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:
02 June 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 - 1963: A Man's Dream, A Nation's Nightmare (3 of 12, WFIU); 3:05 Between the Lines, written and read by Elisabeth Easther (1 of 5, RNZ); 3:30 An Author's View (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)
===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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Radio New Zealand's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including: 6:18 Pacific News 6:22 Rural News 6:27 and 8:45 Te Manu Korihi News 6:44 and 7:41 NZ Newspapers 6:47 Business News 7:42 and 8:34 Sports News 6:46 and 7:34 Traffic
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06:00
Top Stories for Tuesday 2 June 2015
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Eleven Auckland police officers and employees have faced serious charges, including rape, in the last year - we'll have more details and speak with a deputy commissioner shortly. The Health minister defends giving private investors the chance to profit from social services and legislation giving the US government sweeping surveillance powers expires, bringing the mass collection of telephone data to a halt.
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Duration: 31'24"
06:06
Sports News for 2 June 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'48"
06:17
Pacific News for 2 June 2015
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The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 2'53"
06:20
Solar energy demand expected to grow
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A solar energy researcher says new technology could boost already growing enthusiasm for solar panels in New Zealand.
Topics: science, technology
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Duration: 3'04"
06:24
Morning Rural News for 2 June 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'01"
06:28
Te Manu Korihi News for 2 June 2015
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There is growing concern from medical practitioners and students that Maori will not be able to afford student fees to become doctors; A Te Arawa spokesperson says a new partnership with the Rotorua Council is a step in the right direction, but is far from perfect; A Moriori leader from the Chatham Islands is grateful that the Government is providing millions of dollars in this year's budget to replace the island's dilapidated wharf.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'16"
06:40
Government set to get private investors to fund social services
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The Government is set to give private investors the opportunity to invest in, and make money from, social services.
Topics: politics
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Tags: social services
Duration: 3'13"
06:48
Sky City - flow of revenue from new gaming concessions
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Sky City says revenue from new gaming concessions could start flowing from the start of next year, if all goes to plan.
Topics: business
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Tags: Sky City
Duration: 1'44"
06:50
Trading in the shares of Z Energy, have been halted.
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The company sought the temporary suspension in Australia yesterday, ahead of an announement about a significant transaction it is currently negotiating.
Topics: business
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Tags: Z Energy
Duration: 37"
06:51
Ryman considering an ASX listing
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Ryman Healthcare says a dual listing on the Australian sharemarket is on the the cards in the next two to three years, as it expands across the Tasman.
Topics: business
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Tags: Ryman Healthcare
Duration: 1'22"
06:52
Malaysia Airlines technically bankrupt
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Malaysia Airlines new chief executive, says the company is technically bankrupt, and he's embarked on a restructuring programme and plans to cut about 6-thousand jobs..
Topics: business
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Tags: Malaysia Airlines
Duration: 41"
06:53
Standard and Poors says New Zealand is likely to fare better
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Standard and Poors says New Zealand is likely to fare better than other nations as China's economy slows and the United States starts raising interest rates.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Standard and Poors
Duration: 2'30"
06:55
Jim Parker in Australia
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Across the Tasman, and Australia's has slipped behind New Zealand in an international ranking of the world's most competitive economies.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 2'44"
06:58
This week's business agenda
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The terms of trade for the March quarter is released today, while the value of building work put in place for the March quarter is out on Thursday.
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Duration: 19"
06:58
Morning Markets for 2 June 2015
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On Wall St, stocks have risen as investors digested a flurry of data that painted a mixed picture on the pace of the recovery in the world's biggest economy.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'08"
07:07
Sports News for 2 June 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'32"
07:11
11 Auckland police employees faced serious charges in last year
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Eleven Auckland police officers and employees have been before the courts in the last year, facing serious charges including rape.
Topics: crime
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Tags: police officers
Duration: 2'29"
07:13
Police officers appear on wrong side of the dock.
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Listening to that is the Deputy commissioner Glenn Dunbier,
Topics: crime
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Tags: police officers
Duration: 4'40"
07:18
Advocates say social bonds are an experiment
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The Government wants to give private investors the chance to make a profit from social services.
Topics: politics
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Tags: social services, social bonds
Duration: 2'50"
07:21
Govt seeks private investors' cash to fund social services
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Earlier we spoke with Health Minister Jonathan Coleman and asked him whether it was right to encourage private investors to profit from social services.
Topics: politics
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Tags: social services, profit
Duration: 5'32"
07:27
US anti-terror spying powers expire
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Legislation that gave the US government sweeping surveillance powers after 9/11 has expired.
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Tags: USA, surveillance, NSA
Duration: 6'22"
07:37
Why didn't NZ Football vote for Sepp Blatter?
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New Zealand Football's chief executive Andy Martin has arrived home from a tumultuous congress of the sport's ruling body in Zurich.
Topics: politics, sport, crime
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Tags: FIFA
Duration: 5'21"
07:42
Four road deaths over holiday weekend
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Two separate fatal road crashes in Canterbury, along with others in Mangawhai and the Bay of Plenty have pushed this weekend's Queen's birthday road toll to four.
