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:
21 April 2016
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Discovery (BBC); 1:05 The Thursday Feature (RNZ); 2:05 The Cultural Frontline; 3:05 The Queen Slept Here by Keith Thorsen; 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 21 April 2016
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The National Party donors who won a tender to manage a luxury resort in Niue break their silence. We'll cross to Norway where the mass killer, Anders Breivik's claims he has been treated inhumanely in prison - are upheld in court and New Zealanders are being warned they are on a debt-fuelled splurge that could end in tears.
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Duration: 34'38"
06:06
Sports News for 21 April 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'31"
06:15
Warning bells ring as household debt levels hits record highs
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Household debts are at a record level and Westpac says Aucklanders in particular could suffer if the economy takes a turn for the worst.
Topics: economy
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Tags: household debts
Duration: 2'27"
06:18
Early Business News for 21 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: 2'17"
06:26
Morning Rural News for 21 April 2016
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'11"
06:40
Fat and sugar taxes no silver bullet for obesity: group
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A public policy think tank says sugar taxes are seen as a silver bullet to reduce obesity but the jury's still out on whether they work.
Topics: health
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Tags: sugar taxes
Duration: 2'40"
06:43
PM repeats his view no one owns water
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The Prime Minister John Key has reiterated his rock solid view that no one owns water.
Topics: business
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Tags: water
Duration: 3'04"
06:50
Economist warns debt-fuelled splurge could end in tears
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An economist is warning debt-laden households will be vulnerable if the economy takes a turn for the worst.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: debt
Duration: 1'21"
06:51
Dollar may hold on to strength
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A currency strategist says the New Zealand dollar will hold onto its highs as long as the appetite for risk stays strong.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: NZ dollar
Duration: 2'13"
06:54
Bad weather in Uruguay could hurt PGG earnings
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The rural services firm PGG Wrightson says bad weather in Uruguay could hurt full-year earnings.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: PGG Wrightson
Duration: 1'48"
06:55
NZX outlines what is unacceptable
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The sharemarket's supervisors say the market's regulatory and disciplinary is fit for purpose and investors and listed companies can have confidence in its integrity.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: NZX
Duration: 1'51"
06:57
Former RBNZ boss says inflation not dead
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A former head of the Reseve Bank says inflation will be an issue for central bankers to deal with again even if it's currently benign.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: inflation
Duration: 50"
06:58
Morning markets for 21 April 2016
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Wall Street stronger today after a rise in the price of oil and earnings reports.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 59"
06:59
Business briefs
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The ratings agency, Standard and Poor's has put the finance company, UDC's, long term and short term ratings on credit watch.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: UDC
Duration: 15"
07:07
Sports News for 21 April 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'11"
07:10
Niue resort managers break silence
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Four days ago Radio New Zealand broke the story about a businessman's big donation to the National Party that came just a month before his company won a tender to manage a luxury resort in Niue.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Scenic Hotel Group, Niue
Duration: 3'15"
07:14
Andrew Little reacts to threats of legal action
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Labour's leader Andrew Little is standing by the statements made and believes there's no basis for legal action.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Scenic Hotel Group, Niue
Duration: 4'50"
07:19
Norway violated mass killer Breivik's human rights, court rules
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A court in Norway has upheld a claim of inhumane treatment brought by the mass killer, Anders Breivik.
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Tags: Norway, Anders Breivik
Duration: 3'38"
07:22
Think tank sees no evidence for sugar tax: others disagrees
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A think tank says there is little evidence sugar taxes reduce obesity and New Zealand should steer clear of them.
Topics: health
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Tags: sugar taxes
Duration: 3'28"
07:26
New Zealand nonagenarians offer Queen sage birthday advice
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The Queen turns 90 today.
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Tags: Queen, Queen Elizabeth the Second
Duration: 3'26"
07:33
Economist warns debt-fuelled splurge could end in tears
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New Zealanders are being warned they are back on a debt-fuelled splurge that could end in tears.
Topics: economy
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Tags: debt
Duration: 3'09"
07:36
NZ First: Water exporters should pay royalties
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The New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters has weighed in to the bottled water debate and is calling for water exporters to pay a royalty.
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Tags: water, tax
Duration: 5'17"
07:42
NZ Maori Council chairman responds to claim of instability
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Some members of the Maori Council say they'll walk away from the organisation unless it's chair, Sir Eddie Durie, steps down.
Topics: te ao Maori, politics
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Tags: Maori Council
Duration: 6'54"
07:50
Australian mother, 60 Minutes crew released on bail in Lebanon
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A deal has been reached in Lebanon in the case of an Australian mother and a television crew charged with abducting two children in a custody battle.
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Tags: Lebanon, 60 Minutes
Duration: 4'32"
07:55
New York wins boost Trump and Clinton
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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, have scored big wins in New York.
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Tags: Donald Trump, US
Duration: 4'50"
08:07
Sports News for 21 April 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'26"
08:11
Dramatic details of Dolphy Kohu manhunt revealed in court
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Dramatic details of when two police officers were shot at after a car chase across the central North Island last year have been revealed for the first time
Topics: crime
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Tags: Dolphy Kohu
Duration: 2'54"
08:17
Who owns the water in the bottle?
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Water supplied to bottling companies for next to nothing has a growing number of New Zealanders upset.
