A 24-hour recording of Radio New Zealand National. The following rundown is sourced from the broadcaster’s website. Note some overseas/copyright restricted items may not appear in the supplied rundown:
22 December 2015
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Spectrum (RNZ); 1:05 From the World (RNZ); 2:05 Night Lights Classic Jazz: After the Vanguard: The Return of Bill Evans (6 of 12, PRX) 3:05 When Christmas Comes Early, by Sue Emms (RNZ); 3:30 An Author's View (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)
===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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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
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06:00
Top Stories for Tuesday 22 December 2015
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Football's two most powerful men are banned for eight years. More tourists than ever are on their way here this summer.. but are there enough beds and buses for them all? Auckland bus drivers walk off the job just as Christmas shopping is in full swing.
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Duration: 27'40"
06:06
Sports News for 22 December 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'54"
06:12
Schools pushed to limit by roll growth
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There are more children than classroom space in some parts of New Zealand and some schools have been forced to use their halls for teaching.
Topics: education
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Tags: growth
Duration: 1'46"
06:14
NZ parents wanting kids to learn Samoan
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Parents in New Zealand hoping to raise their children to be bilingual in Samoan and English, say there are not enough learning resources available in Samoan.
Topics: education
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Tags: Samoan
Duration: 4'02"
06:20
Early business news
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Our business editor, Gyles Beckford, is in now with what's happening in the financial world.... and the positive economic vibes keep coming.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'13"
06:26
Morning Rural News for 22 December 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'09"
06:39
Blatter and Platini banned from football for 8 years
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As we have been reporting this morning, FIFA president Sepp Blatter and UEFA president Michel Platini have been banned from football for eight years.
Topics: sport
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Tags: FIFA, Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini
Duration: 4'40"
06:44
This summer set to be biggest for tourism operators
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If you're heading out of town this holidays, make sure you book accommodation in advance.
Topics: business
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Tags: holidays, bookings
Duration: 2'24"
06:46
The shock as host crowns wrong Miss Universe
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An emotional and overjoyed Miss Columbia, Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo, was crowned Miss Universe yesterday in Las Vegas.
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Tags: Miss Universe
Duration: 3'38"
06:50
Consumers are being cautioned
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Consumers are being cautioned to keep control of their holiday spending in preparation for a likely economic slowdown next year.
Topics: business
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Tags: slowdown
Duration: 1'35"
06:52
Tourism boom bringing strains
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New Zealand remains the destination of choice for literally millions of foreign tourists according to the latest migration and visitor data.
Topics: business
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Tags: tourism
Duration: 1'30"
06:53
It hasn't been a bad year for banks.
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Bumper profits, solid economic growth, low levels of bad debts were just some of the drivers.
Topics: business
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Tags: banks
Duration: 3'24"
06:57
Abano aims to significantly grow dental business in 10 years
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Healthcare services provider, Abano Healthcare Group, expects to have a 10 percent share of dental businesses in Australasia within a decade.
Topics: business
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Tags: Abano Healthcare Group
Duration: 1'15"
06:58
Morning markets for 22 December 2015
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American stocks are slipping into holiday mood .. turnover falling, but the movements are slight
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'00"
06:59
Business briefs
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Anna Curzon has been appointed as accounting software firm Xero's New Zealand managing director.
Topics: business
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Tags: Anna Curzon
Duration: 13"
07:07
Sports News for 22 December 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'46"
07:11
"FIFA has zero credibility"
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The two most powerful men in football have been banned from the sport for eight years by their own ethics committee.
Topics: sport
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Tags: FIFA, Michel Platini, Sepp Blatter
Duration: 4'07"
07:15
Surge in tourist numbers putting pressure on
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The tourism industry is scrambling to ensure there are enough hotel beds and tourist buses for the record numbers of visitors expected this summer.
Topics: business
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Tags: tourism
Duration: 3'50"
07:19
Four hour stop-work meeting will affect Auckland bus services
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Christmas shoppers could find themselves without buses this afternoon when more than 80 percent of Auckland bus drivers walk off the job.
Topics: transport
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: buses
Duration: 2'32"
07:21
Labour changes tack on IS fight
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The Labour Leader Andrew Little has reconsidered his party's stance on sending New Zealand troops to fight Islamic State in Iraq.
Topics: politics
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Tags: IS, Iraq
Duration: 6'30"
07:28
Schools pushed to limit by roll growth
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There are more children than classroom space in some parts of New Zealand and some schools have been forced to use their halls for teaching.
Topics: education
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Tags: growth
Duration: 3'05"
07:35
What makes Kane Williamson so good?
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A dream year for Black Cap Kane Williamson has ended with the 25 year old setting New Zealand records for test runs and centuries, and an official ranking as the world's best batsman.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Black Caps
Duration: 4'24"
07:40
Southerly change set to stop the sizzle
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A cooler day lies ahead after yesterday's record-breaking heat.
Topics: weather
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Duration: 2'33"
07:42
Deported bikie is questioning turnaround in NZ
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An Australian bikie is questioning whether New Zealand immigration officials are under pressure from Australia to make travelling here more difficult.
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Tags: Australia, biker
Duration: 9'26"
07:54
Greens say police could lose public trust over unlawful warrant
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The Greens have filed a complaint with the Independent Police Complaints Authority over the raid on Nicky Hager's house.
Topics: politics
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Tags: greens
Duration: 3'17"
08:08
Sports News for 22 December 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'04"
08:11
Tourism industry warns of busy season
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The tourism industry is expecting its busiest season ever.
Topics: business
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Tags: tourism
Duration: 3'43"
08:14
Labour could support the deployment of combat troops
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Labour's defence spokesman Phil Goff says his party could support the deployment of combat troops against Islamic State if the circumstances were right.
Topics: defence force, politics
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Tags: IS
Duration: 4'44"
08:19
A look at the state of the New Zealand media
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2015 has been yet another year of turmoil in the media landscape with traditional platforms suffering as online platforms make further gains.
Topics: media
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Duration: 12'36"
08:32
Markets Update for 22 December 2015
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'03"
08:39
Local hapu use paper road to access beach
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A Hawkes Bay hapu in a decade long dispute with a local farmer over beach access has built a makeshift barge to solve the problem.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Ngati Kere
Duration: 4'00"
08:43
Police drugs war goes down the toilet
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The police are to get their hands dirty in the fight against drugs -- quite literally.
