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:
19 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 Night Lights Classic Jazz (1 of 12, WFIU); 3:05 Wildfire, by Karen Curtis and Alannah O'Sullivan (2 of 10, Word Pictures); 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 19 May 2015
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Could the Government's new plans to tax capital gains backfire in the Chinese market, investors there applaud the moves for giving them more confidence to buy. As Bill English prepares to juggle the country's books in this week's budget, the homeless tell him to get real and rebellion in the ranks, as children prepare to rise up against food police who've got their eyes on the corner dairy.
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Duration: 33'54"
06:06
Sports News for 19 May 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'11"
06:19
Pacific News for 19 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 19 May 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'05"
06:27
Te Manu Korihi News for 19 May 2015
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Auckland's Maunga Authority says iwi are making progress in protecting their taonga - the city's tihi - after receiving a large funding boost; A Māori internet working group, Nga Pu Waea, says it will be urging the Government to be more strategic about rolling out fibre optic broadband to marae in rural areas; More than one hundred marae in Hawkes Bay and Wairarapa are to be renovated to cope with the thousands of manuhiri expected at the next Te Matatini kapa haka festival; The world of business is set to change when a new Māori business development masters programme is taken up by universities nation-wide in 2017.
Topics: te ao Māori
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Duration: 3'31"
06:40
PM acknowledges Treasury looked at tax on property
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The Prime Minister has acknowledged the idea of clamping down on property investors came up in a Treasury paper in 2010.
Topics: politics, housing
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Tags: property taxes
Duration: 1'57"
06:42
NZ warned not to adopt Australian digital security law
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The head of the Security Intelligence Service says the Islamic State's sophisticated use of social media underlines the need for greater digital security.
Topics: politics, technology, internet
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Tags: Security Intelligence Service
Duration: 2'26"
06:44
HB emergency shelter on Budget wishlist
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An emergency shelter is on the Budget wishlist for a Hawke's Bay couple who help feed the homeless.
Topics: housing, politics, economy
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: emergency shelter, budget 2015, homelessness
Duration: 2'19"
06:49
Interest rate cut next month?
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Economists say recent changes to tighten up tax and lending rules for property investors are paving the way for interest rate cuts, perhaps as early as next month.
Topics: business
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Tags: interest rate cuts, interest
Duration: 2'44"
06:52
Report - Rio Tinto revives plans to sell some assets
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It's been reported that Rio Tinto has revived plans to sell some of its aluminium assets, including its smelter in Southland.
Topics: business
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Tags: Rio Tinto
Duration: 1'11"
06:53
Kiwi Property is raising capital to pay down debt
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Kiwi Property Group says it's raising capital to repay debt ahead of a potential 200-million-dollar expansion of its flagship Sylvia Park property in Auckland.
Topics: business
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Tags: Kiwi Property Group
Duration: 1'22"
06:54
Kiwi Property Group makes record full-year net profit
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Meanwhile, Kiwi Property's record full-year result is helping to position the company for a major expansion of its flagship Sylvia Park property.
Topics: business
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Tags: Kiwi Property Group
Duration: 26"
06:55
Wynyard forecasts higher FY15 revenue
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Shares in Wynyard Group have jumped by 6 percent after the company forecast strong revenue growth.
Topics: business
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Tags: Wynyard Group
Duration: 39"
06:55
Mad Group to open 30 Habitual Fix stores in the United States
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The fresh food company, Mad Group, will launching its Habitual Fix brand in the United States, and expects to open 30 new franchise stores in five states, beginning with California.
Topics: business
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Tags: Mad Group
Duration: 1'08"
06:56
Think tank urges rethink of charities regulation
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A free market think tank says it's time to remove the unfair tax advantages enjoyed by for-profit arms of charity groups.
Topics: business
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Tags: New Zealand Initiative
Duration: 1'58"
06:58
Morning markets for 19 May 2015
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Wall Street is up as weak economic data suggests the Federal Reserve may delay raising rates.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 46"
07:07
Sports News for 19 May 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'59"
07:11
Foreign investors could view tax tightening as a positive
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Far from dampening foreign investors' interest in New Zealand, one Chinese property website predicts the Government's new measures will encourage it.
Topics: housing, politics
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Tags: property taxes
Duration: 3'42"
07:15
Labour Party leader Andrew Little on property tax changes
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He says he agrees the latest measures will have little effect on foreign buyers.
Topics: politics, housing
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Tags: property taxes
Duration: 4'15"
07:20
Housing and tobacco tax
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A Hawke's Bay couple who run a mobile soup kitchen in Napier's Clive Square have sent a message to Bill English about what they want from this week's budget.
Topics: housing, politics
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: emergency shelter, budget 2015
Duration: 3'12"
07:23
Auckland Councillors rubbish idea of policing dairies
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Some Auckland Councillors are rubbishing the idea that they should police dairies like they do liquor stores, or that limits should be placed on junk food being sold to children.
Topics: health
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: dairies
Duration: 3'42"
07:27
Signs of ancient earthquakes may raise risks for New Zealand
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Scientists have uncovered evidence of ancient earthquakes in the Cook Starit/Marlborough area that show the lower North Island and upper South Island is susceptible to devastating tsunamis.
Topics: environment
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Tags: Megathrust, subduction, earthquakes
Duration: 4'16"
07:34
Greens doubt Govt acting on fresh advice on property tax
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Back now to the latest measures to rein in the Auckland housing market.
Topics: politics, housing
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Tags: property taxes
Duration: 5'18"
07:40
Intelligence head says greater security needed
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The head of the Security Intelligence Service wants greater digital security in New Zealand, to counter the threat posed by Islamic State's use of social media.
