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:
09 July 2015
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 One in Five (RNZ); 1:05 Discovery (BBC); 2:05 The Thursday Feature (RNZ); 3:05 Head in the Clouds - A Hartley Manners Story, by Matthew O'Sullivan (4 of 5, RNZ); 3:30 NZ Books (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)
===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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Radio New Zealand's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour
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06:00
Top Stories for Thursday 9 July 2015
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Massive falls on the Chinese stock market.. what will it mean for the world. Computer glitches bring the New York Stock Exchange, United Airlines and the Wall Street Journal to a halt.. but the White House rules out a cyber attack. We'll talk to our New York correspondent Lorna Shaddick and Samoans are elated in the aftermath of the All Blacks test in Apia.
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Duration: 28'08"
06:06
Sports News for 9 July 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'32"
06:10
NYSE trading halted by computer technical glitch
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Trading on the New York Stock exchange has been halted for more than 2 and a half hours (as at 6am NZT) due to a computer glitch
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Tags: USA, stock markets
Duration: 37"
06:15
More on NYSE trading halted by computer technical glitch
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Trading on the New York Stock exchange has been halted for more than 2 and a half hours (as at 6am NZT) due to a computer glitch
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Tags: USA, stock markets
Duration: 3'53"
06:22
Pacific News for 9 July 2015
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The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 2'34"
06:24
Morning Rural News for 9 July 2015
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'08"
06:28
Te Manu Korihi News for 9 July 2015
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A Māori health academic is calling for official recognition of electronic cigarettes, or vapourisers as a way to help Māori quit smoking; A doctor opposed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership is warning that the controversial agreement could put the well-being of tangata whenua at risk; New research shows that food taxes and subsidies could improve diets and reduce deaths in Aotearoa, particularly among Māori.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'07"
06:48
China market falls sharply
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Chinese stocks have continued to fall sharply, despite a raft of government measures to restore calm.
Topics: business
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Tags: China, stock markets
Duration: 1'06"
06:49
Govt books remain in surplus
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The Government's books are on track to return to surplus, but an economist warns the slowing economy means it may not last.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: surplus, government
Duration: 2'56"
06:52
TPP ministerial meeting set for late July in Hawaii
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The Trade Minister, Tim Groser, says he's still waiting for a serious offer on opening up the dairy markets of countries involved in the Pacific-wide trade talks
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: TPP
Duration: 2'44"
06:55
Energy Mad says it hopes to make first profit in 5 year
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The light bulb company, Energy Mad, says after shedding about ten jobs, and moving another ten more staff to an agency, it hopes to make it's first profit for five years.
Topics: business
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Tags: Energy Mad
Duration: 1'52"
06:58
Morning markets for 9 July 2015
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Wall Street is down as China suffers another heavy day of losses.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'06"
06:59
Business briefs
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There's been changes at Cavelier Corporation's board.
Topics: business
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Tags: Cavelier Corporation
Duration: 19"
07:07
Sports News for 9 July 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'24"
07:11
Fortunes and lives lost as Chinese market rout continues
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China's sharemarket rout gathered pace again yesterday after the eyewatering amounts of Government cash allocated to prop up stocks over the weekend failed to staunch the bleeding.
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Tags: China, stock market
Duration: 4'40"
07:16
NYSE trading halted by computer technical glitch
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Meanwhile trading on the New York Stock Exchange has just restarted after a computer glitch shut it down more than 3 hours.
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Tags: USA, stock exchange, stock markets
Duration: 3'58"
07:21
All Blacks on way home but will they make a return visit?
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The All Blacks fly home today from Samoa having won their test match against Manu Samoa 25-16.
Topics: sport
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Tags: All Blacks, Samoa
Duration: 4'28"
07:26
Calls for All Blacks to play in Tonga
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Sangster Saulala is a Tongan MP and former chairman of the Tonga Rugby Union.
Topics: sport
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Tags: All Blacks, Tonga
Duration: 1'53"
07:28
AC/DC drummer to ask for discharge without conviction today
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The AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd will ask for a discharge without conviction when he appears for sentencing in Tauranga today.
Topics: crime
Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: Phil Rudd
Duration: 2'04"
07:33
Fire damages Auckland's just-restored St James theatre
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The fire service will today begin investigating the cause of a fire at Auckland's historic St James theatre.
Topics: arts, history
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: St James theatre, fire
Duration: 2'03"
07:36
Warnings in place on the roads
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Warnings remain in place for drivers around the country as icy conditions continue to make driving treacherous.
Topics: transport, weather
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Tags: roads, black ice
Duration: 2'20"
07:38
Spiders and flies evade MPI
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MPI is encouraging the public to remain vigilant after a number of venomous spiders from Mexico were found in bunches of table grapes.
Topics: business
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Tags: biosecurity, MPI
Duration: 6'03"
07:44
Ruataniwha farmers not buying water because too expensive
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Farmers in the area of the proposed $600 million Ruataniwha water storage project in Hawke's Bay say they will not buy the water because it is too expensive and would make their farms unprofitable.
Topics: farming
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Ruataniwha Dam
Duration: 4'05"
07:48
HBRC confident of reaching water sales target for Ruataniwha
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Hawke's Bay Regional Council chairman Fenton Wilson has been listening in to that.
Topics: farming
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Ruataniwha Dam
Duration: 2'25"
07:51
Study shows food taxes and subsidies could save lives
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A new study says a 20 pct tax on unhealthy foods and subsidisies on healthy ones could prevent or postpone thousands of early deaths each year.
Topics: health
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Tags: tax on unhealthy foods, foods
Duration: 4'28"
07:55
Beware the killer selfie Russian police warn youth
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Beware the killer selfie is the message from police to Russian youth after a dozens of deaths related to self photography attempted while performing dangerous stunts.
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Tags: Russia, selfie
Duration: 3'27"
08:07
Sports News for 9 July 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'15"
08:11
New York Stock Exchange trading halted
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Investors on Wall Street started their day worrying about China and the 3 trillion dollars of value wiped off its stock market.
