A 24-hour recording of RNZ National. The following rundown is sourced from the broadcaster’s website. Note some overseas/copyright restricted items may not appear in the supplied rundown:
01 February 2016
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 On Going to the Movies (6 of 7, RNZ); 1:05 Te Ahi Kaa (RNZ); 2:30 NZ Music Feature (RNZ); 3:05 Double Happiness - How Bullshit Works, written and read by Joe Bennett (1 of 5, RNZ); 3:30 Science (RNZ); 5:10 An Awfully Big Adventure, by Jane Tolerton (6 of 15, RNZ)
===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 Monday 1 February 2016
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No spending cap on Labour's free tertiary education policy. Mangere locals have complained before about shooting reserve and theres still a question mark over who will perform TPP Powhiri.
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Duration: 37'45"
06:06
Sports News for 1 February 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Tags: tennis
Duration: 1'42"
06:09
Mangere residents feared for safety
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Residents on a south Auckland street where three men were shot say they've been living in fear.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Mangere, shooting
Duration: 1'54"
06:13
Europe's growing discontent over migrants
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While talks in Geneva look to end the Syrian civil war, Europe struggles to cope with the millions of refugees who have flooded the continent as a result of it.
Topics: refugees and migrants
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Tags: Europe, Syria
Duration: 2'47"
06:16
Irrigation scheme loan approved but community group balks
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A community group in Canterbury says a privately run irrigation scheme should not be getting loans from ratepayers.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: irrigation, Selwyn District Council
Duration: 3'22"
06:20
Early business news
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Our business reporter, Jonathan Mitchell, is in now with what's happening in the financial world.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 2'03"
06:26
Morning Rural News for 1 February 2016
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'27"
06:38
Labour makes its first pitch to 2017 voters
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The Labour Party has unveiled its first major pitch to voters with a plan to offer three years of free post-school education.
Topics: politics, education
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Tags: Labour Party
Duration: 2'46"
06:41
Community in shock after teens die
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A group of shocked and angry teenagers gathered in the Wairarapa town of Featherston last night to grieve for two young friends who died in a car crash after fleeing from the police.
Topics: life and society, crime
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Tags: Featherston
Duration: 3'45"
06:45
Sonny Bill Williams makes Rugby Sevens debut
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There was huge anticipation for the debut of Sonny Bill Williams in the New Zealand Rugby Sevens team at the Wellington tournament over the weekend.
Topics: sport
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Tags: rugby, Sevens
Duration: 3'51"
06:53
Jobless rate set to stay little changed
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ASB chief economist Nick Tuffley expects the unemployment rate will hover around the current 6 percent rate as strong migration swells the work force and outpaces the growth in jobs.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Reserve Bank, Unemployment Rate
Duration: 1'51"
06:54
Commercial property outlook for 2016
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A commercial property analyst says tenants - especially in Auckland - could be in a stronger position for getting competitive rents where they currently are.
Topics: business, economy
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Forsyth Barr, commercial property
Duration: 1'43"
06:56
Jim Parker in Australia
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Over to our Australia correspondent, Jim Parker now.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 1'02"
06:57
Week ahead
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This week's business agenda.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 47"
06:58
Morning markets
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Wall Street surged after the Bank of Japan cut interest rates.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 57"
07:07
Sports News for 1 February 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Tags: tennis, rugby
Duration: 2'09"
07:07
No spending cap on Labour's free tertiary education policy
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Labour's free tertiary education policy will not have a spending cap and so could blow out above the estimated $1.2 billion cost.
Topics: politics, education
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Tags: Labour Party, tertiary education
Duration: 6'56"
07:18
Mangere locals have complained before about shooting reserve
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A family living opposite a south Auckland reserve, where a gunman opened fire at a group, shooting three of them, say they're fed up with complaining to the police about the almost daily disorder there.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Mangere, shooting
Duration: 2'53"
07:21
Still question mark over who will perform TPP Powhiri
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The Government may be left red faced if it can't find an iwi to perform it's official powhiri for the Trans Pacific Partnership signing this week.
Topics: politics, te ao Maori
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Trans Pacific Partnership, powhiri, Ngati Whatua O Orakei
Duration: 5'20"
07:27
Wairarapa teens dead after police pursuit
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More details are emerging about the two boys who were killed when the stolen car they were in crashed following a police pursuit in the Wairarapa yesterday morning.
Topics: crime
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Tags: Wairarapa
Duration: 4'00"
07:36
Mother relieved that forestry is getting safer
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The mother of a forestry worker who was killed on the job says it's a relief to hear the industry is starting to turn around its appalling safety record.
Topics: rural, business
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Tags: forestry, safety
Duration: 3'25"
07:39
Women urged not to get pregnant over Zika fears
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Officials in Colombia are so concerned by the Zika virus they're urging women to delay pregnancies to avoid potential infection.
Topics: health
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Tags: Columbia, Zika
Duration: 3'38"
07:43
Mangrove removal threatens future of endangered fairy terns
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Conservationists say there is a strong risk the critically endangered fairy tern could disappear from Mangawhai if a local group keeps removing mangroves from the harbour.