Topics: transport
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Tags: road toll
Duration: 3'33"
07:52
Prime Minister in new Green Co-leader's sights
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The Green Party MP James Shaw goes to Parliament today as the party's Co Leader after beating out Kevin Hague for the job at the weekend.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Green Party
Duration: 8'04"
08:07
Sports News for 2 June 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'05"
08:11
Boys accused of dairy owner murder on trial today
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The two boys accused of killing a West Auckland dairy owner are to go on trial today at the High Court in Auckland.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Kumar trial, Auckland
Duration: 1'36"
08:13
New technology sparks growing interest in solar energy
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Energy users and researchers say new technology could heat up an already growing enthusiasm for solar panels in New Zealand.
Topics: technology, science
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Tags: solar panels
Duration: 3'18"
08:20
Labour says Government's social services plans are flawed
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The Labour Leader Andrew Little says the Government's plan to give private investors the opportunity to invest in, and make money from, social services is flawed.
Topics: politics
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Tags: social services, Labour
Duration: 4'18"
08:25
Campaigner says Government can do more to prevent road deaths
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Clive Matthew-Wilson is a road safety advocate and the editor of the car review website dog and lemon.com.
Topics: transport
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Tags: road toll
Duration: 4'57"
08:29
Markets Update for 2 June 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
Auckland City Missioner becomes a Dame
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A woman who works tirelesly with poverty-stricken and homeless people in Auckland is now a Dame.
Topics: politics, life and society
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Queen's Birthday Honours
Duration: 3'15"
08:38
Football's future stars on show in Under-20 World Cup
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The Junior All Whites meet the United States in the Fifa Under-20 football World Cup tonight and after opening the tournament with a draw against Ukraine, a win tonight would almost certainly guarantee them a spot in the next round.
Topics: sport
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Tags: FIFA Under-20 World Cup
Duration: 3'38"
08:43
Te Manu Korihi News for 2 June 2015
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There is growing concern from medical practitioners and students that Maori will not be able to afford student fees to become doctors; A Te Arawa spokesperson says a new partnership with the Rotorua Council is a step in the right direction, but is far from perfect; A Moriori leader from the Chatham Islands is grateful that the Government is providing millions of dollars in this year's budget to replace the island's dilapidated wharf.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'26"
08:48
Pell under fire again for treatment of abuse victims
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Former Archbishop of Sydney Cardinal George Pell is once again enmeshed in controversy over the Catholic church in Australia's alleged coverup of sexual abuse.
Topics: crime
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Tags: Cardinal Pell, Australia
Duration: 2'32"
08:50
Community group starts process of planting out Chch's redzone
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Cantabrians are still waiting to hear what the Government plans to do with the earthquake damaged redzone land, but one community group is getting on with trying to make their idea for the area a reality.
Topics: environment
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: redzone land
Duration: 3'50"
08:54
Phil Kafcaloudes with news from Australia
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Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes,
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Tags: Phil Kafcaloudes, Australia
Duration: 4'05"
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===9:06 AM. | Nine To Noon===
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Current affairs and topics of interest, including: 10:45 The Reading: A Surprising Thought One Morning, by Christopher Horan, told by Jane Waddell (RNZ) After 30 years of stable, faithful marriage, Frank drops a bombshell. He's been thinking about love - and asks Joyce the 64-thousand dollar question
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09:08
Orthodontists warn against general dentists fitting braces
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Specialist orthodontists are concerned about what they say is an increasing number of general dentists offering orthodontic treatment, saying they lack the training to do so. Kieran O'Neill is the vice president of the Association of Orthodontists. John Boyens, the president of the Dental Association which represents dentists responds.
Topics: health, education
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Tags: orthodontists; dentists
Duration: 20'42"
09:29
Substandard classrooms at Northland College
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Jim Luders is Principal of Northland College in Kaikohe.
Topics: education, health
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Tags: Northland College, substandard classrooms
Duration: 9'03"
09:38
The high stakes game of improving Māori literacy in adults
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The New Zealand Council for Educational Research is putting together a national strategy to raise the standards of adult literacy and numeracy in Māori. Fifty percent of Māori are below the world minimum standards. Keith Ikin is working with the New Zealand Council for Educational Research on a national plan to raise Māori adult literacy and numeracy by 20 percent in five years.
Topics: te ao Maori, education, language
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Tags: literacy, Keith Ikin
Duration: 11'22"
09:50
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: 8'55"
10:06
The Qatari plot to buy the world cup
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Award winning investigative journalist Heidi Blake on her book The Ugly Game - The Qatari Plot to buy the World CupThe book is based on a cache of hundreds of millions of documents from a FIFA whistleblower. They reveal that Mohamed bin Hammam, the Qatari member of the FIFA executive when the organisation choose Qatar, had paid bribes on an almost industrial scale to football officials round the world in the years leading up to the vote.
