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:
23 May 2016
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 At the Movies with Dan Slevin (RNZ); 1:05 Te Ahi Kaa (RNZ); 2:30 NZ Music Feature (RNZ); 3:05 Grievous Bodily by Craig Harrison read by John O'Leary (5 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 Science (RNZ)
===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including: 6:16 and 6:50 Business News 6:18 Pacific News 6:26 Rural News 6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers
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06:00
Top Stories for Monday 23 May 2016
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The search is set to begin again soon for a group of four wheel drive enthusiasts stranded in Central Otago. The Government is urged to step in as a New Zealander detained in Australia faces possible leg amputation and Duco Events has warned those who live streamed Joseph Parker's heavyweight bout that they'll need deep pockets.
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Duration: 31'09"
06:05
Sports News for 23 May 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'56"
06:10
Thousands marched throughout New Zealand yesterday
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Thousands of people marched throughout New Zealand and Australia yesterday, prompted by the death of 3-year-old Moko Rangitoheriri at the hands of his carers.
Topics: crime, life and society
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Tags: Vic Tamati, March
Duration: 2'33"
06:12
Calls for better treatment & more Maori staff
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Maori Health Providers say more Maori medical staff are needed if their woeful cancer rates are to improve.
Topics: health, te ao Maori
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Tags: cancer
Duration: 3'34"
06:16
Samoa warned on 'dangerous' constitution change
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Calls to ban Islam in Samoa are being described as religious bigotry, although some say they're based on reasonable fears.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Samoa, Islam
Duration: 2'57"
06:19
Christchurch workers bounce back, study says
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A study of employees affected by the Canterbury earthquakes has found they're more likely to have jobs - and get better pay - than people in similar roles in other parts of the country.
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Regions: Canterbury
Tags: employment, jobs
Duration: 2'34"
06:21
Early Business News for 23 May 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'09"
06:26
Morning Rural News for 23 May 2016
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'06"
06:38
NZ detainee may lose leg
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A New Zealand detainee being held at an immigration detention centre in Sydney expects to find out today if his leg will need to be amputated.
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Tags: Australia, detention
Duration: 2'22"
06:41
National responsible for 142 species under threat -Green Party
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In eight years 142 species have moved closer to extinction since National came into power, according to figures obtained by the Green Party.
Topics: environment, politics
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Tags: Green Party
Duration: 4'49"
06:46
Parker streamer: copyright crook or Robin Hood?
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The man who broadcast Joseph Parker's pay-per-view heavyweight bout to tens of thousands of fans for free on facebook says he's a modern day Robin Hood.
Topics: media, internet
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Tags: Duco Events, copyright
Duration: 3'08"
06:50
Social spending to be budget winner, business wishlist modest
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The government's annual budget is released this Thursday and the expectations have already been largely shaped by a plethora of pre-budget announcements
Topics: business, economy, politics
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Tags: budget
Duration: 3'02"
06:53
Hot property market fueling profits & investment returns
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The government's annual budget is released this Thursday and the expectations have already been largely shaped by a plethora of pre-budget announcements
Topics: business
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Tags: Goodman Property Trust, Augusta Capital
Duration: 1'52"
06:55
Unregulated operators can't escape FMA's watch
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The Financial Markets Authority's action against a training and advice company is the first of its kind, but won't be the last, as unregulated operators find they can't escape the long arm of the law.
Topics: business
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Tags: FMA, Cambrian
Duration: 1'33"
06:57
Jim Parker in Australia
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Across the Tasman and the clamour for a royal commission into Australian banks has intensified after the release of transcripts of conversations between bank dealers talking about manipulating short-term interest rates.
Topics: business
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 1'14"
06:58
Week ahead
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And as you may have heard earlier in the bulletin the budget is out on Thursday, while Fonterra is expected to announce its opening forecast for the new season payout.
Topics: business
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Duration: 23"
06:58
Morning markets for 23 May 2016
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The Dow Jones ended the week up about a third of a percent - or 66 points - to 17,501.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 48"
07:07
Sports News for 23 May 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'43"
07:10
36 people trapped in vehicles on snowed-in Otago mountain road
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A group of 36 four-wheel-drive enthusiasts have spent the night stuck in snow on a remote Central Otago mountain road after severe weather prevented rescue attempts.
Topics: weather
Regions: Otago
Tags: severe weather
Duration: 4'05"
07:14
NZ detainee may lose leg
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A New Zealand detainee being held at an immigration detention centre in Sydney expects to find out today if his leg will need to be amputated.
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Tags: Australia, detention
Duration: 4'15"
07:19
Boxing promoter sees red over live stream of Parker match
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The Porirua man who livestreamed Saturday night's Joseph Parker heavyweight boxing contest says the promoters were greedy and he regards himself as a modern day Robin Hood.
Topics: media, internet
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Tags: Duco Events, copyright
Duration: 4'06"
07:24
Thousands march demanding end to family violence
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A survivor of decades of family violence says it's time for the country to wake up and learn how to talk about abuse.
Topics: crime, life and society
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Tags: March, abuse
Duration: 4'48"
07:28
Far right candidate in dead heat for Austria's presidency
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Austria could be on track for a far right president, with the election too close to call.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Austria
Duration: 3'30"
07:36
Barry responds to criticism of DOC funding
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The Green Party says the government is woefully underfunding the Department of Conservation leaving 142 species closer to extinction.