Topics: crime, environment
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Tags: drugs, police
Duration: 2'40"
08:49
Big new playground opens in Christchurch today
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Christchurch's 20-million dollar Margaret Mahy playground opens today.
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Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Margaret Mahy playground
Duration: 2'26"
08:51
Veteran radio presenter Hewitt Humphrey hangs up his cans
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RNZ newsreader Hewitt Humphrey will present his last ever news bulletin on Radio New Zealand later today.
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Tags: Hewitt Humphrey
Duration: 8'04"
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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: A Cow of a Night', by Sue Emms read by Katherine McRae
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09:08
FIFA's banning of Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini
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The banning of FIFA president Sepp Blatter and UEFA president Michel Platini for 8 years means more than half of those who awarded the FIFA World Cup to Qatar in 2022 have been arrested, banned, suspended or pleaded guilty. So what now for the beleagured football organisation and will the ban on Blatter and Platini make much difference? Jamie Fuller is an ethics campaigner who is a co-founder of #NewFIFANow.
Topics: sport
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Tags: FIFA, corruption
Duration: 20'04"
09:28
Reprieve for Auckland morning motorists this week
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There's been a bit of a Christmas bonus for Auckland morning commuters so far this week; many people are getting to work on time because of a lack of congestion. Explaining what's behind the welcome lack of gridlock in the mornings is New Zealand Transport Agency Highway Manager Brett Gliddon.
Topics: transport
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Tags: traffic, auckland commuters, Brett Gliddon
Duration: 8'07"
09:36
How James Bond is helping mental health diagnosis
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'The psychopathology of James Bond, and its implications for the revision of the DSM-007' is a tongue in cheek study of James Bond with a serious message - stopping diagnostic creep. Its authors from the University of Auckland say there's been a massive expansion in mental health diagnosis- and yet people haven't got sicker. To stop 'the psychologising of everyday life' they have reduced the number of mental health diagnosis down to two; the Bond Adequacy Disorder (BAD) and Normality Disorder. The paper's senior author is Bruce Arroll
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He has a license to kill and he's not shy about using it. But is James Bond a psychopath, and why are mental health researchers studying him?
As well as being a secret agent, James Bond has some well-documented problems with alchohol, gambling and violence, so it's perhaps not surprising that his latest starring role is as a subject for a mental health study.
The paper, The psychopathology of James Bond, and its implications for the revision of the DSM-007, has just won first prize in the Australian Medical Journal's Christmas edition.
But while the tongue-in-cheek study of Bond may seem light-hearted, it has a serious message: it wants to stop diagnostic creep.
Its authors, from the University of Auckland, hope it will help halt the overdiagnosis of mental disorders, and the stigma attached to diagnostic labelling.
According to the paper's senior author, Bruce Arroll, there has been a massive expansion in mental health diagnosis - and yet people haven't got sicker.
They believe that there is over-diagnosis of mental disorders.
To stop "the psychologising of everyday life", Mr Arroll and his team have reduced the number of mental health diagnosis down to two; the Bond Adequacy Disorder (BAD) and Normality Disorder.
"The DSM is the statistical diagnostic manual of the American Psychiatric Association, and in 1968 there were 182 diagnoses, in the latest one, the DSM-5, there's 550, so something odd is happening there, so that was one of our concerns," Mr Arroll said.
The DSM lists criteria that clinicians have to meet to have a diagnosis - for example, for depression there are eight criteria.
"It was developed to help clinicians be consistent in their diagnoses, and also for research purposes, but it's done by committee and I think the fact that the numbers of diagnoses are expanding is a sign of it having been put together by a committee," he said.
But the team believe clinicians shouldn't be medicalising normal life and it would be better if more effort went into therapy than diagnosis.
The Bond study began as an examination of the ACC costs of the violence in the movies, but the authors - who did all the work in their own time, Mr Arroll hastened to point out - decided to broaden it out and see if they could get it published in a Christmas journal.
""We looked at the psychopathology and then someone came up with the diagnosis 'normality disorder', which we think is quite a contribution to modern mental health diagnoses, so that's how we got started on it."
There are eight behaviours that comprise the BAD: having a sense of entitlement, using bad puns and/or sexual innuendos, seeking admiration and being very self-centred, sexual promiscuity, looking for a fight no matter what the odds, frequently risking their life and the lives of others, engaging in excessive thrill-seeking and killing people.
"They're the eight minimum criteria - if you don't have all eight then you have normality disorder," Mr Arroll said.
"I think a lot of people have normality disorder. It's pretty prevalent, in fact we rather like the diagnosis, we think probably everybody should aspire to normality disorder."
Mr Arroll and his team also came up with a screening scale in the paper, the Bond Additive Descriptors of Anti-Sociality Scale (BADASS).
"We think that's also a contribution to the research literature too."
"So we now actually have a criteria, so if you don't have BAD disorder, then you have normality disorder. So we think it's making it much simpler for mental health professionals and I think for the public, I think the public will relish being able to self-diagnose," Mr Arroll said.
The team had to sit down and rigorously watch the Bond movies, which was a lot harder than it might sound: Mr Aroll had Dr No and From Russia With Love.
"When I was a child I watched them and I was enthralled but when I went back to watch them they were absolutely awful, they were racist, sexist, the story was weak and it wasn't particularly enjoyable - actually it was quite hard work, I have to say."
Listen to Bruce Arroll on Nine to Noon:
Topics: health, life and society
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Tags: mental health
Duration: 11'26"
09:50
US correspondent, Steve Almond
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Steve Almond discusses how Star Wars has broken box office records and the Bernie Sanders data breach scandal.
Topics: politics
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Tags: USA, United States
Duration: 9'22"
10:10
Ted Dawe: why we need to talk about teen sex
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Author Ted Dawe says he is still angry at the way a Christian group had his book Into the River banned, and says they were "vindictive".
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Author Ted Dawe says he is still angry at the way a Christian group had his book Into the River banned, and says they were "vindictive".
Mr Dawe's award-winning book was controversially banned in August after being caught up in a scrap between the Office of Film and Literature Classification and its independent review body over whether the book should have an age restriction.