Topics: technology, law, politics
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Tags: Security Intelligence Service
Duration: 3'06"
07:43
NZ's biggest counselling provider says it might fold
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Relationships Aotearoa, New Zealand's largest provider of counselling services, says it will fold if it doesn't get an assurance this week of more government funding.
Topics: health
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Tags: Relationships Aotearoa, mental health services
Duration: 5'45"
07:53
New controls on farms where oil industry waste is dumped
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District councils are to take over the job of making sure Taranaki farmers don't graze stock on land where oil industry waste has been dumped.
Topics: farming, rural
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Tags: land farming
Duration: 2'34"
07:55
EU Ministers approve plan to combat illegal migrants
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European leaders have been meeting overnight to work out a way to combat their own refugee problem.
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Tags: EU, refugees, United Nations
Duration: 3'57"
08:07
Sports News for 19 May 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'58"
08:11
Auckland still a foreign investors' dream despite new measures
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A company promoting New Zealand as a foreign property investors' dream says it'll remain so despite the Government's new tax measures.
Topics: politics, housing
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Tags: property taxes
Duration: 4'06"
08:14
PM rejects polling has anything to do with housing about face.
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The Prime Minister says the decision to tax capital gains on residential properties, bought and sold within two years, has nothing to do with the National Party's polling.
Topics: politics, housing
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Tags: property taxes
Duration: 5'24"
08:21
Almost 200 people set to face charges
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Almost 200 people are to face organised crime charges after a bike-gang shooting in the Texas city of Waco.
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Tags: USA, Waco, gang shooting
Duration: 3'05"
08:24
Buoyant tourism industry likely to beat Dairy
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Tourism is expected to overtake dairying as this country's leading export earner within the next year as forecasts show increased visitor numbers and more jobs in the industry.
Topics: business
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Tags: tourism
Duration: 3'49"
08:28
An extra 36,000 workers needed in tourism industry by 2025
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The Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment is Steven Joyce.
Topics: business
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Tags: tourism
Duration: 3'22"
08:32
Markets Update for 19 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: 58"
08:37
Min. Tolley responds to potential collapse of counselling
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New Zealand's largest provider of counselling services says it will fold if it doesn't get an assurance of more government funding this week.
Topics: health
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Tags: Relationships Aotearoa
Duration: 8'20"
08:46
CTU: $550M more funding needed in Budget 2015
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The Council of Trade Unions says funding for the health system will need to increase by almost 550 million dollars in this year's Budget to maintain the current level of services.
Topics: health, politics, economy
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Tags: budget 2015
Duration: 3'19"
08:49
Truancy groups blame poverty and social media
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The organisations charged with getting the country's truants back in the classroom have been struggling with high case-loads, difficult families, uncooperative schools - and the power of Facebook.
Topics: education
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Tags: truancy
Duration: 3'07"
08:53
Te Manu Korihi News for 19 May 2015
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Auckland's Maunga Authority says iwi are making progress in protecting their taonga - the city's tihi - after receiving a large funding boost; A Māori internet working group, Nga Pu Waea, says it will be urging the Government to be more strategic about rolling out fibre optic broadband to marae in rural areas; More than one hundred marae in Hawkes Bay and Wairarapa are to be renovated to cope with the thousands of manuhiri expected at the next Te Matatini kapa haka festival; The world of business is set to change when a new Māori business development masters programme is taken up by universities nation-wide in 2017.
Topics: te ao Māori
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Duration: 3'23"
08:57
Warkworth studio lands 17-film deal with China Film Animation
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A New Zealand digital animation company is looking to rival Weta Workshops when it comes to putting its stamp on the big screen.
Topics: business
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Huhu Studios
Duration: 2'24"
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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: The Global Gardener, by Michael Scott (7 of 10, RNZ)
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09:11
Predators targetting children via smartphone apps
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The police say they are seeing an increase in younger children being contacted by child sexual predators through apps and games on smart phones. The online safety team at the police, OCEANZ says they are getting on average two complaints a week about children being targeted by paedophiles on-line. Martin Cocker is the director of Netsafe; and Brett Lee is a former undercover internet detective in Australia and now cyber safety expert.
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Police are reporting an increase in the number of young children being contacted by sexual predators through apps and games on smart phones.
Kathryn Ryan is joined by director of Netsafe Martin Cocker, and former undercover internet detective Brett Lee.
Brett Lee, a former undercover internet detective in Australia and now cyber safety expert, says it is crucial for parents to communicate with their children about what they are doing online.
Photo: 123RF
The online safety team at the police said they were getting on average two complaints a week about children being targeted by paedophiles online.
They said this was partially due to an increase in the number of games and apps on mobile devices, many of which feature open chat options with other players.
NetSafe director Martin Cocker said the organisation was working closely with police to help combat the issue.
Mr Cocker said as there were now so many apps and games available, it was virtually impossible to police them or force them to increase safety for children.
He said the speed at which they were created also proved problematic.
"By the time a lot of these apps have their trust and safety teams up and operating, they're no longer popular."
Mr Cocker said the apps opened up many kinds of risks for children.
"There is actually quite a lot of harm done just in the online conversations themselves, it doesn't have to go through to a physical meeting to be harmful to a child."
Former undercover internet detective and cyber safety expert, Brett Lee, said smart phones made it more difficult for parents and caregivers to monitor what their children were getting up to on their devices.
"It's become more of a private experience for people because the devices they're using aren't plugged into the wall, they're in their pockets," he said.
"The amount of time people are online has increased, the ages that people can get online has decreased, the places they go and connect has increased, so it does make it harder."
However, Mr Lee said there were things parents could do to reduce the risk to their children.
