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:
05 August 2015
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:06 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Insight (RNZ); 1:15 Primary People (RNZ); 2:05 The Forum (BBC); 3:05 Heart of Darfur, by Lisa French Blaker (10 of 12, RNZ); 3:30 Diversions (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)
===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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Radio New Zealand's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including: 6:18 Pacific News 6:22 Rural News 6:27 and 8:45 Te Manu Korihi News 6:44 and 7:41 NZ Newspapers 6:47 Business News 7:42 and 8:34 Sports News 6:46 and 7:34 Traffic
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06:00
Top Stories for Wednesday 5 August 2015
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More tough news for dairy farmers, global dairy prices fall again - whole milk powder prices shed another ten percent. We hear from the dairy analyst, Susan Kilsby. We get Labour's response to claims it is responsible for the saudi sheep trade debacle. David Parker is with us in the studio and also on Morning Report, we'll look back at the life of Les Munro, the last pilot from the Second World War Dambuster raid.
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Duration: 30'23"
06:06
Sports News for 5 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'49"
06:12
Auckland market not slowing down.
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The Auckland housing market shows no sign of slowing down. The latest QV House Price Index shows the Auckland market has gone up by 18-point-8 per cent year on year, with the average price now about 8-hundred and 55 thousand dollars.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
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Duration: 2'23"
06:20
Pacific News for 5 August 2015
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The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 2'58"
06:23
Morning Rural News for 5 August 2015
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'30"
06:27
Te Manu Korihi News for 5 August 2015
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The introduction of legislation to reform Māori land ownership has been delayed until next year; The Council of Trade Unions Māori Vice-President says Māori will be the losers if a Trans Pacific Partnership deal is eventually agreed on; A delegation of Māori organisations and business leaders is touring Asia to gain a better understanding of markets for kiwifruit and other produce; Ngati Kahungunu has announced it's giving the 2017 Te Matatini a funding boost of 350-thousand-dollars.
Topics: te ao Māori
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Duration: 3'38"
06:42
Goff says PM being deliberately dishonest over Saudi debacle
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A former Trade Minister is angry the Prime Minister is laying blame for the Saudi sheep trade debacle on the former Labour Government.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Saudi sheep trade
Duration: 3'26"
06:49
10th fall in dairy price index
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Global dairy prices have plunged once again.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: dairy prices
Duration: 31"
06:50
Commodity prices fall for the fourth consecutive month
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Weaker Chinese demand appears to be spreading beyond dairy products, raising further concerns about the slowdown in the world's second biggest economy.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: dairy prices
Duration: 1'42"
06:51
Origin Energy sale linked to coal steam gas project
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An analyst says Origin Energy has sold Contact Energy at a cheap price in order to keep its debt down
Topics: business
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Tags: Origin Energy
Duration: 2'07"
06:53
Fewer harsh storms help Suncorp
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Fewer harsh storms and Christchurch earthquake claims have boosted earnings at the New Zealand arm of the Australian insurance firm, Suncorp.
Topics: business
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Tags: Suncorp
Duration: 1'54"
06:55
Falling dollar will help build a resilient economy
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The economic forecaster, Berl, says the falling dollar will help build a resilient and sustainable economy.
Topics: business
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Tags: berl, NZ dollar
Duration: 3'27"
06:58
Morning markets for 5 August 2015
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Wall Street is lower after a mixed bag of earnings reports.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 31"
07:07
Sports News for 5 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'55"
07:11
Latest results in Global Dairy Auction
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Prices for New Zealand's single biggest export, whole milk powder, have hit a record low in the overnight global dairy trade auction.
Topics: business, farming
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Tags: dairy prices
Duration: 3'40"
07:14
Govt planned resume live sheep exports market with Middle East
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A boxload of documents made public yesterday has shed more light on the deal which led to the Government paying a Saudi businessman eleven million dollars to set up a sheep farm in order to get a free trade deal with gulf states back on track.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Saudi sheep trade, live sheep export
Duration: 4'00"
07:19
Labour says Saudi sheep deal documents are embarrassing
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Mr McCully and Mr Groser both declined to come on Morning Report to discuss the documents but Labour's trade spokesman David Parker is in in our Dunedin studio.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Saudi sheep trade
Duration: 5'24"
07:25
Scientist: Ruataniwha dam may not be needed
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A former senior GNS scientist says the Ruataniwha Dam may not be needed because there could be plenty of water in the deep aquifers of the area's plains.
Topics: environment
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Ruataniwha Dam
Duration: 3'59"
07:33
Tributes paid to WWII pilot Les Munro
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Charles Foster is a Dambuster blogger and author, and nephew of the Dambuster pilot David Maltby. He joins us from Ireland.
Topics: history
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Tags: Dambusters, Les Munro, WW2
Duration: 5'45"
07:40
New data suggests Auckland housing shortage could get worse
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New data shows Auckland's housing shortage will get worse before it gets better and could last for more than a decade and will get worse before it gets better, according to a new analysis of data.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
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Duration: 3'16"
07:43
A new report takes stock of the Māori economy in Auckland
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When Auckland became a "Supercity" the council adopted an "Independent Māori Statutory Board" to tell it what Māori in Tamaki Makaurau needed. It is part of its Treaty Obligation but many have critised it for being token.
Topics: te ao Māori, economy
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Independent Māori Statutory Board
Duration: 3'39"
07:50
News of Slovak man's death beginning to reach home country
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The mother of the 21-year-old Slovak man shot dead in Auckland's Myer Park on Sunday night is devastated by the tragedy.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: David Cerven
Duration: 4'26"
07:55
Police and family plead for missing teen to contact them
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LA Tukerangi's family are continuing to plead with their missing 15 year old daughter to get in touch with them.
