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:
07 August 2016
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Te Wherowhero by Pei Te Hurunui Jones (RNZ); 1:05 Our Changing World (RNZ); 1:45 Go Ahead Caller (RNZ) 2:05 Heart and Soul (RNZ); 2:35 Hymns on Sunday; 3:05 Tall Half Backs by Graham Hutchins, read by Lloyd Scott (RNZ); 3:30 Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi (RNZ); 4:30 Science in Action (BBCWS); 5:10 Mihipeka: Time of Turmoil by Mihipeka Edwards (7 of 14, RNZ); 5:45 NZ Society
===6:08 AM. | Storytime===
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Rua did not hear the Morepork, by Megan Simmonds, told by Kelly Tikao ; Nigel in the Green Suit, by Charlotte Crowe, told by Stuart Devenie ; Danger Dog, by David Hill, told by Stephen Lovatt ; The Three Woolly Coats Fluff, by Peter Millett, told by Thomas McGinty ; The Technological Trolley, by Cindy Maguire Todd, told by Rena Owen ; The Pukeko with the Broken Wing, by Beverly Dunlop, told by Emily Perkins ; Stop Drop And Crawl, by David Somerset, told by Lorae Parry
===7:10 AM. | Sunday Morning===
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A fresh attitude on current affairs, the news behind the news, documentaries, sport from the outfield, politics from the insiders, plus Mediawatch, the week in Parliament and music 7:43 The Week in Parliament An in-depth perspective of legislation and other issues from the house 8:10 Insight An award-winning documentary programme providing comprehensive coverage of national and international current affairs 9:06 Mediawatch Critical examination and analysis of recent performance and trends in New Zealand's news media (RNZ)
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07:10
Karen Pierce and Eric Courchesne - Early Detection of Autism
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Karen Pierce and Eric Courchesne are directors at the University of California's Autism Centre of Excellence. Dr Pierce specialises in the early detection and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in toddlers, and Dr Courchesne's research has proved that the abnormal brain development causing autism begins in the womb. Karen Pierce and Eric Courchesne are the keynote speakers at Autism New Zealand's national conference later this month.
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Karen Pierce and Eric Courchesne are directors at the University of California's Autism Centre of Excellence. Dr Pierce specialises in the early detection and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in toddlers, and Dr Courchesne's research has proved that the abnormal brain development causing autism begins in the womb. Karen Pierce and Eric Courchesne are the keynote speakers at Autism New Zealand's national conference later this month.
Topics: health
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Tags: autism, ASD, Dr Karen Pierce, Dr Eric Courchesne, Autism NZ
Duration: 20'44"
07:30
The Week In Parliament for 7 August 2016
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Preview of the week ahead courtesy of the Leader of the House, Gerry Brownlee; Local Government & Environment Committee reports back on the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary Bill; The final two weeks of the four-week parliamentary adjournment sees no select committees meeting, so we take a look back at the Youth Parliament's General Debate.
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Duration: 15'09"
07:47
Report From Rio
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Calling in from Rio; Gael Woods from the RNZ sports team joins Wallace Chapman with the latest from the Olympic Games.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Rio Olympic Games 2016
Duration: 9'08"
08:12
Insight: The Future of Marine Farming in Marlborough’s Seaways
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RNZ's regional reporter for Nelson and Marlborough, Tracy Neal, explores the future for marine farming in the Marlborough Sounds as hundreds of consents come up for renewal.
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Licences for more than half of the almost 600 marine farms in the Marlborough Sounds are coming up for renewal.
Marlborough Mayor Alistair Sowman says reviewing all these consents before 2024 is a landmark chance to map out a future for the region's aquaculture, which forms part of the government's vision of a $1 billion industry by 2025.
What will that future look like for those inside, and outside, the business?
Squally Cove in the Marlborough Sounds' western reaches earned its name from the winds that bounce over its hilltops and slam into the sea below.
Its fickle weather has not deterred growth in marine farms, which now crowd the cove and the seaway leading to it from Tasman Bay.
The cove has been a stronghold for the family of Ashley Wagg since the early 20th century, and the retired master mariner has been visiting his property there since the mid-1940s.
