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:
16 June 2015
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
=DESCRIPTION=
Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Spectrum (RNZ); 1:05 From the World (RNZ); 2:05 Night Lights Classic Jazz (5 of 12, WFIU); 3:05 Bread and Roses, by Sonja Davies (8 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 An Author's View (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)
===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
=DESCRIPTION=
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
=AUDIO=
06:00
Top Stories for Tuesday 16 June 2015
BODY:
A long legal wrangle looms over the plans to sell Crown land for housing in Auckland. The government's being asked to explain why it's allowing the export of giant kauri logs to China. Northland conservationists say exporters are getting around the law by putting etchings on logs and calling them a finished product.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 28'29"
06:07
Sports News for 16 June 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'14"
06:19
Pacific News for 16 June 2015
BODY:
The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'13"
06:21
Morning Rural News for 16 June 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'59"
06:26
Meat workers seek court injunction over job offers
BODY:
Employees of a Bay of Plenty meat works will head to court today to argue they're being unlawfully locked out.
Topics: business, farming, law
Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: meat works, industrial dispute, AFFCO, Meatworkers' Union
Duration: 2'04"
06:28
Te Manu Korihi News for 16 June 2015
BODY:
A South Taranaki iwi is getting behind a call for a moratorium on all seabed mining until the Government can prove its effects are minimal; The Green Party says the Government may have already done a "closed door deal" with property developers over the sale of Crown land in Auckland, which iwi say they have rights to; The Auditor-General says she will not be apologising for criticism she's made about the administration costs of Whanau Ora.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'54"
06:40
PM insists Govt is free to sell surplus Auckland land
BODY:
Prolonged legal action over the Government's plans to sell surplus Crown land in Auckland for housing now seems inevitable.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Crown land
Duration: 2'14"
06:49
NZ to join Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
BODY:
The Government has agreed to become a founding member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, investing 125-million-dollars over five years.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, banking
Duration: 2'39"
06:51
Air NZ jobs uncertain
BODY:
The future of 60 engineering jobs at Air New Zealand are up in the air, as the airline finishes the last heavy maintenance work on its wide body airplanes at the end of the year.
Topics: business, transport
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Air New Zealand
Duration: 1'39"
06:53
NXT to welcome G3 to market this week
BODY:
The new NXT market will welcome its first company later this week, the first of what it hopes will be many listings.
Topics: economy
Regions:
Tags: NXT market
Duration: 2'34"
06:56
Abano appoints Keys as CEO
BODY:
It's steady as she goes at Abano Healthcare, after it appointed an insider as its new chief executive.
Topics: business, health
Regions:
Tags: Abano Healthcare
Duration: 1'54"
06:58
Word is spreading about a Nelson-made peanut butter
BODY:
Word is spreading about a Nelson made peanut butter, which is targeting markets in the home of the sandwich spread - the United States.
Topics: business
Regions: Nelson Region
Tags: Pic's Peanut Butter, peanut butter
Duration: 1'05"
06:59
Morning Markets for 16 June 2015
BODY:
Wall Street is in the red as markets react to Greece failing to reach agreement with European officials over its funding plan.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 34"
07:08
Sports News for 16 June 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'05"
07:11
New Development in sale of surplus crown land in Auckland
BODY:
There's a new development in the battle between the government and iwi over freeing up surplus Crown land for housing.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Crown land
Duration: 3'40"
07:15
Maori Party supports court hearing on land sales
BODY:
Two Auckland iwi say following the Prime Minister's comments yesterday they have no choice but to pursue what they call an old-fashioned path to the courts.
Topics: housing, politics, te ao Maori
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Crown land
Duration: 6'01"
07:26
Change of Government language in Australia people smuggler case
BODY:
The Australian Government is still refusing to confirm or deny Indonesian people smugglers bound for New Zealand were paid to turn back.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Australia, people smuggling
Duration: 3'44"
07:34
Retreat from coastal areas a possibility
BODY:
Scientists say coastal parts of New Zealand are becoming more vulnerable to extreme weather events and retreating from some areas may end up being the only option.
Topics: weather
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: coastal erosion, rising sea levels
Duration: 3'15"
07:37
Food grants drop by $20m in five years
BODY:
Despite record demand at the country's food banks, Government food grants for struggling families have dropped by nearly 20 million dollars in over the past five years.
Topics: food
Regions:
Tags: food grants, welfare
Duration: 3'28"
07:41
Sudan's President escapes arrest
BODY:
The Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for war crimes, has escaped arrest in South Africa and returned to Khartoum.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: South Africa, Omar al-Bashir
Duration: 3'11"
07:47
Employment Court to hear meatworkers' case
BODY:
Employees of a Bay of Plenty meat works will head to court today to argue they're being unlawfully locked out.
Topics: law, business
Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: meat works, industrial dispute, Meatworkers' Union, AFFCO
Duration: 2'29"
07:50
Oil spill in Manawatu
BODY:
An oil spill has been discovered stretching ten kilometres along the Manawatu coast and a clean up is underway.
Topics: environment
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: oil spill
Duration: 2'33"
07:52
Tourism NZ switches focus to promoting off-peak visitors
BODY:
Tourism New Zealand is launching its annual campaign three months early and has switched its focus to off peak promotions as visitor numbers hit tipping point over summer.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Tourism New Zealand, tourism
Duration: 3'55"
07:56
Workplace drug testing on the rise: as is testing failures
BODY:
Recruitment specialists in Bay of Plenty say up to 30 percent of their job seekers are failing workplace drug tests.
