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A 24-hour recording of Radio New Zealand National. The following rundown is sourced from the broadcaster’s website. Note some overseas/copyright restricted items may not appear in the supplied rundown:
25 August 2015
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Spectrum (RNZ); 1:05 From the World (RNZ); 2:05 Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy (2 of 13, PRX) 3:05 Minding Lear, by Owen Marshall (6 of 7, RNZ); 3:30 An Author's View (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)
===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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Radio New Zealand's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including: 6:18 Pacific News 6:22 Rural News 6:27 and 8:45 Te Manu Korihi News 6:44 and 7:41 NZ Newspapers 6:47 Business News 7:42 and 8:34 Sports News 6:46 and 7:34 Traffic
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06:00
Top Stories for Tuesday 25 August 2015
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Wall Street's Dow Jones reacts - and then rallies - to Black Monday in China as trillions of dollars are wiped off the value of global stock markets. Back home, Michael Woodhouse defends the Health and Safety Bill as it returns to Parliament today and an Auckland woman is forced to turn down yet another mouldy state house.
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Duration: 31'43"
06:06
Sports News for 25 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'25"
06:10
Billions of dollars wiped off world markets
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Billions of dollars have been wiped off the value of shares today across the world's stock markets.
Topics: business
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Tags: stock markets
Duration: 4'08"
06:18
Wellington Railway Station could be on the block
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KiwiRail is considering selling Wellington Railway Station as it looks to sell assets in a bid to shore-up its revenue.
Topics: transport, business
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Tags: Kiwirail
Duration: 2'17"
06:20
Pacific News for 25 August 2015
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The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 2'44"
06:23
Te Manu Korihi News for 25 August 2015
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A Maori delegation from the Far North who travelled to Norway to confronted Statoil will protest outside a closed meeting being held here in New Zealand; Four Ngai Tahu entities have lodged an appeal with the Environment Court opposing an appeal lodged by the Christchurch City Council to discharge wastewater into Akaroa Harbour for the next 25 years; A Masters degree graduate from Waikato University is challenging Maori animators to create more original characters in their programmes that Maori children can relate to; A Maori playwright has based his latest drama on the accidental police shooting and killing of Halatau Naitoko in Auckland in 2009.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'48"
06:27
Morning Rural News for 25 August 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'12"
06:45
Government says workers could refuse to work easter sunday
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The Government's giving an assurance employees who don't want to work on Easter Sunday will be able to refuse without giving a reason.
Topics: law
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Tags: Easter Sunday, Easter
Duration: 2'55"
06:50
NZ analyst takes neutral stance on market fall
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Stock markets have continued to plunge as concerns deepen about China's slowing economy.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: stock markets
Duration: 2'08"
06:52
RBNZ says full removal of LVRs may be delayed
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The full removal of mortgage lending restrictions to those with small deposits may be delayed.
Topics: business, economy, housing
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Tags: mortgage lending restrictions
Duration: 48"
06:53
Auckland Airport expects strong growth to continue
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Auckland International Airport is expecting its strong growth to continue, despite concern about a slowing global economy and the potential impact of a weaker New Zealand dollar.
Topics: business
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Auckland Airport
Duration: 2'54"
06:56
Chorus says people cancelling ultra-fast orders
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The telecommunications network company, Chorus, says one in ten people wanting ultra fast broadband are cancelling their order.
Topics: business
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Tags: Chorus
Duration: 1'41"
06:57
NIB says it's turned around NZ business with 6 percent growth
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NIB Holdings New Zealand says it's reversed a decade of decline in the number of policyholders, with growth of 6 percent in the past year.
Topics: business
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Tags: NIB Holdings New Zealand
Duration: 1'37"
06:59
Morning markets for 25 August 2015
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As mentioned earlier, stock markets have continued to decline as investors keep a wary eye on China.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 08"
07:07
Sports News for 25 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'11"
07:11
US markets recover after China weakness sets off global rout
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Stock markets across the world have fallen sharply as fears of a Chinese economic slowdown continue to haunt investors.
Topics: business
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Tags: stock markets
Duration: 57"
07:14
World markets tumble on the back of China's biggest tumble
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Jack Mohr is a research director at Wall Street publication The Street. He's been monitoring the global fallout.
