A 24-hour recording of Radio New Zealand National. The following rundown is sourced from the broadcaster’s website. Note some overseas/copyright restricted items may not appear in the supplied rundown:
05 May 2015
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Spectrum (RNZ); 1:05 From the World (RNZ); 2:05 Windham Hill: A Quiet Revolution; 3:05 The Captive Wife, by Fiona Kidman (7 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 An Author's View (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, 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 7:34 Traffic
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06:00
Top Stories for Tuesday 5 May 2015
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The Auckland Council picks a fight with central Government, over special housing zones deep in the heart of the Prime Minister's Helensville electorate. Lessons on time out, restraint and what schools can and can't do to your child, after parents successfully complain about their son's treatment. and there are concerns changes to the Coroners Act could lead to the cause of deaths in state care being covered up.
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Duration: 34'44"
06:06
Sports News for 5 May 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'01"
06:17
Pacific News for 5 May 2015
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The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 2'28"
06:23
Morning Rural News for 5 May 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 3'54"
06:27
Te Manu Korihi News for 5 May 2015
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Some bach owners on Auckland's west coast won't have right of way to their properties permanently locked into law; The Far North District Council is hailing a new rates model as a gamechanger and says it will slash the tens of millions of dollars owed by Māori; The owner of a Māori forestry company says some contractors are not receiving proper rates of pay and contracts; There's a new face around the top table at Māori Television.
Topics: te ao Māori
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Duration: 3'25"
06:40
Auckland council says no to fast-tracking rural land for homes
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The first public rift has emerged in the housing accord between the Auckland Council and the Government
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: special housing areas
Duration: 2'11"
06:48
Westpac NZ sees strong 2nd half, despite risks, competition
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Westpac New Zealand says the bank expects a strong second half, after outperforming its Australian parent in the first six months.
Topics: business
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Tags: Westpac New Zealand, Westpac
Duration: 3'28"
06:52
Commodity prices see sharpest fall since GFC
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The strong New Zealand dollar and China's slowing economy are being blamed for the sharpest fall in commodity prices since the global financial crisis.
Topics: business
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Tags: commodity prices, New Zealand dollar
Duration: 3'05"
06:55
NZX dairy futures indicate milk powder prices could fall 4%
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The NZX Dairy Futures Market indicates whole milk powder prices could fall 4-percent in tonight's global dairy auction.
Topics: business
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Tags: milk powder prices
Duration: 42"
06:56
Fisher & Paykel Finance could be up for sale
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Fisher & Paykel Appliance Holdings is thinking of selling its consumer finance company.
Topics: business
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Tags: Fisher & Paykel Finance
Duration: 45"
06:56
NZX buys iFarm infomration business for an undisclosed sum
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The NZX sees its new farm infomation business as a key part of an eventual move away from print and email distribution.
Topics: business
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Tags: iFarm
Duration: 1'40"
06:58
McDonald's shares fall
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Shares in McDonald's fell this morning after news of a shakeup, the new chief executive saying he wants to turn the world's biggest fast food chain into a modern, progressive burger company.
Topics: business
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Tags: McDonald's
Duration: 39"
06:59
Morning markets for 5 May 2015
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On Wall St stocks have risen.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 30"
07:07
Sports News for 5 May 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'01"
07:11
Auckland Council puts brakes on Housing Accord
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The Auckland Council is putting the brakes on its Housing Accord with the government, signalling it is unwilling to fast track making more rural land available for housing unless the government fronts up with moer money for infrastructure costs.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Housing Accord, Penny Hulse
Duration: 3'40"
07:14
Housing Minister on future of Auckland housing initiative.
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And, listening to that is the Building and Housing Minister, Nick Smith
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Housing Accord, Nick Smith
Duration: 5'29"
07:21
Spotlight on teachers restraining children
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Teachers and principals are calling for greater guidance when it comes to restraining out of control children.
Topics: education
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Tags: restraining, children
Duration: 3'13"
07:28
Children in tiny township put EQ training to use
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People at the centre of a strong, shallow earthquake that rattled the South Island yesterday are counting themselves lucky that there was virtually no damage.
Topics: environment
Regions: Otago
Tags: earthquake, Wanaka
Duration: 4'02"
07:33
GNS scientist on big quake near Wanaka...
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Bill Fry is a seismologist with G-N-S Science.
Topics: science, environment
Regions: Otago
Tags: Wanaka, earthquake
Duration: 1'36"
07:37
Labour leader says cabinet minister should be stood down
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Labour leader Andrew Little says there's a very real conflict of interest for the cabinet minister whose brother is facing serious assault charges.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Andrew Little
Duration: 4'56"
07:42
Royal watcher welcomes new princess's name
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The name of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's newborn daughter has been announced.
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Tags: UK, princess name
Duration: 3'16"
07:46
Fears Coroners Act changes could lead to cover ups
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There are concerns changes to the Coroners Act could lead to the cause of deaths in state care being covered up.
Topics: law
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Tags: Coroners Act
Duration: 3'26"
07:49
Queens Council raises concerns over proposed changes
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Continuing on from Rachel's story ...The police watchdog is investigating after a man was found dead in the Papakura District Court cells yesterday afternoon.
Topics: law
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Tags: Coroners Act
Duration: 4'25"
07:57
Groups say HBRC cant comply with dam consent
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Environmentalists say the Hawke's Bay Regional Council is being irresponsible in continuing to develop the 275 million dollar Ruataniwha Dam when it has no plan to comply with the resource consents it has been granted.