Topics: environment
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Tags: water
Duration: 5'18"
08:23
Is it better to be fat and happy or skinny and miserable?
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A new report by a business-backed think tank has found there is little robust evidence sugar taxes are effective in reducing obesity.
Topics: health
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Tags: sugar taxes
Duration: 5'01"
08:27
New Zealanders to celebrate Queen's 90th in royal style
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As we've been reporting the Queen turns 90 today. And some of the more far flung parts of her realm - Te Aroha and Whangarei - are planning to celebrate the big day in right royal style.
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Tags: Queen
Duration: 5'29"
08:33
Markets Update for 21 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: 48"
08:38
Westpac warns NZ is at risk of a debt-fuelled splurge
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An Auckland mortgage broker can sense deja vu as New Zealanders get themselves further into debt.
Topics: economy
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Tags: debt
Duration: 3'24"
08:43
After meathook fine, another accident being investigated
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The meat company that's just been fined thousands of dollars after a worker was impaled on a hook is being investigated for another case where a man was also caught in machinery and had his head crushed.
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Tags: AFFCO, injury
Duration: 2'29"
08:46
Backtrack on Iranian doco-maker's visa
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In a turnaround The Iranian filmmaker Rokhsareh Ghaem-maghami will be allowed to visit New Zealand.
Topics: arts
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Tags: Rokhsareh Ghaem-maghami
Duration: 3'16"
08:48
Dunedin tanks blocked during extreme flooding last year
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An investigation into Dunedin's one in one hundred year flood last June has found many of the tanks that drain water from the road in the city's worst hit suburb were blocked.
Topics: environment
Regions: Otago
Tags: floods, Dunedin
Duration: 3'23"
08:54
New Zealand trampolinist qualifies for Rio Olympics
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Dylan Schmidt is bouncing into the Olympics - quite literally. The 19-year-old's silver medal performance at the Rio test event yesterday saw him become the first New Zealand trampolinist to qualify for an Olympics.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Dylan Schmidt
Duration: 3'44"
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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: Shackleton's Boat Journey by Captain Frank W. Worsley, read by Peter Elliot
An epic story of survival in Antarctic waters early in the 20th century told by the Akaroa-born master of Shackleton's ill-fated expedition ship, Endurance (5 of 10, RNZ)
(Unfortunately the audio for this Reading is not available online)
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09:08
Sugar tax: effective health lever or nanny state intrusion?
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A new report by the business-backed think tank the New Zealand Initiative has found there is little robust evidence that sugar taxes are effective in reducing obesity. It questions the use of food taxes as a mechanism for improving public health, saying distinctions need to be made between regulations that protect us from others, and policies that protect us from ourselves. Mexico was the first country in the world to introduce a sugar tax in 2014, and Britain is to introduce a tax in two years. Susan Jebb is Professor of Diet and Population Health in the Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, at Oxford University, who chaired the British cross-government Expert Advisory Group on obesity from 2007-11.
Topics: health, politics
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Duration: 11'29"
09:20
Alibaba: 'Like E-bay or Amazon on steroids'
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Former Alibaba Vice President, Porter Erisman says exporters considering doing business with China's biggest online retailer have nothing to fear. Alibaba is the world's biggest retailer, in 2014 it accounted for 80 percent of China's online sales and 60 percent of all parcel deliveries. Currently New Zealand exports $8.6 billion to China. Porter Erisman who is the author of 'Alibaba's World' says brands are actually better protected through doing this type of e-commerce with China.
Topics: business
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Tags: Alibaba, China
Duration: 15'37"
09:36
'Thought control' next step in robotic exoskeletons
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Rex Bionics - based in Auckland - was started by engineers Richard Little and Robert Irving over a decade ago after Robert developed Multiple Sclerosis ..and the friends thought of ways to help him stay active. It now produces exoskeletons that a person wears to get them upright and moving and has just won a contract with the US Army for rehabilitating soldiers who've lost the use of their legs.
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New Zealand engineers who designed robotic legs being used in the rehabilitation of US soldiers are working on introducing 'thought control' to their units.
Auckland-based company Rex Bionics was started by engineers Richard Little and Robert Irving more than a decade ago. Mr Irving had developed multiple sclerosis, and his friends were trying to find ways to help him stay active.
Rex Bionics makes exoskeletons: specifically, robotic legs that allow someone whose only option is to sit to stand upright and move.
The units have tethered leg straps, an upper harness and abdominal support, and the user controls its movement with a joystick.
Rex Bionics recently won a contract with the US Army to rehabilitate soldiers who have lost the use of their legs.
Mr Little told Nine to Noon the army contract would be about exploring the possibilities of rehabilitation.
"We're starting to explore the use of the device for people ... who have lost multiple or all of their limbs."
He said that would mean making some alterations to the machines, and while the units were usually controlled by a joystick, the engineers were considering other options.
"We can actually do thought control and voice control as well, so these are adaptations we will probably be making for some of those soldiers.
"It's not really reading thoughts as such ... what we do is pick up electrical signals off the scalp so when you think to move or think to walk or think to sit, or any of these things, there's a unique pattern of electricity in the brain, and some of that comes through into the scalp, and you can measure that with simple electrical sensors on the scalp.
"It sounds kind of science fiction-y and quite cool from a technical point of view - but actually linking someone's intention to move with their movement actually has a great rehabilitation effect."
