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:
10 May 2015
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 History Repeated (RNZ); 1:05 Our Changing World (RNZ); 2:05 Spiritual Outlook (RNZ); 2:35 Hymns on Sunday 3:05 The Captive Wife, by Fiona Kidman (12 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi (RNZ); 4:30 Science in Action (BBC)
===6:08 AM. | Storytime===
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Chops Away, by David Hill, told by Peter Kaa; Stitches, by Ferris Greenbank, told by Allen O'Leary; A Tale of Many Cats, by David Somerset, told by Bernard Kearns; The Maker of Poetry, by David Somerset, told by Fiona Samuel; The Bad Mood, by Joy Cowley, told by Moira Wairama, Tony Hopkins and Prue Langbein; Eruera's Endeavour, by Mariao Hohaia, told by Rawiri Paratene (RNZ)
===7:08 AM. | Sunday Morning===
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A fresh attitude on current affairs, the news behind the news, documentaries, sport from the outfield, music and including: 7:43 The Week in Parliament: An in-depth perspective of legislation and other issues from the house (RNZ) 8:10 Insight: An award-winning documentary programme providing comprehensive coverage of national and international current affairs (RNZ) 9:06 Mediawatch: Critical examination and analysis of recent performance and trends in NZ's news media (RNZ)
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07:11
NZ journalist reports on people smuggling in Europe
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There are currently more than 50 million displaced people around the world - a number not seen since World War Two.
Topics: refugees and migrants
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Tags: people smuggling, Albania, Balkans
Duration: 9'14"
07:21
Experts say many new migrants become problem gamblers
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Gambling experts say more and more new migrants are becoming addicted to gambling in New Zealand, with some losing their entire life savings.
Topics: refugees and migrants
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Tags: problem gambling, SkyCity
Duration: 5'14"
07:26
Nauru's Facebook ban labelled an assault on democracy
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The government of Nauru's move to block Facebook on the island has been met with outrage and suspicion by Opposition politicians and refugee advocates.
Topics: Pacific, politics
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Tags: Nauru, Facebook
Duration: 5'01"
07:30
The Week In Parliament for Sunday 10 May 2015
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John Key and Andrew Little go head to head; Questions and Snap debate on Whanau Ora; Nanaia Mahuta pays tribute to Erima Henare; NZ First's Ria Bond gives maiden speech; David Wilson appointed as new Clerk of the House; Winston Peters makes submission on the Flag Referendum Bill to Justice and Electoral Committee; Trevor Mallard presents his petition on that Bill to the same committee; Law and Order Committee hears submissions on the Drug and Alcohol Testing of Community-based Offenders and Bailees Legislation Bill.
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Duration: 14'57"
07:48
Prof Tim Bale with the latest in post-election UK
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Tim Bale is professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London and is a former lecturer in politics at Victoria University.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 12'20"
08:12
Insight for 10 May 2015 - Black Caps Inspiring Cricket's Future
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Max Towle explores whether the Black Caps Cricket World Cup success can re-invigorate the sport
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With the Black Caps closer than they've ever been to conquering the world of cricket, those running the sport are hopeful that the team's success can translate to the grassroots level.
Insight has been talking to team members, management, clubs and schools to see if the summer game can be resurrected.
The latest figures from the Secondary Schools Sports Council show that in just the past three years, 17 percent fewer students are playing cricket.
Numbers have been steadily declining and fell below 10,000 for the first time last year - fewer than badminton - while both basketball and football are twice as popular.
But many within the sport are pinning their hopes on the "World Cup Effect" and the new legion of fans the tournament inspired.
That fervour was never more evident than when several hundred fans, some of whom had never followed cricket before, greeted the team at The Cloud on Auckland's Queens Wharf when they returned home across the Tasman.
New Zealand's World Cup operations manager and former Black Cap Gavin Larsen said it was an opportunity the sport needed to grasp.
"I said right from the start that the legacy aspect of this Cricket World Cup is crucial and it was enormously successful and it has given New Zealand cricket, I believe, a magnificent launching pad," he said.
"[We've got to] push cricket upward and outward for the next decade or two and there should be no reason in the slightest why we can't grasp this opportunity."
Canterbury Cricket chief executive and former Black Cap captain Lee Germon said there would only be a window of opportunity for a certain amount of time.
"An example here is our junior cricket association is in the process of putting in place a junior cricket role and one of their main tasks will be to grab that interest and transfer that into kids playing cricket," he said.
Though they were eventually defeated by Australia in the final, part of the appeal for previous non-supporters was the Black Caps' attacking, entertaining brand of cricket.
Almost three years into the job, the team's coach Mike Hesson said the team's true character was starting to show.
"The way we want to play our cricket is a brand of cricket that spectators want to watch and players want to play and hopefully if we do it that way and play the game in the right spirit, then we'll get the next generation of cricketers," he said.
"That's not something you necessarily set out to achieve but you hope you get that result."
The side's number one spin bowler in test cricket, Mark Craig, said Hesson and the enthusiasm of fearless captain Brendon McCullum had lifted the team.
"The team culture that we've got in the Black Caps at the moment is top notch - it's the most fun I've ever had playing cricket."
The side is in England at the moment on a seven week tour that features two test matches, five one-day internationals and one Twenty/20.
The games will be played overnight New Zealand time, making it difficult for anyone other than die-hard cricket fans to follow live.
But for Gavin Larsen, when the summer comes again, youngsters won't have forgotten the World Cup.
"It won't take much to regenerate that enthusiasm," he said.
"I think if you played a video clip of the Cricket World Cup with Brendon and his guys performing the way they did, I think you'll see a lot of hands in the air.
"And then it's the big test - we've got the hands in the air, now we've got to get them on a database and introduce them to the game.
Auckland Cricket's chief executive Mark Cameron said schools no longer had the resources to cater for social players and instead focused on their top teams.
"That's where our club structure needs to head - it needs to embrace, support, and link-in with schools so it can take ownership of the social cricketer," he said.
The Suburbs New Lynn Cricket Club tries to do just that.
A little more than three years ago, the club's chairman, Ross Hick, oversaw the construction of a $1.6 million indoor training centre.
He said the centre was an asset not just for the ardent cricketers.
"All of our teams use it, right through to our year five juniors and it's booked out from 4 until 10 each night."
He said the club's senior numbers had remained steady over the past few years, but it was gradually losing juniors.
He too is pinning a lot of hope on the "World Cup Effect".