Mr Wagg returned to the region from an overseas career in the mid-1980s to find the once-remote bay host to a growing number of marine farms, one of which was now 50m off the shoreline in front of his bach.
He did not dispute the industry's value to the region, but was disappointed with its impact on boating. By night, he said, the farms were a major navigation hazard.
He did not hold out much hope things would improve, he said.
The mayor, Mr Sowman, suggested some of these problems would be addressed by the working party set up to draft the overarching strategy that would help guide the renewal of close to 350 marine farm licences.
"We might look at bay by bay solutions, or put a grid over the Sounds and look at areas - how they might be managed. We might find there are too many marine farms in some areas and we may have to thin them out, and there may be other areas where there's greater capacity," he said.
The working party has been formed from representatives of all groups with an interest in the Sounds: industry and environmental protection groups, residents, the tourism sector, local government and central government.
In the 1960s, Marlborough's waters were discovered to be an ideal location for green-lipped mussels. Industry pioneer John Young, who heads Havelock-based Clearwater Mussels, said rules governing aquaculture around the country were put in place with the Marine Farms Act within a decade - in 1971.
As the industry grew, a lot of farms were extended in a fairly ad hoc manner in order to increase production, Mr Young said.
"This went through a consenting process but it was so complicated that they 'grandfathered' all the licences through to 2024," he said.
Marlborough has about 1800km of coastline which many people live on, play on or earn a living from. Zoning allows for marine farming over about 20 percent of the Sounds, and current consents cover about 2.1 percent of the area.
Mr Young - backed by his science degree, political leaning towards green values and years of observation of the Sounds' biodiversity - argued the industry posed little risk to the environment.
There was scope for growth but the industry would need more help if that was to happen, he said. His firm recently spent more than $100,000 to re-consent a licence held for 30 years on one farm alone. That, he said, was the type of thing that could prevent the industry continuing.
The rules around the care and protection of the Marlborough Sounds are the joint responsibility of the Marlborough District Council and the central government. Aquaculture, fishing, mahinga kai (traditional food gathering sites), tourism and recreation all depended on the resource being nurtured.
It was possible some farms would have to be moved, Mr Sowman said.
"In the early days, a farmer might have said, 'look I want to put a marine farm down the bottom of my place, just off the beach', and we'd probably say, 'yeah that sounds pretty good - go for it'," he said.
"As a result we've got this ribbon development right around the Sounds and the suggestions are maybe that's not the best way we should be marine farming. We've inherited what we've got but now we have a landmark chance to map out a future for aquaculture in the Sounds."
A report last year by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research showed Marlborough produced 62 percent of the country's aquaculture product. It generated close to $300 million in annual export sales, but the report also showed there was growing concern about the cost of renewing consents, and the impact it was having on industry security.
Appetite for aquaculture growth
The government has said it supports a national industry target of $1 billion in annual sales by 2025.
Environment Minister and local MP Nick Smith is a regular visitor to the Sounds as a keen kayaker and fisher, and said the Marlborough council had an important task ahead.
Dr Smith said aquaculture had evolved with an "innovative Kiwi number-eight wire culture", but the industry now faced costs running into the "tens of millions of dollars" to re-consent what it was already doing. The government did not think that would be a good use of ratepayer and industry money, he said.
Environmental watchdog group Guardians of the Sounds is a member of the newly set-up working group, but a spokesperson Clare Pinder said it was not yet sure of the group's motives.
"It's great to see people coming around the table but not if it's a predetermined outcome - is it more salmon farms or is it about trying to get the best solution for the Marlborough Sounds," she asked.
Mrs Pinder said one of their biggest gripes was that marine farms used public assets but did not pay for the water space they used.
The Marlborough District Council recently announced a plan to introduce a charging regime to owners of jetties, boatsheds, moorings and marine farms for using water space. The matter had been talked about for years, and the aim was to generate funds to help cover the cost of coastal water monitoring, it said.
The council said it was "very aware" of the widespread community interest in marine farming in Marlborough. That had heightened during the application by New Zealand King Salmon to the Environmental Protection Authority to make areas available for salmon farming in areas of the Marlborough Sounds where marine farming was prohibited.
King Salmon said it had no problem with the introduction of water-space charges, as long as they were fair and across the board.