Topics: environment, politics
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Tags: extinction
Duration: 6'25"
07:43
Search continues for Egypt Air wreckage
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Underwater equipment from the offshore oil industry is being brought in to help in the search for downed Egypt Air plane.
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Tags: Egypt, plane crash
Duration: 3'22"
07:50
Labour: Budget must deliver for middle New Zealand
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Labour is challenging the government to deliver a Budget that benefits middle New Zealand and stops the squeeze on working families.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Labour, budget
Duration: 4'35"
07:50
Sevens team have been knocked out of the London Sevens
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The New Zealand Sevens team have been knocked out of the London Sevens, being beaten by the United States 42-12
Topics: sport
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Tags: New Zealand Sevens
Duration: 2'36"
07:56
Rare native plant welcomed back to Te Reinga Marae
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The white-flowered ngutukākā, a rare variant of the kākābeak, has been welcomed back to Te Reinga Marae in Wairoa.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Tags: ngutukaka
Duration: 3'37"
08:07
Sports News for 23 May 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'03"
08:10
A child killed - family member speaks out
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Family violence is a dirty secret that needs to be exposed.
Topics: crime, life and society
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Tags: March, abuse
Duration: 6'04"
08:17
Ambulances on standby as mountain rescue gets underway
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Back now to the people who're stuck in the snow in their four-wheel-drives on a remote Otago mountain road.
Topics: weather
Regions: Otago
Tags: severe weather
Duration: 2'03"
08:19
Terrorism likely cause of Egypt Air crash
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A civil aviation expert believes terrorism is the likely cause of last week's Egypt Air crash.
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Tags: Egypt plane crash
Duration: 4'02"
08:23
Pilot project for homeless in Christchurch hopes to expand
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A trial project in Christchurch to convince landlords to rent to homeless teenagers and families is being hailed as a success even though it's not all been smooth sailing.
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Regions: Canterbury
Tags: teenagers
Duration: 3'47"
08:28
Anti-mining protestor arrested
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An anti-mining protester was arrested yesterday after refusing to remove herself from the main drilling rig at Karangahake in the Coromandel.
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: protests, mining, Newcrest Mining
Duration: 3'16"
08:31
Markets Update for 23 May 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"
08:37
Joseph Parker's team look ahead to IBF world title
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Joseph Parker's team is now looking ahead to a challenge against the British IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Joseph Parker, boxing
Duration: 6'10"
08:43
Regions target international student enrolments
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Hawke's Bay, Manawatu and Tauranga are increasingly targeting foreign students as a way of adding millions of dollars a year to their economies.
Topics: education
Regions: Hawkes Bay, Manawatu
Tags: foreign students
Duration: 3'05"
08:46
Families unite over mistreatment of ashes at Waikumete Cemetery
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Auckland Council is being asked to address the mistreatment of the ashes of 1800 people at New Zealand's largest cemetery.
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Ashes
Duration: 5'04"
08:52
Fears comments by Fiji's Speaker could set back efforts
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Fiji's Parliamentary Speaker is refusing to apologise for saying women sometimes cause domestic violence.
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Tags: Fiji, domestic violence
Duration: 3'25"
08:56
Phil Kafcaloudes with news from Australia
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Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes.
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 4'05"
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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: Fitz - The colonial adventures of James Edward Fitzgerald by Jenifer Roberts (1 of 10, RNZ)
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09:09
From sleeping rough to providing shelter
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Once homeless herself, Danielle Bergin talks about, Island child, the housing trust she set up in East Auckland, and why more and more people are forced to sleep rough. She traces the start of the current housing crisis back to when WINZ took over housing assessments from HNZC.
Topics: politics, economy, life and society
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: homelessness
Duration: 21'27"
09:34
Compulsory drug treatment bill under fire
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Doctors and human rights advocates are lining up to condemn aspects of a new bill which would let doctors order patients to undergo compulsory treatment for drug an alcohol addiction. Nine to Noon speaks to the chair of the New Zealand Medical Association, Dr Stephen Child, Roger Brooking - an addiction medicine specialist and the Human Rights Commission Legal Manager Janet Anderson-Bidois
Topics: health
Regions:
Tags: drug, alcohol, addiction, substance abuse
Duration: 18'43"
09:52
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
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Is the European Union about to get its first ever far-right head of state ? NATO flexes its military muscle to counter a 'more assertive' Russia, and Portugal becomes the first EU country to reach a major clean energy milestone.
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Tags: Europe
Duration: 7'41"
10:07
Indigenous Runway project - Tina Waru
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Tina Waru is trying to get more indigenous people involved in the multi-billion dollar fashion industry and taking their ideas to the world. Taranaki-born, she has lived in Australia for more than a decade, first working in the fashion industry as a makeup artist and then going on to study Psychology and Maori Health. It was while Tina was doing a community makeup course with aboriginal families and youth about five years ago that she began thinking about why there was no platform for youth from indigenous cultures, to break into the world of fashion.So she came up with the idea of setting up one herself and launched The Indigenous Runway Project in Melbourne in 2012. Its aim is to provide indigenous people including Aboriginal, Maori and other First Nation people with a stepping stone into the fashion world, with design, modelling and styling workshops.