Topics: environment
Regions: Northland
Tags: Mangawhai Harbour Restoration Society, fairy terns
Duration: 3'16"
07:46
Tietjens admits doubts about Wellington World Series chances
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The New Zealand Rugby Sevens coach Gordon Tietjens admits at one stage he didn't think his side had a chance of winning the final of the Wellington World Series tournament.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Rugby Sevens
Duration: 3'41"
07:55
Experiments, astronauts and lab coats for academy launch
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Hundreds turned out in Palmerston North at the weekend for the launch of the first Maori Science Academy.
Topics: science, te ao Maori
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: Palmerston North, Maori Science Academy
Duration: 3'49"
08:07
Sports News for 1 February 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'44"
08:12
Universities react to Labour's free tertiary education pledge
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The country's tertiary education providers are worried funding for Labour's promised free education policy won't stretch far enough.
Topics: politics, education
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Tags: tertiary education, Labour
Duration: 3'58"
08:15
Collins: Young people risk lives by fleeing police
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After two teenage boys were killed and another two injured when the stolen car they were in crashed following a police pursuit, the Police Minister has said young people are putting themselves and the public in extreme danger by fleeing police.
Topics: politics, crime, transport
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Tags: police
Duration: 4'53"
08:22
Council challenges Govt to restate position on freshwater
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The Northland Regional Council is calling on the government to pass a law making it clear that nobody owns freshwater.
Topics: politics, environment, te ao Maori
Regions: Northland
Tags: Northland Regional Council, water
Duration: 3'27"
08:25
Teething woes for Christchurch's new freedom camping by-law
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Complaints about too much noise and too much rubbish are still being made about freedom campers in Christchurch.
Topics: transport, life and society
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch, Freedom campers
Duration: 3'11"
08:29
Djokovic wins sixth Australian Open title
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The world number one Novak Djokovic has won his sixth Australian Open singles title, defeating second seed Andy Murray.
Topics: sport
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Tags: tennis
Duration: 4'33"
08:33
Markets Update for 1 February 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 56"
08:40
Wellington Sevens wraps up but future up in air
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A last second try for the New Zealand Sevens team last night might've provided for a thrilling finish, but the event failed to fire for Wellington.
Topics: sport
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Rugby Sevens
Duration: 5'37"
08:46
Dunedin software developer throws lifeline to out of work
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Employers are already looking to hire some of the software developers who will lose their jobs when the country's largest video gaming studio closes down.
Topics: business, media
Regions: Otago
Tags: Dunedin, video games, Game Loft, Rocketwerkz
Duration: 2'37"
08:49
Trials and triumphs on Tanna, one year after Pam
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Almost a year on from cyclone Pam, the southern Vanuatu island of Tanna is still rebuilding.
Topics: Pacific
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Tags: Cyclone Pam, Vanuatu, Tanna
Duration: 3'24"
08:53
Auckland Anniversary day begins with annual regatta
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Thousands of people are expected to line the viaduct and the wharves to watch dragonboating racing; the tugboat display and fleet racing.
Topics: life and society, transport
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Auckland Regatta
Duration: 2'22"
08:55
Phil Kafcaloudes with news from Australia
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Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes.
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Duration: 3'38"
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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: South Sea Vagabonds, by John Wray, read by Alex Greig A classic New Zealand sea adventure story about a man during the depression who lost his job, built a boat and sailed it around the Pacific. The book is credited with starting the whole NZ blue water cruising craze which has followed it. (6 of 10, RNZ)
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09:08
Kiwis join Australian hepatitis C buyers' club
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An Australian group which allows hepatitis C patients to get cheap access to a revolutionary new cure has so far helped more than a hundred New Zealanders get the drugs.
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Growing numbers of New Zealanders are getting backdoor access to revolutionary hepatitis C drugs at a fraction of the cost.
More than 90 percent of people treated with the drugs Sovaldi and Harvoni are cured of hepatitis C, which causes liver disease and autoimmune disorders, but at $NZ1500 per tablet the treatment is prohibitively expensive for most New Zealanders.
The recommended 12-week course of the drugs costs more than $140,000.
Although Pharmac is getting clinical advice on the therapy, it does not yet fund the drugs here. In New Zealand, it's estimated about 55,000 people have hepatitis C.
But with India licensed to produce generic forms of the drugs, an Australian "buyers' club" has enabled patients to get the medication from India for anywhere between $2000 and $4000 per 12-week.
FixHepC was set up by Tasmanian GP James Freeman and so far 114 hepatitis C patients from New Zealanders have used the service.
He told Nine to Noon the Hobart-based organisation began with a trial in mid-2015 which went large scale in September.
"We noticed a number of New Zealanders were voting with their feet - popping over to Australia to pick up medication, and travelling home and starting treatment."
About 114 New Zealanders are thought to have accessed hepatitis C medication through the FixHepC channel.
How can patients be sure the medicines are safe?
Dr Freeman said it was an unusual situation, giving people a script but asking them to access the medication through parallel importing. To ensure patients got exactly the medicine they needed, he said the medication was rigorously tested.
"Initially we were using medicine out of China and that was tested at a university here ... and also at a national measurement institute where it was certified to ensure that it was exactly what it was."
He said the first patient to use the medication was cured within four weeks.
