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:
16 March 2015
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 At the Movies with Simon Morris (RNZ); 1:05 Te Ahi Kaa (RNZ); 2:30 NZ Music Feature (RNZ); 3:05 Losing It, by Sandy McKay (8 of 10, RNZ); 3:30 Science (RNZ); 5:10 War Report (RNZ)
===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 16 March 2015
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Weakened Cyclone Pam still packing powerful punch, Cyclone Pam leaves Vanuatu without homes, incomes, crops, Other Pacific Islands affected almost as badly as Vanuatu, Radio New Zealand's reporter in Gisborne, State of emergency declared for parts of Vanuatu, Labour accuses Govt of sending troops on superficial advice, Cricket World Cup knock-outs begin and Prime Minister on helping Vanuatu.
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Duration: 31'21"
06:06
Sports News for 16 March 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Tags:
Duration: 2'00"
06:10
Weakened Cyclone Pam still packing powerful punch
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Gale force winds, heavy rain and significant swells are continuing to pound north eastern parts of New Zealand, as the remnants of tropical cyclone Pam push south.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Cyclone Pam
Duration: 4'11"
06:14
Pacific News for 16 March 2015
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The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
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Tags:
Duration: 2'53"
06:16
Cyclone Pam leaves Vanuatu without homes, incomes, crops
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Len Garae from the Vanuatu Daily Post on people's livelihoods and how they can survive.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Cyclone Pam, Vanuatu
Duration: 3'18"
06:24
Morning Rural News for 16 March 2015
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Tags:
Duration: 4'00"
06:28
Te Manu Korihi News for 16 March 2015
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The fire service says it is desperately trying to engage with the Maori community to boost volunteer numbers; New research from Statistics New Zealand has found that Maori trust the police and the health system over other institutions; A Maori newspaper editor says she was so inspired by the success of a Te Arawa newspaper and decided to launch a local Whanganui version.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Tags:
Duration: 3'07"
06:41
Other Pacific Islands affected almost as badly as Vanuatu
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A pilot has flown into the southern island of Tanna where the eye of the category five storm hit on Saturday.
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Regions:
Tags: Cyclone Pam, Vanuatu
Duration: 4'48"
06:45
Anxious wait for Ni-Vanuatu in New Zealand
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People from Vanuatu living in New Zealand are anxiously awaiting news of their families.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Cyclone Pam, Vanuatu, New Zealand
Duration: 1'05"
06:49
NZ tipped for robust economic growth in 4QTR 2014
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Economists are picking growth will ease off in the last three months of 2014, but remain robust thanks to domestic activity.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 2'33"
06:50
NZ better off onve US starts lifting interest rates
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The Reserve Bank governor, Graeme Wheeler, says the sooner the United States starts raising interest rates the better off New Zealand will be.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: interest rates
Duration: 2'06"
06:54
Volvo aims to more than double NZ new car sales
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Volvo is aiming to more than double it's new car sales in New Zealand, despite battling public perceptions of the brand.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Volvo, cars
Duration: 2'02"
06:56
Australian gov't idea to help new home buyers draws criticism
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Across the Tasman; a government proposal to allow young Australians to withdraw their superannuation to buy a house has run into a storm of criticism.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 2'18"
06:59
Morning Markets for 16 March 2015
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In currency markets, the New Zealand dollar is at 73.38 US, 95.96 Australian, 49.76 pence, point-6991 euro, 89.07 yen and 4.59 renminbi, and the TWI stands at 77.24
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 58"
07:06
Sports News for 16 March 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'21"
07:12
Radio New Zealand's reporter in Gisborne
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Cyclone Pam currently lies about 400 kilometres to the north of East Cape, and is moving south-southeast, with wind gusts of up to 150 kilometres an hour in exposed parts of Northland and the Hauraki Gulf. Our reporter Nicole Pryor is there.
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Tags: Cyclone Pam, Vanuatu
Duration: 3'37"
07:15
Heavy rain main problem in Gisborne overnight
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Civil Defence Emergency Controller for Gisborne; Peter Higgs.
Topics:
Regions: East Coast
Tags: Cyclone Pam
Duration: 3'24"
07:19
Storm hits Northland, damage not as bad as feared
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Northland Civil Defence Operations Manager; Shona Morgan
Topics:
Regions: Northland
Tags: Cyclone Pam
Duration: 1'30"
07:23
State of emergency declared for parts of Vanuatu
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Vanuatu's government says 80 percent of houses and businesses have been damaged or destroyed after Cyclone Pam tore through the island nation over the weekend. Vanuatu's Minister for Lands and Natural Resources; Ralph Regenvanu.
