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:
04 February 2016
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 CONFED - The Committee On Confederation by Paul Horan (6 of 6, RNZ); 1:05 Discovery (BBC); 2:05 The Thursday Feature (RNZ); 3:05 Double Happiness - How Bullshit Works, writen and read by Joe Bennett (4 of 10, RNZ); 3:30 NZ Books (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 Thursday 4 February 2016
BODY:
We're live at Sky City Casino as Auckland braces for protests over the signing of the TPP. And tensions are running high within Nga Puhi at Waitangi... we'll cross to our Maori Issues Correspondent Mihingarangi Forbes. A woman who went to Wellington hospital fearing her drink was spiked says she was treated with comtempt.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 26'49"
06:06
Sports News for 4 February 2016
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'39"
06:09
Former Prime Minister backs decision to go to Waitangi
BODY:
Former Prime Minister Dame Jenny Shipley is backing John Key's decision to go to Waitangi tomorrow.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Waitangi
Duration: 2'44"
06:12
Australia throws out asylum seeker challenge
BODY:
Australia's highest court has thrown out a challenge to the lawfulness of the country's offshore detention of asylum seekers.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Australia, Nauru
Duration: 3'50"
06:18
Tertiary education minister promises more funding
BODY:
Universities are bracing themselves for a big drop in student numbers that could leave them more than 100-million-dollars a year worse off by 20-18.
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags: Universities
Duration: 2'36"
06:20
Early business news
BODY:
Our business reporter, Jonathan Mitchell, is in with what's happening in the financial world.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'26"
06:26
Morning Rural News for 4 February 2016
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'01"
06:38
Business Forum welcomes signing of TPP
BODY:
Trade ministers from 12 countries will be at Auckland's Sky City today to sign the Trans Pacific Partnership.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: TPP
Duration: 4'18"
06:42
Government celebrates lowest unemployment in seven years
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The Government's celebrating the lowest unemployment figures in seven years.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: jobs
Duration: 3'05"
06:49
RBNZ Gov not fixated on low headline inflation rate
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The Governor of the Reserve Bank, Graeme Wheeler, hosed down notions of interest rate cuts any time soon in a key speech yesterday.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'07"
06:52
Briscoes sees more challenging year ahead with fluctuating NZD
BODY:
The sporting goods and homeware retailer, Briscoe Group, is expecting to make a record high profit for the year just ended, but the current year will be more challenging as currency fluctuations put pressure on margins.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Briscoe Group
Duration: 1'34"
06:54
Strong start for vehicle registrations
BODY:
Demand for commercial vehicles has pushed new registrations to a record start to the year, but they're still expected to fall over the coming months.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: commercial vehicles
Duration: 1'42"
06:55
Insurance brokers, advisors feel pressure of industry changes
BODY:
Insurance brokers and advisors are feeling under pressure as digital innovation disrupts business as usual.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: insurance
Duration: 2'04"
06:57
Morning markets for 4 February 2016
BODY:
Wall Street has come off lows as oil prices rise - with investors taking advantage of a drop in the US dollar.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'04"
06:59
Business briefs
BODY:
This morning... the assistant governor, John McDermott, will present a speech titled 'Forward guidance - enhancing monetary policy in New Zealand'.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 23"
07:07
Sports News for 4 February 2016
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'30"
07:10
Hikoi heads to Auckland for TPP signing
BODY:
The controversial Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement will be signed in Auckland this morning.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: TPP
Duration: 3'08"
07:13
Security tight outside SkyCity ahead of TPP signing
BODY:
Our reporter Murielle Baker is outside Sky City.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: TPP
Duration: 1'07"
07:14
Business leaders back TPP, say protests incomprehensible
BODY:
A group of prominent business leaders say its incomprehensible that people are protesting against the TPP, arguing the controversial agreement will boost exports, growth and jobs.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: TPP
Duration: 3'09"
07:18
Feelings raw in build up to Waitangi Day
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There's no let up in the tensions at Waitangi over the decision to invite the Prime Minister on to Te Tii marae tomorrow.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags: Waitangi
Duration: 3'10"
07:22
Woman refused testing after suspected drink spiking
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A woman says she was treated with contempt when she asked Wellington hospital for help after suspecting her drink had been spiked.