Dr Smith said such charges were justified, but there had to a trade-off in that the consenting process would become more simplified and less costly.
Mrs Pinder, however, had a different priority. There was a lot of pressure on the Sounds, and scientific assessments showed marine biodiversity was declining as a result of increased use by all sectors, she said.
"It's not just marine farming. It's the forestry industry, recreational and commercial fishing, human beings, climate change - it makes this whole process of looking to the future of the Sounds incredibly complex," she said.
The Sanford mussel processing plant in Havelock is one of the country's largest, and its general manager Ted Culley said concerns around the renewals process were unfounded.
"I actually think we're looking for the weapons of mass destruction under mussel farms at the moment - I don't think they're there."
The task faced by the working group raised some interesting possibilities, which would also help answer the community's questions over when enough was enough for the industry's expansion, he said.
"They're great opportunities and we do need to think outside the square over how we move forward," Mr Culley said.
The Marlborough council said there was no timeframe yet on forming the solution, except to say the plan was expected well ahead of the renewals' final deadline of 2024.
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Topics: farming, business, environment
Regions: Marlborough
Tags: marine farming, Marlborough Sounds, mussels, salmon farming, aquaculture
Duration: 28'32"
08:40
John Waters - Through a Glass Onion
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Australian actor and director, John Waters, talks to Wallace about his upcoming stage-show, Through a Glass Onion, a play set in the last moments of John Lennon's life.
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Australian actor and director, John Waters, talks to Wallace about his upcoming stage-show, Through a Glass Onion, a play set in the last moments of John Lennon's life.
Topics: arts, music
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Tags: John Lennon, John Waters, The Beatles, Through a Glass Onion, theatre
Duration: 18'41"
09:06
Mediawatch for 7 August 2016
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Maori opposition to 'Helen4SG' takes the media by surprise; the power and influence of Google and Facebook; spotlight falls on sexism in Ad-land.
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Duration: 32'46"
09:40
Tina Ngata - The Non-Plastic Māori
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Back in May Tina Ngata travelled to New York to make a submission to the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues. Tina, who blogs under the name the non-plastic Maori, condemned Helen Clark's track-record on indigenous rights and suggested there could be better candidates than the former Kiwi PM for the top job at the UN. Ten weeks later it hit the headlines.
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Back in May, Tina Ngata travelled to New York to make a submission to the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues.
Tina, who blogs under the name the non-plastic Māori, condemned Helen Clark's track-record on indigenous rights and suggested there could be better candidates than the former Kiwi PM for the top job at the UN.
Ten weeks later it hit the headlines.
Tina has also embarked on a year-long journey of plastic-free purchasing.
On her blog she says:
"I want to explore the experience of living for a year without purchasing any new plastics. I’m doing it to highlight how very dependent we’ve become, but also to demonstrate that we CAN make personal choices that will minimise our own plastic waste production."
Wallace Chapman talks to Tina about her visit to the UN and also about her campaign to combat the consumption of plastic.
Topics: te ao Maori, politics
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Tags: Un Secretary General, Helen Clark, Tina Ngata
Duration: 16'48"
10:06
Sir Kenneth Keith - The South China Sea Dispute
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Sir Kenneth Keith is a former Supreme Court Judge, the only New Zealander to ever serve on the International Court of Justice, professor emeritus at Victoria University, and a former director of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs. He recently authored a paper on last month's South China Sea Arbitration award.
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Sir Kenneth Keith is a former Supreme Court Judge, the only New Zealander to ever serve on the International Court of Justice, professor emeritus at Victoria University, and a former director of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs. He recently authored a paper on last month's South China Sea Arbitration award.
Topics: law, politics
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Tags: Sir Kenneth Keith, Philippines, China, South China Sea
Duration: 20'59"
10:40
Kate Holden - In Her Skin
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Australian writer Kate Holden's first book, In My Skin, is a brutally honest memoir of her time as a prostitute and heroin addict in Melbourne. She is New Zealand for the Christchurch Word Festival and Wallace talks to her about the secret to writing a successful memoir.
