Radio New Zealand National. 2015-12-15. 00:00-23:59.

Rights Information
Year
2015
Reference
274545
Media type
Audio
Item unavailable online

This content is for private viewing only. The material may not always be available for supply.
Click for more information on rights and requesting.

Ask about this item

Ask to use material, get more information or tell us about an item

Rights Information
Year
2015
Reference
274545
Media type
Audio
Item unavailable online

This content is for private viewing only. The material may not always be available for supply.
Click for more information on rights and requesting.

Series
Radio New Zealand National. 2015--. 00:00-23:59.
Duration
24:00:00
Broadcast Date
15 Dec 2015
Credits
RNZ Collection
Radio New Zealand National, Broadcaster

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:

15 December 2015

===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
=DESCRIPTION=

Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Spectrum (RNZ); 1:05 From the World (RNZ); 2:05 Night Lights Classic Jazz - Young Wynton: Early Marsalis (5 of 12, PRX); 3:05 The Elusive Language of Ducks, by Judith White, read by Jane Waddell (9 of 10, RNZ); 3:30 An Author's View (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)

===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
=DESCRIPTION=

RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including: 6:16 and 6:50 Business News 6:18 Pacific News 6:26 Rural News 6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

=AUDIO=

06:00
Top Stories for Tuesday 15 December 2015
BODY:
A convicted armed robber deported from Australia tells us he's on the brink of reoffending. The Children's Commissioner says the Government's plan to solve child poverty isn't working and we examine MPs' latest payrise.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 28'30"

06:05
Sports News for 15 December 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'04"

06:09
Poverty group sick of endless reports, but no solutions.
BODY:
A long-time activist says she's sick of endless reports into child poverty that don't offer solutions.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: child poverty
Duration: 2'24"

06:12
Treasury says state house sale policy not driven by ideology
BODY:
The head of the Treasury is insisting the Government's policy of selling state houses is aimed at improving life for tenants, not satisfying an ideological agenda.
Topics: housing, politics
Regions:
Tags: Treasury, state houses
Duration: 3'11"

06:17
At least 41 Argentinian border police are dead
BODY:
More than 40 Argentinians have been killed after their bus plunged into a river overnight. Most of those who were killed were border patrol police officers.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Argentina
Duration: 2'48"

06:20
Early business news
BODY:
Our business editor Gyles Beckford is in now and it's a big day for Chorus and its pricing plans.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'33"

06:25
Morning Rural News for 15 December 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'00"

06:38
Advocate fears for returned detainees
BODY:
An advocate for criminals who have been sent back to New Zealand from Australian detention centres says there's no solid plan in place to stop them reoffending.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Australia, detention centres
Duration: 2'44"

06:41
Specialist sexual violence court should exclude jury
BODY:
There's widespread support for a proposal to create a specialist sexual violence court with a dedicated judge.
Topics: law, crime
Regions:
Tags: Law Commission report, sexual violence court
Duration: 2'55"

06:47
Australian losses made win against Sri Lanka essential
BODY:
The New Zealand cricket captain, Brendon McCullum, says losing last month's test series in Australia made it even more important the team start the series against Sri Lanka with a win.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Black Caps, cricket
Duration: 2'41"

06:51
Chorus decision due today
BODY:
It's D-day for the telecommunications network operator, Chorus.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Chorus
Duration: 2'01"

06:53
Climate change pact seen as catalyst for agressive approach
BODY:
New Zealand business and manufacturing associations see the Paris agreement on climate change as an opportunity to take a more agressive approach towards reducing carbon emissions.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: climate change, BusinessNZ
Duration: 2'59"

06:56
Service sector grows with a hiss and a roar
BODY:
The services sector is powering the economy going into the new year.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: services sector
Duration: 1'16"

06:58
Morning markets for 15 December 2015
BODY:
American stocks are mixed rattled by falling oil prices and ahead of the Federal Reserve decision.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'24"

07:06
Sports News for 15 December 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'50"

07:10
Former detainee struggling after coming home
BODY:
A convicted armed robber who's lived in Australia since he was nine and has just been deported to Invercargill fears he's on the brink of returning to a life of crime.
Topics: crime, politics
Regions:
Tags: Australia, detention centres
Duration: 4'15"

07:14
Corrections defend deportee supervision
BODY:
Justice Minister Amy Adams, who brought in a supervision regime for deportees last month, would not come on Morning Report, saying it's an operational matter.
Topics: crime, politics
Regions:
Tags: Australia, detention centres
Duration: 4'56"

07:19
Act's Seymour on MPs' Christmas pay rise
BODY:
The Remuneration Authority has given the Prime Minister and MPs a Christmas pay rise.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: MPS, pay
Duration: 3'49"

07:23
Child poverty doubles in 30 years
BODY:
A report out today by the Children's Commissioner says nearly one third of New Zealand children are living in poverty.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: child poverty
Duration: 4'38"

07:28
Centenary of evacuation from Gallipoli
BODY:
On this day one hundred years ago troops started being evacuated from Gallipoli, bringing to an end what had been a disastrous eight month campaign.
Topics: history
Regions:
Tags: Gallipoli, WW1
Duration: 3'46"

07:36
Buller takes the high road
BODY:
Buller's mayor says a new road through the national park is essential for his region's future.
Topics: transport
Regions: West Coast
Tags: roads
Duration: 3'47"

07:40
Schools facing big roll drops
BODY:
The Education Ministry is predicting some regions will experience a a big drop in the number of children enrolling at schools over the next 30 years.
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags: rolls
Duration: 2'41"

07:46
Consumer NZ says Nurofen should be taken off shelves
BODY:
Sue Chetwin is the head of the Consumer New Zealand.
Topics: health, law
Regions:
Tags: Nurofen
Duration: 3'51"

07:51
New $200 million suit against James Hardie
BODY:
More than one thousand property owners have filed a class action lawsuit against James Hardie, estimated to be worth two hundred million dollars.
Topics: law, business
Regions:
Tags: James Hardie
Duration: 3'31"

07:55
Christchurch City Council's $750,000 overspend on photocopying
BODY:
The Christchurch City Council is already making New Years resolutions, including one to spend less money on photocopying.
Topics: politics
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch City Council
Duration: 3'04"

08:07
Sports News for 15 December 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'57"

08:10
Auckland mayoral candidates debate the issues facing supercity
BODY:
It's still a year until Aucklanders vote for a new Mayor, but the race is already heating up with business leader Victoria Crone officially throwing her hat in the ring.
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Auckland City Council
Duration: 9'03"

08:20
Former detainee fears a return to the life of crime
BODY:
A convicted armed robber who's lived in Australia since he was nine and has just been deported to Invercargill says he's on the brink of returning to a life of crime.
Topics: crime, politics
Regions:
Tags: Australia, detention centres
Duration: 3'24"