Topics: business
Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: workplace drug testing
Duration: 3'51"
08:07
Sports News for 16 June 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'53"
08:11
Andrew Little talks about the surplus Crown land issue
BODY:
While the government says it doesn't have to offer the land to iwi first - documents have emerged which throw the Crown's position into question
Topics: politics, housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Crown land
Duration: 4'58"
08:16
Jeb Bush joins race for the American presidency
BODY:
Jeb Bush, the former Governor of Florida and brother of George W. Bush, has in the last few minutes formally thrown his hat into the race for the American Presidency.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: USA, Jeb Bush
Duration: 4'07"
08:20
Republican strategist on Jeb Bush's tilt at President
BODY:
Lenny McAllister is a Republican strategist and a former Republican congressional candidate.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: USA, Jeb Bush
Duration: 3'56"
08:24
Family members of boy accused in killing to give evidence
BODY:
The boy accused of murdering a west Auckland dairy owner won't give evidence at his trial but members of his family will.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Kumar trial, Auckland
Duration: 2'23"
08:27
Scientist warns NZ must begin retreat from coast
BODY:
Scientists are warning that a managed retreat from New Zealand coastlines could become the only way to guard against damage to property and infrastructure as sea levels rise.
Topics: environment
Regions:
Tags: rising sea levels
Duration: 4'02"
08:31
Markets Update for 16 June 2015
BODY:
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'12"
08:36
NZ's involved in Asian bank seen as strategic
BODY:
New Zealand's involvement in a bank that China is setting up to counter the American-backed World Bank and International Monetary Fund is being viewed as a strategic move.
Topics: money
Regions:
Tags: China, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Duration: 3'07"
08:39
Banking technology putting elderly people at risk of scams
BODY:
Internet and mobile phone banking is putting elderly people at more at risk of being taken advantage of.
Topics: money
Regions:
Tags: banking, Banking Ombudsman
Duration: 4'37"
08:45
Te Manu Korihi News for 16 June 2015
BODY:
The Green Party is accusing the Government of doing secret deals with property developers over the sale of Crown land in Auckland, which iwi say they have rights to; A South Taranaki iwi is backing a call for a moratorium on seabed mining until the Government can prove its effects are minimal; The Auditor-General says she will not be apologising for criticism she's made about the administration costs of Whānau Ora.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'54"
08:49
Dunedin's community boards fight for survival
BODY:
Some of Dunedin's community boards say a proposal to cut them back will split communities in half and hurt local democracy.
Topics: politics
Regions: Otago
Tags: Dunedin, community boards
Duration: 3'45"
08:53
Auckland Marathon strikes deal with Sky
BODY:
Organisers of November's Auckland Marathon have struck a deal to avoid clashing with the Rugby World Cup.
Topics: sport
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Auckland Marathon
Duration: 2'24"
=SHOW NOTES=
===9:06 AM. | Nine To Noon===
=DESCRIPTION=
Current affairs and topics of interest, including: 10:45 The Reading: Undercover Mumbai, by Ayeesha Menon (7 of 9, Goldhawk)
=AUDIO=
09:08
Hello Earth - can you hear me?
BODY:
The European Space Agency says its comet lander spacecraft, Philae, has woken up and contacted Earth. Philae became the first spacecraft to land on a comet when it was dropped on to the surface of one by its mothership, Rosetta, last November. It worked for 60 hours before its solar-powered battery ran flat. The comet has since moved nearer to the sun, and Philae now has enough power to work again. Matt Taylor is project scientist with the European Space Agency.
EXTENDED BODY:
Rosetta's lander Philae wakes up from hibernation. Image: ESA.
When Matt Taylor heard that comet lander Philae has finally woken up after 7 months he was ecstatic.
Philae has managed to build enough charge from the sun to contact Earth from the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
Philae became the first spacecraft to land on a comet when it was dropped on to the surface of one by its mothership, Rosetta, last November.
Dr Taylor spoke to Nine to Noon from backstage at the Metal Hammer Magazine awards, where he had just received the "Spirit of Metal" award.
Hello Earth! Can you hear me? #WakeUpPhilae
— Philae Lander (@Philae2014) June 14, 2015
Me this morning during @Philae2014 @ESA_Rosetta teleconf pic.twitter.com/bSPHwXV2jQ
— Matt Taylor (@mggtTaylor) June 14, 2015
Hello @ESA_Rosetta! I'm awake! How long have I been asleep? #Lifeonacomet
— Philae Lander (@Philae2014) June 14, 2015
Incredible news! My lander Philae is awake! http://t.co/VtzAQHx4zT pic.twitter.com/SZqnsnNpUZ
— ESA Rosetta Mission (@ESA_Rosetta) June 14, 2015
Topics: science, technology
Regions:
Tags: Rosetta space craft, philae
Duration: 12'09"
09:25
Social Bonds - can private investment in welfare work?
BODY:
The Government says social bonds - which are set to be trialled in the mental health sector here - are an innovative way to pay for social services that deliver results while critics say they are a massive experiment. The idea behind social bonds is for the private sector to invest in particular outcomes such as improved employment rates or reduced reoffending by people coming out of prison. If the agreed outcome is not reached, the investor doesn't get paid, thus - the Government says - there is a very big incentive to make the programme work. Paul Riley is the executive director of Key Assets UK - part of a global company which specialises in placing foster children in homes and other social and family services.
Topics: health
Regions:
Tags: social bonds, social services, mental health services
Duration: 18'11"
09:46
US Correspondent Susan Milligan
BODY:
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.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: USA
Duration: 12'46"
10:11
Reluctant Nudist's Adventures in the Clothing-Optional World
BODY:
Novelist and narrative journalist Mark Haskell Smith talks about his experiences researching for his new book 'Naked at Lunch: A Reluctant Nudist's Adventures in the Clothing-Optional World'.
Topics: author interview, life and society
Regions:
Tags: naturists, nudism
Duration: 27'33"
10:39
Book Review: Stalin's Daughter
BODY:
Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary And Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva by Rosemary Sullivan, published by HarperCollins Publishers UK, reviewed by Jane Westaway.