Topics: crime
Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: LA Tukerangi, kidnapping
Duration: 5'10"
08:07
Sports News for 5 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'03"
08:11
Dairy farmers are bracing themselves for bad news from Fonterra
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The price of whole milk powder has fallen to a record low at auction this morning.
Topics: business, farming
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Tags: dairy prices, Fonterra
Duration: 6'34"
08:18
Minister of Finance, Bill English
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And listening to that is the Minister of Finance, Bill English.
Topics: business, farming
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Tags: dairy prices
Duration: 5'56"
08:24
Winston Peters says the deal amounts to a massive bribe
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Winston Peters is on the line from the Cook Islands.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Saudi sheep trade
Duration: 4'22"
08:28
1,000 meat workers to strike
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One thousand meat workers will strike after yet another breakdown in collective agreement talks between the Talley's owned company Affco and the Meatworkers Union.
Topics: business
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Tags: meat workers, Meatworkers' Union, AFFCO
Duration: 2'27"
08:31
Markets Update for 5 August 2015
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'08"
08:36
As Auckland prices rise, investors look to other NZ centres
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Red hot property prices in Auckland are forcing some investors out of the city and further south.
Topics: business
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: housing prices
Duration: 3'11"
08:39
Move by MPs to extend suspected suicides 'positive step'
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A move by parliamentarians to allow suspected suicides to be reported more openly has been described as a "positive step" by a suicide prevention advocate.
Topics: politics, law, media
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Tags: suicide, suicide prevention
Duration: 3'05"
08:42
Justice Minister launches discussion to curb domestic violence
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Justice Minister Amy Adams wants to introduce dedicated family violence charges with penalties harsher than standard assault.
Topics: politics, law
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Tags: family violence, domestic violence
Duration: 2'10"
08:47
Te Manu Korihi News for 5 August 2015
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The introduction of legislation to reform Māori land ownership has been delayed until next year; The Council of Trade Unions Māori Vice-President says Māori will be the losers if a Trans Pacific Partnership deal is eventually agreed on; A delegation of Māori organisations and business leaders is touring Asia to gain a better understanding of markets for kiwifruit and other produce; Ngati Kahungunu has announced it's giving the 2017 Te Matatini a funding boost of 350-thousand-dollars.
Topics: te ao Māori
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Duration: 3'39"
08:50
Opotiki District Council wants to welcome drones into the town
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Opotiki is flying in the face of new civil aviation laws by allowing all drones and model aircraft to be flown in public.
Topics: law
Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: drones, Opotiki
Duration: 2'27"
08:53
Rio on last lap of Olympic preparations
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Rio de Janeiro is stepping up the pace as it approaches the last lap of its Olympic preparations, but it's certainly not without its last minute problems.
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Tags: Brazil, Olympics
Duration: 3'03"
08:56
New Zealand's first comptemporary dance company turns 30
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The country's longest-running contemporary dance company is turning 30.
Topics: arts
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Tags: Footnote Dance Company, dance
Duration: 3'05"
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===9:06 AM. | Nine To Noon===
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Current affairs and topics of interest, including: 10:45 The Reading: Golden Moments by Jane Seaford, told by Margaret Blay
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09:08
Proposed tough new domestic violence laws
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The laws on domestic violence are in for an overhaul with the Justice Minister saying something has to be done about New Zealand's horrific rate of abuse. In a discussion document released this morning the Justice Minister Amy Adams has outlined a raft of possible law changes. They include opening up privacy laws specifying that safety concerns trump privacy concerns, lowering the threshold for the likes of doctors to report concerns and police telling someone their new partner has a history of violence. Justice Minister Amy Adams and Jane Drumm is the executive director of domestic abuse charity, Shine.
Topics: health, inequality, law
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Tags: domestic violence
Duration: 28'09"
09:36
Smart traffic lights
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Christchurch is set to trial the new smart traffic lights which tell drivers when the lights are going to change. The company behind it is Oregon based Connected Signals - which has created an app that interfaces with a city's traffic management system and the car's GPS location.
Topics: technology, transport
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Tags: traffic, motoring, cars, traffic lights
Duration: 9'29"
09:47
Three die in Canterbury fire
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Three people have been confirmed dead after a fire in Waimate this morning. Mayor of Waimate District Council Craig Rawley.
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Regions: Canterbury
Tags: fire
Duration: 3'30"
09:51
Australia correspondent Peter Munro
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The Speaker's resignation over expenses, review of industrial relations laws and AFL player Adam Goodes is set to return to the field following an uproar over racial abuse.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 8'10"
10:10
Kay Danes - helping prisoners held abroad
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Kay Danes, her husband Kerry, and their young family were living in Laos in 2000, where Kay and Kerry were working for a security company. The family were heading home to Australia for Christmas, when Kay and Kerry were arrested on trumped-up charges of gem theft from the country's biggest sapphire mine. They were separated from their two children and imprisoned in a Lao jail, where they remained for nearly a year. During that time, prison guards tortured Kerry and assaulted Kay, to try to force them to admit their guilt. They were eventually released and Kay has gone on to become a human rights advocate for other prisoners held abroad, as well as writing three books. Last year, she received the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2014, for service to the community through promoting social justice and human rights.
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Kay Danes, her husband Kerry, and their young family were living in Laos in 2000, where Kay and Kerry were working for a security company.
The family were heading home to Australia for Christmas, when Kay and Kerry were arrested on trumped-up charges of gem theft from the country’s biggest sapphire mine. They were separated from their two children and imprisoned in a Lao jail, where they remained for nearly a year. During that time, prison guards tortured Kerry and assaulted Kay, to try to force them to admit their guilt.
They were eventually released and Kay has gone on to become a human rights advocate for other prisoners held abroad, as well as writing three books. Last year, she received the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2014, for service to the community through promoting social justice and human rights.