Topics: health
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Wellington Hospital
Duration: 2'51"
07:25
Black Caps smash Australians at Eden Park
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Australia was thrashed by the Black Caps at Eden Park yesterday to go one-up in the three match Chappell-Hadlee series.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: cricket
Duration: 4'17"
07:34
Nauru ruling a 'sad time in Australian history'
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An Australian paediatrician who worked on Nauru predicts appalling suffering will continue after Australia's top court ruled yesterday overseas detention centres are lawful.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Australia, Nauru
Duration: 5'12"
07:39
Tertiary institutions face big enrolment drop
BODY:
Universities and other tertiary institutions are facing the loss of 10-thousand students over the next three years - a drop that will leave them more than a hundred-million dollars a year worse off.
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags: Universities
Duration: 3'17"
07:43
Will the TPP undermine Maori sovereignty?
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And as we've been reporting the Trans Pacific Partnership is due to be signed in a few hours
Topics: politics, te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags: TPP
Duration: 5'35"
07:50
Lincoln appoints new vice chancellor
BODY:
Would you be as open and frank with your new boss as you would be with a visiting academic?
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Lincoln University
Duration: 5'37"
07:56
Real Me service mixes up Work and Income accounts
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In the wake of a string of privacy breaches, Real Me identity verification system was touted by the Government as a secure way for New Zealanders to access online services.
Topics: security
Regions:
Tags: Real Me
Duration: 3'51"
08:07
Sports News for 4 February 2016
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'59"
08:10
TPP protesters gathering at Aotea Square
BODY:
Our reporter Carla Penman is at Aotea Square.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: TPP
Duration: 1'49"
08:13
US response to TPP signing
BODY:
While the hot topic of the day is the Trans Pacific Partnership deal, there's still a couple hoops to be jumped through in the United States before it can go ahead.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: US, TPP
Duration: 5'33"
08:18
Former US trade negotiator responds to TPP
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Clayton Yeutter, was the United States Trade Representative for the Reagan government and helped launch the Uruguay Round of global trade negotiations.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: US, TPP
Duration: 3'27"
08:24
Winston Peters backs Key's decision to attend Waitangi
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The MP for Northland, Winston Peters, is backing the Prime Minister's decision to show up at Waitangi tomorrow.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: TPP, Waitangi
Duration: 3'36"
08:27
Does NZ need the sushi police?
BODY:
You've heard of the Michelin stars for restaurants -- the one, two and coveted three stars? Well, now Japan's poised to bring in the gold, silver and bronze awards for sushi.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Japan
Duration: 3'56"
08:31
Markets Update for 4 February 2016
BODY:
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'07"
08:37
Drop in forecast university enrolments mean massive funding cut
BODY:
Universities are being told to expect to lose 10-thousand students over the next three years, and the drop in enrolments could cut their income by more than 100 million dollars.
Topics: education
Regions:
Tags: Universities
Duration: 4'57"
08:42
Demand for better ecoli signs at Rere Rockslide
BODY:
A woman who jumped into one the Gisborne's best known swimming spots, without realising it was contaminated with ecoli, is demanding better warning signs.
Topics: health, environment
Regions: East Coast
Tags: Wharekopae River
Duration: 3'36"
08:45
Karamea nurse worried by plan to ditch local constable
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One of Karamea's only nurses suspects losing the community's only constable will increase the West Coast town's isolation and vulnerability.
Topics:
Regions: West Coast
Tags: Karamea
Duration: 3'13"
08:50
Reporter outlines TPP-signing preparations inside SkyCity
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The formal beginning of the Trans Pacific Partnership signing is about to get under way in Auckland. We can cross now to Sky City and our economics correspondent, Patrick O'Meara.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: TPP
Duration: 1'59"
08:55
Crowd starting to gather at Aotea Square TPP protest
BODY:
Carla Penman is at Aotea Square.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: TPP
Duration: 3'02"
08:56
Potential shake-up of transport in Christchurch
BODY:
Public transport in Christchurch could be in for a major shake-up if a new super committee for transport gets the go ahead today.
Topics: transport
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch, buses
Duration: 3'22"
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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 (9 of 10, RNZ)
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09:08
What is behind the fall in the unemployment rate?
BODY:
The country's unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in almost seven years, at 5.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015, with strong growth jobs in the construction sector as well as in retail and hospitality businesses. But the data also showed that 14,000 people had stopped looking for work for various reasons, even though the size of the workforce had increased, driven by record immigration. We examine who is leaving the labour market and why, as well as the flow on effects. Nick Tuffley - ASB's chief economist.