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Tina Waru is trying to get more indigenous people involved in the multi-billion dollar fashion industry and taking their ideas to the world.
Taranaki-born, Tina has lived in Australia for more than a decade, first working in the fashion industry as a makeup artist and then going on to study Psychology and Maori Health. It was while Tina was doing a community makeup course with aboriginal families and youth about five years ago that she began thinking about why there was no platform for youth from indigenous cultures, to break into the world of fashion.
So she came up with the idea of setting up one herself and launched The Indigenous Runway Project in Melbourne in 2012. Its aim is to provide indigenous people including Aboriginal, Maori and other First Nation people with a stepping stone into the fashion world, with design, modelling and styling workshops.
Read an edited excerpt from the interview below:
When you moved from the workshops to doing the shows, what was the transition like and how hard was it to get interest from the various fashion organisers? What kind of response or feedback were you getting when you launched?
It was quite difficult at first, when we had the young people doing the workshops we had them participate in another mainstream designer’s show, so that started to really get their interest, in terms of what they wanted to do with fashion and that was when I realised that we need to create this platform because they need to have their indigenous mentors there. From there it becomes the decision to contact the festivals and say, ‘Hey, we’d like to do this and that.’ So it took a couple of years to get the festivals on board.
Tell me about that time. What was the sort of response or reaction you were getting from various places?
In Australia there are a lot of political issues with the indigenous community there and it can be very very difficult to go into a space because of the politics. A lot of industry organisers try to steer away from that. One of the key things about fashion is that you can have a statement, but you don’t want to get caught up in a different kaupapa, a different purpose.
Was there a fear that things might become hijacked as you say? Turned into some kind of political event, was that their fear?
I think it could be. I really can’t say, because it wasn’t really expressed to me in that way, but it was in terms of, ‘Maybe we’ll look at it later.’ I can’t exactly say why that happened, but it happened. I made it my mission for our first attempt to write, ‘This is what I want it do to, I want to include Maori, include other indigenous communities’, so then it doesn’t become a political statement, it doesn’t involve the politics, it involves more about indigenous people empowering themselves, rather than giving another message. When I did that, and had arranged the event and got everything in place, got the right stake-holders on board, the doors opened.
What does this mean? There is a door open for those who want to get into the industry and for whatever reason there was a barrier or a lack of a pathway for them. What does it mean for types of design, textile prints and motifs that are used? Is there a particular fashion style that one might say is indigenous or is this more about those who are becoming the designers, the models and the garment makers themselves?
I think it’s about all of it. It goes from the fashion in terms of the story-telling and I think that is one thing that’s lacking in the industry, is getting to understand where the designers are coming from, where their designs are from and the story that comes with it. It is missed a lot in indigenous fashion. Being able to provide that to the audience and the industry itself is amazing, because they’re able to understand the patterns, the motifs, the textiles… they’re able to understand why the garments are presented in that way or designed that way. That’s the greatest thing about indigenous fashion. Now it’s evolving, because fashion is becoming more about story-telling as well now. People are able to get that now, and it’s sharing that with the world. It’s also about empowering indigenous people globally to go out to the world and say, ‘Here are these beautiful people, but also here are our skilled and talented people who can add to the industry’.
Topics: te ao Maori, business, economy, education, life and society
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Duration: 25'54"
10:37
Book review - The End of Alchemy
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The End of Alchemy: Money, Banking, and the Future of the Global Economy by Mervyn King. Reviewed by Gyles Beckford, published by Little, Brown.
Topics: books
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Duration: 7'58"
11:07
Political commentators Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton
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It's Budget week. Tax cuts are out, so what's in? And Labour's Andrew Little has already leapt in with a speech questioning what it will do for 'middle' New Zealand.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 23'35"
11:33
Wendy Joyce: impressionist art, food and history
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Wendy Joyce is a professional chef, art historian and lover of all things French, who runs cooking workshops in the Capital called Cooking with the Impressionists. In the sessions, she features an artist from the period, and the food they would have eaten. Next month, she'll feature Claude Monet, who was himself a foodie, and kept a food journal. She talks art and food with Kathryn Ryan.
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Professional chef, art historian (and lover of all things French) Wendy Joyce puts her Princeton University PhD in 19th-century French Studies to good use at her Wellington cooking workshop Cooking with the Impressionists.
Wendy Joyce talks art and food with Kathryn Ryan:
Recipes:
Pot-au-feu
Camembert Fritters with Apple and Raisin Chutney
Monet’s Apple Tartlets
Topics: food, history
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Duration: 14'30"
11:49
Urbanist Tommy Honey
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Tommy Honey examines innovative solutions for housing the homesless
Topics: housing
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Tags: homesless
Duration: 11'00"
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09:05 From sleeping rough to providing shelter
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Once homeless herself, Danielle Bergin talks about, Island child, the housing trust she set up in East Auckland, and why more and more people are forced to sleep rough. She traces the start of the current housing crisis back to when WINZ took over housing assessments from HNZC.
Read more about Danielle's story.