"There are a lot of choices out there in terms of sport - cricket is a long game and takes up a lot of concentration and time," he said.
"You've got to have something extra that attracts youngsters to the game. Once they start playing, they'll stay.
"I hope the World Cup has a huge effect. If the Black Caps are successful, it will attract more people to the game. The kids will want to go out into the back yard and start playing it, and then they'll want to join a club."
During an evening at Wellington's Indoor Sports Centre, cricketers and netballers blend into one furious blur of colour.
The centre is oversubscribed with indoor cricket teams every year.
One player is Sri Lankan, Nal Ariyawansa, who moved to the country partly because of its strong cricket background.
"Since the 1996 World Cup win for Sri Lanka, cricket spread all over the country. I can see that happening here too," he said.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Black Caps, Cricket World Cup, school teams, clubs
Duration: 26'31"
08:35
Bob McKerrow - Recovery in Nepal
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Bob McKerrow worked for Red Cross for 44 years and one of his earliest jobs was setting up nationwide disaster preparedness in Nepal. He talks to Wallace about the links between relief, recovery and development - and Nepal's chance to build back better.
Topics: international aid and development
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Tags: earthquake, Nepal, Bob McKerrow
Duration: 11'37"
08:52
Report finds NZ sports rife with homophobia
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New Zealand sports are rife with homophobia, according to results from the first ever study that compares homophobia in sports in NZ with other countries.
Topics: sport
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Tags: rugby, homophobia, gay rights, Louisa Wall
Duration: 7'17"
09:05
Mediawatch for 10 May 2015
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Questions raised by recent coverage of the controversial Christian community Gloriavale; Nick Davies - the reporter who lifted the lid on phone-hacking in the UK and the scourge of 'churnalism'.
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Duration: 34'27"
09:40
Everyday Racism
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Wallace speaks to Auckland University's Dr David Mayeda, Zoe Henry and Tejay Rimoni about 'I, Too, Am Auckland' - a video concept that explores everyday racism at Auckland University.
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Wallace Chapman speaks to Auckland University's Dr David Mayeda, Zoe Henry and Tejay Rimoni about 'I, Too, Am Auckland' - a video concept that explores everyday racism at Auckland University.
Topics: Pacific, education
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Tags: racism, University of Auckland
Duration: 15'36"
10:07
Brian Ensor and Wendie Ayley - The Dying Room
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Dr Brian Ensor, Director of Palliative Care and Wendie Ayley, clinical nurse specialist, are both from Mary Potter Hospice in Wellington. Next week the hospice is holding a conference for health professionals, plus a public lecture, to talk about the last 48 hours of life and the needs of both the dying and those who care for them.
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Dr Brian Ensor, Director of Palliative Care and Wendie Ayley, clinical nurse specialist, are both from Mary Potter Hospice in Wellington.
Next week the hospice is holding a conference for health professionals, plus a public lecture, to talk about the last 48 hours of life and the needs of both the dying and those who care for them.
The hospice points out that most deaths are not sudden, they occur over hours or days. They want to focus on the physiological, emotional, cultural and spiritual elements of the last 48 hours of life, and how health professionals can assist the dying person to have a dignified and comfortable end, and for family and friends to be able to have as positive an experience of their loved one's death as is possible.
Wallace Chapman talks to Dr Brian Ensor and nurse Wendie Ayley.
Public lecture: 'The Dying Room Te Ara Whanui' is at St Andrews on The Terrace, Wellington, Friday, 15 May, 6-7pm.
Topics: health
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Tags: death, palliative care, Mary Potter Hospice, Dr Brian Ensor
Duration: 26'35"
10:38
Samanth Subramanian - Sri Lanka After Civil War
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Journalist and author Samanth Subramanian traveled around Sri Lanka after the civil war that ended in 2009, talking to people about how the war affected them - and how it continues to impact on their lives. He's put these experiences together in a book - This Divided Island - Stories from the Sri Lankan War.
Topics: books, author interview
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Tags: Sri Lanka, civil war, Samanth Subramanian
Duration: 21'30"
11:06
Amira Hass - Monitoring the Centres of Power
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Amira Hass is an Israeli journalist who has spent more than two decades reporting on the Israel-Palestine conflict from within the occupied territories - first Gaza and then the West Bank. The daughter of Holocaust survivors has won numerous journalism awards - including the World Press Freedom Hero award from the International Press Institute and the Reporters Without Borders press freedom award - and is the author of Drinking the Sea at Gaza: Days and Nights in a Land under Siege.
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On a summer day in 1944, my mother was herded from a cattle car along with the rest of its human cargo, which had been transported from Belgrade to the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen. She saw a group of German women, some on foot, some on bicycles, slow down as the strange procession went by and watch with indifferent curiosity on their faces. For me, these women became a loathsome symbol of watching from the sidelines, and at an early age I decided that my place was not with the bystanders.
- Amira Hass, from Drinking the Sea at Gaza: Days and Nights in a Land under Siege.
Amira Hass is an Israeli journalist who has spent more than two decades reporting on the Israel-Palestine conflict from within the occupied territories – first Gaza and then the West Bank.
The daughter of Holocaust survivors has won numerous journalism awards – including the World Press Freedom Hero award from the International Press Institute and the Reporters Without Borders press freedom award – and is the author of Drinking the Sea at Gaza: Days and Nights in a Land under Siege.
What makes Amira Hass unique is that she doesn't just report on the occupied territories, she lives there. And living there has given her insights into the minutiae of daily life under occupation, that are unparalleled. Some stories uplifting, others truly heartbreaking.
Wallace Chapman to Amira about her life and work.
Topics: author interview, media
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Tags: Gaza, Israel, Palestine, holocaust
Duration: 39'29"
11:47
Daniel Kinne - The source of the Latte
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Daniel Kinne is a coffee farmer, plus chairman and founding member of Papua New Guinea's Highland Organic Agricultural Cooperative. He is visiting New Zealand for Fair Trade Fortnight and he talks to Wallace about the work it takes to get a radio presenter his $4.50 latte.
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Latte Photo: CC BY 2.0 Coffeetime!
Daniel Kinne is a coffee farmer, and chairman and founding member of Papua New Guinea’s Highland Organic Agricultural Cooperative.
He is visiting New Zealand for Fair Trade Fortnight and he talks to Wallace Chapman about the work it takes to get a radio presenter his $4.50 latte, and the value of organic and fair trade beans to the growers.
