botany - contemporary sustainable gardening practices
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Auckland Botanical Gardens curator Bec Stanley on the chlorophyll-filled bio-mass that photosynthesises around us... contemporary sustainable gardening practices.
Topics: science, environment, life and society
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Tags: botany, plants, Auckland Botanic Gardens, sustainability, gardening
Duration: 15'46"
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Hector's hike
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To raise awareness for Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and for policies that have a child-centred approach, Hector Hines is following the Te Araroa trail from Picton to Bluff.
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To raise awareness for Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and for policies that have a child-centred approach, Hector Hines is following the Te Araroa trail from Picton to Bluff, avoiding roads where possible.
Following a spontaneous decision to embark on the adventure - both to support an issue he believes in, and for his own personal development, Hector left his job as a swimming pool life guard, and hit the track.
He is in Wanaka when he joins Bryan Crump, having spent recent days walking across merino wool farming land, meeting farmers and local characters along the way.
Topics: life and society, politics
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Tags: Te Aroha Trail, walking, Child Poverty Action Group, child poverty
Duration: 20'21"
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7:15 Giant glacier floating free
NIWA physical oceanographer Craig Stevens sent his technical operator Brett Grant with instructions to catch up with the last giant floating glacier and then measure the surrounding super cold ocean flows.
Gallery: Floating glaciers
8:10 Windows on the World
International public radio documentaries - visit the Windows on the World web page to find links to these documentaries.
8:40 Botany
Auckland Botanical Gardens curator Bec Stanley on the chlorophyll-filled bio-mass that photosynthesises around us... contemporary sustainable gardening practices.
9:10 Hector's hike
To raise awareness for Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and for policies that have a child-centred approach, Hector Hines is following the Te Araroa trail from Picton to Bluff.
9:30 Insight
10:00 Late Edition
A review of the news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.
11:06 Beale Street Caravan
David Knowles introduces the Memphis-based radio show with an international reputation for its location recordings of blues musicians live in concert (4 of 13, BSC)
===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
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Radio New Zealand news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from Radio New Zealand National
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David Knowles introduces the Memphis-based radio show with an international reputation for its location recordings of blues musicians live in concert (4 of 13, BSC)