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:
05 February 2015
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 The Truth About Life and Death (5 of 6, BBC); 1:05 Discovery (BBC); 2:05 Playing Favourites (RNZ); 3:05 Shaken Apart, by Jane Seaford (RNZ); 3:30 NZ Books (RNZ); 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
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06:00
Economist says global risks to dairy prices continue
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An economist says the rise in global dairy prices is a positive sign, but a number of downside risks persist.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: dairy prices
Duration: 2'17"
06:00
Top Stories for Thursday 5 February 2015
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Sixty firefighters backed by helicopters and planes are battling a fire that's threatening homes near Renwick in the Wairau Valley near Blenheim. The father of the Jordanian pilot burned to death by Islamic State wants the terrorists deeply punished for killing his son and he says the hanging of two Iraqi terrorists is not enough. New Zealand is currently considering whether to send troops to help train the Iraqi army. The New Zealand High Court judge Dame Lowell Goddard has been appointed to head the inquiry into historical child sex abuse in England and Wales. The Waitangi elder Kingi Taurua says he'll be asking the Prime Minister to apologise today for his dismissive remarks on Māori sovereignty. Our political reporter, Demelza Leslie, is in Waitangi and joins us. Winston Peters is among the politicians who have been visiting Paihia and surrounding towns over the past few days.
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Duration: 35'07"
06:06
Sports News for 5 February 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Tags:
Duration: 1'51"
06:10
NZ Judge to head UK child abuse inquiry
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A New Zealand judge, Lowell Goddard, has been appointed the head of an inquiry into historical child sex abuse in England and Wales.
Topics: crime, law
Regions:
Tags: child sex abuse, UK
Duration: 3'36"
06:20
Pacific News for 5 February 2015
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The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 2'54"
06:23
Morning Rural News for 5 February 2015
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'09"
06:27
Te Manu Korihi News for 5 February 2015
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An associate professor of architecture says the government's selected the wrong department to enforce rules to make marae buildings earthquake-resistant; The mana whenua will soon be holding the annual series of powhiri for politicians, in the lead up to Waitangi Day; The Manukau Urban Māori Authority says students at its newly-opened school will benefit from being on a marae, with access to Whanau Ora, kaumatua services and Te Reo Māori lessons; A Porirua based iwi will share its stories including its legends, visits to historic landmarks, fierce battles and its treaty settlement journey, to people keen to jump on board its bus tour.
Topics: te ao Māori
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Duration: 3'12"
06:44
Metservice discussing Canterbury weather in wake of huge fire
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A fire is being fought at North Bank in Marlbourgh which began at about 11:15 last night, with the fire service saying some people have been evacuated.
Topics: weather
Regions: Marlborough, Canterbury
Tags: MetService, fires
Duration: 2'12"
06:50
Reserve Bank dashes hopes of a near-term rate cut
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The Reserve Bank governor poured cold water on the prospect of interest rate cuts, saying keeping the official cash rate steady is the most prudent option.
Topics: economy, business, housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: interest rates
Duration: 3'56"
06:54
Auckland real estate broker sees further price rises ahead
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A leading Auckland real estate broker expects prices to continue to climb over the next three months, as demand continues to outstrip supply.
Topics: housing, business
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: house prices, real estate
Duration: 1'15"
06:55
Employees experience rising real spending power
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Even though nominal growth in wages remains low, employees are still experiencing a growth in real spending power.
Topics: economy
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Tags: wages, inflation
Duration: 1'35"
06:57
Weak Chinese manufacturing date adds to fears of a hard landing
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The latest manufacturing data out of China is adding to fears the world's largest economy could be headed for a hard landing.
Topics: economy, business
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Tags: China
Duration: 1'08"
06:58
Morning Markets for 5 February 2015
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In the currency markets, the New Zealand dollar is trading at 73.61 US cents.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 59"
07:06
Sports News for 5 February 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'03"
07:09
60 firefighters tackling big rural fire near Blenheim
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Sixty firefighters backed by helicopters and planes are battling a fire that's threatening homes near Renwick in the Wairau Valley near Blenheim.
Topics: rural
Regions: Marlborough
Tags: fires
Duration: 4'31"
07:17
Jordan hangs two Iraqis, vows strong response
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The father of the Jordanian pilot burned to death by Islamic State wants the terrorists deeply punished for killing his son and he says the hanging of two Iraqi terrorists is not enough.
Topics: crime, politics
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Tags: Islamic State, Jordan
Duration: 4'33"
07:20
Political editor on NZ sending troops to fight Islamic State
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New Zealand is currently considering whether to send troops to help train the Iraqi army.
Topics: politics, defence force
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Tags: Islamic State
Duration: 3'33"
07:25
Positive reaction as NZ judge is appointed to head UK inquiry
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The New Zealand High Court judge Dame Lowell Goddard has been appointed to head the inquiry into historical child sex abuse in England and Wales.
Topics: crime, law
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Tags: child sex abuse, UK
Duration: 6'23"
07:36
Pressure on Ngapuhi over settlement
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The Waitangi elder Kingi Taurua says he'll be asking the Prime Minister to apologise today for his dismissive remarks on Māori sovereignty.
Topics: te ao Māori, law
Regions: Northland
Tags: Waitangi Day, Waitangi Tribunal, Ngapuhi
Duration: 3'15"
07:39
Key to front up at Waitangi, Little makes debut visit
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Our political reporter, Demelza Leslie, is in Waitangi and joins us.
Topics: te ao Māori, politics
Regions: Northland
Tags: Waitangi Day
Duration: 3'11"
07:43
Winston Peters hints at standing in Northland by-election
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Winston Peters is among the politicians who have been visiting Paihia and surrounding towns over the past few days.