Topics: sport
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Tags: FIFA, corruption, Qatar
Duration: 30'06"
10:40
Book review: 'Church of Marvels' by Leslie Parry
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Published by Hachette, reviewed by Lisa Finucane.
Topics: books
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Duration: 4'34"
11:06
Politics with Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton
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Political commentator Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton discuss the Green Party's new co-leader and more on the story Matthew Hooton broke on the strange deal Murray McCully had with a Saudi businessman over the ban on live sheep exports - and the Government's attempts this week to hose the story down.
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Political commentator Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton discuss the Green Party's new co-leader and more on the story Matthew Hooton broke on the strange deal Murray McCully had with a Saudi businessman over the ban on live sheep exports - and the Government's attempts this week to hose the story down.
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Duration: 23'22"
11:32
Creating fake meat from plant proteins
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Sunfed meats in Auckland is partnering with Massey University to develop meat alternatives to feed a burgeoning population. Shama Lee the co-founder of Sunfed Meats wants us to change the way we think about fake meat by getting it out of the green niche space and putting it on the meat counter.
Topics: food, environment, health, science, technology
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Tags: meat alternatives, vegetarianism, food, Shama Lee
Duration: 10'56"
11:44
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
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Media commentator Gavin Ellis discusses the Fairfax restructuring, The Listener music reviewers walk out, and a dignified exit from John Campbell.
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"I think MediaWorks has made a fundamental strategic error in letting Campbell Live go and not having a current affairs programme ..."
Media commentator Gavin Ellis discusses the Fairfax restructuring, and a dignified exit from John Campbell.
Topics: media
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Tags: Campbell Live, Fairfax New Zealand, Mediaworks
Duration: 15'02"
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09:05 Orthodontists warn against general dentists fitting braces
Specialist orthodontists are concerned about what they say is an increasing number of general dentists offering orthodontic treatment, saying they lack the training to do so. Kieran O'Neill is the Vice President of the Association of Orthodontists; and John Boyens is the President of the Dental Association which represents dentists responds.
09:20 The worst classrooms in the country
Northland's Kaikohe High School buildings are so run-down that police use them as a ghetto-like training ground. Jim Luders is Principal of Northland College in Kaikohe.
09:30 The high stakes game of improving Māori literacy in adults
The New Zealand Council for Educational Research is putting together a national strategy to raise the standards of adult literacy and numeracy in Māori. Fifty percent of Māori are below the world minimum standards. Keith Ikin is working with the New Zealand Council for Educational Research on a national plan to raise Māori adult literacy and numeracy by 20 percent in five years.
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 Qatari plot to buy the world cup
Award winning investigative journalist Heidi Blake on her book The Ugly Game - The Qatari Plot to buy the World CupThe book is based on a cache of hundreds of millions of documents from a FIFA whistleblower. They reveal that Mohamed bin Hammam, the Qatari member of the FIFA executive when the organisation choose Qatar, had paid bribes on an almost industrial scale to football officials round the world in the years leading up to the vote.
10:30 Book review: 'Church of Marvels' by Leslie Parry
Published by Hachette, RRP $37.99. Reviewed by Lisa Finucane.
10:45 The Reading: 'A Surprising Thought One Morning' by Christopher Horan
After 30 years of stable, faithful marriage, Frank drops a bombshell. He's been thinking about love - and asks Joyce the 64-thousand dollar question (1 of 1, RNZ)
11:05 Politics with Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton
Political commentator Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton discuss the Green Party's new co-leader and more on the story Matthew Hooton broke on the strange deal Murray McCully had with a Saudi businessman over the ban on live sheep exports - and the Government's attempts this week to hose the story down.
11:30 Creating fake meat from plant proteins
Sunfed meats in Auckland is partnering with Massey University to develop meat alternatives to feed a burgeoning population. Shama Lee the co-founder of Sunfed Meats wants us to change the way we think about fake meat by getting it out of the green niche space and putting it on the meat counter.
Left: Sunfed beef strips, right: Sunfed chicken pieces
11:45 Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Media commentator Gavin Ellis discusses the Fairfax restructuring, and a dignified exit from John Campbell.
===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 2 June 2015
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The Prime Minister says people smugglers now have the capability of getting to New Zealand;The state houses the Government is selling will be sold at market value.
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Duration: 15'34"
12:17
Z Energy buys Chevron NZ for $785m
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Shares in Z Energy have jumped 18 percent after the fuel retailer agreed to buy its rival Caltex for 785 million dollars.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: petrol
Duration: 1'24"
12:19
Terms of trade rises in March quarter
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Weaker petrol prices have helped lift the country's purchasing power with the rest of the world.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: petrol prices
Duration: 1'17"
12:21
Oil demand expected to pick up
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Saudi Arabia's oil minister Ali al-Naimi says he expects oil demand to pick up in the second half of this year, while supply decreases.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: oil
Duration: 1'06"
12:22
Spark announces on-market share buyback
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The phone and broadband retailer, Spark, is planning a 100 million dollar share buyback.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: telecommunications
Duration: 25"
12:24
Intel agrees to buy smaller rival
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The world's biggest chipmaker, Intel, has agreed to buy smaller rival Altera in a 16 point 7 billion US dollar deal.