The matter was finally resolved in October, and Into the River, for young adults, was allowed back on the shelves with no rating. It includes sex scenes, drug use and swearing.
Of course, all the controversy massively boosted interest - there is still a waiting list for Into The River at many libraries, and Mr Dawe was now working with a US publisher, with the book due to be released there next year.
He told Nine To Noon today the whole saga proved that literature needed to be prepared to roll its sleeves up and get dirty, and to say the unsayable - but he remained angry at how the whole process unfolded.
"I suppose I'm getting over my anger now but I'm angry at the fact that my little moment in the spotlight when I won the Margaret Mahy prize was effectively ruined by a small Christian splinter group and their unrelenting and vindictive attempts to discredit the book and to minimalise it," Mr Dawe said.
But Family First disagreed with Mr Dawe's point of view, with national director Bob McCoskrie calling it "sour grapes".
"It's unjustified," Mr McCoskrie said. "You actually had the New Zealand Herald editorial agreeing with our concerns. Members of the censorship board also agreed with our concerns to the point that they felt it did deserve a rating. And in fact Ted Dawe himself said that there should be a restriction.
"We never asked for the book to be banned, we simply said that it should be age-restricted. Many people agreed with us," Mr McCoskrie said.
Challenged on Nine To Noon whether the group were vindictive or whether they held genuinely strong views, Mr Dawe conceded those were the two sides of the story - but it was his viewpoint that Family First were vindictive, rather than true believers.
"I would sometimes question those beliefs and I think there's a bit of an industry in promoting their brand of Christianity."
Family First was simply acting on behalf of all families, Mr McCoskrie said. "Christian, non-Christian, Jewish, Muslim, atheist. We're simply raising the issue about freedom of speech versus protection of children. That's not actually a religious issue."
The whole saga was rather curious, Mr Dawe believed.
"I'd like to know what was the last novel banned in New Zealand. I know that 22 years ago they banned a book called How To Build The Bazooka - I wonder what that was about - but before that, what was the last novel banned, and why would one ban a novel?"
Reading a novel was a major commitment of many hours on the part of a reader, Mr Dawe said, and going after novelists made no sense.
"Watching a video, just throw the thing in, push the go button and you're there, or one click on internet pornography. So there's a huge difference in terms of accessibility. So I feel that the people who are worried about community standards should be focusing their attention in that area, not basically trying to undo the work of very hard-working and sincere novel-writers in New Zealand.
"It's a tough job writing a novel, and I think it's getting harder and harder as these other sorts of competing forms of entertainment are rising up."
Related links
LISTEN TO THE FULL NINE TO NOON INTERVIEW WITH TED DAWE HERE:
Topics: books
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Tags: sex, teenagers, drugs
Duration: 31'46"
10:42
Book review: Polynesian Panthers
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'Polynesian Panthers' edited by Melani Anae, Leilani Tamu and Lautofa Luli. Reviewed by Paul Diamond.
Topics: books
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Duration: 3'52"
11:07
Business commentator Rod Oram
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Market reaction to the US Federal Reserve's rise in interest rates last week - The World Trade Organisation's historic breakthrough on banning subsidies for agricultural exports - Calling quits on the Doha negotiations.
Topics: business
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Duration: 14'06"
11:26
Shaun Usher - Letters of note
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The writing of letters has been fading in popularity for years now. Emailing, tweeting and texting have put paid to many people sitting down to write and letter and then off to the post office, to post it. But Shaun Usher's website, lettersofnote.com has proved hugely popular. He has a variety of correspondence on his site, letters he believes deserve a wider audience, not just handwritten notes, but also postcards, telegrams, faxes, and memos. His first book - Letters of Note was a best seller, and he's followed that up with the newly released, More Letters of Note. More Letters of Note includes some notes penned by political figures, musicians, authors and others just by everyday people. @LettersOfNote on Twitter
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The writing of letters has been fading in popularity for years now. Emailing, tweeting and texting have put paid to many people sitting down to write and letter and then off to the post office, to post it.
But Shaun Usher's website, lettersofnote.com has proved hugely popular.
He has a variety of correspondence on his site, letters he believes deserve a wider audience, not just handwritten notes, but also postcards, telegrams, faxes, and memos.
His first book - Letters of Note was a best seller, and he's followed that up with the newly released More Letters of Note, which includes some notes penned by political figures, musicians, authors and others just by everyday people.
Shaun Usher talks to Kathryn Ryan.
Follow @LettersOfNote on Twitter
Topics: author interview
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Tags: Shaun Usher, letters of note, more letters of note
Duration: 14'57"
11:41
Brendon McCullum to announce retirement from Blac Caps
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Stephen Hewson is RNZ's sports editor.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 5'16"
11:48
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
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The court decision on the search of Nicky Hager's home. The 2015 Journalism, Media and Democracy report from AUT records that 60-70 jobs have been lost from NZ newsrooms this year.
Topics: media
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Tags:
Duration: 11'55"
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09:05 FIFA's banning of Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini
The banning of FIFA president Sepp Blatter and UEFA president Michel Platini for 8 years means more than half of those who awarded the FIFA World Cup to Qatar in 2022 have been arrested, banned, suspended or pleaded guilty. So what now for the beleagured football organisation and will the ban on Blatter and Platini make much difference? Jamie Fuller is an ethics campaigner who is a co-founder of #NewFIFANow.
09:20 Reprieve for Auckland morning motorists this week
There's been a bit of a Christmas bonus for Auckland morning commuters so far this week; many people are getting to work on time because of a lack of congestion. Explaining what's behind the welcome lack of gridlock in the mornings is New Zealand Transport Agency Highway Manager Brett Gliddon.
09:30 How James Bond is helping mental health diagnosis
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'The psychopathology of James Bond, and its implications for the revision of the DSM-007' is a tongue in cheek study of James Bond with a serious message - stopping diagnostic creep. Its authors from the University of Auckland say there's been a massive expansion in mental health diagnosis- and yet people haven't got sicker.
To stop 'the psychologising of everyday life' they have reduced the number of mental health diagnosis down to two; the Bond Adequacy Disorder (BAD) and Normality Disorder. The paper's senior author is Bruce Arroll
09:45 US correspondent, Steve Almond
10:05 Ted Dawe: why we need to talk about teen sex
Ted Dawe's award winning book Into the River was controversially banned in August after being caught up in a scrap between the Office of Film and Literature Classification and its independent review body....over whether the book should have an age restriction. The matter was finally resolved in October, and the book was allowed back on the shelves with no rating.
