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:
06 April 2016
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:06 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Insight (RNZ); 1:15 Country Life (RNZ); 2:05 The Forum (BBC); 3:05 Blind Bitter Happiness, written and read by Peter Feeney (6 of 10, RNZ); 3:30 Diversions (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:45 The Day in Parliament
===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 Wednesday 6 April 2016
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Voting begins in Wisconsin primaries, Live analysis on dairy auction result, Iceland's PM resigns following Panama Papers, Fisher and Paykel cuts 180 manufacturing jobs, Joyce: Manufacturing jobs expanding despite F&P job cuts, Helen Clark to win over Russia and China in UN bid, Detainee's friend accuses Australian officials of lying about his death, Fiji on alert as cyclone approaches, and Farmers hope Europe to reduce product to stimulate dairy prices.
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Duration: 35'24"
06:06
Sports News for 6 April 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'42"
06:10
Voting begins in Wisconsin primaries
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Voting is under way in the Wisconsin primaries where the overall front runners to contest the American presidency, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, are both trailing in state wide polls. With more we're joined by our Washington correspondent John Bevir.
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Tags: USA, USA presidential election
Duration: 4'54"
06:17
Opposition says acknowledgement of damage to te reo not enough
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An acknowledgment by the Crown for the damage it caused to the Maori language is being criticised for not going far enough. Chris Bramwell reports.
Topics: te ao Maori, language, politics
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Tags: te reo Maori
Duration: 2'29"
06:22
Early Business News for 6 April 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 2'31"
06:25
Morning Rural News for 6 April 2016
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'21"
06:44
Eminent Maori broadcaster to be laid to rest today
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The eminent Maori journalist, Whai Ngata, will be laid to rest today. Our Maori Issues Correspondent Mihingarangi Forbes has been listening to the final tributes from his colleagues.
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Tags: Whai Ngata
Duration: 3'49"
06:50
Live analysis on dairy auction result
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Prices have risen modestly in the global dairy auction overnight, with more on this is rural news colleague, Alexa Cook.
Topics: business, economy, rural
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Duration: 2'27"
06:52
Dairy leads fall in commodity price index
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A fall in dairy prices led the overall fall in ANZ's Commodity Price Index last month. Rural economist at ANZ, Con Williams, says it's a mixed result.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: dairy
Duration: 1'09"
06:54
Higher NZ dollar may trigger quicker RBNZ rate cut
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The strength of the New Zealand dollar may be a trigger for the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates further and possibly quicker than expected.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: interest rates
Duration: 1'08"
06:55
Small businesses are more confident about the economy
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While companies surveyed by NZIER were less confident, sentiment among small- to medium-sized businesses has rebounded.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Nzier
Duration: 1'47"
06:56
Shareholders Association critical of Diligent takeover deal
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The Shareholders Association says many small Diligent shareholders will have to swallow a bitter pill as the takeover of the document management software company seems certain to go ahead.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Shareholders Association
Duration: 1'49"
06:58
Morning Markets for 6 April 2016
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Wall Street is weaker; worries about Federal Reserve outlook and global growth.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'10"
07:06
Sports News for 6 April 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'59"
07:09
Iceland's PM resigns following Panama Papers
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The Prime Minister of Iceland has resigned after the leaked Mossack Fonseca papers suggested he had concealed millions of dollars worth of family assets in an offshore company. Joining Morning Report is Gudjon Helgason, a reporter for RUV, the Icelandic National Broadcaster.
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Tags: Panama Papers, Iceland, Icelandic Prime Minister, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
Duration: 4'18"
07:16
Fisher and Paykel cuts 180 manufacturing jobs
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One of New Zealand's oldest manufactuers, Fisher and Paykel, is closing its last factory that makes fridges and in the process laying off 180 workers. The E Tu Union's national secretary, Bill Newson, says there now needs to be a government-led push to find alternative work for highly skilled people.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Fisher and Paykel, employment
Duration: 3'18"
07:19
Joyce: Manufacturing jobs expanding despite F&P job cuts
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Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce on Fisher and Paykel closing its last factory and in the process laying off 180 workers.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Fisher and Paykel, employment, skilled workers
Duration: 3'38"
07:23
One dead as wild weather continues in Fiji
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One person is dead and another is missing after widespread flooding hit Fiji over the past two days. RNZ International reporter Sally Round is in Lautoka just north of Nadi.