Topics: environment, law
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Ruataniwha Dam
Duration: 3'23"
08:07
Sports News for 5 May 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'06"
08:16
Signs of tension between Akl Council and govt
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Two to three thousand houses won't be built in Auckland after a falling out between the government and the council.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: special housing areas
Duration: 4'03"
08:21
Guidelines to be introduced for teachers restraining children
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What is the best way for a teacher to respond to an unruly child?
Topics: education
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Tags: children, restrainst
Duration: 3'51"
08:24
Council's new rates model hailed a success
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The Far North District Council is hailing a new rates model as a gamechanger and says it will slash the tens of millions of dollars owed by Māori.
Topics: te ao Māori
Regions: Northland
Tags: Māori land
Duration: 3'33"
08:28
DOC spends $1M more on travel because of restructure
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Despite a restructure designed to save money, the Department of Conservation spends more than 7 million dollars a year on travel.
Topics: politics, environment
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Tags: DOC
Duration: 3'05"
08:32
Markets Update for 5 May 2015
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'07"
08:36
Ships to be forced to take out more insurance
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Ships and oil rigs that come to New Zealand will be forced to massively boost the amount of insurance they carry to guard against the environmental costs of an accident.
Topics: transport, environment
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Tags: insurance, ships, oil rigs
Duration: 3'11"
08:40
Advocate warns beneficiaries could be going to loan sharks
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A beneficiaries advocate warns that beneficiaries could be turning to loan sharks after a decision by Work and Income to cut loans for emergency dental work.
Topics: health, politics
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Tags: emergency dental work, loan sharks, Work and Income
Duration: 3'29"
08:44
Te Manu Korihi News for 5 May 2015
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The Far North District Council is hailing a new rates model as a gamechanger and says it will slash the tens of millions of dollars owed by Māori; Some bach owners on Auckland's west coast won't have right of way to their properties permanently locked into law; The owner of a Māori forestry company says some contractors are not receiving proper rates of pay and contracts; There's a new face around the top table at Māori Television.
Topics: te ao Māori
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Duration: 3'25"
08:48
Call for drivers from right-hand-drive countries to be tested.
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An organiser of safety workshops for foreign drivers, says tests should be made compulsory for people arriving from countries where they drive on the right.
Topics: transport, law
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: foreign drivers, workshops
Duration: 3'46"
08:51
Community to cull Woodville's stray cats.
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Stray cats are invading Woodville the small country town in the Tararua district, and the community is starting to cull them.
Topics: rural
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: stray cats
Duration: 3'53"
08:55
Bird-feeding could be driving away a popular native bird.
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New Zealanders feed five-million loaves of bread to birds a year, but new research suggests that generosity is bad news for a popular native.
Topics: science
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: birds, bread
Duration: 3'24"
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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: Touchstones, by James McNeish, read by Ian Johnstone (5 of 8, RNZ)
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09:08
Botched operations raises questions about supervision
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A report released by the Health and Disability Commissioner into the death of an elderly man on the operating table has found four breaches of the code of patient rights. Radio New Zealand understands that the surgeon involved is Michael Parry, who had previously faced investigations over the death of another patient and for two botched operations involving keyhole surgeries. Andrew Connolly is the chair of the Medical Council.
Topics: health
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Tags: Michael Parry
Duration: 12'47"
09:25
Correct use of child car seats found wanting
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An annual child safety car seat sting by the police and Plunket in the Bay of Plenty has thrown up worrying results - with some children not any form of restraint, and other sitting in seat with fitting faults. Senior Sergeant Ian Campion is the Officer in Charge for road policing in the Western Bay of Plenty. Sue Campbell is Plunket's national child safety advisor.
Topics: transport
Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: Senior Sergeant Ian Campion, Sue Campbell, Plunket, car seats, child restraints, child safety
Duration: 11'58"
09:42
Tourist tells of Nepal earthquake escape
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A young tourist from a New Zealand family, Anabell Cullinaine, tells how she and others in her trekking party ran for their lives as buildings collapsed around them during Nepal's devastating 7.8 magnitude quake, which has killed more than seven thousand people.
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Tags: Nepal, earthquake, survivor
Duration: 7'25"
09:49
US correspondent Susan Milligan
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Susan Milligan is a Contributing Editor to US News and World Report. She also writes for The Washingtonian, Rhode Island Monthly, AARP Bulletin, eJournal and other publications. She teaches a course in Government and the Media to Boston University students at the Washington DC Campus. She is a former White House and National Political Correspondent for the Boston Globe.
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Tags: USA, news
Duration: 9'48"
10:09
Young adult author, Laurie Halse Anderson
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Young adult author Laurie Halse Anderson doesn't shy away from the tough subjects such as addiction, mental health, sexual assault and suicide. Her books have been best sellers, and she has been honoured by the American Library Association for her contribution to Young Adult writing. Her latest novel, The Impossible Knife of Memory is the story of high school student Hayley Kincain whose father is a war veteran who struggles with post traumatic stress and addiction. She will be speaking at the Auckland Writer's Festival in May.
Topics: books
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Duration: 28'35"
10:41
Book review: The Slaughter Man by Tony Parsons
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Published by Penguin Random House. Reviewed by Caitlin Cherry.