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Tags: USA, stock market
Duration: 3'11"
08:14
What will the impact on New Zealand be?
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The suspension of trading on the New York Stock exchange comes as stocks nose dive in China and Greece continues to haggle with European creditors over another economic rescue package.
Topics: economy, business
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Tags: USA, China, Greece
Duration: 3'45"
08:18
Census highlights a new working poor in NZ
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Social service agencies say census data has highlighted the new working poor - those who can't afford to put a roof over their heads.
Topics: economy, life and society
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Tags: census data
Duration: 3'23"
08:22
Dishonest immigration advisers face "no consequences"
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Rogue immigration advisers, who defrauded vulnerable clients of thousands of dollars, have not paid a cent of the hundreds of thousands of dollars they were ordered to repay.
Topics: crime
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Tags: immigration advisers
Duration: 3'56"
08:29
Markets Update for 9 July 2015
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'05"
08:36
Property market picks up in north as Aucklanders quit the city
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The property market in Northland has sprung back to life for the first time since the global financial crisis.
Topics: business
Regions: Northland
Tags: property market
Duration: 3'27"
08:38
Mixed reaction to ECan election plan
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Cantabrians will have to wait another four years before being able to elect a full regional council.
Topics: politics
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Canterbury Regional Council
Duration: 2'55"
08:41
All Blacks spread word about healthy eating in Samoa
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The All Blacks leave Samoa today, with a test win under their belt as well as a lot of good will from the Samoan people.
Topics: sport
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Tags: All Blacks, Samoa
Duration: 2'45"
08:44
Te Manu Korihi News for 9 July 2015
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A Māori health academic is calling for official recognition of electronic cigarettes, or vapourisers as a way to help Māori quit smoking; New research shows that food taxes and subsidies could improve diets and reduce deaths in Aotearoa, particularly among Māori; A doctor opposed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership is warning that the controversial agreement could put the well-being of tangata whenua at risk.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'13"
08:48
Turnbull has sly dig at Abbott over terror laws
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Malcolm Turnbull, the former Australian Liberal Party leader who was rolled by Tony Abbott, has warned against over reacting to the threat posed by Islamic State.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 2'39"
08:51
171-year-old Nelson family farm weathering dairy ups and downs
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The slump in dairy prices is forcing one Nelson farming family to find new ways to make their farm pay after 171 years on the land.
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Tracy Neal, Nelson Reporter - tracy.neal@radionz.co.nz
A Nelson farm owned by the same family for 171 years is still going strong - and that's despite the slump in dairy prices.
Jeremy Cooper (left), Nikki Cooper and Richard Raine are striving to keep Nelson's Oaklands farm in the family.
Photo: RNZ / Tracy Neal
The Raine family have owned Oaklands farm since 1844 and began milking cows there in the 1930s, but they reckon weather and urban growth are bigger threats to its future. They have become the oldest family in New Zealand to receive a Century Farms Award, which recognises families who have worked the same land for a century or more.
The farm is now run by Richard's eldest son Julian Raine and his wife Cathy, who live on a neighbouring house on the property. The farm currently milks 200 cows year-round and is run as part of an integrated farm business alongside other farms and horticultural interests in the Nelson region.
Julian Raine said about 20 percent of milk produced was sold direct to the public under the Oaklands farm brand, while the majority went to Fonterra.
Oaklands homestead
Photo: RNZ / Tracy Neal
Oaklands milk is sold via vending machines at various locations around Nelson, and is also used in a growing number of city cafes.
Richard's eldest daughter Nikki and her husband Jeremy Cooper, who met while he was a young farm hand at Oaklands, recalled simpler times, including when the cows all had names.
"We used to have the most beautiful cow, called Ruru. We sat on her back while she was being milked and when she got old Dad retired her rather than send her to the Works," Nikki said.
Oaklands was forged by John Waring Saxton - Richard Raine's ancestor, and has survived wars and depressions, and a list of natural disasters closer to home, including floods and earthquakes.
John Saxton brought the Baltic pine homestead with him in prefabricated form from England in the early 1840s. He originally built it on another site he owned in Nelson before shifting it to Oaklands in 1845. It is the focal point of the farm and park-like gardens which feature large heritage trees, and rows of massive oak trees.
Nikki Cooper said previous generations survived by living frugally, through good and bad times. Her memories growing up there are of riding horses with her sister, friends coming around after school and many family occasions.
"Oaklands became very ingrained in our lives - so much so I never moved far from it," she said.
A more immediate challenge is holding off suburban growth on either side of the farm. The 500 hectare property straddles the boundary of two local authorities, the Nelson and Tasman councils. The farm's green buffer is being squeezed from all sides by suburban sprawl creeping closer to its boundaries.
"We're hanging in there, with houses all around us," Richard Raine said.
However, he is more concerned about the impact of weather on the farm than city growth and shifting dairy prices. In recent years, storm force winds have torn down heritage trees and heavy rains have taken their toll.
Richard, who is now 80, said the extremes had become more frequent, and that he had seen worse weather in the last decade than in his lifetime.
The Raines are determined to keep Oaklands alive, but they said it was going to take some lateral thinking. Two pieces of the farm's front have already been sliced off and used to develop the region's large multi-purpose sports complex, Saxton Field.
For Richard, there is too much tied up in the property to think about what might be, including the input of his wife Jill who has tended the house and 12 acre garden for decades and who is now in special care.
He said the farm was everything to him.
Topics: farming, history
Regions: Nelson Region
Tags: Oaklands farm
Duration: 4'26"
08:55
New research on spine-tailed devil rays
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New research has found a summer visitor to New Zealand's waters - the spine-tailed devil ray - spend winters in the tropics and are fantastic divers.
Topics: science
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Tags: spine-tailed devil ray
Duration: 3'57"
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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: I Am Not Esther, by Fleur Beale, read by Hana Pomare (4 of 10, RNZ)
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09:08
WHO 'unfit to deal with global emergencies' : report
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A report on the Ebola outbreak, which has killed more than eleven thousand people in West Africa, has concluded that the World Health Organisation lacks the capacity and culture to deal with global health emergencies. The independent report found the W.H.O's response was hampered by a lack of funding and poor communication. Dame Barbara Stocking led the independent panel which conducted the review.