Far from just surfing the internet for medicine, Dr Freeman said steps were taken to make sure the supplier was trusted.
"Supply chain integrity is the primary thing if you're going to purchase medicine ... outside a retail pharmacy."
He said his supply now came from India because that country is home to large drug manufacturers such as Cipla, which make a suitable mix of medications to treat hepatitis C.
He said the method was totally above board; both Australian and New Zealand legislation allows a patient to import 12 weeks of medication for their own use. But he said a prescription from a patient's local doctor was necessary so the treatment could be monitored safely.
Prescription needed
"If it's legal for you to bring it in, then it would appear that the problem can be solved by parallel importation."
He said there were two legal pathways for medication importation to New Zealand, both of which require a prescription - one from a New Zealand doctor for importing medicine by mail and if you travel to another country
"For you to import it by mail you need a New Zealand doctor's prescription. For you to travel to a country like Australia or India to pick up medication you need a prescription from that country."
Dr Freeman said it was legal to bring prescribed medication into New Zealand through Customs, but not all doctors would prescribe it, although some were happy to treat people taking the drugs by doing the required blood tests and looking after the patient's health.
"In both New Zealand and Australia initial scepticism about the utitilty and authenticity of these medications have been replaced by seeing the results with people's own eyes and it becomes impossible to argue with the fact that these medications are doing the job they're supposed to."
Dr Freeman said New Zealand doctors were prescribing through the system his buyers' club had set up, which meant they would get their medicine via mail, but others had got a script through him or other online doctors and travelled to Australia to collect it.
He said doctors are inherently conservative but many have been converted as they have seen such excellent results, with liver function returning to normal and unwell patients becoming well.
Parallel import keeps drug companies in check
Cases of hepatitis C are expected to continue to grow in the western world, with many baby boomers who experimented with drugs in the 1960s and 70s only now learning they have the disease. It can be transmitted through blood transfusions as well as through intravenous drug use and can lie dormant for decades.
The new drugs available through Dr Freeman's club are patented by United States company Gilead Sciences. Dr Freeman said the $NZ140,000 pricing (for a 12-week course) was under investigation in the US.
"The price was set at the absolute maximum the market could bear, with absolutely no respect for the fact that it was going to bankrupt the Veterans' administration or Medicaid - it is extraordinary pricing for a medication.
"It's dreadfully sad that we have invented a cure for one of the five big infectious disease killers in the world and we're not deploying it."
Listen to more on Nine to Noon:
Topics: health
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Tags: Hepatitis C, drugs
Duration: 27'14"
09:35
Marc Edwards, who uncovered Flint's contaminated water supply
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The researcher who blew the lid on serious lead contamination of the water supply in Flint Michigan.
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It all began in 2015, when the city switched from Detroits water system, to taking water from the Flint river to cut costs.
As soon as the water was switched, locals complained about the colour, taste and smell of the water, but officials insisted it was safe
Then people started getting sick. Still officials insisted there was nothing wrong with the water.
It was only when Virginia Tech researcher, Marc Edwards and his team came to Flint and conducted their own tests that the extent of the contamination was revealed - it was so corrosive that it caused lead from the old pipes to leach into the water supply, poisoning thousands of residents.
Marc Edwards talks to Nine to Noon about how he got involved, and how Flint authorities intially covered up the contamination.
Topics: health, law
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Tags: Flint, Michigan, water
Duration: 14'03"
09:50
Europe correspondent, Carsten von Nahmen
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Our Europe correspondent, Carsten von Nahmen discusses Germany's response to the ongoing refugee crisis.
Topics: refugees and migrants
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Tags: Germany, Europe
Duration: 9'41"
10:07
Award winning architect, Tom Kundig
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Tom Kundig is principal/owner of the Seattle-based firm Olson Kundig Architects - and is perhaps best known for his isolated cabins, some elevated on poles, others jutting out of hillsides with stunning views of the American wilderness. The former mountaineer is visiting New Zealand as a judge for the Home of the Year contest.
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Tom Kundig is principal/owner of the Seattle-based firm Olson Kundig Architects - and is perhaps best known for his isolated cabins, some elevated on poles, others jutting out of hillsides with stunning views of the American wilderness.
The former mountaineer is visiting New Zealand as a judge for the Home of the Year contest.
He is the winner of 18 national design awards from the American Institute of Architects.
Kundig talks to Kathryn Ryan.
Topics: arts, housing
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Tags: architecture
Duration: 33'40"
10:41
Book Review: The Death Ray Debacle by David McGill
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Harry Broad reviews The Death Ray Debacle by David McGill.
Topics: books
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Duration: 3'27"
11:07
Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Stephen Mills
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Matthew Hooton and Stephen Mills are in the studio to discuss Labour's new tertiary education policy, the TPP signing, the Green party's proposal for a political costing unit and Winston Peters' latest speech.
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Duration: 22'40"
11:33
Tips on getting a super productive home vege patch
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Tim Martin is an ecologist who in his spare time cultivates a magnificent fruit and vege garden at his Mt Wellington home in Auckland. He shares tips on how to get the best out of your vege patch all year round.
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Tim Martin is an ecologist who in his spare time cultivates a magnificent fruit and vege garden at his Mt Wellington home in Auckland. He shares tips on how to get the best out of your vege patch all year round.