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Duration: 4'06"
11:07
Business commentator Rod Oram
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Rod Oram discusses the budget deficit; Vector signing up to install Tesla's batteries in houses; and the new controlling shareholder at Mediaworks.
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Duration: 19'12"
11:28
Demographer Paul Spoonley
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Demographer, Paul Spoonly of Massey University discusses what record immigration levels mean for New Zealand. Professor Spoonley is Pro Vice-Chancellor of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Massey University.
Topics: life and society
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Tags: immigration
Duration: 15'44"
11:43
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
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Gavin speaks to us from Dunedin and will be discussing the Otago Daily Times and why it is holding its own. Also, the State of the Media Report 2015 is out and confirms the rapid shift to mobile delivery. And what is an invisible paywall? Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz.
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Duration: 15'47"
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09:05 Botched operations by surgeon raises questions about supervision
A report released by the Health and Disability Commissioner into the death of an elderly man on the operating table has found four breaches of the code of patient rights. Radio New Zealand understands that the surgeon involved is Michael Parry, who had previously faced investigations over the death of another patient and for two botched operations involving keyhole surgeries. Andrew Connolly is the chair of the Medical Council.
09:20 Correct use of child car seats found wanting
An annual child safety car seat sting by the police and Plunket in the Bay of Plenty has thrown up worrying results - with some children not any form of restraint, and other sitting in seat with fitting faults. Senior Sergeant Ian Campion is the Officer in Charge for road policing in the Western Bay of Plenty.
09:45 US correspondent Susan Milligan
Susan Milligan is a Contributing Editor to US News and World Report. She also writes for The Washingtonian, Rhode Island Monthly, AARP Bulletin, eJournal and other publications. She teaches a course in Government and the Media to Boston University students at the Washington DC Campus. She is a former White House and National Political Correspondent for the Boston Globe.
10:05 Young adult author, Laurie Halse Anderson
Young adult author Laurie Halse Anderson doesn't shy away from the tough subjects such as addiction, mental health, sexual assault and suicide. Her books have been best sellers, and she has been honoured by the American Library Association for her contribution to Young Adult writing. Her latest novel, The Impossible Knife of Memory is the story of high school student Hayley Kincain whose father is a war veteran who struggles with post traumatic stress and addiction. She will be speaking at the Auckland Writer's Festival in May.
10:35 Book review: The Slaughter Man by Tony Parsons
Published by Penguin Random House. Reviewed by Caitlin Cherry.
10:45 The Reading: 'Touchstones' by James McNeish
We continue the memoir of James McNeish, about the people in his life who shaped his perspective: “a gallery of people – rebels, outsiders, romantics, enlightened misfits and illiterates – who have touched me in life.” (Part 12 of 15, RNZ).
11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram
Rod Oram discusses the budget deficit; Vector signing up to install Tesla's batteries in houses; and the new controlling shareholder at Mediaworks.
11:30 Demographer Paul Spoonley
Demographer, Paul Spoonly of Massey University discusses what record immigration levels mean for New Zealand. Professor Spoonley is Pro Vice-Chancellor of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Massey University.
11:45 Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin speaks to us from Dunedin and will be discussing the Otago Daily Times and why it is holding its own. Also, the State of the Media Report 2015 is out and confirms the rapid shift to mobile delivery. And what is an invisible paywall? Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz.
===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 May 2015
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Auckland Council threatened with loss of consenting for Special Housing Areas and farmers fear rigid new quad bike rules could lead to more accidents.
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Duration: 15'01"
12:17
ANZ New Zealand's first half net profit rises 3%
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New Zealand's largest bank has reported a 3 percent lift in its first half net profit reflecting the growth in lending and deposits, as well as continued productivity gains. The New Zealand arm of the ANZ Bank has made 877-million dollars in the six months to the end of March, compared with 853-million dollars the year earlier.
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Duration: 1'10"
12:19
New house price report shows Auckland continues to rise
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The first housing figures for April show the average price for Auckland properties has surged by 3.5 percent or 27 thousand dollars in one month to more than $800,000 in April.
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Duration: 40"
12:20
New electricity retailer offers free hour of power
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A new electricity retailer is vying for customers in the intensely competitive market by offering an hour of free power a day. Electric Kiwi is offering the free hour to the 60 percent of households with smart meters.
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Duration: 1'18"
12:21
McDonald's launches turnaround plan
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McDonald's has launched its turnaround plan, saying it needs to strip away bureaucracy so it can easily change with the times. The world's largest fast food chain suffered a 15 percent drop in net income last year as pushes for higher wages eat away at the bottom line.
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Duration: 1'33"
12:23
Former head of Hewlett-Packard joins American presidential race
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The former head of Hewlett-Packard, Carly Fiorina, has joined the Republican race for presidential nomination, the first female in her party to enter the White House contest.
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Duration: 1'27"
12:25
Midday Markets for 5 May 2015
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Angus Marks at First NZ Capital.
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Duration: 2'05"
12:27
Vista Group International signs multi-year agreement
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Vista Group International says its Movio Cinema company has signed a significant multi-year agreement with the second largest cinema chain in the United States.
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Duration: 37"
12:29
Nufarm names new chief executive
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Nufarm has named its chief operating officer and acting chief executive, Greg Hunt, as the company's new managing director and chief executive.