Mr Little said 30 units had been sold for $NZ186,000 each, and were being used in rehabilitation centres around the world.
They were working on bringing the cost down, he said.
Topics: disability, business
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Rex Bionics
Duration: 10'53"
09:51
UK correspondent Kate Adie
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The Queen's birthday. Victoria Wood. EU Referendum poll.
Topics: politics
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Tags: UK
Duration: 7'57"
10:07
James McNeish on the athlete who defied Hitler
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Werner Seelenbinder was a champion wrestler in 1930s Germany as Hitler came to power and the third Reich's war machine was gearing up. He was also a communist and part of the resistance. He used the cover of being part of the German national wrestling team to distribute subversive material for the resistance and agitate against the war. He represented Germany in the 1936 Berlin Olympic games and at one stage was treated for an injury by Himmler's private physician. Werner Seelenbinder's story has been brought to life by Wellington writer and biographer James McNeish, who came upon it in Berlin while conducting research for his earlier book on the New Zealand Olympic gold medal winning runner Jack Lovelock.
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Werner Seelenbinder was a champion wrestler in 1930s Germany as Hitler came to power and the third Reich's war machine was gearing up.
He was also a communist and part of the resistance against Nazi rule, who used the cover of being part of the German national wrestling team to distribute subversive material for the resistance and agitate against the war.
In 1933, he refused to give the Nazi salute when receiving his medal at the German Wrestling Championship and was rewarded with a 16-month ban on training and sports events.
He went on to represent Germany at the 1936 Berlin Olympic games.
The Nazis had only allowed Seelenbinder to take part in the Olympics because they thought he would secure them a medal: otherwise, they did not trust him in the slightest.
At one stage during the games, he was even treated for an injury by Himmler's private physician.
Seelenbinder's story has now been brought to life by Wellington writer and biographer James McNeish, who came upon it in Berlin while conducting research for his earlier book on the New Zealand Olympic gold medal winning runner Jack Lovelock.
McNeish says he decided the write about Seelenbinder's plight because it was a buried story of an "an ordinary person trying to do something against a great evil".
Topics: history, author interview
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Duration: 26'58"
10:37
Book review - Behind the Twisted Wire
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'Behind the Twisted Wire: New Zealand Artists in World War I' by Jennifer Haworth, reviewed by Denise Roughan, published by Wily Publications.
Topics: books
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Duration: 7'54"
11:06
New technology with Andy Linton
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Andy Linton talks about the internet of things - how technology products "talk" to each other. Corporations aim to use this to make money from us - but what do we get in return?
Topics: technology
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Tags: passwords, software, authentication
Duration: 18'42"
11:29
Iron deficiency and children
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Iron is crucial for brain development in babies and toddlers and for energy levels and immune protection in teens and adults, but according to recent surveys most of us aren't getting enough of it. Senior lecturer Pam Von Hurst Massey University's College of Human Nutrition has been holding a series of events this week to highlight the benefits of iron, and how to get enough - even on vegetarian and restricted diets. Dr Pam Von Hurst is a senior lecturer.
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How much iron do children need and how do we get it into them?
Auckland University research suggests that up to 8 out of 10 toddlers are not meeting the recommended daily intake of dietary iron and 14% of children under 2 are deficient. In the last national Nutrition Survey, low iron levels were evident in 1 in 14 adult women over 15 years old, with over a third of teenage girls aged 15-18 years not meeting their daily iron requirements.
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How do we obtain enough iron and food and also process enough, because there's types of iron – for example heme and nonheme – that you get from different food sources. So what is the most easily accessed by the human body?
The heme iron, which comes from animal products – meat, fish and poultry – is the form that's most easily absorbed. And of the heme iron that we consume we absorb about 25%. It's little affected by other factors in the diet, so that absorption rate is fairly constant. But non-heme iron, which is found in a whole range of plant sources, and quite a wide range, is actually quite difficult for us to absorb. And the absorption rate from heme iron can vary from 2% to 20% just really depending on what the other factors are in the diet and also some physiological factors.
With the nonheme, say something like spinach which is very iron-rich... If you wanted to make the most of your spinach consumption and try and absorb as much as you can from spinach or a similar leafy green vegetable, are you telling me that what you eat along with it or the other aspects of your diet might affect how much you uptake?
Yes, very much so. Absorption can vary from 2% to 20%. One of the unfortunate things about foods like spinach and other high-iron containing vegetables – and legumes are also very high – they also contain a lot of what we call the things that inhibit, the inhibitors of iron absorption. So we need to overcome that inhibition of iron absorption and then add something that increases iron absorption.
One of the best contenders for that is Vitamin C. So foods that are high in Vitamin C as part of the meal can make a really big difference. And then also avoiding some of the other things that are also inhibitors. so phytates, which we find in things like tea and coffee and chocolate and, somewhat disturbing to me, red wine, can also inhibit the absorption of nonheme iron.
Is this a question of timing when you're consuming different things? Does the body have an hour or two's grace where if you make sure there's Vitamin C with your spinach... Is there a certain time between having your spinach and your afternoon tea or coffee?
Yeah, you're bang on with that. That's exactly what you need to do. Another important thing to consider there is milk, because calcium in milk also inhibits nonheme iron absorption. But the last thing we want to do is stop people drinking milk because that's so important for calcium for your bones.