Tim Martin also gives gardening tips on his blog.
He talks to Kathryn Ryan.
Topics: environment, life and society, food
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Tags: gardening, vegetables
Duration: 15'48"
11:50
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
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Cows, rivers and Antarctic crossings.
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Kennedy Warne looks back at Henry Worsley's Antarctic crossings and talks a little bit about cows in rivers.
Kennedy Warne pays tribute to Henry Worsley
Fifty kilometres was all Henry Worsley had left to cover in his solo walk across Antarctica. Fifty kilometres in a journey of 1500 km through blizzards, white-outs and the monotony of never-ending snow.
But he couldn’t go on—he physically couldn’t slide one ski ahead of the other, he said in a laboured, rasping message on his satellite telephone on the 71st day of the trek. Despite being almost within sight of his destination, the 55-year-old retired soldier had “shot his bolt,” he said, using the words of his hero Ernest Shackleton, whose attempted crossing of the frozen continent 100 years ago had been the catalyst for Worsley’s own quest: to make the first solo, unsupported and unassisted traverse of Antarctica.
Sadly, Worsley left it fractionally too late to pull the plug. By the time a rescue aircraft had delivered him to a Chilean hospital, the shutting down of his vital processes had begun. He died of “complete organ failure,” brought on by bacterial peritonitis, said his wife.
So near, yet so far—a cliché, because in human endeavours it is so often the case. To have something seemingly within our grasp, but then to lose it, seems a universal disappointment. In cases of extreme exertion or adventure, failure on the cusp of success is perhaps not surprising. At the end of a limit-pushing journey, body and mind are at their most debilitated, having been stretched to breaking point. Worsley lost more than 20 kg in the course of hauling his sledge across the ice for two months. His body had nothing left to give.
But more than that, he had simply run out of time. An expedition of this sort—alone, unassisted, unsupported—relies on a precise arithmetic of kilometres of distance covered relative to kilograms of food carried. Worsley estimated that the journey would take him 75 days and he packed 80 days’ worth of food. But forced stoppages due to weather whittled his supplies to the point where he had only 70 walking days’ worth. By day 71, it became an impossible task to shorten his rations and still have the energy needed to travel the last 50 km.
When I heard of Henry Worsley’s death, so near to his destination, I thought of trans-Tasman kayaker Andrew McAuley, who in 2007 paddled roughly the same distance that Worsley walked, only to come to grief a mere 30 km off the coast of Fiordland. His kayak was recovered, but McAuley was never found.
I thought of Scott Donaldson, another trans-Tasman kayaker, who in 2014 ditched within sight of the Taranaki coast after being pummelled in a storm. And there are a legion of instances in which mountaineers have turned back within striking distance of the summit because they had reached their predetermined turn-around times, or because conditions had rapidly deteriorated, or they themselves had “shot their bolt.”
But then on the other side of the ledger are those who, against all odds, succeed and survive. Not least, Worsley’s own relative, Akaroa-born Frank Worsley, whose near-miraculous navigation and seamanship in sailing a lifeboat to South Georgia saved the lives of Shackleton and his crew on the very expedition Henry was replicating.
In the wake of Henry Worsley’s death, comment has been made, and questions asked, about his choice to eschew technical advantages, such as a kite to make use of the Antarctic’s strong winds to pull his 150 kg sledge—an asset used by Norwegian adventurer Borge Ousland, who made the first Antarctic solo traverse in 1997. His journey, though unsupported (in that there were no food or fuel caches laid along the route) was not technically “unassisted”; the kite assisted him.
On the other hand, Worsley had a GPS receiver to confirm his location at any time. He had a satellite phone by which he could conduct interviews—not least with Kathryn Ryan on Christmas Eve! Was this “assistance”? And if so, is this the future of adventure—ever more precise and pedantic characterisations of the journey being undertaken, to classify it against a check list of criteria?
Worsley’s hero, it should be noted, happily embraced assistance and support. In his trans-Antarctic attempt Shackleton chartered a second ship and crew to lay a chain of supply caches back from the Ross Sea to the Pole—the second half of the proposed crossing. Shackleton himself had two motorised sleds and 69 sled dogs with him on Endurance. But none of it helped him. He and Endurance crew didn’t even set foot on land. The ship became inextricably trapped in pack ice off the Antarctic Peninsula, and was eventually crushed.
Each adventurer brings his or her own terms of engagement to the task, and it is pointless to compare or somehow rank them in order of merit—supported/unsupported, in company/alone. Why did Henry Worsley choose the most arduous mode of polar travel—known in Scott and Shackleton’s time as “manhauling”—and why did he go it alone? In part (as he said in interviews) because he had already completed two Antarctic expeditions as leader of a team, and wanted to test himself in that landscape as an individual. But perhaps also because he was raising money for the Endeavour Fund, a charity that helps wounded, injured and sick British servicemen and women by encouraging and funding physical challenge. Worsley may have wanted to set himself a challenge worthy of the cause.
In that aspiration he succeeded: His expedition inspired donations in excess of 100,000 pounds. And he came tantalisingly close to completing the task. Better luck with the weather and he would have made it. In the end, though, he had to announce to the world that “a gradual grinding down of my physical endurance finally took its toll, and it is with sadness that I report it is journey’s end—so close to my goal.”