Topics: politics, te ao Māori
Regions: Northland
Tags: Winston Peters
Duration: 5'23"
07:48
NZ judge says UK inquiry will be a challenge
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The New Zealand High Court judge Dame Lowell Goddard has been appointed to head the inquiry into historical child sex abuse in England and Wales.
Topics: crime, law
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Tags: UK
Duration: 3'58"
07:53
Reserve Bank Governor says property market may overheat
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The Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler yesterday became the latest and perhaps most authorative voice warning of the risk of a bust in the overheated Auckland housing market.
Topics: economy, business, housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: house prices
Duration: 4'48"
08:08
Sports News for 5 February 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'13"
08:10
Marlborough fire continues to cause fears
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Farmers are fighting to save their homes, and those of neighbours, as 60 firefighters backed by helicopters and planes battle a blaze in Marlborough's Wairau Valley.
Topics: rural, environment
Regions: Marlborough
Tags: fires
Duration: 2'41"
08:14
Local farmer describes Marlborough fire
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Jeff Sewell is a local farmer he can see smoke, Steve Hill runs Hillsfield House bed and breakfast in Renwick.
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Regions: Marlborough
Tags: fires
Duration: 2'51"
08:17
Christchurch residents pull together after fire
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There have been one or two flare ups over night at the scene of yesterday's large scrub fire at Yaldhurst west of Christchurch
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Regions: Canterbury
Tags: fires, Christchurch
Duration: 2'57"
08:20
Pregnant woman and partner lose everything in Chch house fire
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Kahli Hobbs' is 30 weeks pregnant and arrived home yesterday to find all of her possessions had gone up in smoke, including her father's five prized motorbikes.
Topics:
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch, fires
Duration: 3'42"
08:24
Christchurch reporter describes scene of Hei Hei fire
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At the scene of the Hei Hei fire is our Christchurch reporter, Rachel Graham
Topics:
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: fires
Duration: 2'09"
08:28
100th anniversary of first NZ combat death First World War
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Today marks the 100th anniversary of the first New Zealand combat casualty of the First World War. Private William Ham from Ngatimoti near Nelson died from his wounds after the Battle of the Suez Canal in February 1915.
Topics: defence force, history
Regions: Nelson Region
Tags: WW1
Duration: 3'51"
08:30
Markets Update for 5 February 2015
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'02"
08:38
Low ticket sales for Wellington Sevens
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There could be up to 14-thousand empty seats for this weekend's Wellington Sevens.
Topics: sport
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Sevens
Duration: 3'05"
08:40
Religious groups urging Govt to properly consult Muslims
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Religious groups are urging the Government to make sure it properly consults with the Muslim community this year before making further changes to the country's spy laws.
Topics: spiritual practices, politics
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Tags: SIS, Islam, New Zealand's Muslim community
Duration: 2'54"
08:45
Te Manu Korihi News for 5 February 2015
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The mana whenua will soon be holding the annual series of powhiri for politicians, in the lead up to Waitangi Day; The Manukau Urban Māori Authority says students at its newly-opened school will benefit from being on a marae, with access to Whanau Ora, kaumatua services and Te Reo Māori lessons; An iwi based in Porirua will be sharing its history on a bus tour of historical sites in the Wellington region this month; An associate professor of architecture says the government's selected the wrong department to enforce rules to make marae buildings earthquake-resistant.
Topics: te ao Māori
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Duration: 3'19"
08:48
How has Christchurch's earthquake recovery compare with Japan's
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Our Christchurch reporter Rachel Graham travelled to Japan, with the support of the Asia New Zealand Foundation, to find out.
Topics: Canterbury earthquakes
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Japan, earthquake recovery
Duration: 3'27"
08:52
Dynamite used to take high-def images of tectonic plates
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A series of underground explosions around the Wellington Region have allowed scientists to see the bottom of the tectonic plate that's responsible for the area's earthquakes.
Topics: science, technology
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: siesmology, earthquakes
Duration: 4'04"
08:56
Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
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We have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh.
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 3'18"
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===9:06 AM. | Nine To Noon===
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Current affairs and topics of interest, including: 10:45 Sojourn in Arles, by Owen Marshall (F, RNZ)
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09:08
What's the future of Jordan's involvement in IS fight?
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Dr. Lina Khatib is the director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. Previously, she was the co-founding head of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. She discusses Jordan's response to the Islamic State execution of Jordanian pilot, Moaz al-Kasasbeh, who was burned alive. Jordan has executed two prisoners in response, and is currently calling for intensified strikes against IS in response. But will the killing of Lieutenant al-Kasasbeh undermine Jordan's long-term participation in the IS fight?
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Islamic State, Jordan, Sajida al-Rishawi, Moaz al-Kasasbeh, USA, Syria, Iraq, air strikes, ISIS, Lina Khatib
Duration: 17'19"
09:28
Paraplegic farm safety advocate, Andrew Fleming
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Fourteen years ago Andrew Fleming's ordinary day's work on his in-law's Taranaki farm changed his life dramatically. He was thrown from his quad bike and became a paraplegic. The fit, active farmer who loved water-skiing and skiing spent three months in hospital and never returned to the life he knew. His marriage also broke up. His book Change the Channel outlines the everyday struggles coping with not being able to walk, the mental and physical challenges. He's carved out a new life as a motivational speaker and farming safety advocate.
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Farm safety advocate Andrew Fleming in the Radio NZ studio.
Every year 850 New Zealanders are injured on farms riding quad bike, five people die.