Topics: Pacific, international aid and development, economy, business, farming
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Tags: fair trade, coffee, Papua New Guinea
Duration: 12'53"
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7:08 Current affairs
The plight of asylum seekers, new migrants to New Zealand becoming addicted to gambling, Nauru’s clampdown on Facebook, the UK election, and The Week in Parliament.
8:12 Insight Can the Black Caps inspire a cricketing revival?
The New Zealand cricket team's historic success at the World Cup marked the end of a long road back from the turmoil and disappointment of just two years ago. The nation rallied behind the Black Caps like never before, and although the team fell at the final hurdle, those both within and without the game have suggested the effects of the tournament could be enduring. With school participation numbers dropping every year, Max Towle examines whether the Black Caps' recent success can galvanise cricket, and what needs to be done to inspire the next generation to pick up a bat and ball. Produced by Philippa Tolley.
8:40 Bob McKerrow – Recovery in Nepal
Bob McKerrow worked for Red Cross for 44 years and one of his earliest jobs was setting up nationwide disaster preparedness in Nepal. He talks to Wallace about the links between relief, recovery and development – and Nepal’s chance to build back better.
9:06 Mediawatch
Mediawatch looks at recent coverage of the controversial Christian community Gloriavale, and talks to the reporter who lifted the lid on phone-hacking in the UK and the scourge of 'churnalism'.
Produced and presented by Colin Peacock and Jeremy Rose.
9:40 Everyday Racism
Wallace speaks to Auckland University’s Dr David Mayeda, Zoe Henry and Tejay Rimoni about ‘I, Too, Am Auckland’ – a video concept that explores everyday racism at Auckland University.
10:06 Brian Ensor and Wendie Ayley – The Dying Room
Dr Brian Ensor, Director of Palliative Care and Wendie Ayley, clinical nurse specialist, are both from Mary Potter Hospice in Wellington. Next week the hospice is holding a conference for health professionals, plus a public lecture, to talk about the last 48 hours of life and the needs of both the dying and those who care for them.
Public lecture: ‘The Dying Room Te Ara Whanui’ is at St Andrews on The Terrace, Wellington, Friday, 15 March, 6-7pm.
10:35 Samanth Subramanian – Sri Lanka After Civil War
Journalist and author Samanth Subramanian traveled around Sri Lanka after the civil war that ended in 2009, talking to people about how the war affected them – and how it continues to impact on their lives. He’s put these experiences together in a book – This Divided Island – Stories from the Sri Lankan War.
11:05 Amira Hass – Monitoring the Centres of Power
Amira Hass is an Israeli journalist who has spent more than two decades reporting on the Israel-Palestine conflict from within the occupied territories – first Gaza and then the West Bank. The daughter of Holocaust survivors has won numerous journalism awards – including the World Press Freedom Hero award from the International Press Institute and the Reporters Without Borders press freedom award – and is the author of Drinking the Sea at Gaza: Days and Nights in a Land under Siege.
11:45 Daniel Kinne – The Source of the Latte
Daniel Kinne is a coffee farmer, plus chairman and founding member of Papua New Guinea’s Highland Organic Agricultural Cooperative. He is visiting New Zealand for Fair Trade Fortnight and he talks to Wallace about the work it takes to get a radio presenter his $4.50 latte.
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Artist: John Lennon
Song: Bring on the Lucie (Freeda Peeple)
Composer: J.Lennon
Album: Mind Games
Label: EMI
Broadcast Time: 8:40
Artist: M.I.A
Song: Paper Planes
Composer: Diplo, MIA
Album: Kala
Label: XL
Broadcast Time: 9:40
Artist: Engelbert Humperdinck
Song: Ten Guitars
Composer: Gordon Mills
Album: Ten Guitars - 40 Songs from Heartland NZ
Label: Universal
Broadcast Time:10:35
Artist: Telek
Song: Abebe
Composer: Telek
Album: Telek
Label: Origin
Broadcast Time: 11:45
===12:12 PM. | Spectrum===
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Dotted along Wellington's waterfront are plaques and inlaid benches quoting from some of NZ's finest writers. Accompanied by Spectrum's Jack Perkins, Rosemary Wildblood, Barbara Murison and Philippa Werry explore the sculptured words of writers who have experienced the Capital in all its diversity (RNZ)
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12:40
Sculptured Words
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Dotted along Wellington's waterfront are plaques and inlaid benches quoting from some of New Zealand's finest writers. Accompanied by Spectrum's Jack Perkins, Rosemary Wildblood, Barbara Murison and Philippa Werry, explore the sculptured words of writers who have experienced the Capital in all its diversity.
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Flat-iron tugs dash smoothing toward any shirt of a ship…
– Poet Denis Glover, who saw Wellington harbour as an ironing board.
Lauris Edmond describes the Capital as:
A city of action, the world headquarters of the verb.
(From left) Barbara Murison, extract from 'Scenes from a Small City' by Lauris Edmond, Philippa Werry, and Rosemary Wildblood.
Wellington’s waterfront plaques and inlaid benches quoting from some of New Zealand’s finest writers do not confront, rather they have been placed, by typographer Catherine Griffiths and architect Fiona Christeller, to be discovered, to surprise the waterfront explorer.
Maurice Gee's tribute is tucked away in a tiny inlet.
Stretching from the railway station to Oriental Bay, the Wellington Writers Walk pays tribute to 23 of New Zealand’s finest wordsmiths.
And Patrick Lawlor likened Wellington to:
the maestro drawing the bow over the sensibilities of my mind echoing the music of my days
Spectrum’s Jack Perkins accompanies Rosemary Wildblood, Barbara Murison and Philippa Werry, who fossick among the sculptured words of writers who have embraced the Capital in all its diversity.
Topics: arts, history, language, te ao Maori
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Wellington writers, Landfall, Cannons Creek, Porirua, Denis Glover, Michael King, Patricia Grace, Maurice Gee, Patrick Lawlor, Vincent O’ Sullivan, Lauris Edmond, Wellington Harbour, poetry
Duration: 25'02"
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===12:40 PM. | Standing Room Only===
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It's an 'all access pass' to what's happening in the worlds of arts and entertainment, including: 3:04 The Drama Hour: The Ravens, by Alana Valentine Struggling to escape the world of prostitution, Kira has recently received a large sum of compensation money. Unsure what to do with it, and under pressure from an old friend, Kira meets Nina, a social worker in training, and an unlikely friendship develops (BBC)
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12:26
Lynn Freeman at the Venice Biennale
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The opening week of the 56th Venice Biennale - known as the Vernissage, meaning a preview, has come to an end. The art world insiders have had their chance for a free look at art from 53 countries, the judges have chosen their top three exhibitions and now the public gets a chance to assess what's on offer. Lemi Ponifasio from the Mau Dance Company is one of New Zealand's biggest stars on the international arts scene. The Curator of the 2015 Biennale Okwui Enwezor, shoulder tapped Lemi and asked him to create a work for the event.