Was Henry a lunatic, as has been suggested, for attempting such a feat without availing himself of all “modern advantages”?
I asked Aat Vervoorn, a Nelson-based mountaineer and historian who has written two books based on his many solo climbs in the Southern Alps—accounts not just of alpine exploits but of ways of understanding the human relationship to wilderness. What would Frank Worsley have made of his relative’s journey, and its outcome, I asked?
“Frank would feel sorry that Henry died—especially when he had almost reached his goal,” Aat replied. “But he certainly would not think Henry had thrown his life away for nothing. Rather, Frank would have thanked Henry for understanding what it was all about and why it mattered—not in terms of nationalism or imperialism, but personally, experientially.”
In his book Mountain Solitudes, Aat summarises that motivation as “the business of reaching into ourselves by reaching beyond ourselves, and sharing what we find with others.” Surely this was what Worsley was doing on the ice, and doing it in a way that was plausible, given his experience, and worthy both in its fundraising dimension and its personal meaning.
Roald Amundsen, the nonchalant Norwegian who made polar travel look so easy, said, of Shackleton’s failed trans-Antarctic expedition, “Do not let it be said that Shackleton has failed… No man fails who sets an example of high courage, of unbroken resolution, of unshrinking endurance.”
By those measures, Henry Worsley is to be admired and his embrace of challenge emulated, for it is the heart of true adventure.
Kennedy Warne, January 2016
Topics: rural, Antarctica
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Duration: 9'52"
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09:05 Australian 'Buyers Club' helps NZders get cheap access to Hep C drugs
An Australian group which allows Hepatitis C patients to get cheap access to a revolutionary new cure has so far helped more than a hundred New Zealanders get the drugs. A recommended 12 week course of the drugs Sovaldi and Harvoni cost a prohibitive 140 thousand NZ dollars, and is so far unfunded by Pharmac. The Australian 'buyers club', FixHepC allows Hep C patients to get much cheaper access to the revolutionary drugs via India. The group, was set up by Hobart GP, James Freeman and so far 114 New Zealanders have used the service. Hepatitis Foundation board member Ed Gane is a specialist at the Liver Transplant Unit at Auckland City Hospital
09:25 Marc Edwards, researcher who uncovered Flint's lead contaminated water supply
Dr. Marc Edwards is a civil engineer and expert on water treatment and corrosion from Virginia Tech. He and his team went to Michigan and did a series of water quality evaluations and revealed that Flint's water was seriously contaminated with lead, which had poisoned thousands of citizens.
However his concerns were dismissed by Government officials. He continued to lobby for action, and helped mobilise the local community to act.
And finally the government has begun to listen, and just last week Michigan Governor Rick Snyder announced that he was appointing Marc Edwards to the "Flint Water Interagency Coordinating Committee," set up to find a solution to the crisis.
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09:45 Europe correspondent, Carsten von Nahmen
10:05 Award winning architect, Tom Kundig
Tom Kundig is principal/owner of the Seattle-based firm Olson Kundig Architects - and is perhaps best known for his isolated cabins, some elevated on poles, others jutting out of hillsides with stunning views of the American wildnerness. The former mountaineer is visiting New Zealand as a judge for the Home of the Year contest. He is the winner of 18 national design awards from the American Institute of Architects.
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10:35 Book review:
The Death Ray Debacle by David McGill
10:45 The Reading
11:05 Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Stephen Mills
11:30 Tips on getting a super productive home vege patch
Tim Martin is an ecologist who in his spare time cultivates a magnificent fruit and vege garden at his Mt Wellington home in Auckland. He shares tips on how to get the best out of your vege patch all year round.
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Tim Martin also gives gardening tips on his blog.
11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Cows, rivers and Antarctic crossings
===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 1 February 2016
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The flood of people arriving in New Zealand continues at record levels and Maori break ranks over the Trans Pacific Partnership.
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Duration: 14'56"
12:17
Migration gains hit record for 17th month
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As you heard in the news, New Zealand continues to attract migrants and tourists in record numbers.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: tourists
Duration: 1'58"
12:19
Synlait Milk cuts payout forecast to $4.20
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Small Canterbury-based dairy company Synlait has slashed its forecast milk payout by 16 percent because of weak global prices.
Topics: business
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Tags: Synlait
Duration: 1'05"
12:20
Selling non-core assets tipped to continue
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A property sector analyst says listed property firms - such as Kiwi Property and Stride - will likely keep a firm eye on their portfolios and may sell non-core assets this year.
Topics: business
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Tags: property sector
Duration: 1'41"
12:22
Jim Parker in Australia
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Back now to our regular check-in with our Australia Correspondent, Jim Parker.
Topics: business
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 1'02"
12:23
Midday Markets for 1 February 2016
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Don Lewthwaite at First NZ Capital.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'58"
12:25
Midday Briefs
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Mobile advertising software company, Snaak Media, says its third quarter profit margins are better than expected, with other key measures of its peformance ahead of target.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Snaak Media
Duration: 26"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 1 February 2016
BODY:
Hesson confirmed this morning that paceman Mitchell McClenaghan has recovered enough from his fractured eye socket to come into selection contention.