Topics: business, economy, technology
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Duration: 30"
12:25
Midday Markets for 2 June 2015
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Brad Gordon at Macquarie Private Wealth.
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Duration: 2'57"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 2 June 2015
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The Black Caps enter the last day of the second test in England.
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Duration: 2'17"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 2 June 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 7'22"
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===1:06 PM. | Jesse Mulligan, 1–4pm===
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Information and debate, people and places around NZ
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13:10
Your Song - Can you feel the love tonight
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Pauline Grogan from Auckland nominates 'Can you feel the love tonight', sung by Elton John.
Topics: music
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Duration: 13'09"
13:20
TV review with Irene Gardiner
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Irene Gardiner reviews The Campbell Live final;Dancing With The Stars;Westside.
Topics: technology
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Tags: television
Duration: 7'46"
13:35
Music review with Colin Morris
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Colin Morris reviews Leonard Cohen's 'I've got a little secret' from his Can't Forget: The Grand Tour album; and Boz Scaggs' 'Hell to Pay' featuring Bonnie Rait, from his Fool to Care album.
Topics: music
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Duration: 15'22"
13:50
Book review with Wendyl Nissen
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Wendyl Nissen reviews war photographer Lynsey Addario's memoir 'It's What I Do'; and 'The Diet Myth' by Paul Campos.
Topics: books
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Duration: 8'42"
13:55
Web review with Ben Gracewood
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Ben Gracewood reviews I Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here's How; http://io9.com/i-fooled-millions-into-thinking-chocolate-helps-weight-1707251800 How Ross Ulbricht ended up in prison for life; http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/05/sunk-how-ross-ulbricht-ended-up-in-prison-for-life/ Shia LaBeouf gives bonkers rant in front of a green screen, inspires internet gold. http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/1/8699861/shia-labeouf-green-screen-nike-just-do-it-video
Topics: technology
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Duration: 5'12"
14:10
Hawaiian Haka - Seamus Fitzgerald
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It's a haka, but one with a different Pacific flavour. Hawaiian students, from Kahuku High School, performed their own version of the haka at this year's graduation ceremony. The song was written by expat New Zealander Seamus Fitzgerald, whose son goes to the school.
Topics: Pacific
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Tags: Seamus Fitzgerald
Duration: 10'50"
14:20
Muay Thai in New Zealand - Leon Rose
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Auckland photographer, Leon Rose, has spent ten years looking at Muay Thai boxing in New Zealand. He's just released a book about it, called Live, Train, Fight Like Thai.
Topics: books
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Tags: Muay Thai, Leon Rose
Duration: 14'00"
14:45
Feature Album - Touch
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Eurythmics - Touch (1984)
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Duration: 13'07"
15:10
Curiosity as a superpower - Hollywood producer Brian Grazer
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Brian Grazer is an Oscar winning producer. For nearly 30 years, he's organised a weekly meeting with scientists, artists, politicians and business leaders, interesting people for what he calls "curiosity conversations". He says simple curiosity can be a superpower. He writes about it in his book, A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life. And Richard and Christine Amery are always looking for new adventures around the world. For the past 15 years they've traveled all over the world staying in other people's houses while allowing strangers to stay in theirs.
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Curiosity is a superpower according to Oscar winning producer Brian Grazer.
He is one of Hollywood's most successful producers with movies like Splash, Apollo 13, the Da Vinci Code and a Beautiful Mind and TV shows like 24, Arrested Development and Empire to his credit.
Grazer tells Afternoons with Simon Mercep that he’s been organising what he calls ‘curiosity conversations’ with experts in any field outside the movie business for more than 30 years. “When you reach out to somebody and start asking them questions it opens up your own perspective,” Grazer says “It brings you a bigger life."
Brian Grazer has talked to presidents, Henry Kissinger, Princess Diana, Steve Jobs and Michael Jackson and more simply out of a sense of curiosity. He writes about the power of curiosity in his new book A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life.
This passion for talking to interesting people with interesting lives started when Grazer was a young boy. “I grew up in a tiny neighborhood in a tiny town and I wanted to see a bigger world and experience a bigger world through asking questions" Grazer says.
Discovering the world outside his home through books wasn’t an option because of a reading disability. “I had a Grandmother who was my best friend. She was always looking at my straight Fs and Ds on my report card and at the same time saying: 'you’re going to be special'. You just continue to ask questions and be curious and it will evolve” Grazer recalls.
It evolved into a curiosity conversation once a week with great thinkers. They started long before Grazer became a Hollywood success. Grazer says he would write letters to people he wanted to talk to. “I would say I’m never going to ask for a favor, I’m never going to ask for a job. I just want to have 10 minutes of your time and I managed to turn 1 minutes into an hour” Grazer adds. And, he says, these conversations gave him the confidence to make his first movie, Night Shift at the age of 27, and then Splash. “I gave Tom Hanks his first job. It was a movie about a mermaid and implausible but successful. It enabled me to trust my own self."