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Duration: 21"
12:29
Midday Sports News for 5 May 2015
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Hurricanes dealt a blow as All Blacks first five Beauden Barrett is ruled out of action.
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Duration: 2'43"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 5 May 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
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Duration: 7'31"
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===1:06 PM. | Jesse Mulligan, 1–4pm===
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Information and debate, people and places around NZ
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13:10
Your Song - Father and Son
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Russell Watts from Taupo has chosen 'Father and Son' by Cat Stevens.
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Duration: 13'31"
13:20
TV review with Irene Gardiner
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Irene Gardiner on the Spandau Ballet documentary 'Soul Boys of the Western World', and Australian drama 'Offspring'.
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Tags: TV
Duration: 9'51"
13:31
Book review with Vanda Symon
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Vanda Symon reviews 'Letters of Note' compiled by Shaun Usher, and 'More Than Words' compiled by Liza Kirwin.
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Duration: 7'36"
13:45
Music review with Colin Morris
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Colin Morris reviews Pine Hill Project's new album 'Tomorrow You're Going'.
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Duration: 12'13"
13:55
Web review with Ben Gracewood
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Ben Gracewood talks about emojis and the New Zealand website Sign Ninja.
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Duration: 5'23"
14:10
Iroquois - David Watmuff
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The RNZAF says goodbye to the last of it's Iroquois helicopters.
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Number 3 Squadron Iroquois, with a monsoon bucket
Gallery: Iroquois helicopters
The RNZAF says goodbye to the last of its Iroquois helicopters.
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Tags: RNZAF, helicopters
Duration: 11'52"
14:20
Songwriter - Joe Morton
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Joe Morton has just won a prize in the US-based international songwriting competition for his song, Giants.
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Joe Morton has just won a prize in the US-based international songwriting competition for his song, Giants.
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Duration: 11'46"
14:45
Feature album - Wilder Mind
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The feature album today is the brand new one from British folk rockers Mumford and Sons. 5 stars was the verdict from at least one reviewer yesterday morning. Marcus Mumford has never sounded better, says Neil Mc Cormick in the London Telegraph newspaper, praising an overwhelmingly 'tense and bittersweet' album, from England's favourite folk rock outfit, who shocked fans and critics alike with the announcement that they were going electric for this record.
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Duration: 14'13"
15:10
Feature interview - Barat Ali Batoor
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When an estimated 800 asylym seekers drowned trying to reach Europe, some newspapers suggested looking to Australia's tough border policies for answers. Photographer Barat Ali Batoor knows how hard it is to seek asylum in Australia. Originally from Afghanistan, he paid human smugglers and boarded a boat from Indonesia to try and get to Australia and nearly died at sea himself. Eventually he was granted asylum through the UN and now he shares photos and stories of the dangerous voyage and the desperation of people willing to cross oceans for a better life.
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Europe is calling it a migration crisis. Almost daily, barely seaworthy boats filled with desperate people attempt to cross the Mediterranean in search of a better life.
Last month, more than 800 people drowned trying to reach Europe, and the continent's leaders are struggling to find new ways to suppress the people-smuggling operations and cope with rescue operations.
Barat Ali Batoor knows the desperation that leads people to make this perilous journey.
"It’s so devastating for me to see these stories....It reminds me of the journey I experienced in 2012. We almost died and didn’t have any hope that we would survive."
Barat Ali Batoor, a photographer now living in Melbourne, paid people smugglers in Indonesia thousands of dollars to get to Australia and captured the perilous journey on his camera.
He is a Hazara from Afghanistan, a group of mostly Shiite Muslims in an overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim country.
"My family migrated from Afghanistan to Pakistan because of the ongoing persecution and operation against the Hazaras," he said.
He returned to Afghanistan after the terrorist attacks on the United States in September 2001.
"When America invaded Afghanistan, there was a sign of hope for Hazaras, that now there will be a time when we can live there and we won’t be persecuted and oppressed. It was better than the past. I went there in order to go to my own country and do something for my people," he said.
Mr Batoor was working as a photo-journalist and put himself in danger when his work on a project called The Dancing Boys was published in the Washington Post.
"I had been working with children on the street. These boys are mostly orphans or poor people. They are bought by warlords or other powerful people and they make them dance at parties and use them as sex slaves."
Mr Batoor received death threats after the photos were published and was forced to return to Pakistan.
The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan
But Pakistan was no longer a safe haven for Hazaras, according to Mr Batoor.
“When I got there things were really not secure. My family was really worried about me. They said 'you have to go'. Many people at that time because of the security situation were leaving for Australia” he said.
He paid people smugglers who arranged for him to travel from Pakistan to Indonesia. He knew the risks.
"Many of my friends have drowned in the sea....I knew how difficult and risky it was. Behind that risk we had a tiny little hope for our future. We didn’t have that in Pakistan or Afghanistan."
Despite the risks, Mr Batoor left in the night and boarded an old, overloaded vessel with 92 other people on board.
"Once you are travelling you have no control over your life and you are at the mercy of these smugglers...The only option is to go ahead."
Crowded below deck, fear dominated everyone’s thoughts. Fear of Indonesian authorities, fear of the wild seas.
"People were afraid all the time. You spend your time hiding and hoping for help. We didn’t have hope of surviving," Mr Batoor said.
The boat began taking on water two days into the journey to Christmas Island.