Topics: Pacific
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Tags: Fiji, flooding
Duration: 3'18"
07:26
Rises in the global dairy auction
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International dairy prices have risen in the global dairy trade auction overnight. Susan Kilsby is a dairy analsyt at Agrifax.
Topics: economy, business, farming
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Tags: dairy, dairy prices
Duration: 2'01"
07:28
Waiouru camp to be downgraded
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The Army is calling time on a military rite of passage - basic training at Waiouru. Defence Reporter Kate Pereyra Garcia has more.
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Tags: army, NZ Army, basic training, Waiouru
Duration: 3'04"
07:35
Chaos expected as US primary circus hits Wisconsin
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Voting is about to get underway in Wisconsin in the increasingly chaotic US primaries. Joining Morning Report are the Republican commentator Lenny McAllister and the Democratic strategist, Mary Anne Marsh.
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Tags: USA primaries, USA, USA presidential election
Duration: 7'49"
07:42
Helen Clark to win over Russia and China in UN bid
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Winning the support of UN Security council members, Russia and China, will be crucial for Helen Clark to become the head of the United Nations. Auckland University of Technology's international law lecturer Amy Baker Benjamin says she'll need more than just New Zealanders backing her to succeed.
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Tags: UN Security Council, Helen Clark
Duration: 4'01"
07:48
Detainee's friend accuses Australian officials of lying about his death
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A detainee and friend of a New Zealander who died under lock and key in Sydney is accusing authorities of lying to his family. 42-year-old Rob Peihopa died overnight on Monday at the Villawood detention centre.
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Tags: Villawood Detention Centre, Australia's Immigration Department, Rob Peihopa
Duration: 4'27"
07:53
New Zealanders are trusting politicians less
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New Zealanders are trusting politicians less and less. A survey by Colmar Brunton shows just 8% of people polled trust MPs - only a few notches higher than bloggers who came last in the list.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Politicians
Duration: 3'33"
07:57
Crown acknowledges role in decline of the Maori language
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The Crown has acknowledged, but stopped short of apologising for, the role its played in the decline of the Maori Language. Haami Piripi is a former chief executive of the Maori Language Commission.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Tags: te reo Maori
Duration: 3'12"
08:06
Sports News for 6 April 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'24"
08:10
Fiji on alert as cyclone approaches
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A tropical cyclone alert is now in force for parts of Fiji. We cross to Fiji and meteorologist Neville Koop of the Nadraki Weather Service.
Topics: Pacific
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Tags: Fiji, Cyclone Zena
Duration: 3'05"
08:14
EMA surprised F & P manufacturing didn't go offshore sooner
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The Employers and Manufacturers Association says it's surprised Fisher and Paykel managed to stay manufacturing in New Zealand for so long. Kim Campbell is the EMA's chief executive.
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Tags: Fisher and Paykel, manufacturing, manufacturing jobs
Duration: 4'35"
08:24
Farmers hope Europe to reduce product to stimulate dairy prices
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International dairy prices have risen in the global dairy trade auction, overnight, with the overall price index going up by two point one percent to $2,188 US. New Zealand's Special Agricultural Trade Envoy, Mike Petersen, has just spent two weeks in Europe meeting with leaders of the industry and government.
Topics: business, economy, farming
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Tags: dairy, global dairy prices
Duration: 4'37"
08:29
Meteor lights up the night sky across New Zealand
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An amateur photographer was in the right place at the right time when a meteor lit up the sky across the country last night.
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Tags: meteor
Duration: 2'28"
08:32
Markets Update for 6 April 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'00"
08:36
NZ foreign affairs experts fancy Clark's UN chances
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Experts on international relations say Helen Clark has a good chance of becoming the ninth Secretary General of the United Nations.