08:23
NZers remain second largest group in Australian detention
BODY:
And the latest figures on the number of New Zealanders in detention in Australia have just been released.
Topics: crime, politics
Regions:
Tags: Australia, detention centres
Duration: 40"

08:24
Jonah's sons won't benefit from his estate
BODY:
It seems Jonah Lomu, despite what many people thought, didn't have a lot of money to leave his children.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Jonah Lomu
Duration: 5'06"

08:29
Volunteer firefighter - impaling accident 'surreal emergency'
BODY:
A volunteer firefighter says a teenage boy who's head was impaled on a metal stake is the most surreal emergency he's ever dealt with.
Topics:
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: accident, Beachlands, teenager
Duration: 4'20"

08:33
Markets Update for 15 December 2015
BODY:
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'02"

08:39
Poverty group sick of endless reports, but no solutions.
BODY:
A long-time activist says she's sick of endless reports into child poverty that don't offer solutions.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: child poverty
Duration: 3'01"

08:42
Rescue industry stalwart backs convicted pilot
BODY:
A stalwart of the rescue industry says the helicopter pilot who saved a hunter while his licence was suspended should not have been charged with breaking civil aviation rules.
Topics: transport
Regions:
Tags: Dave Armstrong, helicopter pilot
Duration: 3'39"

08:45
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda about to wind up
BODY:
The International Criminal tribunal for Rwanda has delivered its final judgement, 21 years on from the country's genocide.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Rwanda, International Criminal tribunal for Rwanda
Duration: 5'21"

08:52
Inspections not ship shape
BODY:
Maritime New Zealand has reported a deep cut to the number of security and safety inspections carried out on suspect foreign ships.
Topics: transport
Regions:
Tags: Maritime New Zealand
Duration: 3'24"

08:55
NZ rapper tops the K pop charts
BODY:
New Zealand rapper David Shin, or Microdot as he's known, is currently topping most of South Korea's numerous pop charts with his new single Love Letter.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: David Shin
Duration: 4'04"

=SHOW NOTES=

===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
=DESCRIPTION=

RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including: 6:16 and 6:50 Business News 6:18 Pacific News 6:26 Rural News 6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

=AUDIO=

06:00
Top Stories for Tuesday 15 December 2015
BODY:
A convicted armed robber deported from Australia tells us he's on the brink of reoffending. The Children's Commissioner says the Government's plan to solve child poverty isn't working and we examine MPs' latest payrise.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 28'30"

06:05
Sports News for 15 December 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'04"

06:09
Poverty group sick of endless reports, but no solutions.
BODY:
A long-time activist says she's sick of endless reports into child poverty that don't offer solutions.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: child poverty
Duration: 2'24"

06:12
Treasury says state house sale policy not driven by ideology
BODY:
The head of the Treasury is insisting the Government's policy of selling state houses is aimed at improving life for tenants, not satisfying an ideological agenda.
Topics: housing, politics
Regions:
Tags: Treasury, state houses
Duration: 3'11"

06:17
At least 41 Argentinian border police are dead
BODY:
More than 40 Argentinians have been killed after their bus plunged into a river overnight. Most of those who were killed were border patrol police officers.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Argentina
Duration: 2'48"

06:20
Early business news
BODY:
Our business editor Gyles Beckford is in now and it's a big day for Chorus and its pricing plans.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'33"

06:25
Morning Rural News for 15 December 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'00"

06:38
Advocate fears for returned detainees
BODY:
An advocate for criminals who have been sent back to New Zealand from Australian detention centres says there's no solid plan in place to stop them reoffending.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Australia, detention centres
Duration: 2'44"

06:41
Specialist sexual violence court should exclude jury
BODY:
There's widespread support for a proposal to create a specialist sexual violence court with a dedicated judge.
Topics: law, crime
Regions:
Tags: Law Commission report, sexual violence court
Duration: 2'55"

06:47
Australian losses made win against Sri Lanka essential
BODY:
The New Zealand cricket captain, Brendon McCullum, says losing last month's test series in Australia made it even more important the team start the series against Sri Lanka with a win.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Black Caps, cricket
Duration: 2'41"

06:51
Chorus decision due today
BODY:
It's D-day for the telecommunications network operator, Chorus.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Chorus
Duration: 2'01"

06:53
Climate change pact seen as catalyst for agressive approach
BODY:
New Zealand business and manufacturing associations see the Paris agreement on climate change as an opportunity to take a more agressive approach towards reducing carbon emissions.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: climate change, BusinessNZ
Duration: 2'59"

06:56
Service sector grows with a hiss and a roar
BODY:
The services sector is powering the economy going into the new year.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: services sector
Duration: 1'16"

06:58
Morning markets for 15 December 2015
BODY:
American stocks are mixed rattled by falling oil prices and ahead of the Federal Reserve decision.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'24"

07:06
Sports News for 15 December 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'50"

07:10
Former detainee struggling after coming home
BODY:
A convicted armed robber who's lived in Australia since he was nine and has just been deported to Invercargill fears he's on the brink of returning to a life of crime.
Topics: crime, politics
Regions:
Tags: Australia, detention centres
Duration: 4'15"

07:14
Corrections defend deportee supervision
BODY:
Justice Minister Amy Adams, who brought in a supervision regime for deportees last month, would not come on Morning Report, saying it's an operational matter.
Topics: crime, politics
Regions:
Tags: Australia, detention centres
Duration: 4'56"

07:19
Act's Seymour on MPs' Christmas pay rise
BODY:
The Remuneration Authority has given the Prime Minister and MPs a Christmas pay rise.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: MPS, pay
Duration: 3'49"

07:23
Child poverty doubles in 30 years
BODY:
A report out today by the Children's Commissioner says nearly one third of New Zealand children are living in poverty.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: child poverty
Duration: 4'38"

07:28
Centenary of evacuation from Gallipoli
BODY:
On this day one hundred years ago troops started being evacuated from Gallipoli, bringing to an end what had been a disastrous eight month campaign.
Topics: history
Regions:
Tags: Gallipoli, WW1
Duration: 3'46"

07:36
Buller takes the high road
BODY:
Buller's mayor says a new road through the national park is essential for his region's future.
Topics: transport
Regions: West Coast
Tags: roads
Duration: 3'47"

07:40
Schools facing big roll drops
BODY:
The Education Ministry is predicting some regions will experience a a big drop in the number of children enrolling at schools over the next 30 years.
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags: rolls
Duration: 2'41"

07:46
Consumer NZ says Nurofen should be taken off shelves
BODY:
Sue Chetwin is the head of the Consumer New Zealand.
Topics: health, law
Regions:
Tags: Nurofen
Duration: 3'51"

