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:
05 September 2016
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 At the Movies with Simon Morris (RNZ); 1:05 Te Ahi Kaa (RNZ); 2:30 NZ Music Feature (RNZ); 3:05 The Dungarvie Festival by Owen Marshall read by Bruce Phillips (RNZ); 3:30 Science (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)
===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including: 6:16 and 6:50 Business News 6:18 Pacific News 6:26 Rural News 6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers
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06:00
Top Stories for Monday 5 September 2016
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Will new lending restrictions cool hot property?, Vancouver's property market takes a dive, A weekend of rocky aftershocks has some on East Coast frazzled, NZ First leader targets youth, Pope Francis declares Mother Teresa a Saint, Havelock North residents can drink water from the tap, and John Key says no plans for early election
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Duration: 31'44"
06:06
Sports News for 5 September 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'50"
06:10
School water fountains can now be used in Havelock North
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Principal of Te Mata school, Michael Bain tells RNZ's Mani Dunlop it may take time before Havelock North's people trust the town's water despite no longer being required to boil it.
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Tags: water
Duration: 2'03"
06:19
Early Business News for 5 September 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 2'25"
06:27
Morning Rural News for 5 September 2016
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'02"
06:39
NZ First - the system is broken
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The system is broken, and New Zealand is no longer a country where hard working people can get ahead. That was the message from the New Zealand First leader at his party's annual conference.
Topics: politics
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Tags: New Zealand First
Duration: 2'54"
06:42
Southby takes some positives from Ferns' Australian defeat
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New Silver Ferns coach Janine Southby tells RNZ sports reporter Barry Guy she's taking some positives from her teams defeat by the arch rivals Australia.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Silver Ferns
Duration: 3'29"
06:45
People working with rough sleepers welcome Justin Lester's plan
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People working with rough sleepers welcome Mayoral candidate Justin Lester's plan for a wet house to tackle homelessness
Topics: life and society
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Tags: Wet house, homelessness
Duration: 3'16"
06:52
Shareholders wary of where markets are heading
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The Shareholders' Association says small investors wonder how they can manage sharemarket uncertainty over the coming year.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: sharemarket
Duration: 1'50"
06:54
Government reviews fees it pays directors of its companies
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The government is reviewing the fees it pays to the directors of state-owned enterprises and other organisations, according to a veteran of public sector governance roles.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'48"
06:56
Australian capital investment plans slump
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Our correspondent in Sydney, Jim Parker
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 52"
06:57
Business agenda
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Taking a look at this week's business agenda
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 49"
06:58
Markets update
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Wall Street closed stronger despite that weaker than expected non-farm payrolls data.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'00"
07:06
Sports News for 5 September 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'57"
07:10
Will new lending restrictions cool hot property?
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The average price of an Auckland property is tipped to hit a million dollars this week. Will the Reserve Bank's third attempt at tightening lending restrictions will have a long term impact.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: property investors
Duration: 3'30"
07:14
Vancouver's property market takes a dive
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There's been a sharp fall in the number of houses being sold in Vancouver after the government imposed a 15 percent tax on foreign buyers last month. Chinese investors are being warned off buying in the city. We talk to the Vancouver Sun's Rob Shaw.
Topics: housing
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Tags: foreign buyers
Duration: 4'00"
07:18
A weekend of rocky aftershocks has some on East Coast frazzled
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Our Gisborne correspondent Murray Robertson says the region is still on edge as aftershocks continue after last week's big shake.
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Tags: earthquake
Duration: 4'32"
07:22
NZ First leader targets youth
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Winston Peters looks to broaden appeal of New Zealand First while also ruling out working with either National or Labour. We speak to the party leader after New Zealand First's annual conference in Dunedin over the weekend.
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Duration: 6'44"
07:36
Pope Francis declares Mother Teresa a Saint
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The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder on Kolkata's celebrations of Mother Teresa's canonisation.
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Duration: 4'07"
07:40
Havelock North residents can drink water from the tap
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More than three weeks on from the start of the Havelock North water contamination crisis - residents are once more able to drink water straight from the tap.
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Duration: 2'57"
07:43
Pahiatua residents told to keep boiling their water.
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Pahiatua residents told to keep boiling their water after the discovery of e-coli in the town's water supply.
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Duration: 2'54"
07:46
Special education breaching international law
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Community law centre says some disabled children missing out on their legal right to education.
Topics: education
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Duration: 2'56"
07:50
Angela Merkel suffers stinging defeat in local elections
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Stinging defeat for Angela Merkel's party in German state elections, beaten into third place by new anti-immigrant party.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Germany
Duration: 4'00"
07:57
New Zealander working to bring relief to victims of war
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Patrick Rose, the communications director at UNICEF New Zealand speaks to Morning Report from Damascus.
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Duration: 3'30"
08:06
Sports News for 5 September 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'08"
08:09
China and US formally commit to the Paris climate accord
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Leading American climate scientist welcomes the formal commitment by the American and Chinese governments to the Paris accord but questions whether there's sufficient polical consensus in the US to make it a reality.
Topics: politics
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Tags: climate, Paris agreement
Duration: 4'46"
08:16
John Key says no plans for early election
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John Key says dismisses suggestions from Winston Peters that he's planning an early election, saying the Government would need to lose a confidence vote for that to happen.
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Duration: 8'10"
08:20
RNZ political editor comments on PM's interview
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RNZ political editor doubts an early election is on the cards and reflects on the NZ First annual conference.
Topics: politics
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Tags: NZ First
Duration: 2'56"
08:27
Flu season may be carrying a sting in its tail
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Influenza rates on course to be the lowest in 16 years - a mild winter and new vaccines are being credited.
Topics: health
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Tags: influenza, flu
Duration: 3'20"
08:31
Markets Update for 5 September 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 58"
08:38
Wellington mayoral candidate's promise to end rough sleeping
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Wellington mayoral candidate Justin Lester has relaunched a plan for a "wet house" to help the city's homeless drinkers find their feet.
Topics: politics, health
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Tags: Wet house
Duration: 3'49"
08:42
Architects aghast at plans to demolish Aniwaniwa visitor centre
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Wrecking crew get ready to demolish the visitors centre at Lake Waikaremoana. It was designed by John Scott and is considered a modernist architectural jewel.
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Tags: John Scott
Duration: 4'22"
08:48
Children as young as 4 in Australia now getting gender change
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As a four-year-old in Australia begins the transition to change gender, authorities there say hundreds more children being considered for the same treatment.
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Duration: 4'08"
08:52
Kiwi equestrians three of top four at Burghley
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New Zealand equestrians finish in three of the top four spots at the Burghley Horse Trials. Susie Ferguson talks to third placed Jonelle Price.