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Tags: UN, United Nations, Un Secretary General, Helen Clark
Duration: 4'05"
08:40
Rudd laying the groundwork for a tilt at the UN's top job?
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Australia's former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd appears poised for a tilt at the job of UN Secretary-General too. Pamela Williams is an investigative journalist with The Australian, based in Sydney.
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Tags: UN, United Nations, Un Secretary General, Kevin Rudd
Duration: 3'10"
08:44
Chch homes needlessly destroyed says house mover
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One of the country's largest house relocation companies says hundreds of homes demolished in Christchurch's red zone could have been saved. Tom Furley reports.
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Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch houses, Christchurch Red Zone, Canterbury earthquakes
Duration: 3'21"
08:46
Perpetual leases in Waitara may finally go freehold
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New Plymouth's mayor is defending a new deal allowing leasees to freehold the land under their homes, which a leaseholders' representative says is racist. Andrew Judd is the Mayor of the New Plymouth District Council.
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Regions: Taranaki
Tags: New Plymouth
Duration: 2'37"
08:49
Canada eyes Maori and Crown relationship
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The relationship between Maori and the Government is under the microscope by Canadian officials keen to improve their own race relations. Te Manu Korihi reporter Leigh Marama McLachlan caught up with the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs for the Ontario province, David Zimmer, who is in New Zealand.
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Tags: David Zimmer, Canada, race relations
Duration: 2'58"
08:56
Christmas bus gamble fails to pay off
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Wellington City Council's bus fare gamble has failed to attract the Christmas shoppers it hoped for. The council set aside two hundred thousand dollars to subsidise bus fares for a month, to try to attract people to the city's shops and restaurants. Wellington local government reporter Michael Cropp reports.
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Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Wellington City Council
Duration: 2'49"
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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: Where The Rekohu Bone Sings by Tina Makereti A spirit who exists in the 'no place' watches over his descendants living at the end of the 19th and 20th centuries (3 of 15, RNZ)
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09:09
Wealth Management researcher on Panama Papers
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As the ripples from the biggest leak in journalistic history continue to spread, academic Brooke Harrington - who spent the better part of a decade investigating wealth management - says the corruption goes well beyond Mossack Fonseca.
Topics: law, business, crime
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Tags: Panama Papers, wealth management, tax, tax evasion, corruption
Duration: 24'15"
09:30
6.40pm Sat 9 April 2016: Ombudsman seeks to clear complaint backlog
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Judge Boshier discusses his plans to resolve complaints much faster, and why he ruled that the Prime Minister must release his texts from Rachel Glucina in the pony tail case.
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The Office of the Ombudsman is seeking an extra $2.6 million to clear a backlog of complaints and speed up their handling in future, Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier says.
Judge Boshier, formerly a Principal Family Court Judge, acknowledged the office had a reputation for being too slow when adjudicating on complaints relating to Official Information Act requests, and how people are treated by public agencies.
"We have a lot of work coming, and so we should, and my aim is to do what I tried to do in the Family Court and that is to recognise that people want their lives to move on quickly," he told Nine to Noon
He said the office still had a backlog, including 650 cases that were older than 12 months.
Judge Boshier said his goal was to have all complaints resolved within a year.
"So I want to within three months do a big, alternative resolution push; I want to get 70 percent of all of our matters dealt with in the first three months.
"There will be a lot of working in real time, a lot of phoning, a lot of cajoling, a lot of trying to see if people can agree on a solution."
Judge Boshier also explained his reasoning for forcing the Prime Minister to release his text communications with the gossip columnist Rachel Glucina, over the pony-tail pulling controversy.
He said information, photos, emails, and texts that has been held, or were now held by a department, organisation or minister in an official capacity.
"So it is very, very broad - it can cover everything ... and there's a bit of warning there for people who might think certain things are sacred."
Judge Boshier said journalists corresponding with ministers needed to be aware those communications could be "OIA-able".
He said that when he considered the Glucina case, there was nothing in the very short text that suggested it should have been viewed as confidential, or that it would come under the category of "free and frank advice".
"The text was short and sweet. It was gratuitous observation which probably the textor should have known."