07:51
New $200 million suit against James Hardie
BODY:
More than one thousand property owners have filed a class action lawsuit against James Hardie, estimated to be worth two hundred million dollars.
Topics: law, business
Regions:
Tags: James Hardie
Duration: 3'31"

07:55
Christchurch City Council's $750,000 overspend on photocopying
BODY:
The Christchurch City Council is already making New Years resolutions, including one to spend less money on photocopying.
Topics: politics
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch City Council
Duration: 3'04"

08:07
Sports News for 15 December 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'57"

08:10
Auckland mayoral candidates debate the issues facing supercity
BODY:
It's still a year until Aucklanders vote for a new Mayor, but the race is already heating up with business leader Victoria Crone officially throwing her hat in the ring.
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Auckland City Council
Duration: 9'03"

08:20
Former detainee fears a return to the life of crime
BODY:
A convicted armed robber who's lived in Australia since he was nine and has just been deported to Invercargill says he's on the brink of returning to a life of crime.
Topics: crime, politics
Regions:
Tags: Australia, detention centres
Duration: 3'24"

08:23
NZers remain second largest group in Australian detention
BODY:
And the latest figures on the number of New Zealanders in detention in Australia have just been released.
Topics: crime, politics
Regions:
Tags: Australia, detention centres
Duration: 40"

08:24
Jonah's sons won't benefit from his estate
BODY:
It seems Jonah Lomu, despite what many people thought, didn't have a lot of money to leave his children.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Jonah Lomu
Duration: 5'06"

08:29
Volunteer firefighter - impaling accident 'surreal emergency'
BODY:
A volunteer firefighter says a teenage boy who's head was impaled on a metal stake is the most surreal emergency he's ever dealt with.
Topics:
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: accident, Beachlands, teenager
Duration: 4'20"

08:33
Markets Update for 15 December 2015
BODY:
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'02"

08:39
Poverty group sick of endless reports, but no solutions.
BODY:
A long-time activist says she's sick of endless reports into child poverty that don't offer solutions.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: child poverty
Duration: 3'01"

08:42
Rescue industry stalwart backs convicted pilot
BODY:
A stalwart of the rescue industry says the helicopter pilot who saved a hunter while his licence was suspended should not have been charged with breaking civil aviation rules.
Topics: transport
Regions:
Tags: Dave Armstrong, helicopter pilot
Duration: 3'39"

08:45
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda about to wind up
BODY:
The International Criminal tribunal for Rwanda has delivered its final judgement, 21 years on from the country's genocide.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Rwanda, International Criminal tribunal for Rwanda
Duration: 5'21"

08:52
Inspections not ship shape
BODY:
Maritime New Zealand has reported a deep cut to the number of security and safety inspections carried out on suspect foreign ships.
Topics: transport
Regions:
Tags: Maritime New Zealand
Duration: 3'24"

08:55
NZ rapper tops the K pop charts
BODY:
New Zealand rapper David Shin, or Microdot as he's known, is currently topping most of South Korea's numerous pop charts with his new single Love Letter.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: David Shin
Duration: 4'04"

=SHOW NOTES=

===9:06 AM. | Nine To Noon===
=DESCRIPTION=

Current affairs and topics of interest, including: 10:45 The Reading: Chappy, by Patricia Grace, told by Jim Moriarty and Simon Leary (10 of 12, RNZ)

=AUDIO=

09:08
New court recommended for sexual offences
BODY:
The Law Commission is recommending radical changes on how sexual violence cases are dealt with, including the ability for some sex offence cases to be handled outside of the judicial system. The Commission says as many as 80 percent of sexual violence cases go unreported - largely because victims find the current system alienating, traumatising - and they do not trust it. And for those victims where the perpetrator is an intimate partner or family member, there can be a fear of how a trial and the resulting guilt and shame might impact on a family. Nine to Noon speaks to the commission's president Sir Grant Hammond.
Topics: law
Regions:
Tags: law, sexual violence, rape, Sir Grant Hammond, Law Commission
Duration: 11'59"

09:20
Radical alternative proposal for sexual abuse cases
BODY:
Elisabeth McDonald is an Associate Professor of Law from Victoria University and an author of a major two year report that examined options for reforming pre-trial and trial processes for sexual offences. She says there are serious fish hooks with the creation of an alternative process.
Topics: law
Regions:
Tags: law, sexual violence, rape, Sir Grant Hammond, Law Commission
Duration: 13'30"

09:33
Proposal for new road through Kahurangi National Park
BODY:
The Buller District Council wants the Government to fund an investigation into the new Wangapeka Road link, which would run from Little Wanganui, near Karamea, to the Motueka Valley. The Transport Minister Simon Bridges has said he is open to having a look at it. But local environmental groups like forest and bird are staunchly opposed, and say it will never happen as it will be too expensive, a logistical nightmare and will require a law change. Kevin Hackwell is the Advocacy Manager for Forest and Bird. David Bridger owns the Old Slaughterhouse backpackers in Hector, about half way between Westport and Karamea
EXTENDED BODY:
The Buller District Council wants the Government to fund an investigation into the new Wangapeka Road link, which would run from Little Wanganui, near Karamea, to the Motueka Valley. The Transport Minister Simon Bridges has said he is open to having a look at it. But local environmental groups like Forest and Bird are staunchly opposed, and say it will never happen as it will be too expensive, a logistical nightmare and will require a law change.
David Bridger owns the Old Slaughterhouse backpackers in Hector, about half way between Westport and Karamea
He spoke with Kathryn Ryan, along with Kevin Hackwell, the Advocacy Manager for Forest and Bird.
Topics: transport
Regions: West Coast
Tags: new road
Duration: 15'39"

10:06
Heidi Thomas - one of Bill Cosby's accusers
BODY:
Heidi Thomas is one of more than 50 women who have accused veteran US actor and comedian Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting and stupefying them. The accusations have only recently come to light against Cosby, who is now 78 years old, but some complaints date as far back as 1965. Heidi Thomas was an aspiring model and actress and she claims she was drugged and sexually assaulted, in the 1980s. She says in 1984 her agency sent her to Reno, where Bill Cosby was doing some shows, and the actor asked her to perform a monologue for him - she later woke up to find that he was naked in bed with her. She like many of the other women are now speaking out, after staying quiet for decades.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Heidi Thomas, Bill Cosby
Duration: 32'40"

10:38
Book review: Wild Swan by Michael Cunningham & Yuko Shimizu
BODY:
Reviewed by Gail Pittaway, published by Fourth Estate.
Topics: books
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 7'00"

11:11
Business commentator Rod Oram
BODY:
What is the response of business to the COP 21 climate deal which has been struck in Paris?
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 13'14"