Topics: health, politics, science
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Tags: Ebola, WHO
Duration: 9'46"
09:22
How smart phones are transforming the news and media landscape
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Smart phones and mobile devices are changing media organizations around the world, as consumers access content from wherever they are at any time. Rebecca Howard is the woman charged with developing and growing the New York Times video content. The Times is one of the biggest and most respected newspapers in the United States, but has seen a decline in readership over recent years. It's now invested heavily in video - creating new jobs in digital journalism, while eliminating traditional newsroom jobs.
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Smart phones and mobile devices are changing media organizations around the world, as consumers access content from wherever they are at any time.
Rebecca Howard is the woman charged with developing and growing the New York Times video content.
The Times is one of the biggest and most respected newspapers in the United States, but has seen a decline in readership over recent years. It’s now invested heavily in video - creating new jobs in digital journalism, while eliminating traditional newsroom jobs.
Rebecca Howard talks to Kathryn Ryan about visualising the future of news.
Related stories
Digital media transition gathers speed
Media becomes the story
Loading Docs on The Wireless
Topics: media
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Duration: 21'15"
09:47
UK correspondent Matthew Parris
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The first Conservative-only budget for 19 years; the tenth anniversary of the 7/7 London bombings and the growing debates over EVEL (English Votes for English Laws).
Topics: politics
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Tags: UK, EU
Duration: 10'29"
10:06
Book review: 'The Lives of Colonial Objects'
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'The Lives of Colonial Objects' Edited by Annabel Cooper, Lachy Paterson and Angela Wanhalla. Published by Otago University Press, RRP$50.00. Reviewed by Paul Diamond.
Topics: books
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Duration: 5'57"
10:23
From sleeping rough, to policing the streets
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During his 27 years in the force, Queensland Senior Sergeant Corey Allan has developed several grassroots programmes with social issues and at-risk people at the core. Parts of his own childhood were less than idyllic, and as a young person he also spent some time homeless, living on his wits and sleeping rough. Three years ago he was awarded a Churchill Fellowship for policing and crime prevention and he travelled to New Zealand and other countries to look at how homeless youth were being helped.
Topics: crime, life and society
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Tags: Corey Allen, police
Duration: 20'55"
11:12
New technology with Mark Pesce
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Mark Pesce discusses whether the logical endpoint of social media is full-blown telepathy.
Topics: technology
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Duration: 11'48"
11:24
Raising a quirky child
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Mark Bowers is a paediatric psychologist who specialises in neurodevelopmental issues including autism spectrum disorder and ADHD. He has written the book 8 Keys to Raising the Quirky Child - targeted at parents of, what he calls 'quirky kids', which are those who have difficulty fitting in and connecting with others, and can exhibit obsessive behaviour that stands out from other kids. He says typical parenting books do not address these kinds of behaviours, and he wrote it to advise parents on the best ways to understand their child's brain and behaviour and give practical tips to help them function in social settings .
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Mark Bowers is a paediatric psychologist who specialises in neurodevelopmental issues including autism spectrum disorder and ADHD.
He has written the book 8 Keys to Raising the Quirky Child - targeted at parents of, what he calls 'quirky kids', which are those who have difficulty fitting in and connecting with others, and can exhibit obsessive behaviour that stands out from other kids.
He says typical parenting books do not address these kinds of behaviours, and he wrote it to advise parents on the best ways to understand their child's brain and behaviour and to give practical tips to help them function in social settings.
Topics: health
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Tags: parenting
Duration: 26'05"
11:50
TV reviewer, Lara Strongman
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Lara Strongman reviews Season 2 of True Detective on SoHo, and Life is Toff on Prime.
Topics: media
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Tags: television
Duration: 8'45"
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09:05 WHO 'unfit to deal with global emergencies': report
A report on the Ebola outbreak, which has killed more than eleven thousand people in West Africa, has concluded that the World Health Organisation lacks the capacity and culture to deal with global health emergencies.
The independent report found the W.H.O's response was hampered by a lack of funding and poor communication. Dame Barbara Stocking led the independent panel which conducted the review.
09:20 How smart phones are transforming the news and media landscape around the world
Smart phones and mobile devices are changing media organizations around the world, as consumers access content from wherever they are at any time. Rebecca Howard is the woman charged with developing and growing the New York Times video content. The Times is one of the biggest and most respected newspapers in the United States, but has seen a decline in readership over recent years. It’s now invested heavily in video - creating new jobs in digital journalism, while eliminating traditional newsroom jobs.
09:45 UK correspondent Matthew Parris
Matthew Parris reports on the first Conservative-only budget for 19 years; the tenth anniversary of the 7/7 London bombings and the growing debates over EVEL (English Votes for English Laws).
10:05 From sleeping rough, to policing the streets
During his 27 years in the force, Queensland Senior Sergeant Corey Allan has developed several grassroots programmes with social issues and at-risk people at the core. Parts of his own childhood were less than idyllic, and as a young person he also spent some time homeless, living on his wits and sleeping rough. Three years ago he was awarded a Churchill Fellowship for policing and crime prevention and he travelled to New Zealand and other countries to look at how homeless youth were being helped.
10:30 Book review: 'The Lives of Colonial Objects' Edited by Annabel Cooper, Lachy Paterson and Angela Wanhalla
Published by Otago University Press, RRP$50.00. Reviewed by Paul Diamond.
10:45 The Reading: 'I Am Not Esther' by Fleur Beale, read by Hana Pomare
The tale of a teenager's battle for identity after her mother sends her to live with relatives in a closed religious sect (4 of 10, RNZ).
11:05 New technology with Mark Pesce
Mark Pesce discusses whether the logical endpoint of social media is full-blown telepathy.