Topics: economy
Regions:
Tags: unemployment
Duration: 12'31"
09:25
Should property buyers be getting soil tests ?
BODY:
New Zealand has an estimated 20,000 sites contaminated with heavy metals, pesticides and other toxic material. Since 2008, all regional councils have been identifying land where hazardous activities have taken place, such as pesticide storage or sheep dips - and adding them to a register. The register is based on the Ministry for the Environment's Hazardous Activities and Industries List (HAIL) - which details 53 activities and industries that could potentially cause soil contamination. However, the Ministry admits it doesn't know how exactly many sites may be contaminated, and just because a site does not appear on the regional council's lists, it does not guarantee that it won't be contaminated. Lawrence Yule is the President of Local Government New Zealand, and also the Hastings Mayor Sally Gaw is an Environmental Chemist at the University of Canterbury
Topics: environment, science
Regions:
Tags: contamination
Duration: 17'01"
09:49
UK correspondent Ann Leslie
BODY:
Ann Leslie reports on David Cameron's 're-negotiations' of Britain's terms of membership of the EU, and Lord Lucan the dapper peer who vanished 42 years ago after the murder of his children's nanny, is officially declared dead.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: UK
Duration: 11'46"
10:05
Jo Marchant - Why placebos can work
BODY:
How is it that placebos can be effective..even when someone knows they are taking fake medicine? What impact can meditation and slow, regulated breathing have on your nervous system and immune response? And why do burns victims report much less pain undergoing treatment, if they are immersed in a virtual reality? Jo Marchant is a science writer in the UK who has written a book on the remarkable healing that can happen because of what people believe in or think. Cure - A Journey Into the Science of Mind Over Body delves into the research that shows the mind can have enormous power over the progression and symptoms of disease.
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How is it that placebos can be effective, even when someone knows they are taking fake medicine?
What impact can meditation and slow, regulated breathing have on your nervous system and immune response?
And why do burns victims report much less pain undergoing treatment, if they are immersed in a virtual reality?
Jo Marchant is a science writer in the UK who has written a book on the remarkable healing that can happen because of what people believe in or think.
Cure - A Journey Into the Science of Mind Over Body delves into the research that shows the mind can have enormous power over the progression and symptoms of disease.
Jo Marchant talks to Kathryn Ryan.
Topics: health, author interview, science
Regions:
Tags: brain, placebo, VR, virtual reality, Lourdes, Jo Marchant, Cure - A Journey Into the Science of Mind Over Body
Duration: 31'49"
10:38
Book review - In the Cold Dark Ground by Stuart MacBride,
BODY:
Reviewed by Lisa Finucane, published by HarperCollins.
Topics: books
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 6'23"
11:06
Update on Auckland TPP protests
BODY:
Our reporter Murielle Baker is at the top of Hobson Streey.
Topics:
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: TPP
Duration: 4'16"
11:15
New technology with Sarah Putt
BODY:
Sarah Putt reports on Alphabet becomes the world's most valuable company and Netflix blocks privacy tools.
Topics: technology
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 15'57"
11:31
Equipping children to deal with disappointment and failure
BODY:
Jessica Lahey is an American teacher and author. She writes a bi-weekly column titled The Parent Teacher Conference for the New York Times. She says we are the generation that invented over parenting. Her new book How to Step Back and Let Your Child Succeed, is about the gift of failure.
Topics: author interview
Regions:
Tags: Jessica Lahey, parenting, over-parenting, failure, disappointment, children
Duration: 14'28"
11:46
Viewing with Paul Casserley
BODY:
Paul Casserley talks about true crime including, Making a Murderer and The People v OJ Simpson.
Topics: arts
Regions:
Tags: television, film, viewing
Duration: 13'43"
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09:05 What is behind the fall in the unemployment rate?
The country's unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in almost seven years, at 5.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015, with strong growth jobs in the construction sector as well as in retail and hospitality businesses.
But the data also showed that 14,000 people had stopped looking for work for various reasons, even though the size of the workforce had increased, driven by record immigration. We examine who is leaving the labour market and why and the flow on effects with ASB Chief Economist Nick Tuffley.
9:20 Should property buyers be getting soil tests ?
New Zealand has an estimated 20,000 sites contaminated with heavy metals, pesticides and other toxic material. Since 2008, all regional councils have been identifying land where hazardous activities have taken place, such as pesticide storage or sheep dips - and adding them to a register.