Ted Dawe says he feels vindicated as the controversy has boosted interest in the book, which now has a US publisher.
And he says the whole saga proves that literature needs to be prepared to roll its sleeves up and get dirty, and to say the unsayable.
10:35 Book review: Polynesian Panthers edited by Melani Anae, Leilani Tamu and Lautofa Luli
10:45 The Reading: Cow of a Night - A short story by Sue Emms, read by Katherine McRae
11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram
- Market reaction to the US Federal Reserve’s rise in interest rates last week
- The World Trade Organisation’s historic breakthrough on banning subsidies for agricultural exports
- Calling quits on the Doha negotiations.
11:20 Shaun Usher - letters of note
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The writing of letters has been fading in popularity for years now. Emailing, tweeting and texting have put paid to many people sitting down to write and letter and then off to the post office, to post it. But Shaun Usher's website, lettersofnote.com has proved hugely popular. He has a variety of correspondence on his site, letters he believes deserve a wider audience, not just handwritten notes, but also postcards, telegrams, faxes, and memos. His first book - Letters of Note was a best seller, and he's followed that up with the newly released, More Letters of Note. More Letters of Note includes some notes penned by political figures, musicians, authors and others just by everyday people. @LettersOfNote on Twitter
11:45 Media commentator Gavin Ellis
The court decision on the search of Nicky Hager's home.
The 2015 Journalism, Media and Democracy report from AUT records that 60-70 jobs have been lost from NZ newsrooms this year
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Artist: The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra
Song: Feliz Navidad
Composer: Jose Feliciano
Album: A Little Bit Wonderful
Time: 9:45
Artist: Rufus Wainwright
Song: Spotlight on Christmas
Composer: Rufus Wainwright
Album: Maybe This Christmas Too?
Time: 10:10
Artist: The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl
Song: Fairytale of New York
Composer: Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan
Album: If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Time: 11:10
===Noon | Midday Report===
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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
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12:00
Midday News for 22 December 2015
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Shell New Zealand has just announced the sale of a major asset in in this country and The International Energy Agency has dramatically revised downwards its forecasts for the demand for coal.
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Duration: 15'52"
12:18
AFT Pharmaceuticals shares list at 11% premium to issue price
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Shares in the Auckland-based drugmaker, AFT Pharmaceutical, have had a strong debut on the New Zealand stock exchange, trading at a 14 percent premium to their issue price.
Topics: business, economy
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: AFT Pharmaceutical
Duration: 1'25"
12:19
MACPAC outdoor retailer being taken over by Aust investor
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Well-known outdoor clothing and goods retailer, Macpac, is being taken over by an Australian private equity firm, Champ Ventures.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Macpac, Champ Ventures
Duration: 59"
12:20
Online retail sales growth picks up in lead-up to Christmas
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The rate of growth in online retail sales has picked up leading into Christmas with a 14 percent increase in overall sales in November compared with last year.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: BNZ Online Retail Sales Report
Duration: 1'19"
12:21
Peer to peer lender sees room for growth in crowded market
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A new peer-to-peer lending platform aimed at small to medium-sized businesses and car buyers sees big potential in an increasingly crowded online lending space.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Lending Crowd, Peer-to-peer lending
Duration: 1'39"
12:24
Midday Markets for 22 December 2015
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Angus Marks at First NZ Capital.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'54"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 22 December 2015
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The New Zealand Cricket captain Brendon McCullum will this afternoon announce his retirement from international cricket.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'47"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 22 December 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 8'01"
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===1:06 PM. | Jesse Mulligan, 1–4pm===
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An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)
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13:10
First Song
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"Breathe Life" - Jack Garrat
Topics: music
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Duration: 4'51"
13:14
Pollen forecaster Dr David Fountain
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Do you suffer with hay fever or know someone who does? Is there an end to the hay fever season? Many of us might read the paper or go online to check out how severe the pollen forecast might be for the day and retired plant biologist Dr David Fountain is the pollen forecaster. He's been looking at the quantity of pollen in the air, what species flower when and where and how pollen is moved around by the weather.
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Do you suffer with hay fever or know someone who does? Is there an end to the hay fever season?
Many of us might read the paper or go online to check out how severe the pollen forecast might be for the day and retired plant biologist Dr David Fountain is the pollen forecaster.
He's been looking at the quantity of pollen in the air, what species flower when and where and how pollen is moved around by the weather.
He talks to Jesse Mulligan.
Topics: environment, science, weather
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Tags: pollen
Duration: 10'41"
13:25
Margaret Mahy Family Playground opening
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The Canterbury earthquakes damages not only roads, and buildings, but also playgrounds. But this afternoon one of the largest playgrounds in the southern hemisphere will be opened to the public. The all ages- all ability playground is named after one of Canterbury's well known authors, Margaret Mahy.
Topics: life and society
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Margaret Mahy playground, Christchurch
Duration: 6'08"
13:32
Patea Cricket Club
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The tiny South Taranaki township of Patea has a new cricket club, more than 22 years after the last one folded. In fact after the freezing works closed in 1986, the whole town went into decline. But that's now changing. The whole community as had a new lease of life and a group of enthusiastic cricket fans have not only started a club from scratch. they have been victorious at their first attempt. Local Grocer Ash Patel was the man who got the whole thing started.
Topics: life and society, sport
Regions: Taranaki
Tags: Patea, Cricket Club
Duration: 9'53"
13:42
Favourite Album
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Songs In The Attic - Billy Joel.
Topics: music
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Duration: 17'44"
14:09
Brendon McCullum retires
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Blackcaps captain Brendon McCullum is pulling stumps on his illustrous international career - which included a record triple test ton, 99 consecutive tests, 254 One Day Internationals and 71 international Twenty20s.
Topics: sport
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Tags: cricket
Duration: 10'01"
14:19
Great NZ Concerts - The Police
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On February 29 1984 the British rock band The Police came to Westerns Springs in what was described by one of the critics as one of the most spectacular - and loudest - performances ever seen at the Western Springs Stadium. As part of their Synchronicity Tour, the band played all their hits, but it wasn't the music that was the most memorable. Dozens of people were injured, more than 60 were arrested before the show even started and a car was overturned and set alight after the driver drove through the crowd outside the gates.