11:25 Raising a quirky child
Mark Bowers is a paediatric psychologist who specialises in neurodevelopmental issues including autism spectrum disorder and ADHD. He has written the book 8 Keys to Raising the Quirky Child - targeted at parents of, what he calls 'quirky kids', which are those who have difficulty fitting in and connecting with others, and can exhibit obsessive behaviour that stands out from other kids. He says typical parenting books do not address these kinds of behaviours, and he wrote it to advise parents on the best ways to understand their child's brain and behaviour and give practical tips to help them function in social settings .
11:45 TV reviewer, Lara Strongman
Lara Strongman reviews Season 2 of True Detective on SoHo, and Life is Toff on Prime.
===Noon | Midday Report===
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Radio New Zealand news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm, including: 12:16 Business News 12:26 Sport 12:34 Rural News 12:43 Worldwatch
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12:00
Midday News for 9 July 2015
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The U-N calls on the Government to release a sex offender, and Tenancy law is being strengthened.
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Duration: 14'55"
12:17
Retail spending using electronic cards rises in June
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Retail spending using electronic cards has risen, due to people spending more on fuel.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: spending
Duration: 1'14"
12:19
Traffic flow grows but marginally - prompting warning.
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The traffic volume report for June is reporting a rise for the first time in six months, but warns that growth is weak, and a shrinking GDP is likely.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'16"
12:20
Nervousness about China
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Nervousness about sharp falls on China's stock market has led to selling on New Zealand's bourse.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: China
Duration: 54"
12:21
Greece and China thought to be behind overnight NZD bounce
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Greek negotiations and the diving Chinese stock market are thought to be behind a bounce back of the New Zealand dollar overnight.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'06"
12:22
Commerce Commission says Chch Airport could do more
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The Commerce Commission says Christchurch Airport could do more to show how it works out its charges, but the regulator remains generally happy with the airport's improved level of disclosure.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Christchurch Airport
Duration: 1'06"
12:25
Midday Markets for 9 July 2015
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Angus Marks at First NZ Capital
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'40"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 9 July 2015
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Fresh from his All Blacks debut against Samoa in Apia yesterday Charlie Ngati will captain the Maori All Black side in their match against Fiji in Suva on Saturday.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'46"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 9 July 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 8'09"
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===1:06 PM. | Jesse Mulligan, 1–4pm===
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Information and debate, people and places around NZ
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13:08
Your Song - Heart Of Gold
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'Heart Of Gold' - Neil Young. Chosen by Sandy Connon from wellington.
Topics: music
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Tags: Neil Young, Heart Of Gold, Sandy Connon
Duration: 13'40"
13:20
New Zealand A to Z - Endeavour Inlet
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Today's New Zealand A to Z takes us to Endeavour Inlet in the Marlborough Sounds. Named after Captain Cook's ship the inlet is a natural harbour about the same size as Wellington harbour, just next door to Ship Cove. That is the spot where Cook anchored five times throughout his exploration of New Zealand to rest, restock and refit. With guests: John Hellstrom, Tony Crapper and Rob MacLean.
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Today's New Zealand A to Z takes us to Endeavour Inlet in the Marlborough Sounds. Named after Captain Cook's ship the inlet is a natural harbour about the same size as Wellington harbour, just next door to Ship Cove. That is the spot where Cook anchored five times throughout his exploration of New Zealand to rest, restock and refit. With guests: John Hellstrom, Tony Crapper and Rob MacLean.
Topics: history
Regions: Marlborough
Tags: Endeavour Inlet
Duration: 38'08"
14:10
Red House Fire - Andrew Faith
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Te Horo's one and only landmark has been destroyed by fire. We speak to local dairy farmer, Andrew Faith, who lives and works near the Red House - and whose great grandfather built the historic building in 1911.
Topics: history
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Red House, Red House Fire
Duration: 7'14"
14:17
Westport Stories - Julie Benjamin
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Oral historian Julie Benjamin has been speaking to Westport expats and residents about what it was like to live in the small West Coast town.
Topics: history
Regions: West Coast
Tags: oral history, Julie Benjamin
Duration: 15'12"
14:46
Feature album - Blood To Bone
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Today's feature album Blood to Bone was released just 3 weeks ago. Gin Wigmore started writing tracks that ended up on Blood to Bone in December 2013 - she'd recently broken up with her Australian fiance, moved to LA and shockingly settled down with a new man she'd met through her last tour.
Topics: music
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Tags: Blood to Bone, Gin Wigmore
Duration: 12'58"
15:10
The Expats - Sally Gates
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This week we're talking to Sally Gates, who plays lead guitar in a heavy metal band in Florida.
Topics: music
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Tags: Sally Gates
Duration: 16'42"
15:47
The Panel pre-show for 9 July 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 13'30"
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1:10 Your Song
Heart Of Gold - Neil Young. Chosen by Sandy Connon.
1:20 Our New Zealand A to Z - Endeavor Inlet
Today's New Zealand A to Z takes us to Endeavour Inlet in the Marlborough Sounds. Named after Captain Cook's ship the inlet is a natural harbour about the same size as Wellington harbour, just next door to Ship Cove. That is the spot where Cook anchored five times throughout his exploration of New Zealand to rest, restock and refit. With guests: John Hellstrom, Tony Crapper and Rob MacLean.
2:10 Red House Fire - Andrew Faith
Te Horo's one and only landmark has been destroyed by fire. We speak to local dairy farmer, Andrew Faith, who lives and works near the Red House - and whose great grandfather built the historic building in 1911.
2:20 Westport Stories - Julie Benjamin
Oral historian Julie Benjamin has been speaking to Westport expats and residents about what it was like to live in the small West Coast town.
2:30 NZ Reading - Shooting The Moon
Nick is in trouble for being a loser at soccer and for missing tests at school. Pip causes a fire at his cooking class and still lusts after glamorous Katie Wood. On the rock climbing camp, he and Beattie become close again. Pip accepts Lee's challenge to free climb - and falls.
2:45 Feature album
Blood To Bone - Gin Wigmore.
3:10 The Expats - Sally Gates
This week we're talking to Sally Gates, who plays lead guitar in a heavy metal band in Florida.