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Duration: 2'58"
08:55
Mystery surrounds Tromp family disappearance in Australia
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Melbourne Age reporter Tammy Mills with the strange tale of the Tromps.
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Duration: 3'53"
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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: Love as a Stranger by Owen Marshall, read by Katherine McCrae. Sarah sucumbs to a fleeting romantic distraction during a dismal period of life. (Part 6 of 10, RNZ)
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09:08
Disabled kids and the uphill battle for education
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A new report into the schooling of children with disabilities finds a myriad barriers, including exclusion, bullying, poor teaching and funding. The report, by the community law centre Youth Law Aotearoa, finds that that there is no clear system to determine the needs of students with disabilities. Kathryn Ryan speaks with report author, Youth Law solicitor, Kenton Starr and Kelly Dugan CEO of SmileDial, the registered charity supporting families of special needs children.
Topics: education, law
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Tags: disability, special needs
Duration: 30'52"
09:40
Social Workers compulsory registration
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Parliament's Social Services select committee, is set to start hearings into whether there should be mandatory registration of social workers this week. Nearly 6000 social workers are voluntarily registered with the Social Workers Registration Board, but as many as 18,000 people identified themselves as social workers in the last census. Kathryn Ryan talks to Massey University's Kieran O'Donoghue, who says an overhaul of the system is long overdue.
Topics: law, politics
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Tags: Kieran O'Donoghue, social workers, social workers registration, social services select committee, Anne Tolley
Duration: 11'05"
09:45
Africa correspondent Debora Patta
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A new census of elephants in Africa shows catastrophic results, and could mass protests in Zimbabwe be a test for Robert Mugabe who has ruled the country for 37 years?
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Duration: 9'56"
10:08
What does it mean to be 'White Māori'?
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Victoria University students, Kahu Kutia and Kayla Polamalu talk to Kathryn Ryan about growing up with two different identities in New Zealand, and about the term White Māori. They have Māori and Pākehā parentage. Recently Kahu wrote an article for the Victoria University's magazine, Salient, titled If You're From Waimana, Why Are You White?
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Victoria University students, Kahu Kutia and Kayla Polamalu talk to Kathryn Ryan about growing up with two different identities in New Zealand, and about the term 'White Māori'.
They have Māori and Pākehā parentage. Recently Kahu wrote an article for the Victoria University's magazine, Salient, titled If You're From Waimana, Why Are You White?
Read an edited excerpt of the interview below:
Kahu, what brought you to write this article?
Kahu – It was really interesting in that it is a conversation that has built up my entire life and it is something that I have been thinking about my entire life. My dad is Māori, my mum is Pākehā. I was fortunate enough to be raised in the lands that I come from on my Māori side. All of my life talking with my friends and whānau about their connection and talking to people about their whakapapa and are they connected to home? How do they feel? How do they engage with their Māoritanga? I am also involved in this kaupapa called Tuia and it is a journey of self-development and community-focussed and we ask questions of ourselves; who am I? Where do I come from? How do I engage with those sort of things? So it’s something that has really built up.
My dad passed away recently and when he was sitting in hospital I had an idea to write this article. I had been offered a chance to write for Salient and I thought about what I wanted to write about and for me, the biggest thing within myself right now is coming to terms with that Māori identity and how I want to express it. I had this idea to write about – basically - whiteness. It is also something we had explored at uni and how the idea of being white and looking white and Pākehā Aotearoa interact with who I am.
It was really funny because I just got this idea, it was something that had never happened to me before, but it just poured out of me. I was furiously writing and I came up with this piece ‘If you’re from Waimana, why are you white?’ In a way, for me that was very vulnerable and very frightening because it is something I have struggled with immensely and I have never been able to express. I was being completely honest about how I’ve grew up and how I felt and trying to start that conversation in Aotearoa.
Tell us about Waimana.
Kahu – Waimana a small community on the edge of Te Urewera. It’s a very Māori population so there are very few Pākehā in the area. Everyone is all whānau, so they are all aunties and uncles and cousins. Tuhoe specifically has always maintained a very strong connection with their culture because we have been so isolated and our involvement with the Treaty was very limited and very staunch.
In that environment it is interesting, because the bits of me that stick out are my Pākehātanga. The fact that I have a white mother and I have quite light skin. In that environment, what I saw of myself were the Pākehā aspects because the Māori was just a given. That was just a part of me. Being raised as well by my Pākehā family and having that influence, I was always sort of weird. It is just culturally different.
I was always real confused, because I was like, ‘Which of these things am I? Am I Māori? Am I Pakeha?’ I never really felt fully comfortable in either of those environments because I felt the need to pick and choose. I felt that I could only be one or the other. Ways of expressing bicultural identity were really hard to come by.
From that point it has been really interesting. I moved to Wellington, which is a very Pākehā… it is a different environment. Roads here are actually paved and there are not wild horses roaming the street. At university you’re in the minority and suddenly your Māoritanga is what sticks out and I come here and people are like, ‘Woah, you’re Māori?’ and it was really interesting the way I started to think about that. It is just the complete opposite of what I grew up with.
When you came to Wellington, what was your experience with finding your identity there? Particularly the way other people would react to you.
Kahu - In a way it was both a blessing and a curse in that it was a blessing because I began to see myself in different ways and to really think about how I want to own my Māoritanga. I have engaged in more of a political way in really pushing my Māoritanga because Māori are just not visible in the university environment and I see it as a responsibility to push it so that it seems like university is a place for Māori, so other people can see it and think, ‘Oh, that is a place where I can belong.’ So in that way it has been a blessing and I have really learnt to inhabit that space as Māori. But it has been a curse in aspects of tokenism. This is something that people have expressed to me after my article… when you are viewed as Māori it comes with certain assumptions.
You’re nodding Kayla. You come with this little toolbox, right?
Kahu – Yeah, or people just assume you come with this toolbox. Can you do a karakia for this, can you do a pohiri? Like, no, I can’t do a pohiri, it is a big thing to do that. It is a big thing to carry a culture and that is something that I am still learning, but people just assume that I can do that. And it’s also frustrating that no one else wants to push for us. I am the one who has to do it. For example we had an event and there was a lack of Māori speakers and it was put on me to… ‘You can find the Māori people for this event, you’re Māori.’ But it’s tiring to have to do that and to have to be the one to push for that.
Kayla why are you nodding?
Kayla – I am nodding because I really agree and feel what Kahu said. The difference between us is that I grew up away from my iwi. I have always had a connection with that and gone back to my marae. But I went to a Catholic school in Auckland and then I came to university, which as an institution is very white. I have experienced a lot of the same conflict, but in the sense that my Māori has always been something that people take a while I think to recognise, because they don’t see me associated with it that often.