An hour before, two hours after a meal – [avoid] the tea and coffee and milk. I think with children that can be quite a problem because of course it's natural for children often to have a large glass of milk with their meal. So perhaps save that for afterwards and maybe have something with some more Vitamin C in it as part of the meal.
If you want to reduce how much red meat you're having or the regularity you're having it, that's not necessarily going to be a problem. You might have the two things working together – perhaps less red meat, but also having some nonheme iron sources that can work in combination.
Yeah, exactly. So a meal, say, that has a lot of lentils or beans and a small amount of beef mince in it served with fresh tomatoes, which are really high in Vitamin C or a salsa with tomatoes and capsicum – also high in Vitamin C. That will mean you'll absorb a good amount – perhaps an optimum amount – of iron from that meal.
It’s getting those food combinations right, making sure that with every meal you have some good form of Vitamin C. So really high Vitamin C-containing foods – tomatoes and capsciums, all citrus fruit... Even squeezing fresh lime or lemon juice into a meal will help. Kiwifruit are really high in Vitamin C, as well.
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Duration: 15'07"
11:45
Viewing with Paul Casserly
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Paul Casserly's been watching Louis CK's glorious pay per view folly, Horace and Pete, Series 3 of the Scandinavian crime hit The Bridge, on DVD, and TV1's version of Coast New Zealand.
Topics: media
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Tags: film, television, viewing
Duration: 14'38"
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09:05 Sugar tax: effective health lever or nanny state intrusion?
A new report by the business-backed think tank the New Zealand Initiative has found there is little robust evidence that sugar taxes are effective in reducing obesity. It questions the use of food taxes as a mechanism for improving public health, saying distinctions need to be made between regulations that protect us from others, and policies that protect us from ourselves. Mexico was the first country in the world to introduce a sugar tax in 2014, and Britain is to introduce a tax in two years. Susan Jebb is Professor of Diet and Population Health in the Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, at Oxford University, who chaired the British cross-government Expert Advisory Group on obesity from 2007-11.
09:20 Alibaba: 'Like E-bay or Amazon on steroids'
Former Alibaba Vice President, Porter Erisman says exporters considering doing business with China's biggest online retailer have nothing to fear.
Alibaba is the world's biggest retailer, in 2014 it accounted for 80 percent of China's online sales and 60 percent of all parcel deliveries. Currently New Zealand exports $8.6 billion to China. Porter Erisman who is the author of 'Alibaba's World' says brands are actually better protected through doing this type of e-commerce with China.
09:30 NZ company's robotic legs help rehabilitate US soldiers
Rex Bionics - based in Auckland - was started by engineers Richard Little and Robert Irving over a decade ago after Robert developed Multiple Sclerosis ..and the friends thought of ways to help him stay active. It now produces exoskeletons that a person wears to get them upright and moving and has just won a contract with the US Army for rehabilitating soldiers who've lost the use of their legs.
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09:45 UK correspondent Kate Adie
10:05 James McNeish on the athlete who defied Hitler
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Werner Seelenbinder was a champion wrestler in 1930s Germany as Hitler came to power and the third Reich's war machine was gearing up. He was also a communist and part of the resistance. He used the cover of being part of the German national wrestling team to distribute subversive material for the resistance and agitate against the war.
He represented Germany in the 1936 Berlin Olympic games and at one stage was treated for an injury by Himler's private physician. Werner Seelenbinder's story has been brought to life by Wellington writer and biographer James McNeish, who came upon it in Berlin while conducting research for his earlier book on the New Zealand Olympic gold medal winning runner Jack Lovelock.
10:35 Book review - Behind the Twisted Wire: New Zealand Artists in World War I by Jennifer Haworth
Reviewed by Denise Roughan, Published by Wily Publications
10:45 The Reading Shackleton's Boat Journey by Captain Frank W. Worsley
read by Peter Elliot (Part 5 of 10)
11:05 New technology with Andy Linton
Andy Linton talks about the internet of things - how technology products "talk" to each other. Corporations aim to use this to make money from us - but what do we get in return?
11:25 Iron deficiency and children
Iron is crucial for brain development in babies and toddlers and for energy levels and immune protection in teens and adults. According to the last national nutrition survey, low iron levels were evident in one in 14 adult women over 15 years old, with over a third of teenage girls aged 15-18 years not achieving their daily iron requirements.
As well, Auckland university research has suggested that up to 8 out of 10 toddlers are not meeting the recommended daily intake of dietary iron and 14% of children under 2 are deficient.
Massey University's College of Human Nutrition has been holding a series of events this week to highlight the benefits of iron, and how to get enough - even on vegetarian and restricted diets. Dr Pam Von Hurst is a senior lecturer.
11:45 Viewing with Paul Casserly
Paul Casserly's been watching Louis CK’s glorious pay per view folly, Horace and Pete, Series 3 of the Scandinavian crime hit The Bridge, on DVD, and TV1’s version of Coast New Zealand.
