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:
22 May 2015
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Health Check (BBC); 1:05 The Friday Feature; 2:05 NZ Society (RNZ); 2:30 The Sampler; 3:05 Wildfire, by Karen Curtis and Alannah O'Sullivan (5 of 10, Word Pictures); 3:30 The Why Factor (BBC); 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:45 The Day in Parliament (RNZ)
===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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Radio New Zealand's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour
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06:00
Top Stories for Friday 22 May 2015
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More money for those at the bottom .. but is it enough ??...Bill English responds to critics of his benefit boost. Islamic State's wrecking ball hovers over yet more of the Middle East's cultural heritage and tears and tributes as John Campbell steps down.
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Duration: 28'55"
06:06
Sports News for 22 May 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'59"
06:10
NZEI head says budget tough on schools, ECE
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The head of education union the Educational Institute, Louise Green, says the Budget is tough on schools and early childhood centres.
Topics: education, economy
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Tags: budget 2015
Duration: 2'16"
06:12
Schools say operations grant increase not enough
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School leaders are worried the one percent increase to their operations grants in the Budget is not enough.
Topics: education, economy
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Tags: budget 2015
Duration: 47"
06:19
Pacific News for 22 May 2015
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The latest from the Pacific region
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 2'38"
06:22
Morning Rural News for 22 May 2015
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: farming, rural
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Duration: 4'08"
06:26
Te Manu Korihi News for 22 May 2015
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The Māori Party says a 790-million-dollar boost to a hardship fund will go a long way to help whanau with children in need. An agency that deals with those working at the coalface of poverty, The Salvation Army, is critical of some of the Government's efforts to reduce the problem. The remains of a child of Tanui descent will finally be returned home, after they were taken from their burial site and moved overseas more than a century ago.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'04"
06:38
Prime Minister talking up the budget
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The Prime Minister is talking up the budget and its answer to poverty.
Topics: politics
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Tags: budget 2015
Duration: 3'43"
06:47
Budget surplus delayed a year
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An economist says next year's forecast surplus could still be missed.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: budget 2015
Duration: 2'12"
06:49
Business reaction to budget
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Meanwhile, the budget had little in it for business except for the 500-million dollar cut in ACC levies.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: budget 2015
Duration: 58"
06:50
Migration boom may be short lived
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New Zealand's migration boom may be short lived.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: migration
Duration: 1'56"
06:52
NZX to step up efforts to grow NZ capital markets
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The NZX is stepping up efforts to increase the size of New Zealand's capital markets as it faces criticism for its poor share price.
Topics: business
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Tags: NZX
Duration: 1'30"
06:53
Rakon says focus on core strengths will drive revenue growth
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Rakon says the company is back in the black and focused on growing its core strengths, after a major restructuring.
Topics: business
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Tags: Rakon
Duration: 1'33"
06:56
Domino Pizza says GPS technology will create 3,000 new jobs
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Domino's Pizza says it will create 3,000 new jobs in Australia and New Zealand in what is set to be the biggest intake of employees in the company's history.
Topics: business
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Tags: Domino's Pizza
Duration: 33"
06:56
Intueri Education's profit hit by NZ's strong job market
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Intueri Education is building more teaching kitchens to cater for the rising number of international foodies looking to hone their culinary skills in New Zealand.
Topics: business
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Tags: Intueri Education
Duration: 1'17"
06:57
DNZ hopeful of profit boost
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DNZ Property Fund says its new NorthWest shopping centre in Auckland will boost profits from the time its opens in October.
Topics: business
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Tags: DNZ Property Fund
Duration: 53"
06:58
Morning markets for 22 May 2015
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Business growth in the United States and euro zone slowed in May, while China's factory sector contracted again.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 48"
07:07
Sports News for 22 May 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'03"
07:11
Bill to lift benefit rates passes first reading
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Opposition parties have reluctantly agreed to support the first stage of a Bill to lift benefit payments, saying something is better than nothing.
Topics: politics
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Tags: benefits, budget 2015
Duration: 3'01"
07:14
Budget 2015: Government targets child poverty
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This is the seventh Budget from the Finance Minister Bill English. So, does Mr English expect a 25 dollar rise in benefit levels to be life changing?
Topics: politics, economy
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Tags: budget 2015, child poverty, poverty
Duration: 5'57"
07:20
Robertson: Seven years of budget failure for National
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And listening to that is Labour's finance spokesperson, Grant Robertson.
Topics: politics, economy
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Tags: budget 2015, National Party, Grant Robertson
Duration: 4'01"
07:24
More analysis from political editor
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With us is political editor Brent Edwards.
Topics: politics, economy
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Tags: budget 2015
Duration: 3'30"
07:28
Axing of Campbell Live - End of daily investigative journalism
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The Budget wasn't the only announcement made at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Topics: media
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Tags: Campbell Live
Duration: 3'51"
07:35
Fears Palmyra site may now be destroyed under IS control
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Islamic State has taken control of Palmyra and there are now very real fears the militants will destroy most of its heritage buildings and monuments.