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Australian writer Kate Holden's first book, In My Skin, is a brutally honest memoir of her time as a prostitute and heroin addict in Melbourne. She is New Zealand for the Christchurch Word Festival and Wallace talks to her about the secret to writing a successful memoir.
Topics: arts, books, author interview
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Tags: Kate Holden, memoir, In My Skin, Christchurch Word Festival
Duration: 27'52"
11:05
Ethan Stiefel - Creating Giselle
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Ethan Stiefel returns to New Zealand to choreograph one of the world's most loved ballets - Giselle. Wallace speaks to Ethan about his time with the Royal New Zealand Ballet and what he's been doing since he left our shores.
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Ethan Stiefel returns to New Zealand to choreograph one of the world's most loved ballets - Giselle. Wallace Chapman speaks to Ethan about his time with the Royal New Zealand Ballet and what he's been doing since he left our shores.
Topics: arts
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Tags: Ethan Stiefel, RNZB, Giselle, ballet
Duration: 13'59"
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7:10 Karen Pierce and Eric Courchesne - Early Detection of Autism
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Karen Pierce and Eric Courchesne are are directors at the University of California's Autism Centre of Excellence. Dr Pierce specialises in the early detection and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in toddlers, and Dr Courchesne's research has proved that the abnormal brain development causing autism begins in the womb. Karen Pierce and Eric Courchesne are the keynote speakers at Autism New Zealand's national conference later this month.
7:47 Report from Rio
RNZ sports team joins Wallace with the latest from the Olympic Games.
8:12 Insight: The Future of Farming Marlborough's seaways
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Work has started on forming what stands to be the most comprehensive plan for guiding the future of hundreds of marine farms in the Marlborough Sounds. The clock is ticking on about 400 farms which will need to renew consents over the next few years, and which have been allowed to evolve with no overarching strategy since the industry's inception in the 1970s. The district council says some farms may have to move to address environmental and economic concerns, if the industry is to have a robust future.
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8:40 John Waters - Through a Glass Onion
Australian actor and director, John Waters, talks to Wallace about his upcoming stage-show, Through a Glass Onion, a play set in the last moments of John Lennon's life.
9:06 Mediawatch
More and more of us get our news online via Facebook and Google. Are they also influencing the news and views we get? Also: Why opposition to Helen Clark's UN bid here need not have surprised the media this week; and how Kevin Roberts isn't the only Kiwi adman called out over sexism lately.
Produced and presented by Colin Peacock and Jeremy Rose.
9:40 Tina Ngata - The Non-Plastic Maori
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Back in May Tina Ngata travelled to New York to make a submission to the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues. Tina, who blogs under the name the non-plastic Maori, condemned Helen Clark's track-record on indigenous rights and suggested there could be better candidates than the former Kiwi PM for the top job at the UN. Ten weeks later it hit the headlines.
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10:06 Sir Kenneth Keith - The South China Sea Dispute
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Sir Kenneth Keith is a former Supreme Court Judge, the only New Zealander to ever serve on the International Court of Justice, professor emeritus at Victoria University, and a former director of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs. He recently authored a paper on last month's South China Sea Arbitration award.
10:40 Kate Holden - In Her Skin
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Australian writer Kate Holden's first book, In My Skin, is a brutally honest memoir of her time as a prostitute and heroin addict in Melbourne. She is New Zealand for the Christchurch Word Festival and Wallace talks to her about the secret to writing a successful memoir.
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11:05 Ethan Stiefel - Creating Giselle
Ethan Stiefel returns to New Zealand to choreograph one of the world's most loved ballets - Giselle. Wallace speaks to Ethan about his time with the Royal New Zealand Ballet and what he's been doing since he left our shores.
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11:25 A Wrinkle in Time
Noelle McCarthy presents Episode 3 of her podcast series A Wrinkle in Time. This week she is talking to neuroscientist, Professor Richard Faull.