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Artist: Marlena Shaw
Song: California Soul
Composer: Ashford/Simpson
Album: The Spice of Life
Label: Cadet
Time: 09:46
Artist: Anika, Boh and Hollie
Song: Walk Away
Composer: Moa, Runga, Smith
Label: Sony
Time: 10:34
Artist: Jose Gonzalez
Song: Save Your Day
Composer: Gonzalez
Album: Veneer
Label: Imperial
Time: 10:44
Artist: Joy Division
Song: Love Will Tear Us Apart
Composer: Curtis/Hook/Morris/Sumner
Label: London
Time: 11:25
===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 21 April 2016
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A landmark court ruling makes landlords liable for tenant damage. Auckland Council offers an amnesty for menacing dogs.
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Duration: 14'56"
12:17
Job ads rise in March
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An economist says employers are still wanting to hire staff despite challenges to the economy.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'57"
12:19
Migration and tourism bound to new highs in March
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The numbers of people coming here to live or take a holiday remained at record levels in March.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'30"
12:21
NZ Oil & Gas's developed Kupe reserves rise again
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Estimates of the reserves in the Kupe oil and gas field off the Taranaki coast have been increased by 15 percent.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'08"
12:23
Clive Palmer in a spot of bother
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Over to Australia and our correspondent, Jim Parker. He reports that the larger-than-life mining billionaire, Clive Palmer, is in a spot of bother.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'02"
12:24
Midday Markets
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Brad Gordon at Macquarie Private Wealth.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 2'51"
12:25
Business briefs
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Air New Zealand carried more passengers in the month of March;Retirement village and rest home company operator Metlifecare has sold its Masterton establishment for 6-million dollars saying the Wairarapa town offers fewer opportunities for growth;NZ Bus is going electric after a 30 million US dollar deal signed between its parent Infratil and the California-based Wrightspeed.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 55"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 21 April 2016
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Lydia Ko chases a three-peat in San Francisco's Swinging Skirts.
Topics: sport
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Tags: golf
Duration: 3'02"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 21 April 2016
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 8'40"
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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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13:15
How To Drive A Dinosaur - Scott Wright
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One of the world's greatest dinosaur puppeteers coming to Auckland. Scott Wright is the co-founder of Erth Visual and Physical Inc and has been the artistic director for the last 26 years. He started by making life-like dinosaur puppets for museums throughout the world and from there, the show Dinosaur Zoo, was born. He talks about how to drive a dinosaur.
Topics: history, life and society
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Tags: dinosaurs, puppeteers
Duration: 8'36"
13:25
The light and shade of workplace humour
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Humour in the workplace can create harmony, pleasure and happiness but it also has the potential to incite outrage, dissension and chaos - according to Dr Barbara Plester, is a senior lecturer at Auckland University's Business School.
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Humour in the workplace can create harmony, pleasure and happiness – but it also has the potential to incite dissension and chaos.
Barbara Plester has spent 12 years researching how we use humour at work. She talks with Jesse Mulligan about how it can be used to include, to marginalise, support, to take down and to reinforce or subvert power.
Dr Barbara Plester is a senior lecturer at Auckland University's Business School. Her new book is called The Complexity of Workplace Humour: Laughter, Jokers, and the Dark Side of Humour.
Topics: arts, books
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Tags: workplace humour
Duration: 14'04"
13:35
Comedy Festival - Ben Hurley
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Ben Hurley provides us with a sneak preview of his new show.
Topics: arts
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Tags: Ben Hurley, Comedy Festival
Duration: 8'57"
13:45
Favourite Album - Jumpin' Jive
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Jumpin' Jive - Joe Jackson
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Duration: 14'29"
14:10
Money - Mary Holm
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Mary Holm is a prolific author and columnist and eduator in the field of personal finance. This week: Good borrowing: How gearing boosts returns - and losses.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 28'28"
14:45
Critter of the Week - Nicola Toki
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DOC's Threatened Species Ambassador Nicola Toki discusses the critter of the week, the black stilt.
Topics: environment, science
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Duration: 7'30"
15:10
Masterpieces - Richard Till
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Chef Richard Till is an avid collector of tea towels and he tells about his favourites on Masterpieces today.
Topics: arts, life and society
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Duration: 10'32"
15:25
The Expats - Mike Noakes
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Our Expat of the week is serving the people of Nova Scotia well. He's taken the humble, and mighty, New Zealand pie to Canada's eastern province Halifax. Mike Noakes runs the Humble Pie Company.
Topics: food
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Tags: Nova Scotia, Mike Noakes, pies, Humble Pie Company
Duration: 12'42"
15:45
The Panel Pre-Show for 21 April 2016
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What the world is talking about with Zara Potts.
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Duration: 13'29"
21:20
Shy fish, bold fish - insights into the lives of native fish
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To understand the food webs of ponds and lakes you need to understand the personalities and lives of individual fish
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Fish have personalities. And while scientists stop short of describing them as introvert or extrovert they do use words such as ‘bold’ and ‘shy’ to describe them.
And how do they work this out? With a personality test, of course.
“You’ll get individuals that are quite shy and will retreat away from any sort of threat. You’ll get individuals that are much bolder and will go and investigate if you give them a simulated predator cue. They swim up and take a look,” says Travis Ingram, a freshwater biologist at the University of Otago, who has been working with a native fish called the common bully, or cockabully.
“Some will swim in and explore a new space straight away, while others will hold back.”
“Some will be much more aggressive if you put up a mirror, and they see what they think is another bully that they can start fighting.”