Topics: books
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 6'00"
11:07
Business commentator Rod Oram
BODY:
NXT, the new small companies market the NZX is launching on Thursday. The prospect of competition for Air New Zealand from Qantas / American Airlines trans-Pacific.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Rod Oram
Duration: 10'43"
11:20
Award-winning editorial writing from the Northland Age
BODY:
Peter Jackson is the editor and sole news reporter at the Northland Age, which publishes twice-weekly, and has a circulation of 4200 in the Far North. His four decade commitment to community news gathering in the Far North has resulted in the editor of a Kaitaia-based newspaper taking out a top gong this year's Canon Media Awards. His services to journalism were recognised in 2011 when he received the Insignia of a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Peter Jackson was named Editorial Writer of the Year, beating off competition from the Dominion Post, The Herald on Sunday/Sunday Star-Times and Metro. He's humbled by the award which he says shows there's still a place for good old fashioned journalism.
Topics: media
Regions: Northland
Tags: Peter Jackson, Northland Age, journalism
Duration: 21'22"
11:42
Media commentator, Gavin Ellis
BODY:
Gavin discusses Tv3's new current affairs programme, 3D Investigates, and asks if the end is nigh for sub-editing in New Zealand. Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz
Topics: media
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 17'44"
=SHOW NOTES=
09:05 Hello Earth - can you hear me?
The European Space Agency says its comet lander spacecraft, Philae, has woken up and contacted Earth. Philae became the first spacecraft to land on a comet when it was dropped on to the surface of one by its mothership, Rosetta, last November. It worked for 60 hours before its solar-powered battery ran flat. The comet has since moved nearer to the sun, and Philae now has enough power to work again. Matt Taylor is project scientist with the European Space Agency.
Hello Earth! Can you hear me? #WakeUpPhilae
— Philae Lander (@Philae2014) June 14, 2015
Me this morning during @Philae2014 @ESA_Rosetta teleconf pic.twitter.com/bSPHwXV2jQ
— Matt Taylor (@mggtTaylor) June 14, 2015
Hello @ESA_Rosetta! I'm awake! How long have I been asleep? #Lifeonacomet
— Philae Lander (@Philae2014) June 14, 2015
Incredible news! My lander Philae is awake! http://t.co/VtzAQHx4zT pic.twitter.com/SZqnsnNpUZ
— ESA Rosetta Mission (@ESA_Rosetta) June 14, 2015
09:20 Social Bonds - can private investment in welfare work?
The Government says social bonds - which are set to be trialled in the mental health sector here - are an innovative way to pay for social services that deliver results while critics say they are a massive experiment. The idea behind social bonds is for the private sector to invest in particular outcomes such as improved employment rates or reduced re-offending by people coming out of prison. If the agreed outcome is not reached, the investor doesn't get paid, thus - the Government says - there is a very big incentive to make the programme work. Paul Riley is the executive director of Key Assets UK - part of a global company which specialises in placing foster children in homes and other social and family services.
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 Social nudity
Time to get back to basics, and step into the intriguing world of social nudity. So why do people become nudists? And what sort of lives do they lead? Journalist, Mark Haskell Smith is the author of Naked at Lunch: A Reluctant Nudist's Adventures in the Clothing-Optional World.
10:30 Book Review: Stalin's Daughter
Reviewed by Jane Westaway
Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary And Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva by Rosemary Sullivan
Published by HarperCollins Publishers UK, RRP$34.99
10:45 The Reading: 'Undercover Mumbai', by Ayeesha Menon
Inspector Alia Khan, a young detective in the Mumbai Police Force, faces many obstacles as she attempts to solve a series of crimes, make sense of her troubled past and cope with being a woman in a chauvinistic, male-dominated police force (7 of 9, Goldhawk) Note: audio is not available for this programme.
11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram
Rod Oram discusses NXT, the new small companies market the NZX is launching on Thursday; and the prospect of competition for Air New Zealand from Qantas / American Airlines trans-Pacific.
11:30 Award-winning editorial writing from the Northland Age
Peter Jackson is the editor and sole news reporter at the Northland Age, which publishes twice-weekly, and has a circulation of 4200 in the Far North. His four decade commitment to community news gathering in the Far North has resulted in the editor of a Kaitaia-based newspaper taking out a top gong this year's Canon Media Awards. His services to journalism were recognised in 2011 when he received the Insignia of a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Peter Jackson was named Editorial Writer of the Year, beating off competition from the Dominion Post, The Herald on Sunday/Sunday Star-Times and Metro. He's humbled by the award which he says shows there's still a place for good old fashioned journalism.
11:45 Media commentator, Gavin Ellis
Gavin Ellis discusses TV3's new current affairs programme, 3D Investigates, and asks if the end is nigh for sub-editing in New Zealand. Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz
===Noon | Midday Report===
=DESCRIPTION=
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
=AUDIO=
12:00
Midday News for 16 June 2015
BODY:
Brother tells murder trial of "zombie" sibling and Confusion over iwi land rights in Auckland.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 15'27"
12:17
Berkshire Hathaway takes a stake in Insurance Australia Group
BODY:
Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway has taken a stake in insurer Insurance Australia Group.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: Australia, Warren Buffet
Duration: 1'41"
12:19
Sir Ron Brierley lifts stake in Kirkcaldie and Stains
BODY:
Sir Ron Brierley has lifted his stake in the Wellington retailer Kirkcaldie and Stains from 5.7% to 6.9%.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: Kirkcaldie and Stains
Duration: 53"
12:20
Union says Air NZ could have done more
BODY:
A union says Air New Zealand could have done more to find new heavy maintenance contracts to keep engineers in jobs at its Auckland site.