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Tags: Cyclone Pam, Vanuatu
Duration: 7'49"
07:30
NZ funds $2.5 million to cyclone-hit Pacific neighbours
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The New Zealand government has pledged 2.5 million dollars in aid to cyclone torn Pacific nations including Vanuatu. Foreign Affairs Minister; Murray McCully.
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Tags: Cyclone Pam, Vanuatu, defence force
Duration: 4'40"
07:40
High speed pursuits through Auckland keep police busy overnight
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Ram raiders have crashed a stolen vehicle into the an Auckland Footlocker store overnight.
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Regions: Auckland Region
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Duration: 3'03"
07:43
New Zealander caught in cyclone's path in Port Vila
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New Zealander Jeff Brown and his family who live in Vanuatu spent a harrowing Friday night sheltering from Tropical Cyclone Pam in a motel they thought would offer better security than their home.
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Tags: Cyclone Pam, Vanuatu
Duration: 5'33"
07:49
Tense wait for Ni-Vanuatu in New Zealand
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It's a tense time for people with family in Vanuatu.
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Tags: Cyclone Pam, Vanuatu
Duration: 2'11"
07:54
Labour accuses Govt of sending troops on superficial advice
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Foreign affairs spokesperson David Shearer says advice provided to the Prime Minister, John Key, about the emergence of Islamic State in Iraq ignores the impact of the United States-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Topics: politics, defence force
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Tags: Iraq, Islamic State
Duration: 3'05"
07:57
Cricket World Cup knock-outs begin
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The knock-out rounds of the cricket world cup begin this week, with New Zealand meeting the West Indies in the quarter-finals in Wellington on Saturday.
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Tags: cricket, Cricket World Cup
Duration: 2'40"
08:08
Sports News for 16 March 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Tags:
Duration: 2'11"
08:11
Weather expert on the ground in Gisborne
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With Gisborne bracing itself for a continued onslaught from the remnants of tropical cyclone Pam, people due to travel to the region have been advised to delay their plans.
Topics:
Regions: East Coast
Tags: Cyclojne pam, Civil Defence
Duration: 2'41"
08:15
Gisborne harbour master prepares for final burst of bad weather
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Rahul Doshi is the Harbour Master in Gisborne, and he's preparing for a final burst of bad weather this morning.
Topics:
Regions: East Coast
Tags: Cyclone Pam
Duration: 1'37"
08:16
East Coast braces for potential power outages
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General Manager of Energy for Eastland Network; Brent Stewart.
Topics:
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Tags: Cyclone Pam, power, Civil Defence
Duration: 2'00"
08:20
State of emergency declared for parts of Vanuatu
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Flights carrying relief supplies from Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia have been arriving in Vanuatu with the airport cleared for the arrival of military aircraft.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Vanuatu, Cyclone Pam, defence force
Duration: 6'38"
08:26
Prime Minister on helping Vanuatu
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Prime Minister John Key says New Zealand will do more to help our neighbours in Vanuatu.
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Prime Minister John Key says New Zealand will do more to help our neighbours in Vanuatu.
Radio with pictures:
Topics: defence force
Regions:
Tags: aid, Vanuatu, Cyclone Pam
Duration: 3'54"
08:30
Markets Update for 16 March 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"
08:35
Taliban claims responsibility for killing at least 15 people
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The Taliban has claimed responsibility for two bomb blasts near Christian churches in Pakistan.
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Tags: Taliban, Pakistan
Duration: 2'35"
08:39
Death toll to rise after fatal bus crash in Brazil
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The search is continuing in the south of Brazil for more bodies after a bus crash which has killed at least 49 people.
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Tags: Brazil
Duration: 2'04"
08:43
Unions calls for Government to step up over wages
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Unions are calling for the Government to put its money where its mouth is by giving public sector workers a decent pay rise.
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Tags: sector workers, pay rise, wage rise
Duration: 3'04"
08:46
Te Manu Korihi News for 16 March 2015
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New research from Statistics New Zealand has found that Maori trust the police and the health system over other institutions; The fire service says it is desperately trying to engage with the Maori community to boost volunteer numbers; A Maori newspaper editor says she was so inspired by the success of a Te Arawa newspaper and decided to launch a local Whanganui version.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'04"
08:49
Farmers urge meat industry reform
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Farmers have been warned sheep and beef farming may become unsustainable in the next decade without major reform.
Topics: farming, economy, business
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Tags: meat industry, sustainable farming
Duration: 3'04"
08:52
Sumner residents upset by skate ramp proposal
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A proposal by clothing company Levi's to pay for a new skate ramp is upsetting some residents in the Christchurch sea side town of Sumner.
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Regions: Canterbury
Tags:
Duration: 2'45"
08:55
Phil Kafcaloudes with news from Australia
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Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes.