11:24
How to grow an addict
BODY:
Jodi Wright, writes as JA Wright. Her book How to Grow an Addict reflects some elements of he early life, as a drug and alcohol addicted teen in the US. The novel is an insight into a young girl's descent into addiction and her struggle for redemption. Jodi Wright moved from the Pacific Northwest to New Zealand in 1990 with her young family. She's been crafting this novel since she stopped using drugs and alcohol in 1985.
Topics: author interview
Regions:
Tags: Jodi Wright, J.A. Wright, How to grow and addict, drugs, addiction
Duration: 17'42"

11:44
Media commentator, Gavin Ellis
BODY:
Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz
Topics: media
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 15'01"

=SHOW NOTES=

09:05 New court recommended for sexual offences
The Law Commission is recommending radical changes on how sexual violence cases are dealt with, including the ability for some sex offence cases to be handled outside of the judicial system. The Commission says as many as 80 percent of sexual violence cases go unreported - largely because victims find the current system alienating, traumatising - and they do not trust it. And for those victims where the perpetrator is an intimate partner or family member, there can be a fear of how a trial and the resulting guilt and shame might impact on a family. Nine to Noon speaks to the commission's president Sir Grant Hammond.
[image:55593:half] no metadata
09:30 Proposal for new road through Kahurangi National Park
The Buller District Council wants the Government to fund an investigation into the new Wangapeka Road link, which would run from Little Wanganui, near Karamea, to the Motueka Valley.
The Transport Minister Simon Bridges has said he is open to having a look at it.
But local environmental groups like forest and bird are staunchly opposed, and say it will never happen as it will be too expensive, a logistical nightmare and will require a law change.
Kevin Hackwell is the Advocacy Manager for Forest and Bird
David Bridger owns the Old Slaughterhouse backpackers in Hector, about half way between Westport and Karamea
[image:55573:full]
09:45 United States correspondent Susan Milligan
10:05 Heidi Thomas - one of Bill Cosby's accusers
[image:55545:third]
Heidi Thomas is one of more than 50 women who have accused veteran US actor and comedian Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting and stupefying them. The accusations have only recently come to light against Cosby, who is now 78 years old, but some complaints date as far back as 1965. Heidi Thomas was an aspiring model and actress and she claims she was drugged and sexually assaulted, in the 1980s. She says in 1984 her agency sent her to Reno, where Bill Cosby was doing some shows, and the actor asked her to perform a monologue for him - she later woke up to find that he was naked in bed with her. She like many of the other women are now speaking out, after staying quiet for decades.
10:35 Book review
Gail Pittaway reviews Wild Swan by Michael Cunningham & Yuko Shimizu
10:45 The Reading
Chappy by Patricia Grace told by Jim Moriarty and Simon Leary (Part 10 of 12)
11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram
What is the response of business to the COP 21 climate deal which has been struck in Paris?
11:30 How to grow an addict
[image:55519:half]
Jodi Wright, writes as JA Wright. Her book How to Grow an Addict reflects some elements of he early life, as a drug and alcohol addicted teen in the US. The novel is an insight into a young girl's descent into addiction and her struggle for redemption. Jodi Wright moved from the Pacific Northwest to New Zealand in 1990 with her young family. She's been crafting this novel since she stopped using drugs and alcohol in 1985.

11:45 Media commentator, Gavin Ellis

===Noon | Midday Report===
=DESCRIPTION=

RNZ news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm, including: 12:16 Business News 12:26 Sport 12:34 Rural News 12:43 Worldwatch

=AUDIO=

12:00
Midday News for 15 December 2015
BODY:
Consumers are set to pay more for their broadband internet after the Commerce Commission raised the price the operator, Chorus, can charge for access to its network. And The government is recommending the smart phone-based driver service, Uber, operate under the same rules as taxis.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 15'20"

12:17
Commerce Commission confirms Chorus copper lines price
BODY:
The Commerce Commission has raised the price that Chorus can charge internet service providers to connect to its network.
Topics: business, economy, technology
Regions:
Tags: Chorus, internet, broadband, Commerce Commission
Duration: 3'14"

12:20
Spark says Commerce Commission a negative for customers
BODY:
The digital and telecommunications provider, Spark, says the Commerce Commission's decision is the worst possible Christmas present for New Zealand consumers and businesses -- and could hit its bottom line.
Topics: business, economy, technology
Regions:
Tags: Chorus, internet, broadband, Commerce Commission, Spark
Duration: 1'56"

12:22
Upbeat year for real estate in 2016 predicted - Colliers
BODY:
The shine is expected to come off Auckland housing prices, while iwi are expected to invest more in commercial property.
Topics: business, economy, housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: property, house prices
Duration: 1'07"

12:24
Midday Markets for 15 December 2015
BODY:
For the latest from the markets we're joined by Melika King at Craigs Investment Partners
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'14"

12:25
Business Briefs
BODY:
The industrial property landlord, Property for Industry, says there's been a 5 percent increase in the value of its portfolio, which puts it on track to meet its full year profit and dividend guidance.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 38"

12:26
Midday Sports News for 15 December 2015
BODY:
The World Cup winning All Blacks are up for all possible honours in the list of nominations for the 2015 Halberg Sports Awards.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: rugby, Halberg Sports Awards, All Blacks, cricket
Duration: 2'40"

12:34
Midday Rural News for 15 December 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: business, rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 9'07"

=SHOW NOTES=

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

An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)

=AUDIO=

13:10
First Song
BODY:
'Forever Young' - Bob Dylan.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Bob Dylan
Duration: 6'32"

13:15
Wasp Bait - Richard Toft
BODY:
Our next guest has been working hard to take the sting out of this summer. Nelson-based insect ecologist, Richard Toft, has developed a protein-based wasp pesticide. Vespex has been on trial in the South Island and has achieved a more than 95 per cent reduction in wasp numbers. But the best thing of all, is that it doesn't hurt bees. And now the product has been released for public use. Richard Toft, is from the company behind the bait, Entecol.
Topics: environment, science
Regions:
Tags: wasps, Vespex, pesticide, Entecol
Duration: 11'25"

13:26
International Songwriting Competition - Jim Morgan
BODY:
The 2015 International Songwriting Competition has re-opened for one week for its annual Stocking Stuffer. It's a chance for aspiring and established songwriters to win a share of $150,000 in cash, merchandise and services. Jim Morgan is head of marketing for the competition, and he's with us now from Nashville.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: International Songwriting Competition, songwriting
Duration: 4'52"