The 5th of October 2000 is the day farmer Andrew Fleming's life changed - and resulted in him becoming a paraplegic, a farm safety advocate and a public speaker.
It was an ordinary day's work on his in-law's Taranaki farm when he was thrown from his quad bike, gravely injured and not found for seven hours.
"My legs felt like white bait waders full of water hanging down the hill ... I was in more pain than I could ever had imagined was possible."
From being a fit, active farmer who loved waterskiing and snow skiing - to spending three months in hospital, followed by a long time of rehabilitation and recuperation, Andrew Fleming never returned to the life he knew.
His marriage also broke up.
His book Change the Channel outlines the everyday struggles coping with not being able to walk, the mental and physical challenges.
Paraplegic farm safety advocate Andrew Fleming tells Nine to Noon's Kathryn Ryan his personal story of coping in the aftermath of a farming quad biking accident.
Topics: health, education, rural, author interview, disability
Regions:
Tags: Andrew Fleming, farm safety, quad bike accidents, paraplegic
Duration: 19'19"
09:48
UK correspondent - Matthew Parris
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New Zealand high court judge, Lowell Goddard has been appointed the head of an inquiry into historic sexual abuse of children in the United Kingdom.
Topics: law
Regions:
Tags: UK
Duration: 11'41"
10:08
Travel writer Pico Iyer on how to stay still
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Pico Iyer has been called the greatest living travel writer and describes himself as a global village on two legs. A veteran travel writer who has journeyed from Easter Island to Ethiopia, Cuba to Kathmandu, he is - strangely enough - also a key proponent of the importance of staying still. In his new book, The Art of Stillness, he suggests that the greatest adventure may be found in going nowhere, explaining how advances in technology are making us more likely to seek out spaces to retreat.
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Pico Iyer has been called the greatest living travel writer and describes himself as a global village on two legs.
A veteran travel writer who has journeyed from Easter Island to Ethiopia, Cuba to Kathmandu, he is – strangely enough – also a key proponent of the importance of staying still.
In his new book, The Art of Stillness, he suggests that the greatest adventure may be found in going nowhere, explaining how advances in technology are making us more likely to seek out spaces to retreat,
“more and more of us are living at the pace of a machine, more than that of a human, and the more we try to keep up, the more we fall behind, and at some point we've got to just jump off that careening train that’s going downhill and do something else.”
Pico Iyer talks to Kathryn Ryan.
Book: The Art of Stillness published by TED Books.
Watch Pico Iyer's TED Talks: The Art of Stillness and Where Is Home?.
Topics: author interview
Regions:
Tags: travel, stillness
Duration: 32'27"
10:41
Book review - Greatest Hits
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Written by David Cohen, reviewed by Gyles Beckford and published by Makaro Press
Topics: books
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Duration: 4'25"
11:06
New music with Jeremy Taylor
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Jeremy Taylor investigates the swoonsome 80's stylings of Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders, the dizzying melancholia of Bjork's "Vulnicura" and a retro treat from the late lamented Mama Cass.
Topics: music
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Tags:
Duration: 25'31"
11:32
Children's book 'Waitangi Day', author Philippa Werry
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Philippa Werry is a Wellington author. Her latest children's book is called Waitangi Day. It is aimed at younger readers but can also be a resource for families and for schools. It examines the rich history behind Waitangi Day and reviews the historic events behind the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 and charts the celebrations, tensions and protests witnessed in the years that followed, concluding with a summary of the Waitangi Day events held around the country each 6th of February.
Topics: books, author interview
Regions:
Tags: Waitangi Day, Children's Books
Duration: 13'50"
11:49
The Week That Was
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Comedians Te Radar and Pinky Agnew poke fun at the week that was.
Topics: life and society, politics
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Duration: 10'45"
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09:05 What's the future of Jordan's involvement in IS fight?
Dr. Lina Khatib is the director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. Previously, she was the co-founding head of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. She discusses Jordan's response to the Islamic State execution of Jordanian pilot, Moaz al-Kasasbeh, who was burned alive. Jordan has executed two prisoners in response, and is currently calling for intensified strikes against IS in response. But will the killing of Lieutenant al-Kasasbeh undermine Jordan's long-term participation in the IS fight?
09:20 Paraplegic farm safety advocate, Andrew Fleming
Fourteen years ago Andrew Fleming's ordinary day's work on his in-law's Taranaki farm changed his life dramatically. He was thrown from his quad bike and became a paraplegic. The fit, active farmer who loved water-skiing and skiing spent three months in hospital and never returned to the life he knew. His marriage also broke up. His book Change the Channel outlines the everyday struggles coping with not being able to walk, the mental and physical challenges. He's carved out a new life as a motivational speaker and farming safety advocate.
09:45 UK correspondent Matthew Parris
The New Zealand high court judge, Lowell Goddard’s appointment as the head of an inquiry into historic sexual abuse of children in the United Kingdom.
10:05 Travel writer Pico Iyer on how to stay still
Pico Iyer has been called the greatest living travel writer and describes himself as a global village on two legs. A veteran travel writer who has journeyed from Easter Island to Ethiopia, Cuba to Kathmandu, he is – strangely enough – also a key proponent of the importance of staying still. In his new book, The Art of Stillness, he suggests that the greatest adventure may be found in going nowhere, explaining how advances in technology are making us more likely to seek out spaces to retreat.
Book: The Art of Stillness published by TED Books.
Watch Pico Iyer's TED Talks: The Art of Stillness and Where Is Home?.
10:35 Book review: 'Greatest Hits' by David Cohen
Reviewed by Gyles Beckford. Published by Mākaro Press.