Travis says the different personality traits are often correlated, for example bold and aggressive fish that are also quite exploratory, and it is this suite of characteristics that they call a fish’s personality.
Scientists want to know this because understanding individual fish and their behaviour helps them understand food webs. A fish’s personality can determine their preferred food, use of space and interactions with other species.
The food webs that Travis and his students are interested in are ponds and small lakes.
Their fish of choice, the common bully, is socially a loner and, as its name suggests, is quite common. To help unravel the complexity of the bully’s food web they have been running a series of experiments.
Field experiments take place in some small ponds at the Sinclair wetlands, on the Taieri Plain near Dunedin. Lab experiments take place at the University of Otago, while mesocosm experiments take place outside, in a series of small ponds, created from circular cattle troughs.
These mesocosms are large enough to each house four common bullies, and they contain some rocks and bits of wood for the fish to hide in, along with some pond weed, bottom sediment and a thriving ecosystem of small zooplankton such as Daphnia, as well as pond snails. These are all foods that common bullies love, and the fish that have already been personality tested in the lab are now having their diet assessed.
Travis says they want to know whether all the fish eat the same amount of the same food, or whether, their diet is as variable as their personality.
Another area of interest is how the bullies behave in the presence of introduced Eurasian perch. The perch could be having different effects when they are small compared to when they are large, as small fish compete for food while larger perch eat the bullies.
Introduced fish such as trout have had a major impact on native fish populations, and the research by Travis and his group is helping unravel the details of exactly how this happens.
Topics: science, environment
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Tags: common bully, native fish, food web, personality testing, ponds, lakes, freshwater
Duration: 14'09"
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1:15 How To Drive A Dinosaur - Scott Wright
One of the world's greatest dinosaur puppeteers coming to Auckland. Scott Wright is the co-founder of Erth Visual and Physical Inc and has been the artistic director for the last 26 years. He started by making life-like dinosaur puppets for museums throughout the world and from there, the show Dinosaur Zoo, was born. He talks about how to drive a dinosaur.
1:25 The Light And Shade Of Workplace Humour - Dr Barbara Plester
Humour in the workplace can create harmony, pleasure and happiness but it also has the potential to incite outrage, dissension and chaos. That's according to our next guest. Dr Barbara Plester, is a senior lecturer at Auckland University's Business School, and she's spent twelve years researching how we use humour at work. Her new book is called The Complexity of Workplace Humour: Laughter, Jokers, and the Dark Side of Humour.
1:35 Comedian - Ben Hurley
Ben Hurley returns to the Comedy Festival with his first solo show in two years. This time Ben is taking on not just a topic, but a challenge, as he looks at every country in the world to find the funny.
1:40 Favourite Album
Jumpin' Jive - Joe Jackson.
2:10 Money - Mary Holm
Mary Holm is a prolific author and columnist and eduator in the field of personal finance. This week: Good borrowing: How gearing boosts returns - and losses.
2:30 Burnt Barley - Peta Mathias
Part 14 of our radio series adapted from the book 'Burnt Barley', written and read by Peta Mathias.
2:45 Critter of the Week
DOC's Threatened Species Ambassador Nicola Toki discusses the critter of the week, the black stilt.
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3:10 Masterpieces - Richard Till
Chef Richard Till is an avid collector of tea towels and he tells about his favourites on Masterpieces today.
3:25 The Expats - Mike Noakes
Our Expat of the week is serving the people of Nova Scotia well. He's taken the humble, and mighty, New Zealand pie to Canada's eastern province Halifax. Mike Noakes runs the Humble Pie Company.
3:30 Our Changing World
Freshwater scientists at the University of Otago have turned cattle troughs into experimental pools, that have become home to native fish called common bullies. Travis Ingram takes Alison Ballance to meet the fish, which have been having their personality type tested and their food preferences measured.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zara Potts.
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JESSE'S SONG:
ARTIST: Silicon
TITLE: Personal Computer
COMP: Cody Neilsen
ALBUM: Personal Computer
LABEL: Download
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Joe Jackson
TITLE: Jumpin' with Symphony Sid
COMP: Lester Young, King Pleasure
ALBUM Jumpin' Jive
LABEL A&M
ARTIST: Joe Jackson
TITLE: Is You Is, or Is You Ain't My Baby
COMP: Bill Austin, Louis Jordan
ALBUM Jumpin' Jive
LABEL A&M
ARTIST: Joe Jackson
TITLE: Jumpin' Jive
COMP: Cab Calloway, Frank Froeba, Jack Palmer
ALBUM Jumpin' Jive
LABEL A&M
ADDITIONAL SONG:
ARTIST: The Mint Chicks
TITLE: Crazy Yes, Dumb No
COMP: Cody Neilson
ALBUM: Crazy Yes, Dumb No
LABEL: NZ On Air
THE PANEL: HALFTIME SONG
ARTIST: Black Eyed Peas
TITLE: Now Generation
COMP: William Adams , Allan Pineda , Jaime Gomez , Stacy Ferguson
ALBUM: Songs From The End
LABEL: Interscope
===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
=DESCRIPTION=
An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)
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15:45
The Panel Pre-Show for 21 April 2016
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What the world is talking about with Zara Potts.
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Duration: 13'29"
16:00
The Panel with Sue Wells and Jeremy Elwood (Part 1)
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Panel intro;Violent robberies;60 Minutes compo payout;Landlords responsible for tenant damage.