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The opening week of the 56th Venice Biennale – known as the Vernissage, meaning a preview, has come to an end. The art world insiders have had their chance for a free look at art from 53 countries, the judges have chosen their top three exhibitions and now the public gets a chance to assess what's on offer..
Lemi Ponifasio from the Mau Dance Company is one of New Zealand’s biggest stars on the international arts scene. The Curator of the 2015 Biennale Okwui Enwezor, shoulder tapped Lemi and asked him to create a work for the event.
Top right: Blessing, Lagi Moana project by Lemi Ponifasio. Top right: Robotic version of musical instrument the gamelan. Bottom: Lemi Ponifasio (left), his dancers, and Aboriginal artist Richard Bell (third from right)
Topics: arts
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Tags: travel, Venice, Venice Biennale, Simon Denny, Lemi Ponifasio, Mau Dance Company, arts festival, dance
Duration: 7'06"
12:41
Digitizing classic New Zealand films
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Simon Morris talks to the New Zealand Film Commission's Kate Larkendale about their project digitising kiwi feature films, many of which can now be watched at NZ Film On Demand.
Topics: arts, technology
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Tags: film, archiving
Duration: 7'41"
13:34
Graphic Poetry
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We've all heard of graphic novels by now but what about graphic poetry? Auckland writer Rachel J Fenton is an exponent of this new hybrid art form and will be presenting selections of her work at the Auckland Writers Festival. She mixes watercolour paintings with poetic texts to create what she calls 'epic graphic poems' and tells Standing Room Only's Justin Gregory that using images allows her greater freedom with her choice of words.
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We’ve all heard of graphic novels by now but what about graphic poetry?
Auckland writer Rachel J Fenton is an exponent of this new hybrid art form and will be presenting selections of her work at the Auckland Writers Festival.
She mixes watercolour paintings with poetic texts to create what she calls ‘epic graphic poems’ and tells Standing Room Only’s Justin Gregory that using images allows her greater freedom with her choice of words.
Topics: arts
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: poetry, graphic novels, visual arts, writers festival, arts festival, comics
Duration: 11'08"
13:46
Dalvanius Prime - AudioCulture
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In our regular dip into musical history, AudioCulture's Simon Grigg rediscovers the hugely influential Dalvanius Prime.
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1:46 Dalvanius Prime - Audioculture
In our regular dip into musical history, AudioCulture's Simon Grigg rediscovers the hugely influential Dalvanius Prime.
Topics: music
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Tags: Poi E, Pate Maori Club, te ao Maori, Dalvanius Prime
Duration: 9'46"
14:25
Something Felt, Something Shared
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Two artists share their stories of the personal connections and memories they have of their homes through the exhibition Something felt, something shared. What are the connections and relationships that we build with our homes, and what story can they tell about the people who once lived there? Kalya Ward and Gabrielle Amodeo share their experiences and personal connections.
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Left: Gabrielle Amodeo by the entrance to her home. Right: Kalya Ward with her 1970's transistor radio
Hearing voices of the dead over the radio, and packing up the rooms of a house into book form.
This month at Enjoy Gallery, Kalya Ward and Gabrielle Amodeo share their experiences and personal connections with their former homes through an exhibition Something Felt, Something Shared.
“At the moment I’m really interested in ways that deal with autobiography that are common to everyone , but also completely specific to me,” says Gabrielle Amodeo who refers to the idea that most people live in a dwelling of some sort.
Gabrielle has recently packed up house in Auckland and transferred her life and possessions to Wellington. Part of that ‘packing up’ involved taking floor rubbings—graphite on paper—from every single room in the house. These hand-made rubbings have been made on individual pieces of paper, and each room folds out from a series of hard cover books.
Floor board markings, bits of hair, dust and dead skin emerge through the graphite and Amodeo maintains that even after vacuuming and mopping it is impossible to remove every single fragment from the floor of a space that has been lived in. “A house is going to have something of every past owner,” she says added to which she found candle wax on the floor in a room where she had never lit a candle.
Making the rubbings was a slow and laborious task for the artist, who says that the most fascinating aspect of the process was the edges of the rooms—the space we are most likely to commune and inhabit— rather than the centre of a rooms, as the spaces we tend to move or transition through.
“Sometimes hair would get caught under these rubbings…they skit across, and even though it’s only one hair it’s recorded multiple times within the rubbing.”
The most recognisable part of the house is the bathroom—the distinct outline of the toilet gives the rooms identity away and Gabrielle confesses that it was her least favourite part of the project, which she had to overcome: “It was a little bit gross doing that bit,” she grimaces.
Left: One of the floor rubbings by Gabrielle Amodeo. Right: A stack of rubbings made into books
Like Gabrielle, Kalya Ward also investigates her relationship with a former home which she recalls as a small child. Memories of the house were immersed in ghostly tales and creepy, hair-raising experiences. Her family lived in the Christchurch only for a couple of years, but a series of uncanny coincidences took Kalya back to the haunted house, on the very date that a Mr William Harper— who also lived in Kalya’s old bedroom—had passed away in 1898.
After some research, Kalya discovered a raft of information about the man who is at the centre of her project, the manifestation of which, consists of a book of ephemera and an audio file recorded along the very same cycle route, which Harper took the day he died. She hopes that people will hear the voice or traces of William harper through the recording which is transmitted through a 1970’s transistor radio—the domestic object which ties her into the project as a reference point for her personal experience with the ghost.
Hunting down the perfect transistor radio brought with it a few challenges, and she notes that one radio even turned itself back on after she had just turned it off: “ I was getting haunted by various radios as they were slowly dying around me,” she says.
Retracing the journey of William Harper, image supplied by Kalya Ward
So does Kalya Ward really believe in ghosts?
She would like to think that her ghost is that of Harper and discovering the information about him – on the very date he passed away – certainly reinforces the notion that it could be the man himself.