10:45 The Reading: 'Sojourn in Arles', by Owen Marshall
David Wilson takes a trip around Europe after the death of his wife. With limited funds, he accepts the offer from a stranger to stay in his apartment in Arles. (2 of 2, RNZ)
11:05 New music with Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor investigates the swoonsome 80's stylings of Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders, the dizzying melancholia of Bjork's "Vulnicura" and a retro treat from the late lamented Mama Cass.
11:30 Children's book 'Waitangi Day', author Philippa Werry
Philippa Werry is a Wellington author. Her latest children's book is called Waitangi Day. It is aimed at younger readers but can also be a resource for families and for schools. It examines the rich history behind Waitangi Day and reviews the historic events behind the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 and charts the celebrations, tensions and protests witnessed in the years that followed, concluding with a summary of the Waitangi Day events held around the country each 6th of February.
Philippa Werry is a librarian and children's writer whose non-fiction, poetry, stories and plays have been widely published. Her work has appeared in the School Journal and other educational publications.
Book: Waitangi Day - The New Zealand Story, what it is and why it matters. Published by New Holland Publishers
11:45 Comedians Te Radar and Pinky Agnew poke fun at the week that was
===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 5 February 2015
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One of the helicopters fighting a major fire near Blenheim has crashed. Some Christchurch residents are today assessing the damage and starting the clean up after a destructive fire yesterday.
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Duration: 14'41"
12:18
Study finds labour's income share has declined
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A study has found workers have been getting a smaller proportion of total national income since the late 1970s.
Topics: business
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Tags: work, income
Duration: 1'11"
12:19
Booming tourist arrivals from China likely to be boosted
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Booming tourist arrivals from China are likely to be boosted further in the Chinese New Year.
Topics: business
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Tags: China, travel
Duration: 1'05"
12:20
NZIER says no easy answer to port space needed by car imports
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A study of the future space needs of Ports of Auckland has highlighted the role played by vehicle imports, in growing congestion on the wharves.
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Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Ports of Auckland
Duration: 56"
12:21
Gentrack says it's ontrack to meet FY forecast
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Gentrack has kicked off the new year with the signing of two new customers -Australia-based solar energy company, Go Energy, and the Queenstown International Airport.
Topics: transport, business
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Tags: Gentrack
Duration: 1'13"
12:22
Nufarm's managing director, Doug Rathbone, departs abruptly
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Nufarm's managing director of the last 15 years, Doug Rathbone, has abruptly departed the company with a more than 1.6 million Australian dollar payout.
Topics: business
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Tags: Nufarm
Duration: 1'29"
12:24
Midday Markets for 5 February 2015
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Melika King at Craigs Investment Partners
Topics: business
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'23"
12:27
Midday Sports News for 5 February 2015
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The Fiji rugby sevens coach Ben Ryan says World Rugby should take note that the Wellington tournament and others may have burst their bubble as far as fan support is concerned.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'35"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 5 February 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural
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Duration: 8'31"
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===1:06 PM. | Afternoons===
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Information and debate, people and places around NZ
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13:09
Your song - I Walk The Line
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I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash. Chosen by Carey Vivian calling from Helensville.
Topics: music
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Tags: Johnny Cash, I walk the line
Duration: 16'53"
13:25
New Zealand A to Z - Burnham Camp
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Major Nicki Gardiner - Camp Commander of Burnham Military Camp. Major Ian Lattimore - Officer in charge of the Youth Development Unit at Burnham Military Camp. Ensign Hayden Halse - Navy medic in training at the Joint Services Health School at Burnham Military Camp.
Topics: defence force
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Burnham Camp
Duration: 35'01"
14:06
Preserving two centuries of history
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Four decades worth of work to transcribe information from gravestones in more than a thousand cemeteries around the country has finally come to fruition. More than 1-point-6 million records spanning two centuries have been preserved - early inscriptions, fascinating historical and sometimes tragic tales have been digitised so that anyone anywhere can now find out about their own personal - and their country's - history. Ben Mercer is the content manager at Ancestry.com.
Topics: history
Regions:
Tags: ancestory, cemeteries, burials
Duration: 14'18"
14:47
Feature album - Uptown Special
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Mark Ronson's hold on the UK charts with the single Uptown Funk continues for its seventh non-consecutive week.
Topics: music
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Tags: Mark Ronson, Uptown Special
Duration: 13'17"
15:07
Fresh Fast Food with Jacob Brown
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Featuring a recipe for traditional Greek Custard Pie.
Topics: food
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Tags: cooking, Greek food
Duration: 9'06"
15:17
Weekend Wine with Belinda Jackson
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Belinda Jackson's picks: Yalumba Y Series Shiraz Viognier 2012 $17ish, Guigal Cotes du Rhone 2010 $19.95, Mission Reserve Syrah 2013 $29
Topics: food
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Tags: wine
Duration: 13'58"
15:34
Movie Review with Sarah McMullan
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Selma, The Theory of Everything, Me and my Mum.