The register is based on the Ministry for the Environment's Hazardous Activities and Industries List (HAIL) - which details 53 activities and industries that could potentially cause soil contamination.
However, the Ministry admits it doesn't know how exactly many sites may be contaminated, and just because a site does not appear on the regional council's lists, it does not guarantee that it won't be contaminated.
Lawrence Yule is the President of Local Government New Zealand, and also the Hastings Mayor
Sally Gaw is an Environmental Chemist at the University of Canterbury
09:45 UK correspondent Ann Leslie
Ann Leslie reports on David Cameron's 're-negotiations' of Britain's terms of membership of the EU, and Lord Lucan the dapper peer who vanished 42 years ago after the murder of his children's nanny, is officially declared dead.
10:05 Jo Marchant
How is it that placebos can be effective..even when someone knows they are taking fake medicine? What impact can meditation and slow, regulated breathing have on your nervous system and immune response? And why do burns victims report much less pain undergoing treatment, if they are immersed in a virtual reality? Jo Marchant is a science writer in the UK who has written a book on the remarkable healing that can happen because of what people believe in or think. Cure - A Journey Into the Science of Mind Over Body delves into the research that shows the mind can have enormous power over the progression and symptoms of disease.
10:35 Book review
In the Cold Dark Ground by Stuart MacBride, reviewed by Lisa Finucane, published by HarperCollins
10:45 The Reading
11:05 Live from TPP protests in Auckland
RNZ reporter Murielle Baker reports live from from protests in Auckland against the signing of the TPP Agreement.
11:15 New technology with Sarah Putt
Sarah Putt reports on Alphabet becoming the world's most valuable company and Netflix blocks privacy tools
11:25 Equipping children to deal with disappointment and failure
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Jessica Lahey is an American teacher and author. She writes a bi-weekly column titled "The Parent Teacher Conference" for the New York Times. She says we are the generation that invented over parenting. Her new book How to Step Back and Let Your Child Succeed, is about the gift of failure.
11:45 Viewing with Paul Casserley
Paul Casserley talks about true crime including, Making a Murderer and The People v OJ Simpson
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Artist: DD Smash
Song: Outlook for Thursday
Composer: Dobbyn
Album: Beside You: 30 Years of Hits
Label: Epic/Sony
Time: 09:17
Artist: Al Green
Song: Love and Happiness
Composer: Green/Hodges
Album: I'm Still in Love with You
Label: The Right Stuff
Time: 09:44
===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 4 February 2016
BODY:
Anti Trans-Pacific Partnership protesters have been making their presence felt in central Auckland, where the controversial trade deal has just been signed.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 15'27"
12:17
NZD sees volatile trading driving kiwi up to four-week high
BODY:
The New Zealand dollar has notched strong gains the best part of two cents over the past 24 hours as it's digested a sharp fall in dairy prices, unexpectedly strong jobs numbers, and a bullish speech from the Reserve Bank governor.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: dollar
Duration: 2'28"
12:19
RBNZ rate guidance useful tool
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The Reserve Bank's chief economist says the bank's forecast of wholesale interest rates and discussion of various policy options are useful policy tools as well as makingf it more accountable.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: Reserve Bank
Duration: 55"
12:20
NZ company looks at joining people to the internet of things
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KotahiNet will carry data to and from sensors and other connected objects - the so called Internet of Things - and this is the first step in what it hopes will be a purpose-built network around the country.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: KotahiNet
Duration: 1'51"
12:24
Midday Markets for 4 February 2016
BODY:
For the latest from the markets we're joined by Angus Marks at First NZ Capital
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'28"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 4 February 2016
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Steve Smith has forecast changes after Australia's worst loss under his captaincy, a demoralising 159-run one-day international defeat to the Black Caps in Auckland.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: cricket, golf, rugby, Premier League, tennis
Duration: 2'19"
12:34
Midday Rural News for 4 February 2016
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 8'35"
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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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13:12
First Song
BODY:
'Gold Dust Woman' - Fleetwood Mac.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Fleetwood Mac
Duration: 5'25"
13:17
TPP Protest - Murielle Baker
BODY:
The signing may have gone smoothly, but thousands outside on the streets of Auckland continue to protest.
Topics: politics, life and society
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: TPP, protests
Duration: 2'43"
13:20
TPP - Patrick O'Meara
BODY:
The Trans Pacific Partnership has been signed in Auckland this morning. RNZ's economics correspondent, Patrick O'Meara, has been at the signing at Sky City.