Kay Danes talks to Kathryn Ryan.
Topics: politics, crime, law, history
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Tags: Laos
Duration: 30'40"
10:40
NZ Literature Review: Lost and Gone Away by Lynn Jenner
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Reviewed by Louise O'Brien, co-editor of the quarterly review, New Zealand Books; published by AUP.
Topics: books
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Duration: 5'11"
11:06
Marty Duda's artist of the week: Marc Ribot
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For many music lovers, Marc Ribot is known for his guitar playing on Tom Waits albums such as Rain Dogs, Mule Variations and Real Gone. But along with his session work for the likes of Waits, Elvis Costello and Marianne Faithfull, Marc Ribot has been assembling a breathtakingly diverse catalogue of his own music since the early 1990s. These including excursions into free jazz, Cuban music, blues, rock and classical. His latest album is a live jazz date at the legendary Village Vanguard. Marc Ribot will be performing a rare solo show at Auckland's Tuning Fork on Thursday, 6th August 2015.
Topics: music
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Tags: Marty Duda, Marc Ribot
Duration: 23'39"
11:29
Law commentator Antonia Fisher QC
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Family lawyer Antonia Fisher QC on relationship property and Trusts.
Topics: law
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Tags: Antonia Fisher QC, law, legal relationship, property, trusts
Duration: 14'17"
11:48
Science commentator, Siouxsie Wiles
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Siouxsie Wiles discusses what our top scientists are saying about the future of science in New Zealand - will it be private companies driving our innovation?
Topics: science, technology
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Duration: 11'23"
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09:05 Jane Drumm on proposed tough new domestic violence laws
The laws on domestic violence are in for an overhaul with the Justice Minister saying something has to be done about New Zealand's horrific rate of abuse.
In a discussion document released this morning the Justice Minister Amy Adams has outlined a raft of possible law changes. They include opening up privacy laws specifying that safety concerns trump privacy concerns, lowering the threshold for the likes of doctors to report concerns and police telling someone their new partner has a history of violence.
Jane Drumm is the executive director of domestic abuse charity, Shine.
09:20 Amy Adams on proposed tough new domestic violence laws
Justice Minister Amy Adams
09:45 Australia correspondent Peter Munro
Peter Munro reports on The Speaker's resignation over expenses, review of industrial relations laws and AFL player Adam Goodes is set to return to the field following an uproar over racial abuse.
10:05 Kay Danes - helping prisoners held abroad
Kay Danes, her husband Kerry, and their young family were living in Laos in 2000, where Kay and Kerry were working for a security company. The family were heading home to Australia for Christmas, when Kay and Kerry were arrested on trumped-up charges of gem theft from the country’s biggest sapphire mine. They were separated from their two children and imprisoned in a Lao jail, where they remained for nearly a year. During that time, prison guards tortured Kerry and assaulted Kay, to try to force them to admit their guilt. They were eventually released and Kay has gone on to become a human rights advocate for other prisoners held abroad, as well as writing three books. Last year, she received the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2014, for service to the community through promoting social justice and human rights.
10:30 NZ Literature Review: Lost and Gone Away by Lynn Jenner
Reviewed by Louise O'Brien, co-editor of the quarterly review, New Zealand Books; published by AUP.
10:45 The Reading: 'Golden Moments' a short story by Jane Seaford told by Margaret Blay
Explaining death and where their granddad is is painful at times for Sally. Her granddaughter’s perceptions though also surprise and amuse. (1 of 1, RNZ)
11:05 Marty Duda's artist of the week: Marc Ribot
For many music lovers, Marc Ribot is known for his guitar playing on Tom Waits albums such as Rain Dogs, Mule Variations and Real Gone. But along with his session work for the likes of Waits, Elvis Costello and Marianne Faithfull, Marc Ribot has been assembling a breathtakingly diverse catalogue of his own music since the early 1990s. These including excursions into free jazz, Cuban music, blues, rock and classical. His latest album is a live jazz date at the legendary Village Vanguard. Marc Ribot will be performing a rare solo show at Auckland’s Tuning Fork on Thursday, 6th August 2015.
11:30 Law - Economic Disparity Following Separation
Antonia Fisher QC is a Barrister in Auckland specialising in relationship property and trusts. She is looking at the ability of the courts to compensate women after separation when there is a significant disparity in income following their separation.
11:45 Science commentator, Siouxsie Wiles
Siouxsie Wiles discusses what our top scientists are saying about the future of science in New Zealand - will it be private companies driving our innovation?
Music details
Marty Duda's Mark Ribot selections:
Artist: Tom Waits
Song: Jockey Full Of Bourbon (2:43)
Composer: Tom Waits
Album: Rain Dogs (1985)
Label: Island
Artist: Marc Ribot & Los Cubanos Postizos
Song: Aqui Como Alla (4:51)
Composer: Arsenio Rodriguez
Album: The Prosthetic Cubans (1998)
Label: Atlantic
Artist: Marc Ribot
Song: St James Infirmary (3:42)
Composer: Irving Mills-Joe Primrose-Traditional
Album: Saints (2001)
Label: Atlantic
Artist: Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog
Song: Pinch (4:41)
Composer: Shahzad Ismaily-Marc Ribot-Ches Smith
Album: Party Intellectuals (2008)
Label: Pi Recordings
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Artist: Tom Waits
Song: Jockey Full Of Bourbon (2:43)
Composer: Tom Waits
Album: Rain Dogs (1985)
Label: Island
Artist: Marc Ribot & Los Cubanos Postizos
Song: Aqui Como Alla (4:51)
Composer: Arsenio Rodriguez
Album: The Prosthetic Cubans (1998)
Label: Atlantic
Artist: Marc Ribot
Song: St James Infirmary (3:42)
Composer: Irving Mills-Joe Primrose-Traditional
Album: Saints (2001)
Label: Atlantic
Artist: Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog
Song: Pinch (4:41)
Composer: Shahzad Ismaily-Marc Ribot-Ches Smith
Album: Party Intellectuals (2008)
Label: Pi Recordings
Artist: Avalanche City
Song: Inside Out
Composer: Baxter
Album: Promo
Label: Warner
Time: 0945
Artist: Sam Cooke
Song: You Send Me
Composer: Cooke
Label: ABCKO
Time: 1145
===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 5 August 2015
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Children are rescued from a restaurant fire which killed three people. A bank forecasts mass job losses for Christchurch.