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Artist: The Beatles
Song: I Am The Walrus
Composer: Lennon, McCartney
Album: Magical Mystery Tour
Label: Parlophone 748062
Broadcast Time: 08:38
Artist: John Lennon
Song: Woman
Composer: Lennon
Album: Double Fantasy
Label: Geffen 299131
Broadcast Time: 09:56
Artist: The Beatles
Song: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Composer: Harrison
Album: Love
Label: Apple 381732
Broadcast Time: 11:51
===12:12 PM. | Standing Room Only===
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It's an 'all access pass' to what's happening in the worlds of arts and entertainment
1:10 At the Movies with Simon Morris
A weekly topical magazine programme about current film releases and film-related topics. (RNZ)
2:05 The Laugh Track
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12:16
Life at the National Film Unit
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Part 2 of our look back at the output of the National Film Unit as it marks its 75th anniversary this month.
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Tags: national film unit, Nga Taonga, Archives New Zealand, arts
Duration: 30'49"
12:50
Tim Finn's hit musical Ladies in Black
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Ladies in Black is based on a novel about the women who graced Sydney's top department store in the 1950s.
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Tags: Ladies in Black, arts
Duration: 11'46"
13:34
The actor's F Word
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Failure is part and parcel of an actor's life - at auditions, at the hands of reviewers, when a TV series or a movie bombs with the audience.
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Tags: auditions, failure, the f word, arts
Duration: 11'31"
13:45
The real Bully Hayes
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The flamboyant Captain William Henry 'Bully' Hayes was a 'thief, pirate, plunderer and kidnapper' according to newspaper headlines of the time and in subsequent books and movies. But what's the true story of this Pacific maritime legend?
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Tags: Bully Hayes, pirates, arts
Duration: 26'27"
14:25
Pasifika playwright Victor Rodger
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Victor Rodger is sending out a challenge to other Pasifika writers. Where's the PI book that a nui generation will cherish?
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Tags: Victor Rodger, Pasifika, writing, arts
Duration: 11'00"
14:38
Australian Children's Laureate Leigh Hobbs
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Writer and illustrator Leigh Hobbs is using his two year stint as Australia's Children's Laureate to promote libraries, which he worries are under threat.
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Tags: International Board on Books for Young People' Congress, arts
Duration: 9'12"
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Australian Children's Laureate Leigh Hobbs
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Writer and illustrator Leigh Hobbs is using his two year stint as Australia's Children's Laureate to promote libraries, which he worries are under threat.
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Tags: International Board on Books for Young People' Congress, arts
Duration: 9'14"
14:48
Constable's Hay Wain - live!
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Two New Zealanders - an artist and a curator - are among the team working on a project that's a tribute to one of British painter John Constable's most famous paintings.
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Tags: arts, The Haywain
Duration: 7'51"
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12:16 Life at the National Film Unit
Part 2 of our look back at the output of the National Film Unit as it marks its 75th anniversary this month. It was sold off in 1990, leaving behind a vast archive of films, documentaries, tv dramas and newsreels. Last week we looked at that output and the Unit's considerable legacy. This week Lynn Freeman talks with some of many people who worked the behind and in front of the camera - people like directors Hugh Macdonald and Sam Pillsbury, editor Catherine Isaac, and first, cameraman Lynton Diggle...
Thanks to Archives New Zealand. Nga Taonga Sound and Vision will be screening National Film Unit material from the 17th of August to the 3rd of September and NZ on Screen launches its new look NFU collection later this month.
12:50 Tim Finn's hit musical The Ladies in Black
If you've been to to Broadway, or London's West End, you'll know that most of the big hits today are musicals. So when Australia's prestigious Helpmann Awards gave the gong for Best New Australian Work to the hit musical Ladies in Black, it wasn't a big surprise. Except that all the creators of this show happen to be New Zealanders... Simon Morris talks to writer Carolyn Burns, director Simon Phillips and songwriter - and the man who inspired the show - Tim Finn. are definitely ours. Ladies in Black is based on a novel about the women who graced Sydney's top department store in the 1950s.
1:10 At The Movies
This week - Jason Bourne, Lights out and Free in deed.
1:34 The actor's F Word - "failure"
Failure is part and parcel of an actor's life - at auditions, at the hands of reviewers, when a TV series or a movie bombs with the audience. British actor David Harewood has had his fair share of successes, in TV shows like Homeland and Supergirl - he's also in the New Zealand co-production Free in Deed. On stage and screen he's played roles as varied as Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King and Friar Tuck in Robin Hood. But he's also missed out on countless audition, and had times when he couldn't afford mortgage payments over the years. Lynn Freeman talks to David about his new TV documentary called The F Word, in which he discusses the emotional toll of his own failures, and talks to colleagues like Damien Lewis (Homeland) and Olivia Coleman(Broadchurch).