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Tags: Syria, Islamic State, Palmyra
Duration: 3'13"
07:39
Serious charges thrown out because of dodgy police work
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A lawyer for Nelson motorcycle gang the Red Devils says a High Court judge had no choice but to throw out charges against its members.
Topics: crime, law
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Tags: Red Devils
Duration: 4'44"
07:46
Unions say changes to Working For Families fail
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Unions representing low-paid workers expect the small boost to tax breaks for working families in the Budget will be quickly be absorbed by rising costs.
Topics: politics, economy
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Tags: budget 2015
Duration: 3'41"
07:50
Unions and business head to head
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We're joined by the president of the Council of Trade Unions, Helen Kelly, and the chief executive of Business New Zealand, Phil O'Reilly.
Topics: politics, business, economy
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Tags: budget 2015
Duration: 4'28"
07:55
Barker confident SoftBank Team Japan will be competitive
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The former Team New Zealand skipper Dean Barker may not have brought the America's Cup home in 2013, but he's heading for another shot at the title after taking the helm of SoftBank Team Japan.
Topics: sport
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Tags: America's Cup
Duration: 4'06"
08:07
Sports News for 22 May 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'52"
08:10
Beneficiaries say $25 extra not enough to eat, let alone clothe
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The Finance Minister had downplayed expectations of measures to alleviate child poverty.
Topics: politics, economy
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Tags: budget 2015, beneficiaries
Duration: 4'16"
08:14
Children's commissioner says no plan for child poverty
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The Children's Commissioner, Dr Russell Wills, says he's pleasantly surprised to see a rise in benefits of up 25-dollars for beneficiaries with children.
Topics: politics, economy
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Tags: poverty, budget 2015, child poverty
Duration: 2'50"
08:17
More budget analsis from Business editor
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Business editor Patrick O'meara is with us
Topics: politics, economy, business
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Tags: budget 2015
Duration: 4'10"
08:22
England 354 for 7 at close of play at Lord's against NZ
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The Black Caps started strongly at Lord's but England have fought back on day one of the first test in London
Topics: sport
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Tags: cricket
Duration: 4'24"
08:26
Akl city's main iwi seeks Crown partnership
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Auckland city's main iwi is seeking a partnership with the Crown to significantly increase housing supply.
Topics: housing, politics
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Tags: te ao Maori, Crown land
Duration: 3'23"
08:29
Markets Update for 22 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: 59"
08:35
Budget baffles bowel cancer screening campaigners
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Campaigners for more bowel cancer screening are angry and baffled by the Government's decision not to fund a national testing programme.
Topics: health, politics, economy
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Tags: bowel cancer, bowel cancer screening, budget 2015
Duration: 1'52"
08:37
NZ relief organisations condemn Vanuatu's bid to reroute aid
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The official bill for rebuilding Vanuatu after March's devastating Cyclone Pam has been put at 600 million dollars.
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Tags: Vanuatu, aid
Duration: 2'36"
08:40
A world first same-sex marriage referendum
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Ireland's on the eve of making world history with the first ever same-sex marriage referendum.
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Tags: Ireland, same-sex marriage referendum
Duration: 3'15"
08:44
Te Manu Korihi News for 22 May 2015
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The Māori Party says a 790-million-dollar boost to a hardship fund will go a long way to help whanau with children in need. An agency that deals with those working at the coalface of poverty, The Salvation Army, is critical of the reduced time that sole parents have with their young children. Māori are preparing to of the remains of a Tanui child, after they were taken from their burial site and moved overseas more than a century ago.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'10"
08:48
Waikato Tainui celebrate 20 years since Raupatu settlement
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It's 20-years today since Waikato-Tainui signed the first major settlement based on historical confiscation of land, or raupatu, with the Crown.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Tags: Waikato-Tainui
Duration: 4'26"
08:52
NZ connection to Top 10 new species discoveries
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The 2015 Top Ten New Species list has just been announced and once again discoveries involving New Zealanders have been judged among the world's most amazing discoveries.
Topics: science
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Tags: New Species
Duration: 3'33"
08:56
Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
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Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh.
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Duration: 3'21"
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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 (F, RNZ)
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09:08
Melbourne lawyer negotiating on behalf of 'Abu Ibrahim'
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Melbourne lawyer, Rob Stary, who is representing an Australian man who joined a jihadist training camp in Syria, and who now wishes to return home. Adam Brookman is a trained nurse and a married father of five in his late 30s who goes by the name "Abu Ibrahim". He went to Syria in 2014, and claims his intention was to be a medic to help those injured in the civil war, but that he found himself in a training camp run by extremists. Rob Stary says if Mr Ibrahim comes home he could play a key role in helping deradicalise young people who may be tempted to join Islamic State, and also provide intelligence on jihadist groups.
Topics: law, politics, education
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Tags: Islamic State, jihadist, Rob Stary, Abu Ibrahim
Duration: 18'20"
09:26
Finance Minister Bill English on his seventh Budget
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Detailed discussion of Finance Minister, Bill English's seventh Budget.