09:20 Compulsory drug treatment bill under fire
Doctors and human rights advocates are lining up to condemn aspects of a new bill which would let doctors order patients to undergo compulsory treatment for drug an alcohol addiction. Nine to Noon speaks to the chair of the New Zealand Medical Association, Dr Stephen Child, Roger Brooking - an addiction medicine specialist and the Human Rights Commission Legal Manager Janet Anderson-Bidois
09:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
Is the European Union about to get its first ever far-right head of state ? NATO flexes its military muscle to counter a 'more assertive' Russia, and Portugal becomes the first EU country to reach a major clean energy milestone.
10:05 Indigenous Runway project - Tina Waru
Tina Waru is trying to get more indigenous people involved in the multi-billion dollar fashion industry and taking their ideas to the world. Taranaki-born, she has lived in Australia for more than a decade, first working in the fashion industry as a makeup artist and then going on to study Psychology and Maori Health. It was while Tina was doing a community makeup course with aboriginal families and youth about five years ago that she began thinking about why there was no platform for youth from indigenous cultures, to break into the world of fashion.So she came up with the idea of setting up one herself and launched The Indigenous Runway Project in Melbourne in 2012. Its aim is to provide indigenous people including Aboriginal, Maori and other First Nation people with a stepping stone into the fashion world, with design, modelling and styling workshops.
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10:35 Book review - The End of Alchemy: Money, Banking, and the Future of the Global Economy by Mervyn King
Reviewed by Gyles Beckford, published by Little, Brown
10:45 The Reading
11:05 Political commentators Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton
It's Budget week. Tax cuts are out, so what's in? And Labour's Andrew Little has already leapt in with a speech questioning what it will do for 'middle' New Zealand.
11:30 Wendy Joyce: impressionist art, food and history
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Wendy Joyce is a professional chef, art historian and lover of all things French, who runs cooking workshops in the Capital called Cooking with the Impressionists. In the sessions, she features an artist from the period, and the food they would have eaten. Next month, she'll feature Claude Monet, who was himself a foodie, and kept a food journal. She talks art and food with Kathryn Ryan.
Recipes:
Pot-au-feu
Camembert Fritters with Apple and Raisin Chutney
Monet’s Apple Tartlets
11:45 Urbanist Tommy Honey
Tommy Honey examines innovative solutions for housing the homeless.
Links:
Small shipping container home
No vacancies:life in Mozambique's abandoned Grande Hotel - in pictures
Meet the man living inside a Boeing 727, CityLab
Airplane Home
Trade A Plane
===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 23 May 2016
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Snowfall and rain continues to hamper the rescue of a group of stranded off-roaders;Health, education and housing identified as Labour's priority spends.
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Duration: 15'26"
12:17
Orion Health cuts full-year loss, targets profit in two years
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Listed medical software developer Orion Health has posted a reduced full year loss and is picking it will be in profit in two years.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 2'04"
12:19
Evolve Education reports strong first full-year profit
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The listed early child-care provider, Evolve Education Group, has reported a solid maiden full-year profit, off the back of acquisitions and demand for its services.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'06"
12:21
Abano Healthcare to sell audiology business for $32 million
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The dental services provider, Abano Healthcare Group, is selling its half share of the audiology business, Bay International, to the other shareholder for 32 million dollars.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'36"
12:24
More talk of consolidation in Aussie retail sector
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Over to Australia now and hot on the heels of Dick Smith's demise, there's more talk of consolidation in the retail sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'03"
12:25
Midday markets
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Belinda Stanley at Craigs Investment Partners.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 2'39"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 23 May 2016
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Joseph Parker camp now fully focussed on world title fight.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'13"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 23 May 2016
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 8'03"
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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
Update on attempts to rescue group of drivers stranded in snow
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Rescuers have been struggling to reach a group of people trapped in their four wheel drives in the old man range in remote central Otago. The group of 36 people, including children from two four-wheel-drive clubs spent the night in their trapped vehicles after being caught in the season's first winter storm. Peter Newport, RNZ's Queenstown reporter is at the rescue base in Roxburgh.
Topics: weather, life and society, rural
Regions: Otago
Tags: Waikia Bush Road, Central Otago, search and rescue, families trapped
Duration: 6'31"
13:20
Community newspaper of the year
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At a time of great uheaval in the world of print media - it's the smaller community newspapers that are holding their own. One of those recognised for its dogged determination to serve its community was the Kapi-Mana news, which won community newspaper of the year at the Canon Media Awards held on Friday night. Its reporter, Kris Dando, won community reporter of the year.
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At a time of great uheaval in the world of print media - it's the smaller community newspapers that are holding their own. One of those recognised for its dogged determination to serve its community was the Kapi-Mana news, which won community newspaper of the year at the Canon Media Awards held on Friday night. Its reporter, Kris Dando, won community reporter of the year.
The newspaper covers Porirua and Tawa, just north of Wellington, with a circulation of almost 30 thousand.
Kris Dando talks about his hopes for the future of community papers, despite tumultuous times in media.
Topics: media
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Porirua, Kapi-Mana, community newspapers
Duration: 10'25"
13:27
Kiwi actress selected for prestigious London acting school
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Keagan Carr Fransch will soon be able to count Laurence Olivier, Judi Dench and Vanessa Redgrave as her fellow alumni of London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama where she has just been awarded a place in the Masters in Acting (Contemporary strand) course. Originally from Zimbabwe, Keagan was granted an audition in Sydney last month, where she was the only New Zealander there auditioning for that particular course, and the only person of colour. The Masters course accepts only 14 - 16 actors each year.