“Part of me is cynical, but I like to be open to the idea that ghosts exist [and] growing up in Christchurch it’s hard not to believe [in them]. So many people that I talk to have had experiences.”
Kalya Ward and Gabrielle Amodeo will be showing their work as part of a group exhibition with Ruby Joy Eade and Clare Hartley McLean at Enjoy Gallery until May 30.
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Duration: 13'20"
14:39
Shakespeare scholar Peter Holland
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University of Notre Dame scholar Peter Holland is fascinated with William Shakespeare's influence on modern culture. As part of the Auckland Writer's Festival; Peter is giving a talks called Shakespearean Spinach, and The Role of The Critic.
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University of Notre Dame scholar Peter Holland is fascinated with William Shakespeare’s influence on modern culture. As part of the Auckland Writer's Festival; Peter is giving talks called Shakespearean Spinach, and The Role of The Critic. He's also taking Shakespearean Spinach to Dunedin.
Topics: arts
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: William Shakespeare, Auckland Writers Festival
Duration: 11'03"
14:50
A Brown Eye on satire
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Maori TV are about to launch satirical comedy show Brown Eye. It'll be hosted by television and radio host Nathan Rarere and feature co-creator Taika Waititi. Standing Room Only producer Shaun D Wilson spoke to Nathan along with producer and co-creator Bailey Mackey as they prepare to send their comedy baby out into the world.
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Brown Eye co-creator Bailey Mackey and presenter Nathan Rarere
Maori TV are about to launch satirical comedy show Brown Eye. It’ll be hosted by television and radio presenter Nathan Rarere and feature co-creator Taika Waititi. Standing Room Only producer Shaun D Wilson spoke to Nathan along with producer and co-creator Bailey Mackey as they prepare to send their comedy baby out into the world.
Topics: arts
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Tags: Maori TV, comedy
Duration: 8'34"
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12:26 Lynn Freeman at the Venice Biennale
The opening week of the 56th Venice Biennale – known as the Vernissage, meaning a preview, has come to an end. The art world insiders have had their chance for a free look at art from 53 countries, the judges have chosen their top three exhibitions and now the public gets a chance to assess what's on offer..
Lemi Ponifasio from the Mau Dance Company is one of New Zealand’s biggest stars on the international arts scene. The Curator of the 2015 Biennale Okwui Enwezor, shoulder tapped Lemi and asked him to create a work for the event.
Top right: Blessing, Lagi Moana project by Lemi Ponifasio. Top right: Robotic version of musical instrument the gamelan. Bottom: Lemi Ponifasio (left), his dancers, and Aboriginal artist Richard Bell (third from right)
12:41 Digitising classic New Zealand films
Simon Morris talks to the New Zealand Film Commission's Kate Larkendale about their project digitising Kiwi feature films, many of which can now be watched at NZ Film On Demand.
1:10 At the Movies with Simon Morris
Boychoir, in which another troubled kid meets another inspirational teacher, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck – not quite all you ever wanted to know about Nirvana, and It Follows writes the next chapter in the history of horror.
1:34 Graphic Poetry
We’ve all heard of graphic novels by now but what about graphic poetry? Auckland writer Rachel J Fenton is an exponent of this new hybrid art form and will be presenting selections of her work at the Auckland Writers Festival. She mixes watercolour paintings with poetic texts to create what she calls ‘epic graphic poems’ and tells Standing Room Only’s Justin Gregory that using images allows her greater freedom with her choice of words.
1:46 Dalvanius Prime - Audioculture
In our regular dip into musical history, AudioCulture's Simon Grigg rediscovers the hugely influential Dalvanius Prime (right).
2:05 The Laugh Track – Andrew Watts
Thoughtful British comedian Andrew Watts is performing his show Feminism for Chaps at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival. His Laugh Track picks are Les Dawson, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, Milton Jones, and Rob Newman.
Comedian Andrew Watts
2:25 Something felt, something shared
Two artists share their stories of the personal connections and memories they have of their homes through the exhibition Something felt, something shared. What are the connections and relationships that we build with our homes, and what story can they tell about the people who once lived there? Kalya Ward and Gabrielle Amodeo share their experiences and personal connections.
Gabrielle Amodeo and Kalya Ward
2:39 Shakespeare scholar Peter Holland
University of Notre Dame scholar Peter Holland is fascinated with William Shakespeare’s influence on modern culture. As part of the Auckland Writer's Festival; Peter is giving talks called Shakespearean Spinach, and The Role of The Critic. He's also taking Shakespearean Spinach to Dunedin.
2:50 A Brown Eye on satire
Maori TV are about to launch satirical comedy show Brown Eye. It’ll be hosted by television and radio presenter Nathan Rarere and feature co-creator Taika Waititi. Standing Room Only producer Shaun D Wilson spoke to Nathan along with producer and co-creator Bailey Mackey as they prepare to send their comedy baby out into the world.
Brown Eye co-creator Bailey Mackey and presenter Nathan Rarere
3:05 The Drama Hour
The Ravens by Alana Valentine.