Something I really agree with Kahu about is, as I have become more educated and more convinced of my own Māoridom, it is a space that you have to politically inhabit and you have to advance that on people because people my life have made the assumption that I am not a “real Māori” because they don’t see me at my marae and they don’t see me speak as they assume Māori speak. It is a real political act to inhabit your identity in such a way where I say first and foremost I am Māori.
What was that journey for you? Was there a time when you wanted to inhabit that?
Kayla - It really came towards the end of high school. I can’t point to a specific event, but I think it was me educating myself a lot more. I involved myself in a lot more events outside of school - United Nations stuff that made my world broader and it made me reflect on my place in that. Māori was always something I had thought was a part of me, but I hadn’t given a lot of thought to. I made that active decision in around the end of high school, that it was something that I wanted to invest myself in more.
That term “real Māori”, where did you first hear that? It’s a harsh term.
Kayla - School. It was articulated by my friends and by my peers and consistently throughout my life, I have been called an Oreo, because people say you are brown on the outside and white on the inside and that is because for them, I don’t know, they see the way that I speak as a mark of whiteness, or doing well at school is a mark of whiteness, because of the appalling stereotypes we have created around what it means to be Māori. I had friends who genuinely didn’t think they were being racist say to me, ‘You’re not a real Māori’. Or, ‘I’m more Māori than you because I speak FOB and you don’t.’ those are starkest and most obvious examples. It was a real affront to what I was about and what I was understanding about myself.
Topics: te ao Maori, life and society
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Tags: Kahu Kutia, Kayla Polamalu, white Maori, racism, Pakeha, ethnicity
Duration: 28'08"
10:40
Book review - The Rules of Backyard Cricket
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By Jock Serong, reviewed by David Hill, and published by Text Publishing. RRP $37.00.
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Duration: 2'58"
11:08
Political commentators Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton
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The New Zealand First conference, the ongoing fallout from the Hawkes Bay water contamination and the Auckland Mayoralty race.
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Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton join Kathryn Ryan to discuss the New Zealand First conference, the ongoing fallout from the Hawkes Bay water contamination and the Auckland Mayoralty race.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 20'39"
11:30
Wild food: Mawera Karetai
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Kathryn Ryan talks to Whakatane based wild food cook Mawera Karetai. She prides herself on her ability to rely mainly on nature to keep her freezer and pantry stocked. She also runs a business with her husband selling peacock feathers. She shares recipes for wild rabbit and smoked trout.
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Whakatane-based Mawera Karetai is a food blogger, mother of three and also runs a business with her husband selling peacock feathers.
She prides herself on keeping her freezer and pantry stocked with mostly foraged food.
Recipes:
Smoked trout and ricotta filo parcels
Rabbit and olives
Topics: food
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Tags: wild food, Peacock, wild rabbit
Duration: 13'22"
11:45
Urbanist Tommy Honey
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Tommy Honey looks at whether we should look to Japan for the future of housing. A recent exhibition called House Vision 2 to explore the future of houses. The event featured 12 housing prototypes by well known Japanese architects and designers as well as think tanks for construction and technology companies. All the designers partnered up with big brands to make their visions a reality.
Topics: housing, life and society
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Duration: 10'40"
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09:05 Disabled kids and the uphill battle for education
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A new report into the schooling of children with disabilities finds a myriad barriers, including exclusion, bullying, poor teaching and funding. The report, by the community law centre Youth Law Aotearoa, finds that that there is no clear system to determine the needs of students with disabilities. Kathryn Ryan speaks with report author, Youth Law solicitor, Kenton Starr and Kelly Dugan CEO of SmileDial, the registered charity supporting families of special needs children.
09:25 Social Workers compulsory registration
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Parliament's Social Services select committee, is set to start hearings into whether there should be mandatory registration of social workers this week. Nearly 6000 social workers are voluntarily registered with the Social Workers Registration Board, but as many as 18,000 people identified themselves as social workers in the last census. Kathryn Ryan talks to Massey University's Kieran O'Donoghue, who says an overhaul of the system is long overdue.
09:45 Africa correspondent Debora Patta
A new census of elephants in Africa shows catastrophic results, and could mass protests in Zimbabwe be a test for Robert Mugabe who has ruled the country for 37 years?
10:05 What does it mean to be 'White Maori' ?
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Victoria University students, Kahu Kutia and Kayla Polamalu talk to Kathryn Ryan about growing up mixed race in New Zealand, and about the term White Maori. They have Maori and Pakeha parentage. Recently Kahu wrote an article for the Victoria University's magazine, Salient, titled If You're From Waimana, Why Are You White?
10:35 Book review - The Rules of Backyard Cricket by Jock Serong
Reviewed by David Hill, published by Text Publishing
10:45 The Reading
Love as a Stranger by Owen Marshall read by Katherine McRae (Part 6 of 10)
11:05 Political commentators Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton
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The New Zealand First conference, the ongoing fallout from the Hawkes Bay water contamination and the Auckland Mayoralty race
11:30 Wild food: Mawera Karetai
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Kathryn Ryan talks to Whakatane based wild food cook Mawera Karetai. She prides herself on her ability to rely mainly on nature to keep her freezer and pantry stocked. She also runs a business with her husband selling peacock feathers. She shares recipes for wild rabbit and olives and smoked trout and ricotta filo parcels.
11:45 Urbanist Tommy Honey
Tommy Honey looks at whether we should look to Japan for the future of housing. A recent exhibition called House Vision 2 to explore the future of houses. The event featured 12 housing prototypes by well known Japanese architects and designers as well as think tanks for construction and technology companies. All the designers partnered up with big brands to make their visions a reality.
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Artist: Roysopp ft. Robyn
Song: The Girl and the Robot
Album: Junior
Time: 10:09
Artist: Marianne Faithful
Song: The Ballard of Lucy Jordan
Album: Broken English
Time: 10:43
Artist: City Oh Sigh
Song: Sometimes
Album: Fragments Fine
Time: 11:34
===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 5 September 2016
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An inquiry into homelessness hears from those who say they're being let down by the system, and new home lending restrictions will take effect next month.
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Duration: 14'46"
12:17
Comvita sets up China joint venture
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Honey goods and health food company, Comvita, is forming a joint venture with its Chinese distributor - Shenzen Comvita Natural Food.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Comvita
Duration: 1'44"
12:19
Auckland house prices continue to rise
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Auckland's largest real estate agent believes the rate of growth in house prices is showing signs of easing back. Barfoot's managing director, Peter Thompson, says the current price increases are relatively modest, compared with previous years.