13:31
Fast Fashion - Adrienne Kohler
BODY:
The New Zealand fashion industry is in for a major shake-up, after recent announcements that clothing giants, H&M and Zara are opening stores at Auckland's Sylvia Park. The companies are often touted as the major players of fast fashion. But what are they doing to promote ethical shopping? And is it going mainstream? Adrienne Kohler is a journalist who's been looking at the issue.
Topics: life and society
Regions:
Tags: fashion, H&M, Zara, Sylvia Park, ethical shopping
Duration: 8'35"

13:41
Favourite Album
BODY:
Love for Sale - Mary Coughlan. Chosen by Marianne Hargreaves.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Mary Coughlan
Duration: 19'08"

14:10
Bicycle Peace Prize - Patrick Morgan
BODY:
A pair of Italian public radio presenters want to nominate the bicycle for a Nobel Peace Prize. So what have bikes done for peace, exactly?
Topics: life and society
Regions:
Tags: Nobel Peace Prize, bicycles
Duration: 5'07"

14:14
Great NZ Concert - Joni Mitchell
BODY:
Today's Great New Zealand Concert looks at a series of performances by the Canadian-born singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell. She performed three concerts in March of 1983. One each in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Joni Mitchell
Duration: 44'31"

15:11
Chris Taylor
BODY:
May the bogan be with you. That's the word George Lucas used instead of "The Force" in his original script for Star Wars written in the early 1970's. By the time the first Star Wars movie hit the screens in 1977, Lucas had wisely chosen writing collaborators who turned the script into movie magic. The biggest franchise in movie history returns to screens this week with Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. Journalist and self confessed Star Wars geek Chris Taylor traces the history of the Star Wars phenomenon and the people who made it happen. His book is called How Star Wars Conquered the Universe.
Topics: media, arts, author interview
Regions:
Tags: Star Wars, How Star Wars Conquered the Universe, George Lucas
Duration: 25'26"

15:46
The Panel pre-show for 15 December 2015
BODY:
What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zoe George.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 13'14"

21:34
The legacy of Riccarton Bush
BODY:
Riccarton Bush in Christchurch contains the last remnant of a kahikatea floodplain forest in Canterbury, thanks to the Deans family's early conservation efforts.
EXTENDED BODY:
The Deans family is well known from rugby, but the pioneering Canterbury settlers can also take credit for one of the earliest conservation successes in New Zealand.
Riccarton House, a grand Victorian/Edwardian homestead the family built between the 1850s and 1900s, is surrounded by Riccarton Bush, which features the last remnant of a kahikatea floodplain forest.
For 300,000 years, the shifting gravels of the Waimakariri River triggered an ever-changing forested landscape across the Canterbury Plains. Stands of kahikatea established where ever conditions were right, but were regularly downed by floods, only to re-establish elsewhere.
Joanna Orwin, the author of Riccarton and the Deans Family, says the tall kahikatea trees in Riccarton Bush are the last generation of trees that began life as part of these natural flood cycles.
The oldest trees are about 600 years old and have lived through two cultural periods, Maori and European settlement, as well as widespread fires that swept the Plains.
She says when the Deans brothers, John and William, arrived in 1843, they were drawn to the place because of the bush, in the same way Maori had been before them.
As the last source of timber and shelter, with the Avon running beside them, this was a natural spot on the Plains, which by then was mostly ferns and tussocks after all the fires.

She says the brothers were aware of the importance of the bush, and when the Canterbury settlers arrived, they gave half of the area to them, while holding onto the other half.
“Because it was one of the few sources of timber and firewood on the Plains, the settlers’ half disappeared within a year of the settlement of Christchurch, which made the Deans brothers even more aware of the importance of hanging on to what they had.”
Their philosophy back then was to use only dead wood for firewood, and once the houses had been build, they restricted the use of fencing timber from the forests to fallen trees.
They consciously preserved as much as they could, and when John Deans died in 1854, his dying wish was that what was left should be preserved as much as possible.

His widow, Jane Deans, took care of the bush for decades, but she also planted exotic trees such as oaks to maintain the canopy. But by the 1880s, she had already realised that it was a mistake as the oaks were suppressing the regrowth of native seedlings.
In 1914, the family gifted Riccarton Bush to the city of Christchurch and it was formally protected. Since then, the Riccarton Bush Trust has managed the site, and decades later, the oaks were felled amid controversy, including tree sit-ins.
Joanna Orwin says the bush is now surrounded by a predator-proof fence to help restore its vegetation as close to a natural state as possible, and it has become one of the city’s important green spaces following the Canterbury earthquakes.
Topics:
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Riccarton Bush, Christchurch, Deans family, kahikatea floodplain forest
Duration: 10'45"

=SHOW NOTES=

1:13 First Song
'Forever Young' - Bob Dylan.
1:15 Wasp Bait - Richard Toft
Our next guest has been working hard to take the sting out of this summer. Nelson-based insect ecologist, Richard Toft, has developed a protein-based wasp pesticide. Vespex has been on trial in the South Island and has achieved a more than 95 per cent reduction in wasp numbers. But the best thing of all, is that it doesn't hurt bees. And now the product has been released for public use. Richard Toft, is from the company behind the bait, Entecol.
1:25 International Songwriting Competition - Jim Morgan
The 2015 International Songwriting Competition has re-opened for one week for its annual Stocking Stuffer. It's a chance for aspiring and established songwriters to win a share of $150,000 in cash, merchandise and services. Jim Morgan is head of marketing for the competition, and he's with us now from Nashville.
1:35 Fast Fashion - Adrienne Kohler
The New Zealand fashion industry is in for a major shake-up, after recent announcements that clothing giants, H&M and Zara are opening stores at Auckland's Sylvia Park. The companies are often touted as the major players of fast fashion. But what are they doing to promote ethical shopping? And is it going mainstream? Adrienne Kohler is a journalist who's been looking at the issue.
1:40 Favourite Album
Love for Sale - Mary Coughlan.
2:10 Bicycle Peace Prize - Patrick Morgan
A pair of Italian public radio presenters want to nominate the bicycle for a Nobel Peace Prize. So what have bikes done for peace, exactly?
2:20 Great NZ Concert - Joni Mitchell
Today's Great New Zealand Concert looks at a series of performances by the Canadian-born singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell. She performed three concerts in March of 1983. One each in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
3:10 The Star Wars Franchise - Chris Taylor
May the bogan be with you. That's the word George Lucas used instead of "The Force" in his original script for Star Wars written in the early 1970's. By the time the first Star Wars movie hit the screens in 1977, Lucas had wisely chosen writing collaborators who turned the script into movie magic. The biggest franchise in movie history returns to screens this week with Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. Journalist and self confessed Star Wars geek Chris Taylor traces the history of the Star Wars phenomenon and the people who made it happen. His book is called How Star Wars Conquered the Universe.
3:35 Our Changing World
The Deans family is perhaps best known from rugby, but the early Canterbury settlers can also take credit for preserving the last remnant of a kahikatea floodplain forest in Canterbury, now known as Riccarton Bush.
3:45 Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zoe George.