Topics: arts
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Tags: film
Duration: 5'13"
13:33
New Zealand's top Speed Cuber
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Some of the country's top Speed Cubers gathered in Wellington yesterday to try to become the fastest to solve not just in the standard 3x3 cube, but a whole range of puzzles, from big 7x7 cubes, pyramid puzzles, one-handed solving, and even blindfolded solving!
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For many of us, solving a Rubik's cube is pretty much impossible.
But for an elite group of solvers it's all about doing it as fast as possible.
Some of the country's top Speed Cubers gathered in Wellington yesterday to compete not just in the standard 3x3 cube, but competed in solving a whole range of puzzles, from big 7x7 cubes, pyramid puzzles, one-handed solving, and even blindfolded solving!
Jesse speaks to the current national Speed Cubing champion Alex Asbery, who took out the competition with an average solve time of 12.49 seconds.
Alex Asbery explains to Jesse how it is done.
See just how fast Alex can solve a cube:
Topics: arts, life and society
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Tags: Rubik's cube competitions
Duration: 7'34"
13:50
Favourite album: Pixies 'Bossanova'
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Favourite album: Pixies 'Bossanova'.
Topics: music
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Duration: 14'37"
14:10
TV Review - Melenie Parkes
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Melenie Parkes is back on our Critics show again this week, this time with a confession about her TV viewing habits.
Topics: arts, media
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Tags: television
Duration: 8'47"
14:20
Book Review - Vanda Symon
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Dunedin Crime fiction writer Vanda Symon has been reading the latest book from New York Times best seller Jenny Lawson and a memoir from Australian model and actress Tara Moss.
Topics: books
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Tags: Furiously Happy
Duration: 7'08"
14:30
Music with Simon Sweetman
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DominionPost reviewer Simon Sweetman has a bunch of new songs to treat us with including the comeback album from country singer Loretta Lynn.
Topics: music
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Duration: 20'58"
14:40
Art with Joe Prisk
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Auckland artist Joe Prisk previews this week's Auckland Art Fair.
Topics: arts
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Auckland Art Fair
Duration: 6'47"
14:50
Theatre Review with John Smythe
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John Smythe from Theatreview.org.nz reviews the Indian Ink Theatre Company's production of THE ELEPHANT THIEF.
Topics: arts
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Tags: theatre
Duration: 7'10"
15:10
Set Phasers to Stun: Marcus Berkmann on 50 years of Star Trek
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50 years ago the Starship Enterprise set off on a five-year mission to boldly go where no man has gone before. It ended up as a cult classic and a commercial flop.
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Fifty years ago the Starship Enterprise set off on a five-year mission to boldly go where no man has gone before. It ended up as a cult classic and a commercial flop.
The American science fiction programme Star Trek ventured into then-alien territory in 1966 with a racially diverse cast and the first interracial kiss on TV. The original TV series lasted just three years, but spawned a franchise of television and big-budget movies like no other.
Marcus Berkmann – journalist, author and ardent trekkie – explores the Star Trek universe and its place in pop culture in his new book Set Phasers to Stun: 50 years of Star Trek.
He talks with Jesse Mulligan:
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Thingyan! Burmese celebrate their New Year
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It’s Thingyan time. Auckland's Burmese community are celebrating their New Year Festival, showcasing the seven ethnic nationalities with cultural and traditional performances, food stalls and more.
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New Zealand’s Burmese celebrate Thingyan or New Year in April, a month that is very hot in Myanmar - so it’s customary to throw buckets of water over each other in the street as part of this water festival. “But maybe not here” laughs Yin Yin Htay, a former news reporter from Rangoon who immigrated to New Zealand in 2005, “It’s far too cold here to get so wet!”
Yin Yin Htay is Burmese, one member of a large and diverse Myanmar diaspora in New Zealand, made up of immigrants from dozens of the more than 100 ethnic groups of Myanmar; but regardless of their religious and ethnic spread they come together for Thingyan. I was lucky enough to join them over two days to taste the culture and hear the stories.
The first half of the Auckland festival is a day of cultural performances, food stalls and youth led activities at the Tamaki Christian Centre in the heart of Glenn Innes. The second day recognises Thingyan’s religious aspect and takes place at the Ratanadipa Buddhist Temple in New Lynn for first, the Sangha Dana Ceremony (offering requisites to Venerable Monks), and Catudisa (a public feast).
The venue for day one is a cacophony of activity, music and preparation. A young Burmese rock band perform on a stage profusely decked with brightly coloured yellow flowers; a simulation of the yellow padauk which blooms for only one day each year during Thingyan and is popularly known as the Thingyan flower. The band belt out contemporary pop-songs in Burmese, competing with cries of greeting, one family to another. It feels like everyone knows everyone in the Burmese community.
Dr Benjamin Soe, a G.P. from Mangere explains that there are seven main minority ethnicities, each with an eponomous state; the Shan, Kayin, Kachin, Kayah, Chin, Rakhine and Mon. And there’s a predominant ethnicity, the Burmah people. But at Thingyan ethnicity is less important than culture. “The fact that the majority of people at Auckland’s festival are Burmah and Mon doesn’t matter. Even though I’m a Christian I still celebrate this Buddhist Festival.” Benjamin explains that although there are other festivals throughout the year (Myanmar celebrates all religious festivals be they Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Chinese or Hindu and has no lack of public holidays), Thingyan is the most popular and widely recognised.