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 4'18"
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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: A Needle in the Heart, by Fiona Kidman Esme has a sewing machine needle floating around her body. Over the years we trace the ups and downs of her life, a complex weave of heart ache and a lost childhood. Just as she composes herself, the needle stirs up old memories (1 of 5, RNZ)
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09:11
Save the Children in Vanuatu on latest after cyclone
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Tom Skirrow is the Country Director of the aid agency Save The Children based in Port Vila, Vanuatu.
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Tags: Vanuatu, Cyclone Pam, Save The Children charity
Duration: 9'16"
09:20
Is Auckland becoming increasingly racially segregated?
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Professor Paul Spoonley of Massey University, a project leader for a major research programme on immigration and diversity, says many small and medium employers assume anyone with an Asian name is an immigrant and won't take them on.
Topics: refugees and migrants, life and society
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Tags:
Duration: 15'55"
09:35
Personal data collection and your technology footprint
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How much do you know about what others might know about you, from your use of technology? How do you minimise your online footprint on things you'd rather keep private? Bruce Schneier is a US technology and security expert whose latest book "Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World", highlights just how much information is being gathered by governments and corporations through our use of phones and computers.
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Social Network Analysis Visualization. Image: Calvinius (CC BY-SA 3.0)
How much do you know about what others might know about you, from your use of technology? How do you minimise your online footprint on things you'd rather keep private?
Bruce Schneier is a US technology and security expert, whose latest book is Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World, talks to Kathryn Ryan about how much information is being gathered by governments and corporations through our use of phones and computers.
Pictured: Bruce Bruce Schneier. Photo: Rama (CC BY-SA 2.0 FR)
Topics: technology, internet
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Tags: privacy, security, data, data collection
Duration: 18'44"
09:50
South America correspondent Joel Richards
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Joel Richards reports on the helicopter crash in Argentina that killed some top French athletes; and the latest on the investigations into the death of Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman.
Topics:
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Tags: South America
Duration: 6'31"
10:07
Former Tall Black's love letter to basketball
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John Saker was a Tall Black from 1975 until 1987. He was one of the first New Zealanders to get a basketball scholarship to a US University, and then became the country's first professional player, taking up a contract with a French side. During that stint in France, a love of wine blossomed, inspiring a secondary career as a wine writer. John Saker remains passionate about basketball, his latest book is called Open Looks and is a kind of a love letter to the sport.
Topics: sport, author interview
Regions:
Tags: basketball, Tall Blacks, John Saker
Duration: 25'41"
10:32
Book Review - Phil Vine
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The Tears of Dark Water by Corban Addison, published by Hachette, RRP$37.99.
Topics: books
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Tags: The Tears of Dark Water
Duration: 6'51"
11:07
Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams
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Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams discuss the Northland by-election, the Green Co-leader debate and the government response to the 1080 threat.
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Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams discuss the Northland by-election, the Green Co-leader debate and the government response to the 1080 threat.
Topics: politics
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Tags:
Duration: 18'22"
11:08
French Food with the French ambassador
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The French Ambassador Florence Jeanblanc-Risler will talk about the importance of French gastronomy in the French culture, as well as its influence worldwide and its impact on French tourism. On March 19th, the project Good France/Gout de France is taking place around the world in 150 countries. Restaurants and French embassies will present 1500 menus, based on the structure of the French Gastronomic meal, a seven-course degustation dinner. Florence Jeanblanc-Risler has recently arrived here and New Zealand will be the first country to celebrate Good France with a gala dinner in Wellington with a traditional French menu combined with local produce.
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The French Ambassador Florence Jeanblanc-Risler will talk about the importance of French gastronomy in the French culture, as well as its influence worldwide and its impact on French tourism. On March 19th, the project Good France/Gout de France is taking place around the world in 150 countries. Restaurants and French embassies will present 1500 menus, based on the structure of the French Gastronomic meal, a seven-course degustation dinner. Florence Jeanblanc-Risler has recently arrived here and New Zealand will be the first country to celebrate Good France with a gala dinner in Wellington with a traditional French menu combined with local produce.
Recipes: Vichyssoise Soup, Baeckeoffe Alsacien, Tarte Bourdaloue
Topics: food
Regions:
Tags: cooking, France
Duration: 19'04"
11:30
Cyclone Pam - latest from the Gisborne District
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Peter Higgs is Gisborne's Civil Defence Emergency Controller.
Topics: Civil Defence
Regions: East Coast
Tags: Cyclone Pam
Duration: 5'26"
11:50
Urbanist Tommy Honey
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Urban Design - the merits, or otherwise, of convention centres.
Topics: environment
Regions:
Tags: convention centres, urban design, urban
Duration: 7'16"
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09:05 Save the Children in Vanuatu on latest after cyclone
Tom Skirrow is the Country Director of the aid agency Save The Children, based in Port Vila, Vanuatu.