Topics: business
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Tags: stock markets
Duration: 4'12"
07:18
China's 'Black Monday' causes world stocks to plummet
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New Zealand, too, wasn't immune from the tumble. The NZX50 was awash with red ink yesterday as stocks were sold off. Damage however was limited compared with reaction on world markets.Mark Lister is the Head of Private Wealth Research at Craigs Investment Partners.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: stock markets
Duration: 5'35"
07:24
Government continues to defend Health and Safety Bill
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The widely ridiculed Health and Safety Bill returns to Parliament today.
Topics: farming, law, politics
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Tags: Health and Safety Bill
Duration: 8'03"
07:36
Mother of two sick boys offered another mouldy state house
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Last Friday we ran the story about Te Ao Marama Wensor, who told us her state house in Auckland was so mouldy it was killing her children.
Topics: housing, health
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Housing New Zealand
Duration: 4'24"
07:40
Wellington Railway Station could be on the block
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KiwiRail says it would consider selling off the Wellington Railway Station if there was an opportunity to do so.
Topics: business, transport
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Tags: Kiwirail
Duration: 3'21"
07:44
Union says Easter Sunday plan unfair on workers
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A union representing shop workers says a plan to let councils decide whether retailers can open on Easter Sunday puts staff in a difficult position.
Topics: law
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Tags: Easter trading
Duration: 4'32"
07:51
Australian treasurer fears brain drain to New Zealand
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The Australian treasurer is sounding the alarm more and more Australians are moving to New Zealand because of the lower income tax rate.
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Tags: Australia, tax
Duration: 4'37"
07:55
Lauren Boyle steps up to save school pools
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If it wasn't for a local school pool, New Zealand swimming legend Lauren Boyle may never have become a world champion.
Topics: sport
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Tags: swimming, Lauren Boyle
Duration: 4'08"
08:07
Sports News for 25 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'10"
08:09
US stock market closes after a day awash with red ink
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The US stock market has just closed with all stocks down. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended down more than 3.5 percent after earlier experiencing its biggest one-day drop ever.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: stock markets
Duration: 6'07"
08:15
Labour extend an olive branch over Health & Safety Bill
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The Workplace Safety Minister, Michael Woodhouse, says there's still some fine tuning needed on the Health and Safety Reform Bill.
Topics: law, politics
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Tags: Health and Safety Reform Bill
Duration: 6'44"
08:22
Akl lending restrictions for the health of the whole economy
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The Reserve Bank says tightening lending restrictions in Auckland will help protect the health of the financial system.
Topics: law, housing, business
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Tags: lending restrictions, Reserve Bank
Duration: 4'34"
08:27
Lending limits in Auckland to take heat out of housing market
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The Reserve Bank says new lending limits in Auckland will take some of the heat out of the housing market.
Topics: law, housing, business
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Tags: lending restrictions, Reserve Bank
Duration: 5'05"
08:32
Markets Update for 25 August 2015
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'08"
08:38
Tukoroirangi Morgan says claim bigger than Waikato Raupatu.
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A spokesperson for Waikato Tainui says the Maori king's treaty claim for Auckland is not intended to override settlements already negotiated between the Crown and Auckland iwi.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions: Waikato
Tags: King Tuheitia
Duration: 3'57"
08:42
Lawyer says report lifts lid on inmate health failings
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A lawyer says reports condemning the care provided to two patients in separate prisons have only scratched the surface of what's really going on in the country's jails.
Topics: health, law
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Tags: prison, Health and Disability Commissioner, report
Duration: 3'38"
08:45
Tourist hubs and retailers welcome Easter trading changes
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Retailers and tourism hubs say relaxing Easter Sunday trading laws will boost local economies and remove inconsistencies that allow some towns to trade while banning others.
Topics: law
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Tags: Easter trading
Duration: 3'41"
08:51
Te Manu Korihi News for 25 August 2015
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A Maori delegation from the Far North who travelled to Norway to confronted Statoil will protest outside a closed meeting being held here in New Zealand; Three central plateau iwi, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Rangi and Ngati Uenuku and the Department of Conservation are warning people travelling to Mount Ruapehu of possible minor eruptions over the next few weeks; A Masters degree graduate from Waikato University is challenging Maori animators to create more original characters in their programmes that Maori children can relate to; A Maori playwright is tackling the issue of police shootings in his new play, but he says it's also a universal story about a mother's grief.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'46"
08:54
Government hands over free emissions credits to big firms
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Figures just made public show the Government gave tens of millions of dollars worth of free emissions credits to large companies last year.