Judge Boshier said the office had requested more funding to be able to get on top of the backlog and deal with complaints in future.
"I'm really, really encouraged that our wish has been granted and will now go to Parliament to be decided on Budget Day, but the recommendation is that we're funded about another $2.6 million, so we're in for interesting times."
He said if the funding was approved, it would be available from 1 July.
Topics: law, media, politics
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Tags: Rachel Glucina, pony tail case
Duration: 18'05"
09:50
Australia correspondent Peter Munro
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On the death of New Zealander in immigration detention, and the Government slipping behind the Opposition in the polls, as Malcolm Turnbull stumbles again.
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 6'08"
10:10
Josh James bushman adventurer
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Josh James is a hunter, gatherer, adventurer from the West Coast, a quintessential Kiwi bushman. His exploits in the wild have an international audience. He has a youtube channel, his series Kings of the Wild has screened on the Discovery Channel and he's currently filming a new series with Discovery International.
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West Coast bushman Josh James is a hunter, fisher, adventurer and cook, whose exploits in the wild have become popular on his youtube channel - Josh James Kiwi Bushman.
Filming for Discovery Channel's Kings of the Wild series has taken him far from his home in South Westland to many harsh and spectacular landscapes including the Arctic Circle in Finland, Copper Canyon in Mexico, and a mangrove swamp in Borneo.
He lives, with his wife and three boys, in Ross, South Westland and runs an eco rafting company.
He talks to Kathryn Ryan about his adventures and a new series he's currently working with Discovery International.
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Tags: Josh James, Kiwi bushman, hunter adventurer, West Coast
Duration: 32'45"
10:40
Book review - Three Words
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Louise O'Brien reviews Three Words: An Anthology of Aotearoa/New Zealand Women's Comics edited by Rae Joyce, Sarah Laing and Indira Neville.
Topics: books
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Duration: 3'35"
11:05
45% of Kiwibank to be sold
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NZ Post has announced ACC and the Super Fund have offer to buy 45% of Kiwibank and its related insurance and investment arms. RNZ reporter Kate Gudsell explains the details of the announcement.
Topics: law, politics
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Tags: Kiwi Bank, NZ Post
Duration: 9'11"
11:09
Marty Duda with the music of Lizzy Mercier Descloux
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French-born Lizzy Mercier Descloux is a musical chameleon. She travelled to New York City in the late 1970s and quickly immersed herself in the punk/no wave scene, befriending Patti Smith and Richard Hell and cutting her first album at Bob Blank's studio. Press Color was largely ignored at the time of its release but is now admired as one of the most interesting of the No Wave releases to come from Ze Records. Lizzy passed away in 2004 but her legacy has grown since then, resulting in her music recently being reissued by Light In The Attic Records.
Topics: music
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Tags: Mercier Descloux
Duration: 18'04"
11:30
Threats to nature in the city
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Technology is posing new threats to urban ecosystems. Dr Margaret Stanley, a senior lecturer in Biological Sciences at the University of Auckland, says there needs to be a balance between respecting nature and harnessing innovation.
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What price does nature pay when it comes to technological advancements and evolving human behaviour in growing cities?
A joint study by researchers from Australasia and the UK has identified some of the current trends and the associated future threats facing urban ecosystems.
Dr Margaret Stanley, a senior lecturer in Biological Sciences at Auckland University, was involved in the research. “Often it’s the biodiversity aspects that get left behind,” she tells Nine To Noon’s Kathryn Ryan.
LISTEN to Dr Margaret Stanley's interview with Kathryn Ryan
Here are just a few of the emerging threats Dr Stanley and her fellow international researchers identified:
Drones
“In New Zealand and Australia we’re seeing a lot of hobby use of drones… and Amazon is planning to send 86 percent of their packages by drone in the coming years. We’re worried about those animals who nest or reproduce in urban areas.”
LED lighting
“They can tick the box for carbon efficiency, but the switch to LED is a switch in the spectrum that animals are experiencing. What we may have to deal with is that perhaps birds are waking up earlier, and that being a problem for humans.”