Topics: politics, life and society
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: TPP, protests
Duration: 10'57"
13:32
Waitangi - Mihingarangi Forbes
BODY:
Police have increased security at Waitangi this year - but an official run-through today has gone without incident. The Governor General Sir Jerry Mateparae and Lady Janine arrived late morning and were escorted on to the marae by elder Titewhai Harawira. Our Maori Issues correspondent Mihingarangi Forbes is in Waitangi.
Topics: politics, life and society, te ao Maori
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Waitangi
Duration: 4'30"
13:36
Tunnels - Bill Reid
BODY:
He's spent 27 years campaigning and it seems he's still a man on a mission. Bill Reid, is continuing his quest to re-open and develop air raid tunnels, located under Auckland's Albert Park. And he thinks it'll only cost six million dollars to do so.
Topics: life and society
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Air Raid Tunnels, Albert Park
Duration: 8'42"
13:46
Feature Album
BODY:
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Fleetwood Mac
Duration: 13'47"
14:08
Money - Mary Holm
BODY:
Financial author and columnist Mary Holm is here to address more of your questions about your personal finances.
Topics: economy
Regions:
Tags: finance, money
Duration: 24'05"
14:46
Food Guest - Linda Taylor
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Linda Taylor is the chief executive of Garden to Table, an Auckland based non-profit that helps primary school kids grow, cook and eat their own vegetables.
Topics: food
Regions:
Tags: Garden to Table
Duration: 13'38"
15:07
The Expats - Taihuka Smith
BODY:
Taihuka Smith is a pilot who originally hails from Hamilton. He's spent the last six months flying passengers and supplies in and out of remote West Papuan villages.
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Taihuka Smith - Tai is a pilot who originally hails from Hamilton. He's spent the last six months flying passengers and supplies in and out of remote West Papuan villages.
It's a dangerous job, some of the runways are on steep mountainsides with no room for error. For the villagers his flights are virtually their only link to the outside world, sometimes the journey to the nearest town can take weeks on foot.
During one flight a fight broke out in the village after one of the passengers found there wasn't a seat for him.
Tai and his co-pilot were forced to take off while the fight was still happening on the runway.
He talks to Jesse Mulligan.
Topics: life and society
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 15'23"
15:22
Masterpieces - Puawai Cairns
BODY:
Puawai Cains is a curator at Te Papa museum. Her Masterpiece is the crosspiece for a Niu, a type of flagpole, which dates back to the New Zealand Wars and was a symbol of resistance against european domination by Maori.
Topics: life and society, arts, te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags: Te Papa museum, Niu
Duration: 7'57"
15:45
The Panel pre-show for 4 February 2016
BODY:
Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 14'37"
21:45
Convicted for science
BODY:
Italian seismologist Giulio Selvaggi is visiting New Zealand to talk about his experience of being first convicted, and then acquitted, of manslaughter following a deadly earthquake in the Italian city of L'Aquila in 2009.
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Italian seismologist Giulio Selvaggi is calling on scientists to be open and clear in their communication about the risk of natural hazards to make sure people are as well prepared as possible.
Dr Selvaggi is visiting New Zealand to share his experience of being convicted, and then acquitted, of manslaughter following a deadly earthquake in the Italian city of L’Aquila.
On 6 April 2009, the ancient Italian city of L’Aquila experienced a devastating earthquake that killed more than 300 people.
For weeks before the quake, residents were being rattled by hundreds of small tremours, known as seismic swarms.
Their concern was such that Italy’s civil defence department decided to call in the country’s top experts, the Serious Risks Commission, to assess the situation.
Giulio Selvaggi was one in a group of seven. While the group was working through their risk analysis, one commission member gave an interview in which he reassured the public that no major earthquake was to be expected because the smaller quakes were releasing penned-up energy. The interview was broadcast after the meeting, giving the false impression that it was a summary of the group’s conclusions.
Six days later, when the earthquake happened, residents were inside their homes rather than seeking safety in open spaces.
All seven scientists were charged with misleading the public and failing to provide adequate warning. All were convicted of manslaughter in 2012, but in November 2015, the Italian Supreme Court cleared six of them and reduced the sentence of the government official who had given the interview, disseminating wrong information.
Visiting New Zealand this week to share his experience, Dr Selvaggi said what happened was a consequence of three problems: months of seismic swarms that made the residents understandably nervous, a local man who was claiming he could predict earthquakes, and public authorities that were not well prepared.