Topics: economy, politics
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Tags: budget 2015, Bill English
Duration: 21'38"
09:53
Pacific correspondent Mike Field
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A report on the high levels of family violence in some Pacific countries, the Fiji flag debate and decolonisation of Pacific countries - what's on the UN's list .
Topics: Pacific
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Tags: domestic violence
Duration: 7'58"
10:06
Union boss's battle for workers and personal battle
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Helen Kelly has been at the helm of the CTU for eight years and is the Union's chief spokesperson on many issues facing workers, including advocating for safe and health workplaces. Helen's been a battler for women's pay and employment equity through legislative and social change. She is now facing a very personal battle, after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
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Helen Kelly has been at the helm of the CTU for eight years and is the Union’s chief spokesperson on many issues facing workers, including advocating for safe and health workplaces.
Helen’s been a battler for women’s pay and employment equity through legislative and social change.
She is now facing a very personal battle, after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
"In the meantime, I'm living, not dying." she tells Kathryn Ryan.
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Tags: Helen Kelly, CTU, unions, workers rights, workplaces, safety
Duration: 33'02"
10:39
John McIntyre from The Children's Bookshop in Wellington
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'When Dad Showed Me The Universe' by Ulf Stark illustrated by Eva Eriksson, published by Gecko Press. 'The Rabbit and the Shadow' by Melanie Rutten, published by Book Island. 'Muddle and Mo' by Nikki Slade Robinson, published by Duck Creek.
Topics: books
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Tags: Children's Books
Duration: 6'47"
11:09
Music with Grant Smithies
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Clocking up more than his share of Frequent Flyer miles, Grant Smithies heads to Portland, Oregon to check out the new album from Unknown Mortal Orchestra, then takes a time machine back to 1971 to reconsider The Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers.
Topics: music
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Tags: Grant Smithies
Duration: 26'24"
11:35
Sports commentator Brendan Telfer
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Brendan Telfer discusses Dean Barker's new role leading Japan's America's Cup team.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 9'59"
11:48
The Week That Was
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Comedians Te Radar and Michele A'Court look back at the week that was.
Topics: life and society
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Tags: comedy
Duration: 11'39"
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09:05 Melbourne lawyer, Rob Stary, who is representing an Australian man who joined a jihadist training camp in Syria, and who now wishes to return home.
Adam Brookman is a trained nurse and a married father of five in his late 30s who goes by the name "Abu Ibrahim". He went to Syria in 2014, and claims his intention was to be a medic to help those injured in the civil war, but that he found himself in a training camp run by extremists. Rob Stary says if Mr Ibrahim comes home he could play a key role in helping deradicalise young people who may be tempted to join Islamic State, and also provide intelligence on jihadist groups.
09:30 Finance Minister Bill English on his seventh Budget
09:45 Pacific correspondent Mike Field
10:05 Union boss's battle for workers and personal battle
Helen Kelly has been at the helm of the CTU for eight years and is the Union’s chief spokesperson on many issues facing workers, including advocating for safe and health workplaces. Helen’s been a battler for women’s pay and employment equity through legislative and social change. She is now facing a very personal battle, after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
10:30 John McIntyre from The Children's Bookshop in Wellington
When Dad Showed Me The Universe by Ulf Stark illustrated by Eva Eriksson. Published by Gecko Press, ISBN 978-1-927271-82-7
The Rabbit and the Shadow by Melanie Rutten. Published by Book Island, ISBN 978-09941098-0-4
Muddle and Mo by Nikki Slade Robinson. Published by Duck Creek, ISBN 978-1927305-01-0
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. (10 of 10, RNZ)
11:05 Music with Grant Smithies
Clocking up more than his share of Frequent Flyer miles, Grant Smithies heads to Portland, Oregon to check out the new album from Unknown Mortal Orchestra, then takes a time machine back to 1971 to reconsider The Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers.
11:30 Sports commentator Brendan Telfer
Brendan Telfer discusses Dean Barker's new role leading Japan's America's Cup team.
11:45 Comedians Te Radar and Michele A'Court look back at the week that was
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Artist: Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Song: Can't Keep Checking My Phone
Comp: Ruban Nielson
Album: Multi-Love
Label: Jagjaguwar/ The Label
Artist: Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Song: Multi-Love (title track)
Comp: Ruban Nielson
Album: Multi-Love
Label: Jagjaguwar/ The Label
Artist: Rolling Stones
Song: You Gotta Move
Comp: Jagger/ Richards
Album: Sticky Fingers
Label: Polydor
Artist: Rolling Stones
Song: Can't You Hear Me Knocking
Comp: Jagger/ Richards
Album: Sticky Fingers
Label: Polydor
===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 22 May 2015
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Bill English says tax cuts remain on the table for 2017 and Labour looks at stopping super for workers over 65.
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Duration: 15'04"
12:17
Ryman Healthcare's full year profit driven by strong demand
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Ryman Healthcare has lifted its full-profit, thanks to strong demand for its new villages in its target markets of Auckland and Melbourne.