Topics: business, economy
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Air New Zealand
Duration: 1'09"
12:22
NZIER consensus forecasts trims growth
BODY:
The latest survey of economic forecasters is showing expectations of growth have been pared back, though it's expected to remain solid.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 47"
12:25
Midday Markets for 16 June 2015
BODY:
For the latest from the markets we're joined by Don Lewthwaite at First NZ Capital.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'21"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 16 June 2015
BODY:
The New Zealand womens football team is level at 1-all with China at half time in their last World Cup group game in Winnipeg and the former Brazil midfielder Zito, who played at the heart of the sides that won the 1958 and 1962 World Cups, has died at the age of 82.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'33"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 16 June 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 8'33"
=SHOW NOTES=
===1:06 PM. | Jesse Mulligan, 1–4pm===
=DESCRIPTION=
Information and debate, people and places around NZ
=AUDIO=
13:08
Your Song - Your Love Gets Sweeter
BODY:
Carla Russell is the executive director of the NZ Art Show, she's chosen "Your Love Gets Sweeter" by Finley Quaye.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 12'21"
13:20
TV review with Irene Gardiner
BODY:
Irene Gardiner reviews Come Dine With Me NZ.
Topics: media
Regions:
Tags: television
Duration: 9'05"
13:30
Music review with Roger Marbeck
BODY:
Roger Marbeck on Melody Gardot and Tord Larsson Gustavsen.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Melody Gardot
Duration: 16'29"
13:40
Book review with Wendyl Nissen
BODY:
Wendyl Nissen reviews "The Shepherds Life".
Topics: books
Regions:
Tags: James Rebanks, The Shepherds Life
Duration: 6'24"
13:50
Web review with Hamish McEwan
BODY:
Looking back on 20 years of internet trends thanks to The Internet Report and Alibaba; a new streaming service.
Topics: internet
Regions:
Tags: streaming, websites, Alibaba, The Internet Report
Duration: 6'50"
14:10
Seal Sightings in Auckland - Laura Boren
BODY:
About half a dozen seals have been spotted in Auckland suburbs in the past three weeks. They've turned up at car washes, wandering near the supermarket, even napping on the road. So why are we seeing an increase in seals coming ashore? Laura Boren is a science advisor for the Marine Species and Threats Team at the Department of Conservation.
Topics: environment, science
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: seals
Duration: 10'05"
14:20
The History of Medicine
BODY:
Tonight, in Hamilton, Professor Catharine Coleborne will give her inaugural professorial lecture at the University of Waikato. It's a chance for her to speak about her career and research. Her topic is medicine, and how a knowledge of history can help us better understand medicine. She's particularly interested in the history of mental illness; how diagnosis of it is made; and how the language we use to describe it has changed. Professor Coleborne is from the History Programme in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, at the University of Waikato.
EXTENDED BODY:
Professor Catharine Coleborne talks about the history of mental illness, how diagnosis of it is made, and how the language we use to describe it has changed.
Professor Coleborne is from the History Programme in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, at the University of Waikato.
Topics: health, science, life and society, history
Regions:
Tags: mental illness, medicine
Duration: 13'37"
14:45
Feature Album - Reveal
BODY:
By american band REM; Reveal is their 12th album, and the second one they released after long-time drummer Bill Berry left the band.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: REM
Duration: 13'12"
15:10
Dr Henry Marsh
BODY:
Henry Marsh is a neurosurgeon who hates cutting into people's brains. But for nearly 30 years as a senior consultant at St George's Hospital in London, he pioneered brain surgical techniques and worked to balance hope and heartache in his patients. It was never routine, rummaging around in the tissue that holds our memories, our personalities. In his new memoir, Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery Dr Marsh speaks candidly about his fears, his mistakes, the lives he saved and the awe and mystery of the human brain.
EXTENDED BODY:
There are few people who know the human brain as well as British neurosurgeon Henry Marsh, but even he says the wonder and mystery of the tissue inside our heads still fills him with a sense of awe. As a senior consultant at St George's Hospital in London for nearly 40 years, he is the first to admit he made mistakes and he writes candidly about them in his new memoir, Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery. He tells Afternoons with Simon Mercep “I felt it’s time to burst the myth of medical invulnerability”. Marsh says we need to be realistic about the limits of health care. “When you are a patient you want to think your doctor is a God who will never make mistakes and as doctors will feel obliged to pander to this wish of patients to be reassured and treated like children” says Marsh.
Over the years, Marsh says he operated on tens of thousands of patients and his mistakes were not about having steady hands or the mechanical aspects of surgery, but rather mistakes of judgment. “When I’ve made mistakes it’s usually about decision making. Decision making is all about whether you are honest with yourself: if you are on the ball or distracted” he says. The issue is often recognizing the mistake. “When you are a young doctor you have to pretend to a greater degree of knowledge and competence than you really have because patients don’t like young doctors who say I don’t know what I’m doing.” Marsh explains. And he says you end up deceiving yourself and are therefore “less likely to recognize when you’ve made a mistake and less likely to learn from it and a complicated balance has to be struck”.
One case that stays with Dr Marsh involved a 15 hour surgery to remove a tumor from the brainstem of a teacher in his 50’s. It all went well until the very end of the marathon surgery when he was trying to get the last bit of the tumor and nicked an artery. The man was left in a vegetative state. “ I should have stopped and left the last bit behind and often particularly in brain surgery, the best is the enemy of the good. It was best to compromise and leave a bit of the tumor” Marsh recalls.
Henry Marsh is retired now. He says the book is not just about his career, but about his industry. “Medicine is a very uncertain business. It’s not like going to the garage and and getting a spare part to fix your car. There is pressure now to commercialize medicine, to privatize it and treat it like a business. It’s more difficult than that and I wanted to express that as well.”