09:15 Is Auckland becoming increasingly racially segregated?
Professor Paul Spoonley of Massey University, a project leader for a major research programme on immigration and diversity, says many small and medium employers assume anyone with an Asian name is an immigrant and won't take them on.
A quarter of the Auckland population is now Asian - and one in 5 Auckland Asians are New Zealand born. A 2014 report written for the State Services Commission shows there are signs of increasing discrimination against Asians in the city - which it says causes people to withdraw back into their communities, leading to segregation. Shawn Tan, Immigration Consultant.
09:20 US technology and security expert Bruce Schneier on his new book about personal data collection and how to minimise your technology footprint
How much do you know about what others might know about you, from your use of technology? How do you minimise your online footprint on things you'd rather keep private? Bruce Schneier is a US technology and security expert whose latest book Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World highlights just how much information is being gathered by governments and corporations through our use of phones and computers.
09:45 South America correspondent, Joel Richards
Joel Richards reports on the helicopter crash in Argentina that killed some top French athletes; and the latest on the investigations into the death of Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman.
10:05 Former Tall Black's love letter to basketball
John Saker was a Tall Black from 1975 until 1987. He was one of the first New Zealanders to get a basketball scholarship to a US University, and then became the country's first professional player, taking up a contract with a French side.
During that stint in France, a love of wine blossomed, inspiring a secondary career as a wine writer. John Saker remains passionate about basketball, his latest book is called Open Looks and is a kind of a love letter to the sport.
10:25 Book review: 'The Tears of Dark Water' by Corban Addison
Published by Hachette. Reviewed by Phil Vine.
10:45 The Reading: 'A Needle in the Heart' by Fiona Kidman
Esme has a sewing machine needle floating around her body. Over the years we trace the ups and downs of her life, a complex weave of heart ache and a lost childhood. Just as she composes herself, the needle stirs up old memories (1 of 5, RNZ)
11:05 Politics with Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams
Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams discuss the Northland by-election, the Green Co-leader debate and the government response to the 1080 threat.
11:30 French Food with the French ambassador Florence Jeanblanc-Risler
The French Ambassador Florence Jeanblanc-Risler will talk about the importance of French gastronomy in the French culture, as well as its influence worldwide and its impact on French tourism.
On March 19th, the project Good France/Goût de France is taking place around the world in 150 countries. Restaurants and French embassies will present 1500 menus, based on the structure of the French Gastronomic meal, a 7-course degustation dinner.
Florence Jeanblanc-Risler has recently arrived here and New Zealand will be the first country to celebrate Good France with a gala dinner in Wellington with a traditional French menu combined with local produce.
Recipes: Vichyssoise Soup, Baeckeoffe Alsacien, Tarte Bourdaloue
11:45 Urbanist Tommy Honey
Urban Design – the merits, or otherwise, of convention centres.
Links:
Local talent leads world-class New Zealand International Convention Centre (NZICC) design project team, SkyCity press release
How SkyCity and the Government poisoned the Convention Centre, Sunday Star Times
Debunking the conventional wisdom about conventions, Washington Post
===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 16 March 2015
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As Gisborne braces for the storm to hit and aid planes leave New Zealand to help Vanuatu's ravaged islands.
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Duration: 15'16"
12:17
PSI growth continues but at a slower rate.
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An economist says the Cricket World Cup is partly behind the continuing growth of the services sector, which is still rising although at a slower rate than earlier in the year.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Cricket World Cup
Duration: 1'21"
12:18
Port Vila business community is pulling together: shops reopen
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Vanuatu's business community is pulling together to get back to norma,l as quickly as possible, following the weekend's devastating cyclone.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Vanuatu
Duration: 1'12"
12:20
A2 Milk gets approval for listing on the Aust.stock exchange.
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A2 Milk is a step closer to listing on the Australian stock exchange.
Topics: business
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Tags: A2 Milk
Duration: 18"
12:24
Midday Markets for 16 March 2015
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Belinda Stanley at Craigs Investment Partners.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'10"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 16 March 2015
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The West Indies cricket captain Jason Holder believes the Black Caps will be vulnerable in Saturday's World Cup quarter-final if the Windies bowlers can expose New Zealand's middle order.
Topics: sport
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Tags:
Duration: 2'50"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 16 March 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 7'55"
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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 - Southern Girl
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Kevin Brookfield from Amberley has chosen 'Southern Girl' by The Eastern.
Topics: music
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Duration: 13'16"
13:22
New Zealand Retro: photography
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We're talking about photography this week, and the dramatic changes that have taken place over the past 50 or 60 years in the way we take photos, use cameras, and share those images that capture a lifetime's worth of memories, once-in-a-blue moon experiences, or just a very good night out!