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Duration: 24'10"
16:10
Panel Intro
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What the Panelists Sue Wells and Jeremy Elwood have been up to.
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Duration: 3'14"
16:12
Violent Robberies
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Youth legal advocate Don Kennedy discusses the new level of violence committed by young people in shop robberies. How are the teen offenders handled?
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Duration: 9'25"
16:18
60 Minutes compo payout
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Estimates for the payment made by Australia's Channel 9 to free its TV crew from jail range from hundreds-of-thousands to millions.
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Duration: 3'49"
16:23
Landlords responsible for tenant damage
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Lawyer Duncan Webb discusses a new landmark Court of Appeal ruling which will mean landlords are liable for accidental tenant damage to properties.
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Duration: 6'55"
16:30
The Panel with Sue Wells and Jeremy Elwood (Part 2)
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Twitter exodus; Panel says;China extradition treaty;Z Energy and Wicked Campers;$400 fine for Christchurch litter bugs;Dog rego amnesty for Auckland.
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Duration: 26'37"
16:33
Twitter exodus
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British comedian Stephen Fry has finaly quit Twitter after getting sick of the feedback. He likens social media to a dystopian world.
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Duration: 7'36"
16:37
Panel says
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What the Panelists Sue Wells and Jeremy Elwood have been up to.
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Duration: 6'24"
16:45
China extradition treaty
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Immigration consultant Bill Milnes talks about the murky area of Chinese criminals gaining entry to New Zealand.
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Duration: 6'28"
16:55
Z Energy and Wicked Camper Co
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Z Energy is deciding if it will try and ban Wicked Campervans from its forecourts.
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Duration: 50"
16:57
$400 fine for Christchurch litter bugs
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Dropping rubbish in Christchurch could soon attract a $400 fine.
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Duration: 4'01"
16:59
Dog rego amnesty for Auckland
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The Auckland Council is giving people with unregistered dogs a chance to make them legal.
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Duration: 53"
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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
=DESCRIPTION=
RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme
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17:00
Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday 21 April 2016
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Watch Thursday's full programme here. It begins 5 minutes in.
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Duration: 00"
17:07
Infrastructure in Dunedin found to be sub-par
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A report into the severe flooding in Dunedin last year finds 75 percent of mud, overflow and storage tanks were non compliant. The South Dunedin MP, Clare Curran, says the report is damning.
Topics: environment, science, politics
Regions: Otago
Tags: Dunedin, flooding
Duration: 3'45"
17:12
Report author explains findings
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The author of the report, Ruth Stokes, says Dunedin City Council has not done its job properly by letting the stormwater system get into such disrepair. [Dunedin City Council, stormwater infrastructure]
Topics: environment, politics, author interview
Regions: Otago
Tags: Dunedin City Council, stormwater infrastructure
Duration: 6'37"
17:20
Insurance Council says flooding payouts will grow
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Insurers say not enough is being spent on infrastructures, as the number of flooding claims increases - and the Insurance Council says that will eventually mean higher premiums.
Topics: environment, politics
Regions: Otago
Tags: Dunedin, flooding
Duration: 4'40"
17:25
Akld cracks down on unregistered, menacing dogs
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The Auckland Council has announced a crackdown on unregistered menacing dog, in the wake of a spate of dog attacks.
Topics: environment, politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: unregistered dog amnesty
Duration: 3'39"
17:27
Te Aroha turns out for Queen's birthday celebrations
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Royal family look-a-likes turn out in Te Aroha, to mark Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday.
Topics: history
Regions: Waikato
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Duration: 3'13"
17:35
Evening business for 21 April 2016
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News from the business sector, including a market report.
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Duration: 1'53"
17:40
Temporary ban on freedom camping extended
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The Christchurch City Council is extending a temporary ban on freedom camping until May next year.
Topics: environment, life and society, politics
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: freedom camping bans, Christchurch City Council
Duration: 3'02"
17:50
Landlords must pay for tenants' damage - Court
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A court has ruled that landlords are liable for accidental damage caused by tenants - but one property manager is warning it could push up rents, and make it harder to find a home.
Topics: housing, politics, law
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Tags: tenants, landlords, damage liabilities, court rulings
Duration: 2'53"
17:52
Chernobyl anniversay
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It's thirty years next week since the Chenobyl nuclear explosion, and some are still living in the highly-contaminated area directly surrounding the blast.
Topics: history, health, environment, life and society, science, security, energy
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Tags: Chernobyl, nuclear explosions
Duration: 2'36"
17:55
Stars align for navy students in cyclone wake
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Navy cadets get navigation by stars training courtesy of a cruise ship, after the boat they were due to train on was sent to help with the Cyclone Winston clean up. Kate Pereyra Garcia explains.
Topics: defence force, education, environment, science, weather
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Tags: celestial navigation training, Fiji, Cyclone Winston
Duration: 2'57"
18:10
Auckland pound houses "menacing" dogs
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Auckland dog owners can register so-called 'menacing' dogs for free until the end of next month. But after that, the council will seize any unregistered aggressive dogs and take them to animal shelters. Alex Ashton visited one of those pounds.