Topics: sport
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Tags:
Duration: 2'50"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 1 February 2016
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 8'33"
=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=
13:09
First Song
BODY:
'Sound Of Silence' - Anna Hawkins.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'57"
13:14
Beach Babylon Cafe Fire - Simon Holtham
BODY:
A large fire has ripped through a popular Wellington cafe this morning. Simon Holtham is one of the owners of the Beach Babylon Cafe in Oriental Bay.
Topics:
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: fire
Duration: 4'12"
13:19
Underarm bowling 35 Years on
BODY:
It's been thirty five years since the infamous underarm bowling incident of 1981.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: cricket
Duration: 8'36"
13:28
Laneway Festival - Zac Arnold
BODY:
Music lovers are out and about at Auckland's Laneway Festival today. The line-up kicked off this morning. RNZ National's music producer, Zac Arnold, is at the festival.
Topics: music
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Laneway Festival
Duration: 10'55"
13:39
2016 International Sauvignon Blanc Celebration
BODY:
The 2016 International Sauvignon Blanc Celebration is underway in Marlborough. More than 350 guests from 18 countries, will have the chance to taste more than four hundred different Sauvignon Blanc wines. The event runs until February third, and features wines from eight different countries. Joelle Thomson is the writer of the joellethompson.com, author of the Little Black Book of Wine and editor of drinksbiz magazine.
Topics: food
Regions: Marlborough
Tags: wine
Duration: 4'45"
13:44
Favourite Album
BODY:
Bloody Holiday - 10CC
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 15'09"
14:09
TV review - Phil Wallington
BODY:
'The Works', 'Sunday' and 'Parliament'.
Topics: media
Regions:
Tags: television
Duration: 12'17"
14:22
New Music - Simon Sweetman
BODY:
The Polyversal Souls, Cactus Blossoms and Phil Collins.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 20'36"
14:42
Books - Pip Adam
BODY:
The Vegetarian by Han Kang and Out on the wire by Jessica Abel.
Topics: books
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 7'12"
14:50
Theatre - John Smythe and Lexie Matheson
BODY:
Hillary Clinton - Young Lover and Much Adoe About Nothing.
Topics: arts
Regions:
Tags: theatre
Duration: 9'55"
15:07
The Other Line - David Andrews
BODY:
It's happened to us all; that feeling of exasperation when you calculate which line will go faster and discover it isn't the one you're in. There is a science to choosing the right line and passing the time so it feels shorter, even if it isn't. David Andrews shares his discoveries in his new book, Why Does the Other Line Always Move Faster?: The Myths and Misery, Secrets and Psychology of Waiting in Line"
EXTENDED BODY:
It has happened to us all – that feeling of exasperation when you calculate which line will go faster and discover it isn't the one you're in. In his book Does the Other Line Always Move Faster? David Andrews confirms there is a science to choosing the right line and passing the waiting time so that it feels shorter.
Listen to David talk about the myths, misery, secrets and psychology of queuing, or lining up, on Jesse Mulligan 1-4:
Topics: author interview
Regions:
Tags: David Andrews
Duration: 26'08"
15:46
The Panel pre-show for 1 February 2016
BODY:
Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 13'49"
=SHOW NOTES=
1:10 First Song
'Sound Of Silence' - Anna Hawkins.
1:17 Beach Babylon Cafe Fire - Simon Holtham
A large fire has ripped through a popular Wellington cafe this morning. Simon Holtham is one of the owners of the Beach Babylon Cafe in Oriental Bay.
1.20 Vanuatu Election Results - Jamie Tahana
Official results of Vanuatu's snap election have just been released. The general election follows the jailing of 15 government MP's late last year. RNZ International's, Jamie Tahana, is in Vanuatu.
1:27 Laneway Festival - Zac Arnold
Music lovers are out and about at Auckland's Laneway Festival today. The line-up kicked off this morning. RNZ National's music producer, Zac Arnold, is at the festival.
1:34 2016 International Sauvignon Blanc Celebration - Joelle Thomson
The 2016 International Sauvignon Blanc Celebration is underway in Marlborough. More than 350 guests from 18 countries, will have the chance to taste more than four hundred different Sauvignon Blanc wines. The event runs until February third, and features wines from eight different countries. Joelle Thomson is the writer of the joellethompson.com, author of the Little Black Book of Wine and editor of drinksbiz magazine.
1:40 Favourite Album
Bloody Holiday - 10CC
2:10 The Critics
TV review - Phil Wallington
New Music - Simon Sweetman
Books - Pip Adam
Theatre - John Smythe
3:10 The Other Line - David Andrews
It's happened to us all; that feeling of exasperation when you calculate which line will go faster and discover it isn't the one you're in. There is a science to choosing the right line and passing the time so it feels shorter, even if it isn't. David Andrews shares his discoveries in his new book, Why Does the Other Line Always Move Faster?: The Myths and Misery, Secrets and Psychology of Waiting in Line"
3:35 Voices
First built in 1999 the Sikh temple in Hastings housed a very small community but now around 1500 Sikhs live in the Hawkes Bay. Is it time for a new temple and why has their population grown so quickly? Lynda Chanwai-Earle is at their Gurdwara or temple in Hastings to learn more.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Julie Moffett.
