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Radio New Zealand National. 2015--. 00:00-23:59.
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22 Jun 2015
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A 24-hour recording of Radio New Zealand National. The following rundown is sourced from the broadcaster’s website. Note some overseas/copyright restricted items may not appear in the supplied rundown:

22 June 2015

===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 At the Movies with Simon Morris (RNZ); 1:05 Te Ahi Kaa (RNZ); 2:30 NZ Music Feature (RNZ); 3:05 Bread and Roses, by Sonja Davies (14 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 Science (RNZ); 5:10 War Report (RNZ)

===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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Radio New Zealand's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, 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 Monday 22 June 2015
BODY:
Whanganui is facing the fallout of the biggest flood to hit the region;Whanganui's mayor says it'll be a slow recovery;Evacuation chaos forces flood victims to sleep in cars;State of local emergency remains for much of lower North Island;Minister for Civil Defence explains emergency management response;Charleston church holds first service since shooting;More scientists come forward to say they've been gagged;Minister responds to claims scientists have been gagged;NZ dollar expected to move lower.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 29'55"

06:06
Sports News for 22 June 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'11"

06:10
Water logged homes along Wanganui's Anzac Pde inaccessible
BODY:
As many as 100 water-logged homes along Wanganui's Anzac Parade could remain inaccessible until next week. The city was cut off for a time after wild weather closed access to the north and south on State Highway 3.
Topics: weather, environment
Regions: Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatu
Tags: floods
Duration: 2'32"

06:14
State of local emergency remains for Whanganui
BODY:
A state of local emergency remains in place in the Whanganui region after the district's worst recorded flood. An evacuation centre has been open all night for almost 320 evacuees who don't know when they will be able to go back to their homes.
Topics: weather, environment
Regions: Whanganui
Tags: floods
Duration: 42"

06:16
Pacific News for 22 June 2015
BODY:
The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'28"

06:22
Morning Rural News for 22 June 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'05"

06:27
Te Manu Korihi for 22 June 2015
BODY:
The MP for Te Tai Tokerau, Kelvin Davis says the continued plundering of Far North wetlands for swamp kauri is a disgrace and reflects badly on the government and local councils; Two highly regarded journalists from Maori Television's Native Affairs programme have resigned over the last seven days; A joint project between the Hawkes Bay iwi Ngati Kahungunu and Crown agency GNS Science is helping tribal members learn about the potential for oil and gas exploration in their rohe; The journey of five Maori whanau as they come to terms with the loss of loved ones to suicide will be filmed to raise awareness about the issue.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'35"

06:35
MetService explains weather havoc - floods, rain, snow
BODY:
A sign of respite for water-soaked central and lower North Island residents. The weather system which has wreaked havoc across the country in recent days has now mostly passed.
Topics: weather
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'02"

06:40
Update on status of civil emergency
BODY:
Authorities in the Whanganui region will meet at ten o'clock this morning to decide how much longer to keep a state of local emergency remains in place.
Topics: weather, environment, life and society
Regions: Whanganui, Manawatu
Tags: floods
Duration: 47"

06:47
TPP advocate confident talks back on track
BODY:
An advocate of a Pacific-wide trade deal says the pendulum has swung back in favour of the American President, Barack Obama, getting the power he needs to revive the Pacific-wide trade talks.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: TPP
Duration: 2'41"

06:52
Long-haul fares will also fall - analyst
BODY:
Air New Zealand could face pressure to cut its long-haul fares as lower oil prices and larger and more efficient planes prompt global airlines to expand, increasing competition.
Topics: business, economy, transport
Regions:
Tags: Air New Zealand, travel
Duration: 2'08"

06:54
G3 becomes first comany to list on NZX's NXT market
BODY:
The head of the stock market, Tim Bennett, says more companies will list on its new NXT market, but it won't be till the end of the year.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'15"

06:56
Jim Parker in Australia
BODY:
Across the Tasman, and Australia's lucky country status has taken another blow with news that growth in real wages is collapsing. Australia correspondent Jim Parker reports.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Australia
Duration: 1'48"

06:57
Week ahead
BODY:
In economic news, tourism and migration figures for May are due later this morning, while trade data for the same month is out on Friday.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 19"

06:59
Morning markets for 22 June 2015
BODY:
Morning markets for 22 June 2015.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'03"

07:06
Sports News for 22 June 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'04"

07:10
Whanganui facing fallout of biggest flood to hit region
BODY:
Whanganui is facing the fallout from the city's biggest ever flooding. Authorities will decide later this morning whether to keep the state of local emergency in place.
Topics: weather, environment
Regions: Whanganui
Tags: floods
Duration: 4'13"

07:15
Whanganui's mayor says it'll be a slow recovery
BODY:
The Whanganui District Council's mayor, Annette Main, says she is most concerned about the hundreds of people who have been completely cut off in the east of the city.
Topics: weather, environment
Regions: Whanganui
Tags: floods
Duration: 5'48"

07:22
Evacuation chaos forces flood victims to sleep in cars
BODY:
Further north no vacancy signs in South Taranaki and confusion around evacuation centre opening times forced some flood victims to sleep in their cars.
Topics: weather, environment
Regions: Taranaki
Tags: Waitotara, floods, evacuation
Duration: 3'41"

07:27
State of local emergency remains for much of lower North Island
BODY:
The Horizons Regional Council will meet this morning to decide how long to keep the state of emergency in place in Whanganui.
Topics: weather
Regions: Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatu
Tags: floods
Duration: 3'16"

07:28
Colin Craig considers action over comments
BODY:
Colin Craig's demanded a retraction from a Conservative Party board member over a stinging attack at the weekend.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Conservative Party
Duration: 6'00"

07:37
Civil Defence Minister explains emergency management response
BODY:
Nikki Kaye is the Civil Defence Minister, she says the Government and local government officials will be looking at whether infrastructure is up to the task but those talks can wait.
Topics: weather
Regions: Manawatu, Whanganui, Taranaki
Tags: floods
Duration: 3'39"