Solar panelling
“Solar panels polarise light, [and] insects respond strongly to polarised light. Particularly when breeding and when females are looking for somewhere to oviposit, particularly freshwater species. They can end up trying to land and lay eggs on the solar panels rather than water.”
Self-healing concrete
“They’re infusing concrete with a bacteria that self-heals those cracks… those cracks can be really important for some rare species [of plant] in particular countries and places. It would be a shame for urban areas to become more sterile and concrete.”
Topics: science
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Tags: Dr Margaret Stanley, urban nature threats
Duration: 15'08"
11:45
Privacy law with Nicole Moreham
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Dr Nicole Moreham, who lectures and researches at Victoria University in privacy law, has co-authored The Law of Privacy and The Media - the third edition has just been launched. She talks with Kathryn about intrusion, public interest and the law.
Topics: law, life and society, media, politics
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Tags: privacy
Duration: 9'42"
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09:05 News and current affairs
09:30 Chief Ombudsman, Judge Peter Boshier
Judge Boshier discusses his plans to resolve complaints much faster, and why he ruled that the Prime Minister must release his texts from Rachel Glucina in the pony tail case
09:45 Australia correspondent, Peter Munro
10:05 Josh James bushman adventurer
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Josh James is a hunter, gatherer, adventurer from the West Coast, a quintessential Kiwi bushman. His exploits in the wild have an international audience. He has a youtube channel, his series Kings of the Wild has screened on the Discovery Channel and he's currently filming a new series with Discovery International.
10:35 Book review
Louise O'Brien reviews - Three Words: An Anthology of Aotearoa/New Zealand Women's Comics edited by Rae Joyce, Sarah Laing and Indira Neville
10:45 The Reading
11:05 Marty Duda with the music of Lizzy Mercier Descloux
French-born Lizzy Mercier Descloux is a musical chameleon. She travelled to New York City in the late 1970s and quickly immersed herself in the punk/no wave scene, befriending Patti Smith and Richard Hell and cutting her first album at Bob Blank's studio. Press Color was largely ignored at the time of its release but is now admired as one of the most interesting of the No Wave releases to come from Ze Records. From there Lizzy recorded in Nassau, South Africa, Brazil and eventually back to France. She was recording South African Township music several years before Paul Simon and collaborated with jazz great Chet Baker while in Brazil. Lizzy passed away in 2004 but her legacy has grown since then, resulting in her music recently being reissued by Light In The Attic Records.
11:20 Margaret Stanley - threats to nature in the city
A joint study between researchers from Australasia and the UK has identified current trends and future threats that technologies posts to urban ecosystems. Dr Margaret Stanley is a senior lecturer in Biological Sciences at the University of Auckland and she was involved in the research. She says there needs to be a balance between maintaining our connection with nature, while making use of innovations in technology.
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11:45 Privacy law with Nicole Moreham
===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 6 April 2016
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New Zealand Post looks set to sell a big slice of Kiwibank for half a billion dollars and Fiji braces for another bad cyclone.
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Duration: 15'09"
12:17
NZ Post looks set to bank $495m for bank sale
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New Zealand Post looks set to bank nearly half a billion dollars, if a deal to sell 45 percent of Kiwi Group, including Kiwibank, to the New Zealand Super Fund and the Accident Compensation Corporation goes ahead.
Topics: politics, business
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Tags: Kiwibank
Duration: 1'53"
12:19
Super Fund responds
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The Superannuation Fund declined our request for an interview but provided us with a short statement. It said it's yet to make a final decision, with a number of conditions to be met including satisfactory due diligence, and approvals from the NZ Post Board and Reserve Bank. But it says it is a rare opportunity to take a significant minority stake in a large, unlisted New Zealand company. The Super Fund and ACC believe they can add value to Kiwibank through access to capital and active approach to investment management.
Topics: politics, business
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Tags: Kiwibank, Superannuation Fund
Duration: 31"
12:20
Akl and national prices slow a shade, market buoyant - QV
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The growth in house prices has slowed nationally and also in Auckland in March, but is surging ahead in the upper North Island.