"It's about talking to our children about what's happening online, knowing as a parent that I have a right to ask my child any question I want when it comes to technology."
"Keeping those lines of communication open is important."
He said setting a time limit for technology use was also a way to reduce the risks.
Related
Tougher child exploitation law wins approval
Online predators getting bolder
Cyber bullying bill will reduce harm, says NetSafe
Technology aiding online child abuse
Technology tool aims to keep kids safe
Topics: technology, crime
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Tags: children, cyber safety, online bullying
Duration: 21'43"
09:33
Air NZ CEO discusses regional strategy
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Air New Zealand has stopped flying to Kaitaia, Whakatane, Westport and Taupo, citing unprofitability. Smaller carriers have moved into the void, but regional leaders say they could be getting more help from the national carrier. Christopher Luxon is the CEO of Air New Zealand.
Topics: transport, economy, rural
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Tags: Air NZ, Christopher Luxon
Duration: 18'07"
09:51
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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Duration: 8'21"
10:05
The Placebo Effect
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Some of us are predisposed to respond to a sugar pill if we believe it is a medicine.
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Why are some of us predisposed to respond to a sugar pill if we believe it is a medicine?
New research has shed light on just why placebos work so well on some, and not others. And it all comes down to our genes.
A placebo can be anything from a sugar pill to the decor of your doctor's office, such as the degrees on the wall, the white coat, and whether or not they wear a stethoscope. It all depends on how it makes us feel, which in turn can reduce sensations of pain.
Kathryn Hall of Harvard Medical School has studied the history of placebos and how they work in the brain.
She says studies on patients being given morphine for pain show how effective our endorphins are in dealing with pain "If the patient was not able to see when the morphine was administered morphine was not as effective as when they could see someone administering it".
She and her team at Harvard realised neuro-imaging studies showed dopamine was released in response to the administration of a placebo in key areas of the brain associated with reward pathways. And she says opiates also activated when people anticipated some kind of relief.
"So we wanted to start to look for genes that might be associated with different levels of dopamine or opiates in the brain, genetic variations in key neurotransmitters affected ability to respond to placebo"
They studied patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Some received a placebo, and others sat on a wait list without treatment.
Those with a type of gene related to the release of dopamine in the brain, known as COMT, had a bigger reduction in pain symptoms on the placebo. The difference was even higher when doctors were extra nice to the placebo patients receiving fake treatment.
She says it was strikingly obvious that those with more dopamine have a much bigger placebo response.
Kathryn Hall spoke with Kathryn Ryan on Nine to Noon.
Topics: health
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Tags: placebo
Duration: 26'08"
10:41
Book review: 'The Art of Creative Thinking'
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Crystal Beavis reviews 'The Art of Creative Thinking' by Rod Judkins, published by Hachette.
Topics: books
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Duration: 5'02"
11:06
Business commentator Rod Oram
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Business commentator Rod Oram discusses the Budget and the economic fundamentals behind it.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Rod Oram, budget 2015
Duration: 17'10"
11:23
Alibaba's World - inside the e-commerce giant
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An insider's glimpse into the online shopping site, Alibaba.com which is the world's largest e-commerce company. The Chinese company has built a customer base larger than Amazon. Porter Erisman was one of Alibaba's first employees from the west, and he was instrumental in the trader's global expansion between 2000 to 2008. Book: Alibaba's World by Porter Erisman published by Macmillan RRP $34.99
Topics: author interview
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Tags: Porter Erisman, Alibaba's world, e-commerce, online shopping
Duration: 21'32"
11:46
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
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Gavin Ellis discusses media coverage of Prince Harry's visit, the New York Times signs a deal with Facebook. Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz
Topics: media
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Tags: Gavin Ellis
Duration: 14'23"
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09:05 Predators targeting children via smartphone apps
The police say they are seeing an increase in younger children being contacted by child sexual predators through apps and games on smart phones. The online safety team at the police, OCEANZ says they are getting on average two complaints a week about children being targeted by paedophiles on-line.
Martin Cocker is the director of Netsafe; and Brett Lee is a former undercover internet detective in Australia and now cyber safety expert.
09:30 Air NZ CEO discusses regional strategy
Air New Zealand has stopped flying to Kaitaia, Whakatane, Westport and Taupo, citing unprofitability. Smaller carriers have moved into the void, but regional leaders say they could be getting more help from the national carrier.
Christopher Luxon is the CEO of Air New Zealand.
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 The genes behind the placebo effect
The Placebo effect - how some of us are predisposed to respond to a sugar pill if we believe it is a medicine. A team from Harvard Medical School has found that certain genetic traits, which they call "the placebome" make some people more prone to the placebo effect. Kathryn Hall is a senior fellow at the Program in Placebo Studies at Harvard Medical School's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
10:35 Book review: 'The Art of Creative Thinking' by Rod Judkins
Reviewed by Crystal Beavis. Published by Hachette, RRP$29.99
10:45 The Reading: 'The Global Gardener' by Michael Scott
A Gardening Travelogue that moves from vegetables in Scotland, to grass in California, and a trans-Tasman garden in Wellington, meeting quirky characters along the way. Told by a botanist who describes himself as having 'a dynamic and romantic relationship with flora and fauna'. Michael Scott was born in New Zealand and lives in Gloucestershire, England where he strives to formulate practical action plans to preserve and revere the natural world. (7 of 10, RNZ)
11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram
Business commentator Rod Oram discusses the Budget and the economic fundamentals behind it.
11:30 Alibaba's World - inside the e-commerce giant
An insider's glimpse into the online shopping site, Alibaba.com which is the world's largest e-commerce company. The Chinese company has built a customer base larger than Amazon. Porter Erisman was one of Alibaba's first employees from the west, and he was instrumental in the trader's global expansion between 2000 to 2008.