Topics: business, economy
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Ryman Healthcare
Duration: 1'37"
12:19
Comvita says strong sales boost profit by 28%
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The natural health company and honey exporter, Comvita, has lifted its full year profit by more than a quarter, due to stronger sales.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Comvita, honey
Duration: 1'16"
12:21
Airline industry wants Christchurch Airport to drop its price
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The Commerce Commission says Christchurch Airport has improved its level of disclosure on its pricing plans, but still thinks its rate of return is too high.
Topics: business, economy
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch Airport, Christchurch, airlines
Duration: 1'04"
12:22
New levy makes for unhappy airline and airport
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Air New Zealand and Auckland International Airport are unhappy about the Government's levy on international travellers, saying it could deter visitors.
Topics: business, economy
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Auckland International Airport, Air New Zealand
Duration: 1'18"
12:24
Hellaby Holdings buys firms to strengthen automotive position
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The investment firm, Hellaby Holdings, has bought two businesses for less than 25 million dollars to help strengthen its position in the automotive sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Hellaby Holdings
Duration: 1'12"
12:25
Serko makes full-year loss, sees profitablity in 2017
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Serko has reported a full-year loss, but expects to begin turning a profit in 2017.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Serko
Duration: 22"
12:26
Midday Markets for 22 May 2015
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Andrew Cathie at Craigs Investment Partners.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'08"
12:28
Midday Sports News for 22 May 2015
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Ben Stokes helped turn the first cricket test against New Zealand at Lord's in England's favour and the chief executive of Dutch Football says the only chance of unseating world football boss Sepp Blatter is to unite all those unhappy with his leadership.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'48"
12:36
Midday Rural News for 22 May 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 7'29"
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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 - Child in Time
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Eryn Wilson of Auckland has chosen "Child in Time" by Deep Purple.
Topics: music
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Tags: Deep Purple, documentary, film
Duration: 14'01"
13:20
NZ Live - Tiny Ruins
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A one-woman show that became a trio, Auckland band Tiny Ruins have spent the last couple of years touring all over the world, with the likes of Sharon Van Etten, the Handsome Family, and alt-country heroes Calexico. Their most recent album, Brightly Painted One, won Best Alternative Album at the 2014 NZ Music Awards.
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A one-woman show that became a trio, Auckland band Tiny Ruins have spent the last couple of years touring all over the world, with the likes of Sharon Van Etten, the Handsome Family, and alt-country heroes Calexico. Their most recent album, Brightly Painted One, won Best Alternative Album at the 2014 NZ Music Awards.
Tiny Ruins plays some tunes in the Radio New Zealand studio.
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Topics: music
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Tags: Tiny Ruins, Hollie Fulbrook, NZ Live
Duration: 38'28"
14:10
NZ's Next Top Entrepreneur - Simon Croft
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A group of enterprising year 11 students from Wainuiomata High School have started their own company selling mountain bike parts and beauty products. The project is part of their technology class, and the group's developed their business idea to the point where they've taken it to a "Dragon's Den" type panel.
Topics: education, business
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Tags: Entrepreneur
Duration: 14'26"
14:20
Preserving Huts Auckland Island
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A self-styled sub-Antarctic Islands "nutter" thinks more people should be allowed to visit there.
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Paul Charman back where loves to be best!
“I’d just love to see the place opened up for a bit more examination by the public.”
– Paul Charman
An Auckland journalist, just back from the Auckland Islands thinks heavily restricted visitor numbers there could be raised to allow more people to go. Numbers to the sub-Antarctic islands of New Zealand are kept deliberately low to reduce the impact on the islands’ famed bird and plant life.
Paul Charman is an education and features writer for the New Zealand Herald. He’s also a self-proclaimed ‘nutter’ about the sub-Antarctic isles, those five groups of islands that are now UNESCO world heritage sites. They lie in the Great Southern ocean, south east of New Zealand and are home to unique plant life and remarkable animal and bird populations.
Paul Charman has already visited many of the islands in the 2013/14 summer. This time with the help of our Navy, he’s been accompanying a group of builders and DOC workers to Auckland Island, helping to get rid of predators and to preserve aging huts that were built to house coast watchers sent there during the Second World War. Once on land the builders quickly found that the main hut at the Ranui encampment was in better condition than first thought. But they wasted no time in replacing the roof, and also the piles.
The volunteer building team. Note new roof on the hut behind.
John Stuart Jones is now ninety-one and lives in Te Awamutu. He’s also the last survivor of the fifty-six southern coast watchers sent to the sub-Antarctic islands during the Second World War. He was just eighteen at the time. They had to look for Japanese or German war ships that may be using the good deep harbours on Auckland Island to hide in, before attacking New Zealand vessels through the so-called “back door”.
John Jones says he’d had a terribly rough journey down to Auckland Island and the weather there was bad 90 percent of the time. But in the huts, hunkered down in the bush, life was OK. “We were comfortable. We were well-fed, and we had nice comfortable beds.” No ships were ever sighted.
Paul Charman says more people should be able to visit the sub-Antarctic islands with their abundant and fearless wildlife, and amazing flora.