3:20 BBC Witness - Helen Keller
It's 135 years since Helen Keller was born in Alabama USA. A childhood illness left her deaf and blind, but she still learned to speak - writing a number of books, graduating from college, and meeting 12 US presidents. She became an inspiration to millions of people around the world. Today's edition of Witness speaks to her great-niece, Adair Faust.
3:35 The Sshhmute - Ruth Beran
Trevor Bremner wanted to practice the cornet after his kids had gone to bed without waking them up, so he invented a 'mute' that he now sells all over the world. Made of plastic and cork, brass players all over the globe think he's done a great job with his Sshhmute.
Stories from Our Changing World.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about. With Jim Mora, William Ray, Penny Ashton and Nevil Gibson.
===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 9 July 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 13'30"
16:04
The Panel with Nevil Gibson and Penny Ashton (Part 1)
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Topics - China's economy and NZ, and Unhealthy food tax to save lives
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Duration: 24'38"
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The Panel with Nevil Gibson and Penny Ashton (Part 2)
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Topics - What your hands have to say, Teen gets off wrongly dated ticket, ACDC drummer gets home detention, Federer defends Kyrgios, and George W Bush $100k charity appearance.
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Duration: 24'29"
16:08
Panel Intro
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What today's Panelists Penny Ashton and Nevil Gibson have been up to.
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Duration: 4'28"
16:08
Panel Says
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What the Panelists Penny Ashton and Nevil Gibson have been thinking about.
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Duration: 5'44"
16:13
China's economy and NZ
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Forbes magazine predicted the demise of New Zealand's economy last year. With China on the decline are we to follow? We ask economist Bernard Hickey
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Duration: 8'07"
16:21
Unhealthy food tax to save lives
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A New Zealand study has found over 2000 deaths a year could be prevented by a tax on unhealthy food. Lead researcher Cliona Ni Mhurchu of the University of Auckland joins the Panel to explain the findings.
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Duration: 12'03"
16:35
What your hands have to say
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The ratio of our finger lengths says alot about us biologically. Maybe palm readers were on to something.
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Duration: 3'36"
16:45
Teen gets off wrongly dated ticket.
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Police have waived the fine for a teenaged driver having an unauthorized passenger while driving on a restricted license. The police officer who issued the ticket dated it for October 22, 2015. In the future. Lawyer Steve Cullen joins the Panel to tell us if the driver should still pay the fine.
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Duration: 5'26"
16:51
ACDC drummer gets home detention
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Phil Rudd has been handed a sentence of eight month home detention for threatening to kill and possession of methamphetamine and cannabis.
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Duration: 4'00"
16:55
Federer defends Kyrgios
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Swiss tennis star Roger Federer has defended Nick Kyrgios's performance at Wimbledon. He's been accused of tanking but Federer says his performance in one game was probably tactics.
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Duration: 2'42"
16:57
George W Bush $100k charity appearance
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The former US president charged $100k for an appearance at a wounded veterans charity event.
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Duration: 2'53"
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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
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Radio New Zealand's two-hour news and current affairs programme
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 9 July 2015
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Renters have to wait four years for insulation, UN calls for release of sex offender with an intellectual disability, Chinese stocks partially rebound, Police offer 30-thousand for info on missing woman, and AC/DC drummer is sentenced to home detention.
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Duration: 24'27"
17:08
Renters have to wait four years for insulation
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Thousands of people living in cold, damp private rentals will have to wait up to four years until their landlords are forced to insulate their homes.
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Duration: 8'02"
17:16
Calls for release of sex offender with intellectual disability
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A child rapist with an intellectual disability who has spent 45 years in mental hospitals and prisons has won a landmark ruling from the United Nations Human Rights Committee that his detention is unlawful.
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Duration: 4'24"
17:21
Chinese stocks partially rebound
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Chinese stocks have partially rebounded today, after shareholders with large stakes in listed firms were banned from selling.
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Duration: 4'26"
17:26
Police offer 30-thousand for info on missing woman
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More than six years after a woman vanished from her home the police are offering 30-thousand dollars to anyone who has information about what happened to her.
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Duration: 4'16"
17:34
Evening Business for 9 July 2015
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News from the business sector including a market report.
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Duration: 2'08"
17:36
Labour says Treasury nuts over rail network.
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The Labour Party has accused the Treasury of being nuts for suggesting the country's rail network should be closed because it costs too much.
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Duration: 5'40"
17:41
Pawn shop murderer jailed for at least 17 years
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Zarn Tarapata armed himself with a knife and left his kids in the car before walking into the Takanini Pawn shop where his partner worked.
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Duration: 2'56"
17:47
AC/DC drummer is sentenced to home detention
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A judge has told the former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd that his more than 40 year-long rockstar lifestyle has finally caught up with him.
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Duration: 3'18"
17:51
Lorries turned back as Gisborne-Wairoa rod closed.
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The closure of the Gisborne Hawkes Bay road has come at a critical time for market farmers and citrus orchardists.
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Duration: 2'52"
17:54
Hawkes Bay iwi initials its deed of settlement
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A Hawkes Bay iwi is one step away from signing its full and final Treaty of Waitangi settlement with the Crown.
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Duration: 2'55"
17:57
Exporters worried about long term prospects in China
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Exporters are hoping to weather China's stock-market storm in the short-term but long-term loss of confidence in China could harm sales.
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Duration: 3'03"
18:07
Sports News for 9 July 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 3'33"
18:12
Landlords have 4 years to insulate their houses
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Thousands of people living in cold, damp private rentals may never get their homes insulated.
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Duration: 4'45"
18:17
Hawkes Bay hit by heaviest snow falls in 35 years.
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The freezing conditions have brought the heaviest snow to the Hawkes Bay in 35 years, making driving hazardous on State Highway 5 - the Napier to Taupo Road and closing State Highway 2, north to Gisborne through Wairoa
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18:21
One of the best dinosaur hunters has one named after her
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One of the best dinosaur hunters in the world has finally had one named after her.
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Duration: 4'12"
18:26
Fourth men's seed falls as women gear up for semis
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The French tennis player, Richard Gasquet, has upset the fourth seed, Stan Wawrinka, at Wimbledon this morning in a thrilling five-set quarter-final.