07:45
Charleston church holds first service since shooting
BODY:
Our correspondent, Patrice Howard, is in Charleston.
Topics: crime
Regions:
Tags: Charleston shooting
Duration: 3'26"

07:48
More scientists come forward to say they've been gagged
BODY:
The Association of Scientists says more scientists are coming forward saying they are being gagged or pressured.
Topics: science
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'58"

07:55
Minister responds to claims scientists have been gagged
BODY:
And with us now is the Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce.
Topics: science, politics
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'38"

07:57
NZ dollar expected to move lower
BODY:
The New Zealand dollar continues to track down after years of being overvalued.
Topics: economy
Regions:
Tags: NZ dollar
Duration: 2'03"

08:07
Sports News for 22 June 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'05"

08:10
Report on Whanganui
BODY:
At least 800 households are without power, dozens of roads remain closed and the East of Whanganui is cut off after the city's biggest ever flooding.
Topics: weather, environment, life and society
Regions: Whanganui
Tags: floods
Duration: 3'05"

08:15
National Civil Defence Controller on flood damage.
BODY:
Shane Bayley is Civil Defence's national controller.
Topics: weather, environment
Regions: Whanganui, Manawatu, Taranaki
Tags: floods
Duration: 5'19"

08:20
Flooding, slips closed roading network - NZTA responds
BODY:
The Transport Agency's regional performance manager, Mark Owen, is on the line.
Topics: weather, transport
Regions: Whanganui, Manawatu
Tags: floods
Duration: 3'00"

08:23
The latest from John Key for another week
BODY:
The Prime Minister John Key says it is to soon to say whether the weekend of heavy rain, on the heels of flooding this winter in Wellington, Dunedin and the West Coast is symptomatic of climate change.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: government
Duration: 3'24"

08:27
Prime Minister claims thousands of refugees coming into country
BODY:
Staying with the Prime Minister and the Government is coming under increasing pressure to boost the refugee quota of 750 a year.
Topics: politics, refugees and migrants
Regions:
Tags: asylum seekers, refugee quota
Duration: 3'08"

08:29
Markets Update for 22 June 2015
BODY:
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'03"

08:35
Five new All Blacks named
BODY:
Five new faces will get a chance to wear the All Blacks jersey this season.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: All Blacks, rugby
Duration: 4'42"

08:40
New board members elected for Ak school with bullying concerns
BODY:
An outspoken children's health campaigner has regained confidence in the management of an Auckland school after raising concerns it wasn't properly dealing with allegations of bullying.
Topics: health, education
Regions:
Tags: bullying
Duration: 2'56"

08:48
Te Manu Korihi for 22 June 2015
BODY:
The MP for Te Tai Tokerau, Kelvin Davis says the continued plundering of Far North wetlands for swamp kauri is a disgrace and reflects badly on the government and local councils; Two highly regarded journalists from Maori Television's Native Affairs programme have resigned over the last seven days; A joint project between the Hawkes Bay iwi Ngati Kahungunu and Crown agency GNS Science is helping tribal members learn about the potential for oil and gas exploration in their rohe; The journey of five Maori whanau as they come to terms with the loss of loved ones to suicide will be filmed to raise awareness about the issue.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'24"

08:50
New South Wales boosts funds to encourage urban sprawl
BODY:
As Auckland grapples with rising prices and ways to limit urban sprawl, Sydney's government is also acting.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Sydney, Australia
Duration: 3'24"

08:57
Auckland Zoo's new elephant touches down
BODY:
It took five years to organise, 3-million dollars and 11-thousand kilometres of flying, but Auckland Zoo's newest elephant is finally here.
Topics:
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: zoo, Auckland Zoo, elephants
Duration: 3'35"

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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: Heartland, by Jenny Pattrick, told by Fiona Samuel Angela finds romance in an unexpected place while she searches for her unknown father (1 of 10, RNZ)

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09:10
Why did a Government agency stop battery backups?
BODY:
Why did a Government agency stop battery backups - essential in power outages - being offered on ultra fast broadband contracts?
EXTENDED BODY:
Nine to Noon has found that the requirement for companies installing Ultra Fast Broadband to offer battery backup was scrapped after a Government agency intervened.
UFB services will not work if the power goes out, leaving phone and alarm services vulnerable to outages.
In May Nine to Noon highlighted the pitfalls of phone and alarm services on fibre being useless in a power cut without battery back up.
Now in response to an Official Information Act request we've found that the option of consumers being offered back-up batteries when they get UFB installed was considered, but thrown out.
Crown Fibre Holdings – which is in charge of the Government's two billion dollar UFB rollout – was initially going to ensure service providers like Spark and Vodafone had to offer battery backup.
But it was told by the then Ministry of Economic Development, now the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment- MBIE, to drop the requirement, as there was "no policy basis" to include it.
That was in August 2011, seven months after the Christchurch earthquake when more than 50,000 households lost power and phone services.
On Nine to Noon this morning Kathryn Ryan talked to Chris Bishop, ICT Policy and Programme Manager at MBIE, and Telecommunications Users Association NZ (TUANZ) chief executive, Craig Young.
Topics: technology, internet
Regions:
Tags: ultra fast broadband, UFB
Duration: 24'45"

09:30
The mechanisms of ageing and why we are living longer
BODY:
Understanding the ageing process and how to slow it down. Dr Hamish Jamieson is a senior lecturer in older person's health at Otago University and a specialist in older person's health with Canterbury DHB. He says there's now a much greater understanding of the biochemical pathways that make cells work more effectively.
Topics: health
Regions:
Tags: ageing
Duration: 14'09"