=PLAYLIST=

JESSE'S SONG:
ARTIST: Bob Dylan
TITLE: Forever Young
COMP: Dylan
ALBUM: Planet Waves
LABEL: Columbia
FAVOURITE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Mary Coughlan
TITLE: A Thrill's a Thrill
COMP: Baldry
ALBUM: Love for Sale
LABEL: Demon
ARTIST: Mary Coughlan
TITLE: Love for Sale
COMP: Porter
ALBUM: Love for Sale
LABEL: Demon
ARTIST: Mary Coughlan
TITLE: To Love a Man
COMP: Coughlan
ALBUM: Love for Sale
LABEL: Demon
ARTIST: Mary Coughlan
TITLE: You Send Me
COMP: Cooke
ALBUM: Love for Sale
LABEL: Demon
GREAT NEW ZEALAND CONCERT:
ARTIST: Joni Mitchell
TITLE: Yellow Taxi
COMP: Mitchell
ALBUM: Joni Mitchell: A Woman In The East, The 1983 Tokyo Broadcast [Live]
LABEL: All Access
ARTIST: Joni Mitchell
TITLE: Both Sides Now
COMP: Mitchell
ALBUM: Joni Mitchell: A Woman In The East, The 1983 Tokyo Broadcast [Live]
LABEL: All Access
ARTIST: Joni Mitchell
TITLE: Solid Love
COMP: Mitchell
ALBUM: Joni Mitchell: A Woman In The East, The 1983 Tokyo Broadcast [Live]
LABEL: All Access
ARTIST: Joni Mitchell
TITLE: Woodstock
COMP: Mitchell
ALBUM: Joni Mitchell: A Woman In The East, The 1983 Tokyo Broadcast [Live]
LABEL: All Access
HALFTIME:
ARTIST: The Shins
TITLE: Wonderful Christmastime
COMP: McCartney
ALBUM: Holidays Rule
LABEL: Concord

===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
=DESCRIPTION=

An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)

=AUDIO=

15:46
The Panel pre-show for 15 December 2015
BODY:
What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zoe George.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 13'14"

16:06
The Panel with Bernard Hickey and Gary McCormick (Part 1)
BODY:
What the Panelists Bernard Hickey and Gary McCormick have been up to. Dr Jonathan Boston talks about the latest Child Poverty Monitor report. And Painkillers marketed as targetting "specific pain" are being pulled off the shelves in Australia for being misleading. Consumer NZ has recommended we follow suit.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 22'11"

16:07
The Panel with Bernard Hickey and Gary McCormick (Part 2)
BODY:
Christmas songs and a novel new Christmas album featuring goats. What the Panelists Bernard Hickey and Gary McCormick have been thinking about. Hunter and gun safety expert Brad Johnson talks about why the shooting of takahe on Motutapu Island shouldn't have happened. Jonah Lomu died with his finances in disarray and saddled in debt. Uber might not be so uber anymore if Government recomendations are applied. Experienced or past-it when you're over 55? The Christchurch City Council spends $400 000 a year on photocopying. And are the soldiers the NZ Defence Force train no longer their responsiblity once they leave the training camp?
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 27'53"

16:08
The Panel Intro
BODY:
What the Panelists Bernard Hickey and Gary McCormick have been up to.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'50"

16:12
Poverty
BODY:
Dr Jonathan Boston talks about the latest Child Poverty Monitor report.
Topics: life and society, inequality
Regions:
Tags: child poverty
Duration: 16'12"

16:27
Targetting pain
BODY:
Painkillers marketed as targetting "specific pain" are being pulled off the shelves in Australia for being misleading. Consumer NZ has recommended we follow suit.
Topics: health, business
Regions:
Tags: Neurofen, medicine, painkillers
Duration: 2'05"

16:32
Christmas songs
BODY:
Christmas songs and a novel new Christmas album featuring goats.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Christmas, Sings, The Shins
Duration: 2'53"

16:35
Panel Says
BODY:
What the Panelists Bernard Hickey and Gary McCormick have been thinking about.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 8'10"

16:43
Motutapu Island Takahe
BODY:
Hunter and gun safety expert Brad Johnson talks about why the shooting of takahe on Motutapu Island shouldn't have happened.
Topics: environment, law
Regions:
Tags: takahe, birds, pukeko, hunting, Firearms
Duration: 4'20"

16:47
Jonah Lomu's finances
BODY:
Jonah Lomu died with his finances in disarray and saddled in debt.
Topics: life and society, sport
Regions:
Tags: Finances, Give A Little
Duration: 2'44"

16:51
Uber
BODY:
Uber might not be so uber anymore if Government recomendations are applied.
Topics: transport, law
Regions:
Tags: Uber, taxis
Duration: 5'02"

16:55
Agesim in the workplace
BODY:
Experienced or past-it when you're over 55?
Topics: law, business
Regions:
Tags: Ageism, Anthropologie
Duration: 2'38"

16:58
CCC's $400k worth of photocopying
BODY:
The Christchurch City Council spends $400 000 a year on photocopying.
Topics: economy, politics, technology
Regions:
Tags: Christchurch, Photocopying
Duration: 1'02"

16:59
NZ trained Iraqi soldiers
BODY:
Are the soldiers the NZ Defence Force train no longer their responsiblity once they leave the training camp?
Topics: defence force
Regions:
Tags: Taji Camp
Duration: 29"

=SHOW NOTES=

===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
=DESCRIPTION=

RNZ's two-hour news and current affairs programme

=AUDIO=

17:00
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 15 December 2015
BODY:
A judge has ruled that a disgraced Malaysian diplomat had a sexual motive when he followed and attacked a Wellington woman and A financial advisor involved in the Jonah Lomu Legacy Trust says the rugby great is not the only sports star to have money problems, but his sons deserve some financial support.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 22'38"

17:07
Diplomat had a sexual motive - judge
BODY:
A judge has ruled that a disgraced Malaysian diplomat had a sexual motive when he followed and attacked a Wellington woman.
Topics: crime
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Malaysia
Duration: 2'28"

17:09
Jonah Lomu's sons deserve financial support
BODY:
A financial advisor involved in the Jonah Lomu Legacy Trust says the rugby great is not the only sports star to have money problems, but his sons deserve some financial support.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: money, finance, Jonah Lomu Legacy Trust
Duration: 3'17"

17:13
High prices on the cards for broadband users
BODY:
Households and businesses face higher charges for broadband and phone landlines because today the Commerce Commission lifted the price Chorus can charge other companies to use its copper cables
Topics: business, internet, technology
Regions:
Tags: Commerce Commission, Chorus, broadband
Duration: 2'46"