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Duration: 6'05"
18:37
Panic and fear on Chinese stockmarkets
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Now to the fear and panic on the Chinese stockmarkets.
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Duration: 3'35"
18:40
Four Waikato schoolkids win world literacy prize.
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Four children from a Hamilton school have won a world literacy prize, answering questions on books from Homer's Odyssey to Harry Potter.
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Duration: 3'20"
18:43
Athletes overcome obstacles at Pacific Games
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Cyclones, transport woes and lack of competition at home are just some of the obstacles faced by athletes from tiny island countries in the Pacific who are competing at this year's Pacific Games.
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Duration: 3'33"
18:47
Rugby's eligibility rule raises its head
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The final whistle has been blown on the first official All Blacks Test in the Pacific, with all sides pledging to try and make it a regular event .
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Duration: 2'48"
18:50
Battle between IS and Egypt expected to worsen
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The battle between Islamic State and Egyptian forces in Sinai is expected to get worse over the next few weeks after the last bold attack by IS.
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Duration: 3'28"
18:53
Te Manu Korihi News for 9 July 2015
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A Hawkes Bay iwi is one more step away from signing its full and final Treaty of Waitangi settlement with the Crown; Snow fall and freezing conditions are causing more misery for Whanganui residents, just weeks after the region experienced its biggest flood in recorded history; Two well-known Native American actors have arrived in Aotearoa to help Maori learn more about their culture.
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Duration: 3'37"
18:57
Concerns closing cancer committee will put NZ further behind
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The Government is dumping an independent committee which advises the Health Ministry on cancer.
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Duration: 2'58"
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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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7:30 Arts with Nikki Bedi (BBC WS)
8:13 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries
9:06 Our Changing World: Science and environment news from NZ and the world (RNZ)
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The Bold Lapita
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The Pacific archaeology community are getting together in Vanuatu for the 8th conference focussing on the Lapita, the first peoples of the Pacific - Veronika Meduna of Radio New Zealand's Our Changing World is also in attendance.
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Duration: 20'12"
20:40
Hip Hop
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University of Auckland ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke raps about hip hop music and culture; white females rappers.
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Duration: 22'10"
20:59
Conundrum - clue number 7
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Conundrum - clue number 7.
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21:59
Conundrum - clue number 8
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Conundrum - clue number 8.
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7:10 The Bold Lapita
The Pacific archaeology community are getting together in Vanuatu for the 8th conference focussing on the Lapita, the first peoples of the Pacific - Veronika Meduna of Radio New Zealand’s Our Changing World is also in attendance.
7:30 Arts with Nikki Bedi
Film star Sandra Bullock tells us about voicing a villain for the 3D computer-animated adventure action comedy film, Minions, poet Claudia Rankine discusses being black in a white world, Sir Ian (Gandalf) McKellen tells us about working with bees, and Nina Simone’s daughter reveals the classical music career her mother was denied – because of her colour. (BBC WS)
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 Hip Hop
University of Auckland ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke raps about hip hop music and culture and white females rappers.
9:06 Our Changing World
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21:06
Spinetail Devil Rays
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Electronic tags used to measure the survival of spinetail devil rays released after being caught by tuna fishing boats have revealed long journeys to the tropics and deep dives
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By Alison Ballance
New research on spinetail devil rays has shown that these summer visitors to northern New Zealand waters are overwintering in the tropics, and diving to record-breaking depths during their journey.
“They provided some really fascinating information about the behaviour and movements of these animals. Two rays travelled rapidly to the tropical islands north of New Zealand – and one ended up near Vanuatu and the other one just south of Fiji.”
Dr Malcolm Francis, NIWA
Spinetail devil rays are mobula rays (Mobula japanica) and they are a smaller cousin of the well-known giant manta ray (Manta birostris), which is also found in New Zealand waters and can reach up to 7 metres across. Devil rays are up to 3.1 metres across, and they weigh up to 150 kilograms. With finely pointed fins they look a little like a caped superhero as they ‘fly’ through the water.
Few of us have heard of them, but devil rays are quite frequently caught as accidental by-catch by purse seine boats, fishing for skipjack tuna near the edge of the continental shelf between Great Barrier Island and the Bay of Islands. Kris Ramm, a science advisor for the Department of Conservation working on marine species and threats, works with the fishing industry to find ways to avoid catching protected species such as devil rays. He says that spinetail devil rays, which are found in tropical waters world-wide, have been protected in New Zealand waters since 2010.
“Most of the animals come on deck alive,” says Kris. “That means that if we do have incidence of by-catch we actually have room to try and release those animals alive, so that they aren’t injured and have a long term chance of survival.”
NIWA shark expert Dr Malcolm Francis has been collaborating with the Department of Conservation (DoC), the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and the fishing industry to find out if these live devil rays survive when returned to the water. Fishery observers successfully attached ‘pop-up’ satellite tags to nine devil rays. These tags gather information on depth and temperature, and some of them also record light which can be used to estimate location. After a predetermined time, the tags ‘pop up’ to the surface where they transmit their data to orbiting satellites. While two tags failed to report any data and four of the devil rays subsequently died, the three survivors reported in with some eye-opening information.
“One of the rays ended up near Vanuatu and the other one just south of Fiji,” says Malcolm. “And we’re quite surprised at how fast they did it. They travelled between 1400 and 180 kilometres at least, and they covered that distance at a minimum speed of 50-60 kilometres per day, so they’re getting along pretty fast.”
As well as speeding along at the surface the two devil rays that headed off in late summer to spend winter in the tropics were making some record-breaking dives along the way.
“One of them was recorded going down to a thousand metres, and the other one to 1100 metres.”
The previous record for the species was 445 metres, recorded off the coast of Mexico.
The two rays that were tracked to the tropics were only followed for a month, but the third ray was followed for three months and remained near the edge of the continental shelf off north-eastern New Zealand. It spent much of its time feeding in the top 50 metres of water, but also dived as deep as 649 metres. All three tagged rays substantially exceeded the previous depth record of 445 m recorded for the same species off Mexico. They all made frequent dives to depths of 200-300 metres, usually during the day, and this behaviour is probably related to feeding on deep water prawns and small fishes.