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City Swathed in Fog by Shona Jaray.
Noelle McCarthy talks to Paul Farrow, Shona Jaray and Henry Jacobson about photography, and the dramatic changes that have taken place over the past 50 or 60 years in the way we take photos, use cameras, and share those images that capture a lifetime's worth of memories, once-in-a-blue moon experiences, or just a very good night out!
Coalpit Dam by Shona Jaray.
Sun setting on the Hawkduns by Shona Jaray.
Topics: arts
Regions:
Tags: photography
Duration: 37'47"
14:08
Pam Arrives - Andrea Gregory
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Andrea owns a restaurant on the Gisborne waterfront, battered by cyclone Pam
Topics: weather
Regions: East Coast
Tags: Cyclone Pam
Duration: 4'11"
14:16
Pam Arrives - Peter Higgs
BODY:
Peter Higgs, Civil Defence Emergency Controller for Gisborne, has just finished his debrief and he's with us.
Topics: weather
Regions: East Coast
Tags: Cyclone Pam
Duration: 3'36"
14:45
Feature album - Saint Dominic's Preview
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Our Feature Album is Saint Dominic's Preview - Van Morrison's sixth long player. Released in 1972, and considered his most ambitious and best produced album to that stage of his illustrious recording career.
Topics: music
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Tags: Van Morrison
Duration: 14'26"
15:09
Feature Interview - Jon Ronson
BODY:
Scarlet Letters and stockades, tools to shame wrong doers, are making a comeback in a very modern way according to journalist and author Jon Ronson. He meets several ordinary people whose lives were turned upside down by a maelstrom of criticism on social media after posting bad jokes on Twitter or Facebook. He asks if the punishment fits the crimes in his new book, So You've Been Publicly Shamed.
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Public humiliation has been with us for centuries: the scarlet letter, the stockades... but shaming is making a comeback in a very modern way, according to journalist and author Jon Ronson.
In his new book, So You've Been Publicly Shamed, Jon Ronson tells the story of several ordinary people whose lives were turned upside down by a maelstrom of criticism on social media after posting bad jokes on Twitter or Facebook.
He talks to Noelle McCarthy about whether the punishment fits the crimes.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: social media
Duration: 21'50"
15:30
Rendezvous with Guzheng
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Xiyao Chen is a guzheng master, originally from Beijing and from a long family line of guzheng Masters. Together with Mongolian Throat singer Jonny Marks and acoustic guitarist Jack hooker they're improvising for a performance at the Adam Concert Room. Lynda Chanwai-Earle checks out the ancient guzheng (Chinese zither) with one of the world's best.
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XiYao Chen and Jack Hooker on acoustic guitar
I was learning this instrument since I was 8 years old. It's a family tradition, I'm a fourth generation musician in my family. My grandfather is one of the founders of China's Central Conservatory of Music, my mother is a [music] professor. It's my fate, not just a dream come true. It's my responsibility to carry this on.
– XiYao Chen, Master Guzheng player from Beijing.
Surrounded by books in a small meeting room at the Confucius Institute at Victoria University, three musicians, all top in their field are meeting for the first time: XiYao Chen is a master of guzheng (the Chinese zither), Jonny Marks - an accomplished Mongolian Throat Singer and Jack Hooker - an acoustic guitarist.
They were introduced to each other through renowned composer Jack Body and under the umbrella of the Confucius Institute, the sponsors behind XiYao's week long performances in Wellington. In fact the three musicians have been brought together to create an improvisational concert, part of an interactive workshop with an audience, at the Adam Concert Room in Kelburn.
When all three start jamming together it makes for quite an inspirational aural experience. But first I wanted to know more about the guzheng and XiYao's own incredible personal story.
Thirty-year-old XiYao Chen comes from an auspicious family lineage of master guzheng players. His grandfather was one of the founders of the prestigious Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM) in Beijing, created in1950 and located at the former Prince Chun's Residence of the Qing Dynasty. XiYao's mother is a professor at the family's traditional School of Guzheng in Beijing. XiYao himself began learning piano at four and then the guzheng at the age of eight and is now a fourth generation musician in this family of guzheng masters.
XiYao currently teaches at Hamilton's New Zealand School of Music. He visits his family in China about one a year. Tragically his grandfather was killed because of his talent with the guzheng, a victim of China's Cultural Revolution. Fortunately his mother (studying in the 1970's) escaped the worst of this time. XiYao's grandmother (now 101) is still going strong and one reason for Xiyao to keep going back.
XiYao tells me that "Gu" means "ancient" in Chinese. The ancient guzheng or Chinese zither is over 2000 years old, earliest forms dating back to 475 BCE. The guzheng is pentatonic and hails from northern China, traditionally played by the Han. The instrument used to be a lot shorter in length, with only 6 to 8 strings. Nowadays the guzheng its almost 2 meters long and has 21 strings. The instrument has always been played on it's back. The acoustic shell is made of glossy rosewood, elegantly decorated with mother of pearl.