17:15
English says unemployment forecasts "disappointing"
BODY:
Unemployment is likely to rise even further, peaking at six and half percent in March next year, according to the latest Treasury predictions.
Topics: economy
Regions:
Tags: unemployment
Duration: 5'03"

17:20
Three dozen cows vanish from Ashburton farm
BODY:
An Ashburton farm manager is worried sick after three dozen cows vanished from his paddock.
Topics: farming
Regions:
Tags: Missing Cows, Ashburton
Duration: 2'59"

17:23
About time "shonky" Nurofen products removed: activist
BODY:
An Australian medical activist says he's appalled at how long it's taken to force a drug maker to remove some Nurofen products from shelves.
Topics: health, law
Regions:
Tags: Australia, Neurofen
Duration: 5'44"

17:33
Evening Business for 15 December 2015
BODY:
News from the business sector including a market report.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'09"

17:35
Meteor shower wows in the wee small hours
BODY:
A spectacular display of meteors is wowing those happy to get up in the wee small hours.
Topics: science
Regions:
Tags: space, Meteors, Otago Museum
Duration: 2'41"

17:36
Address incomes to sort out child poverty - the Opposition
BODY:
The Oppostion says the Government needs to do more to raise peoples' income if it wants to tackle child poverty.
Topics: politics, economy
Regions:
Tags: child poverty, Social Development
Duration: 2'51"

17:40
Red traffic lights in road surface being trialled in Auckland
BODY:
An extra early warning system is now in place for motorist who regularly run red lights at a notorious intersection in Auckland.
Topics: transport, technology
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Remuera Road, traffic lights, Auckland Transport
Duration: 2'16"

17:43
Uber call on the govt to stimulate innovation, not prohibit it
BODY:
Uber, is calling for the government to walk the walk about it wanting to stimulate innovation and growth in New Zealand.
Topics: transport, technology
Regions:
Tags: Uber, taxis
Duration: 2'17"

17:49
Safer, swifter trips on new section of Waikato Expressway
BODY:
Safer and swifter trips are being promised following the opening of the 250 million dollar Cambridge section of the Waikato Expressway.
Topics: transport
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Waikato Expressway, Cambridge
Duration: 2'46"

17:52
Bowe Bergdahl to face court-martial
BODY:
The US Army has ordered the court-martial of a soldier, who walked away from his post in Afghanistan and became a Taliban prisoner for five years.
Topics: defence force, crime
Regions:
Tags: US Army, Taliban, Afghanistan, Serial
Duration: 3'53"

17:55
The Maori Santa delivers gifts to needy kids in Porirua
BODY:
Wellington rapper PERCIEVE has once again turned into a Maori Santa Claus delivering hundreds of gifts to children in Porirua.
Topics: life and society, te ao Maori
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Maori Santa Claus, Wellington Shoebox Christmas, Glenview School
Duration: 3'41"

18:05
Sports News for 15 December 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'43"

18:11
Australia facing deficit 100 times larger than NZ
BODY:
Pity the Australians - their Budget forecast came out today just after New Zealand's, and it's for a deficit a hundred times bigger.
Topics: economy
Regions:
Tags: Australia, Budget Forecast
Duration: 4'53"

18:19
Dairy Cow population slumps to 10 year low
BODY:
The number of dairy cows in New Zealand has falled to a ten year low - reflecting leaner times in the industry.
Topics: farming, business
Regions:
Tags: Livestock, dairy, Agri HQ, Statistics New Zealand
Duration: 3'45"

18:23
Pharmacies to inform patients over Nurofen
BODY:
Pharmacists will not be advised to remove some Nurofen products from shelves, but will ensure customers understand what they're buying.
Topics: health, business
Regions:
Tags: Pharmacy Guild, Nurofen
Duration: 3'56"

18:27
Is the rule of law intact in Nauru?
BODY:
A Commonwealth fact-finding mission to Nauru has concluded that the rule of law is intact, despite wide-ranging condemnation by former jurists.
Topics: Pacific, politics
Regions:
Tags: Nauru, The Solomon Islands
Duration: 3'37"

18:35
Weekly China wrap up
BODY:
The trial of one of China's most high profile human rights lawyers on charges of inciting ethnic hatred and provoking trouble lasted just three hours yesterday, with police blocking diplomats, foreign reporters and protesters from the court.
Topics: law
Regions:
Tags: China
Duration: 6'10"

18:41
Warning of grave threat to species collections
BODY:
The Royal Society is warning collections of species in the country's museums and institutions could be in danger because of funding cuts.
Topics: science, economy
Regions:
Tags: [people] The Royal Society, taxonomy
Duration: 3'12"

=SHOW NOTES=

===7:06 PM. | Nights===
=DESCRIPTION=

Entertainment and information, including: 7:30 The Sampler: A weekly review and analysis of new CD releases (RNZ) 8:13 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries 9:06 The Tuesday Feature

=AUDIO=

19:12
Our Own Odysseys - The Blues Highway Pt 2
BODY:
Journalist and writer John Bishop continues his tale of travelling through the lands of the Mississippi River, where he was enthralled by the music and the museums...
Topics: life and society
Regions:
Tags: odysseys, The Blues Highway, Mississippi, The Blues, blues music
Duration: 21'17"

20:42
The Pundits - Religion
BODY:
Religious studies Prof. Douglas Pratt from University of Waikato on one's faith in God or gods... Christmas in Paris? Religion, Culture, and Secular Society...
Topics: spiritual practices, life and society
Regions:
Tags: religion, Paris, secularism, Christmas
Duration: 21'54"

20:59
Conundrum Clue 3
BODY:
Listen on Friday for the answer.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 09"

21:59
Condundrum Clue 4
BODY:
Listen on Friday for the answer.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 34"

=SHOW NOTES=

NIGHTS on RNZ National
with skipper. Bryan Crump & navigator. Robyn Rockgirl Walker
On the show tonight (Tuesday)...
[image:55577:half]
7:12 OUR OWN ODYSSEYS: THE BLUES HIGHWAY PT 2
journalist and writer John Bishop continues his tale of travelling through the lands of the Mississippi River, where he was enthralled by the music and the museums...
7:30 The Sampler

=SHOW NOTES=

=AUDIO=

19:30
The Sampler for 15 December 2015
BODY:
This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger reviews a hometown tour from Manhattan's 'anti-folk' singer Jeffrey Lewis; creative collaborations between Tiny Ruins/ Hamish Kilgour, and Connan Mockasin/ Devonte Hynes; and a 'lost' album of the late Roy Orbison.
EXTENDED BODY:
This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger reviews a hometown tour from Manhattan's 'anti-folk' singer Jeffrey Lewis; creative collaborations between Tiny Ruins/ Hamish Kilgour, and Connan Mockasin/ Devonte Hynes; and a 'lost' album of the late Roy Orbison.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: music, music review, Tiny Ruins, Connan Mockasin, Hamish Kilgour, Devonte Hynes, blood orange, Jeffrey Lewis, Roy Orbison
Duration: 30'00"

19:35
One Of The Lonely Ones by Roy Orbison
BODY:
Nick Bollinger searches through a 'lost' album of the late Roy Orbison.
EXTENDED BODY:

Nick Bollinger searches through a 'lost' album of the late Roy Orbison.