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Duration: 15'01"
12:17
Unemployment edges up, while wages remain muted
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The labour market is starting to feel the effects of the slowing economy. Official figures show the pace of employment growth slowed, rising zero-point-3 percent to 2-point-36 million in the three months to June, while hours worked fell.
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Duration: 1'06"
12:19
Contact Energy's share price leads other energy companies up
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Contact Energy's share price has bounced around following Origin Energy's sale of its 53 percent stake at 4-dollars-65 a share. Contact's share price hit a high of 5-dollars-10 this morning, before falling back.
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Duration: 1'17"
12:21
A cut in forecast dairy payout certain this Friday - economist
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An economist says there's only one way Fonterra can go with its forecast payout to farmers this Friday - and that's down. Dairy prices plunged again in the latest global dairy auction, with the key whole milk powder price slipping more than 10 percent to nearly 16-hundred ($1,590) US dollars a metric tonne.
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Duration: 1'54"
12:24
Intueri Education lowers full year profit forecast
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Intueri Education Group has lowered its forecast full year earnings by as much as 18 percent, due to lower demand for training and higher compliance costs. The vocational education provider says its underlying gross profit is expected to be between 27 and 29-million dollars for the year to December, compared with an earlier forecast of between 30 and 33-million, although it has no plans to change its dividend policy.
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Duration: 1'50"
12:25
Two of Auckland Airport's senior managers resign
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Auckland Airport says two of its top senior managers have resigned following a review of the company's direction and strategy, which included executive remuneration. The chief executive of Auckland Airport, Adrian Littlewood, says the chief financial officer and company secretary, and the general manager of corporate affairs have decided to leave after many years of valuable service. He says Phil Neutze will be acting as the chief financial officer, Justine Hollows will act as the company secretary and Anna Cassels-Brown will act as the general manager of corporate affairs.
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Duration: 20"
12:26
Midday Markets for 5 August 2015
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by James Malden at Macquarie Private Wealth.
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Duration: 2'35"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 5 August 2015
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New Zealand swimmer Lauren Boyle is honoured to swim alongside the best
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Duration: 3'15"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 5 August 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
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Duration: 7'24"
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===1:06 PM. | Jesse Mulligan, 1–4pm===
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Information and debate, people and places around NZ
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13:10
Jesse Intro
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Shock news from Hollywood this morning. It's all over for Kermit and MIss Piggy. How did it happen? Who was at fault? Was there another pig? The executive editor of Variety will answer all your questions shortly
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Duration: 5'46"
13:12
Song You Have To Hear - Mountain
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The Phoenix Foundation's new album, their sixth, is out in two days. Here's the first single from it, 'Mountain'.
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Duration: 3'53"
13:17
Big Game Hunter - Adrian Moody
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The American huntress who spoke out about her 'kill' photos, has said she intends to come to New Zealand next year. The Idaho accountant, Sabrina Corgatelli, has been making headlines throughout the world after she posted images of her posing over a giraffe, she had shot on a hunting trip in South Africa. It's causing a lot of backlash on social media, and comes after the controversial death of Zimbabwe's much-loved lion, Cecil, was killed by an American dentist.
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Duration: 9'24"
13:26
Miss Piggy and Kermit - Steven Gaydos
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Miss Piggy announced today on Twitter that she and the frog had, quote, terminated their romantic relationship. Variety magazine TV expert Geoff Berkshire has been examining the fallout.
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Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog have shocked Muppets fans by announcing the end of their long-running and often tortured love affair.
Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy.
Photo: AFP
On their respective social media accounts they said "after thoughtful consideration and considerable squabbling, we have made the difficult decision to terminate our romantic relationship".
The pair will still be working together but said their personal lives would be distinct and separate and they were free to see other people, pigs and frogs.
Variety executive editor and TV expert Steven Gaydos spoke to Jesse Mulligan on Radio New Zealand Afternoons about the break-up.
"[Sometimes] a story makes you sit right up in your chair, and you're gobsmacked. What can you say? Hollywood is a place where relationships are always fraught with difficulty.
"There's so many pressures between the glamour and the seductiveness of the business - but the one place where the relationships really, really have the hardest time is the inter-species relationships. I'm talking about directors and actors together - and pigs and frogs."
He said he could not confirm rumours of another pig but suggested that, at the end of the day, Miss Piggy had simply had enough.
"He's just - you know, any port in a storm for this guy.
"There is a story that we're sitting on right now, about Malibu, and a couple of those rehab places that treat sex addiction, and - there it is, I've said it. It's the love that dare not speak its name, but that's Kermit.
"I don't want to make him the bad guy here, he has a problem. It is a medical issue, I understand."
He said it seemed unlikely that the couple would reconcile, citing Chris Martin as a possible substitute for Miss Piggy's affections.
News of the break-up coincided with a promotional event in Los Angeles for the upcoming ABC programme, The Muppets.
- AFP/RNZ
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Tags: The Muppets, Miss Piggy, Kermit
Duration: 5'22"
13:35
Cat Cafe - Mike Jones
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New Zealand's first ever cat cafe has got the go ahead. Co-owners, Mike Jones and Vicky Chapman have been working since last December to get the Auckland business up and running.