XiYao tells me that the guzheng used to have either metal or silk strings. He says it was because metal strings could produce a strident sound used to describe battle scenes. Silk strings were used to accompany or describe romantic narratives, to evoke soft and gentle sounds. These days a guzheng will most often use modern nylon and steel strings but silk may still be used.
Traditionally very long fingernails were a prerequisite for guzheng players and the same for the pipa players. The pipa is the traditional Chinese lute, played upright. However the plucking movement is the opposite for each instrument. Pipa players pluck from the outside and then inwards, whereas guzheng players pluck from the inside towards the outer part of the instrument.
Instead of sporting the eerie long fingernails, XiYao straps either turtle shell or metal picks to the inside of his fingertips. He demonstrates the incredible versatility of his 21 stringed guzheng by plucking, strumming or drumming the strings in an enormous variety of ways.
XiYao begins plucking and extraordinarily it sounds like the poetic music of the classic harp, evoking romantic waterfalls and picturesque scenes. He breaks this up with hard-out heavy metal strumming - and yes, XiYao is also a member of a heavy metal/rock band and performs his guzheng in this too.
Top left: Tuning the guzheng. Bottom left: Xi Yao's picks for his guzheng. Right: Xi Yao Chen plucks the guzheng
Taoism is the Chinese philosophy underlying the study of the guzheng. XiYao tells me that you need to learn the basic principals and foundation skills to perform the instrument in the first place, which may take about five dedicated years. After this you can begin understanding how to find expression within your music.
XiYao explains that the guzheng is an instrument that embodies people themselves; the principals of yin and yang, right and left, dark and light, positive and negative and male and female.
Back to the present improvisation with Jonny Marks and Jack Hooker. Jonny Marks tells me he traveled through China for several years, learning the art of Mongolian throat singing. When he demonstrates, Jonny's whole body, throat and skull become the vocal resonators. Jack Hooker is an accomplished acoustic guitarist, he also loves performing the percussive Balinese gamelan instrument too.
Jonny Marks and Xi Yao improvise throat singing and guzheng
Jack begins with a percussive rhythm, beating it out on his guitar. he's joined by XiYao and then by Jonny - resonating away. It's quite something. They tell me that improvisation is really about being utterly in the moment:
Each performance is unique, improvisation will never 'happen' again. The music becomes a third entity that expresses itself . Jonny Marks
I agree and watch as XiYao's fingers fly across his vast instrument. It feels like floating.
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Duration: 10'24"
15:45
The Panel pre-show for 16 March 2015
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1:10 Your Song
"Southern Girl" by The Eastern chosen by Kevin Brookfield from Amberley
1:20 New Zealand Retro: Photography:
We're talking about photography this week, and the dramatic changes that have taken place over the past 50 or 60 years in the way we take photos, use cameras, and share those images that capture a lifetime's worth of memories. We speak with long-time camera shop owner Paul Farrow out of Christchurch. The past president of the Photographic Society of New Zealand, Shona Jaray, talks about camera clubs in the 1950's and American photographer Henry Jacobson talks about creating art with a phone camera.
Photographs by Shona Jaray
Archival audio supplied by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.