"When we were in the middle of the sea and the water was coming in. We were hoping anyone could save us but no one came by."
Luckily, the captain made the decision to turn around. They reached a small island, crashing the boat into the rocks. A boat from a nearby resort spotted them and turned them over to Indonesian Police. They were arrested and taken to a detention facility.
"I did not want to spend my life in a detention center. I decided whatever happened, I had to escape. Early in the morning we removed the glass from the window and escaped."
In bare feet, with no money, the escapees took a taxi. Luckily a journalist Mr Batoor knew paid for the taxi and offered to help, urging Mr Batoor to go through the United Nations refugee process instead of getting on another boat.
"My friends said I should not risk my life just to go to Australia. Be patient, be hopeful they told me."
But Mr Batoor said he knew of many cases where people could wait up to 10 years to be processed by the UN.
"I was not happy in the beginning."
With his contacts from his work as a photojournalist, Mr Batoor’s case for refugee status was expedited.
Afghani Refugees in Istanbul - photographs by Barat Ali Batoor
He now lives in Melbourne and sends money home to his family in Pakistan. Australia is home - but he does not agree with some of the ways Australia deals with boatpeople, including sending them to detention centers offshore in Nauru and turning boats back at sea.
"You can’t turn a blind eye to those in real need. They are not saving lives; they are putting them at risk. Do not punish them. They have chosen to come to your country seeking asylum."
Mr Batoor is doing what he can in his new home to raise awareness about refugees by speaking out about his experience.
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Tags: asylum seekers, photojournalism, photography
Duration: 22'38"
15:45
The Panel pre-show for 5 May 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 13'49"
21:06
A Devilish Cancer - Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease
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In less than 20 years a rare contagious cancer has decimated Tasmanian devil numbers by 85 percent, but a vaccine may be on the way
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By Alison Ballance
I just think devils are cool. They’re the size of a small dog – or a really fat cat. They’re gorgeous, quite stocky, and I think they’re quite charismatic. There’s nothing like them out there in the world.
Kathy Belov, University of Sydney
Tasmanian devils are critically endangered. In the last 20 years their numbers in the wild have fallen by 85%, due to a highly contagious lethal cancer. “Devil facial tumour disease is really decimating the population,” says Kathy Belov, a genomics expert from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Sydney.
“This is a really unusual disease. It’s a contagious cancer that’s spread by biting. Molecular genetics work has shown us that the disease emerged in a single female devil, in one of her nerve cells, what’s called a Schwann cell, and for some reason this tumour became transmissible. And what’s really interesting is that it’s the devil who bites into the tumour on another devil who gets the disease.”
Tasmanian devils frequently bite each other’s faces as they squabble over carcasses, and also during mating. The animals often die of starvation due to the large tumours which appear at bite sites around the face and jaw, but in 65% of cases the cancer metastasises and causes organ failure.
The unique thing about the cancer is that it grows and divides without being detected by the animal’s immune system. The reason for this is that devils have very low levels of genetic diversity, as a result of population crashes and resulting genetic bottlenecks.
Devils are virtually genetically identical to each other, says Kathy Belov.
These noisy marsupials were once widespread on mainland Australia, but since the end of the last Ice Age about 12,000 years ago they have been confined to Tasmania. “In the last 200 years they have been through at least three major population crashes, where their numbers have dropped to as low as they are now, then slowly built up again.”
As part of the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program a large captive population of about 700 disease-free Tasmanian devils has been established in various Australian zoos, with a breeding programme to maximise the genetic diversity. The four Tasmanian devils that have been at Wellington Zoo since the end of 2013 are surplus to breeding requirements and have been brought to New Zealand as ambassadors for their species.
The initial idea was that even if the wild population went extinct the devils could be re-introduced to Tasmania from the captive populations. However, Kathy Belov says that the wild population is proving more resilient than first expected. It seems that young devils in their first year of life aren’t succumbing to the cancer, and are able to successfully produce a litter of pups before becoming sick.
Although there is currently no cure for devil facial tumour disease several research teams have developed what seems to be promising vaccines which are about to be trialled.
It’s very early days, but young devils don’t get the disease and one of the areas we’re looking into is protection in the pouch or the milk,” says Kathy. “We’ve discovered a range of very exciting novel anti-microbial peptides which we’ve tested and we know kill bacteria and fungi, and in particular they kill things like multi-drug resistant golden Staph, so we’re really excited about that … but we’re also hopeful they can kill the tumour cells.
Kathy has been involved in work looking to see if there are individuals that are resistant to the disease. Whole genome sequencing has been carried out on a number of animals and their cancers, and that data is currently being analysed. The first preliminary Tasmanian devil genome was published in 2011 and followed up in 2012.
Devil facial tumour disease is one of only two known contagious cancers affecting animals, and exists as several strains, although all the strains contain cells from the original infected female.
Kathy Belov is on the Governance Board for the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution.
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1:10 Your Song
Father And Son - Cat Stevens. Chosen by Russell Watts
1:20 The Critics
TV - Irene Gardiner
Books - Vanda Symon
Music - Colin Morris
Digital - Ben Gracewood on That Way We’re All Writing Now, and Emoji, the new language of the internet
2:10 Iroquois - David Watmuff
The RNZAF says goodbye to the last of its Iroquois helicopters.