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Duration: 6'36"
13:40
Feature Album - Ghosts of our Vegas lives
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Maryrose Crook with The Renderers album 'Ghosts of our Vegas lives', chosen by Darryl Baser in Dunedin.
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Duration: 18'10"
14:10
Bird History - Rebecca Rice
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It's been more than 140 years since two men put together what remains New Zealand's most famous book about native birds. A History of the Birds of New Zealand combined the passion and knowledge of ornithologist Walter Buller with the talents of artist J G Keulemans. An exhibition showcasing the illustrations from this famous book is on this week in Upper Hutt.
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Tags: birds
Duration: 5'41"
14:15
Talking Food - Kelly Gibney
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Kelly Gibney is a chef, blogger and food writer whose website BonnieDelicious.com features her excellent and healthful recipes, along with beautiful photography to go with them.
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Duration: 8'11"
14:15
Talking Food - Kelly Gibney
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Kelly Gibney is a chef, blogger and food writer whose website BonnieDelicious.com features her excellent and healthful recipes, along with beautiful photography to go with them.
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Duration: 11'23"
14:15
Talking Food - Kelly Gibney
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Kelly Gibney is a chef, blogger and food writer whose website BonnieDelicious.com features her excellent and healthful recipes, along with beautiful photography to go with them.
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Duration: 12'40"
14:25
Talking Food - Ryan Clarke
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Ryan Clarke is an Auckland restaurateur who is bringing classic American barbecue smoking to the masses. His restaurant Miss Moonshine's had queues of meat enthusiasts from day one and he's here to talk brisket.
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Duration: 7'28"
14:25
Talking Food - Ryan Clarke
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Ryan Clarke is an Auckland restaurateur who is bringing classic American barbecue smoking to the masses. His restaurant Miss Moonshine's had queues of meat enthusiasts from day one and he's here to talk brisket.
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Duration: 7'21"
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Eating Out - Amelia Nurse
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Amelia is back to continue the story of our restaurant history. Today concentrating in the middle of the century.
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Ben Hurley Interview
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An interview with comedian Ben Hurley.
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Technology and Innovation - Paul Brislen 2
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Paul Brislen on Twitter, Internet ownership and traffic lights. Richard Gill on his new Civil Defence App and 111-calling applications.
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Duration: 16'22"
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The Wireless Preview - Natasha Frost
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Natasha Frost from Radio New Zealand's online magazine THE WIRELESS discusses her investigations into polyamory in New Zealand.
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The Young Innovators Collective
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Passionate about growing the multi-cultural talents of Auckland's youth - The Young Innovators Collective is led by 20 year old social entrepreneur Kiran Patel. A fundraiser involving youth busking along Queen Street and a photography exhibition open to youth across the country are just some of the projects created by this Indian New Zealander. Lynda Chanwai-Earle follows Kiran on a tour through Auckland's CBD to learn that you don't have to be alone to "sing for your supper".
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Passionate about growing the multi-cultural talents of Auckland’s youth – The Young Innovators Collective is led by 20 year old social entrepreneur Kiran Patel. A fundraiser involving youth busking along Queen Street and a photography exhibition open to youth across the country are just some of the projects created by this Indian New Zealander. Lynda Chanwai-Earle follows Kiran on a tour through Auckland’s CBD to learn that you don’t have to be alone to “sing for your supper”
It's all about young people coming together and creating opportunities for themselves around youth outcomes - insuring that young people are given the right environment and space to build the skills they need for the 21st century. We're an ecosystem of various projects - very much in the technology space.
Kiran Patel's enthusiasm for life is the first thing that strikes you about this young Indian New Zealander from Auckland, but Kiran would probably describe himself as a child of the globe.
Born in Whangarei Kiran's parents left for Holland when he was just a few months old, (his father was an engineer working for Shell at the time). Most of Kiran's childhood was spent attending an American School in the Hague before his family shifted to England briefly.
When he was in his early teens Kiran and his family moved back to New Zealand. Kiran completed his secondary schooling in Auckland before he began a film making degree at Auckland's Unitec, Institute of Technology. It was about halfway through his film making studies that Kiran realised he wanted a broader career.
That's when he initiated the Young Innovators Collective (YIC) and now at 20, Kiran is the Asia New Zealand Foundation's youngest social entrepreneur and member of their Leadership Network.
I'm following Kiran down Queen Street as he explains that the YIC came out of a group of like-minded fellow students wanting to have a busking festival down Queen Street - which in turn came out of the desire to raise funds for OXFAM's relief aid for Typhoon Haiyan (aka Typhoon Yolanda). Typhoon Haiyan devastated South East Asia and the Philippines in November 2013. Within four hours the YIC buskers had raised almost $500.
Auckland's multi-ethnic and multi-cultural youth and the communities they live among are just what Kiran draws upon when creating new start-ups or community projects.
The range of YIC projects are vast - from community based volunteer work and not-for-profit fund-raising campaigns to online photography exhibitions, short films and fledgling I.T. start-ups. YIC will try to support any new start-up says Kiran, absolutely anything. He and the other YIC collaborators skillfully utilise social media to get their messages out and when they need to, they work from the very cool ambiance of the Biz Dojo in Karangahape Road - at the heart of Auckland's CBD.
"He was too young to join the Leadership Network when we first heard of him. Kiran's really driven," says Melanie Crawford (Leadership Network Co-ordinator, Asia New Zealand Foundation), "and he's someone we're keeping an eye on, especially in the future."
As we trace the footsteps of the busking festival near Aotea Square, Kiran tells me about his other projects; STITCH EMPIRE is currently an accessible online fashion site for youth - to enable them to test fledgling designs in a supportive environment.