2:10 Pam Arrives - Andrea Gregory
Andrea owns a restaurant on the Gisborne waterfront, battered by cyclone Pam
2:15 Pam Arrives - Peter Higgs
40 people have been evacuated from exposed parts of Gisborne. Peter Higgs has the latest information from a Civil Defence briefing there
2:20 BBC Witness - Onassis and Jackie Kennedy
How a Greek journalist went undercover to reveal one of the 20th century's most famous romances
2:30 Festival Review
Paul Bushnell reviews the Auckland Arts Festival
2:45 Feature album
Saint Dominic's Preview by Van Morrison
3:10 Feature Interview - Jon Ronson
Scarlet Letters and stockades, tools to shame wrong doers, are making a comeback in a very modern way according to journalist and author Jon Ronson. He meets several ordinary people whose lives were turned upside down by a maelstrom of criticism on social media after posting bad jokes on Twitter or Facebook. He asks if the punishment fits the crimes in his new book, So You've Been Publicly Shamed
3:30 Voices - Lynda Chanwai-Earle
Music is being performed around Wellington by a new generation master of the guzheng or Chinese zither. Conducting interactive workshops and performing as a guest in the capital for one week, Lynda Chanwai-Earle attends a unique jam session to learn more about this ancient instrument from one of the world's best
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
With Jim Mora, Zoe George, Mike Williams and Lynda Hallinan
MUSIC DETAILS: AFTERNOONS AND THE PANEL
Monday 16 March
YOUR SONG:
ARTIST: The Eastern
TITLE: Southern Girl
COMP: McGrath,Shanks
ALBUM: The Eastern
LABEL: SOCIAL END PRODUCT 587058
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Van Morrison
TITLE: Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
COMP: Van Morrison
ALBUM: Saint Dominic's Preview
LABEL: POLYDOR 537451
ARTIST: Van Morrison
TITLE: Saint Dominic's Preview
COMP: Van Morrison
ALBUM: Saint Dominic's Preview
LABEL: POLYDOR 537451
ARTIST: Van Morrison
TITLE: Gypsy
COMP: Van Morrison
ALBUM: Saint Dominic's Preview
LABEL: POLYDOR 537451
PANEL HALF TIME:
ARTIST: Frank Sinatra
TITLE: It Was A Very Good Year
COMP: Drake
ALBUM: September Of My Years
LABEL: REPRISE 901014
===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 16 March 2015
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Duration: 14'53"
16:06
The Panel with Mike Williams and Sally Wenley (Part 1)
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What the Saly Wenley and Mike Williams have been up to. The army's helped evacuate 24 people from Anaura Bay where the road's been closed due to flooding. People have also been extricated north of Tolaga Bay, where the river's risen 5.5m in four hours. Teachers won't be getting pay rises near 4%. Bill English was talking about this on the weekend.
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16:07
Panel intro
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Duration: 6'46"
16:14
Cyclone Pam
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Weather forecaster Richard Green has just been evactuated from Tolaga Bay. He tells us the latest on the storm that's hit the East Cape and Gisborne.
Topics: weather
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Tags: Cyclone Pam
Duration: 5'43"
16:20
Teachers' salaries.
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Is more money the answer to attracting better quality teachers? We talk to the director of the Institute of Education at Massey University, Prof John O'Neill.
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Duration: 12'18"
16:34
The Panel with Mike Williams and Sally Wenley (Part 2 ))
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Topics - are elderly people forced to remain out of public places because cities aren't considering their needs? What the Panelists Sally Wenley and Mike Williams have been thinking about. TV ratings going down here and overseas. X Factor judges fired for bullying a contestant. Is it a publicity ploy? We ask Regan Cunliffe of the Throng TV website if it is and will it work? Seven sikh men were stopped from going to the CWC at Eden Park at the weekend because they were wearing ceremonial swords.
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Duration: 25'36"
16:34
Elderly friendly cities
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Are elderly people forced to remain out of public places because cities aren't considering their needs?
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16:39
Panel says
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What the Panelists Sally Wenley and Mike Williams have been thinking about.
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16:46
$10k makeover for council staff
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The Auckland Council spent $10k on stylists to give advice to accounts staff. The Council admits it was bad judgement.
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Duration: 3'32"
16:57
Sikhs banned from cricket
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Seven sikh men were stopped from going to the CWC at Eden Park at the weekend because they were wearing ceremonial swords.
Topics: spiritual practices, sport
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: kirpans, cricket
Duration: 2'57"
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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 Monday 16 March 2015
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The struggle to bring aid to the worst hit islands in Vanuatu. At least three people feared dead in a small plane crash near Wanaka and X factor fallout as judges are sacked.
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Duration: 21'59"
17:09
Grim toll of Cyclone Pam becomes clearer in Vanuatu
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The grim toll from Cyclone Pam is becoming clearer under the state of emergency declared in Vanuatu - but still very little's been heard from devastated outer islands.
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Duration: 4'12"
17:12
New Zealander in Port Vila
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New Zealander Mike Crawford runs diving company Big Blue, in Port Vila. He lives on a hill overlooking the town.
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Duration: 5'24"
17:18
Latest on Cyclone Pam hitting NZ east coast
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The east coast of the North Island has been bearing the brunt today, with 100 people evacuating in the face of huge waves pounding the beaches.
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Duration: 5'08"
17:24
People feared dead after light plane crash
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Three or four people are feared dead after a light plane crash near Wanaka.
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Regions: Otago
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Duration: 2'18"
17:26
Bad conduct hearing for Dunedin councillor
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A Dunedin city councillor accused of bulllying staff, collegues and outside professionals is under investigation.
Topics: politics
Regions: Otago
Tags: investigation, Dunedin city councillor
Duration: 4'35"
17:34
Today's market update
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The New Zealand dollar's been quiet after a week of volatility.
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Duration: 1'48"
17:36
PM been given assurances about NZ troops.
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The Prime Minister says he has been given assurances that New Zealand's training mission in Iraq will be different to earlier interventions in that country.