Topics: business, housing
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Tags: house prices
Duration: 1'51"
12:22
NZX plans to launch fresh milk market contracts in May or June
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As we reported last week sharemarket operator NZX is launching fresh milk price futures and options contracts next month after receiving formal approval from financial authorities.
Topics: business, farming
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Tags: NZX
Duration: 55"
12:23
Small businesses ride out volatile market conditions
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An accounting software company, says New Zealand's small and medium sized businesses are clearly able to ride out volatile market conditions, with strong revenue growth reported over the past six months.
Topics: business
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Tags: MYOB
Duration: 1'01"
12:24
Midday Markets for 6 April 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: 2'49"
12:26
Business briefs
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Listed food and beverage investment company, Veritas, says it plans to franchise its Nosh grocery stores.
Topics: business
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Duration: 17"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 6 April 2016
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New Zealand's most experienced track cyclist, Marc Ryan, has announced his retirement from the sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'34"
12:34
Midday Rural News for 6 April 2016
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 8'43"
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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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13:14
Gillian Triggs, Australian Human Rights Commissioner
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Professor Gillian Triggs is the president of the Australian Human Rights Commission. She is in New Zealand to give a talk on the widening gulf that is human rights across the Tasman. She talks with Jon Bridges.
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The President of the Australian Human Rights Commission is in New Zealand to give a talk on the widening gulf that is human rights across the Tasman – and she says New Zealand leaders could be doing more.
LISTEN to Professor Gillian Triggs' interview with Jon Bridges:
"I would very much appreciate it if your political leaders and community leaders were willing to speak up more in a way that could have an impact in Australia" ~ Gillian Triggs
Gillian Triggs was Dean of the Faculty of Law and Challis Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney and Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. Professor Triggs was engaged in on-going public disagreement with former Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, on the Australian detention centres for foreign nationals seeking refugee status. She was voted Australian Woman of the Year in 2015
Topics: law
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Tags: Australian Human Rights Commission, human rights
Duration: 16'48"
13:31
A Noble Relic of a Noble Race - Richard Thompson
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The last work of renowned New Zealand painter, Charles Frederick Goldie, will go under the hammer tonight. A Noble Relic of a Noble Race was painted in 1941, the year before he stopped painting and just six years before he died. The work is considered one of his finest, and is picked to reach a record price. It goes to auction tonight at the International Art Centre in Parnell, Auckland. Richard Thompson, is the director of the centre.
Topics: arts
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Goldie, A Noble Relic of a Noble Race
Duration: 8'08"
13:40
Sound Archives - Sarah Johnston
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Talk radio - it's a cornerstone of late night broadcasting, a friendly voice for lonely shift workers and insomniacs and an outlet for people with strong opinions of all kinds. In this country it began just over 50 years ago and Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga sound & Vision shares the story of the roots of talkback with us.
Topics: history, media
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Tags: Sound Archives
Duration: 9'49"
13:49
Favourite Album
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Bobby Charles by Bobby Charles.
Topics: music
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Duration: 10'32"
14:16
Bookmarks - Oscar Kightley
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Oscar Kightley, lately cast in The Wilderpeople, tells us about a few of his favourite things on Bookmarks today.
Topics: arts
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Tags: Oscar Kightley
Duration: 44'04"
15:08
Geoffonomics - Geoff Simmons
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In the past few weeks the UK Government has put a tax on soft drinks, and over the weekend 70 medical specialists called on our Government to follow suit. Should we?
Topics: politics
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Tags: Sugar Tax
Duration: 9'33"
15:17
The Wireless
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In RNZ's online magazine The Wireless this week, Toby Morris has developed a great visual story about Tax Dodgers. And in his latest column with Toby Manhire, they tackle the issue of whether NZ is a "tax haven".
Topics: media
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Tags: tax haven, The Wireless
Duration: 6'02"
15:24
History - Jacinta Ruru
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Recently in the news is the staggering statistic that a third of all Maori land is landlocked. What does that mean? And how did it happen? Professor Jacinta Ruru from the University of Otago explains.
Topics: history
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Tags: Maori land
Duration: 11'19"
15:30
More talanoa: Talking about family violence
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To mark 40 years of service to Pacific women, PACIFICA Inc is focusing its efforts on preventing family violence. One woman shares her experience of violence.