Topics: arts
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Tags: film
Duration: 9'42"
15:45
The Panel pre-show for 5 February 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'43"
=SHOW NOTES=
1:10 Your Song
I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash. Chosen by Carey Vivian
1:20 New Zealand A to Z - Burnham Camp
Major Nicki Gardiner - Camp Commander of Burnham Military Camp
Major Ian Lattimore - Officer in charge of the Youth Development Unit at Burnham Military Camp
Ensign Hayden Halse - Navy medic in training at the Joint Services Health School at Burnham Military Camp
2:10 Preserving two centuries of history
Four decades worth of work to transcribe information from gravestones in more than a thousand cemeteries around the country has finally come to fruition
More than 1-point-6 million records spanning two centuries have been preserved - early inscriptions, fascinating historical and sometimes tragic tales have been digitised so that anyone anywhere can now find out about their own personal - and their country's - history. Ben Mercer is the content manager at Ancestry.com
2:20 Blue Whales
New Zealand and Australian scientists are heading south to track blue whales in Antarctic waters with high-tech acoustic equipment, and to study other top predators in the Southern Ocean
Stories from Our Changing World
2:30 NZ Reading - The Thrill Of Falling #4
Koro comes to live with Little-Tu and his family after Nan dies. At the gym, Little-Tu finds that Jean-Luc is the world expert in the corde lisse and is helping Sernas, a famous French aerial artist. Little-Tu gives up his law studies and Koro accompanies him to France where he joins Le Cirque du Monde. Little-Tu has become his own navigator and follows Tupaea's footsteps as, dressed like him, he balances above the audience in the new show Oceania
2:45 Feature album
Uptown Special - Mark Ronson
3:10 Food, Wine and Movies
3.10 Fresh Fast Food - Jacob Brown. Featuring a recipe for traditional Greek Custard Pie. Recipe: Traditional Greek Custard Pie (Galaktoboureko)
3.20 Weekend Wine - Belinda Jackson's picks: Yalumba Y Series Shiraz Viognier 2012 $17ish, Guigal Cotes du Rhone 2010 $19.95, Mission Reserve Syrah 2013 $29
3.26 Movie Review - Sarah McMullan: Selma, The Theory of Everything, Me and my Mum
3:35 Song
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
With Jim Mora, Julie Moffett, Jonathan Krebs and Susan Hornsby-Geluk
===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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15:45
The Panel pre-show for 5 February 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'43"
16:07
The Panel with Jonathan Krebs and Susan Hornsby-Geluk (Part 1)
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Topics - The Chief Human Rights commissioner is calling for better data collection about bullies as part of a prevention plan to be finalised this year. Australian radicals have taken to social media to offer justification for the burning to death of the Jordanian fighter pilot by ISIS
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Duration: 23'05"
16:35
The Panel with Jonathan Krebs and Susan Hornsby-Geluk (part 2)
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Topics - Sleeping Tapes it's called; soothing sounds, strange noises and idle ponderings. Available at the website Dreaming with Jeff. The employees of insurance firm Marsh Ltd who unwittingly had their late-night tryst screened around the world. A basketball coach says it is unfair his team of girls were barred from this week's National Māori Basketball Tournament because he is pakeha.
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Duration: 27'03"
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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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17:00
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 5 February 2015
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A forest fire in Marlborough is burning out of control tonight and crews intent on saving houses are now also facing another outbreak nearby. A pilot helping fight the big Marlborough fire walked away largely unscathed after ditching into the Wairau River while trying to fill his monsoon bucket. A woman caught up in a high speed police chase on the wrong side of the motorway in Wellington last year wants the officer punished for what he did. The Prime Minister has used his speech at Waitangi to justify support of the international fight against Islamic State.
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Duration: 21'32"
17:07
Marlborough forest fire burns out of control
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A forest fire in Marlborough is burning out of control tonight and crews intent on saving houses are now also facing another outbreak nearby.
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Regions: Marlborough
Tags: fires
Duration: 8'19"
17:16
Pilot ditches into Wairua River trying to fill monsoon bucket
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A pilot helping fight the big Marlborough fire walked away largely unscathed after ditching into the Wairau River while trying to fill his monsoon bucket.
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Regions: Marlborough
Tags: fires
Duration: 1'32"
17:18
Woman caught up in police chase wants officer punished
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A woman caught up in a high speed police chase on the wrong side of the motorway in Wellington last year wants the officer punished for what he did.
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Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: police
Duration: 5'02"
17:23
Prime Minister justifies involvement against ISIS
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The Prime Minister has used his speech at Waitangi to justify support of the international fight against Islamic State.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Islamic State
Duration: 6'38"
17:33
Today's market update
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The New Zealand dollar was mixed ahead of some key United States economic data, to be released late Friday in New York.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'25"
17:36
Forest owner watching her trees burn
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Ket Bradshaw owns a 30 hectare forest in Kaituna, 20 kilometres west of Blenheim, which she is watching burn from less than a kilometre away.
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Regions: Marlborough
Tags: fires
Duration: 2'44"
17:39
Basketballers sidelined because the coach is not Māori
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A team of 15-year-old girls is this afternoon sitting on the sidelines instead of playing in a basketball tournament in Rotorua.
Topics: sport
Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: basketball
Duration: 3'28"
17:42
Angelo Bitossi sentenced to more than eight years in prison
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The officer who investigated the storage unit arson in Wellington which cost hundreds of people their treasured possessions says the man responsible doesn't care about his victims.
Topics: crime
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Angelo Bitossi, Kiwi Self Storage, storage unit fire
Duration: 3'37"
17:45
Latest on Marlborough fire
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The latest on Marlborough fire with Paloma Magone.
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Regions: Marlborough
Tags: fires
Duration: 2'36"
17:48
Union says income study shows workers shortchanged
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The Productivity Commission's latest report shows real wages have failed to keep up with productivity gains.
Topics: business
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Tags: jobs, wages
Duration: 3'31"
17:52
Environmental vote down the toilet
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A call of nature turned an Auckland Council vote on oil exploration programme today into a farse.
Topics: environment
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: oil exploration
Duration: 2'40"
17:54
Deadline reached to resolve Māori water rights
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Iwi leaders and the Government, have agreed on a deadline to sort out Māori interests in freshwater by Waitangi Day next year.