Topics: business, economy, housing
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Duration: 1'16"
12:20
RBNZ confirms new lending restrictions
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The Reserve Bank has confirmed that tighter lending rules, aimed at cooling the housing market, will come into effect from next month.
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Duration: 25"
12:21
People urged to make a financial plan during Money Week
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The Bankers Association's chief executive Karen Scott-Howman, says a financial plan can help people understand their current financial position and meet their goals.
Topics: business, economy, money
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Duration: 1'02"
12:22
Midday Markets for 5 September 2016
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Melika King at Craigs Investment Partners.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'35"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 5 September 2016
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The 16-time grand slam singles winner Rafa Nadal has suffered a five set upset at the hands of young Frenchman Lucas Pouille, in the fourth round of the US Tennis Open in New York, and Scott Dixon has won the second to last round of the Indy Car series.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 3'00"
12:32
Midday Rural News for 5 September 2016
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 8'02"
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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
Immigration and Jobs
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The Prime Minister says employers are forced to use overseas labour for roles like fruit-picking, because the local work force is either living in the wrong place, or cannot muster what is required to work. Ask the employers, he said. So we did.
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The Prime Minister's description of immigrant workers as more reliable than New Zealanders for seasonal work is spot-on, a Hawke's Bay grower says.
A record 69,000 people settled in New Zealand in the year to July, and Labour has pointed to a mismatch between immigration and labour market needs, with workers being brought from overseas to fill jobs while thousands of New Zealand labourers were unemployed.
Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse said on Sunday that the government would review the planning range for the number of new residents expected to enter the country.
However, he did not expect the policy to change.
Prime Minister John Key told Morning Report immigrants and migrant workers were needed to fill jobs, as some unemployed New Zealanders had drug problems and lacked a good work ethic.
"We bring in people to pick fruit under the RSE (Recognised Seasonal Employer) scheme, and they come from the islands, and they do a fabulous job. And the government has been saying 'well, OK, there are some unemployed people who live in the Hawke's Bay, and so why can't we get them to pick fruit', and we have been trialling a domestic RSE scheme.
"But go and ask the employers, and they will say some of these people won't pass a drug test, some of these people won't turn up for work, some of these people will claim they have health issues later on. So it's not to say there aren't great people who transition from Work and Income to work, they do, but it's equally true that they're also living in the wrong place, or they just can't muster what is required to actually work."
Leon Stallard - a grower, a director at Horticulture New Zealand and a former president of the Hawke's Bay Fruitgrowers' Association - said he agreed with Mr Key's comments.
"I would say everything that John Key said, yes, is true - I would tick every one of those boxes, in essence. I mean, labour is one of the most stressful parts of this business other than the weather."
In the past, growers could rely on local families who would return to work for them each season for years but that was no longer the case, he said.
"I use a theory if I need 30 people, I get 40 people, locals, 'cause on average I only get 30 every day ... They just don't turn up, they couldn't get a ride, I don't know, but their reliability, I mean, you just can't depend on it."
He was unable to comment on drug use as an issue as the industry didn't usually test for it.
"We don't test for drugs - we should, I mean, the theory is if we do test for drugs, we may not have any staff... [although] that's anecdotal."
The RSE scheme had "worked brilliantly", especially in Hawke's Bay, Mr Stallard said.
"We have 10 weeks of harvest. It is difficult for New Zealanders to come from out of town, to find accommodation just for a period of 10 weeks - and then there's the issue of if they bring families, the issue of schooling and finding schooling for them for that time, and making sure they don't fall though the cracks ... Basically, adds pressure if you're running your own business to have to do all that pastoral care too, which comes with the territory and we understand that.
"[Migrant workers] are far more reliable and their productivity seems to be higher. If I have 30 people, I know that the next day I'm going to have 30 people."
In his own orchard, he had used immigrants and migrants including New Zealand-Samoans and backpackers from Japan, Germany, Russia and the Czech Republic, among other places.
"Last year, I might have had out of 30-odd people, I might have had two New Zealanders other than my permanents."
The work wasn't particularly arduous, although workers did need to be reasonably fit, and there were permanent opportunities for those that were interested, he said.
"There's definitely opportunities for permanent staff in the orchards - that's what you see advertised now quite often, is people with skills, that've got some understanding of our industry, who have had some training, and if they haven't, most of the growers are more than happy to assist them into training and help them and encourage them to get into the industry.
"We need quite a few thousand in the next few years - the industry's in a bit of a boom phase at the moment."
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Topics: business, economy, politics
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Tags: labour market, overseas labour, fruitpickers
Duration: 10'29"
13:25
Bringing heritage fruit trees back to the Capital
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Cuttings taken from heritage fruit trees around Wellington have been grafted and made available to churches around the city, and the fruit will eventually be available to anyone who wants it.
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The Wellington region has a smattering of very old fruit trees, with rare varities of plums, apples and pears.
Under a new heritage fruit tree programme, cuttings taken from some of these trees have been grafted and made available to churches around the city, and the fruit will be available to anyone who wants it
Wellington City Council's Urban Agriculturalist, Sarah Adams explains what is involved.
Topics: environment
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Tags: fruit trees, heritage fruit trees, agriculture
Duration: 8'28"
13:35
Song for Autism
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Auckland teenager Kane Chong decided to write a song about the importance of accepting people with Autism. He wrote it for his childhood friend, and sent a demo off to the Play It Strange Trust. It's CEO Mike Chunn was very impressed and arranged for it to be professionally recorded, with Jordan Luck singing lead vocals.
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Auckland teenager Kane Chong wanted to write a song for his childhood friend, Connor, who has Autism. He wanted to celebrate his friend's great qualities, and encourage others to be more accepting of people with the condition.
So he wrote We Are One, recorded a demo, and sent it off to the Play It Strange Trust, which supports young songwriters.
Its CEO Mike Chunn was very impressed and arranged for it to be professionally recorded, with Jordan Luck singing lead vocals.
Kane Chong says while the money is great, which goes to Autism New Zealand, his main goal was to raise awareness of autism.
He joined Jesse in the Auckland studio.
Topics: life and society, music
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Tags: autism, Autism New Zealand, Play It Strange
Duration: 7'30"
13:45
Favourite Album - White Light
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The 1971 album by Gene Clark - White Light.
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Duration: 14'43"
14:10
Television Critic: Linda Burgess
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Wellington based short story writer, novelist and reviewer Linda Burgess asks are you appalled or impressed by reality TV?
Topics: media
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Tags: reality TV, TV
Duration: 12'57"
14:25
Tinnitus: the causes and impact
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What causes tinnitus? Why is it so much worse for some people? And is there a cure?