Book: Alibaba's World by Porter Erisman published by Macmillan RRP $34.99
11:45 Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin Ellis discusses media coverage of Prince Harry's visit, the New York Times signs a deal with Facebook.
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 19 May 2015
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The Court of Appeal orders John Banks' acquittal on electoral finance fraud charges and the Government promises more housing initiatives in this week's Budget.
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Duration: 15'00"
12:17
Infratil almost doubles annual profit
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The Wellington based company Infratil has almost doubled its annual profit, boosted by the sale of its Australian energy business.
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Duration: 1'54"
12:19
FMA issues warning about foreign investment companies
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The Financial Markets Authority has removed a number of foreign companies as registered financial services providers, saying they're taking advantage of New Zealand's reputation as a well-regulated jurisdiction to misled clients.
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Duration: 1'43"
12:20
Producer prices fall due to lower fuel prices, dairy prices
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Producer prices have continued to fall due to lower fuel prices. Official figures show the producers price input index fell 1-point-1 percent in the three months to March, compared with the previous quarter, and was down 4 percent year on year.
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Duration: 1'15"
12:22
Job ads dip in April
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Demand in the labour market remains steady. ANZ Bank's monthly job ad index fell a seasonally adjusted zero-point-2 percent in April, with internet advertising falling slightly, but newspaper ads were up 5-and-a-half-percent.
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Duration: 29"
12:25
Midday markets
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Belinda Stanley at Craigs Investment Partners.
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Duration: 2'25"
12:28
Midday Sports News for 19 May 2015
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Hurricanes coach offers sympathy to under-fire rugby referees.
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Duration: 2'37"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 19 May 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
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Duration: 8'34"
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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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13:08
Your Song - The Knitting Song
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Suze Foster from Wellington has chosen 'The Knitting Song' by Sophie Madeleine.
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Duration: 11'14"
13:21
TV review with Irene Gardner
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Irene Gardiner reviews American drama Madam Secretary, the upcoming end of Mad Men, and new drama Empire.
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Tags: TV
Duration: 9'33"
13:31
Music review with Colin Morris
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Featuring music from B.B. King and Van Morrison's new album.
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Duration: 17'56"
13:49
Book review with Wendyl Nissen
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Wendyl Nissen reviews Nicky Pellegrino's latest book 'Summer in Venice'.
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Duration: 6'40"
13:56
Web review with Daniela Maoate-Cox
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Daniela reviews a new streaming service for funerals, and a site where you can play with real animals online.
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Duration: 4'20"
14:10
Banks Decision
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Earlier today the Court of Appeal ordered former Act Party Leader, John Banks, to be acquitted over electoral returns. Mr Banks was convicted last August of failing to declare two $25,000 donations from internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom during his mayoralty campaign in 2010.
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Duration: 4'40"
14:15
How the digital world is changing newsrooms - Caitlin Petre
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How is the digital world affecting how decisions are made in the newsroom? Caitlin Petre is a PhD student at the Department of Sociology at New York University. She's been looking at how modern day editors decide what stories are important, and what news they deliver to you.
Topics: media
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Tags: New York Times, Gawker Media, Chartbeat, New York University, Caitlin Petre
Duration: 12'08"
14:25
Glow in the dark cars - Hamish Scott
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From Otaki to London, Hamish Scott is a New Zealander who makes cars glow in the dark. His company, Pro-Teq Surfacing, has come up with an innovative re-surfacing method, that can be sprayed on cars to increase safety. The company originally used the technology in a project called STARPATH, to coat walkways and provide a low-cost way to illuminate streets. And now the technology will be showcased on an Aston Martin at the Stockholm Gumball 3000 Rally this weekend.
Topics: science
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Tags: Hamish Scott, Pro-Teq, Gumball 3000 Rally
Duration: 7'33"
14:45
Feature Album - The Concert for Bangladesh
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The feature album today is the famous Concert for Bangladesh, organised by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar to raise money for refugees in the country then called East Pakistan.
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Duration: 13'25"
15:10
Feature interview - Daniel Kish
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Daniel Kish is known as a real life Batman. He is a crusader, without a cape, for the blind. Kish lost his eyesight as a baby but uses a form of echolocation to build a mental picture of the world around him and is able to pursue outdoor hobbies such as hiking, despite being totally blind. It's his mission to help other visually impaired people learn the technique and achieve the kind of independence he enjoys.
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Daniel Kish, blind since the age of 13 months, uses his ears to see.
He was born with an aggressive form of cancer called retinoblastoma and both of his eyes were removed. He sees with sound, a type of echolocation used by bats and dolphins, to bounce sound off of objects and form a kind of map in his head. He started using what he calls ‘flash sonar” sometime after his second birthday. “The process began largely as a result of the way I was raised and the attitude by which I was raised” Kish explains. “My parents did not raise me with fear or apprehension or anxiety. They certainly didn’t raise me with the idea that there should be limits or restrictions placed upon me. I was strongly supported and encouraged to get out there and figure it out without a lot of busy-bodies spoon feeding me." Now he runs a non-profit organization called World Access for the Blind to teach students the same technique.
Kish makes clicking noises with his tongue. The flashes of sound reflect from surfaces around him, forming a pattern in his mind. “I quickly became able to navigate environments, to get around new environments and to know what was around me and probably to get myself in as much trouble as I was able to. It gave me an unparalleled degree of freedom and confidence." Kish says everyone has a different kind of signal, not everyone clicks with their tongue. The sound just needs to be sharp, clear and brief. He thinks tongue clicking is the most convenient. “It’s hands free for one thing. It’s always with you, it doesn’t need batteries, it doesn’t wear out. It gives you total control over the signal that you need and the image it allows you to construct” Kish explains.