09:50
Europe correspondent - Nick Thorpe
BODY:
Nick Thorpe discusses Hungary's plan to fence off its border with Serbia to stop migrants.
Topics: refugees and migrants
Regions:
Tags: Hungary, Serbia, Europe
Duration: 8'36"

10:10
Nobel Prize winner, Alvin Roth: "Who Gets What and Why"
BODY:
Alvin Roth won the Nobel Prize for economics partly for his work helping match willing donors with those who need kidney transplants.
EXTENDED BODY:
Professor Alvin Roth won the Nobel Prize for economics partly for his work helping match willing donors with those who need kidney transplants.
He has spent his career looking at markets of all kinds and how ‘buyer’ and ‘seller’ come together. In his new book, Who Gets What and Why, he argues we are surrounded by matching markets. From applying for a job, to asking someone out on a date, matching plays a crucial but invisible role in our lives.
Professor Roth says matching is why apps like uber and airbnb are so successful, but while he is an advocate of market forces, as he tells Kathryn Ryan, there must also be rules.
Photo: Steve Castillo
Topics: economy, technology, health
Regions:
Tags: organ donation, Alvin Roth
Duration: 25'44"

10:40
Book review - Finders Keepers
BODY:
Finders Keepers by Stephen King Published by Hachette, RRP$37.99, reviewed by Crystal Beavis.
Topics: books
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 5'17"

11:10
Politics with Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton
BODY:
Political commentators Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton discuss troubles with Colin Craig and the Conservatives; and the live sheep exports.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 22'31"

11:30
Foraging with Wairarapa chef Ant North
BODY:
Ant North is the former head chef at Wharekauhau Lodge in Wairarapa. He is a long time fan of foraging, learning to identify and cook with wild plants more than 10 years ago in the UK. He shares a recipe for sea lettuce salt, and talks about how he uses foraged items in his recipes. He will be hosting a wild food event at Wellington on a Plate in August http://www.wellingtononaplate.com/events/ant-north-is-wild-about-food/ @WellyOnaPlate
EXTENDED BODY:
Ant North is the former head chef at Wharekauhau Lodge in Wairarapa. He is a long time fan of foraging, learning to identify and cook with wild plants more than 10 years ago in the UK.
He shares a recipe for Sea Lettuce Salt, and talks about how he uses foraged items in his recipes. Ant North
Ant North will be hosting a wild food event at Wellington on a Plate in August.
Topics: food
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: foraging, weeds, wild food
Duration: 15'10"

11:45
Off the Beaten Track with Kennedy Warne
BODY:
Outdoors man and adventurer Kennedy Warne discusses Matariki, climate and kauri.
EXTENDED BODY:

My Matariki - Everything is Connected. Photograph by Kennedy Warne
Matariki, the season of new beginnings, began officially last Thursday. And the shortest day – the winter solstice – is today. So we are in the midst of a time for thinking about endings and beginnings, greetings and farewells, looking back and looking forward. Truly, “the old net is put away; the new net goes fishing."
There are Matariki festivities happening throughout the country, and there are things families can do to make this season meaningful as a signpost of the year. Kiwi Families suggests, among other things, holding a family feast (doubling perhaps as a midwinter Christmas dinner – or as well as!), planting a Matariki tree, sleeping under the stars (perhaps Central Otago residents may want to delay, with lows of minus 7 predicted this week), re-committing to New Year’s resolutions (this is, after all, the beginning of a “new year”) and generally using Matariki as a time to celebrate the past and plan for the future.
If you want to find Matariki (Pleiades) in the night sky, you’ll need to get up early, because the constellation rises just before dawn. And when you do find it, some ideal lines to recite are those of Alfred Lord Tennyson:
Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising thro’ the mellow shade,
Glitter like a swarm of fireflies tangled in a silver braid.
As Matariki began, the much awaited encyclical letter of Pope Francis addressing climate change, environmental degradation, global economics and the plight of the poor was released.
Some are calling the pope the “caped climate crusader” for his ability to focus international attention on the climate issue where other world leaders and activists have not been able to gain traction. But his letter is a much more wide-ranging examination of humanity’s dismal record on caring for what he calls “our common home".
He hasn’t minced words in his 184-page missive, speaking out forcefully on the evils of consumptive capitalism, the deification of the free market, an obsession with technology and the tyranny of anthropocentrism “our unrestrained delusions of grandeur".
He calls instead for an “integral ecology – renewing a sense of stewardship for earth, rather than considering it a repository of extractable resources.
The pope’s letter comes on top of some other surprising climate statements from unlikely sources. A couple of weeks ago the G7 summit of leading industrialised nations called for decarbonising of the global economy by the end of the century, essentially saying that the fossil fuel era is over. And almost at the same time executives of six European oil companies called for a carbon tax.
I wrote about these events, and wondered if we could be seeing the beginnings of a “climate swerve” – a change in public consciousness that sees opinions solidifying to such a degree that political action is no longer avoidable.
The US historian who coined the term “climate swerve” notes that a crucial ingredient in getting galvanised public awareness is the inclusion of ethics in the discussion. In a sense, then, the pope’s highly ethics-based appeal brings a new element into what has largely been an environmental case against the rising rates of greenhouse gas emissions.
Ethics brings me to my last topic for discussion: the mining of swamp kauri in Northland. Last week Radio NZ broke a story alleging dodgy goings on in Northland regarding the extraction and export of swamp kauri stumps and logs. The Forestry Act 1949 prohibits the export of indigenous timber such as kauri unless it is in the form of a finished or manufactured product, or where the source is the stump or roots of a of a tree from a registered sustainable forest or where the stump or roots have been salvaged from an area that is not indigenous forest land.
The past decade has seen something of a goldrush in swamp kauri extraction, and the suspicion is that the environmental impacts have not been fully appreciated, and that perhaps there has been some creative circumventing of the letter of the law.
What hasn’t been discussed is the question of the ethics of extracting this non-renewable resource. For general guidance, the Resource Management Act states that resources must be sustained so as “to meet the reasonably foreseeable needs of future generations.” Minerals are exempted from this requirement, though no reasons are given. Increasingly, ethicists and philosophers are asking, “What are our obligations to future generations?” Clearly, this is a vital question when considering what actions to take on climate change. Yet politicians are largely silent on the matter, and one wonders to what extent extraction of mineral and non-mineral resources such as swamp kauri should be examined from a future-generations standpoint.
It does seem incongruous that at a time when a disease is threatening the health and perhaps existence of what remains of the vast kauri forests of pre-colonial times, and when a tree-sitter succeeds in getting a residential development involving logging of a kauri tree shelved, that ancient kauri in the wetlands and farm paddocks of Northland should be the subject of an unholy rush to flog off the timber off overseas with a minimum of added value.
Topics: environment, rural, life and society
Regions:
Tags: Kennedy Warne, Matariki, kauri, community
Duration: 11'16"