Topics: te ao Māori, politics
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Tags: water rights, water
Duration: 3'14"
17:58
Thousands pack Central Wellington for annual Sevens parade
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The party is still on - that's the message from Wellington Sevens fans today at a parade on the eve of the tournament.
Topics: sport
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Sevens, Wellington
Duration: 1'51"
18:06
Sports News for 5 February 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 3'04"
18:11
Flames within metres of Marlborough homes
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Flames have come to within metres of some Marlborough homes and police are going around making sure no one returns if they've already gotten out.
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Regions: Marlborough
Tags: fires
Duration: 3'36"
18:14
Daughter talks of parents fleeing fire
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Moira Maher's parents have fled their home - she is with us now.
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Regions: Marlborough
Tags: fires
Duration: 2'47"
18:17
The latest on the fire raging in Marlborough
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Our reporter Paloma Migone has moved to safer ground .
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Regions: Marlborough
Tags: fires
Duration: 3'55"
18:21
Coming to grips with extent of fire damage in Christchurch
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People in the Christchurch suburb of Hei Hei are coming to grips with the extent of damage from yesterday's fire.
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Regions: Canterbury
Tags: fires
Duration: 2'57"
18:24
Basketball board says team must be part of iwi
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More now on the basketball team of 15-year-old girls missing out on the National Māori Basketball Tournament because their coach is not Māori.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 4'22"
18:28
Greste gives his first media conference in Australia
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The Australian journalist, Peter Greste, has given his first formal news conference since returning back home to Australia after being in an Egytian prison for just over 400 days.
Topics: media
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Duration: 1'15"
18:35
Focus on Politics for 5 February 2015
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It's been 175 years since the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, and the Crown and Māori are still grappling with what it means and how the agreement should be honoured.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Treaty of Waitangi, treaty settlements
Duration: 17'17"
18:53
Te Manu Korihi News for 5 February 2015
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Iwi leaders and the Government, have agreed on a deadline to sort out Māori interests in freshwater by Waitangi Day next year. It was announced at the annual Waitangi week hui for Iwi leaders in Kerikeri today, Te Manu Korihi reporter, Mani Dunlop was there.
Topics: te ao Māori
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Duration: 3'34"
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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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Entertainment and information, including: 7:30 At the Movies with Simon Morris: A weekly topical magazine about current film releases and film related topics (RNZ) 8:13 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries 9:06 Our Changing World: Science and environment news from NZ and the world (RNZ)
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19:11
Awakening from the wall of water
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The resilience of the communities of Aceh Indonesia who experienced the tsunami of 26 December 2004, as captured by GNS Science geomorphologist Dr Noel Trustrum in the book Aceh Revives: Celebrating 10 Years of Recovery in Aceh.
Topics: international aid and development, economy, environment, climate, history
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Tags: Aceh, Indonesia, geology, seismology, recovery
Duration: 22'38"
20:40
Jamaican music
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Placing the needle on the one drop of riddim, rocksteady, ska and roots and culture with deejay and toaster Miles Buckingham. Bob Marley was born on 6 February 1945.
Topics: music, history
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Tags: Bob Marley, dub, reggae, Jamaica
Duration: 20'34"
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7:10 Awakening from the wall of water
The resilience of the communities of Aceh Indonesia who experienced the tsunami of 26 December 2004, as captured by GNS Science geomorphologist Dr Noel Trustrum in the book Aceh Revives: Celebrating 10 Years of Recovery in Aceh.
Gallery: Aceh Revives
Young women on a new sea wall, Banda Aceh. Photo from Noel Trustrum's book.
7:30 At the Movies
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19:30
At The Movies for 5 February 2015
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The Movies returns, and this week Simon Morris looks at the many Oscar hopefuls that came out over the summer holidays. Titles include Birdman, American Sniper, and The Imitation Game and Wild.
Topics: arts
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Duration: 23'38"
7:30 At the Movies
Films and movie business with Simon Morris.
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 Jamaican music
Placing the needle on the one drop of riddim, rocksteady, ska and roots and culture with deejay and toaster Miles Buckingham. Bob Marley was born on 6 February 1945.
9:06 Our Changing World
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Coming up on Thursday 12 February
Drug resistant TB, genes for addiction, soil flipping and stream restoration.
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21:06
Scanning a Plate Boundary
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Seismic blasts across a tectonic plate boundary in the Wairarapa will help understand locked plates
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By Veronika Meduna
An international team, led by New Zealand geologists, has produced the clearest image yet of the tectonic plate boundary beneath the North Island – with the help of tonnes of dynamite.
The findings, published in the journal Nature this week, are the result of one of the biggest deployments of seismic equipment in New Zealand, which used 900 seismic recorders along a transect spanning the lower North Island to record the echoes of several explosions.
The experiment was carried out in 2012. Each explosion contained half a tonne of dynamite, detonated to mimic a small earthquake. At the time, I joined the project leaders, Victoria University geophysicist Tim Stern and Stuart Henrys at GNS Science, and their team in the field as they tuned in to detect the underground waves created by the controlled explosions. You can listen to my feature below.
New Zealand straddles the plate boundary between the Pacific plate, which lies to the east of the North Island and is being forced under the Australian plate. The giant slabs are sliding past each other, but the movement is not uniform.
The team set up seismic recorders from Kapiti Island to just east of Martinborough in the Wairarapa to track the echoes bouncing off the top of the Pacific plate, which is 15 to 30 kilometres below the Earth’s surface.