Kiran tells me that the all-inclusive nationwide photography exhibition that drew professional and non-professional photographers alike from across the country. "Essentially you could submit your photograph of your absolutely favourite place in New Zealand." This online exhibition provided delightfully surprising images from across the country and was hugely popular while it lasted.
Kiran tells me that he loves the multi-platform approach to YIC start-ups and the entrepreneurship this encourages in Auckland youth that join. Clearly Kiran appeals to youth in Auckland because diversity and sustainability are givens in his own life.
We're redefining the meaning of "success." We're building "community."
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The Young innovators Collective (YIC) Facebook page
The Busking Festival – Queen Street
Kiran Patel on Student Media – Unitec, Auckland
Topics: refugees and migrants, life and society, music, arts
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Duration: 15'52"
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NZ Society - Lynda Chanwai-Earle
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Growing the multi-cultural talents of Auckland's youth - The Young Innovators Collective is led by 20 year old social entrepreneur Kiran Patel. Lynda Chanwai-Earle follows Kiran through the heart of Auckland's CBD to learn more.
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Duration: 10'43"
15:45
The Panel pre-show for 5 August 2015
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1:10 Song You Have To Hear
Mountain - The Phoenix Foundation.
1:20 Big Game Hunter - Adrian Moody
The American huntress who spoke out about her 'kill' photos, has said she intends to come to New Zealand next year. The Idaho accountant, Sabrina Corgatelli, has been making headlines throughout the world after she posted images of her posing over a giraffe, she had shot on a hunting trip in South Africa. It's causing a lot of backlash on social media, and comes after the controversial death of Zimbabwe's much-loved lion, Cecil, was killed by an American dentist.
1:25 Miss Piggy and Kermit - Steven Gaydos
Miss Piggy announced today on Twitter that she and the frog had, quote, terminated their romantic relationship. Variety magazine TV expert Geoff Berkshire has been examining the fallout.
1:34 Cat Cafe - Mike Jones
New Zealand's first ever cat cafe has got the go ahead. Co-owners, Mike Jones and Vicky Chapman have been working since last December to get the Auckland business up and running.
1:40 Feature Album
Maryrose Crook with The Renderers - Ghosts of our Vegas lives. Chosen by Darryl Baser in Dunedin.
2:10 Bird History - Rebecca Rice
It's been more than 140 years since two men put together what remains New Zealand's most famous book about native birds. A History of the Birds of New Zealand combined the passion and knowledge of ornithologist Walter Buller with the talents of artist J G Keulemans. An exhibition showcasing the illustrations from this famous book is on this week in Upper Hutt.
Talking Food
2.15 Kelly Gibney
Kelly Gibney is a chef, blogger and food writer whose website BonnieDelicious.com features her excellent and healthful recipes, along with beautiful photography to go with them.
2.23 Ryan Clarke
Ryan Clarke is an Auckland restaurateur who is bringing classic American barbecue smoking to the masses. His restaurant Miss Moonshine's had queues of meat enthusiasts from day one and he's here to talk brisket.
2.33 Peaches - Presidents Of The USA
2.38 Eating out series - Amelia Nurse
Amelia is back to continue the story of our restaurant history. Today concentrating in the middle of the century.
2.50 Listener feedback and Ben Hurley interview
3:10 Tech and innovation
Paul Brislen on Twitter, Internet ownership and traffic lights.
Richard Gill on his new Civil Defence App and 111-calling applications.
3:25 The Wireless
Natasha Frost from Radio New Zealand's online magazine THE WIRELESS discusses her investigations into polyamory in New Zealand.
3:35 New Zealand Society - Lynda Chanwai-Earle
Growing the multi-cultural talents of Auckland's youth - The Young Innovators Collective is led by 20 year old social entrepreneur Kiran Patel. Lynda Chanwai-Earle follows Kiran through the heart of Auckland's CBD to learn more.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about. With Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Noelle McCarthy.
Jessie Mulligan 1-4pm
Wednesday August 5th
OPENING SONG:
ARTIST: Phoenix Foundation
TITLE: Mountain
COMP: Phoenix Foundation
ALBUM: New Tracks 182
LABEL: NZONAIR newtracks182
MUPPETS INTERVIEW:
ARTIST: Kermit The Frog
TITLE: Rainbow Connection
COMP: UNKNOWN
ALBUM: The Muppet Show: The 25th Anniversary Collection
LABEL: RHINO 278119
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Maryrose Crook & The Renderers
TITLE: A Little Strange
COMP: Crook
ALBUM: Ghosts Of Our Vegas Lives
LABEL: PRIVATE 712
ARTIST: Maryrose Crook & The Renderers
TITLE: Ghosts Of Our Vegas Lives
COMP: Crook
ALBUM: Ghosts Of Our Vegas Lives
LABEL: PRIVATE 712
ARTIST: Maryrose Crook & The Renderers
TITLE: The Outgoing Queen
COMP: Crook
ALBUM: Ghosts Of Our Vegas Lives
LABEL: PRIVATE 712
TALKING FOOD
ARTIST: The Presidents Of The United States Of America
TITLE: Peaches
COMP: Ballew,Dederer,Finn
ALBUM: Presidents Of The United States Of America
LABEL: BLAST br 0503
===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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The Panel pre-show for 5 August 2015
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Duration: 14'07"
16:05
The Panel with Mike Williams and Gary McCormick (Part 1)
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Topics - What the Panelists Mike Willams and Gary McCormick have been up to, Fonterra and our dairy industry and resident doctors being bullied.
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The Panel with Mike Williams and Gary McCormick (Part 2)
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Topics - Arts degrees value rising, Panel says, Will more laws lead to less family violence, Woman who hunted giraffe headed to NZ, HitchBot rebuild and the latest on flight MH370.