John Stuart Jones today, at home in Te Awamutu
In 1943 John Jones wrote this poem about Auckland Island.
Fifty South
– by John Stuart Jones aged 18
This is our isle of solemn repose,
Our isle of blessed retreat,
Where the bitterly cold sou’wester blows,
And mud slops up round our feet.
Where the rata blooms in the autumn breeze,
And the bell birds serenade,
Where the pippets flit beneath the trees,
And the orchid flowers are in the glades.
Where tui chant from morn’ till night,
And tom tits play in the trees,
Where albatross roam so grand in flight,
Living a life so free.
There is a Sooty!
What a picture it makes as it reels across the bay,
While a shag swiftly passes and leaves in its wake,
A tern flitting on its way.
Shy little penguins hop over the rocks,
Sea lions are numerous here,
Mutton birds twist and turn, in their flocks,
And sea leopards sometimes appear.
The ascophyllum grows almost anywhere,
Snow grass flourishes in the peat,
While fuscia trees are here and there
Defying the wind and the sleet.
How innocent it seems, this isle of ours,
This isle of unkempt glory,
With its animals, birds, and lovely flowers,
Which seals an appropriate story,
A story which one cannot praise,
T’is a sad and a tragic tale,
Of torture and hardships in by-gone days,
In the perilous days of sail.
Many a wreck this place has known,
Many a life has been taken,
Where, up on the rocks a ship has been blown,
Her pride and honour, forsaken.
An unfriendly island it is indeed,
For those who come unprepared,
For those who have to hunt for a feed,
Have many a grim day ahead,
With us, it is different, you see,
We haven’t a chance to grow thin,
With vitamins all from A to E,
Neatly done up in a tin!
Auckland Island seal finds shelter under one of the huts at Ranui Base.
All photos by Paul Charman
Topics: Antarctica, history, environment
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Sub-Antarctic islands. Auckland Island, Second World War, Coast Watchers, Te Awamutu, UNESCO, World Heritage Site, navy, HMNZS Wellington.
Duration: 8'46"
14:45
Feature album - My Aim is True
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The feature album is Elvis Costello's 1977 debut "My Aim is True", the first of five consecutive albums produced for Costello by Nick Lowe.
Topics: music
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Tags: Elvis Costello, My Aim is True, album, Nick Lowe
Duration: 9'16"
15:10
Fresh fast food with Julie Biuso
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Julie Biuso shares her recipe for Moroccan Chicken.
Topics: food
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Tags: Moroccan Chicken, cooking
Duration: 9'44"
15:25
Wine with Yvonne Lorkin
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Our weekend wine editor Yvonne Lorkin joins us from the Gisborne Regional Wine Awards.
Topics: food
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Tags: wine
Duration: 11'07"
15:30
Film review with Sarah McMullan
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Sarah McMullan reviews Slow West, Victoria & Albert, Spy and the Poltergeist remake.
Topics: arts
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Tags: film, film review
Duration: 10'54"
15:45
The Panel pre-show for 22 May 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'25"
=SHOW NOTES=
1:10 Your Song
Child in Time by Deep Purple. Chosen by Eryn Wilson of Auckland.
1:20 NZ Live - Tiny Ruins
A one-woman show that became a trio, Auckland band Tiny Ruins have spent the last couple of years touring all over the world, with the likes of Sharon Van Etten, the Handsome Family, and alt-country heroes Calexico. Their most recent album, Brightly Painted One, won Best Alternative Album at the 2014 NZ Music Awards.
2:10 NZ's Next Top Entrepreneur - Simon Croft
A group of enterprising year 11 students from Wainuiomata High School have started their own company selling mountain bike parts and beauty products. The project is part of their technology class, and the group's developed their business idea to the point where they've taken it to a "Dragon's Den" type panel.
2:20 Preserving Auckland Island Huts - David Steemson
An Auckland journalist just back from the Auckland Islands thinks heavily restricted visitor numbers there could be raised to allow more people to go.
New Zealand Society
2:30 NZ Reading - The Conductor
Elias manages to get extra rations for his orchestra until the day of the concert. He nearly collapses and after rehearsal, Nina and Nikolai learn that his mother has died. They get him to hospital and on his return, he conducts from a chair and appears more human to his players. Nikolai has decided to kill himself after the concert but finds a letter telling him his daughter is safe. His outlook is refreshed and he is able to face the future, relationships, and the performance with a new strength.
2:45 Feature album
My Aim Is True. Elvis Costello.
3:10 Food, Wine and Movies
Julie Biuso's recipe for Moroccan Chicken
Yvonne Lorkin's wine recommendations
Cheap and Cheerful
Lindauer Classic Brut Cuvee NV $10-$12
Did you know that all the grapes used in the production of what's become a national icon (so far as fizz is concerned) are grown in Gisborne? And that the winemaker who has been at the helm of the recipe for all the Lindauer wines for aeons is Jane De Witt, an absolute sparkling wine wunderkind? Well now you do. This wine is carefully blended from parcels of pinot noir and chardonnay every year to create the flavour profile we know and love. It wins awards hand over fist, it's rich, smooth and generously flavoured with lemon, almond biscuit and breadcrust characters. Zesty and crisp - it's a cracker every time.