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Four decades ago, Pacific overstayers were the target of dawn raids and families accustomed to the close-knit life of the islands struggled to adjust to New Zealand suburban life. In response, a small group of Pacific women in Auckland set up PACIFICA, which mirrored the community support found back home. Forty years later, the organisation is still working to improve the lives of Pacific people throughout the country. This year's focus is on preventing family violence.
Locking herself in the laundry, Mele* phoned the police, calling for them to come while her husband banged on the door trying to stop her.
“It was like in a movie,” Mele says. “He wasn’t going to bash me up again, he just didn’t want me to follow through with ringing.”
Worried that this time he’d be sent to prison, her husband took off, sparking a car chase through the neighbourhood.
It wasn’t always like this.
They had fallen in love quickly and married within a year but, soon after the ring was on her finger, a different side to her husband surfaced.
“We had an argument when we were driving from our reception to our hotel for our honeymoon night. I can’t even remember what the argument was about but he just changed," Mele says.
“He became this really aggressive, scary person that I had just never seen before.”
A few months after the wedding, they had another argument while driving. It was most likely about parenting, Mele says.
“He just didn’t like what I said, and he was driving and his hand just went ‘doosh’ and bashed me in the face.”
She went to the hospital for an X-ray, wondering what she had done and what she should do.
“I just did what I thought I needed to do, which was to be really open about it and tell people, so I told my parents. His mother came around to visit two days later and she saw me in this puffy face with bruising and she freaked out.”
Her black eye healed, and a promise was made that it wouldn’t happen again.
But it did, and as far as Mele was concerned they would be divorced.
Mele, who is of Samoan descent, grew up in Samoa and Fiji in a family where beatings didn’t exist and arguments were rare, but says for many Samoan families violence is the norm.
“The way you parent is violent, [and] the way people interact with each other. Aggression and violence is just really quite standard but, for me, it wasn’t.”
Instead of divorce, Mele and her husband lived in separate households for a decade so she could avoid exposing her children to any violence and spend time with him on her own terms.
They’ve since reconciled and lived together violence-free for the past 10 years.
Mele says she was raised to be a resilient, proactive person who sought and received a lot of help, and didn’t hesitate to seek help from family and the legal system.
“I knew that nothing justifies violence, but I think for a lot of women [there’s] shame, the embarrassment, the ma, which is a Samoan word for shame, of other people knowing and also feeling like it’s their fault.”
Creating peace for the next generation
Mele never felt she needed to keep quiet, but many do, so this year at its 40th conference, PACIFICA Inc made preventing family violence among Pacific families its focus in an effort to change the culture of silence.
Its national president, Caren Rangi, says talanoa (talking) is important to remove stigma and encourage people to share ideas about preventing family violence.
“Anything around relationships breaking down is difficult, particularly in the different cultural hierarchies we have in Pacific communities, where there are strict rules around who we should and shouldn’t respect.”
There is nothing to suggest Pacific people are more violent than other communities but being an immigrant or minority population in another country can have an effect she says.
“But again it’s a small part of a whole lot of connected issues around socio-economic status, poverty, employment status, educational levels, health - all of these things are associated with family violence,” Caren says.
Surveying violence - and finding solutions
Family violence includes physical, mental, verbal, and financial abuse, and research on incidents in Pacific families is sparse.
To remedy this, the Ministry for Women surveyed 68 Samoans to find out their understanding of prevention of violence towards women.
One of the ministry's principal policy analysts, Helen Potiki, says the prevalence of the violence is well known but less is known about how certain groups of women understand prevention, and about what’s working in families and communities.
“Samoan culture inherently protects Samoan women,” she says. “There are cultural values and practices specifically for keeping families, men, women and children safe from violence, like respect for one another’s space and one another’s opinions and roles in the community.”
All participants said they had witnessed, been subjected to, or perpetrated violence and wanted to have discussions across generations about what had happened and how they could stop it from happening in the future.
There are no plans at the moment to do further research on other ethnicities, Helen says - but it will be considered if there is a need for programmes or initiatives.