Topics: politics, environment
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Tags: free emissions credits
Duration: 3'17"
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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: The Marriage Mender, written by Sarah Quigley, read by Jennifer Ward-Lealand (2 of 5, RNZ)
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09:08
China's Black Monday
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Billions of dollars have been wiped off the value of shares around the world, amid mounting concern over a Chinese economic slowdown. China's Shanghai index fell by more than eight percent; the main stock markets in Europe and elsewhere in Asia closed more than four percent lower; and the main Wall Street indexes are currently about four percent down. Campbell Harvey is an economist and business professor at Duke University.
Topics: economy, business, politics
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Tags: China, China's economy
Duration: 20'02"
09:30
Are banks making it harder for older clients to get home loans?
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How much of a problem is it to get a mortgage if you're over a certain age? And what age might that be? Of course it's against Human Rights legislation to discriminate against someone on the basis of their age... but some people trying to get mortgages are finding it tough, even if they do have the right deposit. The New Zealand Bankers Association says it's not discrimination - but that banks need to ensure mortgages are sustainable and a recent law change means they need to be even more careful that they are lending responsibly. With Kirk Hope from the NZ Bankers Association and Ann Marie Coury from Grey Power.
Topics: housing, law
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Tags: housing, mortgage, age discrimination, grey power, banks
Duration: 18'29"
09:49
US correspondent Susan Milligan
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Susan Milligan is a former White House and National Political Correspondent for the Boston Globe. She is a Contributing Editor to US News and World Report. She also writes for The Washingtonian, Rhode Island Monthly, AARP Bulletin, eJournal and other publications. She teaches a course in Government and the Media to Boston University students at the Washington DC Campus
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Tags: US news
Duration: 9'34"
10:07
The Happiness Industry: Will Davies
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British sociologist, political economist and author William Davies argues in his new book that employers are increasingly paying attention to happiness in the workplace as a means of keeping absenteeism down and productivity high. He says there is now a whole industry devoted to measuring and modifying the mood of a workplace or customer base.
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British sociologist, political economist and author William Davies argues in his new book that employers are increasingly paying attention to happiness in the workplace as a means of keeping absenteeism down and productivity high.
He says there is now a whole industry devoted to measuring and modifying the mood of a workplace or customer base.
Will Davies discusses “The Happiness Industry” and whether we’re becoming a culture which only values optimism.
Topics: life and society
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Tags: The Happiness Industry, happiness, workplace wellbeing, psychology
Duration: 32'48"
10:41
Book review: Rugby: A New Zealand History by Ron Palenski
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Reviewed by David Hill and published by Auckland University Press.
Topics: books
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Duration: 4'49"
11:06
Business commentator Rod Oram
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The stock exchange jitters in China and other markets.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 17'46"
11:24
Demographer Paul Spoonley on the Silver Revolution
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The number of over 65's will double in the next decade. Demographer Paul Spoonley asks if we are really prepared.
Topics: life and society, economy, history
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Duration: 14'37"
11:43
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
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Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz
Topics: media
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Duration: 16'22"
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09:05 China's Black Monday
Billions of dollars have been wiped off the value of shares around the world, amid mounting concern over a Chinese economic slowdown. China's Shanghai index fell by more than eight percent; the main stock markets in Europe and elsewhere in Asia closed more than four percent lower; and the main Wall Street indexes are currently about four percent down. Campbell Harvey is an economist and business professor at Duke University.
09:20 Are banks making it harder for older clients to get home loans?
How much of a problem is it to get a mortgage if you're over a certain age? And what age might that be? Of course it's against Human Rights legislation to discriminate against someone on the basis of their age... but some people trying to get mortgages are finding it tough, even if they do have the right deposit. The New Zealand Bankers Association says it's not discrimination - but that banks need to ensure mortgages are sustainable and a recent law change means they need to be even more careful that they are lending responsibly.
With Kirk Hope from the NZ Bankers Association and Ann Marie Coury from Grey Power.