Topics: health, science, author interview
Regions:
Tags: neurosurgeon, brain surgery
Duration: 20'50"
15:45
The Panel pre-show for 16 June 2015
BODY:
Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 14'29"
21:46
Rare Mudfish, the Farmer and the School
BODY:
A population of rare South Canterbury mudfish are benefiting from a community project involving the St Andrews School, the farmer and the Working Waters Trust
EXTENDED BODY:
By Alison Ballance
The secret to having good numbers of one of New Zealand’s most endangered species living on a South Canterbury farm is a natural spring - which provides water even during a drought – plus a farmer who is motivated to fence out stock and work with the local primary school to improve and expand the habitat.
The fish in question is the Canterbury mudfish, the farmer is Ross Rathgen, and the school is St Andrews. Also in the mix is Lan Pham from the Working Water’s Trust.
“Ross is the reason this is happening,” says Lan. “He’s been wanting to do something with the site for years … [and now] it really just feels like all different aspects of the community coming together
This population of Canterbury mudfish is fortunate to have a sympathetic farm owner, as there is currently no legal protection under the Wildlife Act for any species of freshwater fish in New Zealand, expect for the extinct grayling, so conservation measures rely on the goodwill of landowners.
When cropping and dairy farmer Ross bought the farm seven years ago there was a population of Canterbury mudfish living in the drainage ditches, but not much in the way of fencing. He fenced off the ditch first, kept stock away from that part of the farm, and with Immediate Steps funding from Environment Canterbury’s Orari-Opihi-Pareora Zone Committee and support from the Department of Conservation, he has just completed fencing off just over a hectare of mudfish habitat.
To enhance the area for the mudfish twenty mudfish ponds were dug in the swampy ground near the drainage ditches at the end of 2014. Lan laughs and says they had to explain to the digger driver that they didn’t want the ponds – which are about a metre deep, five metres long and three metres wide – to be tidy, but rather they wanted rough gently-sloping edges where the mudfish would be able to find shelter. Water from the spring and wetland area quickly filled the ponds, and many of the ponds soon had a healthy growth of pondweed on the surface.
On the 1st May 2015 Lan, Ross and a class from the school headed out to see how the mudfish had survived the intense summer drought – and whether any of the new ponds had been naturally colonised by the mudfish. The day before, Lan Pham and Sophie Allen from Working Water’s Trust, and South Canterbury mudfish expert Leanne O’Brien from Ichthyo-niche, had set fish traps baited with marmite – and the first trap they checked from one of the new ponds had caught nine mudfish. Mudfish can move between ponds by slithering across wet grass. The original ditch was teeming with mudfish, and Leanne decided that these would be liberated into a couple of the new ponds that she thought the mudfish might have more difficulty reaching themselves.
Canterbury mudfish are listed as Threatened - Nationally Critical, and are the most endangered of the five mudfish species. They are the second most endangered species of freshwater fish in New Zealand.
“The number of Canterbury mudfish populations that need attention is just huge. We literally are losing them really quickly, particularly with the drought.”
Lan gives the example how one significant population of Canterbury mudfish disappeared this year, because the habitat dried up in the drought and there were no regulations to stop the landowner from then digging it up and installing a centre pivot irrigator. Lan says the main problem is a lack of knowledge about the mudfish, with many landowners not realising they even have populations on their property.
Ross says he has plans to protect all the little wetlands and streams on the farm, and that his aim is to covenant the fenced area that the school is involved in. In the long term, Ross, St Andrews School and the Working Waters Trust would like to put a boardwalk through the reserve, which is adjacent to State Highway One, and invite the public to walk through the reserve, and learn about the Canterbury mudfish.
Department of Conservation freshwater ranger Peter Ravenscroft, who works with many threatened freshwater fish populations in Otago, joined Lan and the St Andrews school on Ross’s farm, and he was very impressed with what was happening.
“Ticks all the boxes, doesn’t it?" says Peter. "Local community with a local farmer looking after local values, with support from passionate people like Leanne and Lan, and a little bit of financial support from the likes of DoC and Ecan to provide the resources. And then benefit to a nationally critical animal – I couldn’t be happier, to be honest.”
Topics: environment, science, education
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: freshwater fish, wetlands, streams, South Canterbury mudfish, St Andrews School, farming, whitebait, Department of Conservation, habitat restoration, conservation
Duration: 14'22"
=SHOW NOTES=
1:10 Your Song
Love Gets Sweeter Every Day by Finley Quaye. Chosen by Carla Russell.
1:20 The Critics
TV review - Irene Gardiner
Books - Wendyl Nissen
Music - Roger Marbeck
Web - Hamish MacEwan
2:10 Seal Sightings in Auckland - Laura Boren
About half a dozen seals have been spotted in Auckland suburbs in the past three weeks. They've turned up at car washes, wandering near the supermarket, even napping on the road. So why are we seeing an increase in seals coming ashore? Laura Boren is a science advisor for the Marine Species and Threats Team at the Department of Conservation.
2:20 The History of Medicine - Professor Catharine Coleborne
Tonight, in Hamilton, Professor Catharine Coleborne will give her inaugural professorial lecture at the University of Waikato. It's a chance for her to speak about her career and research. Her topic is medicine, and how a knowledge of history can help us better understand medicine. She's particularly interested in the history of mental illness; how diagnosis of it is made; and how the language we use to describe it has changed. Professor Coleborne is from the History Programme in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, at the University of Waikato.
2:30 NZ Reading - One Flat Coyote
A trip to Niagara Falls and Karen takes on her fear of heights as she tries out the flying trapeze.
2:45 Feature album
Reveal. R.E.M.
3:10 Do No Harm - Dr Henry Marsh
Henry Marsh is a neurosurgeon who hates cutting into people's brains. But for nearly 30 years as a senior consultant at St George's Hospital in London, he pioneered brain surgical techniques and worked to balance hope and heartache in his patients. It was never routine, rummaging around in the tissue that holds our memories, our personalities. In his new memoir, Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery Dr Marsh speaks candidly about his fears, his mistakes, the lives he saved and the awe and mystery of the human brain.