Hwte Hwte Myint is an early childhood teacher and volunteer who originally hails from the Shan State and arrived here in 1992. Each Thingyan she performs traditional songs and dances on stage dressed in a long red, black and white longyi. She sings Tu-po Tu-po for me, a short song popular during this festival for its “rhythm and joyful sentiments.” There is a strong cultural thread to the festivities. This is a community that has kept its art and identity strong, even amongst the second generation. Youth leader Tin Ma Ma Oo says that many young people will actively participate in Thingyan in order to help raise funds for their families back in Myanmar.
A lot of the ceremonies are youth focused, we’ve been keeping the culture alive - Tin Ma Ma Oo, Youth Leader, Burmese Community
Tin Ma Ma guides me past the exuberant young rock band to the kitchen where traditional dishes are being prepared and introduces the “Aunties” manning the large cooking pots. One Aunty is grating coconut to coat sweet palm-sugar dumplings. It’s a superb treat but one that can come with an optional twist. Tin Ma Ma warns that a little hot chilli might create a spicy surprise for the unsuspecting. “It’s a cheeky thing - to create fun with our food.”
Day II: The Sangha Dana Ceremony
The next day is an early start at the Ratanadipa Temple; every family attending has prepared food and offerings, brought as requisites to Venerable Monks. The rest of the food is shared as a public feast afterwards. Around three hundred are gathered, the main prayer room is almost as packed as the kitchens downstairs; with people in their best, long sleeved garments and longyi, wrap-around skirts that are worn by both men and women.
Dr Iris Nyo Nyo Aye is Sino-Burmese and a retired physician, here since 1995. For Iris attending the Sangha Dana ceremony is vital. She’s one of many who wish to “do meritorious good.” She tells me that Chief Abbot U Panna Vansa is the special and revered guest of honour, flown in from Penang, Malaysia and is the patron of many temples across the world including this one in Auckland.
The monks eat before midday and then begin a fast before the rest of the community eats. Having taken a vow of chastity the monks cannot be touched so the food is respectfully offered at arm’s length by all in the community.
Dr Hla Shan Pru McCann introduced herself as ‘Arakanese’ - the anglicised term for the Rakhine ethnicity. Pru is a doctor at the Family Planning Clinic in Counties Manukau. She says that the ultimate Buddhist goal is to purify the mind and reach Nirvana; “After the New Year’s festival I have dedicated myself to a three month retreat in Myanmar, three months of intense meditation is my goal for this year.”
Community leader Stanley Saw says the Burmese community has been growing slowly in New Zealand for a long time. “A few [mainly Anglo] Burmese families migrated to New Zealand before Burma’s independence in 1948. More followed after 1962 when the country became a dictatorship. There were approximately 30 Burmese families residing in Auckland by the mid-80s, which increased following the 1988 student uprising. This was through asylum as refugees and through the immigration point system. NZ started to accept Burmese refugees as part of its annual quota in 2000. The Burmese migrants settling in Auckland number around 3000 today.”
Education, births, deaths and marriages all happen here at the temple - Stanley Saw, Community Leader
Stanley Saw introduces me to the temple’s “smiling monk”, Abbot Reverend U Sumanasiri, the chief abbot at Ratanadipa. The monks are the heartbeat of the community. “The services that the Buddhist Monasteries provide for the community is immense - because we do not have a welfare system in Burma. It works beautifully for families, for businesses, and they also have the moral authority. Education, births, deaths and marriages all happen here at the temple.”
Topics: life and society, identity, arts, spiritual practices
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Burmese New Zealanders, culture, spirituality, identity, Asia, Myanmar, Burmese Water Festival
Duration: 15'39"
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The Panel Pre-Show for 23 May 2016
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1:10 First song
1:15 Update on attempts to rescue group of drivers stranded in snow
Rescuers have been struggling to reach a group of people trapped in their four wheel drives in the old man range in remote central Otago. The group of 36 people, including children from two four-wheel-drive clubs spent the night in their trapped vehicles after being caught in the season's first winter storm.
Peter Newport, RNZ's Queenstown reporter is at the rescue base in Roxburgh
1:20 Community newspaper of the year
At a time of great uheaval in the world of print media - it's the smaller community newspapers that are holding their own. One of those recognised for its dogged determination to serve its community was the Kapi-Mana news, which won community newspaper of the year at the Canon Media Awards held on Friday night. Its reporter, Kris Dando, won community reporter of the year.
The newspaper covers Porirua and Tawa, just north of Wellington, with a circulation of almost 30 thousand.
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Kris Dando talks about his hopes for the future of community papers, despite tumultuous times in media.
1:25 Kiwi actress selected for prestigious London acting school
Keagan Carr Fransch will soon be able to count Laurence Olivier, Judi Dench and Vanessa Redgrave as her fellow alumni of London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama where she has just been awarded a place in the Masters in Acting (Contemporary strand) course.
Originally from Zimbabwe, Keagan was granted an audition in Sydney last month, where she was the only New Zealander there auditioning for that particular course, and the only person of colour. The Masters course accepts only 14 - 16 actors each year.