09:45 US correspondent Susan Milligan
Susan Milligan is a former White House and National Political Correspondent for the Boston Globe. She is a Contributing Editor to US News and World Report. She also writes for The Washingtonian, Rhode Island Monthly, AARP Bulletin, eJournal and other publications. She teaches a course in Government and the Media to Boston University students at the Washington DC Campus.
10:05 The Happiness Industry: Will Davies
British sociologist, political economist and author William Davies argues in his new book that employers are increasingly paying attention to happiness in the workplace as a means of keeping absenteeism down and productivity high. He says there is now a whole industry devoted to measuring and modifying the mood of a workplace or customer base.
10:35 Book review: Rugby: A New Zealand History by Ron Palenski
Published by Auckland University Press. Reviewed by David Hill.
10:45 The Reading: The Marriage Mender by Sarah Quigley, read by Jennifer Ward-Lealand (Part 2 of 5)
The story of Sadie, the high-flying divorce lawyer who ends up putting marriages back together.
11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram
11:20 Demographer Paul Spoonley on the Silver Revolution
The number of over 65s will double in the next decade. Demographer Paul Spoonley asks if we are really prepared?
11:45 Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin Ellis has a big bouquet for TV3's 3D Investigates programme on the Susan Burdett case.
Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz
Music details
Artist: Eilen Jewel
Song: Hooked
Album: Queen of the Minor Key
Label: Signature
Time: 9.30
Artist: Lorde
Song: Team
Album: Pure Heroine
Label: Universal
Time: 11.39
===Noon | Midday Report===
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Radio New Zealand 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 25 August 2015
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John Key is confident the economy can withstand global turmoil and the first manslaughter trial in the forestry industry gets under way.
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Duration: 14'51"
12:17
NZ sharemarket suffers for another day
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New Zealand's sharemarket has suffered its biggest two-day fall in four years, as investors' attention stays on the Chinese economy.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: NZX
Duration: 1'37"
12:19
Genesis Energy expects to match last year's strong result
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The country's largest electricity retailer, Genesis Energy, has more than doubled its annual net profit to 105 million dollars, despite losing customers.
Topics: business
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Tags: Genesis Energy
Duration: 1'32"
12:21
Shares in Wynyard Group have slumped
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Shares in Wynyard Group slumped in early trading after its net loss widened to nearly 18 million dollars in the first-half of the year.
Topics: business
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Tags: Wynyard Group
Duration: 1'08"
12:22
A shake-up helps SLI Systems
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A shake-up to its sales team helped SLI Systems' revenue to grow 27 percent in the year to the end of June to 28 million dollars
Topics: business
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Tags: SLI Systems
Duration: 22"
12:22
Pacific Brands makes full-year net loss of A$97.7 million
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Pacific Brands has reported a full-year net loss of 97-point-7 million Australian dollars, hit by significant one-time costs and lower gross margins.
Topics: business
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Tags: Pacific Brands
Duration: 34"
12:23
Midday Markets for 25 August 2015
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by James Malden at Macquarie Private Wealth.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'38"
12:26
Business briefs
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More people are passing through Auckland International Airport terminals, with more tourists from China, the United States and Britain.
Topics: business
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Tags: Auckland International Airport
Duration: 29"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 25 August 2015
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The veteran All Blacks hooker Keven Mealamu says he never considered playing overseas.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'46"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 25 August 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 8'22"
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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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13:09
Song You Have To Hear - Back into your life
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Clap Clap Riot - Back Into Your Life.
Topics: music
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Duration: 3'48"
13:13
Gas explosion in central Auckland
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A man's died after an incident at a central Auckland hotel. Our reporter, Kim Baker Wilson, is at the scene.
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Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Gas explosion
Duration: 2'35"
13:16
Greenstone Theft - Nola Sinclair
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A 90-year-old woman's home has been burgled, and the theft includes a pendant that's considered a national treasure. Nola Sinclair's home at Patetonga, north of Morrinsville, was broken into recently and it's meant she's lost generations of jewellery.