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Artist: Curtis Lee
Song: Pretty Little Angel Eyes
Composer: Tommy Boyce, Curtis Lee
Album: The Golden Age of American Rock ‘N’ Roll
Label: ACE
Played at: 12:12
Artist: Franz Ferdinand
Song: Evil Eye
Composer: Kapranos/McCarthy
Album: Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
Label: Domino
Played at: 12:38
Artist: Sarah Vaughan
Song: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Composer: O. Harbach, J. Kern, T.B. Harms
Album: Sarah Vaughan on Mercury Vol.3
Label: Mercury
Played at: 12:58
Artist: Naked Eyes
Song: Always Something There To Remind Me
Composer: David, Bacharach
Album: Where Were You?: 1983
Label: EMI
Played at: 1:10
Artist: The Flamingos
Song: I Only Have Eyes For You
Composer: Warren, Dubin
Album: The Best of The Flamingos
Label: Rhino
Played at: 1:45
Artist: Peter Gabriel
Song: In Your Eyes
Composer: Peter Gabriel
Album: So
Label: Virgin
Played at: 1:58
Artist: Kim Carnes
Song: Betty Davis Eyes
Composer: Weiss, DeShannon
Album: Greatest Hits of the 80s
Label: Disky
Played at: 2:04
Artist: Jack Jones
Song: Angel Eyes
Composer: M. Dennis, E. Brent
Album: Wild, Coll and Swingin’ Too
Label: Capitol
Played at: 2:37
Artist: Marianne Faithfull
Song: The Ballad of Lucy Jordan
Composer: Silverstein
Album: Broken English
Label: Island
Played at: 2:58
Artist: The War on Drugs
Song: Red Eyes
Composer: Adam Granduciel
Album: Lost In The Dream
Label: Secretly Canadian
Played at: 3:55
AudioCulture's Dalvanius Prime picks
Artist: Patea Maori Club
Song: Poi E
Composer: Prime, Pewhairangi
Album: Poi E
Label: Jayrem
Artist: Shevelles
Song: Beat The Clock
Composer: Gottehrer, Stroll
Album: Here Come The Kiwi Girls
Label: EMI
Artist: Dalvanius and the Fascinations
Song: Voodoo Lady
Composer: Prime
Album: Dalvanius: A Man of Passion
Label: Jayrem
Artist: Collision
Song: You Can Dance
Artist: Prince Tui Teka
Song: E Ipo
Composer: Ngoi Pewhai Rangi, Missy, Prince Tui Teka
Album: The Greatest
Label: BMG
===4:06 PM. | Sunday 4 'til 8===
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4:06 The Sunday Feature 5:00 The 5 O'Clock Report A roundup of today's news and sport 5:11 Spiritual Outlook Exploring different spiritual, moral and ethical issues and topics (RNZ) 5:40 Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi Maori news and interviews from throughout the motu (RNZ) 6:06 Te Ahi Kaa Exploring issues and events from a tangata whenua perspective (RNZ) 7:06 One in Five The issues and experience of disability (RNZ) 7:35 Voices Asians, Africans, indigenous Americans and more in NZ, aimed at promoting a greater understanding of our ethnic minority communities (RNZ) 7:45 The Week in Parliament An in-depth perspective of legislation and other issues from the house (RNZ)
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17:00
Spiritual Outlook: the French religious community of Taize
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Mike Gourley marks the nearly 75 years of existence of the French religious community of Taize.
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Image: Anglican Taonga.
Nearly 75 years ago in August 1940, French monk Brother Roger founded the Ecumenical religious community in the French village of Taize. The community is made up of more than one hundred brothers from thirty nations, and representing a various range of denominations – including Catholic – and who strive to, through a monastic life, to live a sign of reconciliation and unity, among Christians, and in the human family.
It’s no coincidence that Brother Roger first established the community at the outset of World War Two. And shortly after the war, Brother Roger began to invite young people from the countries that had been at war with each other to come visit and pray with him and others for reconciliation and peace.
Brother Roger, founder of the Taizé Community, shown at prayer in 2003. Image: João Pedro Gonçalves (CC BY-SA 2.5)
Since its founding, during every northern hemisphere summer, Taize welcomes hundreds of thousands of young folk to take part in daily prayer with the brothers, share in the community life, where each day is made up of prayer, singing, silence, Bible study, and time for personal meditation. In August this year, a similarly large gathering will be held at Taize, marking its seventy-five years of existence, the hundredth year since the birth of Brother Roger, and 10 years since his tragic death through murder!
As part of the build-up to August, three of the Brothers have been travelling the globe, leading youth meetings on every continent, coming to New Zealand earlier this year. During their visit, Mike Gourley met up with Taize Pryor, Brother Alois, and also with a young Kiwi, Luca Duckworth, who has visited Taize twice in her life: as a twelve-year-old and as an adult.
Brother Alois. Image: Anglican Taonga.
Some will be more familiar with the style of music developed at Taize, music that is quite hymnal, but takes a phrase from scripture and repeats it – a style we might now call looping.
In Wellington, St. Peters on Willi Anglican holds a regular Taize service on every third Sunday evening
The Taize brothers at Rangiatea in Otaki. Image: Anglican Taonga.
Croix de Taizé. Image: Surfnico. (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Topics: spiritual practices
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Tags: Christianity, France, Taize
Duration: 29'23"
18:06
Te Ahi kaa mo 10 o Haratua (May)
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A family take a road trip to join the Wellington leg of the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Hikoi. Aside from the normal sibling squabbles along the way, the trip provides the space and time to discuss how the proposed government legislation will affect them and their iwi.
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On the 5th May, 2004 tens of thousands of people marched to the steps of Parliament in protest against the government's proposed legislation to replace that Foreshore and Seabed Act. It's eleven year's since the Mass Hikoi lead by Hone Harawira ended on the steps of Parliament.
The politically motivated hikoi inspired award winning playwright Miria George to pen the radio drama Hikoi Hikoi.
Miria (Te Arawa; Ngati Awa; Rarotonga & Atiu, Cook Islands) was in her early 20's when she wrote Hikoi Hikoi, she was in her final year of study and at the time she was working at Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa ki Pōneke, Miria recalls her participation in the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Hikoi.
The day the Foreshore and Seabed Hikoi finally arrived here in Wellington was stormy Tawhirimātea was certainly walking with us all that day! The overwhelming numbers of Māori and tauiwi walking side by side was an unforgettable sight as the central city was shut down by the power of the people. And now today, the vigilance of Māori in our role as kaitiaki becomes more prevalent than ever ,there is an urgency to protect our people, our whenua and waters from exploitation.
Miria George Photo: Supplied
Hikoi Hikoi
Author: Miria George
Produced by Hone Kouka
Actors: Waimihi Hotere, Jason Te Patu, Erina Daniels, Miria George, Peter Hambleton and Katherine McRae.
Ngā Waiata/Music
Home Land and Sea
Trinity Roots
Album: Home, Land and Sea
Call to you
Trinity Roots
Album: True
Politician
Kora
Album: Volume EP
Light
Cornerstone Roots
Album: Soul Revolution
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Duration: 48'39"
19:06
One in Five for 10 May 2015
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New Zealand Sign Language Week has just finished - So what do we know about our third official language ? About 20,000 people identify as using New Zealand Sign Language.Katy Gosset meets some of them - she also drops in on a taster class and talks to a sign language interpreter about the ethics and rewards of the job.
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Staff at Pegasus Health signing "ambulance"
If these staff members at Pegasus Health in Christchurch have a favourite New Zealand Sign Language sign, it might just be "ambulance". The group learnt signs relevant to their profession at a recent taster class run by Deaf Aotearoa during New Zealand Sign Language Week. As the annual event draws to a close, there have been numerous classes and activities throughout the country to promote New Zealand's third official language. The 2013 Census showed the numbers of sign language users had fallen by 16 percent but there are still more than 20,000 people who use it.