Anyone wanting to help Keagan reach her goal can donate at her Givealittle crowd-funding page
1:35 New Zealand's top Speed-Cubers
For many of us, solving a Rubik's cube is pretty much impossible. But for an elite group of solvers it's all about doing it as fast as possible. Some of the country's top speed cubers gathered in Wellington yesterday to compete not just in the standard 3x3 cube, but competed in solving a whole range of puzzles, from big 7x7 cubes, pyramid puzzles, one-handed solving, and even blindfolded solving!
Jesse speaks to the current national speed cubing champion Alex Asbery, who took out the competition with an average solve time of 12.49 seconds.
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To see just how fast Alex can solve a cube:
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1:40 Favourite album: Pixies 'Bossanova'
2:10 The Critics
Melenie Parkes is back on our Critics show again this week, this time with a confession about her TV viewing habits. Dunedin Crime fiction writer Vanda Symon has been reading the latest book from New York Times best seller Jenny Lawson and a memoir from Australian model and actress Tara Moss.
DominionPost reviewer Simon Sweetman has a bunch of new songs to treat us to, John Smythe from Theatreview.org.nz. reviews the Indian Ink Theatre Company's production of THE ELEPHANT THIEF and Auckland artist Joe Prisk previews this week's Auckland Art Fair.
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3:10 Set Phasers to Stun: Marcus Berkmann on 50 years of Star Trek
50 years ago, the Starship Enterprise set off on a 5 year mission to boldly go where no man has gone before and ended up a cult classic and commercial flop.
The original series of Star Trek lasted just three years, but has spawned a franchise of TV series and big budget movies like no other. It is a cultural phenomenon world wide
Critic, author and Trekie Marcus Berkmann chronicles the impact of series in his book, Set Phasers to Stun: 50 Years of Star Trek.
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JESSE MULLIGAN : AFTERNOONS 1- 4pm
Monday May 23rd
JESSE'S SONG:
ARTIST: Avalanche City
TITLE: Little Fire
COMP: Dave Baxter
ALBUM: We Are For The Wild Places
LIVE: RNZ Auckland
FAVOURITE ALBUM:
ARTIST: The Pixies
TITLE: Havalina
COMP: Black Francis
ALBUM: Bossanova
LABEL: Electra
ARTIST: The Pixies
TITLE: The Happening
COMP: Black Francis
ALBUM: Bossanova
LABEL: Electra
ARTIST: The Pixies
TITLE: Dig For Fire
COMP: Black Francis
ALBUM: Bossanova
LABEL: Electra
THE CRITICS (Music with Simon Sweetman):
ARTIST: Loretta Lynn with Willie Nelson
TITLE: Lay Me Down
COMP: Mark Marchetti
ALBUM: Full Circle
LABEL: Sony
ARTIST: Mudcrutch
TITLE: Dreams of Flying
COMP: Tom Petty
ALBUM: Mudcrutch 2
LABEL: Reprise
ARTIST: Ed Motta
TITLE: The Owner
COMP: N/S
ALBUM: Perpetual Gateways
LABEL: Membrain
ADDITIONAL MUSIC:
ARTIST: Nathan Haines & Marlena Shaw
TITLE: Squire For Hire
COMP: Nathan Haines
ALBUM: Squire For Hire
LABEL: FMR
===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
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An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)
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The Panel with Dita de Boni and Ali Jones (Part 1)
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What the Panelists Dita de Boni and Ali Jones have been up to;Four wheel drive rescue;Disgruntled middle class;Proper grammar.
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Four wheel drive rescue
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The latest on the rescue of the snow-bound four wheel drive club in the Old Man Range.
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Disgruntled middle class
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The Labour Party leader Andrew Little says the fortunes of the middle class in New Zealand is waning.
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Proper grammar
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The Panel tackles listeners grammar bugbears.
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The Panel with Dita de Boni and Ali Jones (Part 2)
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Panel says;Streaming from the rich;Is the "right" going up or down?;Zoning out;Your very own elevator.
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Internet snacks
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A woman in a wookie mask is a big favourite on the internet. Why are people watching these things?
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What the Panelists Dita de Boni and Ali Jones have been thinking about.
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16:45
Streaming from the rich
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Bill Fish talks about the ethics of allowing thousands of people to watch the pay-per-view Joseph Parker boxing match for nothing.
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Is the "right" going up or down?
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Is right wing politics waxing or waning?
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Zoning out
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Do we need to take time out more than ever?
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Your very own elevator
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More people are having lifts installed in their homes.
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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
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RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 23rd May 2016
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38 people trapped in snowstorm overnight
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38 people, including at least two children, have been trapped overnight in a snowstorm after driving in convoy on a remote off-road track in Central Otago. Police and emergency services have been co-ordinating their rescue.
Topics: weather, environment, life and society, rural
Regions: Otago
Tags: Central Otago, snowstorms, Alexandra, Waikaia Bush Road, police, emergency services, rescues
Duration: 2'25"
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Family members of 4WD group wait on rescue
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Relatives of the 38 people trapped overnight in a snowstorm are waiting for their family members to be rescued. Peter Newport reports.
Topics: weather, rural, life and society, environment
Regions: Otago
Tags: Roxburgh, rescue
Duration: 3'34"
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Treacherous central Otago track notoriously dangerous
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Central Otago roading engineers say the four wheel drive group was taking a huge risk tackling a treacherous track so close to winter.