Studies of auditory maps in animals have been done for more than 20 years. Only recently has work been done in people to try to understand how the human brain and the human ear can create a mental picture of an entire scene based on sound waves. The science of human echolocation is not science fiction. “When I first began teaching this in the 1990s the main media we drew was the freaks and aliens and space healers and ghost media” Kish recalls. “We‘ve moved to things like National Geographic and CNN and Radio New Zealand." Kish himself and other echolocation experts have taken part in MRI studies. He says the research shows that the visual cortex of his brain, even though he has no eyesight, functions as if he is seeing when he is using echolocation.
So what does the image in his brain look like? “I would refer to it as a kind of three dimensional fuzzy geometry. It certainly does not have the definition that vision affords. Nor does it have color. It has contours and form factors. It has dimension, large small, tall, short, wide, narrow. It has position. You know where things are, how far away things are. You know where things are relative to other things and you do get information about texture and depth and structure” Kish explains. “It basically gives you ownership over any type of environment under any conditions. It dramatically improves and expands and diversifies the situations in which one can navigate confidently and freely.”
While the work of World Access for the Blind has support and has been going for 15 years, very few traditional organizations for the blind in America support Kish’s methods. He is sometimes considered controversial. “There are several issues involved the first is that our approach is non-traditional in lots of way and any time a non-traditional approach comes up against a traditional one you’re going to have some sparks, sparks are going to fly. And it does clash with a lot of the traditional thinking about blind people and how to teach blind people” he says. “The other issue is social acceptability. There are concerns, particularly among blind consumer groups, about the social acceptability of clicking.”
Kish says that in his nearly 60 years of clicking as a method to find his way around, it never really drew anyone’s attention. “I was not considered remarkable. I was not considered a celebrity. I was not considered special. If anything people just accepted it quite casually and it was never a topic of conversation. I think my parents having no information about blindness just assumed that blind kids did this.”
World Access for The Blind, Kish says, works with people of all ages and abilities. He says they taught an 83 year old Australian man, who had recently lost his sight, how to use flash sonar. He maintains that he is not special. He doesn’t have superhuman hearing, but what he did have is supportive parents who believed in him and a supportive community too. “The reality is the development of my ability to navigate and teach what I know really comes from the unlimited freedom I had as a child and parents who raised me without fear and without over-protection.”
David tells Afternoon's Simon Mercep it is his mission, through World Access for the Blind, to help other visually impaired people learn the technique and achieve the kind of independence he enjoys.
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Duration: 24'12"
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The Panel pre-show for 19 May 2015
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Don't Just Sit There - Do Something
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Getting off our butts and taking regular short exercise breaks is much better for our health than continuous sitting
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I find it quite amazing that with just this little tiny bit of exercise that you do throughout the day, you get such significant results on your blood glucose.
Meredith Peddie, Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago
Getting off your butt is better for your health – and doing it regularly and frequently is the key.
Just getting out of your chair and walking along the corridor, or up and down a flight of stairs.”
That, in a nutshell, is what the latest evidence is showing, says post-doctoral researcher Meredith Peddie, who has already shown in her PhD research that ‘if you sit for a long time you’re less able to clear sugar out of your bloodstream effectively, but if you get up and move around you’re more effective at clearing glucose.”
Now, she’s investigating in more detail what happens to our metabolism after meals when we interrupt sedentary behaviour with different amounts of exercise. In particular she’s interested in measuring “how quickly and efficiently you clear [both] fat and sugar out of your blood stream after you’ve eaten a meal. Getting up is good for clearing sugars and we’re just trying to see if it affects lipids as well.”
“Even in people who don’t have diabetes, if you have higher levels of blood glucose your risk of developing health-related complications is higher long-term.”
Meredith says that preliminary research in this area using rats had showed that sitting resulted in a decrease in the production of an enzyme called lipoprotein lipase, which is responsible for clearing triglycerides from our blood stream. While her previous work didn’t show this she suspects that it was to do with study design, and with the speed at which humans produce lipoprotein lipase after exercise compared to the rodent model.
Meredith is currently running a study at the University of Otago in which 36 participants each come into the clinic for eight days, and take part in four different exercise strategies. The four strategies are: sitting all day with no exercise; sitting all day followed by half an hour of steady exercise; sitting interspersed with brisk walking up an incline for two minutes on a treadmill every half an hour; and walking for two minutes on a treadmill every half an hour plus 30 minutes of continuous exercise at the end of the day. Participants receive the same meals each day, have their blood parameters and oxygen regularly measured, fill out appetite questionnaires and wear accelerometers so their exercise outside the clinic can be measured as well.
One of the benefits of this cross-over study design is that each person does each of the exercise interventions so their results can be compared against themselves as well as against other people.
One of the interesting spinoffs of this research is that the researchers themselves, including Meredith as well as Master’s student Stephen Fenemor, have made themselves make-shift standing desks to work at.
After spending most of your time reading about how bad sitting down is for your health, it’s hard to stay sitting."
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Duration: 11'45"
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1:10 Your Song
The Knitting Song by Sophie Madeleine. Chosen by Suze Foster of Wellington.
1:20 The Critics
TV review - Irene Gardiner
Books - Wendyl Nissen
Music - Colin Morris
Web - Daniela Maoate-Cox: Live stream a Funeral. Play with real animals online. Speed reading with Spritz. Minute Physics on YouTube.
2:10 Banks Decision - Ann Marie May
The latest news from the Court of Appeal. John Banks has been aquitted of electoral fraud charges.