Topics: music
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Duration: 40'29"
14:30
Nick Barnfield of Associated Theatre Services
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"A lot of work goes into putting on a concert of this magnitide, especially behind the scenes. Nick Barnfield worked at Associated Theatre Services which provided the rigging, the roof and the stage for the concert. They weren't hard to miss... delivering a huge trailor that contained the stage, lighting and sound equipment. The stage itself was one of the largest mobile plateforms in the world at that time. It had six hinged sections which unfolded with the use of wire and a hydraulic wrench."
Topics: music
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Duration: 3'34"
15:10
Chief Elf in Santa Claus Indiana, Pat Koch
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Every year, for 100 years, letters for Santa Claus have poured into a small town in America's heartland, which is no surprise since the town is called .Santa Claus. The naughty and nice express their deepest wishes and darkest fears to the man in the red suit. The letters ask for toys, for family reconciliations, for a time machine and have even included a touch of extortion if the goods aren't delivered on Christmas morning. Note to self, do not threaten Santa's reindeer. Each letter is lovingly answered by a team of Elves. We'll talk to Chief Elf in Santa Claus Indiana, Pat Koch.
Topics: life and society
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Tags: Christmas, America, Santa Claus
Duration: 20'30"
15:48
The Panel pre-show for 22 December 2015
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What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan and Zara Potts.
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Duration: 12'23"
=SHOW NOTES=
1:10 First song - Breathe Life by Jack Garrett
1:17 Pollen forecaster Dr David Fountain.
Do you suffer with hay fever or know someone who does? Is there an end to the hay fever season? Many of us might read the paper or go online to check out how severe the pollen forecast might be for the day and retired plant biologist Dr David Fountain is the pollen forecaster. He's been looking at the quantity of pollen in the air, what species flower when and where and how pollen is moved around by the weather.
1:25 Margaret Mahy Family Playground opening
The Canterbury earthquakes damages not only roads, and buildings, but also playgrounds. But this afternoon one of the largest playgrounds in the southern hemisphere will be opened to the public. The all ages- all ability playground is named after one of Canterbury's well known authors, Margaret Mahy.
1:27 Story 3 - Patea Cricket Club
The tiny South Taranaki township of Patea has a new cricket club, more than 22 years after the last one folded. In fact after the freezing works closed in 1986, the whole town went into decline. But that's now changing. The whole community as had a new lease of life and a group of enthusiastic cricket fans have not only started a club from scratch. they have been victorious at their first attempt. Local Grocer Ash Patel was the man who got the whole thing started.
1:40 Favourite album - Songs In The Attic by Billy Joel
2:10 Brendon McCullum announcement
Cricket commentator Craig Cumming and RNZ sports editor Stephen Hewson give analysis on Blackcaps' captain Brendon McCullum's announcement
2.20 Great New Zealand Concert - The Police
On February 29 1984 the British rock band The Police came to Westerns Springs in what was described by one of the critics as one of the most spectacular - and loudest - performances ever seen at the Western Springs Stadium. As part of their Synchronicity Tour, the band played all their hits, but it wasn't the music that was the most memorable. Dozens of people were injured, more than 60 were arrested before the show even started and a car was overturned and set alight after the driver drove through the crowd outside the gates.
3:10 Chief Elf in Santa Claus Indiana, Pat Koch
Every year, for 100 years, letters for Santa Claus have poured into a small town in America's heartland, which is no surprise since the town is called .Santa Claus. The naughty and nice express their deepest wishes and darkest fears to the man in the red suit. The letters ask for toys, for family reconciliations, for a time machine and have even included a touch of extortion if the goods aren't delivered on Christmas morning. Note to self, do not threaten Santa's reindeer. Each letter is lovingly answered by a team of Elves. We'll talk to Chief Elf in Santa Claus Indiana, Pat Koch.
3:30 Stories from Our Changing World.
Ever since it was built the seawall at Dunedin's St Clair beach has taken a hammering from the sea. Dunedin student Sam Fraser-Baxter is investigating.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show - with Jesse Mulligan and Zara Potts
=PLAYLIST=
JESSE'S SONG:
ARTIST: Jack Garratt
TITLE: Breathe Life
COMP: Garratt
ALBUM: Phase
LABEL: Island
FAVOURITE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Billy Joel
TITLE: Captain Jack
COMP: Joel
ALBUM: Songs In The Attic
LABEL: Columbia
ARTIST: Billy Joel
TITLE: You're My Home
COMP: Joel
ALBUM: Songs In The Attic
LABEL: Columbia
ARTIST: Billy Joel
TITLE: Streetlife Serenade
COMP: Joel
ALBUM: Songs In The Attic
LABEL: Columbia
GREAT NEW ZEALAND CONCERT:
ARTIST: The Police
TITLE: Roxanne
COMP: Sting
ALBUM: The Police: Live 1979-1983
LABEL: A&M
ARTIST: The Police
TITLE: Message in a Bottle
COMP: Sting
ALBUM: The Police: Live 1979-1983
LABEL: A&M
ARTIST: The Police
TITLE: Don't Stand So Close to Me
COMP: Sting
ALBUM: The Police: Live 1979-1983
LABEL: A&M
ARTIST: The Police
TITLE: Every Breath You Take
COMP: Sting
ALBUM: The Police: Live 1979-1983
LABEL: A&M
HALFTIME:
ARTIST: Meatloaf
TITLE: Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back
COMP: Steinman
ALBUM: Bat Out Of Hell 2: Back Into Hell
LABEL: Virgin
===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
=DESCRIPTION=
An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)
=AUDIO=
15:48
The Panel pre-show for 22 December 2015
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What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan and Zara Potts.
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Duration: 12'23"
16:06
The Panel with Liz Bowen-Clewley and Vicki Hyde (Part 1)
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What the Panelists Liz Bowen-Clewley and Vicki Hyde have been up to. Professor Stephen Hoadley discusses our relationship with Australia specifically on the immigration front. Some beneficiaries are exchanging their hardship pre-pay cards for cash. Many schools can't keep up with increasing rolls.