Topics: housing
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Duration: 3'14"
18:14
New centre for NZ business opens in China
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A Wairarapa-based wine and agribusiness company is leading the way for New Zealand businesses in China by setting up an international trade centre. Demelza Leslie reports from Xi'an.
Topics: business, economy, politics, food
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Wairarapa, China, wine trading, agribusiness
Duration: 2'54"
18:16
Mitsubishi admits making emissions appear more favourable
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Japanese car giant Mitsubishi Motors says it used improper fuel economy testing methods to make emissions levels appear favourable. That's wiped 1.2 billion US dollars from its market value.
Topics: politics, business, economy, transport, technology
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Tags: cars, emissions, Mitsubishi Motors
Duration: 2'43"
18:20
Sports chat with Stephen Hewson
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Sports Editor, Stephen Hewson, discusses the sports stories of the day.
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Duration: 5'53"
18:28
Queen looking for twitter expert
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And finally, as we mentioned earlier, the Queen is advertising for someone to manage her Twitter and Facebook accounts.
Topics: technology
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Tags: Queen Elizabeth, Twitter, Facebook
Duration: 3'21"
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===6:30 PM. | Worldwatch===
=DESCRIPTION=
The stories behind the international headlines
===7:06 PM. | Nights===
=DESCRIPTION=
RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information
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19:12
Empowering Bangladeshi Women
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Larry Stillman from Monash on a project to empower Bangladeshi women, particularly those working in rural communities, with mobile phone technology.
Topics: life and society, inequality
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Tags: Bangladesh, communications
Duration: 16'38"
20:12
Nights' Culture - Poetry
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Former convener at VUW Modern Letters Creative Writing workshop, Cliff Fell on the work of New Zealand poet Rachel Bush.
Topics: arts
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Tags: poetry
Duration: 18'26"
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[gallery:1955] Empowering Bangladeshi Women
7:12 Empowering Bangladeshi Women
Larry Stillman from Monash on a project to empower Bangladeshi women, particularly those working in rural communities, with mobile phone technology.
7:35 At the Movies
Women in the Spotlight - Simon Morris looks three films with women stars. The Boss is a Melissa McCarthy comedy, Phoenix is a drama with a Hitchcockian twist, starring German favourite Nina Hoss and Helen
Mirren leads a military mission by remote control in Eye In The Sky.
8:12 Nights' Culture - Poetry
Former convener at VUW Modern Letters Creative Writing workshop, Cliff Fell on the work of New Zealand poet Rachel Bush.
8:30 Window on the World
Global Queen at 90 - To mark the 90th birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, David Cannadine, eminent Professor of History at Princeton University explores the worldwide role and significance of the British monarchy. Starting with the Queen's accession in 1952, David Cannadine looks at Her Majesty's many world tours to her dominions and former colonies across more than 60 years on the British throne, and assesses her role as Head of the British Commonwealth of Nations.
9:07 Our Changing World
A new report on sea level rise from the Royal Society of New Zealand, fish personalities and food webs, a baby carpet shark called Milly, and making maps.
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
In the Music 101 Pocket Edition tonight… Music 101 celebrated Record Store Day 2016 with a live broadcast from Slow Boat Records on Cuba Street in Wellington. Featuring in-store performance highlights and interviews with Orchestra of Spheres, Dave Dobbyn and Anika Moa, plus Lewis Tennant on the role of record stores in communities.
===7:30 PM. | At The Movies===
=DESCRIPTION=
A weekly topical magazine about current film releases and film related topics
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19:30
At the Movies for 21 April 2016
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Simon Morris looks three films with women stars. The Boss is a Melissa McCarthy comedy, Phoenix is a drama with a Hitchcockian twist, starring German favourite Nina Hoss and Helen Mirren leads a military mission by remote control in Eye In The Sky.
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Tags: movies, film
Duration: 22'57"
19:31
The Boss
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Simon reviews the Melissa McCarthy comedy, The Boss, about the richest woman in America.
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Tags: movies, film, The Boss
Duration: 6'00"
19:32
Phoenix
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Simon reviews the new drama from the star/director team Nina Hoss and Christian Petzold (Barbara), about a woman returning to Berlin after years in a concentration camp.
Topics: arts
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Tags: Phoenix, film, movies, review
Duration: 6'18"
19:33
Eye in the Sky
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Simon reviews a film about modern drone-warfare, starring Helen Mirren and - in his final screen role - the late Alan Rickman.
Topics: arts
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Tags: film, movies, Eye in the Sky
Duration: 6'23"
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Featured this week – The Boss, starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell and Peter Dinklage, about a ruthless businesswoman down on her luck.
[embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igrFXvaaFP4
Phoenix, the latest from the team of director Christian Petzold and star Nina Hoss (Barbara), tells of a concentration camp prisoner forced to impersonate herself by her unwitting husband.
[embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwunO4JNkXs
And Eye in the sky, starring Helen Mirren and Alan Rickman, shows the complications of today’s remote-control warfare, with the rules of engagement constantly changing.
[embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE2AyTczTug
===8:30 PM. | Windows On The World===
=DESCRIPTION=
International public radio features and documentaries
===9:06 PM. | Our Changing World===
=DESCRIPTION=
Highlights from the world of science and the environment, with Alison Ballance and Veronika Meduna
===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
=DESCRIPTION=
RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National
===11:06 PM. | Music 101===
=DESCRIPTION=
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)