Though his career kicked off in his Texas birthplace, and gained traction with some singles cut for Sam Phillips’s Sun records in the wake of Elvis, it was his early sixties recordings that defined Roy Orbison. Records like ‘Running Scared’ and ‘In Dreams’ were almost without precedent; songs full of passion and paranoia, played like three-minute psychological dramas. And that place was still home to Roy when he cut this ‘lost’ album in 1969.

Why it was never released remains a mystery. Perhaps it has something to do with the tragedy that overshadowed his career in this period. (In 1966 he lost his first wife in a motorcycle accident; two years later both his sons died in a house fire.) Or perhaps some bean-counter at the record label had simply decided this stuff wasn’t selling enough anymore. Either way, it’s all going on in these forgotten recordings: the combination of country music and urbane, almost Italian-esque pop, beautifully executed by peerless session pro’s with Orbison’s voice soaring operatically above it all.

Songs played: You’ll Never Walk Alone, Say No More, One Of The Lonely Ones, Little Girl, The Defector
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: music, music review, Roy Orbison
Duration: 8'20"

19:35
Tiny Ruins and Conana Mockasin Collaborations
BODY:
Nick Bollinger catches up with creative collaborations from Tiny Ruins and Connan Mockasin.
EXTENDED BODY:
Nick Bollinger catches up with creative collaborations from Tiny Ruins and Connan Mockasin.
Myths 001 by Connan Mockasin & Devonte Hynes
A couple of new EPs are the result of fruitful collaborations between musicians, several of them New Zealanders, who have been getting out in the world. The Mockasin/Hynes venture is just a three-song set, cut earlier this year as part of the Marfa Myths festival, an annual cultural event centred on the West Texas town of Marfa. The event saw Te Awanga-born Mockasin and North Londoner Hynes – who usually records as Blood Orange - holed up together in a studio for a week. And these two individualists find a comfortable meeting in a silky 70s-style funk. Totalling 12 minutes in length, the only real disappointment is that there isn’t more of it.
Songs played: Feelin’ Lovely, La Fat Fur, Big Distant Crush
Hurtling Through by Tiny Ruins & Hamish Kilgour
Hurtling Through was recorded some time late last year in New York, and is a collaboration between Auckland-based Tiny Ruins (otherwise known as Holly Fullbrook) and long-time expat and New York resident Hamish Kilgour, best known as drummer in The Clean. The opener, ‘Tread Softly’, might be the EP’s standout track: Fullbrook’s setting of a poem by W.B. Yeats, to which her beautiful guitar part lends a truly Nick Drake quality. But there are other great songs here too, with Kilgour providing just the right percussive accompaniment and adding a few other atmospheric sounds as well. I’ve always liked Fullbrook’s records as Tiny Ruins, but there’s a refinement to them, a precision quality, which has made them seem like beautiful statues; objects to be admired rather than handled. But this record, with its rough edges showing, is more tactile; it invites you to get right up close.
Songs played: Hurtling Through, Turn Around, Little Did I Know
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: music, music review, Tiny Ruins, Hamish Kilgour, Connan Mockasin, blood orange
Duration: 12'44"

19:35
Manhattan by Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts
BODY:
Nick Bollinger embarks on a hometown tour from Manhattan's 'anti-folk' singer Jeffrey Lewis
EXTENDED BODY:
Nick Bollinger embarks on a hometown tour from Manhattan's 'anti-folk' singer Jeffrey Lewis
Jeffrey Lewis a New York City native and most of the songs on his new album are set on the Manhattan streets where he grew up. His music has been called acoustic punk or anti-folk, but it’s basically Lewis spinning his real-life yarns, in a way that seems somehow melodic, even when his tunes comprise no more than a couple of notes.
If Lewis’s songs are usually written in the first-person and have a strong sense of autobiography about them, they are not as deliberately artless as those of, say, Sun Kil Moon’s Mark Kozalek. Lewis still takes the trouble to rhyme them up and shape them into appealing pop-like constructions, complete with hooks and choruses.
The bright immediacy and carefully picked-out details of Lewis’s songwriting employ a craft he might have honed in his other artistic endeavour, which is drawing comics. And, in a way, his songs are like little musical cartoons. But the album’s centrepiece is its moodiest track: ‘Back To Manhattan’ is a breakup story that follows a couple through a walk across the city in the dying moments of their relationship, and Lewis takes his time, maintaining that same unvarying walking tempo as he spins his long laconic narrative, like Lou Reed if he had been more concerned with the mundane details of daily life.
Songs played: Scowling Crackhead Ian, Back To Manhattan, Sad Screaming Old Man, Outta Town, Support Tours
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 8'58"

7:30 The Sampler
> music album reviews & music discussion with Nick Bollinger
8:12 Windows on the World - Young, Geeky and Black pt 2 of 3 - Accra
> international public radio documentaries
8:43 The Pundits - RELIGION
religious studies Prof. Douglas Pratt from University of Waikato on one's faith in God or gods... Christmas in Paris? Religion, Culture, and Secular Society...

roster: Ann Kerwin (Philosophy); Eric Crampton (Right Thinking); Damien Fenton (Military History); Deborah Russell (Feminism); Brian Roper (Left Thinking); Ian Mayes (Eco-Living); Gavin McLean (NZ History); Douglas Pratt (Religion); Shannon Haunui-Thompson (Kai-A-Miro, Maori); & Brian Easton (Economics)

8:59 conundrum clue 3
9:07 Tuesday Feature - Misunderstanding Japan
9:59 conundrum clue 4
10:17 Late Edition
> a round up of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Date Line Pacific from RNZ International
11:07 The Eleventh Hour - The Global Village
> music from around the world
... nights' time is the right time...

===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===

Late Edition for 15 December 2015
What's in a label? The Nurofen case. How one Australian deportee is coping back in N.Z. Remembering the Gallipoli evacuation - it bwent mcuh smoother than the invasion. In Dateline Pacific, putting out the fires in Indonesia.

=DESCRIPTION=

RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National

===11:06 PM. | None (National)===
=DESCRIPTION=

A selection of world music along with jazz, rock, folk and other styles, artists and songs with world and roots influences (F, KMUW)