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Duration: 23'47"
16:07
The Panel with Liz Bowen-Clewley and Vicki Hyde (Part 2)
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Complaining can work very nicely in your favour. What the Panelists Liz Bowen-Clewley and Vicki Hyde have been thinking about. Santa is a very big secret in the Muslim nation of Brunei. Al Gillespie discusses why the penalty is so high for public celebrations of the Christain festival. Rayani Air has taken it's maiden doemestic flight from Kuala Lumpur. The airline operates under Sharia law. Women wear head coverings, there is only halal food, a prayer before take off and there's no alcohol onboard. The man who hiked the price of an HIV drug by 5000% says his arrogant online persona is a "social experiment." And a video of young rabbits in drinking glasses with their heads poking out is dividing the on-line community. Is it cute or cruel?
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Duration: 26'17"
16:08
The Panel Intro
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What the Panelists Liz Bowen-Clewley and Vicki Hyde have been up to.
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Duration: 5'51"
16:14
How much influence does Australian have on us?
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Professor Stephen Hoadley discusses our relationship with Australia specifically on the immigration front.
Topics: law
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Tags: immigration, Australia, gangs
Duration: 8'25"
16:22
WINZ hardship cards abused
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Some beneficiaries are exchanging their hardship pre-pay cards for cash.
Topics: law, internet
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Tags: Facebook, WINZ, hardship cards
Duration: 4'38"
16:26
Cramped schools
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Many schools can't keep up with increasing rolls.
Topics: education
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Tags: Class Size
Duration: 4'48"
16:34
I'm not one to complain...
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Complaining can work very nicely in your favour.
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Duration: 6'20"
16:40
Panel Says
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What the Panelists Liz Bowen-Clewley and Vicki Hyde have been thinking about.
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Duration: 4'56"
16:45
A very Secret Santa in Brunei
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Santa is a very big secret in the Muslim nation of Brunei. Al Gillespie discusses why the penalty is so high for public celebrations of the Christain festival.
Topics: spiritual practices, law
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Tags: Christmas, Brunei
Duration: 7'59"
16:53
Malaysia's first Sharia airline
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Rayani Air has taken it's maiden doemestic flight from Kuala Lumpur. The airline operates under Sharia law. Women wear head coverings, there is only halal food, a prayer before take off and there's no alcohol onboard.
Topics: spiritual practices, transport, law
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Tags: Rayani Air, sharia law, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Duration: 2'57"
16:55
Martin Shkreli says his obnoxiousness is a "social experiment"
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The man who hiked the price of an HIV drug by 5000% says his arrogant online persona is a "social experiment."
Topics: internet, life and society
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Tags: Martin Shkreli
Duration: 1'49"
16:57
Rabbits in glasses
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A video of young rabbits in drinking glasses with their heads poking out is dividing the on-line community. Is it cute or cruel?
Topics: internet, environment
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Tags: rabbits, Glasses, video
Duration: 2'06"
=SHOW NOTES=
===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
=DESCRIPTION=
RNZ's two-hour news and current affairs programme
=AUDIO=
17:00
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 22 December 2015
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After 15 years at the top level the New Zealand cricket captain Brendon McCullum has announced he's retiring from international cricket and two big livestock companies have been fined more than three million dollars for price fixing.
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Duration: 23'04"
17:08
Brendon McCullum quits the Black Caps
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After 15 years at the top level the New Zealand cricket captain Brendon McCullum has announced he's retiring from international cricket.
Topics: sport
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Tags: cricket
Duration: 4'23"
17:12
Two livestock firms fined $3m for price fixing
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Two big livestock companies have been fined more than three million dollars for price fixing.
Topics: business, farming
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Tags: PGG Wrightson, Rural Livestock
Duration: 2'35"
17:15
NZ men convicted, children rescued in porn network bust
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Three New Zealand men have been convicted and four children safeguarded from abuse in an FBI-led operation that's broken up an international child porn network.
Topics: crime, internet
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Tags: Child porn, FBI, investigation, OCEANZ
Duration: 2'43"
17:18
Vandals wreak havoc on Muriwai lifeguard tower
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Vandals have stolen thousands of dollars worth of equipment from Muriwai's volunteer lifeguard patrol tower just as the holiday season is about to begin.
Topics: crime
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Tags: vandalism, theft, Muriwai, Lifeguards
Duration: 4'14"
17:22
Calls to strengthen the rules for sunglasses
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Optometrists are calling for the mandatory testing and better rules for sunglasses, in the wake of evidence some manufacturers are making false claims about how well they protect eyes.
Topics: health
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Tags: Sunglases, optometry
Duration: 3'10"
17:25
Auckland bus drivers vote for further industrial action
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Striking Auckland bus drivers have voted overwhelmingly to take further industrial action - though it won't be before Christmas.
Topics: transport
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: employment, Bus Drivers, industrial action
Duration: 2'43"
17:28
Military approach to ISIS won't tackle problem - Opposition
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Opposition MPs are telling the Government to focus on tackling Islamic State's money supply, and who's buying their oil, rather than sending New Zealand troops to the Middle East.
Topics: politics, conflict, defence force
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Tags: ISIS, Opposition
Duration: 2'53"
17:35
Evening Business for 22 December 2015
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News from the business sector including a market report.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 2'21"
17:35
McCullum talks to our sports reporter
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Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum is retiring from international cricket.
Topics: sport
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Tags: cricket
Duration: 4'09"
17:41
Australian investor buys Maui gas pipeline
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The country's biggest gas pipeline has been sold by the oil giant Shell and its partners to an Australian investment fund for 335 million dollars.
Topics: business, economy, energy
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Tags: Maui gasfield, Shell, First State Investments
Duration: 2'41"
17:44
Hastings family's pitbull won't be home for Christmas
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A Hastings family's pitbull, Lennox, won't be home for Christmas.
Topics: environment, law
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Hastings, Pit Bull
Duration: 4'11"
17:48
Wellington boatie tries to sail damaged yacht to Westport
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A Wellington boatie's attempt to sail to Westport in a severely damaged yacht without an engine, radio or safety equipment has been stopped by authorities.
Topics: transport
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Maritime New Zealand
Duration: 3'26"
17:55
No.2 chimp killed in suspected power play
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It reads like an episode of the The Sopranos... the younger deputy in the clan deciding it was time to take on the boss of the past ten years.