The conviction meant that he had to give up his position as the director of Italy’s National Earthquake Centre and he said the trial had a big impact on his family.
But, he said, rather than being put off, he felt even more strongly that clear and open communication was crucial when it came to informing people about the risk of natural hazards.
GNS Science natural hazards strategic relationships manager Kelvin Berryman said the Christchurch earthquake sequence was a big challenge for New Zealand scientists.
He relocated to Christchurch after the first earthquake in September 2010, and was part of a team of scientists constantly reassessing the risk of aftershocks.
He said it was difficult to answer questions about what the people of Christchurch should expect because there was very little data around the world about long-lasting sequences of earthquakes.
“We had 19 months of earthquakes above magnitude 5. We didn’t know what was going to happen next but there was a large demand on the science to reassure the public.
"But, having seen the issues in Italy, reassurance doesn’t mean that everything will be fine. Reassurance means you’re doing fine, you’re very resilient but you need to be prepared.”
Ken Gledhill is the director of GeoNet, a monitoring network that tracks earthquakes and other geological hazards across New Zealand.
He said, at the time of the Christchurch earthquakes, the duty seismologist would first have to locate the source of an earthquake before the information was released to the public - but that process has been changed to make sure people get the information they need as quickly as possible.
“Now, the duty teams have full licence to talk to the public, public officials and to the media.”
He said scientists could not predict an earthquake, but they could make probabilistic forecasts of risk over time, explain these to people and encourage them to be prepared.
Both said that the Italian trial had been of deep concern, particularly for younger scientists, but that they advocated better and more open communication rather than a retreat from public outreach.
“Going through the Canterbury experience, I can see the benefit of people understanding what was happening to them. I think it’s just part of our job and we should do as much as possible,” Dr Gledhill said.
Dr Selvaggi agreed. “As seismologists, we are not like astrophysicists. Our work has to do with society and has a large impact on people. Our challenge is to be open as scientists, to provide any data we have to the public and to find a way to trust each other.”
Topics: science
Regions:
Tags: L'Aquila earthquake, seismology, earthquakes, seismic swarm
Duration: 19'25"
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1:10 First Song
'Gold Dust Woman' - Fleetwood Mac.
1:15 TPP - Patrick O'Meara
The Trans Pacific Partnership has been signed in Auckland this morning. RNZ's economics correspondent, Patrick O'Meara, has been at the signing at Sky City.
1:25 Waitangi - Mihingarangi Forbes
Police have increased security at Waitangi this year - but an official run-through today has gone without incident. The Governor General Sir Jerry Mateparae and Lady Janine arrived late morning and were escorted on to the marae by elder Titewhai Harawira. Our Maori Issues correspondent Mihingarangi Forbes is in Waitangi.
1:35 Tunnels - Bill Reid
He's spent 27 years campaigning and it seems he's still a man on a mission. Bill Reid, is continuing his quest to re-open and develop air raid tunnels, located under Auckland's Albert Park. And he thinks it'll only cost six million dollars to do so.
1:40 Feature Album
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
2:10 Money - Mary Holm
Financial author and columnist Mary Holm is here to address more of your questions about your personal finances.
2:30 Burnt Barley - Peta Mathias
Peta recalls her teenage years in Auckland, dances at the Irish Society, and the effect of retreats with Carmelite nuns.
2:45 Food Guest - Linda Taylor
Linda Taylor is the chief executive of Garden to Table, an Auckland based non-profit that helps primary school kids grow, cook and eat their own vegetables.
3:10 Masterpieces
Puawai Cains is a curator at Te Papa museum. Her Masterpiece is the crosspiece for a Niu, a type of flagpole, which dates back to the New Zealand Wars and was a symbol of resistance against European domination by Maori.
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3:20 The Expats
Taihuka Smith - Tai is a pilot who originally hails from Hamilton. He's spent the last six months flying passengers and supplies in and out of remote West Papuan villages. It's a dangerous job, some of the runways are on steep mountainsides with no room for error. For the villagers his flights are virtually their only link to the outside world, sometimes the journey to the nearest town can take weeks on foot.
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During one flight a fight broke out in the village after one of the passengers found there wasn't a seat for him. Tai and his co-pilot were forced to take off while the fight was still happening on the runway.