3:35 Canterbury Mudfish - Alison Ballance
South Canterbury farmer Ross Rathgen has a population of nationally endangered Canterbury mudfish living on his farm - and he's collaborating with keen students from the neighbouring St Andrews Primary School, to improve the fish's spring-fed wetland habitat by fencing it off and digging new ponds. Alison Ballance joins them all as they check how successful the new ponds are.
Stories from Our Changing World.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about. With Jim Mora, Noelle McCarthy, David Farrar and Dita de Boni.
MUSIC DETAILS:
Tuesday 16 June 2015
YOUR SONG:
ARTIST: Finley Quaye
TITLE: Love gets sweeter every day
COMP: Quaye
ALBUM: Maverick A Strike
LABEL: SONY 488758
THE CRITICS:
ARTIST: Melody Gardot
TITLE: Same To You
COMP: Melody Gardot
ALBUM: Currency Of Man
LABEL: VERVE 472468
ARTIST: Tord Gustavsen Quartet
TITLE: Right There
COMP: Tord Gustavsen
ALBUM: Extended Circle
LABEL: ECM 2358
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: R.E.M.
TITLE: Imitation Of Life
COMP: Buck, Mills, Stipe
ALBUM: Reveal
LABEL: WARNER 247946
ARTIST: R.E.M.
TITLE: All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)
COMP: Buck, Mills, Stipe
ALBUM: Reveal
LABEL: WARNER 247946
ARTIST: R.E.M.
TITLE: I've Been High
COMP: Buck, Mills, Stipe
ALBUM: Reveal
LABEL: WARNER 247946
THE PANEL:
ARTIST: Lionel Jeffries
TITLE: Posh
COMP: Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman
ALBUM: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
LABEL: PERSERVERANCE
===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
=DESCRIPTION=
An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)
=AUDIO=
15:45
The Panel pre-show for 16 June 2015
BODY:
Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 14'29"
16:05
The Panel with David Farrar and Dita de Boni (Part 1)
BODY:
Topics - New revelations about Australia and how it manages people smuggling. A claim that successive governments have paid people smugglers from Indonesia to turn their boats around. Aged care workers are among the lowest paid their CEOs are on the list of the highest paid. Economist Brian Gaynor joins the Panel to tell us what goes into running a retirement facility. The Super Rugby season is over for nine of the teams, and down near the bottom are the Blues. Rugby writer Gregor Paul talks about what could be next for Blues coach Sir John Kirwan.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 25'38"
16:06
The Panel with David Farrar and Dita de Boni (Part 2)
BODY:
Topics - In the UK those without a plum in their mouth are being denied jobs traditionally undertaken by the working class. A Motueka High School pupil has launched a petition to be able to wear a puffer jacket in class. The principal of Motueka College joins the Panel to discuss uniform and whether classrooms are freezing. SkyCity has launched an online gambking site - it says it's for fun. Problem Gambling says it'll act as a gateway to gambling addiction. The NZ government is putting $125 million into the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, something the US wasn't happy about. Should we be worried about getting caught up in a power struggle?
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 25'23"
16:10
Panel Intro
BODY:
What the Panelists Dita de Boni and David Farrar have been up to.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'28"
16:14
Australia's history of paying people smugglers
BODY:
New revelations about Australia and how it manages people smuggling. A claim that successive governments have paid people smugglers from Indonesia to turn their boats around.
Topics: refugees and migrants
Regions:
Tags: people smuggling, Australia, Indonesia
Duration: 4'57"
16:20
Management and worker pay at retirement homes
BODY:
Aged care workers are among the lowest paid their CEOs are on the list of the highest paid. Economist Brian Gaynor joins the Panel to tell us what goes into running a retirement facility.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: aged care, Aged care workers, retirement
Duration: 11'12"
16:25
The Blues
BODY:
The Super Rugby season is over for nine of the teams, and down near the bottom are the Blues. Rugby writer Gregor Paul talks about what could be next for Blues coach Sir John Kirwan.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: rugby, super rugby, The Blues, John Kirwan
Duration: 4'44"
16:34
Being posh
BODY:
In the UK those without a plum in their mouth are being denied jobs traditionally undertaken by the working class.
Topics: life and society
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'20"
16:40
Panel Says
BODY:
What the Panelists Dita de Boni and David Farrar have been thinking about.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 5'46"
16:45
Puffer Jackets
BODY:
A Motueka High School pupil has launched a petition to be able to wear a puffer jacket in class. The principal of Motueka College joins the Panel to discuss uniform and whether classrooms are freezing.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: uniforms, school uniforms
Duration: 8'53"
16:54
SkyCity launches on-line gambling
BODY:
SkyCity has launched an online gambking site - it says it's for fun. Problem Gambling says it'll act as a gateway to gambling addiction.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: gambling addiction, gambling, SkyCity
Duration: 3'35"
16:57
NZ govt supports new Chinese bank
BODY:
The NZ government is putting $125 million into the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, something the US wasn't happy about. Should we be worried about getting caught up in a power struggle?
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Duration: 2'38"
=SHOW NOTES=
===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
=DESCRIPTION=
Radio New Zealand's two-hour news and current affairs programme
=AUDIO=
17:00
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 16 June 2015
BODY:
Navy frigate seizes huge quantity of heroin, Not guilty verdict in trial for Cissy Chen murder, Lawyer for Yung Qing Liu shaken by Cissy Chen murder trial, First dose of cannabinoid oil for 19 year old in coma, Murder accused had life of neglect, court told, Controversy in Football Ferns world cup loss, Labour says Smith should be stripped of housing portfolio and Australian officials paying people smugglers for years.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 34'36"
17:10
Navy frigate seizes huge quantity of heroin
BODY:
The Navy frigate Te Kaha has seized $235 million worth of heroin in two huge drug busts in the western Indian Ocean.