Topics: environment
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Wellington Zoo, chimps
Duration: 3'54"
18:05
Sports News for 22 December 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 3'14"
18:11
Jacob Oram on McCullum's retirement
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Jacob Oram says the timing is right for his former Black Caps teammate Brendon McCullum to step down as the New Zealand cricket captain.
Topics: sport
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Tags: cricket
Duration: 2'45"
18:14
RNZ's sports editor Stephen Hewson on McCullum's retirement
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With his take on McCullum's retirement here's RNZ's sports editor Stephen Hewson.
Topics: sport
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Tags: cricket
Duration: 4'16"
18:18
Call for long jail term for captain of NZ-bound boat
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An Indonesian prosecutor's called for eight years in jail for the captain of an asylum seeker boat that was bound for New Zealand.
Topics: crime, refugees and migrants
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Tags: asylum seekers, Indonesia, Australia
Duration: 3'43"
18:22
Driving in the slipstream doesn't save money
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The list of fuel saving tips from the government's energy authority is now out today and it doesn't include tail-gating.
Topics: transport, energy
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Tags: fuel, Fuel Saving, Slip-stream
Duration: 2'20"
18:24
Drink spike alert for Palmerston North
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A drink spiking alert has been issued in Palmerston North.
Topics: crime, food
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: Drink Spiking, Palmerston North
Duration: 3'00"
18:27
Mahy playground gets tick of approval from children
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Hundreds of children have been trying out the 20 million dollar Margaret Mahy playground which opened in Christchurch today.
Topics: life and society
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch, Playground, Margret Mahy
Duration: 2'51"
18:35
Hewitt Humphrey says goodbye
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Hewitt Humphrey is retiring after almost 51 years in broadcasting. His collegue Gael Woods looks back at some of the highlights.
Topics: media
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Duration: 3'55"
18:40
Maori Science Academy to open
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A new science academy for Maori high school students has been created in the Manawatu to lift their achievement in the subjects.
Topics: education, science, te ao Maori
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: Massey University, Maori Students
Duration: 3'11"
18:43
"Abusive" searches at Nauru camp under fire
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The Refugee Action Coalition says women asylum seekers are being subjected to abusive and intrusive searches as they return to the camp for families and single women on Nauru.
Topics: law, refugees and migrants, Pacific
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Tags: Refugee Action Coalition, Nauru, Wilson Security
Duration: 3'19"
18:43
Drug lord death sheds light on offshore operations
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The death in Thailand of one of the most notorious Australian drug traffickers has shone light on the murky and illegal world.
Topics: crime
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Tags: Thailand, Australia, drugs, smuggling
Duration: 5'29"
18:43
"Abusive" searches at Nauru camp under fire
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The Refugee Action Coalition says women asylum seekers are being subjected to abusive and intrusive searches as they return to the camp for families and single women on Nauru.
Topics: law, refugees and migrants, Pacific
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Tags: Refugee Action Coalition, Nauru, Wilson Security
Duration: 3'19"
18:46
Drug lord death sheds light on offshore operations
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The death in Thailand of one of the most notorious Australian drug traffickers has shone light on the murky and illegal world.
Topics: crime
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Tags: Thailand, Australia, drugs, smuggling
Duration: 5'29"
18:54
Stars Wars sequel breaks box office records
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Disney's big gamble on Star Wars has paid off, its new film breaking world box office records on its opening weekend.
Topics: media, arts
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Tags: Star Wars, Disney
Duration: 3'44"
=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 Whale Migration
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For 9 out of the last 13 years, Christine Rose has been keeping a yearly appointment to watch the Australian Humpback Whale migration.
Topics: life and society
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Tags: odysseys, whales, whale migration
Duration: 17'09"
20:42
The Pundits - Kai-A-Miro
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'Eating the berry' with Mihingarangi Forbes from Radio New Zealand's Te Manu Korihi team; from the proverb 'Ko te Manu kai Ana I te Miro nona te Ao' (the Bird that eats the Berry owns the World), encapsulating the idea of a seed when eaten gives insight to the one who consumes it... a push to get a public holiday that remembers the NZ wars, plus who was the best Maori politician of the year...
Topics: te ao Maori, life and society
Regions:
Tags: Maori, New Zealand Wars, Kelvin Davis, Marama Fox
Duration: 16'51"
22:17
Late Edition for 22 December 2015
BODY:
The New Zealand cricket captain announces his retirement. Fifa bans its former head. The country braces for a summer tourist rush and in Dateline Pacific has Fiji shied away from investigating torture accusations.
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Duration: 43'10"
=SHOW NOTES=
NIGHTS on RNZ National
with skipper. Bryan Crump & navigator. Robyn Rockgirl Walker
On the show tonight (Tuesday)...
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7:12 OUR OWN ODYSSEYS: THE WHALE MIGRATION
for 9 out of the last 13 years, Christine Rose has been keeping a yearly appointment to watch the Australian Humpback Whale migration...
7:30 The Sampler
=SHOW NOTES=
=AUDIO=
19:30
The Sampler Best of 2015: New Zealand Selection
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In the final Sampler for 2015, Nick Bollinger revisits some of the year's outstanding local albums.
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In the final Sampler for 2015, Nick Bollinger revisits some of the year's outstanding local albums.
Give Up Your Dreams by The Phoenix Foundation
Fifteen years on from their first EP The Phoenix Foundation are still growing musically, pushing their indie-pop into the fringes of prog-rock and electronica. There is still a traditional guitar band, wrapped inside a sound that has expanded sonically and rhythmically, particularly with the addition of drummer Chris O’Connor. But in the album’s title song, you might hear a warning not to take what The Phoenix Foundation do for granted. Though on one level that song is a masterpiece of self-mockery, it also strikes a sad note of truth about the lack of value we seem to place on artists in our society. In what other profession could one work as hard and creatively for as long as this band has, and find yourself mid-career wondering if it has all been in vain?