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Most of us have heard that ringing in our ears after being exposed to loud music, or other noise. In most cases it goes away.
But for about 10 percent of the population, that high pitched squeal is there all the time, and for some them it is so loud it affects every aspect of their life.
So what causes tinnitus and what can be done about it?
For Brian Mahoney, an audio engineer at RNZ, the noise got so bad he could no longer do his job.
He has been involved in some trials at Auckland University's Hearing and Tinnitus Clinic, and is finding ways to cope with what can be a debilitating condition.
Brian joined Jesse Mulligan along with the director of the Hearing and Tinnitus Clinic, Dr Grant Searchfield - one of the country's leading researchers in the field.
Dr Searchfield says those of us with tinnitus are not hearing an actual 'sound', but rather the brain's "interpretation" of what is going on, which we perceive as a sound. And what is going on is usually some form of hearing loss.
Yet those of us who experience tinnitus should not necessarily be overly worried about it, he says.
“Get good information, get a hearing test, get some advice. In most cases, it’s very, very benign.”
And what can be done?
Sound therapy, such as the 'Brownian noise' Brian Mahoney uses to treat his tinnitus, can help, Dr Searchfield says. Over time our brains can learn to "push the tinnitus aside".
So the best course of action is?
“Avoid silence, get sound into your life – find something that works for you, doesn’t annoy you – and then train the brain.”
Dr Grant Searchfield recommends the website Tinnitus Tunes
Topics: health, science
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Tags: tinnitus, hearing
Duration: 36'06"
15:10
Corey Fields: Black Elephants in the Room
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Assistant Professor Corey Fields from Stanford University on his new book, Black Elephants in the Room: The Unexpected Politics of African American Republicans. It explores the issues of race in America and why he thinks some black voices in the Republican party are silenced.
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The party of Abraham Lincoln, who fought for the freedom of black slaves in America, has struggled for generations to appeal to black voters.
Part of the problem is that the only blacks allowed in the inclusive "big tent" the party promotes are Black Republicans who embrace the idea that issues are neither black nor white but color blind says Assistant Professor Corey Fields from Stanford University.
His new book, Black Elephants in the Room: The Unexpected Politics of African American Republicans, explores the issues of race in America and why he thinks some black voices in the Republican party are silenced.
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Tags: US, African American republicans, Republican Party
Duration: 24'33"
15:30
Indian students fight back
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Claims of exploitation, even corruption, surround New Zealand's three billion dollar international education sector. Tired of the rip-offs, some international students with support from the NZ Indian community are fighting back. Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets some of the hardest hit, and those who are now rallying by creating NZ's first Indian International Students Association.
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A plate of sweet Indian snacks lies centre table in the large, bright meeting room of Sahaayta Counselling and Social Support Services in the heart of Manukau Counties District in Auckland. However District Ethnic Services Coordinator Sergeant Gurpreet Arora from the New Zealand Police is looking anything but cheerful.
The journey starts from India when they apply for their students visas. Many of the families take loans back home. It is expected from those students that once they come here they will repay their loans. So once they come here, if they are not able to find a job and they’re desperate, they resort to other means; committing crime, prostitution.
Sergeant Arora sits alongside Sucharita Varma, Director and Head Counsellor at Sahaayta. Both work within South Auckland and both see first-hand the fall-out with vulnerable international students.
There’s a need that the community takes ownership of this and government needs to come up with a solution and support this problem.
Sucharita explains, “You’ve got the four [problem] corners with the students in the centre; the [corrupt] agents, the Education providers, the policies not conducive to students and the exploitative employers. We have to get together to have a dialogue around how to empower these students to make sure they don’t go down the path that they are.”
22,000 Indian students come to New Zealand each year. The international education sector is the fifth largest export industry, worth three billion dollars and growing. However claims of exploitation, even corruption, surround the sector.
With 150 students facing deportation and the government admitting many more cases could yet come to light, concern about fraud is growing. And with it, the reputational risk to this industry. These students say they are victims of rogue education agents, not perpetrators, and at protests over the weekend the students insisted that they came and paid in good faith. But the government says it is their responsibility to get the forms right and will offer no amnesty. When asked about the students' claim that they had been tricked, Education Minister Steven Joyce replied, "They would say that".
Add to the mix that another 380 mostly Indian students have to re-sit exams because the New Zealand Qualifications Authority doesn't trust the standards at their Auckland tertiary institution, and the picture only gets worse. It started with the exponential rise in enrollments by Indian students in 2014. When the New Zealand government loosened the English-language requirements for foreign students the previous year it effectively opened the doors to fraudulent applications from India.
Students fight back
Tired of being vulnerable to scams and being ripped off, some students are fighting back, with support from the NZ Indian Community. In a spacious Indian restaurant in Manukau, over twenty have gathered for an “advocacy workshop” organised by Harshmeen Kaur. Hamilton-based Harshmeen is the founder of the country’s first Indian International Students Association, currently in the process of being registered.
Harshmeen came here from Punjab, India in 2014. A recent graduate with a Diploma in Business Studies from WINTEC, she volunteered as an International Student Advisor and saw the challenges facing students. When she started a facebook site dedicated to assisting students with FAQ around accommodation, advocacy, job opportunities, IRD, counselling and more, the numbers visiting her site rapidly grew. When the numbers reached over 1600 she decided it was time to act.
Questions from the students at the workshop are being answered by Zinnia Manchanda, a licensed immigration advisor with Ambition Immigration, a New Zealand Licensed Immigration Advisors and Education Consultancy; and a father and daughter team. Zinnia Manchanda is explaining the NZQA code of conduct to the students. Being an Indian and former International student (now a permanent resident), helps Zinnia understand exactly what issues the students are facing. For her, the issues also start in India.
“We have a serious problem where New Zealand is being oversold and under-delivered. The students are mostly young and vulnerable. Parents put everything online to send the students here. All it would have taken was to set the right expectations at the point of entry. [Harshmeen Kaur’s organisation] is able to connect the people, she is able to bring the right people together to advise the students.” Zinnia sees the answer in a multi-agency approach as well, and for better pastoral care.
After the presentation Harshmeen introduces me to Mohammad Tofazzal Alam, one of the lucky ones; he could have lost everything when he came to Auckland in 2014 from Bangladesh to study. Within three months of his arrival NZQA shut down the college he was studying at. Mohammad the youngest son of 8 siblings, his entire family had personally contributed towards the $15,000 fees (the equivalent of 56 Bangladeshi Taka or BDT per NZ dollar) to support his education here. Luckily NZQA and Immigration New Zealand stepped in and transferred him to the International College of New Zealand where he was able to complete his studies and graduate. Mohammad’s case raises questions about the government's consistency, how he got to stay and switch to another school when Minister Steven Joyce is refusing others.