Mid Price Magic
Hunters Marlborough Gewurztraminer 2014 $22
Hunter's are experts at producing snappy, succulently spicy gewürztraminer year after year. The 2014 has delicate pear drop, ginger and lychee-laden loveliness on the nose, followed by a tangy, musky mouthfeel and soft, tongue-tingling texture on the finish. I'm a big fan of the 'sweetness meter' on the back label that indicates this wine has a splash of natural sweetness, so I'm gunning it'll be sensational with my next Thai green chicken curry.
Treat Yourself
Craggy Range Le Sol Syrah 2013 $99.95 ★★★★★
Perfumed with red rose, black guava, peppercorns and dusty potpourri, this glossy glass of maroon-black magic boasts incredibly fresh fruit, smoky cedar notes and a medicinal lift on the finish. Each sip has a flick of dried, bouquet garni herbs and as a drink; it's elegant, velvety and dangerously delicious. I'll cut straight to it and say this will go down as one of the greatest Syrah's New Zealand has ever produced.
Sarah McMullan reviews Slow West, Victoria & Albert, Spy and the Poltergeist remake
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about. With Jim Mora, Julie Moffett, Chris Gallavin and Catherine Robertson.
MUSIC DETAILS:
Friday MAY 22
YOUR SONG:
ARTIST: Deep Purple
TITLE: Child In Time
COMP: Blackmore,Gillan,Glover,Lord,Paice
ALBUM: Deep Purple: 30 Very Best Of
LABEL: EMI 496807
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Elvis Costello
TITLE: Alison
COMP: Costello
ALBUM: My Aim Is True
LABEL: UNIVERSAL 741478
ARTIST: Elvis Costello
TITLE: Watching The Detectives
COMP: Costello
ALBUM: My Aim Is True
LABEL: UNIVERSAL 741478
ARTIST: Elvis Costello
TITLE: Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes
COMP: Costello
ALBUM: My Aim Is True
LABEL: UNIVERSAL 741478
THE PANEL:
ARTIST: ABBA
TITLE: Waterloo
COMP: Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus
ALBUM: Waterloo
LABEL: POLAR 533985
===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
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An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)
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15:45
The Panel pre-show for 22 May 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'25"
16:05
The Panel with Chris Gallavin and Catherine Robertson (Part 1)
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Reaction to the Budget from the Panelists, ISIS has made big gains in Iraq and NZ troops won't be brought home because of them and whether a classroom is a public place is being decided by a judge in Auckland in the case of a teacher caught masturbating.
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Duration: 23'56"
16:07
The Panel with Chris Gallavin and Catherine Robertson (Part 2)
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We talk to former Eurovision producer Dominic Smith about Australia's chances and Lawyer Lecretia Seales has had her final day at work. Lecretia is asking the High Court to uphold her right to die at the time of her choosing.
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Duration: 26'15"
16:08
Panel Intro
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What the Panelists Chris Gallavin and Catherine Robertson have been up to.
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Duration: 12'06"
16:14
Budget 2015
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Reaction to the Budget from the Panelists.
Topics: politics, economy
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Tags: budget 2015
Duration: 6'26"
16:18
ISIS and Islam
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ISIS has made big gains in Iraq and NZ troops won't be brought home because of them. Alexander Gillespie of the University of Waikato joins the Panel to discuss what's happening in places like Palmyra.
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Duration: 8'37"
16:28
Public places
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Whether a classroom is a public place is being decided by a judge in Auckland in the case of a teacher caught masturbating.
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Duration: 3'59"
16:35
Eurovision
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We talk to former Eurovision producer Dominic Smith about Australia's chances.
Topics: music
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Duration: 9'48"
16:44
Panel says
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What the Panelists Chris Gallavin and Catherine Robertson have been thinking about.
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Duration: 9'25"
16:52
Right to die
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Lawyer Lecretia Seales has had her final day at work. Lecretia is asking the High Court to uphold her right to die at the time of her choosing.
Topics: law, life and society
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Tags: assisted dying
Duration: 6'32"
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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
=DESCRIPTION=
Radio New Zealand's two-hour news and current affairs programme 6:35 Focus on Politics Analysis of significant political issues presented by Radio New Zealand's parliamentary reporting team (RNZ)
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17:00
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 22 May 2015
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Guilty, but Blessie Gotingco's murderer still can't be named, trial has been horrendous - family, Social Housing bill passes third reading, Father admits mistakenly shooting dead his son, Govt accused of short changing council, Car salesman counts the cost of wet test drive, Andrew Little: Remove Super for those still working, Join in on Iraq frontline or get out - ex-top advisor and Fish hooks scattered at Northland playground.
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Duration: 34'29"
17:07
Guilty, but Blessie Gotingco's murderer still can't be named
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Blessie Gotingco's murderer and rapist still cannot be named even after a jury unanimously and in under two hours found him guilty this afternoon.