2:15 How the digital world is changing newsrooms - Caitlin Petre
How is the digital world affecting how decisions are made in the newsroom? Caitlin Petre is a PhD student at the Department of Sociology at New York University. She's been looking at how modern day editors decide what stories are important, and what news they deliver to you.
Link: Gitbook
2:30 NZ Reading - The Conductor
Tanya tries to take Sonya's cello to sell for food and Nikolai is outraged. He finds little notes his daughter had written to her dead mother inside it. Shostakovich finishes the adagio, the 4th movement of his symphony. His wife Nina wants the family to leave and he arranges passage out for them all. Elias struggles with his hungry orchestra and he puts hair oil in his mother's soup to make it taste better.
2:45 Feature album
The Concert for Bangladesh (1971)
3:10 Feature interview - Daniel Kish
Daniel Kish is known as a real life Batman. He is a crusader, without a cape, for the blind. Kish lost his eyesight as a baby but uses a form of echolocation to build a mental picture of his the world around him and is able to pursue outdoor hobbies such as hiking, despite being totally blind. It's his mission through World Access for the Blind to help other visually impaired people learn the technique and achieve the kind of independence he enjoys.
3:35 Don't Just Sit There - Alison Ballance
Many of us spend much of our time sitting - but there is increasing evidence that too much sitting is bad for our health. Meredith Peddie at the University of Otago is investigating what happens to our metabolism after meals when we interrupt sedentary behavior with different amounts of exercise, and Alison Ballance joins her in the clinic as two study participants begin a day of testing.
Stories from Our Changing World.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about. With Jim Mora, Noelle McCarthy, Nicky Pellegrino and Bernard Hickey.
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Tuesday MAY 19
YOUR SONG:
ARTIST: Sophie Madeleine
TITLE: The Knitting Song
COMP: Sophie Madeleine
ALBUM: Love.Life.Ukulele
LABEL: i-Tunes
THE CRITICS:
ARTIST: B.B. KING
TITLE: DON'T ANSWER THE DOOR
COMP: JIMMY JOHNSON
ALBUM: BLUES IS KING
LABEL: ABC RECORDS -BLUESWAY RECORDS 6001
ARTIST: VAN MORRISON
TITLE: HIGHER THAN THE WORLD
COMP: VAN MORRISON
ALBUM: DUETS
LABEL: RCA /SONY 88875068442
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: My Sweet Lord
TITLE: George Harrison
COMP: Harrison
ALBUM: The Concert For Bangladesh
LABEL: EPIC
ARTIST: Just Like A Woman
TITLE: Bob Dylan
COMP: Dylan
ALBUM: The Concert For Bangladesh
LABEL: EPIC
ARTIST: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
TITLE: George Harrison
COMP: Harrison
ALBUM: The Concert For Bangladesh
LABEL: EPIC
THE PANEL:
ARTIST: Stevie Wonder
TITLE: Send One Your Love
COMP: Wonder
ALBUM: Stevie Wonder: Original Musicquarium
LABEL: MOTOWN
===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
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An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)
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The Panel pre-show for 19 May 2015
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Panel Intro
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What the Panelists Bernard Hickey and Nicky Pellegrino have been up to.
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The Panel with Bernard Hickey and Nicky Pellegrino (Part 1)
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What the Panelists Bernard Hickey and Nicky Pellegrino have been up to. John Banks' lawyer David Jones QC talks to the Panel about how and why the court case against Mr Banks has been thrown out. Bernard Hickey enlightens us more on the government's new property tax. Budget day on Thursday. The problem areas the government has to tackle. The Reserve Bank says the level of debt held by dairy farmers poses a risk to the financial system. A lobby group wants to stop corner shops selling junk food to children. We talk to Anne de Bruin from Massey University about whether this would make any difference to young peoples' waistlines.
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John Banks case thrown out
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John Banks' lawyer David Jones QC talks to the Panel about how and why the court case against Mr Banks has been thrown out.
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Capital gains tax
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Bernard Hickey enlightens us more on the government's new property tax.
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Budget
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Budget day on Thursday. The problem areas the government has to tackle.
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Dairy debt
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The Reserve Bank says the level of debt held by dairy farmers poses a risk to the financial system.
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Junkfood sales
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A lobby group wants to stop corner shops selling junk food to children. We talk to Anne de Bruin from Massey University about whether this would make any difference to young peoples' waistlines.
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The Panel with Bernard Hickey and Nicky Pellegrino (Part 2)
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How can a life form without a brain be intelligent? What the Panelists Nicky Pellegrino and Bernard Hickey have been thinking about. The Flag Roadshow is in Wanaka today. We talk to local radio station manager Mike Regal about what sort of interest there's been in the town. The kind of earthquakes which triggered the Japanese and Boxing Day tsunamis have also occurred here. Does the idea of a "megathrust" quake make you think more about being prepared for the big one? A New Zealander has invented a glow-in-the-dark coating that can be applied to just about anything. Hamish Scott says it has safety applications. Does it matter that Rebel Wilson may have lied about how old she is? The power of nostalgia encapsulated in the hugely popular TV series Mad Men. And it's now over.
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Intelligent plants
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Panel says
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Flag roadshow
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The Flag Roadshow is in Wanaka today. We talk to local radio station manager Mike Regal about what sort of interest there's been in the town.
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Megathrust earthquakes
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The kind of earthquakes which triggered the Japanese and Boxing Day tsunamis have also occurred here. Does the idea of a "megathrust" quake make you think more about being prepared for the big one?
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16:56
Glow in the dark
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A New Zealander has invented a glow-in-the-dark coating that can be applied to just about anything. Hamish Scott says it has safety applications.