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Duration: 24'45"
16:08
Panel Intro
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What the Panelists Mike Willams and Gary McCormick have been up to.
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Fonterra and our dairy industry
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Stuart Locke of the University of Waikato joins the Panel to discuss the dairy industry. Another fall in the price of milk solids at the global dairy auction. Is Fonterra doing a good job?
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Duration: 11'23"
16:21
Resident doctors being bullied
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A survey by the Resident Doctors Association has painted a grim picture of how the young hospital doctors are treated by their superiors. The national chair of chief medical officers of health Dr Kenneth Clark tells us if this is something hospitals are addressing.
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Duration: 7'17"
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Arts degrees value rising
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It seems arts degrees are regaining value in the US. Tech companies are keen on the way liberal arts graduates think.
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Panel Says
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What the Panelists Mike Williams and Gary McCormick have been thinking about.
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16:41
Will more laws lead to less family violence
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Family violence laws are up for major review and new offences for domestic violence could be formed. But will this stop bviolence in the home? We ask Dunedin barrister Anne Stevens.
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Duration: 9'33"
16:52
Woman who hunted giraffe headed to NZ
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A woman pictured with a dead giraffe will be in NZ on a hunting trip soon. The Deerstalkers Association hopes she'll practice "fair chase".
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16:55
HitchBot rebuild
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The Canadian university hitching robot HitchBot met with a violent end in Philadelphia. But we can rebuild him. Or rather others have volunteered to.
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Duration: 1'19"
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The latest on flight MH370
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More debris is being picked up on Reunion Island and with it more speciation about MH370.
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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 Wednesday 5 August 2015
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Four people are dead after two fatal house fires, Firefighters say it's a miracle girls escaped Waimate fire, Our reporter from the Waimate fire scene, Firefighters on second fatal fire in Auckland, Price plunge sparks insurrection at Fonterra, Man dies after being placed in handcuffs by police, Proposals to overhaul domestic violence laws, Taxi surfer guilty of criminal nuisance, Doctors and nurses vow to fight bullying in hospitals.
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Duration: 23'54"
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Four people are dead after two fatal house fires
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Two fatal house fires today have killed four people including two parents and one of their children.
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Firefighters say it's a miracle girls escaped Waimate fire
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Fire Chief Paul Henderson says his crews got to fire within four minutes of the first emergency call, and by that time flames were pouring out the window of the upstairs flat.
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Our reporter from the Waimate fire scene
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Our reporter Sally Murphy is outside the Kafle's Indian restaurant.
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17:14
Firefighters on second fatal fire in Auckland
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Now to the other horrific fatal fire this afternoon in Auckland. The blaze killed a man who was living in a three storeyed apartment building in Panmure. A neighbour, Rachael Mataua, had only just come outside to see smoke billowing from the building.
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Duration: 2'11"
17:16
Price plunge sparks insurrection at Fonterra
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"About as bad as it could have been." That's ANZ bank's take on the latest 9 point 3 percent plunge in dairy prices at auction just two days before Fonterra releases its latest milk payout forecast.
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Duration: 4'18"
17:21
Man dies after being placed in handcuffs by police
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A man has died after being handcuffed by the police in Te Puke this morning. The police are refusing to be interviewed about what happen because of investigatiions underway.
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Duration: 1'56"
17:24
Proposals to overhaul domestic violence laws
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The mother of a 21-year-old, murdered at the hands of an ex-boyfriend, who had breached a protection order, says her daughter may have been saved if law changes proposed today were in place.
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Duration: 3'55"
17:29
Taxi surfer guilty of criminal nuisance
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A man who car-surfed on top of a taxi on the Auckland harbour bridge has been found guilty of criminal nuisance. Johnny Bennett was drunk when he climbed onto the roof of the cab in March 2013 while one of his friends filmed the stunt.
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Duration: 2'16"
17:35
Evening Business for 5 August 2015
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News from the business sector including a market report.
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Duration: 2'12"
17:37
Doctors and nurses vow to fight bullying in hospitals
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Doctors and nurses say bullying is pervasive and there 's a culture of fear in public hospitals. In a survey by the Resident Doctors Association out today, six hundred doctors spell out the problems.
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Duration: 2'32"
17:40
Gerry Brownlee rejects predicted end of rebuild
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The Earthquake Recovery Minister disagrees with today's prediction that the Christchurch rebuild is close to peaking. The claim is being made by a Westpac economist who says the boom will begin petering out from the end of next year, leading to the loss of 14-thousand construction jobs by 2022.
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17:42
Friend describes final moments of friends' life
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Friends of Connor Morris have described the last moments before he died of a serious head injury in a fatal street fight. The Crown says Michael Thrift Murray used a long handled sickle to hit Mr Morris in the head during the fight in West Auckland last year.
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Duration: 3'11"
17:45
John Key remains adamant Labour at fault on sheep deal
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The Prime Minister remains adamant the Government's multi-million-dollar deal with a Saudi businessman was forced upon it because of the previous Labour-led Government. But Labour says the latest release of official documents prove it was a sweetheart deal to shut down a single opponent to a trade deal in the gulf states.
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Duration: 3'28"
17:46
Te Manu Korihi News for 5 August 2015
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The head of the Federation of Māori Authorities says Māori men need to step up and be more supportive of Māori business women. The authority runs an annual hui for Māori wahine to support the progression of women in top business leadership roles.
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Duration: 3'24"
17:48
Woman sold daughter for sex to 70-year old neighbour
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A woman who sold her daughter for sex to a 70-year old neighbour would then sit in her lounge watching TV while the abuse went on in the next room. This began when the girl was just 9 and happened when the father was out.