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Tags: Blessie Gotingco, name suppression
Duration: 4'06"
17:11
Trial has been horrendous - family
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Ruth Money is the spokesperson for Blessie Gotingco's husband and three children.
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Duration: 4'09"
17:15
Social Housing bill passes third reading
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Legislation allowing the Government to sell off thousands of state homes to community housing groups has passed through all its stages in Parliament.
Topics: law, politics, housing
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Duration: 2'51"
17:16
Father admits mistakenly shooting dead his son
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A father has admitted, in an Invercargill court, to mistakenly shooting dead his son on a hunting trip on Stewart Island in March.
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Duration: 4'24"
17:20
Govt accused of short changing council
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The government is being accused of short changing the Christchurch City Council by refusing to pay anything towards a 400-million-dollar cost over-run on repairs to quake damaged pipes and roads.
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Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch City Council, Canterbury earthquakes
Duration: 3'00"
17:29
Car salesman counts the cost of wet test drive
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An Invercargill used-car salesman is counting the cost after a customer took a test drive and ploughed the Ford Falcon XRS into the ocean.
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Duration: 3'29"
17:32
Evening Business for 22 May 2015
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News from the business sector including a market report.
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Duration: 2'06"
17:35
Andrew Little: Remove Super for those still working
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The Labour Party leader, Andrew Little, is suggesting people who carry on working after 65 should not receive superannuation.
Topics: politics
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Tags: retirement, superannuation
Duration: 3'10"
17:38
Join in on Iraq frontline or get out - ex-top advisor
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A former Australian soldier and an advisor to the US General David Patraeus says Australia and New Zealand need to get on the front line in Iraq or get out.
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Duration: 6'17"
17:45
Fish hooks scattered at Northland playground
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Over a hundred fish hooks have been found scattered across a Northland playground in what appears to be deliberate act to hurt children.
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Regions: Northland
Tags: Northland playground
Duration: 2'40"
17:50
Te Manu Korihi News for 22 May 2015
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The Crown and the country's largest iwi are just one step away from settling its Treaty of Waitangi claims; A leading Maori health researcher says the Government has missed a chance to cut smoking rates by raising the tax on tobacco in the Budget; and funding to help Māori improve their housing conditions was also in the Budget; Having a coffee, kai and kōrero in Te Reo Māori are proving popular at a Wellington cafe where the language is being served up by its staff.
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Duration: 3'29"
17:53
Dairy worker gives up after low pay and bad conditions
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A former dairy farm worker says he's given up on the industry because he can't find a decent boss.
Topics: farming
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Duration: 4'24"
18:06
Sports News for 22 May 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'58"
18:12
Blessie Gotingco's family unhappy killer can't be named
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Blessie Gotingco's family is unhappy her rapist and murderer still can't be named.
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Tags: Blessie Gotingco, name suppression
Duration: 2'01"
18:14
Budget changes will barely touch the sides in north
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In Northland - where unemployment's running at nearly ten per cent - groups working with the poor say budget measures to help them will be swallowed up and barely touch the sides as they go down.
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Tags: unemployment, budget 2015
Duration: 3'36"
18:18
Cardinal denies offering bribe to keep lid on abuse
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There's growing pressure on Australia's top catholic clergymen to front and answer allegations that he tried to bribe an abused boy to stay quiet.
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Tags: catholic clergymen, abuse, Australia, Catholic Church
Duration: 5'16"
18:22
China's second richest person goes AWOL
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A solar power magnate has lost 20 billion dollars in an hour as his firm's share price tanked.
Topics: business
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Tags: China, solar power, stock market
Duration: 4'29"
18:35
Focus on Politics for 22 May 2015
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This week the Finance Minister, Bill English, delivered his seventh Budget and it included a surprise pay increase for beneficiaries with children.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 15'46"
18:50
Te Manu Korihi News for 22 May 2015
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A signing between the Crown and Northland's Ngapuhi iwi has drawn outrage from a major group who opposes the agreement; The Maori Party is praising the Government's decision to inject 35-million dollars into helping Maori improve their housing conditions; In other Budget news, some health funding has come in for criticism; Having a coffee, kai and kōrero in Te Reo Maori are proving popular at a Wellington cafe where the language is being served up by its staff.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'36"
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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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Entertainment and information, including: 9:06 Country Life: Memorable scenes, people and places in rural NZ (RNZ)
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20:10
Sport Europe
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In the grandstands with the German crowds is Football Collective editor, American Dave Raish. The UEFA Champions League - men and women's football.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Europe, Champions League, Bundesliga, FIFA World Cup 2022, football
Duration: 13'36"
20:59
The Conundrum winner is....
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This week's winner is Richard from Balclutha.
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Duration: 6'26"
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7:06 Sonic Tonic
8:10 Sport Europe
In the grandstands with the German crowds is Football Collective editor, American Dave Raish. The UEFA Champions League - men and women's football.