Number 3 Squadron Iroquois, with a monsoon bucket
Gallery: Iroquois helicopters
2:20 Songwriter - Joe Morton
Joe Morton has just won a prize in the US-based international songwriting competition for his song, Giants
2:30 NZ Reading - The Conductor
Nikolai talks with Shostakovich about his inability to love his 8 year old daughter Sonya, scared that his love could destroy her in the same way he thinks it destroyed the life of his beloved wife. By the end of summer he's able to enjoy her, meaning his sister in law Tanya can give up full guardianship and only needs to come in to cook and clean. Out on a walk, Nikolai and Sonya meet Nina Bronnikova, a dancer with the Kirov
2:45 Feature album
Mumford And Sons. Wilder Minds
3:10 Feature interview - Barat Ali Batoor
When an estimated 800 asylym seekers drowned trying to reach Europe, some newspapers suggested looking to Australia's tough border policies for answers. Photographer Barat Ali Batoor knows how hard it is to seek asylum in Australia. Originally from Afghanistan, he paid human smugglers and boarded a boat from Indonesia to try and get to Australia and nearly died at sea himself. Eventually he was granted asylum through the UN and now he shares photos and stories of the dangerous voyage and the desperation of people willing to cross oceans for a better life.
3:35 Devil Disease - Alison Ballance
In less than 20 years a communicable cancer called devil facial tumour disease has wiped out 85% of Australia's Tasmanian devil population. But as genetics expert Kathy Belov tells Alison Ballance, researchers are hopeful of developing a vaccine and optimistic that the noisy marsupial isn't about to become extinct in the wild
Stories from Our Changing World.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about. With Noelle Mccarthy, Jim Mora, Tim Watkin and Tony Doe
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===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
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An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)
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The Panel with Tony Doe and Tim Watkin (Part 2)
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Sixty per cent of the planet's giant herbivores are threatened. What the Panelists Tony Doe and Tim Watkin have been thinking about. Employment lawyer Gareth Abdinor joins the Panel to discuss if ageism exists in New Zealand workplaces. Jihadists were shot dead by a traffic cop in Texas after opening fire on an anti-Muslim rally. We talk to Alexander Gillespie of the University of Waikato about the friction between religions and cultures. Citizens invited to attend meetings about changing the flag.
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The Panel pre-show for 5 May 2015
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The Panel with Tony Doe and Tim Watkin (Part 1)
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What the Panelists Tony Doe and Tim Watkin have been up to. There are claims the High Court trial of the man accused of the murder of Auckland woman Blessie Gotingco could have been jeopardized by an article written by the court registrar. The tax department has launched a campaign to get sub-contractors to declare all earnings. We talk to tax consultant Terry Baucher. A suggestion from health experts to impose a tax on salty food to help reduce harm. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have named their first daughter. Charlotte is seen as a nod to Prince Charles.
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What the Panelists Tim Watkin and Tony Doe have been up to.
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Blessie murder trial
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There are claims the High Court trial of the man accused of the murder of Auckland woman Blessie Gotingco could have been jeopardized by an article written by the court registrar.
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IRD clamps down on cash jobs
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The tax department has launched a campaign to get sub-contractors to declare all earnings. We talk to tax consultant Terry Baucher.
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Salt tax
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A suggestion from health exprts to impose a tax on salty to help reduce harm.
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Charlotte Elizabeth Diana
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have named their first daughter. Charlotte is seen as a nod to Prince Charles.
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Giant herbivores threatened
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Sixty per cent of the planet's giant herbivores are threatened.
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What the Panelists Tony Doe and Tim Watkin have been thinking about.
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16:42
Workplace ageism
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Employment lawyer Gareth Abdinor joins the Panel to discuss if ageism exists in New Zealand workplaces.
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16:52
Texas jihadist shootings
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Jihadists were shot dead by a traffic cop in Texas after opening fire on an anti-Muslim rally. We talk to Alexander Gillespie of the University of Waikato about the friction between religions and cultures.
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NZ flag
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Citizens invited to attend meetings about changing the flag.
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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
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Radio New Zealand's two-hour news and current affairs programme
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 5 May 2015
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Govt butts heads with council over Auckland housing, Helensville locals warn Govt over special housing areas, Judge warns Gotingco jurors off web searches, Could NZ host the Olympics? PM expected to be mocked in Parliament today, Charlotte of Cambridge is a popular title.
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Govt butts heads with council over Auckland housing
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The Government and the Auckland Council are now openly butting heads over who's going to pay the infrastructure costs for special housing areas designed to ease pressure on the city's residential market.
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Helensville locals warn Govt over special housing areas.
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Kumeu and Huapai are in John Key's Helensville electorate and a community leader there is warning that locals would be disgusted if the Government over-rides Auckland Council's decision. Pete Sinton is the chairperson of the Kumeu-Huapai Ratepayers and Resident Association.
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Judge warns Gotingco jurors off web searches
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A High Court judge has told the Blessie Gotingco jury he will be questioning them individually to ensure they obey his order not to read any media reports about the case. This follows a court registrar writing an article about it which was published online.
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17:18
Could NZ host the Olympics?
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The head of the Olympics has flagged the possibility of New Zealand hosting the Games. The president of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach who's on a two day visit here, says he's open to the idea - though he doesn't know if this country's actually up to it.
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17:21
PM expected to be mocked in Parliament today.