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Duration: 2'15"
17:55
Rio Olympics look to be on track a year out
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It's a year to the day before the 2016 Olympic Games kick off in Rio de Janiero. Billions of dollars are being spent getting the venues in Brazil built or upgraded. A host of delays in the building work had earlier led to the International Olympic Committee sending in its own task force to help oversee progress.
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Duration: 4'13"
18:06
Sports News for 5 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 3'10"
18:08
Price dive sparks questions about the global dairy auction
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The plunge in global dairy prices to their lowest level in the seven-year history of the Global Dairy Trade auction has reignited fierce criticism of how the industry works.
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Duration: 5'50"
18:14
Mother says tougher approach domestic violence long overdue
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The mother of a young woman murdered by her ex-boyfriend says mandatory arrest for breaching protection orders is long overdue. The tougher approach is outlined in government proposals to overhaul domestic violence laws with the Justice Minister Amy Adams announcing she wants to start a national debate about what she calls the horrifically high rate of family violence in this country.
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Duration: 4'51"
18:35
TV faceoff winnows US presidential hopefuls from 17 to 10
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The field of Republican rivals for US President has been drastically cut from 17 to just 10 for the first televised faceoff, with Donald Trump leading the pack. Fox TV picked the 10 on how well they've been doing in the polls, and that means some big names like the former Senators and 2012 presidential hopefuls Rick Perry and Rick Santorum missed out.
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Duration: 4'39"
18:46
Te Manu Korihi News for 5 August 2015
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An iwi representative says the mauri of the area around the wreck of the Rena will never be fully restored while the remnants of the wreck remain; A Rotorua Lakes Council committee has voted unanimously to return Taniwha Springs to its traditional owners Ngati Rangiwewehi; A new report on Auckland's Māori economy identifies the need to steer the city's rangatahi towards forward-looking employment; The head of the Federation of Māori Authorities says Māori men need to step up and be more supportive of Māori business women.
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Duration: 3'32"
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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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Entertainment and information, including:
7:30 Spectrum: People, places and events in NZ (RNZ)
8:13 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries
9:06 The Wednesday Drama: Te Kauta by Moira Wairama
A Māori and English drama, set on a country marae. The Hopua family have gathered for the tangi of Te Morehu, a Māori language teacher who has died suddenly. His pupils are at the marae for the funeral and insist on only speaking Māori making things hard for some of the family who can’t speak te reo. Moira Wairama’s bilingual drama won best new script at the 2003 Wellington Fringe Festival.
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19:12
A century since Chunuk Bair
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Soprano Madeleine Pierard sings this weekend along with The Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Chunuk Bair, fought at Gallipoli in the First World War. Madeleine is the great-great-granddaughter of Lt Col William Malone, the tough and heroic leader who was killed in action that day along with most of his Wellington Infantry Battalion.
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Soprano Madeleine Pierard sings this weekend along with The Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Chunuk Bair, fought at Gallipoli in the First World War, in the event No Better Death - A Concert in Commemoration of Chunuk Bair
Madeleine is the great-great-granddaughter of Lt Col William Malone, the tough and heroic leader who was killed in action that day along with most of his Wellington Infantry Battalion.
She talks to Bryan Crump.
Topics: music, history, defence force
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Duration: 18'35"
20:42
Estonia
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Editor-in-chief of online magazine Estonian World, Silver Tambur reports from the Baltic region of Northern Europe, the Republic of Estonia, pop. 1,315,819 (est. 2014)... the immigration debate - as part of the EU-wide plan, Estonia has agreed to adopt up to 180 Syrian and African refugees within the next two years, but not all Estonians are happy; Estonia recently joined the European Space Agency and even managed to get a tiny satellite in to space;
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Duration: 16'08"
20:59
Conundrum Clue 5
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Conundrum Clue 6
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7:10 A century since Chunuk Bair
Soprano Madeleine Pierard sings this weekend along with The Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Chunuk Bair, fought at Gallipoli in the First World War. Madeleine is the great-great-granddaughter of Lt Col William Malone, the tough and heroic leader who was killed in action that day along with most of his Wellington Infantry Battalion.
No Better Death - A Concert in Commemoration of Chunuk Bair
7:30 Spectrum
People, places and events in New Zealand.
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 Estonia
Editor-in-chief of online magazine Estonian World, Silver Tambur reports from the Baltic region of Northern Europe, the Republic of Estonia, pop. 1,315,819 (est. 2014)... the immigration debate - as part of the EU-wide plan, Estonia has agreed to adopt up to 180 Syrian and African refugees within the next two years, but not all Estonians are happy; Estonia recently joined the European Space Agency and even managed to get a tiny satellite in the space; and it's not been great weather this summer...
9:06 The Wednesday Drama: Te Kauta by Moira Wairama
A Māori and English drama, set on a country marae. The Hopua family have gathered for the tangi of Te Morehu, a Māori language teacher who has died suddenly. His pupils are at the marae for the funeral and insist on only speaking Māori making things hard for some of the family who can’t speak te reo. Moira Wairama’s bilingual drama won best new script at the 2003 Wellington Fringe Festival.
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 Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Riverboat Shuffle: In the latter days of the Golden Age of steamboats, many musicians plied their trade with the orchestras traveling the Mississippi. Memphis and St. Louis were primary ports where the band members could join fellow performers offering up a new music straight from New Orleans. (10 of 13, PRX)
===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
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Radio New Zealand news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from Radio New Zealand National
===11:06 PM. | None (National)===
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Riverboat Shuffle: In the latter days of the Golden Age of steamboats, many musicians plied their trade with the orchestras traveling the Mississippi. Memphis and St. Louis were primary ports where the band members could join fellow performers offering up a new music straight from New Orleans. (10 of 13, PRX)