But Tim Stern says the team was surprised to find the explosions were felt all the way to the bottom of the plate.
In a Morning Report interview he explained that the Earth’s surface is made up of about 16 tectonic plates, all moving relative to one another. “We know a lot about the edges of the plates where they dive under the continents, like under the eastern part of the North Island, because that’s where all the major earthquakes occur. But what we don’t really understand is what happens at the base of the plates … this is what dictates how the plates move.”
The original experiment was designed to investigate the top surface, but then the team detected “curious looking echoes from deeper down”, almost 100 kilometres below at the base of the plate.
“This had never been imaged before with this type of survey for an oceanic plate,” says Tim Stern.
'What we see down there … is a double echo and it seems to define a channel which we think is about 10 kilometres thick, and from our data we can figure out that … there is some form of change of the material of the rocks.'
“What we think is down there is magmal melt which is pulled from the deep convecting mantle and has formed a very thin layer which is now very weak. And this allows the plates to move easily over the convecting mantle below.”
The team says the findings provide new insights into the forces and stresses that occur at the edges of the plates, which in turn will help with the broader understanding of earthquakes, not just in New Zealand but globally.
Here you can listen to the Morning Report interview:
You can find out more about this project on GNS Science outreach educator Julian Thompson’s blog.
Topics: science
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Tags: plate tectonics, dynamite, geology, seismology
Duration: 13'33"
21:06
Tracking blue whales in the Southern Ocean
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New Zealand and Australian scientists head off on a six-week voyage to Antarctica to study top predators in the Southern Ocean.
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by Veronika Meduna
A team of New Zealand and Australian scientists has picked up the first song of blue whales this week, as their research vessel Tangaroa has reached the northern limit of the Southern Ocean.
The team is one week into a six-week voyage to Antarctica with the main goal to learn more about the top predators in the Southern Ocean, including blue whales, humpback whales and toothfish. Along the way, the scientists are also collecting continuous measurements in the ocean and the atmosphere.
‘When ever you put gear in the water or you make measurements in the Southern Ocean, you’re going to see something new.’ _Richard O’Driscoll, NIWA scientist
Richard O’Driscoll, a fisheries scientist with the National Institute for Water and Atmosphere and one of the voyage leaders, says the team will make its first stop at the Balleny islands to study factors influencing the abundance and distribution of humpback whales. This ice-covered 160km island chain in the northern Ross Sea is a known foraging area for humpbacks.
“But we don’t even know what they eat down there. We don’t know whether they are eating mainly krill or small fish called silverfish, so we’re going to do some work around counting the whales and also some trawling to work out what they are feeding on down there.”
The next part of the voyage will focus on Antarctic blue whales – the world’s largest animals, and one of the most elusive. Blue whales were hunted to near extinction by industrial whalers, and Mike Double, a science leader with the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), says there may be fewer than 2000 of them left today. The highest densities are found near the edge of the Antarctic sea ice during summer and the team is using acoustic monitoring devices to detect the whales’ low-frequency song.
Blue whales sing at such low frequencies that their call has to be sped up eight times to make it audible to the human ear, as in this video, recorded and processed by AAD acoustician Brian Miller.
The team has already tuned in to the first calling whales this week, from a distance well south of their current position, and will be using multiple sonar buoys to pinpoint their position so that the Tangaroa can move in closer. “With the listening technology we can determine their position, move the ship to the whales, photograph them and identify individuals, take biopsies, and possibly deploy satellite tags as well.”
Two Antarctic blue whales have already been tagged during an earlier voyage two years ago, which has also identified seven hotspots where blue whales aggregate, using the same directional underwater acoustic technology. However, the tags didn't last long enough to track the whales' migration to calving grounds in warmer waters.
This survey is part of the International Whaling Commission's 10-year Southern Ocean Research Partnership project to work out how many blue whales there are and how well they may be recovering from intensive commercial whaling. “They are very long lived animals and breed slowly,” says Mike Double. “In the Southern Ocean, we think the carrying capacity is around a quarter of a million (250,000) blue whales. That’s what it was in the early 1900s, but from then to 1960 [commercial whalers] killed about 360,000 blue whales and they got down to just a few hundred individuals left. That’s what they are recovering from now.”
After the blue whale research, the Tangaroa will head further south to the Ross Sea to one of the main toothfish fishing areas, where fishing vessels from a range of countries, including New Zealand, have been catching a quota of 3000 tonnes of toothfish since the mid-1990s.
Richard O’Driscoll says the focus will be on two associated species, grenadiers and icefish, which are major prey for toothfish but are also caught as bycatch in longline fisheries. “We will look at the abundance and distribution of these species to help evaluate the ecosystem effect of the toothfish fishery in that area.”
The last objective of the voyage is to put an echo sounder mooring in at Terra Nova Bay to study Antarctic silverfish spawning over winter. “Silverfish are an important prey species in the Ross Sea. In spring, when the ice clears, we see eggs and larvae in this area, but we don’t know whether the adults swim in there and spawn during winter when it is covered in ice, or whether the larvae just drift in.”
Throughout the voyage the team will be taking continuous measurements, including gases and particles in the atmosphere, the height of clouds and plankton productivity.
'The Southern Ocean is one of the least studied environments on Earth, so most of the stuff we do and see will be new and most of it will add to the existing data sets and improve our knowledge. From the whales right down to the plankton, and the particles in the atmosphere – all the measurements will be novel and they’ll add to what we already know.'
You can follow the expedition on the voyage blog, and you can listen to our radio feature below.