Deaf Aotearoa's community relations officer, Victoria Green, says while it’s still rare to happen upon someone who signs, interest in taster classes for community organisations has greatly increased. The free lessons can be tailored to individual industries: in this case Pegasus staff learnt how to ask a patient what was painful and whether they wanted a doctor, nurse or sign language interpreter.
After the class, staff described the experience as useful and the signs, intuitive. Ally Way said the course was interactive and the signs were easy to follow. "The symbols and the moves are things that you would expect them to be – it’s not something that is particularly out there," she said
Jo Butterfield said the fact that the signs were repeated several times helped her to remember them which was important when learning a new language. And she said, as a nursing facilitator dealing with practice nurses, she would have occasion to use what she’d learnt. "It will be good to go out and inform them that these courses are available and that they're easy to access and could be really useful."
The organisation's Population Health Specialist, Lynley Cook, says Pegasus has previously offered longer classes and deaf awareness workshops for about 100 general practitioners, practice nurses and pharmacists. And she says the feedback has been very positive. "They've been really pleased with what they've learnt. [ ] They have commented back to us that they feel more confident in being able to work with people who are deaf."
Anna Tyler signs "hospital", "nurse", "interpreter" and "help"
Victoria Green says the Deaf Awareness Workshops teach participants how to approach deaf clients or patients. They also offer practical tips such as not signing in front of a window as this darkens the face and makes it harder to pick up facial expressions which are also part of New Zealand Sign Language.
Giving Deaf People a Voice
For many in the deaf community, a visit to the doctor, dentist or a parent/teacher meeting involves having an interpreter come along too. Victoria Green says she always books an interpreter to ensure she has the best possible information. She says, just recently the Ministry of Education has provided funding to cover interpreters attending parent/teachers interviews for the deaf parents of hearing children.
And she has used it with her own daughter's teacher. "It’s been fantastic having an interpreter in the school environment with the teacher." She says many deaf parents don't have full awareness of school activities and she says they don't always understand the reports that come home. "So a parent/teacher interview helps them clarify that and understand what's going on in the school."
Jeremy Borland is a freelance interpreter who works for Isign, the nationwide booking service. His sister is profoundly deaf and he grew up using New Zealand Sign Language in the home. "Quite often we were lazy and we wouldn't sign at all which would frustrate [my sister] and so, every dinner time became a time where nobody was allowed to speak - it was voice-off time." This led him to study interpreting which he says is varied work involving anything from personal appointments to court and police jobs, but all are confidential, as required by the Interpreter's Code of Ethics.
Victoria Green and Jeremy Borland
He says one of the rewards of the job is offering a means of communication to the deaf community as in some cases, individuals have grown up without being able to express what they think and feel. "Being able to give them that access, I suppose, to be able to say what they want and make decisions for themselves [ ] on an equal footing. It’s a very satisfying part of the job." Jeremy attracted attention of his own after the Canterbury earthquakes. His signing at emergency briefings drew a Facebook following and some referred to him as "Hot Jeremy". He says, as a private person, he found this difficult to navigate and he felt it was also contrary to the goals of interpreting. "We're trying to empower a deaf person to have a voice and be heard. So it’s quite counter that when all this attention suddenly comes on me as the interpreter, when in my job I'm always try to promote a deaf person to have that power."
Topics: disability, language
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: NZSL, sign language, deaf, Deaf culture
Duration: 27'13"
17:06
Singing to Save a Language
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It's often said that a nation without its language is a nation without a soul. Spiritual Outlook producer Justin Gregory reports on efforts here in New Zealand and also in Niue to preserve their language from what seems to be an irreversible decline through the singing of hymns.
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“Our language is under threat. The younger generation now speak English at school and even at home. The Niuean language is fading away.”
In the village of Avatele the local church is taking practical measures to ensure its youngest members use and understand their native tongue. The entire service and almost all of the hymns are in Vagahau Niue, or the Niuean language. The village pastor is the Reverend Petesa Sionetuato and he says this practice is essential to sustain the language.
The Reverend says that while the home should be the first classroom for the learning of language, culture and heritage, it is essential to back that up with the everyday experience of speaking Vagahau Niue.
“We go out of our way to speak the language to them. Most of the sermons and the hymns, it’s all in Niuean, and also the reading of the Bible.”
The current population of Niue is only around 1600 but more than 15 times that number of people who identify as Niuean live in New Zealand. This is why one advocate says the future and the preservation of Vagahau Niue lies here - and not back home.
“Just two weeks ago I was there for the Niue Arts Festival and I was speaking Niuean to (the younger people) and one child said to me ‘What are you saying? Can you speak English?’”
Niuean-born Ione Aleke Fa’avae is a broadcaster and a language advocate who is very aware of the challenges that his native language faces both at home and abroad.
Fa’avae says that when Niueans move to New Zealand and no longer live in a focused, village community, then inevitably their language skills decline and will struggle to be sustained amongst their children. According to Te Ara – The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, as of 2013 only 18% of all Niueans living in New Zealand could speak their language proficiently. In 1996 the number was 32%. By contrast more than 60% of Samoan and Tongan New Zealanders were able to hold a conversation in their own language. Fa’avae argues that a lack of formal educational support, such as bilingual units at primary and secondary schools and at tertiary level, only increase the difficulties. Other Pacific languages that do have such resources are doing much better.
Niue is often described as a religious society with almost 100% of people living on the island identifying as having some connection to the Christian faith. That number drops in New Zealand but is still significant. Despite this, Fa’avae is unconvinced that religion is the way to save the language.
“Times have changed. Not many young people are attending church services.”
Instead, he suggests that the performing arts are the avenue through which young people can engage with the language – especially the long-running and successful Polyfest, a multi-day celebration of Māori and Pacific cultures for secondary school students.
“I think that’s the way to go nowadays. And to maybe set up a Pacific Island language Commission here in New Zealand.”
Fa’avae hopes that once the language has been somewhat stabilised amongst the expatriate community, then they can assist in its revival back home. He imagines a time when Niue uses English for everyday administration but Vagahau Niue for all other purposes, especially in cultural situations. Te agrHH his is still far from ideal and he is not overly optimistic about the language’s chances of survival.
“That’s not good at all because you’re losing the meaning of it and the value.”
In 2015, Niue Language Week is being held from 12-18 October.
Produced by Justin Gregory For Radio New Zealand National.