=PLAYLIST=
JESSE'S SONG:
ARTIST: Anna Hawkins (Feat: Lisa Grace Hawkins)
SONG: Sound of Silence
COMP: Paul Simon
ALBUM: Unreleased
LIVE: RNZ Auckland
LANEWAY FESTIVAL:
ARTIST: Battles
SONG: The Yabba
COMP: Dave Konopka, John Stanier, Ian Williams
ALBUM: La DiDa Di
LABEL: Warp
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: 10cc
TITLE: Dreadlock Holiday
COMP: Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart
ALBUM: Bloody Tourists
LABEL: Mercury
ARTIST: 10cc
TITLE: Tokyo
COMP: Eric Stewart
ALBUM: Bloody Tourists
LABEL: Mercury
ARTIST: 10cc
TITLE: Old Mister Time
COMP: Duncan MacKay, Eric Stewart
ALBUM: Bloody Tourists
LABEL: Mercury
THE CRITICS (MUSIC with SIMON SWEETMAN):
ARTIST: Polyversal Souls (Feat: Guy One)
TITLE: Yelle Be Bobre
COMP: Max Weissenfeldt
ALBUM: Invisible Joy
LABEL: Philophon
ARTIST: Cactus Blossoms
TITLE: If I Can't Win
COMP: Jack Torrey, Page Burkum
ALBUM: You're Dreaming
LABEL: Red House
ARTIST: Phil Collins
TITLE: I Missed Again
COMP: Phil Collins
ALBUM: Face Value (Re-Issue)
LABEL: Atlantic
ADDITIONAL MUSIC:
ARTIST: Crowded House
TITLE: Twice If You're Lucky
COMP: Neil Finn
ALBUM: Intriguer
LABEL: Universal
PANEL - HALF TIME SONG:
ARTIST: Heywood Banks
TITLE: Interstate 80 Iowa
COMP: Heywood Banks
ALBUM: Mad music
LABEL: iTunes
===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 1 February 2016
BODY:
Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 13'49"
16:03
The Panel with Duncan Webb and Steve McCabe (Part 1)
BODY:
What the Panelists Duncan Webb and Steve McCabe have been up to. The academic year begins. Jordan Williams of the Taxpayers' Union discusses Labour's teriarty education policy. Facebook has taken down a page promoting videos of people fighting - including school pupils.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 23'06"
16:05
The Panel with Duncan Webb and Steve McCabe (Part 2)
BODY:
We await the results of the Iowa Caucus, the first voting in the long race to elect the next president of the United States. What the Panelists Duncan Webb and Steve McCabe have been thinking about. Qustions again about Police pursuits are two teenagers die in a road crash. Barista of the year Addison Dale tells us what he thinks about Christchurch cafes refusing to make coffee with low fat milk. Winston Peters says the changing of the flag is propaganda, and should traces of the British empire be expunged or left as a reminder of the past?
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 27'29"
16:07
Panel intro
BODY:
What the Panelists Duncan Webb and Steve McCabe have been up to.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'27"
16:11
School's back
BODY:
The academic year begins.
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'49"
16:13
Labour's free tertiary policy
BODY:
Jordan Williams of the Taxpayers' Union discusses Labour's teriarty education policy.
Topics: education, politics
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 14'56"
16:28
Facebook fight page taken down
BODY:
Facebook has taken down a page promoting videos of people fighting - including school pupils.
Topics: media
Regions:
Tags: Facebook
Duration: 1'30"
16:32
Iowa caucus in the spotlight
BODY:
We await the results of the Iowa Caucus, the first voting in the long race to elect the next president of the United States.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 6'00"
16:38
Panel Says
BODY:
What the Panelists Duncan Webb and Steve McCabe have been thinking about.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 5'18"
16:44
Underage driver killed in crash
BODY:
Qustions again about Police pursuits are two teenagers die in a road crash.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: road crash
Duration: 7'11"
16:51
Clouds in my coffee
BODY:
Barista of the year Addison Dale tells us what he thinks about Christchurch cafes refusing to make coffee with low fat milk.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: milk
Duration: 5'47"
16:57
The NZ flag and the British empire
BODY:
Winston Peters says the changing of the flag is propaganda, and should traces of the British empire be expunged or left as a reminder of the past?
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'48"
=SHOW NOTES=
===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
=DESCRIPTION=
RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme
=AUDIO=
17:00
Checkpoint with John Campbell, 1st February 2016
BODY:
Watch Monday's full programme. It starts 7 minutes, 45 seconds in.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 00"
17:08
Three days to TPP signing in Auckland
BODY:
The numbers are coming thick and fast with just three days to go until the Trans-Pacific-Partnership gets officially inked in Auckland.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: TPP
Duration: 8'33"
17:17
Former Pitcairn mayor goes on trial for child sex images
BODY:
The former mayor of Pitcairn has gone on trial today charged with possessing sexually explicit films and photos of children.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Pitcairn Island, Michael Warren
Duration: 4'08"
17:21
Compass Group frozen meals 'disgusting', says volunteer
BODY:
For the past fortnight the Compass Group has been providing meals for Dunedin Hospital patients since the Southern DHB began outsourcing its hospital kitchen.