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The Prime Minister walked into Parliament today expecting to be mocked about repeatedly pulling the ponytail of a waitress at his local cafe in Parnell. But while John Key was questioned about it he got through Question Time largely unscathed.
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17:25
Australian posts guide for joining ISIS
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An Australian twitter user who recommended attacking an anti-islamic event in Texas just days before two people were shot dead outside it, has now posted a guide on Twitter on how to join ISIS.
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Duration: 5'18"
17:30
Charlotte of Cambridge is a popular title
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The British media have lauded the choice of Charlotte Elizabeth Diana as the name of the new baby princess, with its close links to the families of both the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
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Duration: 2'33"
17:35
Today's market update
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The New Zealand dollar is bouncing around after the Reserve Bank of Australia cut its offical cash rate by a quarter-point, to a record low of 2 percent, late this afternoon.
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17:38
Parliament zero hour contract workers score a win
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Nine workers at Parliament who are on zero hour contracts have all but won a promise of guaranteed hours. This comes after Labour leader Andrew Little pressed the Speaker, David Carter to take action.
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Duration: 2'17"
17:41
Impossible to tell if Whanau Ora working
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It's impossible to tell if the 137 million dollar Whanau Ora programme to improve the lives of Māori has achieved what it set out to do. The Auditor General has looked at the first four years of the Māori Party's flagship policy and says while it's been a success for many individual families there's still too much confusion over its aims and achievements.
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Duration: 4'25"
17:45
Jobs on the line at New Plymouth Council
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Jobs are on the line at the New Plymouth District Council where about 140 leadership roles are being looked at in a drive to be more efficient. The council says it expects streamlining its management will save about 20 million dollars over ten years -- a saving that a former councillor describes as meagre.
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17:49
Auckland High School bans messaging app
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An Auckland High School has banned the anonymous messaging app yik yak after a student led campaign to stop bullying. Yik Yak allows people to anonymously create and view messages or "Yaks" within a 16-kilometre radius. The principal of Diocesan School for Girls, Heather McRae, says she is really proud of her pupils.
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Duration: 3'39"
17:52
Support for change to how multiple-owned Māori land is rated
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Tangata whenua are backing a new rates model introduced by the Far North District Council which they say gives multiple-owners of Māori land a fair rates system for the first time. The board which represents Māori in Auckland says tangata whenua are too encumbered and restricted by current law to develop their land and pay rates and is calling for change.
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17:56
Faulty concrete poured at NZ's biggest motorway project
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Faulty concrete's been poured at one of Auckland's big motorway projects and it has to be repaired. Ramp 4 on the Great North Road Interchange that's part of the Waterview Connection needs repairing.
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18:08
Sports News for 5 May 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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18:15
Friend worried about NZer missing in Nepal
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed the well-being of around 260 New Zealanders in Nepal with only a few people unaccounted for. One of those is 63 year old Peter Curreen from Marlborough. He is believed to have been two days into a tramp to Mt Everest Base Camp but hasn't been heard from since the quake struck.
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Duration: 2'07"
18:17
PNG struck by 7.5 quake
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A tsunami alert has been issued after a 7 point 5 magnitude earthquake off the Papua New Guinea coast. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre says there may be hazardous tsunami waves within 300 kilometres of the epicentre, which was 140 kilometres south of the towns of Kokopo and Rabaul.
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Duration: 3'43"
18:25
Urgent work to save the New Brighton pier
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Urgent work to save the New Brighton pier in Christchurch will cost more than twice what was spent building the attraction in the first place. An assessment has found the Canterbury earthquakes caused the columns on the 300-metre long pier to crack, exposing their reinforcing to the sea. The pier cost 4 million dollars to build in 1997, but the repair's likely to cost between 8 and 9 million.
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Duration: 2'27"
18:26
NZ's biggest motorway project needs repair
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The country's biggest motorway project needs repairs because it's made with faulty concrete. Fletcher Building subsidiary Firth is having to front up to repairs for 35 customers.
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Duration: 3'52"
18:35
Māori Party on its flagship policy being found wanting
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The Auditor General's office admits it's impossible to tell how successful the social welfare initiative Whanau Ora has been. In a highly critical report the public spending watchdog has looked at the first four years of the Māori Party's flagship policy.
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Duration: 4'16"
18:40
Gunmen who attacked Dallas art show was on FBI’s watch list
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One of the gunmen who attacked a Dallas art exhibition on Sunday had been on the FBI's watch list since 2007. 30 year old Elton Simpson and his accomplice Nadir Soofi were shot to death by a police officer shortly after they arrived at a community center where artists were displaying depictions of the Prophet Mohammed.
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Duration: 2'47"
18:42
Children's advocates say time-out a last resort
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New rules are being drawn up about restraining school children or putting them in timeout rooms but IHC and Youth Law warn that doesn't mean this should occur more often.
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18:45
Te Manu Korihi News for 5 May 2015
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The Auditor General has released a highly critical report about the Māori social welfare initiative Whanau Ora, saying it is confusing, bureaucratic and poorly administered; Tangata whenua are backing a new rates model introduced by the Far North District Council which they say gives multiple-owners of Māori land a fair rates system for the first time; Hundreds of moa bones have been excavated from a site in the central North Island.
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18:51
Today in Parliament for Tuesday 5 May - evening edition
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MPs express congratulations on birth of royal baby; PM faces questions about "ponytail gate" from Andrew Little. Questions also for Bill English on housing from Green MP Kevin Hague.