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To-do about actress' age
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Does it matter that Rebel Wilson may have lied about how old she is?
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Mad Men
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The power of nostalgia encapsulated in the hugely popular TV series Mad Men. And it's now over.
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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 19 May 2015
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John Banks is acquitted; Our reporter goes through John Banks judgement; John Banks says three years of hell is over; Govt intending to revamp way it funds community organisations; Meetings over the future of NZ's biggest counselling service; Man accused of murdering Blessie Gotingo admits stabbing her.
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John Banks is acquitted
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Freshly acquitted, a combative and tearful John Banks has today lashed out calling the Crown very personal and very vindictive in pursuing him in the Dotcom donations prosecution.
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Our reporter goes through John Banks judgement
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Our reporter, Michael Allan, has been reading the judgement.
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John Banks says three years of hell is over
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John Banks speaks with Mary Wilson.
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Govt intending to revamp way it funds community organisations.
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The Government is planning to revamp the way it funds community organisations working with vulnerable, at risk and poor young people. It says some providers might have to lay off staff or cease operations altogether as a result of the changes that will be made.
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Meetings over the future of NZ's biggest counselling service
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The country's largest counselling service is facing collapse without more funding and has been defending itself at meetings today with the Minister and bureaucrats who claim it's inefficient.
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Man accused of murdering Blessie Gotingo admits stabbing her
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The man accused of raping and murdering Blessie Gotingco says he was high on methamphetamine and out to score more when he accidentally crashed into the North Shore mother of three. He said he thought Mrs Gotingco was dead after the car crash but stabbed her to cover his tracks.
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Today's market update
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The New Zealand dollar rallied this afternoon, after the Reserve Bank's survey of inflation expectations showed an unexpected rise, suggesting that a cut to interest rates might not happen as soon as the market is expecting.
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Hunt for the man filmed vandalising children's graves
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Police in south Auckland have a clearer description of the man spotted vandalising the children's section of Papakura Cemetery on Saturday night. The man was recorded on CCTV footage in the cemetery for three hours, tampering with dozens of gravestones and memorials.
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Principals critical of school attendance services
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Secondary principals say some of the 18 organisations responsible for chasing truants and unenrolled students need to lift their game. They want the Education Ministry to put more pressure on the attendance services, which took over from truancy services two years ago.
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IS members want to come home to Australia.
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Three Australian men who joined Islamic State are now in talks with Canberra officials about coming home. Fairfax journalist Marissa Calligeros says negotiations began several months ago.
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17:49
PM challenged on insistence there's no housing crisis
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The Prime Minister has been challenged on his continued insistence there is no housing crisis in Auckland in Parliament this afternoon. This follows the announcement the Government will tax capital gains on houses bought and sold within two years, and new requirements for overseas buyers to have an IRD number and New Zealand bank account.
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Kura complains about loss of cash
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A Gisborne kura says the Government's slashed nearly 40-thousand dollars of desperately needed funding from its budget due to an incorrect decile rating.
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18:07
Sports News for 19 May 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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18:12
Banks calls on Solicitor General to stand down
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A newly acquitted John Banks wants the Solicitor General to stand down over what the ex-Cabinet Minister is calling a vindictive and personal prosecution.
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Law professor analyses the case
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Chris Gallavin, the Dean of the Canterbury Law School has been following the case closely.
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Under 8 rugby game called off after parents storm field
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Parents who stormed onto the field at an under 8's rugby game and had a stand-up row have been condemned. The game at Coxs Park between Ponsonby and Waitemata had to end early. Auckland Rugby has spoken to both teams though no formal complaint's been laid.
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Keep cool, parents told
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Smudge McNeilage is the match officials manager for Auckland Rugby.
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18:29
Finance Minister dials down expections over Budget
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As the Government faces ongoing pressure over the spiralling prices in the Auckland housing market, the Finance Minister has confirmed there will be measures to increase supply in Thursday's Budget.
Topics: housing, politics, economy
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Duration: 1'52"
18:33
Mixed ruling handed down in Samsung versus Apple
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Apple has been handed a mixed ruling by a U.S. appeals court in the latest twist in a blockbuster intellectual property battle with Samsung. A prior patent infringement verdict was upheld but a trademark finding that the iPhone's appearance could be protected was thrown out.
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Shocking accounts revealed in Nauru inquiry
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Harrowing accounts of sexual assault and squalid living conditions at the Australian-funded detention centre on Nauru have been revealed in submissions to a Senate inquiry.
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Anne Tolley - financial problems at counselling service
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The Social Development Minister, Anne Tolley, says there are deep-seated problems with the financial management of Relationships Aotearoa. The non profit counselling and support services met with the Government this morning after saying it could be forced to fold if it doesn't get an assurance of more money.
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Duration: 3'08"
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Psychiartrist defends counselling service
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Relationships Aotearoa's board has been meeting with Anne Tolley's ministry this evening, after the Minister told it this morning there'd be no cash injection coming. Jane Allison only took over as chair last Thursday after disgruntled member groups of the counselling service got rid of the previous board.
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Te Manu Korihi News for 19 May 2015
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A Gisborne kura says the Government's slashed nearly 40-thousand dollars of desperately needed funding from its budget due to an incorrect decile rating; Norway's biggest oil giant will be told to 'ship out' of New Zealand's Te Reinga Basin at its annual general meeting tonight; More than a million dollars worth of broadcasting equipment and buildings have gone up in smoke at a Northland iwi radio station.
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Today In Parliament for 19 May 2015 - evening edition
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Prime Minister John Key quizzed on the government's tightened tax regime for residential property investors. Finance Minister Bill English coy on contents of his seventh Budget, to be presented on Thursday. Social Development Minister Ann Tolley evades questions about whether there's anything to address child poverty in the Budget. Winston Peters tables letter claiming it contains cuts to services for war veterans.