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09:05 Why did a Government agency stop battery backups - essential in power outages - being offered on ultra fast broadband contracts?
The requirement for companies installing Ultra Fast Broadband to offer battery backup was scrapped after a Government agency intervened. UFB services will not work if the power goes out, leaving phone and alarm services vulnerable to outages.
In May Nine to Noon highlighted the pitfalls of phone and alarm services on fibre being useless in a power cut without battery back up. Now in response to an Official Information Act request we've found that the option of consumers being offered back-up batteries when they get UFB installed was considered - but thrown out. Crown Fibre Holdings - which is in charge of the Government's two billion dollar UFB rollout - was initially going to ensure service providers like Spark and Vodafone had to offer battery backup. But it was told by the-then Ministry of Economic Development - now the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment - or MBIE - to drop the requirement, as there was "no policy basis" to include it. That was in August 2011, seven months after the Canterbury earthquake when more than fifty thousand households lost power and phone services.
Chris Bishop is MBIE's Chris Bishop, ICT Policy and Programme Manager and is with me in the Wellington studio; and Craig Young, Chief Executive of Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand (TUANZ).
09:20 The mechanisms of ageing and why we are living longer.
Understanding the ageing process and how to slow it down. Dr Hamish Jamieson is a senior lecturer in older person's health at Otago University and a specialist in older person's health with Canterbury DHB. He says there's now a much greater understanding of the biochemical pathways that make cells work more effectively.
09:45 Correspondent Nick Thorpe in Hungary
Nick Thorpe discusses Hungary's plan to fence off its border with Serbia to stop migrants.
10:05 Nobel Prize winner, Alvin Roth: "Who Gets What and Why"
Professor Alvin Roth won the Nobel Prize for economics partly for his work helping match willing donors with those who need kidney transplants. He has spent his career looking at markets of all kinds and how ‘buyer’ and ‘seller’ come together. In his new book, Who Gets What and Why, he argues we are surrounded by matching markets. From applying for a job, to asking someone out on a date, matching plays a crucial but invisible role in our lives. Professor Roth says matching is why apps like uber and airbnb are so successful, but while he is an advocate of market forces, he says there must also be rules.
Photo: Steve Castillo
10:35 Book review: 'Finders Keepers' by Stephen King
Published by Hachette. Reviewed by Crystal Beavis.
10:45 The Reading: 'Heartland' by Jenny Pattrick
Donny Mac arrives home from a short prison stint to find his life back in Manawa turned upside down. A cracker of a yarn told in true kiwi style, set under the shadow of Mount Ruapehu. (1 of 10, RNZ).
11:05 Political commentators with Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton
Political commentators Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton discuss troubles with Colin Craig and the Conservatives; and the live sheep exports.
11:30 Ant North - Wairarapa chef and foraging expert
Ant North is the former head chef at Wharekauhau Lodge in Wairarapa. He is a long time fan of foraging, learning to identify and cook with wild plants more than 10 years ago in the UK. He shares a recipe for Sea Lettuce Salt, and talks about how he uses foraged items in his recipes. He will be hosting a wild food event at Wellington on a Plate in August.
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11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Matariki, climate and kauri.

My Matariki - Everything is Connected. Photograph by Kennedy Warne.

===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 22 June 2015
BODY:
Whanganui digs itself out of the mud and the police and psychologists under fire over family shootings.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 15'51"

12:18
A2 Milk says it may be a takeover target
BODY:
A2 Milk's share price has jumped by nearly a quarter after signalling it may become a takeover target.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: A2 Milk
Duration: 1'08"

12:19
NZ posts annual record annual migration in May
BODY:
An economists says there's little sign that net migration is waning.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: migration
Duration: 1'02"

12:20
Consumer confidence has fallen to the lowest level in two years
BODY:
Consumer confidence has fallen to the lowest level in more than two years.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: consumer confidence
Duration: 1'04"

12:24
Midday Markets for 22 June 2015
BODY:
For the latest from the markets we're joined by Bryan Shepherd at Macquarie Private Wealth
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'06"

12:26
Midday Sports News for 22 June 2015
BODY:
The US Open golf major is going down to the wire on the punishing Chambers Bay course in Washington State.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'34"

12:35
Midday Rural News for 22 June 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 7'24"

=SHOW NOTES=

===1:06 PM. | Jesse Mulligan, 1–4pm===
=DESCRIPTION=

Information and debate, people and places around NZ

=AUDIO=

13:07
Your song - Walk Away Renee
BODY:
Stan Rivett from Canterbury has chosen 'Walk Away Renee' by Jimmy Lafave.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 11'00"

13:19
NZ Retro - Maori showbands
BODY:
The golden age of Maori showbands. These were entertainers who took their traditional songs and sense of fun, blended that with the pop songs of the time, added hard work and discipline.
EXTENDED BODY:

NZ Retro recalls the golden age of Maori showbands. These were entertainers who took their traditional songs and sense of fun, blended that with the pop songs of the time, added hard work and discipline.
Simon Mercep is joined by the Modern Maori Quartet - James Tito, Matariki Whatarau, Maaka Pohatu, Francis Kora and Matu Ngaropo to talk about the good old days of the Maori showbands.
Archival audio supplied by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.
Related stories

The Maori Show Bands on Radio New Zealand

Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Maori showbands, Rim D Paul, Billy T James
Duration: 40'55"

14:08
Giving back with bikes - Gary Sarten
BODY:
We're off to north Taranaki to talk to a man who is both pursuing a past time he really enjoys, and, is doing something really helpful for young people in his community. His name is Gary Sarten, and his passion is bicycles, which is probably why some Waitara locals call him 'the bike dude'!
Topics:
Regions: Taranaki
Tags: Gary Sarten, Pride of New Zealand Awards, cycling, bicycles
Duration: 11'23"

14:20
Drone Racing
BODY:
Drone racing is taking off as a new sport in New Zealand. Two leagues have been started in New Zealand this year and a trans-Tasman battle is in the pipeline for later in the year. Chris Jackson is a senior structures engineer at Air New Zealand, and test pilot at X-craft Enterprises.
Topics: technology
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Drone racing, Chris Jackson
Duration: 9'49"

14:44
Feature album - Sweet Baby James
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The feature album today, the second one from legendary singer songwriter James Taylor, Sweet Baby James.
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Duration: 15'14"

15:08
The Captain and the Cannibal - James Fairhead
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One Sunday morning in November 1830, an American schooner called Antarctic discovered an uncharted island off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Islanders came out to the Antarctic, and the captain, fearing an attack, ordered cannon fire. As a result, one islander was captured, and, together with another man taken from another island, were brought all the way back to New York city, where they were made to perform in popular shows. That story is now told in a new book by James Fairhead is a professor of Social anthropology at the University of Sussex. The book's called The Captain and "the Cannibal": An Epic Story of Exploration, Kidnapping, and the Broadway Stage. Professor Fairhead is in Sussex.
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In the late 1700s and early 1800s, moko - the mummified heads of Maori chiefs - were items of curiosity to the Western World and hundreds were taken by explorers.
But American sea Captain Benjamin Morell went a step further when he came to the South Pacific in 1830. He kidnapped an indigenous man called Dako from New Guinea, and put him in a show in New York called “The Cannibals".
Professor James Fairhead tells the story of two men who never considered each other human in the book The Captain and "The Cannibal": An Epic Story of Exploration, Kidnapping, and the Broadway Stage.
Professor Fairhead spoke to Simon Mercep on Afternoons.
On the morning of 13 November, 1830, a twin-masted schooner helmed by American Captain Benjamin Morell approached an uncharted island off the coast of Papua New Guinea.
The islanders were scared. They had never seen men with white complexions.
“The islanders came out in a threatening way,” says Professor James Fairhead from Sussex University.
“They thought it was a ghost ship that would bring them misfortune.”
Professor Fairhead says that misfortune did arrive on that ship. They fired their cannons and killed several men, and took one man named Dako captive.
He was taken to New York by Mr Morell and forced to perform in popular shows.
“The story had just disappeared from the face of the earth. I stumbled upon some traces of Dako, the New Guinean captive in some archives in New York and become interested in what had become of him,” says Professor Fairhead.
He tells the story in his new book, The Captain and "the Cannibal": An Epic Story of Exploration, Kidnapping, and the Broadway Stage.
Before capturing Dako, Mr Morell and his crew had been seeking their fortunes, hunting seals off the coast of New Zealand.
But the seal population had been decimated by hunters who came before and Mr Morell, deeply in debt, came up with another idea to fund his voyages.
“He’s a duplicitous man at heart. He’s desperate to make a living, and he uses Dako,” says Professor Fairhead.
Along with a captive from another island, Mr Morell decides to use the men for entertainment.
“When they got to New York, he declared these were cannibals and he put on a show,” Professor Fairhead explains.
"Dako had only just stepped off this vessel from an island in the Pacific. Suddenly they’re in the midst of 1830’s New York and they were absolutely terrified.”
Professor Fairhead says thousands of spectators would come and see the islands in an exhibit.
But the men had no choice but to do what they were told.
“Morell needed to make money off Dako. Dako on the other hand was totally reliant on the Captain because only the Captain knew where his island was,” according to Professor Fairhead.
Mr Morell made enough money from the shows and books to make a return trip to Dako’s island.
The Captain and "The Cannibal": An Epic Story of Exploration, Kidnapping, and the Broadway Stage reveals what happened on that return voyage, and whether Dako ever got back home again.
Topics: Pacific, history, books, author interview
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Duration: 23'18"

15:30
New Mosque in Taihape - sanctuary for weary travellers
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There's a new mosque in the township of Taihape and it can proudly call itself the highest Islamic Centre in New Zealand at 440m above sea level. It was initiated by Constable Abu after he encountered many travel-weary Muslims stopping to pray along busy State Highway One and built by the community of Taihape. Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets the locals and visits the new mosque to learn more.
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Before the centre was established in 2014, Muslims used to pray by the train station or behind the main public toilets. The mosque serves the general population of the North Island as they travel State Highway One - Constable Saifudin Abu, Taihape