Checkout Nick Bollinger's full review here
Saint John Divine by SJD
Saint John Divine seems to compress all of Sean James Donnelly’s talents into some of the most immediate and appealing music he’s made. Without calling it a concept album, it is certainly a record that asks to be taken as a whole. And if the Saint John figure of the title is never actually namechecked in any of the songs, he might be the wistful, sometimes mystical, often doubt-filled narrator
Checkout Melody Thomas' full review here
The Great Cybernetic Depression by Princess Chelsea
Using her electronic world as a kind of sonic metaphor, Chelsea Nikkel delivers a cycle of electro-pop songs that wallow in lonely reflection. Though it is mostly Nikkel alone with her synthesisers, Jonathan Bree makes the occasional appearance, alternating verses on ‘Is It All OK?’ and breaking up the solitary reveries with a stadium rock guitar solo on a song titled – with Prince-style spelling – ‘We Were Meant 2 B’. Yet even then, you get the feeling that disappointment – or, as Princess Chelsea calls it, the great cybernetic depression – is just around the corner.
Checkout Jim Pinckney's full review here
Lucky Stars by Don McGlashan
Perhaps after more the thirty years of his sharp and subtle songs, it is harder these days for Don McGlashan to surprise us. And yet listening to Lucky Stars, McGlashan’s first new set in nearly seven years, I was surprised – not by any radical shift in style or change of approach, but – as always - by those moments where the mundane becomes illuminated. And though there are plenty of the melodic and chordal signatures that make his songs so identifiable, and yet he’s showing us these from a new angle too, by stripping away much of the adornment that has graced his past solo efforts. The album was essentially recorded with just two other musicians, guitarist Tom Rodwell and drummer Chris O’Connor, with former Mutton Bird David Long adding some touches later on. The result isn’t raw, exactly; the sound is deep and warm, but leaves enough space for the songs to speak for themselves. And they speak eloquently.
Checkout Don McGlashan talking 'Lucky Stars'
Desert Fire by The Floral Clocks
The singer – in fact, the person making all the music – is Auckland multi-instrumentalist Gabriel White; the lyrics are by Richard Von Sturmer, who co-wrote Blam Blam Blam’s epochal ‘There Is No Depression In New Zealand’, and there are fifteen of their collaborations on Desert Fire, White and Von Sturmer’s debut as The Floral Clocks. A lot of the songs are like snapshots from a road trip across America, and these are amplified by a cover design by Markus Hofko – actually it’s more like a book – that matches Von Sturmer’s excellent words to a collage of postcards.
Marlon Williams by Marlon Williams
Though the singer has spent a lot of time lately on the other side of the Tasman, his nine-song solo debut was recorded in his hometown of Lyttelton, among the community of musicians that have given the port its reputation as the hub of a homegrown roots-country sound. Several of the originals fall into that genre, which he occupied with his former band The Unfaithful Ways, and expanded in his collaborations with fellow Lytteltonian Delaney Davidson. But he also takes that spectacular voice to some less expected places, like the sixties coffee-house hush of ‘When I Was A Young Girl’ and the Billy Fury operatic ballad ‘I’m Lost Without You.
Checkout Melody Thomas' full review here
Silver Bullets by The Chills
The first full-length album in nearly two decades from The Chills is better than I could have hoped for. It has all the ingredients that defined those original Chills records, despite Phillipps being the only original member, from the simple, indelible melodies to the big reverbs and Phillipps’s voice, which remains tuneful and ageless and with that same gentle guilelessness it has always had. Even the ecological and science fiction themes that run through the album are ones that have always had a presence in The Chills’ songs. But there is an urgency this time that pulls the whole thing very much into the present. And that’s a great place to have them.
Checkout Nick Bollinger's full review here
How We Got To Now byThe Broken Heartbreakers
Jangly folk-rock is a category that seemed almost filled to capacity years ago, and yet is still growing. Which just means it takes an exceptional record to stand out. And here’s one that does. Formed in Auckland a decade ago, around singer-songwriters John Guy Howell and Rachel Bailey, it’s been a long journey to this latest album; one that has taken the couple across oceans, with spells in Ireland and Australia, and which saw them return a couple of years ago to live in Howell’s hometown of Dunedin where they recorded this album. And some of that restlessness is reflected in these songs, along with observations of the political landscape of the places they have been – which includes New Zealand.
Checkout Nick Bollinger's full review here
Hurtling Through by Tiny Ruins
When it comes to quiet, there’s no one who does it more compellingly than Hollie Fullbrook, the singer/guitarist who records as Tiny Ruins. Her first two albums were quiet classics, but this year’s EP has been my favourite yet. Though the voice and guitar – and the song – are Hollie’s, the record is actually a collaboration, between Tiny Ruins and the New York-based, New Zealand-made musician Hamish Kilgour. Kilgour is of course best known as the drummer in the Clean, and his contributions here are mostly of a percussive nature. There’s something about Kilgour’s sensitive, spontaneous accompaniments that brings something earthier and stronger out of Fullbrook’s performances. But these are also a great bunch of songs, two of them settings of poems by the great W.B. Yeats. Fullbrook, Kilgour and Yeats; now that sounds like some sort of supergroup to me.
Checkout Nick Bollinger's full review here
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: music, music review, The Phoenix Foundation, SJD, Don McGlashan, The Floral Clocks, Marlon Williams, The Chills, The Broken Heartbreakers, Tiny Ruins, NZ Music, Best of 2015
Duration: 29'50"
7:30 The Sampler
> music album reviews & music discussion with Nick Bollinger
8:12 Windows on the World - Young, Geeky and Black pt 3 of 3 - Kampala
> international public radio documentaries
8:43 The Pundits - KAI-A-MIRO
'eating the berry' with Mihingarangi Forbes from Radio New Zealand's Te Manu Korihi team; from the proverb 'Ko te Manu kai Ana I te Miro nona te Ao' (the Bird that eats the Berry owns the World), encapsulating the idea of a seed when eaten gives insight to the one who consumes it... a push to get a public holiday that remembers the NZ wars, plus who was the best Māori politician of the year...
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 - Selfies in the Galleries
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 Shed
> music from around the world
... nights' time is the right time...
===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
=DESCRIPTION=
RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National
===11:06 PM. | None (National)===
=DESCRIPTION=
Award winning former British broadcaster Mark Coles presents his pick of the best new music releases and demos from around the planet. A glorious mix of brand new sounds from all over the world, real conversations with music makers and tales of everyday life as seen from an English garden shed (MCM)