Curiosity is free, Grazer says, and more powerful than you might expect.
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Duration: 12'46"
15:20
Richard and Christine Amery
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Christine and Richard Amery have travelled the world staying in other people's homes. It's not about saving money though, Christine and Richard say home exchanges are a brilliant way to travel without missing out on any of the comforts of home.
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Duration: 11'43"
15:45
The Panel pre-show for 2 June 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 12'30"
21:06
Uga or Coconut Crab Hunting in Niue
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Uga or coconut crab are hunted in large numbers in Niue but to conserve them the Niuean Government has placed an indefinite ban on their export
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By Justin Gregory
Niueans love the taste of uga, or coconut crab, and the very large, land-living arthropods are hunted across the island. They are also sent in large numbers to Niueans living in New Zealand and Australia – such large numbers that the Niuean Government has placed an indefinite ban on their export.
Brendan Pasisi is the director of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Niue. He says the introduction of x-ray machines at Niue International Airport has made it possible to accurately count the number of uga being taken out of the country by people wanting to take a tasty treat to offshore friends and family.
Around 10,000 uga left Niue last year in the luggage of locals and tourists. Brendan Pasisi says there are good indicators that this export has had a sizeable impact upon the stock of uga on Niue.
It’s clear that catching larger uga is getting harder and harder, people are having to go further and further into new areas (to catch them). It rings some alarm bells that we need to pay more attention to this.
Coconut crabs reach sexual maturity at around five years of age and can live for up to 60 years, achieving their full size only after the age of 40. Once adult, the crabs only predators are other crabs, dogs, wild pigs and human beings.
Beveridge, or Bev, Mokalei takes tourists on regular uga hunting expeditions on his family land on the south west coast of Niue. He agrees that the number being sent offshore needs to be curbed and says large uga are rarer than before. Bev believes that Niueans naturally limit their take and says that most uga hunting now only happens on special occasions. And it is still possible to find a really big one.
Like Brendan Pasisi, Bev says that hunters need to head further inland and deeper into the bush to find uga but he puts some of the blame for this on the impact of Cyclone Heta in 2004. Niue took the full brunt of this category 5 tropical cyclone and Bev says that vegetation on the coast that normally sheltered the uga was blown away. The crabs were forced to go further inland to find cover.
There are no plans to lift the ban on uga exports any time soon. Brendan Pasisi admits that there was an initial resistance by locals but claims that has been overcome by education about the importance of preserving this famous and very large species of crab.
It’s an iconic species. People come here, they want to go catch one, whether they let it go or not. It means you can get some really good benefits out of maintaining the resource and using it on the island. It’s just unfortunate for our friends and relatives who live abroad. We invite them to come back and enjoy it over here.
Watch a video of uga
Topics: environment
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Tags: Niue, uga, coconut crab, export, hunt
Duration: 12'05"
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1:10 Your Song
Pauline Grogan - Can You Feel The Love Tonight by Elton John
1:20 The Critics
TV: Television reviewer Irene Gardiner reflects on the end of Cambell Live and the debut of two new shows on TV3 - the launch of the latest season of Dancing With The Stars and Westside, the prequel series for Outrageous Fortune
Music: Colin Morris has new albums from Leonard Cohen and Boz Scaggs
Books: Wendyl Nissen reviews It's What I Do, the memoir of war photographer Lynsey Addario.
Web: Ben Gracewood looks at a fake scientific article intended to show up dodgy science reporting, story of the founder of the online drug marketplace The Silk Road. Finally, Ben discusses the latest "performance' from unpredictable actor Shia La Beouf.
2:10 Hawaiian Haka - Seamus Fitzgerald
It's a haka, but one with different Pacific flavour. Hawaiian students, from Kahuku High School, performed their own version of the haka at this year's graduation ceremony. The song was written by expat New Zealander Seamus Fitzgerald, whose son goes to the school.
[video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMzIqrMFdA0
2:20 Muay Thai in New Zealand - Leon Rose
Auckland photographer, Leon Rose, has spent ten years looking at Muay Thai boxing in New Zealand. He's just released a book about it, called Live, Train, Fight Like Thai.
2:30 NZ Reading
People's Homes by Breton Dukes from his collection Bird North and other stories.
2:45 Feature album
Touch by the Eurythmics - 1983
3:10 Feature interview
Brian Grazer is an Oscar winning producer and one of Hollywood's most successful players. His CV includes films like Splash, The DaVinci Code, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13 as well as big TV hits like this year's Empire. He says the key to his success can be summed up in one word: Curiosity.
Christine and Richard Amery have travelled the world staying in other people's home. It's not about saving money though, Christine and Richard say home exchanges are a brilliant way to travel without missing out on any of the comforts of home.