Topics: defence force
Regions:
Tags: navy, heroin, drug bust, Indian Ocean
Duration: 4'50"
17:14
Not guilty verdict in trial for Cissy Chen murder
BODY:
The partner of Auckland woman Cissy Chen has been cleared of her murder.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Cissy Chen
Duration: 2'32"
17:16
Lawyer for Yung Qing Liu shaken by Cissy Chen murder trial
BODY:
The lawyer for the defence Michael Kan joins us.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Cissy Chen
Duration: 3'22"
17:20
First dose of cannabinoid oil for 19-year-old in coma
BODY:
Alex Renton - the Nelson 19 year old locked in an induced coma - has this afternoon been given his first dose of a treatment his family had to pressure the Government to allow in.
Topics: health
Regions:
Tags: medical cannabis
Duration: 3'56"
17:25
Murder accused had life of neglect, court told
BODY:
A jury has heard that the boy accused of murdering west Auckland dairy owner Arun Kumar came from a violent home where drugs were sold and the children were left to look after each other.
Topics:
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Kumar trial, Auckland
Duration: 3'28"
17:27
Controversy in Football Ferns world cup loss
BODY:
Controversy over a handball and a throw-in has marred the New Zealand women's football team's match against China today as they crashed out of the world cup in Canada.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: football ferns, football
Duration: 3'13"
17:35
Evening Business for 16 June 2015
BODY:
News from the business sector including a market report.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'06"
17:37
Motueka High students fighting to wear puffers to school
BODY:
Motueka High School students are fighting for the right to wear puffer jackets to school.
Topics: education
Regions: Tasman
Tags: school uniforms, Moteuka, clothing
Duration: 2'32"
17:39
Labour says Smith should be stripped of housing portfolio
BODY:
The Labour Party says the Housing Minister should be stripped of his portfolio because he has made such a hash of the Government's plans to provide affordable homes on surplus crown land in Auckland.
Topics: politics, housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Crown land
Duration: 3'36"
17:42
Swamp kauri exports trigger scrap
BODY:
The government's fending off accusations of turning a blind eye to illegal swamp kauri exports.
Topics: crime, environment
Regions:
Tags: kauri, kauri log export
Duration: 4'08"
17:47
Australian officials paying people smugglers for years
BODY:
Revelations today in Australia that the intelligence officials have been paying Indonesian people smuggling rings for at least the past four years.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Australia, Indonesia, people smuggling
Duration: 5'07"
17:53
Maori Board critical of Auck Council performance
BODY:
The Independent Māori Statutory Board says the Auckland Council needs to work much harder to address the needs of mana whenua in the wake of an audit on its performance.
Topics: te ao Maori, politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Auckland Council, Independent Maori Statutory Board
Duration: 3'23"
17:56
Police make eight arrests in majro drugs bust in Watemata
BODY:
Police have carried out a series of drugs raids across Waitemata, making eight arrests and seizing hundreds of cannabis plants.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Waitemata, drug bust, cannabis
Duration: 3'19"
18:08
Sports News for 16 June 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'20"
18:12
Navy unsure of terrorist retaliation after drug bust
BODY:
The navy has seized $235 million worth of raw heroin it says would have been used to fund global terrorism.
Topics: defence force
Regions:
Tags: navy, drug bust, heroin
Duration: 2'46"
18:14
Jeb Bush formally enters White House race
BODY:
The race for the White House is now almost certain to be between the two big political brands - Clinton and Bush.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: US presidential bid, USA, Jeb Bush
Duration: 2'28"
18:16
Landmark case begins on patenting the breast cancer gene
BODY:
A landmark case on patenting the breast cancer gene has begun in the High Court of Australia.
Topics: health
Regions:
Tags: Australia, cancer, breast cancer, patenting
Duration: 3'57"
18:20
Oldest timber building in Christchurch CBD bought for a dollar
BODY:
The oldest timber building in Christchurch's CBD has been bought for a dollar and will be finding a new place to call home.
Topics:
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch
Duration: 3'05"
18:36
Contraception advice after life threatening pregnancy
BODY:
Women who've had a life threatening pregnancy aren't getting enough contraceptive advice after their ordeal to avoid another near death experience.
Topics: health
Regions:
Tags: life threatening pregnancy, contraception
Duration: 4'23"
18:48
Te Manu Korihi News for 16 June 2015
BODY:
Labour's spokesperson for Māori Development is demanding that the Minister of Education ask the members of the Kōhanga Reo National Trust to resign; The Independent Māori Statutory Board says the Auckland Council needs to work much harder to address the needs of mana whenua in the wake of an audit on its performance; The people of Ngāti Raukawa in Horowhenua, and the Māori digital community are mourning the death of Richard Orzecki; A social worker believes understanding Māori tikanga and values could help reduce elder abuse in Aotearoa.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'34"
18:52
Today In Parliament for 16 June 2015
BODY:
Prime Minister John Key and his deputy Bill English face questions about housing issues - which they in turn blame on Labour; Greens' Russel Norman takes on Tim Groser over Climate Change.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 5'03"
=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
=AUDIO=
19:10
Our Own Odysseys: Nauru Life
BODY:
VSA volunteer Nicholas Hay is living on the Micronesian island of Nauru to help the Ministry of Marine Resources sustainably manage their coastal marine resources.
Topics: life and society
Regions:
Tags: odysseys, Nauru, fisheries
Duration: 19'28"
20:42
Right Thinking
BODY:
The rationales of individual freedom and personal responsibility with Eric Crampton, head of research at The New Zealand Initiative... experimentation in policy - with social impact bonds.