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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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19:12
Our Own Odysseys: The Seventh Wonder
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That Blind Woman Julie Woods with her husband Ron about their big trip to South and Central America to tick off visiting their seventh wonder of the world.
Topics: life and society
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Tags: odysseys, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Cuba, Mexico, that blind woman.
Duration: 18'21"
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Religion
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Religious studies Prof. Douglas Pratt from University of Waikato on one's faith in God or gods - Islamic State and religious ideology.
Topics: spiritual practices, life and society
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Duration: 17'26"
21:08
Conundrum Clue 3.
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Listen in on Friday night for the answer.
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Conundrum Clue 4.
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Listen in on Friday night for the answer
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7:10 Our Own Odysseys: The Seventh Wonder
Julie, Ron and a local lady in front of a hut on a reed island. Photo: Julie Woods.
That Blind Woman Julie Woods with her husband Ron about their big trip to South and Central America to tick off visiting their seventh wonder of the world.
Gallery: Seventh Wonder
7:30 The Sampler
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The Sampler for 19 May 2015
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This week in The Sampler Melody Thomas reviews a fresh album from a reunited Blur, while Nick Bollinger investigates a collaboration between singing siblings The Staves and Bon Iver architect Justin Vernon, and recent reissues from the Flying Nun catalogue.
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Blur. Photo Linda Brownlee
This week in The Sampler Melody Thomas reviews a fresh album from a reunited Blur, while Nick Bollinger investigates a collaboration between singing siblings The Staves and Bon Iver architect Justin Vernon, and recent reissues from the Flying Nun catalogue.
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The Magic Whip by Blur
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Melody Thomas indulges in a freshly whipped album from a reunited Blur.
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Melody Thomas indulges in a freshly whipped album from a reunited Blur.
The Magic Whip is the first full album from Britpop chart toppers Blur in 16 years to feature all four members, and as the title suggests there’s still magic to be made if you can just lock them all up in a room together. Recorded in Hong Kong, in a tiny, windowless studio mimicking the claustrophobic intensity of the city around them, and the result is both familiar and foreign. It’s definitely Blur - but it's a Blur transplanted, wandering the streets and underground of a foreign, fluorescent metropolis. Questions of their current relevance are answered by exploring relatable themes of Isolation and fear, is technology liberating or enslaving us… these ideas are far from comforting, but there is some comfort in knowing you’re not alone in feeling them.
Songs Featured: Lonesome Street, Thought I Was A Spaceman, My Terracotta Heart, New World Towers, There Are Too Many Of Us
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Duration: 8'19"
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If I Was by The Staves
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Nick Bollinger consumes a collaboration between singing siblings The Staves and Bon Iver architect Justin Vernon.
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Nick Bollinger consumes a collaboration between singing siblings The Staves and Bon Iver architect Justin Vernon.
The Staves – a musical abbreviation of the surname Stavely-Taylor – are three Hertfordshire sisters who grew up singing along to their parents Simon and Garfunkel and Crosby/Stills records, gathered around a brother’s acoustic guitar. But their second album takes those voices in some new directions, both sonically and emotionally. Produced by Justin Vernon, otherwise known as Bon Iver, it places the sisters’ voices at the centre of an expansive soundscape, combining synthetic and acoustic sounds. The result sounds like a sibling, or descendant at least, of Vernon’s landmark album, For Emma, For Ever Ago.
Songs Featured: Steady, Blood I Bled, Damn It All, Don’t You Call Me Anymore, No Me No You No More, Teeth White, Sadness Don’t Own Me
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Duration: 10'44"
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Flying Nun Reissues
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Nick Bollinger cups his ear around some recent reissues from the Flying Nun catalogue.
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Nick Bollinger cups his ear around some recent reissues from the Flying Nun catalogue.
Able Tasmans - A Cuppa Tea and A Lie Down
Sneaky Feelings - Send You
The Stones - Three Blind Mice
The latest bunch of Flying Nun reissues represent the first and second waves of 80s alternative music in New Zealand.
Sneaky Feelings wrote sophisticated, well-structured songs that stretched from jangly pop to country and soul. Their great debut album is doubled in length here with singles and bonus tracks.
The Stones were a rough and ready trio. Initially inspired by The Clean, they created their own appealing brand of droney, sloppy rock. Their few previously released recordings are augmented here with live and other tracks.
Able Tasmans came from the north with the keyboard-driven tunes of Graeme Humphries and exceptional voice of Peter Kean. Their first album and EP, paired up here with some extra tracks, were just the beginning.
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Duration: 10'17"
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 Religion
Religious studies Prof. Douglas Pratt from University of Waikato on one's faith in God or gods – Islamic State and religious ideology.
9:06 The Tuesday Feature: Lost Children of the Holocaust
Following the end of the World War Two, the BBC began a series of special radio appeals on behalf of a group of children who had survived the Holocaust but were now stranded as orphans in post-war Europe. A recording of one of these moving broadcasts still exists in the BBC archives. Seventy years on, Alex Last set out to find out what had happened to the 12 children named in this recording. They had been in many camps, including Auschwitz, Muhldorf, Kauferng, Theresienstadt, Belsen, and Dachau, and the modern-day search took him to Germany, Israel and the United States. Five of the Holocaust survivors are still alive today, and four of them were well enough to speak to Alex, who was able to piece together their stories of courage and humanity. (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 (8 of 13, KMUW)
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===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
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Radio New Zealand news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from Radio New Zealand National
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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 (8 of 13, KMUW)