3:35 Science and environment stories
Stories from Our Changing World.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world's talking about with Jim Mora, Noelle McCarthy and our panelists, Sally Wenley and Neil Miller.
MUSIC DETAILS:
Tuesday June 2
YOUR SONG:
ARTIST: Elton John
TITLE: Can You Feel The Love Tonight
COMP: Elton John
ALBUM: The Lion King: Original Soundtrack
LABEL: WALT DISNEY 477 177
THE CRITICS:
ARTIST: Boz Scaggs
TITLE: I'm A Fool To Care
COMP: Boz Scaggs
ALBUM: A Fool To Care
LABEL: ATLANTIC PROMBOZ
ARTIST: Leonard Cohen
TITLE: Can't Forget
COMP: Leonard Cohen
ALBUM: Can't Forget: The Grand Tour
LABEL: SONY 88875068262
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Eurythmics
TITLE: Who's That Girl
COMP: Lennox, Stewart
ALBUM: Ultimate Collection
LABEL: Sony 748412
ARTIST: Eurythmics
TITLE: Right By Your Side
COMP: Lennox, Stewart
ALBUM: Ultimate Collection
LABEL: Sony 748412
ARTIST: Eurythmics
TITLE: Here Comes The Rain Again
COMP: Lennox, Stewart
ALBUM: Ultimate Collection
LABEL: Sony 748412
THE PANEL:
ARTIST: Mormon Tabernacle Choir
TITLE: Onward Christian Soldiers
COMP: Baring-Gould, Sullivan
ALBUM: Onward Christian Soldiers
LABEL: iTunes
===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 2 June 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 12'30"
16:00
The Panel with Sally Wenley and Neil Miller (Part 1)
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Dairy payout; speed bumps.
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Duration: 25'01"
16:08
Panel intro
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What the Panelists Sally Wenley and Neil Miller have been up to.
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Duration: 6'00"
16:14
Dairy payout
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Dairy NZ says the average dairy farmer will be $150,000 worse off in the 2015-16 season compared with this season. Should we have seen this coming?
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 10'13"
16:24
Speed bumps
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Plans for traffic-slowing platforms on Northcote Point's main street in Auckland have irked the Health Minister.
Topics: transport
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Duration: 8'42"
16:30
The Panel with Sally Wenley and Neil Miller (Part 2)
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Panel says; gays take over; Asylum seekers; transgender.
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Duration: 24'45"
16:35
Gays take over
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The Church of England - this in England, in Braitain - has lost nearly two million followers in the last two years and is on the brink of "extinction", says a former Archbishop of Canterbury.
Topics: spiritual practices
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Duration: 8'31"
16:40
Panel says
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What the panelists have been thinking about.
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Duration: 4'21"
16:45
Asylum seekers
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A people-smuggling boat with 65 people on board was headed to New Zealand. Steel-hulled and with every chance of making it across the Tasman.
Topics: refugees and migrants
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Tags: asylum seekers, people smuggling
Duration: 9'26"
16:55
Transgender
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What are we to make of this? It's on every front page of every newspaper in the world. Bruce Jenner has become Caitlyn Jenner.
Topics: life and society
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Duration: 1'59"
=SHOW NOTES=
===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
=DESCRIPTION=
Radio New Zealand's two-hour news and current affairs programme
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17:00
Checkpoint Top Stories for 2 June 2015
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Video of a dairy owner being stabbed and killed is shown in court; Spending on "ghetto" - like school challenged; No guarantee of school rebuild; Hundreds feared dead as ship capsizes in Yangtze river; Seaworthiness of NZ-bound boat very much in question; Driver sent to prison for killing two friends.
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Duration: 23'00"
17:07
Video of slayed dairy owner shown in court
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A woman quietly sobbing was the only sound that could be heard as CCTV footage of Arun Kumar being stabbed in his dairy was played at the High Court in Auckland.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Kumar trial, Auckland
Duration: 2'19"
17:10
Spending on "ghetto" - like school challenged
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The Northland MP Winston Peters has challenged the government to explain why it's spent millions on a new charter school in the north while forcing children in Kaikohe to study in unsafe, derelict buildings, being likened to a slum.
Topics: politics, education
Regions: Northland
Tags: ghetto school
Duration: 2'59"
17:13
No guarantee of school rebuild
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The commissioner at Northland College is Chris Saunders. He says they still don't have any guarantee from the Education Ministry that their school will be rebuilt.
Topics: politics, education
Regions: Northland
Tags: ghetto school
Duration: 3'35"
17:17
Hundreds feared dead as ship capsizes in Yangtze river
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Hundreds are feared dead after a passenger ship capsized on the Yangtze River in southern China with 458 people on board.
Topics: transport
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Duration: 3'52"
17:23
Seaworthiness of NZ-bound boat very much in question
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The Prime Minister is warning that people smugglers are now using boats able to reach New Zealand, after 65 boatpeople were intercepted off Indonesia heading for this country.