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1:45 The real Bully Hayes
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The flamboyant Captain William Henry 'Bully' Hayes was a 'thief, pirate, plunderer and kidnapper' according to newspaper headlines of the time and in subsequent books and movies. But what's the true story of this Pacific maritime legend? In her new book The notorious Captain Hayes, nautical historian and writer Joan Druett has investigated the fact and fiction surrounding Bully Hayes. As Lynn Freeman finds out, he was accused of everything from bigamy and slavery to theft and murder.
2:06 The Laugh Track
Actor (800 words, The Great Maiden's Blush) and director (Mating in Captivity) Renee Lyons picks comedy favourites Felicity Ward, Sarah Pascoe, John Cleese and Anjelah Johnson.
2:25 Pasifika playwright Victor Rodger
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Victor Rodger is sending out a challenge to other Pasifika writers. Where's the PI book that a nui generation will cherish? He's written an essay for the Academy of New Zealand Literature, talking about how much Albert Wendt's trail-blazing novel Sons For The Return Home meant to him as a teenage Samoan student in the 1980s. These days Victor's based in Dunedin as Otago University's Burns Fellow - the first of Samoan descent in its long history. He's re-written his 2002 play Ranters-tantrum and is working on two new scripts. Lynn Freeman talks to him about his aim to encourage more Pasifika writing.
2:38 Australian Children's Laureate Leigh Hobbs
Writer and illustrator Leigh Hobbs is using his two year stint as Australia's Children's Laureate to promote libraries, which he worries are under threat. Over twenty years of writing children's books, he's created characters including Old Tom, Mr Chicken and Horrible Harriet which have found an international market. Leigh is heading to New Zealand this month as a guest speaker at the 'International Board on Books for Young People' Congress, being held here for the first time in 70 years, Lynn Freeman asked Leigh about his fears for the future of libraries - and not just in Australia:
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2:48 Constable's Hay Wain - live!
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Two New Zealanders - an artist and a curator - are among the team working on a project that's a tribute to one of British painter John Constable's most famous paintings. The Haywain depicted Willy Lott's Cottage in Suffolk, with a cart and horse by the river in the soft light of early summer. Now artist Cat Auburn is working with fellow-Kiwi, curator Sarah McClintock, British artist Estella Castle and the British National Trust to carefully recreate the scene, complete with people, animals and cart. Cat Auburn told Lynn Freeman that she and Estella visited the National Gallery in London in search of a painting that could be revisited.
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3:06 Drama at 3
Part 3 of Wulfsyarn, and another nostalgic episode of crime series Kiwi noir.
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An epic futuristic tale of the tragic maiden voyage of the gargantuan strarship, The Nightingale, captained by the enigmatic and fatally flawed, Jon Wilberfoss. (Part 3 of 10, RNZ)
===3:35 PM. | None (National)===
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Classic radio crime drama from the Police files of New Zealand. (RNZ)
===4:06 PM. | None (National)===
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A selection of documentaries, discussions and lectures of note from New Zealand and beyond.
===5:00 PM. | None (National)===
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A roundup of today's news and sport
===5:11 PM. | None (National)===
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Personal approaches to religious belief and spirituality from around the world (BBC)
===5:40 PM. | Te Manu Korihi===
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===6:06 PM. | Te Ahi Kaa===
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Exploring issues and events from a tangata whenua perspective (RNZ)
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18:06
Octopus vs Shark
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In part two of this four-part series, Te Ahi Kaa seeks out a variety of interpretations of whakatauki or proverbial sayings. This week, Kaua e mate Wheke me mate Ururoa (Do not die like an octopus, instead die like a hammerhead shark) is discussed further.
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Kaua e mate wheke me mate ururoa
Do not die like an octopus, instead die like a hammerhead shark.
Do not give up so easily, instead fight until the bitter end.
In episode two of Te Ahi Kaa's four-part series about whakatauki (proverbial sayings) Justine Murray looks at Kaua e mate wheke mate ururoa.