8:25 Jack Body
Acclaimed Wellington composer, photographer, academic and Asian music expert, Jack Body, passed away this week, just days after receiving an Arts Foundation New Zealand Icon Award. Daniel Beban presents a collection of Jack Body's extraodinary compositions in tribute to the life and times of this tireless musical force.
9:06 Country Life
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21:05
Guest
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Federated Farmers North Canterbury Meat & Fibre Chairperson, Dan Hodgen.
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Federated Farmers North Canterbury Meat & Fibre Chairperson, Dan Hodgen says the drought in North Canterbury is far from over.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: dryland farming drought, grass, rain, sheep, stock
Duration: 5'44"
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Regional Wrap
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It's been a warmer, drier week around the North Island, while on the West Coast of the South Island it's been raining cats and dogs.
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It's been a warmer, drier week around the North Island, while on the West Coast of the South Island it's been raining cats and dogs.
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Duration: 8'00"
21:13
Blooming Business
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Specialising in gerberas and roses, Paul Loader's nursery in Springston South produces more than two million stems of cut flowers per year. He sells them through wholesale auction houses and distributes them to retail clients across the South Island.
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With a family history of people with green thumbs, Paul Loader (above) was destined to end up in the business of growing.
Paul's great-grandfather grew freesias and table grapes in Dunedin in the early 1900s.
Paul and his wife Lyn started their careers in floriculture when they began growing flowers to supply their florist shop in Christchurch.
The venture now includes another generation. It expanded when Paul and Lyn were joined by their daughter Michelle and son-in-law Ian in 2000.
Specialising in gerberas and roses, K&L Nurseries now produces more than 2 million stems of cut flowers per year.
The business is committed to being energy efficient and environmentally friendly. K&L Nurseries has switched from using coal to heat its glass houses to a BioMass boiler. The boiler runs on wood chips and is the first of its kind to be used by flower growers in New Zealand.
Paul says "It's been a challenge to sort out the right sort of wood chips and of course one of the major things is it's so clean. We used to have to wash the glasshouse roof with coal, but now there are no emissions at all."
Topics: rural, business, farming
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: horticulture, flowers, roses, gerberas, BioMass boiler
Duration: 12'52"
21:30
Humming Hamama Orchard
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In 1999 a Maori trust in Te Kaha set up a 20 year joint venture with independent investors, to develop a 4.4 hectare kiwifruit orchard. The hope was to give employment to locals, and encourage other whanau back home. It's been a success story. Locals have money, skills, some have set up supporting businesses like mulching and weed spraying, and the drug and alcohol free work environment has seen domestic violence drop. Over 800 thousand dollars is now saved up and the Maori trustees are looking at other investment opportunities.
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Hoani Kerei, Alan Dobbie, Dave Wally and Blair Waipara on the Te Kaha 14B2 Trust orchard.
A decrease in domestic violence and kids now going to school with lunches are some of the tangible results of a successful kiwifruit orchard development in the small Eastern Bay of Plenty settlement of Te Kaha.
In 1999 the Te Kaha 14B2 Trust set up a 20 year joint venture with independent investors to develop an orchard with the aim of providing jobs and an income for locals, as well as encouraging other whanau to return home.
The orchard is just one of 20 or so in the area and, prior to its development, whanau moved away or were on the dole.
Thankfully that's now changed, says Hoani Kerei, who's a landowner and the manager of the four point four hectare orchard. People are gaining new skills and there is money in the community. "This way you can go to Opotiki every week to get you some new lollies," he laughs.
He says family life is better too. Some of that's because there is work and money, some of it because the workplace is drug free, with random testing.
When the ochard was first started, Hoani says he lost most of the work force in the first week.
"Mainly the males, so after that we were called the Grannies. Grandmothers and solo mothers, all the women. Few men stayed with us." But he says now more men are trying to get clean and look for work on the orchard.
Returns from the gold kiwifruit were high and Hoani Kerei says with 800 thousand dollars in the bank, the Trust is ready to start looking for more kiwifruit land to buy. "This is the beginning. The more money that comes to this area the more we're going to be able to develop whereas before we couldn't. We didn't have any money."
Topics: rural
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Tags: kiwifruit, Te Tumu Paeroa, OPAC, Maori land
Duration: 20'06"
9:06 Country Life
Rural news and features.
10:17 Late Edition
A review of the leading news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.
11:06 Elvis at Stax
In 1973, Elvis Presley had every right to be excited for the future. He had signed a new recording contract, formed his own publishing company and finally controlled his business. With a pile of new songs, Elvis decided to record at the legendary Stax Studios in Memphis - home to some of the brightest soul artists of the time. You'll hear highlights from those sessions and talk with the people who were in the room.
===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
=DESCRIPTION=
Radio New Zealand news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from Radio New Zealand National
===11:06 PM. | None (National)===
=DESCRIPTION=
In 1973, Elvis Presley had every right to be excited for the future. He had signed a new recording contract, formed his own publishing company and finally controlled his business. With a pile of new songs, Elvis decided to record at the legendary Stax Studios in Memphis - home to some of the brightest soul artists of the time. You'll hear highlights from those sessions and talk with the people who were in the room