Topics: refugees and migrants
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Duration: 5'10"
17:25
Driver sent to prison for killing two friends
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A young woman badly injured in a fatal crash last year in Dunedin has told the driver she hates him and will never forgive him for killing two of her friends.
Topics: transport, crime
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Tags: traffic accidents, fatalities
Duration: 4'44"
17:35
Market Update for 2 June 2015
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The New Zealand dollar has recovered some of the ground lost over night, after falling against the US dollar.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'43"
17:38
High Court hearing on the Bledisloe Wharf decision, court
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A lawyer for campaigners opposed to extending Auckland's Bledisloe Wharf has suggested the council showed bias in the giving the project resource consent.
Topics: politics, environment
Regions: Auckland Region
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Duration: 2'54"
17:45
Finance Minister says state houses worth market value
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The Minister responsible for Housing New Zealand says regardless of how run-down state houses are that the Government wants to sell, they won't be given away to iwi for free.
Topics: politics, housing, te ao Maori
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Duration: 2'48"
17:47
Z Energy buys up Caltex
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The decision by the American oil giant Chevron to sell Caltex to Z Energy for 785 million dollars could have a knock on effect for motorists here.
Topics: transport, environment
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Tags: petrol
Duration: 4'38"
17:50
Former NZ FIFA investigator speaks of frustration
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A New Zealand lawyer who investigated corruption at FIFA says he was hamstrung by the organisation which denied him access to key evidence.
Topics: sport, crime, law
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Duration: 2'24"
17:52
New Zealanders recognised for services to Maori
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Former Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples is to become a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his massive contribution to Maoridom.
Topics: te ao Maori, life and society
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Tags: knighthood, Queen's Birthday Honours List, Knight Companion
Duration: 3'16"
17:57
PM spurns offer to work with Greens on climate change
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The Prime Minister has congratulated new Green Party co-leader, James Shaw, but has spurned his offer to work together on climate change.
Topics: politics, climate
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Duration: 2'56"
18:06
Sports News for 2 June 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'54"
18:10
Ex college BOT chair has more on 'ghetto like' college
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Ghetto-like Northland College has no guarantee from the Education Ministry that it will be rebuilt despite years of talking about it, and the Government's now being taken to task over it.
Topics: education, politics
Regions: Northland
Tags: Northland College
Duration: 9'02"
18:22
Malaysian Airlines bankrupt a year on from MH370 and MH17
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A year on from the two Malaysian Airlines disasters, the company is now saying it's technically bankrupt and will cut up to six thousand jobs to keep going.
Topics: transport
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Tags: air transport, Malaysian Airlines, MH370, MH17
Duration: 4'24"
18:27
South China Sea disputes reaching flash point
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The territorial dispute in the South China Sea is reaching a flash point with China arguing its island building in the contested waters is justifed, legitimate and reasonable.
Topics: defence force, environment, politics
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Tags: territorial dispute, South China Sea
Duration: 4'22"
18:35
Dumped beacons wasting tens of thousands of dollars
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Dumped distress beacons are wasting tens of thousands of dollars, causing unnecessary rescue missions and risking lives of people who really need help.
Topics: environment
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Tags: dumped distress beacons
Duration: 3'42"
18:48
Te Manu Korihi for 2 June 2015
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Former Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples is to become a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his dedication to the promotion of Maori kaupapa for more than 50 years; A Maori educationalist says Maori without basic literacy and numeracy skills have nothing to be ashamed of, but must seek help which is readily available; A northern Hawkes Bay couple have won this year's Ahuwhenua Trophy for excellence in Maori farming.
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Duration: 3'32"
18:50
Being able to talk to a lego robot
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He's a fireman, he talks and he's made of Lego. But would you want to have a conversation with him?
Topics: education
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Duration: 4'44"
18:50
Today In Parliament for 2 June 2015 - evening edition
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Budget Debate ends after 15 hours in 63-58 vote, the government's majority assured by its three support parties. Finance minister devotes his right of reply to an all-out attack on the Labour Party. A quarter of the daily dozen questions for ministers are about the new social bonds with the first project aimed at getting the mentally ill well enough to work.
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18:56
Standing while at the office can extend your life
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There's new evidence that standing, while working at the office, rather than sitting all day-long, is good for you and can extend your life.
Topics: education, health
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Duration: 4'05"
=SHOW NOTES=
===7:06 PM. | Nights===
=DESCRIPTION=
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 9:06 The Tuesday Feature: The Alistair Cooke Memorial Lecture - The American Civil War Renowned historian Professor David Blight marks the 150th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War by challenging its romanticised history (BBC)
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19:12
Our Own Odysseys, The New York Dream
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In 2014 Wellington musician Reuben Bradleyheaded to the Big Apple to record his latest album 'Cthulhu Rising' which is inspired by his combined love of horror literature and modern jazz.
Topics: music, life and society
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Tags: odysseys, New York, NYC, The Big Apple, jazz
Duration: 17'52"
20:42
Economics
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There's no such thing as a free lunch, with independent scholar Brian Easton. The TPP and the US Trade Promotion Authority.