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Duration: 3'19"
17:40
Airport anti-jihad sweeps stop 400 people a day in Australia
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More than 400 people a day are being stopped at Australian airports as efforts are ramped up to detect would-be jihadists slipping out of the country.
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Duration: 3'21"
17:43
Prasad trial continues
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Bryne Permals story changed, and then it changed again.
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Duration: 4'17"
17:48
X factor fallout as two judges are sacked.
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Two X Factor judges have been dumped from the show after their scathing comments about one of the contestants.
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Duration: 3'41"
17:53
Sikh leaders consider legal action over kirpan ban at cricket
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Sikh leaders are looking at taking legal action after some Sikh cricket fans were banned from a cricket world cup match in Auckland because they were carrying ceremonial daggers.
Topics: spiritual practices
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Duration: 4'22"
17:54
Marae provides refuge from storm
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Some residents who've evacuated their homes because of ex-tropical cyclone Pam have sought refuge at Marae along the east coast of the North Island.
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Duration: 3'20"
18:07
Sports News for 16 March 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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18:17
Tree falls on Tokomaru Bay house
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In this country, Cyclone Pam has been battering the North Island's east coast today.
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Duration: 2'50"
18:20
Cyclone Pam: Live from Tologa Bay
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Our reporter Nicole Pryor is in Tologa Bay where the remnants of Cyclone Pam is now moving away.
Topics: weather
Regions: East Coast
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Duration: 2'07"
18:22
Pathologist grilled over death timings
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A pathologist has been closely questioned by the defence over his apparent change in what he says was the estimated time at which Christine and Amber Lundy died.
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Duration: 2'47"
18:29
New law considered to fix Christchurch boundary problems
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A law change is being looked at to tackle the problem of property boundaries moving in the Canterbury earthquakes.
Topics: Canterbury earthquakes
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: law change, property boundaries
Duration: 2'21"
18:35
Chatham Islands in state of emergency
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The Chatham Islands are in a state of emergency as locals wait for the remnants of Cyclone Pam to sweep-by tomorrow.
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Duration: 3'09"
18:39
Clampdown on customers being offered unfair contracts
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Gym contracts will be scruinised when a new law comes in tomorrow to stop the use of unfair terms in consumer contracts.
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Duration: 4'17"
18:43
Man arrested over Ferguson police shooting
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A 20 year old African-American man has been arrested for shooting two white policemen in the troubled St Louis suburb of Ferguson.
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Duration: 4'57"
18:48
Te Manu Korihi News for 16 March 2015
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Civil Defence is continuing to urge people on the east coast of the North Island to stay off the roads, despite weather conditions improving. Te Kopinga Marae on the Chatham Islands is getting ready to shelter over 100 people from ex-tropical Cyclone Pam. The American Cancer Society has selected Dame Tariana Turia to receive an award that recognises her pursuit of a smokefree New Zealand by 2025. A new resource for teaching maths at primary school has a particular focus on teaching the subject in te reo Māori.
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Duration: 3'27"
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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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Entertainment and information, including: 7:33 Best of Upbet (RNZ) 8:13 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries 9:30 Insight: An award-winning documentary programme (RNZ)
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19:10
After Prison Support
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The challenges to plan for those who are released from Australian/New Zealand prisons in order to re-establish them safely back into society. With A. Prof. Stuart Kinner from the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health.
Topics: life and society
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Duration: 18'07"
20:40
Physics
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Shaun Hendy director of Te Punaha Matatini at the University of Auckland is like an electro-magnet and by attraction, shows us how physics works... the physics of cricket.
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Shaun Hendy director of Te Punaha Matatini at the University of Auckland is like an electro-magnet and by attraction, shows us how physics works... the physics of cricket.
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Duration: 16'22"
20:59
Conundrum Clue 1
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Conundrum Clue 1
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21:10
Adopting from Overseas
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Adoption First Steps is a new agency that can assist New Zealand parents to adopt children from orphanages overseas, with AFS chairperson Sue Peacock and executive director Gilli Sinclair.
Topics: life and society, international aid and development
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Duration: 19'56"
21:59
Conundrum Clue 2
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Conundrum Clue 2
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7:15 After Prison Support
The challenges to plan for those who are released from Australian/New Zealand prisons in order to re-establish them safely back into society. With A. Prof. Stuart Kinner from the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health.
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 Physics
Prof. Shaun Hendy director of Te Pūnaha Matatini at the University of Auckland is like an electro-magnet and by attraction, shows us how physics works... the physics of cricket.
9:10 Adopting from Overseas
Adoption First Steps is a new agency that can assist New Zealand parents to adopt children from orphanages overseas, with AFS chairperson Sue Peacock and executive director Gilli Sinclair.
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 (10 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
===11:06 PM. | Beale Street Caravan===
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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 (10 of 13, BSC)