Of concern is that four of the tagged rays appeared in good health when they were released but died within four days. It appears that the capture process may sometimes cause fatal physiological stress, and future work will try to determine what stages in the capture process are most stressful.
Kris Ramm says that DoC, MPI and NIWA are working with the fishing industry to develop an industry code of practise, to find better ways to avoid catching devil rays and improve the survival rate of released rays. MPI strongly supports this research, which is closely aligned with its National Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks. Spotter planes working with the fishing boats to identify schools of tuna can report when they see devil rays, allowing fishing boats to avoid those schools. One possible mitigation measure is to empty the catch onto the boat through a large mesh cargo net, which would allow the tuna through but would catch any devil rays, which could then be easily lowered back into the water on the net. At the moment it is challenging to deal with these large, heavy animals once they are on the deck of a moving boat.
Malcom Francis says that devil rays are animals of the open ocean and don’t often come inshore, but they gather along the edge of the shelf where water depth is 150–350 m, probably to feed on swarms of small planktonic shrimp-like creatures called euphausids. They feed by swimming along with their mouths open, and filtering their small prey from the water on their comb-like gill rakers.
Previous work by NIWA’s Malcolm Francis and Clinton Duffy from DoC has used satellite tags to reveal that great white sharks migrate annually between New Zealand and the tropics, also diving regularly and to great depths on the way.
This research was presented at the NZ Marine Sciences Society and Oceania Chondrichthyan Society joint conference being held in Auckland this week.
Spinetail devil rays are classified as near threatened on the IUCN Red List.
Keeping with the theme of cartilagenous fishes (which includes sharks, skates and rays, and chimaeras) Our Changing World recently featured stories on eagle rays and rig sharks.
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Duration: 16'53"
21:20
Spookfish and Other Deep Sea Sharks
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Long-nosed spookfish and other chimaeras are among a suite of weird, little known deep sea sharks that sport spiky sex organs on their head, enormous noses, fierce spines and long tails
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By Alison Ballance
"They’re just so weird looking. When it was first suggested that I look at deep water sharks I was a little sceptical, because everyone wants to study your big typical pelagic species, the charismatic great whites and whale sharks. But spending a bit of time with them and just looking at them and all the weird features they have - there are some that glow in the dark, they have massive spines, and there’s lots we just don’t know about them so there’s lots of opportunity to learn."
Brit Finucci, PhD student and deep sea shark scientist, Victoria University of Wellington
Brit Finucci is a PhD student at Victoria University of Wellington, and she already knows more about six of New Zealand’s species of deep water sharks than almost anyone else in the world. She has spent many weeks this year dissecting more than 500 specimens of chimaeras that were accidentally caught by research boats working on the Chatham Rise and in the subantarctic, trying to find out as much as she can about these mysterious enigmatic creatures.
Chimaeras are ‘perhaps the oldest and most enigmatic groups of fishes alive today.’ Their closest living relatives are sharks, but they parted evolutionary ways about 400 million years ago. Chimaeras are deep sea sharks that are known by a number of different names, including spookfish, ratfish, rabbitfish, elephantfish and ghostsharks.
The name chimaera (or chimera) comes from Greek mythology, in which it was a fire-breathing monster composed of various animals: a lioness, a snake and a goat.
Like sharks the skeletons of chimaeras are composed of cartilage, and the males have claspers for internal fertilization of females. Unlike true sharks, chimaeras have just a single pair of gills, and most species also have a mildly venomous spine located in front of the dorsal fin.
“They’re all characterised by having this big giant spine [on their back] which is probably a defensive mechanism,” says Brit.
As well as having flexible claspers with a spiked bulbous end, male chimaeras also have small sexual organs, which resemble a hooked club at the end of a stalk – known as tenaculum - on their forehead and in front of the pelvic fins.
“It’s really odd with the chimaeras, males have this little organ on their head that’s the tenaculum,” says Brit. “When they’re mature the [tenaculum] get these tiny little hooks on them. They think it’s used to attach themselves to the female.”
Chimaeras are deep sea species. “Living in complete darkness at the bottom of the ocean they do have large eyes,” says Brit. “And they also have a tapetum, which is a reflective surface – you see that in cats, too, when you shine lights in their eyes and you get that reflection back.”
Not much is known about the diet of chimaeras. “Their teeth are more like rabbit teeth,” says Brit, “They have these tooth plates they use to grind their food.”
Sharks are a surprisingly diverse group of animals, ranging in size from the enormous whale shark, the world’s largest fish, to dwarf pygmy sharks (Squaliolus spp). Sharks, batoids (rays, skates and sawfish) and chimaeras form a distinctive group of cartilaginous fishes collectively referred to as the Chondrichthyans. There are more than 500 species of sharks, nearly 650 batoid species and 50 chimaera species, bringing the overall total of Chondrichthyans to about 1200 species.
Te Ara - the encyclopaedia of New Zealand says ‘in 2004 there were 70 known species of sharks, 26 skates and rays, and 12 chimaeras or ghost sharks in New Zealand … and at least four undescribed species.’
Brit’s work is focusing on identifying when the six species she is looking at become mature, and she will look at stomach contents to see if she can work out what they’re eating. She is studying six different species:
The long nose spookfish (Harriotta raleighana) has a nose that can be up to half its body length. It belongs to a family of long-nosed chimaeras called Rhinochimaeridae, which has 8 known species in 3 genera.
The Pacific spookfish (Rhinochimaera pacifica) is another long-nosed chimaera.
The brown chimaera (Chimaera carophila) was only described as a distinct species in 2014. I t is only found in New Zealand, has a very blunt nose and large purple pectoral fins. There has been a resurgence in discovering and naming new shark species, both from existing specimens in museums and from new ones collected as more deep sea research is carried out. American taxonomist Dave Ebert alone has described 24 species, some of which he has found in Asian seafood markets.
The prickly dogfish (Oxynotus bruniensis) has a thick body, a prominent hump back with two very large sail-like fins and a very rough skin.