There's a new mosque in the township of Taihape and it can proudly call itself the highest Islamic Centre in New Zealand at 440m above sea level. It was initiated by Constable Abu after he encountered many travel-weary Muslims stopping to pray along busy State Highway One and built by the community of Taihape.
Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets the locals and visits the new mosque to learn more.
ASSALAMUALAIKUM, We are pleased to provide a centre for Muslims to stop, pray and rest in the middle of North Island along the busiest road, SH1.Taihape has long been used by Muslims traveling from Auckland, Hamilton and Taupo to Wellington or Palmerston North ... We pray that you fully utilise the facility and treat it like your own home and Insha Allah, more Islamic Centres like Taihape will sprout on smaller towns around the country. We hope to see you in your next journey! JazakAllah Khair — Ad-Deen Mosque
Followers of the Islamic faith need to pray five times a day. This can be a challenge if you are traveling the long stretches of State Highway One that threads its way down the North Island.
Constable Saifudin Abu recognised the need for a Mosque after he encountered many travel-weary Muslims praying on the side of the road or sometimes behind the public toilets in Taihape.
A traveling Muslim is known as Musafir, in Arabic, the word safar means to walk, to travel to any distance. In religious terminology it means to set off with the intention of walking a distance of at least 3 days, so a person who sets off with such an intention is called a musafir or safari (traveler).
Initially Saifudin invited many back to his home where they were welcomed by his wife and children and given space to pray in comfort but word got around and soon Saifudin was inundated with calls. There is only one family of Muslims living in Taihape; Saifudin, his wife Siti Khalijah and their three children.
That was when Saifudin decided to initiate the building of a new masjid in Taihape, to provide sanctuary for the traveling faithful to pray and cook halal food together and rest before the next leg of their journey.
The brand new masjid, the Ad-Deen Mosque — opened in December 2014 as part of the Taihape Islamic Centre in Taihape.
Saifudin tells me that the mosque was funded by FIANZ (The Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand) as well as donations from mosques around New Zealand. They had reached their funding goal within 2 months of appealing.
And what about the Taihape locals? What did they think about a new mosque being built in their township? I join Saifudin as we walk his beat around the township. He's known affectionately as "Din" to the locals and it was the locals that embraced the project in the first place and then the locals who helped to build the mosque.
Marion Bennett owns the Bennetts Furniture Shop in the centre of Taihape:
It's added such a huge dimension to town. Just to learn about the different religion ... we thought we were a closed community but we're not. Different is just different and its just learning.

Bennetts are also Taihape's local funeral parlor and dry-cleaners. Every business in Taihape doubles up on their services, the local plumbers are also a volunteer fire service, the school receptionist is the local lifeguard. "In Taihape we like to put things out on the street and make things open. You are always welcome - that's what Din does with the mosque."
Bennetts provided the carpet laying services for the mosque and it was a unique job. "The carpet is very special," Saifudin tells me, "It has been imported from Saudi Arabia and has a particular pattern on it to help people pray toward Mecca, the carpet costs more than the mosque itself."
The mosque benefited from a lot of voluntary services. Saifudin's colleague Constable Lomaz is also a builder. Constable Lomaz built the wahdu (washing) area in his free time.
Saifudin himself is a local constable along with six other colleagues in the Central North Island regions, but in regards to the mosque, he must also act as Imam and conduct the call to prayers among other duties.
The opening ceremony on the 6th December 2014 coinciding with Taihape's Santa Parade. I asked Marion if she attended the opening. "Oh definitely!" says Marion, "I attended both openings, the informal one and the official one. Most of the community turned up. There was a great crowd, about 300, and the Santa parade was co-incidentally on the same time - it was so festive, invited Muslim guests in all their amazing cultural dress joined the Santa Parade down the main street of Taihape and everyone was dancing and singing."

The opening included the unveiling of a Mosque plaque and a traditional feast, Saifudin tells me that catering students volunteered their services to make a halal feast for the special occasion.
The Mosque proudly claims to be the highest in New Zealand at 440m above sea level. It's not only a place of worship for followers of Islam, it's also a centre for information and education and now Ad-Deen Masjid a place of sanctuary for the travel-weary musafir.
Topics: spiritual practices, education, language, life and society, refugees and migrants
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: New Zealand's Muslim community, Islam, Taihape
Duration: 19'50"

15:47
The Panel pre-show for 22 June 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 13'15"

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1:10 Your Song
Walk Away Renee. Sung by Jimmy Lafave. Requested by Stan Rivett.
1:20 New Zealand Retro: Maori Show Bands
Today, the golden age of Maori showbands. These were entertainers who took their traditional songs and sense of fun, blended that with the pop songs of the time and added hard work and discipline. Simon Mercep is joined by Modern Maori Quartet members James Tito, Matariki Whatarau, Maaka Pohatu, Francis Kora and Matu Ngaropo.
Archival audio supplied by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.

2:10 Giving Back With Bikes - Gary Sarten
Now we're off to north Taranaki to talk to a man who is both pursuing a past time he really enjoys, and, is doing something really helpful for young people in his community. His name is Gary Sarten, and his passion is bicycles, which is probably why some Waitara locals call him 'the bike dude'!
2:20 Drone Racing - Chris Jackson
Drone racing is taking off as a new sport in New Zealand. Two leagues have been started in New Zealand this year and a trans-Tasman battle is in the pipeline for later in the year. Chris Jackson is a senior structures engineer at Air New Zealand, and test pilot at X-craft Enterprises.
2:30 NZ Reading - Mercenary Territory
Connor was once the number one real estate sales person in the country, but in recent years the sales have been few and far between. Today he has an appointment with a Ponsonby widow.
2:45 Feature album
Sweet Baby James. James Taylor.
3:10 The Captain and the Cannibal - James Fairhead
One Sunday morning in November 1830, an American schooner called Antarctic discovered an uncharted island off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Islanders came out to the Antarctic, and the captain, fearing an attack, ordered cannon fire. As a result, one islander was captured, and, together with another man taken from another island, were brought all the way back to New York city, where they were made to perform in popular shows. That story is now told in a new book by James Fairhead is a professor of Social anthropology at the University of Sussex. The book's called "The Captain and "the Cannibal": An Epic Story of Exploration, Kidnapping, and the Broadway Stage. Professor Fairhead is in Sussex.
3:30 Voices - Lynda Chanwai-Earle
There's a new mosque in the township of Taihape. It was initiated by Constable Abu after he encountered many travelling Muslims stopping to pray along busy State Highway One and built by the community of Taihape. Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets the locals and visits the new mosque to learn more.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about. With Jim Mora, Noelle McCarthy, Neil Miller and Nicky Pellegrino.