Sergeant Arora tells me that a plan of action is in place. “The Human Rights Commission under the guidance of Inspector Rakesh Naidoo is co-ordinating a multiagency approach, and this is a step in the right direction.”
Sucharita Varma agrees, "If a particular institution in Auckland city has 70% Indian students, it is their responsibility, morally, ethically to provide the right support for their students. You can’t pass them off to Victim Support when there’s a homicide."
Topics: refugees and migrants, crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: international students, Indian New Zealanders, culture
Duration: 10'30"
15:44
One Quick Question for 5 September 2016
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We find the answers to any queries you can think up.
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Linguist Dr Sharon Marsden of Massey University answers: Why are people saying "learnings"?
Craig Young of TUANZ answers: With so many satellites why do some have no mobile reception?
Mark Owen of the NZTA answers: Why are reduced speed signs still there when road works are over?
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Duration: 5'25"
15:45
The Panel pre-show for 5 September 2016
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'07"
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1:10 First song: 'Joe's Dream' - Bat for Lashes
1:15 Immigration and Jobs
There have long been concerns that workers are being brought in from overseas to fill jobs while thousands of New Zealanders are unemployed.
The Prime Minister says employers are forced to use overseas labour for roles like fruitpicking, because the local work force is either living in the wrong place, or cannot muster what is required to work. This morning on Morning Report he said: "Go and ask the employers, and they will say some of these people won't pass a drug test, some of these people won't turn up for work, some of these people will claim they have health issues later on."
So we thought we'd check in with Hawkes Bay fruit growers, who are always looking for workers to pick fruit. Leon Stallard is a grower, a director at Horticulture New Zealand, former president of the Hawke's Bay Fruitgrowers' Association
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1:25 Bringing heritage fruit trees back to the Capital
The Wellington region has a smattering of very old fruit trees, with rare varities of plums, apples and pears. Under a new heritage fruit tree programme, cuttings taken from these trees have been grafted and made available to churches around the city, and the fruit will eventually be available to anyone who wants it
Wellington City Council's Urban Agriculturalist, Sarah Adams explains what is involved.
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1:35 Teen's Song for Autism
Auckland teenager Kane Chong decided to write a song about the importance of accepting people with Autism. He wrote it for his childhood friend, and sent a demo off to the Play It Strange Trust.
It's CEO Mike Chunn was very impressed and arranged for it to be professionally recorded, with Jordan Luck singing lead vocals.
Kane Chong talks to Jesse in our Auckland studio.
1:40 Favourite album: Gene Clark’s White Light
2:10 Television Critic: Linda Burgess
Wellington based short story writer, novelist and reviewer Linda Burgess asks are you appalled or impressed by reality TV?
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2:20 Tinnitus, its causes and impact
Most of us have heard that ringing in our ears after being exposed to loud music or other noise. In most cases it goes away.
But for about 10 percent of the population, that high pitched squeal is there all the time, and for some them it is so loud it affects every aspect of their life.
In our weekly exploration of science issues we're looking at tinnitus, what causes it, how it can impact on people's lives and work, and what can be done about it.
We speak to one of the country's leading researchers in the field, Dr Grant Searchfield - the Director of the Hearing and Tinnitus Clinic at the University of Auckland, and also, RNZ audio engineer Brian Mahoney, whose tinnitus is so severe he has had to medically retire from his studio role.
3:10 Corey Fields: Black Elephants in the Room
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The party of Abraham Lincoln, who fought for the freedom of black slaves in America, has struggled for generations to appeal to black voters. Part of the problem is that the only blacks allowed in the inclusive "big tent" the party promotes are Black Republicans who embrace the idea that issues are neither black nor white but color blind says Assistant Professor Corey Fields from Stanford University.
His new book, Black Elephants in the Room: The Unexpected Politics of African American Republicans, explores the issues of race in America and why he thinks some black voices in the Republican party are silenced.
3:35 Voices
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
=PLAYLIST=
JESSE MULLIGAN AFTERNOONS:
1pm - 4pm
Monday 5th September 2016
JESSE'S SONG:
ARTIST Joe's Dream
TITLE: Bat for Lashes
COMP: Natasha Khan
ALBUM: The Bride
LABEL: Parlophone
FAVOURITE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Gene Clark
TITLE: The Virgin
COMP: Gene Clark
ALBUM: White Light
LABEL: A & M
ARTIST: Gene Clark
TITLE: White Light
COMP: Gene Clark
ALBUM: White Light
LABEL: A & M
ARTIST: Gene Clark
TITLE: Tears of Rage
COMP: Bob Dylan, Richard Manuel
ALBUM: White Light
LABEL: A & M
ADDITIONAL MUSIC:
ARTIST: Jordan Luck
TITLE: We Are One
COMP: Kane Chong
ALBUM: Unreleased
LABEL: iTunes
THE PANEL (HALF TIME SONG)
ARTIST: John Farnham
TITLE: You're The Voice
COMP: Andy Qunta, Keith Reid, Maggie Ryder, Chris Thompson
ALBUM: Whispering Jack
LABEL: Wheatley Records
===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
=DESCRIPTION=
An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)
=AUDIO=
15:44
One Quick Question for 5 September 2016
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We find the answers to any queries you can think up.
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Linguist Dr Sharon Marsden of Massey University answers: Why are people saying "learnings"?
Craig Young of TUANZ answers: With so many satellites why do some have no mobile reception?
Mark Owen of the NZTA answers: Why are reduced speed signs still there when road works are over?
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Duration: 5'25"
15:45
The Panel pre-show for 5 September 2016
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'07"
16:05
The Panel with Lavina Good and Finlay MacDonald (Part 1)
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Topics - This time it's John Key saying New Zeland needs immigrant workers because locals lack a work ethic. A Wellington mayoral candidate Justin Lester wants to set up accomodation where homeless alcoholics can still drink. Anonymous payment is one idea to get around your on-line habits being surveilled on news webites.
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Duration: 24'22"
16:06
The Panel with Lavina Good and Finlay MacDonald (Part 2
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Topics - Religious historian Peter Lineham talks about Mother Teresa's distance from the Divine. People who want to serve in their jobs stymied by politics. Peters says hard work will no longer se you get ahead.
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Duration: 26'24"
16:07
Panel Intro
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What the Panelists Lavina Good and Finlay MacDonald have been up to.
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Duration: 4'34"
16:10
PM repeats lazy kiwi line
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This time it's John Key saying New Zealand needs immigrant workers because locals lack a work ethic.