Topics: environment, weather, life and society, rural
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Duration: 2'35"
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Rainfall causes surface flooding in South Dunedin
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Heavy rainfall in Dunedin has caused surface flooding in some of the southern parts of the city, which were badly flooded last June.
Topics: weather, environment
Regions: Otago
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Duration: 4'29"
17:23
Legal action over boxing match possible
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Fight promoter Duco Events is vowing to go after people who watched the weekend's Parker-Takam boxing match for free on Facebook, though legal experts warn it's an untested area of the law.
Topics: sport, law, technology
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Duration: 3'08"
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Relatives angry ashes moved without consent
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The relative of a man whose ashes have been moved twice by the country's biggest cemetery without her knowledge says she can't believe what's happened and wants his remains back.
Topics: spiritual practices, law
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Waikumete Cemetery, Ashes
Duration: 4'21"
17:33
Evening business 23 May 2016
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News from the business sector, including a market report.
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17:37
Man killed at motocross event named
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68-year-old Bruce Honore was killed yesterday while watching a motocross event at a Cambridge racecourse after a bike came off the track.
Topics: sport
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Campbridge, motocross events, accidents
Duration: 1'48"
17:45
School in court over marijuana suspensions
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Secondary school principals say their ability to punish foreign students for bad behaviour outside of school time is being put to the test.
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Duration: 3'06"
17:50
Sports news for 23 May 2016
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Latest sports news from the RNZ Sport team.
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17:57
Union says Spotless' payroll system like Novopay
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The Union representing cleaners says hundreds of New Zealanders working for the company Spotless are not being paid for all the hours they work.
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Tags: Spotless Catering, payroll systems
Duration: 2'15"
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Relatives wait for 4WD group
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The relatives of the 38 people who were caught up in the snowstorm are eagerly waiting for their family members in Roxburgh, Central Otago.
Topics: weather, environment
Regions: Otago
Tags: Roxburgh, 4WD club members, Snowstorm
Duration: 2'33"
18:12
Emergency WINZ debt at over $50k for family
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A family that has required extensive emergency housing is over $50,000 in debt to WINZ after remaining in a motel unit for many months.
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Duration: 10'14"
18:22
Wellington's Circa celebrates 40 yrs of theatre
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Wellington's Circa Theatre is celebrating 40 years of bringing great theatre to the capital - much of it showcasing homegrown New Zealand acting and playwriting talent.
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===6:30 PM. | Worldwatch===
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The stories behind the international headlines
===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information
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Music of the Eiffel Tower
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Composer and musician Joseph Bertolozzi has revealed the music of the Eiffel Tower - harvesting sounds with microphones placed on its surfaces. His work Tower Music / Musique de la Tour uses only the natural sounds of the Eiffel Tower Itself.
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For over 100 years the Eiffel Tower has been hailed as an architectural landmark, an engineering feat, a monument, a destination... now composer and musician Joseph Bertolozzi reveals its music.
Using microphones placed on its surfaces, Bertolozzi made hundreds of individual recordings of the Paris landmark. Bertolozzi's work Tower Music / Musique de la Tour uses only the natural sounds of the Eiffel Tower itself and he hopes to one day have the whole work played at the top.
Bryan Crump asks Joseph Bertolozzi if he is someone with an uncontrollable urge to hit anything nearby just to see what sound it makes:
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Duration: 23'53"
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Nights' Science - Green Roofs
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Auckland Botanical Gardens curator Bec Stanley on the chlorophyll-filled bio-mass that photosynthesises around us.
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7:12 Joseph Bertolozzi - Eiffel Tower music
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For over 100 years the Eiffel Tower has been hailed as an architectural landmark, an engineering feat, a monument, a destination …. now Joseph Bertolozzi reveals its music. Bertolozzi harvested the Eiffel Tower’s sounds using microphones placed on its surfaces and composed a work entitled Tower Music / Musique de la Tour, using only the natural sounds of the Eiffel Tower Itself.
7:35 Upbeat
Tonight's feature from Upbeat on RNZ Concert this past week is Eva Radich's interview with visiting British playwright Sir David Hare.
8:12 Nights' Science - Green Roofs
Auckland Botanical Gardens curator Bec Stanley on the chlorophyll-filled bio-mass that photosynthesises around us.
8:30 Window on the World
More than half the world speaks more than one language. New research is showing that being multilingual has some surprising advantages - it can help us keep healthier longer. Gaia Vince finds out how knowing many languages can protect our brains over our lifespan, and even stave off the appearance of some diseases, including dementia.
9:30 Insight
This week on Insight, Lois Williams examines 'road vs rail' in Northland, as increasing numbers of logging trucks hurtle through the region's rural pockets.
10:17 Late Edition
A round up of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Date Line Pacific from RNZ International
11:07 At the Eleventh Hour
David Knowles with The Sounds of Memphis - Beale Street Caravan.
... nights' time is the right time...
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International public radio features and documentaries
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An award-winning documentary programme providing comprehensive coverage of national and international current affairs (RNZ)
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RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National
===11:06 PM. | Beale Street Caravan===
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David Knowles introduces the Memphis-based radio show with an international reputation for its location recordings of blues musicians live in concert (BSC)