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Monday 22 June 2015
YOUR SONG:
ARTIST: Jimmy Lafave
TITLE: Walk Away Renee
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RETRO:
ARTIST: Maori Quin Tikis
TITLE: Poi Poi Twist
COMP: Rim D Paul & The Quin Tikis
ALBUM: Waiata
LABEL: EMI 680295
ARTIST: Maori Volcanics
TITLE: All I Ever Want Is You
COMP: Waaka
ALBUM: For Export Only
LABEL: REVOLUTION rvlp 1003
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: James Taylor
TITLE: Fire And Rain
COMP: Taylor
ALBUM: Sweet Baby James
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ARTIST: James Taylor
TITLE: Taylor
COMP: Sweet Baby James
ALBUM: Sweet Baby James
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ARTIST: James Taylor
TITLE: Country Road
COMP: Taylor
ALBUM: Sweet Baby James
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THE PANEL:
ARTIST: Metric
TITLE: Help I'm Alive
COMP: Emily Haines
ALBUM: Fantasies
LABEL: Last Gang Records

===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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15:47
The Panel pre-show for 22 June 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 13'15"

16:03
The Panel with Neil Miller and Nicky Pellegrino (Part 1)
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What the Panelists Neil Miller and Nicky Pellegrino have been up to. Whanganui has been hit by the worst flooding in recorded history. The cost of the flooding in the lower North Island is expected to be second only to the Canterbury earthquakes. TV and Radio company Mediaworks has aired an official apology to former talk host John Tamihere. Dr Deborah Russell joins the Panel to discuss what this means in regards to the content of his on-air comments about the so-called Roastbusters underage sex case. An Australian playwright is disappointed the ending of his play has been changed by the New Zealand director. The nude ending was perfomed in Sydney and Perth. What now for the Conservative Party? With or without Colin Craig.
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Duration: 24'54"

16:04
The Panel with Neil Miller and Nicky Pellegrino (Part 2)
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Having a rude uncivil work environment can take your stress level to dangerous levels. England has beaten New Zealand by three wickets to win the five-game one-day international series. Two-hundred families will be offered a place in a programme to fight child obesity. We talk to Professor Michael Gard about the chances of success.
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Duration: 23'29"

16:07
Panel Intro
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What the Panelists Neil Miller and Nicky Pellegrino have been up to.
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Duration: 4'18"

16:11
North Island floods
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Whanganui has been hit by the worst flooding in recorded history. The cost of the flooding in the lower North Island is expected to be second only to the Canterbury earthquakes.
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Duration: 2'05"

16:13
Auckland port extension
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A judge has ruled consents for an extension of an Auckland wharf should not have been granted without public consultation.
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Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Bledisloe Wharf
Duration: 2'46"

16:16
Mediaworks apology to John Tamihere
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TV and Radio company Mediaworks has aired an official apology to former talk host John Tamihere. Dr Deborah Russell joins the Panel to discuss what this means in regards to the content of his on-air comments about the so-called Roastbusters underage sex case.
Topics: media
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: John Tamihere, Mediaworks
Duration: 6'15"

16:24
Play's ending changed because of nude scene
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An Australian playwright is disappointed the ending of his play has been changed by the New Zealand director. The nude ending was perfomed in Sydney and Perth.
Topics: arts
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Silo Theatre, Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography
Duration: 3'04"

16:27
Conservatives loss National's gain?
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What now for the Conservative Party? With or without Colin Craig.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 6'05"

16:33
Stress and civility
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Having a rude uncivil work environment can take your stress level to dangerous levels.
Topics: health
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Tags: stress
Duration: 7'18"

16:44
Panel Says
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What the Panelists Neil Miller and Nicky Pellegrino have been thinking about.
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Duration: 6'09"

16:51
Children and obesity
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Two-hundred families will be offered a place in a programme to fight child obesity. We talk to Professor Michael Gard about the chances of success.
Topics: health
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Tags: obesity, child obesity
Duration: 9'17"

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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
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Radio New Zealand's two-hour news and current affairs programme

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17:00
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 22 June 2015
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Helicopters rescue people cut off by the weekend floods and Colin Craig admits inappropriate conduct.
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Duration: 18'37"

17:08
Helicopters rescue people cut off by the weekend floods
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Helicopters have been flying all day over flood-ravaged Whanganui and Taranaki, evacuating pregnant women and others with babies, and ferrying in food and generators to farms that may be cut off for a month.
Topics: weather
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: Whanganui, floods
Duration: 3'58"

17:12
Pilot's many mercy missions
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45 kilometres up the Whanganui River, the O'Hagan farming family at Operiki Station were split up by slips that they're expecting will keep them cut off for a month.
Topics: weather
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: Whanganui, floods
Duration: 2'38"

17:15
Latest from Waitotara and Taranaki
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Brent Manning is from the South Taranaki District Council.
Topics: weather
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: Whanganui, floods
Duration: 4'12"

17:19
Colin Craig rejects all allegations of sexual harrassment
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The former Conservative Party leader, Colin Craig, says there was some inappropriate conduct between himself and his former press secretary, but flatly rejects any suggestion of sexual harassment.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 2'56"

17:22
Latest from Whanganui
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The mayor of Whanganui district Annette Main is with us.
Topics: weather
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: Whanganui, floods
Duration: 4'32"

17:33
Today's market update
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A2 Milk's share price has jumped 16 percent after signalling it may become a takeover target.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'06"

17:35
Wasp sting patient failed by nurse
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A woman stung by up to 15 wasps screamed in pain and quickly became unconsious when a registered nurse failed to give her a diluted dose of antihistamine.
Topics: health
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Tags: wasps, antihistamine
Duration: 2'37"