The black ghostshark (Hydrolagus homonycteris) lives at depths of 500 to 1,400 metres.
Owston’s dogfish (Centroscymnus owstonii) grows to 1.2 metres long, and is caught as by-catch in the orange roughy and oreo fisheries.
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Duration: 13'36"
21:34
Improving Stent Design with MRI
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Susann Beier is using MRI and computational models to analyse flow of blood like fluid in 3D-printed replicas of coronary arteries with the aim of improving stent design
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By Ruth Beran
Each day approximately 17 New Zealanders – one every 90 minutes – die as a result of coronary heart disease.
People suffering from coronary heart disease have a narrowing or blockage of their coronary arteries by plaque formed by fat or cholesterol on the artery walls.
The preferred treatment is to insert a stent, and PhD student Susann Beier is trying to improve stent design.
A stent is a tiny meshed wire tube which has been put in the circulatory system to be entered into the narrowed arteries,” says Susann.
Stents are used to recover blood flow in an artery and they are deployed in arteries with the help of a balloon. “[The balloon] compresses the arterial plug against the vessel wall which opens the vessel up again,” says Susann.
Stents are usually inserted around the heart and this is the area where Susann Beier is focusing her research. However, stents can also be used in the carotid arteries for stroke prevention.
In particular, Susann is looking at blood flow and stented coronaries. Her aim is to improve stent design and identify predictors for coronary artery disease.
She is using two powerful tools in her research: computational modelling of stents and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) to measure blood flow in large replicas of stented arteries.
The replicas are 3D printed, are six times the size of a human heart, and look like a piped “Y” depicting one coronary branch when it divides into two.
Just like humans look very different our arteries look very different as well,” says Susann.
For example, one replica has a very wide branching artery with 110 degrees in between the daughter branches. Another branches only by 30 degrees.
To measure the blood flow in the up-scaled artery replica, a flow circuit pumps blood-like fluid through and it is then placed in an MRI scanner. The MRI then measures flow in 4D, i.e. in three dimensions at each point in time. About 100 litres of blood like fluid is pumped along pipelines using equipment which must be located outside the MRI because nothing magnetic can be taken into the room.
Susann then compares the outputs from her real-scale computer simulation with the measurements from the MRI to see how closely they correlate. “This is the first time anybody has ever done this and they correlate really well,” she says.
By measuring flow, Susann can see where there is really low flow or high flow in the replicas. This in turn puts low or high stress on the arteries. “Then we can say disease is likely to grow there,” she says.
The fluid is pumped from the single inlet at the bottom of the “Y” and then it divides into the two daughter branches. “At times it creates swirls and stagnation zones. These are the things we’re looking for and then it goes back into the single pipe and comes back around,” she says.
Susann has many replicas, with stents and without. She also has idealised replicas, ones that are average, and some patient specific ones.
Ultimately, she hopes that her work will lead to improved stent design.
“If we implant a stent into a vessel in most cases it’s really helpful and it’s great,” says Susann.
However, in a very small percentage of cases the design of the stent actually changes the flow environment in a way which is not beneficial.
So if we can identify those specific stent design features then we can optimise stent design. And improve stent success,” she says.
Susann conducts her work at the Centre for Advanced MRI at the University of Auckland. CAMRI is involved in a lot of clinical studies but also allows PhD students like Susann to conduct research there.
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Duration: 12'29"
21:46
The Sshhmute - A Practice Mute for Brass Instruments
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In his New Plymouth workshop, Trevor Bremner designs and produces the sshhmute, a practice mute for brass instruments
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By Ruth Beran
Many years ago Trevor Bremner wanted to practice his cornet at home in the evenings when his boys slept, and found that he wasn’t happy with the practice mutes available. These mutes either played out of tune, or were hard to project through.
A good practice mute should [allow] you [to] play as near to what you would do without a mute,” he says.
A musical instrument repairer by trade, Trevor wanted to create the ideal mute and it took him 3.5 years to develop one that he felt happy with. From there, the company has grown and currently sell eight different mutes around the world: the standard practice mutes for trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, flugelhorn, tenor horn, French horn, and the piccolo trumpet, as well as a whisper mute for the trumpet.
A mute is designed to fit inside the bell of a brass musical instrument and reduces the sound when played. “There are different shapes and sizes depending on the type of instrument that it is going to be used in,” says Trevor. “We are at the moment working on three larger ones for baritone and euphonium and also there’s another series of whisper mutes, that we’re working on too,” says Trevor.
The mutes are tapered with a seal around the neck of the cone. This seal makes it air tight and holds the mute in place.
As the instrument is played, the air goes into the cone of the mute, and the only way the air can get out, is through a little tube at the bottom, and that’s what reduces the sound.
Getting the length and diameter of the tube correct is very important, says Trevor, because there’s so many aspects that need to come together.
“You can get notes that don’t work, you can get notes that play out of tune, you can even get what they call split harmonics, where you can actually get two notes, half a semitone apart, so there’s lots of little problems there that you have to iron out,” he says.
The sshhmute reduces the sound from an instrument by roughly 30 decibels.
“Normally if you’re practicing or playing with the mute in, and you’re in a room with a door closed, you can only just hear it outside the room. So it is very effective,” says Trevor.
The sshhmute is made of ABS plastic which accommodates the vibrations from the instrument, is not too heavy, and doesn’t get damaged if dropped. The seal is made from cork.
Trevor admits that the design process is trial and error. For example, he’s working on a whisper mute for the trombone. Whisper mutes are designed to play a little bit louder than a practice mute. “So that’s for very quiet passages onstage,” he says.
Trevor is designing the whisper mute by changing the diameter and length of the tube, because he’s confident that the volume of the cone is right, and the seal is in the right place.
And what’s different about a whisper mute? “They have straight mutes, cup mutes, harmon mutes,” says Trevor, “but they change the colours they do not really, naturally quieten it down. That’s where this mute is really, is quite different to all the other mutes.”
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Duration: 17'50"
9:06 Our Changing World
Science and environment news from New Zealand and the world.
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A review of the leading news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.
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