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and the US Trade Promotion Authority with independent scholar Brian Easton.
Topics: economy, business, history, life and society, money
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Tags: economics, TPP, Trans Pacific Partnership, Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement.
Duration: 15'46"
20:59
Conundrum Clue One for Tuesday 2 June
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Conundrum Clue One for Tuesday 2 June
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Duration: 33"
21:59
Conundrum Clue Two for Tuesday 2 June
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Conundrum Clue Two for Tues 2 June
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Duration: 52"
=SHOW NOTES=
7:10 Our Own Odysseys: The New York Dream
In 2014 Wellington musician Reuben Bradley headed to the Big Apple to record his latest album 'Cthulhu Rising', which is inspired by his combined love of horror literature and modern jazz.
7:30 The Sampler
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19:30
The Sampler for 2 June 2015
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This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger reviews the latest collection from Wellington stalwarts The Warratahs and the debut of young Malian quartet Songhoy Blues; and Melody Thomas discusses debut albums from Las Vegas shapeshifter Shamir and Irish singer-songwriter Soak.
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Songhoy Blues. Photo by Andy Morgan.
This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger reviews the latest collection from Wellington stalwarts The Warratahs and the debut of young Malian quartet Songhoy Blues; and Melody Thomas discusses debut albums from Las Vegas shapeshifter Shamir and Irish singer-songwriter Soak.
Topics: music
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Tags: music review, music
Duration: 29'56"
19:30
Runaway Days by The Warratahs
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Nick Bollinger reviews the latest collection from Wellington stalwarts The Warratahs.
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Nick Bollinger reviews the latest collection from Wellington stalwarts The Warratahs.
Recorded, for the most part, in a single day, the seventh studio album by New Zealand roots veterans The Warratahs might feel familiar, and yet paradoxically, its underlying theme is change. Barry Saunders sings about the changes that happen around us, changes we can do nothing to prevent, as well as the ones that take place inside. And he does it better and more recognisably than just about anyone.
Songs Featured: Mount Victoria Rain, The Wheel Inside, Up With The People, Runaway Days, Blue Town, Day In A Million
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Tags: music review, music, The Warratahs, Barry Saunders
Duration: 7'21"
19:30
Soak by Soak
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Melody Thomas immerses herself in the debut of Irish singer-songwriter Soak.
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Melody Thomas immerses herself in the debut of Irish singer-songwriter Soak.
Despite being just 18 years old at the time the album was made, Before We Forgot How to Dream is a highly anticipated debut. Irish musician Bridie Monds-Watson cuts an unassuming figure - small, quiet and dressed in baggy black - and her sweet, melodic voice comes as something of a surprise. Detailing the teen experience with considerable maturity and imagination, Soak transforms the act of feeling deeply to an album that triggers that same deep feeling in others.
Songs Featured: Sea Creatures, Shuvels, B a Nobody, Wait, Blud
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Topics: music
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Tags: music review, music, Soak
Duration: 7'25"
19:30
Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues
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Nick Bollinger discovers the debut of young Malian quartet Songhoy Blues.
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Nick Bollinger discovers the debut of young Malian quartet Songhoy Blues.
Songhoy Blues came together in the Malian capital of Bamako three years ago, after unrest in the north brought all four members to seek refuge in the capital. The displacement is a subject that is hinted at, though their lyrics tend to emphasise a more universal appeal for patience, justice, and unity. At times there is an-almost disco regularity to their urbanised sound, but it is broken up by some of the lopsided beats that characterise the older, more traditional desert blues.
Songs Featured: Soubar, Sekou Oumarou, Irganda, Desert Melodie, Ai Tchere Bele
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Tags: music review, music, Songhoy Blues, Mali
Duration: 8'44"
19:30
Ratchet by Shamir
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Melody Thomas discusses the debut album from Las Vegas shapeshifter Shamir.
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Melody Thomas discusses the debut album from Las Vegas shapeshifter Shamir.
Opening track Las Vegas sets the scene for Ratchet, an album with all the bells and whistles of the city Shamir calls home. But sitting atop the synth bass groove is a voice completely unexpected: refreshingly imperfect and decidedly ambiguous in gender.
While many before have used gender ambiguity in performance as a means of challenging assumptions or breaking down barriers, any such result here is simply down to Shamir being Shamir. In the words of one of Shamir’s heroes, Taylor Swift: “Unique and different is the next generation of beautiful.”
Songs Featured: Las Vegas, Youth, On the Regular, Call it Off, Make a Scene, Head in the Clouds
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Topics: music
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Duration: 9'24"
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 Economics
There's no such thing as a free lunch, with independent scholar Brian Easton. The TPP and the US Trade Promotion Authority.
9:06 The Tuesday Feature: The Alistair Cooke Memorial Lecture - The American Civil War
Renowned historian Professor David Blight marks the 150th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War by challenging its romanticised history (BBC)
See the BBC website for more on this programme.
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 (10 of 13, KMUW)
===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=
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 (10 of 13, KMUW)