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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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Entertainment and information, including: 7:30 The Sampler: A weekly review and analysis of new CD releases (RNZ) 8:13 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries
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19:11
Our Own Odysseys : the kingdom of wonder
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The adventures of Hannah Milward who was recently in Cambodia working as a volunteer nurse.
Topics: life and society
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Duration: 18'39"
20:40
Eco-living : Ian Mayes
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Energy efficiency in the home, insulation and heating plus a bit about the Eco Design Advisor scheme.
Topics: environment, economy, climate, life and society
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Duration: 14'33"
21:03
Nights Conundrum
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21:59
Nights Conundrum
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7:10 Our Own Odysseys - The Kingdom Of Wonder
The adventures of Hannah Milward who was recently in Cambodia working as a volunteer nurse.
Gallery: Nursing in Cambodia
7:30 The Sampler
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19:30
The Count Basie Orchestra: Scotty Barnhart
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Nick Bollinger talks to Scotty Barnhart, musical director of the Count Basie Orchestra ahead of their New Zealand tour.
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Nick Bollinger talks to Scotty Barnhart, musical director of the Count Basie Orchestra ahead of their New Zealand tour.
There are a number of reasons why the Count Basie Orchestra is regarded as the greatest swing band of all time. For a start, there is that rhythm section, humming like a big beautiful engine, all the parts moving together in perfect time. There’s the way the horn riffs ride that rhythm, and then there are the legendary soloists who have laid their voices on those foundations: singers like Billie Holiday, trumpeters Buck Clayton, Harry Sweets Edison, Thad Jones and Clark Terry, and saxophonist Lester Young, among others. Ahead of their 80th Anniversary tour dates in New Zealand, Nick Bollinger talks to the Count Basie orchestra’s musical director Scotty Barnhart.
Songs Featured: Jumpin’ At The Woodside, Moten Swing, Lester Leaps In, Shiny Stockings, One O’Clock Jump,
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Duration: 14'34"
19:30
Sound & Color by Alabama Shakes
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Nick Bollinger reviews a highly anticipated sophomore set from Alabama Shakes.
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Nick Bollinger reviews the highly anticipated sophomore set from Alabama Shakes.
The title song is based around a vibraphone, played by vocalist Brittany Howard. Other tracks employ the dynamics of Led Zeppelin or resemble a southern-fried Strokes. And yet Sound and Colour, the follow-up to Alabama Shakes highly successful debut, is still full of the soulfulness that defined the earlier album. Rocking and emotional, it lives up to some daunting expectations.
Songs Featured: Sound and Colour, Dunes, The Greatest, This Feeling, Gimme All Your Love
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Duration: 6'40"
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Marlon Williams by Marlon Williams
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Melody Thomas investigates the solo debut of Lyttelton's velvet voice Marlon Williams.
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Melody Thomas investigates the solo debut of Lyttelton's velvet voice Marlon Williams.
Marlon Williams first came to the attention of local music fans as the lead singer of Lyttelton country band The Unfaithful Ways back in 2008, and he’s been the honey-voiced young buck alongside Delaney Davidson’s gravel-worn stallion for three albums of country songs. His just released self-titled solo debut, offers up a diverse showcase of styles, shifting from energetic Honky-tonk and haunting country ballads, to luscious sounding 60s pop straight from the Bacharach and Spector songbook.
Songs Featured: Strange Things, Everyone’s Got Something To Say, Silent Passage, When I Was A Young Girl, I’m Lost Without You
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Duration: 7'41"
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The Sampler for 5 May 2015
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This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger reviews a highly anticipated sophomore set from Alabama Shakes and talks to Scotty Barnhart, musical director of the Count Basie Orchestra which tours New Zealand in May, while Melody Thomas investigates the solo debut of Lyttelton's velvet voice Marlon Williams.
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Marlon Williams. Photo supplied.
This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger reviews a highly anticipated sophomore set from Alabama Shakes and talks to Scotty Barnhart, musical director of the Count Basie Orchestra which tours New Zealand in May, while Melody Thomas investigates the solo debut of Lyttelton's velvet voice Marlon Williams.
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Duration: 28'41"
7:30 The Sampler
A weekly review and analysis of new CD releases.
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 Eco-Living
Doing our day to day lives more sustainably and environmentally aware, with Ian Mayes, Eco Design Advisor with Hamilton City Council. energy efficiency in the home – insulation and heating plus a bit about the Eco Design Advisor scheme.
9:06 The Tuesday Feature: The War That Changed the World - Tanzania: Colonial War
The First World War is remembered as a European conflict, but 100 years ago the British and German Empires also fought in East Africa. This programme looks at the struggle over present-day Tanzania which had a catastrophic effect on the population (BBC)
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 Global Village
A selection of world music along with jazz, rock, folk and other styles, artists and songs with world and roots influences chosen and presented by Wichita radio host Chris Heim (6 of 13, KMUW)
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The First World War is remembered as a European conflict, but 100 years ago the British and German Empires also fought in East Africa. This programme looks at the struggle over present-day Tanzania which had a catastrophic effect on the population (BBC)
===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. | None (National)===
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A selection of world music along with jazz, rock, folk and other styles, artists and songs with world and roots influences chosen and presented by Wichita radio host Chris Heim (6 of 13, KMUW)