Episode one - The Sweetness of the Kumara
So where is this whakatauki (proverb) uttered and how is it interpreted?
Te reo exponent Tamati Waaka says the proverb relates to the realm of the battlefield. For a group of students at Te Wharekura o Tauranga Moana, it can apply in the virtual world – fighting as a character in a video game or any place physically challenging, like a basketball final.
How does the octopus fare in this whakatauki? The real-life octopus is a strong and tricky character that likes to hide in caves and avoid its predators by only coming out at night.
Dr Kat Bolstad says it is a shy creature, but quite curious – when an octopus find something of interest it will hold on tightly. Dr Bolstad is a senior lecturer at The Institute for Applied Ecology at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). She runs a lab that researches cephalods – (squid, octopus and sea creatures of the molluscan class). Referring to the story about Te Wheke o Muturangi, she says she wouldn’t mind dying like an octopus instead of a shark.
"This epic battle took place in Cook Strait where he (Kupe) finally slew the wheke, but that doesn’t seem like an animal that laid down and died easily” - Dr Kat Bolstad.
"Towards the end of their life, octopus reproduce one time… The male will reproduce and then die quickly, and then the female will lay a bunch of eggs and spend the rest of her life not eating and protecting those eggs, fading away until the eggs hatch, and at that point she dies. So in a sense that is fading away and not fighting, but in another sense that’s an incredibly noble thing to do” - Dr Kat Bolstad.
Professor Taiarahia Black says that this whakatauki is about getting on and doing the work and taking advantage of opportunities. He says there is a close link between the environment and the integration of that knowledge into how we conduct ourselves.
A few years ago, Professor Black attended a wananga (meeting) at his Tuhoe marae, Otenuku. Many Tuhoe men had gathered to discuss succession-planning on the marae, when mid-way through the hui one of their kaumatua walked in...
“We were a little bit ambivalent when he turned up. [We asked ourselves] are we doing this right? Are we giving the right narratives?' He just looked at me and said 'Mahia te mahi e Tai'. So that whakatauki saying is… just get on with it” - Professor Taiarahia Black.
Te reo exponent Tamati Waaka knows a thing or two about kapahaka, rugby and fishing – all of which he says has some relevance to this whakatauki. “If you’ve been fishing, we’ve all caught an ururoa. You hate it, you cut that line because it will fight til its last breath.”
As the language has evolved over time, Tamati says that each person will have their own interpretation. For him the saying is not for gardeners or fisherman. He says it’s only Kaumatua (elderly) who will likely disagree with many of today’s interpretations. For Tamati, the whakatauki Kaua e mate wheke mate ururoa truly relates only to the battlefield, to soldiers heading to war.
When the late Matiu Dickson was a small boy he lived for a period of time at Matakana Island. In an interview conducted shortly before his passing, Matiu interpreted this whakatauki as a reminder for Māori to conduct themselves with pride.
“I think it refers to how you behave. So behave like rangatira, not like as a taurekareka (rascal, shameful). Dress like a rangatira… develop relationships like a rangatira. That’s what that means to me – it’s also a directive in how you should live your life” - Matiu Dickson.
Ngahihi o te Ra Bidois is an international motivational speaker and entrepreneur. In his book Ancient Wisdom, Modern Solutions he details his life's challenges and the advice he learned to overcome them. He returned to his marae in Rotorua after many years away and decided to learn his taha Māori. Ngahihi o te Ra Bidois talks about his interpretation of this whakatauki.
Te Wharekura o Tauranga Moana students Tarawhati Dekker, Waraka Te Kira, Miringiwai Gardiner, Anthony August and Kanapa Kerr discuss how this proverb relates to them. For the students it simply means to give it your all in everything you do, whether in sports, gaming, as a student or performing kapahaka.
Topics: te ao Maori, life and society
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Tags: te reo
Duration: 28'02"
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===6:40 PM. | Voices===
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===7:05 PM. | TED Radio Hour===
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===8:06 PM. | Sunday Night===
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8:32pm
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9:18pm
The Musical Career of Peter Posa
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===10:12 PM. | Mediawatch===
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===10:45 PM. | In Parliament===
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===11:04 PM. | None (National)===
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