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Topics: spiritual practices, language, Pacific
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Niue, New Zealand, singing, hymns, Pasifika, Polyfest
Duration: 20'10"
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4:07 The Sunday Feature: The War That Changed the World - Sydney: The Legend of Anzac
A distinctly Australian perspective on Gallipoli and the significance on ANZC Day. The Sydney discussion on the experience and legacy of WW1, from the BBC World Service Series: The War That Changed the World. In association with the British Council, BBC presenter Razia Iqbal and an Australian audience debate the role the 'legend of Anzac' played in the hundred year history of Australia since the first Anzac Day. With Marilyn Lake from the University of Melbourne, Bruce Scates of Monash University and theatre director and playwright Wesley Enoch, a relative of one Aboriginal WW1 soldier, Horace Thomas Dalton. (BBC)
5:00 The 5 O'Clock Report
A roundup of today's news and sport.
5:12 Spiritual Outlook
Exploring different spiritual, moral and ethical issues and topics (RNZ)
5:40 Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi
Maori news and interviews from throughout the motu (RNZ)
6:06 Te Ahi Kaa
Exploring issues and events from a tangata whenua perspective (RNZ)
7:06 One In Five
The issues and experience of disability (RNZ)
7:35 Voices
A weekly programme that highlights Asians, Africans, indigenous Americans and more in New Zealand, aimed at promoting a greater understanding of our ethnic minority communities (RNZ)
===8:06 PM. | Sounds Historical===
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NZ stories from the past (RNZ)
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20:05
Sounds Historical Hour One - 10 May 2015
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Sounds Historical with Jim Sullivan is the programme that gives listeners their chance to learn about the colourful, dramatic and often remarkable events and people of New Zealand's past.
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Duration: 54'02"
21:05
Sounds Historical Hour Two - 10 May 2015
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Sounds Historical with Jim Sullivan is the programme that gives listebners their chance to learn about the colourful, dramatic and often remarkable events and people of New Zealand's past
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Duration: 56'09"
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8:09 Today in New Zealand History 4’36”
Gift of Waitangi Treaty House from Governor General Bledisloe, 10 May 1932.
8:16 Artist: Phil Garland 3’12”
Song: Driftwood
Composer: Dennis Hogan
Album: Wind in the Tussock
Label: Kiwi CD SLC 200
Dennis Hogan was a swagger from time to time.
8:21 VE-Day – 70 years on 16’48”
9 May 1945 – extracts from the BBC reports of the German surrender, the scene in London, the formal ceremony in Wellington and the celebrating crowd in Cathedral Square, Christchurch.
8:39 Artist: Pat Vincent 4’08”
Song: Young at Heart
Composer: Lee/Richards
Album: 45
Label; Peak OKE 4
Patrick Bernard Vincent (6 January 1926 – 10 April 1983) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A halfback, Vincent represented Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1956. He played just two games for the All Blacks, both of them test matches against the touring South African team, and was captain on both occasions. He went on to be the Canterbury coach between 1959 and 1962, and emigrated to the United States in 1967. Vincent was educated at Christchurch Boys' High School, and then studied at Canterbury University College, from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1948.
8:44 An Actor’s Tale 9’37”
Actor and drama producer Fergus Dick passed away last week. In this 1994 interview he tells Jim Sullivan about his long connection with Wellington’s Downstage Theatre. The association started May 15, 1964 – almost exactly 50 years ago. Downstage Theatre closed September 17, 2013 after lack of adequate and stable funding. It's now the Hannah Playhouse.
8:54 War Report 35 5’33”
An unidentified veteran remembers the first weeks on Gallipoli, avoiding Turkish fire and taking two days to dig a two-foot trench. Newspaper stories tell of casualties (but many fewer than the actual death toll) and a sample obituary indicates the loss to the country each time a soldier was killed.
Artist: Courtland and Jeffries
Song: Oh, Oh, It’s Lovely War
Composer: Long/Scott
Album: Songs of World War 1
Label; Goentertainment 557331
9:06 As I Remember 5’29”
The Goat by Allan Pike of Parahaki, Whangarei. Read by Duncan Smith
9:14 Artist: John Charles Thomas 3’28”
Song: Bluebird of Happiness
Composer: Harmati/Hayman
Album: Songs You Love
Label: RCA
9:20 Remembering Dan Duggan 5'28”
Trade unionist Dan Duggan passed away last week and his death notice in the Press was unusual in giving summary of his life’s work. “Dan's strong social convictions involved him in many community and volunteer services as varied as the National Board of Diabetes New Zealand, the Parole Board, and night patrol crime watch in Otaki. Dan was also a member of the Labour Land Development and Management Corporation (later known as LandCorp). In 1989, Dan was made a member of the Order of the British Empire for his services to the trade union movement – always a passionate advocate for 'workers' rights, he had worked for 20 years within the named 'workers' union, at least half of that as General Secretary of the then-named 'Workers Union'. Dan was proud to serve on the Labour Party executive.” Such a CV would be unusual these days, just as the convoluted wrangling in public about wages is almost a thing of the past. Let’s go back to 1982 and the wage/price freeze of the Muldoon era and a Morning Report item introduced by Lindsay Perigo.
9:28 Artist: Pat Vincent with the Chuck Fowler Quartet 2’12"
Song: Only You
Composer: Ram/Rand
Album: 45
Label; Peak OKE 4
9:33 The Sinking of the Lusitania 100 years ago 8'11"
The sinking of the Cunard liner Lusitania by a German submarine on 7 May 1915 killed 1,198 people and left 761 survivors. In these recordings made by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation survivors tell their stories. The sinking turned public opinion in many countries against Germany, contributed to the American entry into World War I and became important in recruiting campaigns.
9:42 Artist: Chris Prowse (vocal and guitar), Andrew Delahunty (harmonica) 3’25”
Song: I’m Your Remittance Man
Composer: Prowse
Album: There Goes The Shiner
Label: PROCO2
9:46 Book of the Week 13’16”
New Zealand’s First World War Heritage by Imelda Bargas and Tim Shoebridge. Published by Exisle, ISBN 9781775 5911290. The authors discuss the wide range of World War One heritage items to be found around the country.
===10:12 PM. | Mediawatch===
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Critical examination and analysis of recent performance and trends in NZ's news media (RNZ)
===11:04 PM. | Hidden Treasures===
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Trevor Reekie seeks out musical gems from niche markets around the globe, re-releases, and interesting sounds from the shallow end of the bit stream (F, RNZ)