Topics: science, environment
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Tags: blue whales, humpback whales, toothfish, silver fish, krill, Southern Ocean, Antarctica, Census of Marine Life, Tangaroa, predators, food web
Duration: 14'08"
21:20
Expedition to Subantarctic Antipodes Island
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Alison Ballance joins a DoC expedition to remote Antipodes Island, and discovers its strange - and noisy - inhabitants
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By Alison Ballance
It's wind-swept, storm-lashed, hard to get to and difficult to walk around on, but uninhabited Antipodes Island is a remarkable gem. Its parakeets hang out with penguins, it's the only place in the world where Antipodean wandering albatrosses breed, it's home to hundreds of thousands of seabirds, and it's a stronghold for erect-crested penguins. If it wasn't for the mice it would be perfect. But an ambitious project - lead by the Department of Conservation, the Million Dollar Mouse project and WWF - is underway to rid Antipodes Island of its unwanted rodents, and the first advance parties are already heading there to make sure everything is set up.
More than 800 kilometres from mainland New Zealand, Antipodes Island is the most remote of New Zealand's five subantarctic island groups. Mice have been on the island for 100 or so years. They probably arrived accidentally, along with sealers or ship-wrecked sailors. There have been three wrecks on the island, although in both the early cases the marooned sailors were rescued. The old Government castaway depot, built in the late 1800s to provide shelter for such emergencies, still stands.
In January 2014 the castaway depot was pressed into service for albatross researchers Kath Walker and Graeme Elliott. Arriving for their annual breeding census of wandering albatrosses they discovered that the research hut had been knocked off its piles, shunted 20 metres and swung through 90 degrees by a large debris slip which had come down from the hill behind. Large amounts of vegetation, peat and the hut's water tank had slid over the cliff into the sea. The slip was just one of many slips, covering 15% of the island's area, that had occurred following a very heavy rain event sometime in early January. Judging by old slip scars, major slip events like this are a common event on the peat covered island, which has no trees but rather a tussock, fern and megaherb dominated vegetation growing on a thick layer of peat that is much undermined by seabird burrows.
The hut is of key importance for the mouse eradication - planned for winter 2016 - necessitating urgent and extensive repair work. The hut was stabilised and made watertight by the Navy when they visited the island to pick up Kath and Graeme, who had begun the task of digging peat away from the hut and diverting water. In August 2014 an expedition headed to the island with building materials in an effort to rebuild it, but they were unable to land for more than a week due to strong winds and high seas. They eventually got the material ashore, but were unable to make much headway on the repair job.
In mid-October, Alison Ballance joined a spring expedition to the island which had two main tasks: re-pile and rebuild the hut, and re-survey the penguin colonies, which appeared to have been significantly affected by the slips.
The erect-crested and rockhopper penguin colonies which ring the island's coast numbered about 40,000 breeding pairs when they were counted in a ground survey in 2011. The intention is to resurvey the penguins every five years, but it was decided to resurvey them earlier to quantify the damage caused by the slips. The 5-yearly census was begun to monitor long-term population trends, as there have been significant declines in penguin numbers since occasional surveys began in the 1970s. Judging by photos, many previously large colonies have shrunk significantly in area.
The results from the 2014 spring count, which was timed to coincide with the incubation period of the erect-crested penguins, showed an overall decline in breeding pairs of 19% compared to 2011. Colonies that weren't affected by slips had declined by 13%, while slip-affected colonies were down by 24%. Numbers of breeding penguins vary between years, so it is too soon to say yet whether the downward trend is a long-term one, but it is clear that the slips have had a short term impact on penguin numbers.
Out of 89 nests that were check in the Antipodean wandering albatross study area, there were 26 failed nests. Sixty three chicks were banded; this is low compared to the early years of the study, but quite good for the last couple of years. The researchers don’t know why the population has dropped so much – it may be something to do with food supplies out in the ocean.
2000-hectare Antipodes Island is a National Nature Reserve and a World Heritage Site. The Antipodes Island mouse eradication is scheduled for the winter of 2016, and is a joint project of the Department of Conservation, the Million Dollar Mouse project and WWF.
The spring expedition travelled to and from Antipodes Island on the 25-metre yacht Evohe, skippered by Steve Kafka. Expedition members (left to right in photo above): Jo Hiscock, Brian Rance, Dan Lee, Denise Fastier, Geoff Woodhouse, Kathryn Pemberton, Cullum Boleyn, Andy Turner, Alison Ballance and Mark Le Lievere.
A sister story on the expedition's visit to the Bounty Islands will air on 19 February 2015.
The following subantarctic stories have featured on Our Changing World previously:
The loneliest tree on Campbell Island
Veronika Meduna joins a scientific expedition to Auckland and Campbell islands
Alison Ballance joins an expedition to the Auckland Islands to count yellow-eyed penguins
Kath Walker and Graeme Elliott have been studying Gibson's wandering albatrosses on Adams Island since 1991
Alison Ballance bands Gibson’s wandering albatrosses, and hears from Kath Walker and Graeme Elliott how populations of the two New Zealand wandering albatross species have declined by 50% in the last 10 years.
Listen to Expedition to Subantarctic Antipodes Island or download a podcast below
Topics: environment
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Tags: World Heritage Site, National Nature Reserve, subantarctic, islands, conservation, mice, penguins, albatross, elephant seals, Antipodes Island, Bollons Island
Duration: 36'53"
9:06 Our Changing World
Science and environment news from New Zealand and the world.
10:17 Late Edition
A review of the leading 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.
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===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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Music, interviews, live performances, behind the scenes, industry issues, career profiles, new, back catalogue, undiscovered, greatest hits, tall tales - with a focus on NZ (RNZ)