Topics: politics, economy, life and society, spiritual practices
Regions:
Tags: individual freedom, personal responsibility, social bonds
Duration: 15'54"
20:59
Conundrum Clue 3
BODY:
Listen on Friday for the answer.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 11"
21:59
Conundrum Clue 4
BODY:
Listen on Friday for the answer.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 33"
=SHOW NOTES=
7:10 Our Own Odysseys: Nauru Life
VSA volunteer Nicholas Hay is living on the Micronesian island of Nauru to help the Ministry of Marine Resources sustainably manage their coastal marine resources.
7:30 The Sampler
=SHOW NOTES=
=AUDIO=
19:30
The Sampler for 16 June 2015
BODY:
This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger reviews the solo debut of xx founder Jamie xx and the latest unfiltered download from the brain of Sun Kil Moon's Mark Zokelek, while Melody Thomas discusses a new set from Florence and The Machine.
EXTENDED BODY:
Sun Kil Moon's Mark Kozelek. Photo supplied.
This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger reviews the solo debut of xx founder Jamie xx and the latest unfiltered download from the brain of Sun Kil Moon's Mark Zokelek, while Melody Thomas discusses a new set from Florence and The Machine.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: music review, Jamie xx, Sun Kil Moon, Florence and the Machine
Duration: 26'54"
19:30
In Colour by Jamie xx
BODY:
Nick Bollinger surveys the solo debut of xx founder and producer Jamie xx.
EXTENDED BODY:
Nick Bollinger surveys the solo debut of xx founder and producer Jamie xx.
Jamie Smith, the keyboard-playing deejay and producer of London’s popular The xx, makes his solo debut, though bandmates Oliver Sim and Romy Madley Croft both have cameos. But this mainly instrumental album is, for the most part, a tribute to the sounds that conjured worlds for Smith before he was even old enough to get into clubs. Over its 40 action-filled minutes, In Colour roams freely through the alleyways of dance music and electronica, with sense of affection and even nostalgia, forming a portrait of the producer as a young man.
Songs Featured: Gosh, Sleep Sound. Obvs, SeeSaw, Stranger In A Room
Listen to more from The Sampler
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: music review, music, Jamie xx, The Xx
Duration: 7'59"
19:30
Universal Themes by Sun Kil Moon
BODY:
Nick Bollinger digests the latest unfiltered download from the brain of Sun Kil Moon's Mark Kozelek.
EXTENDED BODY:
Nick Bollinger digests the latest unfiltered download from the brain of Sun Kil Moon's Mark Zokelek.
First with Red House Painters and now as Sun Kil Moon, San Francisco-based songwriter Mark Kozelek has developed his increasingly idiosyncratic style. Though always personal, his songs have shed the last vestiges of metaphor, giving the impression that they have hardly been written at all, and that one is somehow plugging directly into the writer’s brain. On last year’s Benji - a hushed and harrowing set, mostly revolving around the deaths of friends and family members, whose fates he described in unflinching detail – this device proved compelling. But his latest attempts to demolish the line between thought and song can feel like a never-ending tour diary. And a recent outburst on a London stage, where he launched into an obscene taunting chorus naming Guardian journalist Laura Snapes, hardly taps a universal sense of humanity. Is the problem that Kozelek has decided that simply being honest, however juvenile or degrading, is valid artistic expression?
Songs Featured: The Possum, Little Rascal, The Possum, Garden Of Lavender, With A Sort Of Grace I Walked To The Bathroom To Cry, Cry Me A River Williamsburg Sleeve Tattoo Blues
Listen to more from The Sampler
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: music review, music, Sun Kil Moon
Duration: 9'38"
19:30
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful by Florence and The Machine
BODY:
Melody Thomas navigates a new set from Florence and The Machine.
EXTENDED BODY:
Melody Thomas navigates a new set from Florence and The Machine.
Elvis said, “The image is one thing and the human being is another. It's very hard to live up to an image.” It’s a sentiment echoed by so many artists who have found themselves living in the shadow of a character they themselves created. And the Florence of Florence and The Machine casts a long shadow.
On 2009’s Lungs, she was turned to gold by King Midas and made impermeable my fame. On 2012’s Ceremonials she burned a kingdom to the ground and cut out her own heart. But here, we catch a glimpse of Florence at her most human - ever noble and proud, but made weak at the hand of love.
She is still a queen, a summoner of saints and a presence to be reckoned with. And sonically Welch is not quite ready to let fall the wall of sound that has served her for so long, though there are moments when she does: accompanied by just a guitar and strings on Various Storms and Saints, a mournful organ, muted horns and a thudding heartbeat for St Jude.
Florence and The Machine’s third album shows Florence part way through a descent to earth, floating in a sky that is Big, Blue and Beautiful - but perhaps not yet sure if they way forward is up or down.
Songs Featured: Ship To Wreck, What Kind Of Man, Third Eye, Various Storms and Saints, Delilah, Queen Of Peace, How Big How Blue How Beautiful
Listen to more from The Sampler
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: music review, music, Florence and the Machine
Duration: 9'17"
7:30 The Sampler
A weekly review and analysis of new CD releases.
8:10 Windows on the World
International public radio documentaries - visit the Windows on the World web page to find links to these documentaries.
8:40 Right Thinking
The rationales of individual freedom and personal responsibility with Eric Crampton, head of research at The New Zealand Initiative... experimentation in policy - with social impact bonds.
9:06 The Tuesday Feature: Bright Earth - The Invention of Colour
Dr Philip Ball is a freelance science writer, broadcaster and lecturer who's particularly interested in the interactions of the sciences, the arts, and the wider culture. In May he was in New Zealand for the Auckland Writers Festival. In conjunction with The Royal Society, he gave two talks - the first 'Bright Earth: the Invention of Colour' was recorded at Te Papa in Wellington.
Some of the art and artists discussed in this lecture.
[gallery:1207]
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 (12 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 (12 of 13, KMUW)