Topics: politics, business, economy
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Tags: immigrant workers, overseas labour, labour market
Duration: 4'54"
16:18
"Wet" houses for the homeless
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A Wellington mayoral candidate Justin Lester wants to set up accomodation where homeless alcoholics can still drink.
Topics: life and society
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Tags: homelessness, alcaholism, Wet house
Duration: 6'35"
16:24
Paying anonymously for on-line news
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Anonymous payment is one idea to get around your on-line habits being surveilled on news webites.
Topics: media
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Tags: news webites, anonymity
Duration: 8'10"
16:33
Mother Teresa
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Religious historian Peter Lineham talks about Mother Teresa's distance from the Divine.
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Duration: 8'16"
16:42
Panel Says
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What the Panelists Lavina Good and Finlay MacDonald have been up to.
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Duration: 7'23"
16:54
Can't get ahead
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Winston Peters says hard work will no longer se you get ahead.
Topics: politics, economy
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Duration: 1'04"
16:55
Teaching driving at school
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Driving instructor John Brown talks about teaching driving in schools with volunteers.
Topics: life and society, education
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Tags: teaching driving, driving lessons
Duration: 7'16"
16:58
Using your indicator
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How about indicator cameras at intersections?
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Duration: 2'10"
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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
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RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme
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17:00
Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 5 September 2016
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Watch Monday's full show here.
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Duration: 00"
17:08
Nikki Kaye being treated for breast cancer
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Minister for Civil Defence, ACC, and Youth, Nikki Kaye, was diagnosed with breast cancer on Friday. Today she announced she's putting politics on hold while she gets treatment.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Nikki Kaye, breast cancer
Duration: 2'37"
17:10
No help given to single, homeless mother, inquiry told
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A woman left homeless with her five children after escaping her abusive husband told the final day of an inquiry into homelessness that the government failed to help her.
Topics: politics, housing
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Tags: homelessness, Inquiry
Duration: 4'03"
17:14
Property investors targeted by new lending restrictions
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Property investors around the country will be hit with new lending restrictions from 1 October as current lending restrictions already in place in Auckland are extended to the rest of the country.
Topics: housing, economy
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Tags: lending restrictions, mortgages
Duration: 3'24"
17:18
Teachers and principals meet to discuss funding changes
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Thirteen hundred teachers, teacher aides, principals and support staff met this afternoon to protest their concerns over funding changes.
Topics: education, politics
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Tags: teachers, funding, Educational Institute, Post Primary Teachers Association
Duration: 3'31"
17:20
Green Party MP Kevin Hague to leave Parliament
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Green Party MP Kevin Hague is leaving Parliament to take up the role of chief executive of the environmental organisation Forest and Bird.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Kevin Hague, Forest and Bird
Duration: 1'31"
17:21
Health authorities criticised for toddler's care
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Southern District Heath Board, a senior doctor and a telehealth nurse failed a toddler who died of bacterial infection and pnuemonia, Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill says.
Topics: health
Regions: Otago
Tags: Southern District Heath Board, Dunedin
Duration: 1'36"
17:23
Parents desperate for answers over baby's death
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A New Zealand man and his Australian partner are furious after their seven-month-old baby died in Perth despite them seeking help from doctors three times in the days before his death.
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A New Zealand man and his Australian partner are furious after their seven-month-old baby died in Perth despite them seeking help from doctors three times in the days before his death.
Seven-month-old Malakai Matui Paraone died on 26 August.
Malakai's parents, Nicole Thompson and Te Keepa Paraone, had noticed he was weak, had joint pain and couldn't move his arm on Monday 22 August.
Ms Thompson told Checkpoint with John Campbell Malakai was having neck and arm spasms and was taken to Midland Hospital, where his parents were told he had a pulled elbow. He was given Panadol and sent home.
On Tuesday they called an ambulance and were taken to Princess Margaret Hospital, a specialist children's hospital. Malakai had a high heart rate, fever, a rash and couldn't move.
Ms Thompson said they were seen in a toilet and given Panadol. Malakai had convulsions and was vomiting, but again they were sent home.
By Wednesday, a GP said Malakai had a virus but there was nothing they could do. On Wednesday night, he was taken back to Princess Margaret Hospital and Ms Thompson said she was told he had suspected meningococcal disease, and later septicaemia. Malakai was put on life support on Thursday but died on Friday.
Ms Thompson said, despite having been to hospital three times and a medical centre once, everyone had missed what was going on with Malakai.
The coroner is now investigating and the Western Australia Health Minister says an investigation into Malakai's treatment has been launched.
Ms Thompson said she suspected Malakai died of meningococcal disease.
Mr Paraone said he had no idea about why their son had received such poor treatment.
"All I know is that something dodgy is going on."
Ms Thompson said she wanted the hospitals and doctors to be held accountable and for other parents to keep searching for answers.
"If anything, what I want from this is for doctors to listen to mothers. They're not just an over-exaggerating worried mother, if they're going to a hospital three times, if they're ringing an ambulance, keep a baby in hospital for observation at least.
The hospitals involved in Malakai's care said they couldn't comment while the coroner was investigating.
Topics: health
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Tags: Australia, Malakai Matui Paraone
Duration: 6'46"
17:36
Evening business for 5 September 2016
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News from the business sector, including a market report.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Market
Duration: 2'52"
17:41
Special needs report highlights exclusion and under-funding
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Many children are not getting full access to education because schools are under-resourced and some don't want to work with disabled children, a critical report from a community law centre says.
Topics: education, disability
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Tags: Special Needs Education, funding
Duration: 3'14"
17:45
Witnesses give evidence in George Taiaroa murder trial
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Witnesses have given different accounts of the number of people in a vehicle police believe was used in the drive-by shooting of roadworker, George Taiaroa. RNZ reporter Carla Penman joins Checkpoint.
Topics: crime
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Tags: George Taiaroa
Duration: 3'23"
17:48
Havelock North residents still suspicious of water
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Despite being told their water no longer has to be boiled many residents of Havelock North are still suspicious about its safety and quality and are ignoring official advice.
Topics: health
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Havelock North, water
Duration: 2'49"
17:51
Chch City Council won't back down on property reports
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Christchurch City Council is not backing down on including warnings on property reports about their vulnerability to sea level rise.
Topics: housing, politics
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch, Sea Level Rises
Duration: 3'25"
17:55
US food and drug authority bans anti-bacterial soaps
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The US Food and Drug Administration has banned some anti-bacterial soaps after it found they can do more harm than good. Professor Julian Crane spoke to Checkpoint about the implications of that decision for New Zealand.