Read the Ministry for Women’s report: A malu i ‘āiga, e malu fo’i i fafo: Protection for the Family, Protection for All (2015)
In an emergency, call 111
Organisations who can help can be found here: Ministry for Women: Where to go for help
Some Pacific providers are listed here: Pasefika Proud
* Mele's last name has not been used for privacy reasons.
Topics: Pacific, life and society
Regions: Wellington Region
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Duration: 10'17"
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The Panel pre-show for 6 April 2016
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'Should Have Known Better' - Sufjan Stevens.
1:15 Australian Human Rights Commission - Emeritus Professor Gillian Triggs
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To mark 40 years of service to Pacific women, PACIFICA Inc is focusing its efforts on preventing family violence. We'll hear one woman's experience of violence and from PACIFICA's president about how it affects their communities.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
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Bottled water company deal
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The Ashburton District Council is in the process of allowing a bottled water company to extract 40 billion litres of water.
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Duration: 3'49"
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The Panel with Michelle Boag and Brian Edwards (Part 1)
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What the Panelists Michelle Boag and Brian Edwards have been up to. "Helen Clark would make an excellent UN boss, she's got the right attributes to make a contribution on a global scale. Go Helen!" - Peter Garret. Apartments and townhouses there can fetch 800k, the standalone homes more than a million. When they're being sold, the realtors speak of freehold titles giving peace of mind, with superbly finished homes. The Ashburton District Council is in the process of allowing a bottled water company to extract 40 billion litres of water.
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Vitamin D may help people with diseased hearts. What the Panelists Michelle Boag and Brian Edwards have been thinking about. Ted Cruz wins Wisconsin. He buries Donald Trump 50%-30%. The local fallout from the Panama Papers, with the Government defending the disclosure levels of our overseas trusts. Nothing to see here, we're not a tax haven, it's all legal. Brian Edwards praises Bernie Sanders. A footpath is likely to be widened on Queenstown's waterfront.
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Helen Clark for UN boss
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"Helen Clark would make an excellent UN boss, she's got the right attributes to make a contribution on a global scale. Go Helen!" - Peter Garret.
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Upmarket Auckland housing project
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Vitamin D
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Vitamin D may help people with diseased hearts.
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Ted Cruz wins Wisconsin
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Ted Cruz wins Wisconsin. He buries Donald Trump 50%-30%.
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The Panama Papers
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The local fallout from the Panama Papers, with the Government defending the disclosure levels of our overseas trusts. Nothing to see here, we're not a tax haven, it's all legal.
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Bernie Sanders
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Brian Edwards praises Bernie Sanders.
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Queenstown's waterfront
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A footpath is likely to be widened on Queenstown's waterfront.
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Wednesday 6th April 2016
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45% of Kiwibank to be sold
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NZ Post announced today that 45 percent of Kiwibank would be sold to the NZ Superannuation Fund and ACC. Sir Michael Cullen joins Checkpoint.
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Kiwibank sale too low, says banking expert
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David Tripe, a banking expert at Massey University, says the planned sale of Kiwi Group is too low and values the Kiwibank assets below a realistic market price.
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Fisher and Paykel workers face uncertain future
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Former Sky City employee charged with fraud
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Steel and Tube warns building stores on mesh
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Prime Minister stands firm on statements that New Zealand is not a tax haven, despite more allegations from the leaders of all three main opposition parties. Winston Peters leaves the chamber after a dispute with the Speaker over the PM's answer to a question claiming the government is capping travel expenditure on Gold Card. Finance minister, Bill English, answers questions about a proposal to sell 45% of Kiwibank to ACC and the Super Fund but request for snap debate declined.
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Animal whisperer Allan Dixon
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How did travelling Irishman Allan Dixon manage to convince a menagerie of animals to smile with him in a fantastic collection of selfies?
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There have been several incarnations of the Doctor Dolittle story – the man who could talk to animals. Allan Dixon is living his life in th spirit of Doctor Dolittle, but instead of talking to animals he takes selfies with them. Check out his fantastic collection here.
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