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3:30 Our Changing World
In 2009, the city of L’Aquila in Italy experienced a major earthquake and 308 people died. The earthquake was devastating, but for six scientists, it also led to convictions, and subsequent acquittals, of manslaughter. One of them, Giulio Selvaggi, is visiting New Zealand to discuss what other earthquake-prone countries can learn from the experience.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about with Paul Brennan, Jim Mora and Julie Moffett.
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ALBUM: Rumours
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ARTIST: Fleetwood Mac
TITLE: Songbird
COMP: Christine McVie
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LABEL: Warner Bros.
ARTIST: Fleetwood Mac
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===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
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An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)
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The Panel pre-show for 4 February 2016
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'37"
16:05
The Panel with Michael Michael Moynahan and Allan Blackman (Part 1)
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What the Panelists Michael Moynahan and Allan Blackman have been up to. Al Gillespie discusses the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement on the day it's signed in Auckland. And John Key might not go to Waitangi tomorrow. The PM says despite being told he could speak at Te Tii Marae he's received a letter contradicting that.
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Duration: 22'59"
16:06
The Panel with Michael Moynahan and Allan Blackman (Part 2)
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Take a Wonder Woman power pose to look and feel more confident. What the Panelists Michael Moynahan and Allan Blackman have been thinking about. The UK's chief medical officer says women should drink zero alcohol. Prof Jennie Connor discusses the wisdom of this.
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Duration: 28'03"
16:07
Panel intro
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What the Panelists Michael Moynahan and Allan Blackman have been up to.
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Duration: 4'50"
16:12
TPP signing
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Al Gillespie discusses the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement on the day it's signed in Auckland.
Topics: politics
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Tags: TPP, protests
Duration: 15'19"
16:27
PM says Waitangi "Mickey Mouse"
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John Key might not go to Waitangi tomorrow. The PM says despite being told he could speak at Te Tii Marae he's received a letter contradicting that.
Topics: politics, te ao Maori
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Tags: Waitangi, Te Tii Marae
Duration: 2'40"
16:32
Pose for confidence
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Take a Wonder Woman power pose to look and feel more confident.
Topics: life and society
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Tags: confidence, psychology
Duration: 7'30"
16:40
Panel says
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What the Panelists Michael Moynahan and Allan Blackman have been thinking about.
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Duration: 8'58"
16:48
Women, alcohol and cancer
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The UK's chief medical officer says women should drink zero alcohol. Prof Jennie Connor discusses the wisdom of this.
Topics: health
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Tags: pregnancy, Alchohol, cancer
Duration: 11'12"
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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
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RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme
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17:00
Checkpoint wth John Campbell, 4th February 2016
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Watch Thursday's full programme. It begins 5 minutes in.
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17:08
Thousands march against TPP signing
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Today, two protest marches against the signing of the TPP brought thousands of people together, beginning at Aotea Square. John Campbell joined the protesters to ask them why they were there.
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: TPP, protests
Duration: 6'51"
17:15
Economics correspondent Patrick O'Meara on the TPP signing
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Despite today's TPP protests, the controversial agreement was signed by Ministers of the 12 countries at the SkyCity convention centre in Auckland.
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: TPP, Signing
Duration: 5'03"
17:20
PM decides he won't go to Waitangi this year
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The Prime Minister's office says it's had no response to its letter sent to trustees at Te Tii Marae earlier today. Our Maori Issues Correspondent Mihingarangi Forbes reports live from Waitangi.
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Duration: 5'59"
17:27
Brent Edwards live from the PM's press conference on Waitangi
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Brent Edwards reports live from the Prime Minister's press conference at the Langham Hotel, where he explained his decision not to go to Waitangi.
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Duration: 2'57"
17:32
Evening Business for 4 February 2016
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News from the business sector including a market report.
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Duration: 3'45"
17:36
Black Caps shock Australia with convincing win
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The New Zealand cricketers shocked Australia in their first one day match at Eden Park yesterday, beating the visitors by a mammoth 159 runs. All-rounder Corey Anderson spoke to John Campbell.
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Duration: 3'28"
17:39
Mitch McClenaghan speaks about eye injury
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Black Caps fast bowler, Mitchell McClenaghan, has spoken to reporters today for the first time since he was hit in the face by a bouncer during the Pakistan cricket series.
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Duration: 3'10"
17:44
Rizalman sentenced to nine months' home detention
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A former Malaysian Embassy employee has been ordered to serve nine months home detention and will pay $5000 to his victim after being convicted of indecent assault.