Topics: health
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Tags: US, Antibacterial Soap
Duration: 3'43"
17:58
Giant replica of London set ablaze in Great Fire re-enactment
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A giant wooden replica of 17th-century London has been set ablaze on the Thames River in a spectacular re-enactment of the Great Fire of London 350 years ago.
Topics: history, arts
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Tags: David Best, Great Fire Of London, London
Duration: 51"
18:08
Bernard Hickey on new rules for property investors
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Most investors in Auckland will soon need to have at least a 40 percent deposit, up from the current 30 percent. Financial analyst Bernard Hickey joins Checkpoint to discuss the tightened rules.
Topics: economy, housing
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Tags: lending restrictions, mortgages
Duration: 4'56"
18:13
Soldiers say rights breached over N-bomb fallout
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The lawyer for two soldiers found guilty at a court martial after being found acting strangely in Palmerston North on Labour Weekend last year, says their rights were breached in several ways.
Topics: crime
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Tags: Joshua Mapson, Barclay Bishop
Duration: 2'32"
18:15
Immigrants needed as some Kiwis have bad work ethic, PM says
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A Hawkes Bay apple grower is backing the Prime Minister's comments that immigrants are needed to fill jobs because too many locals are drug users or have a bad work ethic.
Topics: economy, refugees and migrants
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: immigrants, work, employment
Duration: 3'26"
18:19
Miners face prosecution over illegal pursuits
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Six miners operating in Westland and Southland have been put out of business and two face prosecution for their involvement in illegal mining. Eric Frykberg reports.
Topics: law
Regions: Southland
Tags: mining, gold
Duration: 2'37"
18:24
Mother Teresa declared a saint by Pope Francis
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Mother Teresa of Calcutta has been declared a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, fast-tracked to canonisation just 19 years after her death.
Topics: spiritual practices
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Tags: Mother Teresa, Saints
Duration: 1'44"
18:26
Havelock North children afraid to drink tap water
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Children in Havelock North refuse to drink the tap water despite being told it's safe. Many call it "sick water" and in some cases prefer to drink water out of a box.
Topics: health
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: children, water, Havelock North
Duration: 3'15"
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===6:30 PM. | None (National)===
=DESCRIPTION=
Highlighting the RNZ stories you're sharing on-line
The Surrey-born school principal fluent in te reo
===7:06 PM. | Nights===
=DESCRIPTION=
RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information
=AUDIO=
19:10
History - and the hardest word to say
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Professor Giselle Byrnes, Massey University professor of History, on asking questions of the past and when and how we say sorry.
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Giselle Byrnes is a professor of history at Massey University.
Topics: history
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Tags: language, books, storytelling
Duration: 22'53"
20:12
Nights' Science - World Weather
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This week's after dinner scientist is our man with the world's weather - Erick Brenstrum, severe weather forecaster with Metservice.
Topics: weather, science, climate, environment, life and society
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Tags: meteorology, weather, climate
Duration: 19'07"
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7:12 History - and the hardest word to say
Professor Giselle Byrnes, Massey University professor of History, on asking questions of the past and when and how we say sorry.
7:35 Upbeat
US trumpet virtuoso Allen Vizzutti is here for a nationwide tour. As famous for his compositions as his technique, equally at home in classical and jazz work, Allen will have a starring role with the Roger Fox Big band and the NZSO in keeping with Big Band tradition. Watch his performance of Firedance a piece he wrote with friend Jeff Tyzik to experience his incredible playing.
8:12 Nights' Science - World Weather
Wildfires, flood and typhoons - MetService severe weather forecaster Erick Brenstrum covers the latest severe weather events around the world.
8:30 Window on the World
Naturally Misleading - What is 'natural' food and is it better for us? We explore the language of food labelling. Does a product bearing the word 'natural' on its label make you more likely to buy it? Or, is describing food as 'natural' just a marketing trick?.
9:30 Insight
Sharon BrettKelly looks back on the helping hand offered to the homeless by Te Puea marae and asks if this could be, or should be, a model to be used in the future.
10:17 Late Edition
A roundup of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Date Line Pacific from RNZ International.
11:07 At the Eleventh Hour
This week on the Nashville Babylon hour,the very best in country, soul and rock 'n' roll with new music from Courtney Marie Andrews and the Handsome Family plus classics from Lowell George, Howlin' Wolf and Allen Toussaint.
===7:35 PM. | None (National)===
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===8:30 PM. | Windows On The World===
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International public radio features and documentaries
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Monday 5 September - Naturally Misleading
What is 'natural' food and is it better for us? We explore the language of food labelling. Does a product bearing the word 'natural' on its label make you more likely to buy it? Or, is describing food as 'natural' just a marketing trick?
Tuesday 6 September- Where Are You Going?
Catherine Carr continues her series where she hears stories from people all over the world, uncovered by asking one simple question - Where are you going? Every interrupted journey becomes a portal into the life of another, and there are surprises in every answer. Catherine travels to the refugee camps in northern France, where the journeys people have undertaken to get there are epic, and their onward passage is uncertain. The answers given by the people trying to live in The Jungle will reveal the rhythms of life in limbo and will also describe past lives and future hopes.
Wednesday 7 September - The Force of Google
The algorithm which produces Google’s search results is highly secret and always changing, but is crucial in influencing the information we all obtain, the viewpoints we read, the people we find out about, and the products we buy. Google dominates the market because it's so effective. Rivals find it difficult to compete. But however good the algorithm, however carefully crafted to give us what Google thinks we actually want, is it really healthy for one search engine, and one company, to have so much impact? Rory Cellan-Jones explores Google's uniquely powerful role at the centre of today's information society.
Thursday 8 September - Addicted in Suburbia
The United States is in the throes of a heroin and opiate epidemic. India Rakusen travels to Lorain County, in the state of Ohio, where addiction has become part of everyday life. West of the city of Cleveland, Avon Lake is a wealthy suburb – its large, expensive properties back onto the shores of Lake Eerie, and wild deer frolic on neat lawns. But behind this façade, there is a crisis. Many families have felt the damaging impact of addiction. And across Lorain County, opiates – pharmaceutical and street heroin - have killed twice as many people in the first six months of 2016 alone, as died in the whole of 2015.
===9:30 PM. | Insight===
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An award-winning documentary programme providing comprehensive coverage of national and international current affairs.
===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
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A senior government minister has cancer; teaching kids with disabilities; and in Dateline Pacific the spotlight again goes on corruption in Papua New Guinea.
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RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National
===11:06 PM. | Nashville Babylon ===
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Wairarapa's Mark Rogers presents a selection of old and new music - the very best in alt.country, Americana and blues (Arrow FM)