Topics:
Regions: Otago
Tags: Compass Group
Duration: 6'56"
17:29
Iowa prepares to kick off the US presidential race
BODY:
Iowa voters are being bombarded with political meetings and rallies on the eve of the Iowa caucus.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: US
Duration: 2'52"
17:36
Business news with Nona Pelletier
BODY:
Turning to business news now with senior business journalist Nona Pelletier.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 3'28"
17:39
NRL Nines ticket sales down 5 days out from event
BODY:
It's just five days until the NRL Nines kicks off at Auckland's Eden Park, but interest in the event appears to be dwindling.
Topics: sport
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: NRL Nines
Duration: 4'17"
17:46
Race Relations Commissioner plans new anti-racism campaign
BODY:
The Race Relations Commissioner is working on a new anti-racism campaign.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: race relations
Duration: 6'52"
17:52
Heated discussion on trim milk in Canterbury coffees
BODY:
Are cafe owners rude if they don't offer trim milk?
Topics: food
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: trim milk
Duration: 1'15"
17:54
The cafe owner who doesn't do trim milk
BODY:
Lyttelton Coffee Company owner Stephen Mateer has copped it today after he put a sign up outside saying they "don't do trim".
Topics: food
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: trim milk
Duration: 4'16"
18:09
Compass Group frozen meals
BODY:
In the past few minutes we've heard from the Southern DHB. We wanted to know how many complaints have been laid and how many meals on wheels clients had cancelled their meals.
Topics:
Regions: Otago
Tags: Compass Group
Duration: 1'24"
18:10
Newborn dies after midwives fail to follow-up on health
BODY:
A baby who died after losing a large amount of weight immediately after birth did not get the expert care he needed.
Topics: health
Regions:
Tags: Baby
Duration: 4'02"
18:15
World War II pilot's incredible story of survival
BODY:
An extraordinary story, now... ...from World War II... ...and incredibly, more than more than seventy years on, not one people have ever heard before.
Topics: defence force
Regions:
Tags: WW2
Duration: 7'59"
18:23
Aucklanders flock to Laneway music festival
BODY:
It's Auckland anniversary day and not far from us here, down on the waterfront at Wynyard Quarter, the Laneway Music Festival is underway.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Laneway
Duration: 2'43"
18:26
First International Sauvignon Blanc celebration kicks off
BODY:
The first ever International Sauvignon Blanc Celebration that kicked off there today.
Topics: food
Regions:
Tags: sauvignon blanc
Duration: 4'13"
=SHOW NOTES=
===6:30 PM. | Worldwatch===
=DESCRIPTION=
The stories behind the international headlines
===7:06 PM. | Nights===
=DESCRIPTION=
RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information8:13 Windows on the WorldInternational public radio features and documentaries
=AUDIO=
19:12
Mood Shifts
BODY:
How moods, both positive and negative, may in fact serve an evolutionary purpose, by helping us to have more realistic expectations - with Dr Eran Eldar from Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London...
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: moods, positive, negative, emotional state.
Duration: 13'23"
20:42
Nights' Science - Native Fish Ecology
BODY:
New Zealand fish with Stella McQueen, self-confessed native fish geek, author and field worker... eel migration - the male shortfin eels start heading out to sea in February for their six month trip to the spawning grounds...
Topics: science
Regions:
Tags: fish, fresh water, eels, migration, eel migration.
Duration: 15'45"
20:59
Conundrum Clue 1
BODY:
Listen in on Friday night for the answer
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 21"
21:59
Conundrum Clue 2
BODY:
Listen in on Friday night for the answer
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 42"
=SHOW NOTES=
7:12 Mood Shifts
how moods, both positive and negative, may in fact serve an evolutionary purpose, by helping us to have more realistic expectations - with Dr Eran Eldar from Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London...
7:35 Upbeat - Colin Hemmingsen
the encore of a feature interview from RNZ Concert with Eva Radich
8:12 Window on the World - An Infinite Monkey's Guide to General Relativity pt 1 of 2
international public radio documentaries
8:43 Nights' Science - Native Fish Ecology
New Zealand fish with Stella McQueen, self-confessed native fish geek, author and field worker... eel migration - the male shortfin eels start heading out to sea in February for their six month trip to the spawning grounds...
science roster: Body Parts, Physics, Native Fish Ecology, Astronomy, Soil, Toxicology, Botany, Computer Science, Teeth Talk & World Weather
8:59 conundrum clue 1
9:30 Insight - Christchurch Five Years After the Quake
in-depth topical analysis from RNZ News
9:59 conundrum clue 2
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 At the Eleventh Hour - Beale St Caravan
music mainly from the North American continent
... nights' time is the right time...
===9:30 PM. | Insight===
=DESCRIPTION=
An award-winning documentary programme providing comprehensive coverage of national and international current affairs (RNZ)
===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
=DESCRIPTION=
RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National
===11:06 PM. | Beale Street Caravan===
=DESCRIPTION=
David Knowles introduces the Memphis-based radio show with an international reputation for its location recordings of blues musicians live in concert (1 of 13, BSC)