17:38
Jury deliberates on dairy killing trial
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The jurors deciding the case of two boys accused of killing a west Auckland dairy owner during a robbery have been told they must look into the mind of the boy who used the knife.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Kumar trial
Duration: 3'14"

17:41
Police accept Livingstone shooting findings
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The police's southern commander says it will be hard to stop another shooting tragedy like that of the Livingston family, despite an overhaul of the way domestic violence cases are handled.
Topics: crime
Regions: Otago
Tags: Edward Livingstone
Duration: 6'28"

17:48
Hoons hit Auckland parks, leaving thousands in damage
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Auckland parks have been damaged by a plague of hoons who've been racing around sports pitches, causing thousands of dollars worth of damage.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: boy racers
Duration: 3'38"

17:48
Whanganui marae and mana whenua badly hit by flooding
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The Putiki Marae in Whanganui has been badly hit by the flooding that's inundated parts of the city over the last few days. A stream of floodwater has been running through the meeting house. Andrew McRae reports.
Topics: te ao Maori, weather
Regions: Whanganui
Tags: Putiki Marae, Ngāti Tūmango, Ngāti Tūpoho
Duration: 3'31"

17:53
Te Manu Korihi News for 22 June 2015
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The Putiki Marae in Whanganui has been badly hit by the flooding that's inundated parts of the city over the last few days; MediaWorks has been forced to make a public apology to the former radio talkback host John Tamihere; The Ministry for Primary Industries is rejecting criticism by the MP Kelvin Davis, that it's enforcement of laws for the export of swamp Kauri are 'slack'.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'13"

17:56
PM corrects himself on refugees
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The Prime Minister has corrected himself after wrongly claiming three to four thousand refugees are coming into the country each year.
Topics: politics, refugees and migrants
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Tags: refugee quota
Duration: 2'59"

18:07
Sports News for 22 June 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 3'24"

18:13
Pipiriki rescue pilot on a day flying flood missions
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Four hundred people are unable to return to their flood-hit homes in Whanganui this evening with council cordons up to keep homeowners away as floodwaters recede.
Topics: weather
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: Whanganui, floods
Duration: 3'37"

18:17
Whanganui local allowed to return home
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In Whanganui city's flooded east Willy McGregor is one of the lucky few who's back home. But his house on Anzac Parade is surrounded by mud and water.
Topics: weather
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: Whanganui, floods
Duration: 2'47"

18:19
Infrastructure needs to be more resilient
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Opposition parties say infrastructure needs to be more resilient in the face of climate change.
Topics: politics, climate, weather
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Tags: climate change, infrastructure
Duration: 2'42"

18:23
Money, ego and fame in school boy rugby hindering the Blues
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A well-known rugby commentator says one reason the Auckland Blues have struggled over recent years may be the way Auckland's schoolboy players are brought up the ranks.
Topics: sport
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Tags: rugby
Duration: 5'54"

18:41
Farmer stranded with no power
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Laura Watson and her husband farm in a remote area off State Highway 4 north of Whanganui.
Topics: weather
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: Whanganui, floods
Duration: 3'47"

18:44
MacGregor releases a statement
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More now on today's admission from the former Conservative Party leader, Colin Craig, that there was some inappropriate conduct between himself and his former press secretary, Rachel MacGregor.
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Duration: 55"

18:46
Courier firm tries out drone deliveries in Auckland
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A courier company has carried out New Zealand's first delivery by drone, flying a package across Auckland in a quarter of the time it would have taken by road.
Topics: transport
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: drones, courier
Duration: 4'57"

18:57
Labour calls for independent investigation
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The Labour Party is urging the Government to set up an independent investigation into claims that many scientists feel gagged.
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Duration: 2'35"

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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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Entertainment and information, including: 8:13 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries 9:30 Insight: An award-winning documentary programme providing comprehensive coverage of national and international current affairs (RNZ)

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19:12
The Vespa Project
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GNS Science palaeontologist Hamish Campbell has just returned from a scientific voyage of discovery, a 25 day mission exploring a part of northeast Zealandia as part of the VESPA project: Volcanic Evolution of South Pacific Arcs.
Topics: science
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Tags: VESPA project, Volcanic Evolution of South Pacific Arcs, Zealandia, French Cuisine, Norfolk Ridge, Norfolk Island.
Duration: 22'53"

20:42
Conundrum Clue One Monday 22 June
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Conundrum Clue One for Monday 22 June
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Duration: 09"

20:42
Native Fish
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New Zealand fish with Stella McQueen, self-confessed native fish geek, author and field worker... what fish get up to when a river floods.
Topics: science, environment
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Tags: fish, fresh water, floods, survival
Duration: 15'48"

21:12
Mokihi at Matariki
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Ron 'Bones' Rissetto explains mokihi, the Maori art of raft-making from reeds.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Tags: Matariki, mokihi, raft making
Duration: 17'51"

21:59
Conundrum Clue for Monday 22 June
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Conundrum Clue Two for Monday 22 June
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Duration: 11"

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7:15 The Vespa Project
GNS Science palaeontologist Hamish Campbell has just returned from a scientific voyage of discovery, a 25 day mission exploring a part of northeast Zealandia as part of the VESPA project: Volcanic Evolution of South Pacific Arcs.
7:30 Feature guest
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 Native Fish
New Zealand fish with Stella McQueen, self-confessed native fish geek, author and field worker... what fish get up to when a river floods.
9:10 Mokihi for Matariki
Ron 'Bones' Rissetto explains mōkihi, the Māori art of raft-making from reeds.
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9:30 Insight
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 Blues Unlimited
Exploring the wonderful world of the Blues and its history, heritage and rich cultural traditions (7 of 12, PRX)
See the PRX website for this programme

===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=

Exploring the wonderful world of the Blues and its history, heritage and rich cultural traditions (7 of 12, PRX)