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Duration: 3'53"
17:47
Govt gives $4m for Whangarei Hundertwasser centre
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There's elation in the north today at news the government is backing the long-awaited Hundertwasser art centre in Whangarei.
Topics: arts
Regions: Northland
Tags: Hundertwasser, Whangarei
Duration: 3'24"
17:50
Urgent need to improve awareness of 'silent killer'
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Doctors are calling for an urgent increase in public awareness of what they call a silent killer, Hepatitis C.
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Duration: 3'38"
17:54
Former furniture store owner turns pet coffin maker
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Wal Dalley is a man making the most of his retirement. The 71-year-old is making 700 pet coffins a year as more and more pet owners choose to get their pets cremated rather than burying them in the garden.
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Duration: 3'42"
18:08
John Key explains why he's pulled the plug on Waitangi
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The Prime Minister says he's not prepared to go to Te Tii marae at Waitangi if he can't speak.
Topics: politics, te ao Maori
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Duration: 1'58"
18:10
Politicians, students, families turn out against the TPP
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Outside the signing of the TPP, thousands of people marched through downtown Auckland, to noisily express their opposition to the agreement.
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: TPP, protests
Duration: 6'03"
18:16
Trade Minister Todd McClay comments on the TPP signing
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Trade Minister Todd McClay comments on the TPP signing
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
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Duration: 5'33"
18:21
Air NZ to announce $25m navigation technology investment
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Air New Zealand is about to make an announcement in Queenstown about a 25 million dollar investment in new navigation technology.
Topics: transport, business
Regions: Otago
Tags: Air New Zealand, Queenstown
Duration: 2'07"
18:24
Cirque du Soleil arrives in Auckland
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Cirque du Soleil has been watched by more than 155 million people in 300 cities around the world since its inception in 1984. It opens in Auckland tomorrow night before moving to Christchurch in two weeks time.
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Duration: 5'48"
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===6:30 PM. | Worldwatch===
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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information
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19:12
The Legend of the Lord of the Rings
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The variety of forms of fan mania that have evolved in response to Peter Jackson's films of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit - with A.Prof Lorna Piatti-Farnell from the Popular Culture Research Centre of Auckland University of Technology
Topics: arts, books, identity, life and society
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Tags: Lord Of The Rings, LOTR, The Hobbit, Peter Jackson, fans, obsession
Duration: 18'34"
20:42
Nights' Culture - Jamaican Music
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Placing the needle on the one drop of riddim, rocksteady, ska and roots and culture with deejay and toaster Miles Buckingham. on the eve of his birthday - more on Bob Marley, Jamaica's most famous musician.
Topics: music, history
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Tags: Jamaica, reggae, dub, Bob Marley
Duration: 21'37"
20:59
Conundrum Clue 7
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Conundrum Clue 7
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21:59
Conundrum Clue 8
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Conundrum Clue 8
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7:12 The Legend of the Lord of the Rings
the variety of forms of fan mania that have evolved in response to Peter Jackson's films of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit - with A.Prof Lorna Piatti-Farnell from the Popular Culture Research Centre of Auckland University of Technology...
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7:35 At the Movies
movie reviews and film industry news with Simon Morris
8:12 Window on the World - Assignment: Women in Love in Bangladesh
international public radio documentaries
8:43 Nights' Culture - Jamaican Music
placing the needle on the one drop of riddim, rocksteady, ska and roots and culture with deejay and toaster Miles Buckingham... on the eve of his birthday - more on Bob Marley, Jamaica's most famous musician...
culture roster: Classical, Comics, Jamaican Music, Poetry, Hip Hop, Video Games, Jazz, Pasifika, Electronic Music, Dance
8:59 conundrum clue 7
9:07 Our Changing World
science, environment and medical research in New Zealand labs and out in the field
9:59 conundrum clue 8
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 Music 101 pocket edition
the digest with Emma Smith
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... nights' time is the right time...
===8:13 PM. | Windows On The World===
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International public radio features and documentaries
===9:06 PM. | Our Changing World===
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Highlights from the world of science and the environment, with Alison Ballance and Veronika Meduna
===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
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RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National
===11:06 PM. | Music 101===
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Music, interviews, live performances, behind the scenes, industry issues, career profiles, new, back catalogue, undiscovered, greatest hits, tall tales - with a focus on New Zealand/Aotearoa (RNZ)