Topics: crime
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Tags: jewelery theft
Duration: 6'44"
13:23
Alice de Almeida from Algonquin Hotel
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One of the most historic luxury hotels in New York, the Algonquin Hotel is known for its rich history. It played host to The Algonquin Round Table - a group of journalists, authors, publicists and actors, such as Dorothy Parker, who met at the hotel daily in the 1920s. In 1939, The Oak Room at the hotel opened, and became one of New York City's premier cabaret nightclubs. But there's another side of the hotel's history - it's home to one of Manhattan's most celebrated cats. Matilda The Cat has nearly 10,000 followers on Facebook, her own annual fashion show, and she tweets on nearly a daily basis. The woman who has the job of looking after her is Alice De Almeida.
Topics: business
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Tags: Algonquin Hotel
Duration: 10'28"
13:33
Fashion Week - Olivia Fleming
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It's day two of New Zealand Fashion Week with shows on this morning which included Twenty Seven Names, followed by the Choose Wool category with; Wynn Hamlyn, Hailwood, Liz Mitchel, Sabatini, Perriam and Tanya Carlson. Olivia Fleming is a writer and editor who has been published in The New York Observer, Vogue.com, Elle.com and she's also the contributing culture editor at Unlimited magazine. She's a New Zealand expat living in New York.
Topics: arts
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Tags: fashion week
Duration: 7'12"
13:40
Feature Album
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Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure. Chosen by Phil Ethridge.
Topics: music
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Duration: 19'11"
14:10
Wellington Fire Museum - Matt Silver
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Matt Silver urgently needs help housing his collection of seventeen old fire engines. The storage facility he's currently using is about to be demolished. Can you help him? Please call 0800FIREENGINE.
Topics: history
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: fire engines
Duration: 7'16"
14:16
The Greatest Kiwi Concert You've Ever Seen
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Dire Straits - 1986, Lancaster Park ChCh, Athletic Park Wgtn, Western Springs, Auckland.
Topics: music
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Tags: Dire Straits
Duration: 42'57"
15:09
Feature interview - Simon Rich
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Simon Rich might be the funniest person you've never heard of. He's done all sorts but he's most famous for his short stories which have been published in the New Yorker, among other places.
Topics: author interview
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Tags: Simon Rich
Duration: 25'57"
15:45
The Panel pre-show for 25 August 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'28"
21:34
The Bugs are in the House
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After a year it's time to find out what's taken up residence in Lincoln University's Bug Hotels
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By Alison Ballance
A year ago some little, brightly-coloured buildings appeared around the campus of Lincoln University. With names like the Bug Ale House and the Blue Lagoon Hotel, they are Bug Hotels, also called Insect Hotels. They were built by landscape architecture students, with advice from ecology students, and the idea is to encourage native biodiversity by giving creepy crawlies places to live and raise a family in.
“We call them Insect Hotels,” says Nathan Curtis, an ecology tutor at Lincoln Unviersity. “But we’re obviously looking for any little invertebrates … all sorts of things that might be helping the environment.” He also pointed out that the hotels might provide a safe refuge for lizards.
Twelve months on ‘Bug Bloke’ Rob Cruickshank, one of the masterminds behind the Bug Hotels, is curious to find out what has taken up residence. I joined Rob and Nathan on a demolition job to investigate, which raised an interesting dilemma: how do you judge whether your Bug Hotel is succeeding without destroying it?
The answer is that you can’t, so Rob and Nathan opted to closely investigate just two of the Bug Hotels that had already been condemned because of tree felling in the immediate area, in one case, and building work in the other case.
The first Bug Hotel they autopsied was a small multi-coloured, multi-storey affair that had been in a copse of vegetation by the side of the road. The second one was a letterbox-based design that had been in a shrubbery next to a path. Both hotels used a range of materials to try and attract a variety of invertebrates, including dried grass, sphagnum moss, pine needles, old toilet roll tubes, corrugated cardboard, bits of bamboo, lengths of wood with holes drilled along their length, pine cones and a wide variety of other materials. Rob noted that among the features that make an effective Bug Hotel are the use of mesh across the front and back to prevent all this small material from spilling out.
“Lots of insects are thigmotactic,” says Rob. “They like to crawl into narrow spaces between things and feel their body pushed against the side of the place they’re hiding away in.”
Some hotels are made of untreated timber, and the idea is that these will slowly rot into the surrounding environment, providing home to different kinds of creatures over time, including wood-boring beetles. Other hotels are painted, to keep them weather-tight. Yellow, blue and white colours were chosen as they have been shown to attract different kinds of insects.
We were searching the Bug Hotels in the middle of winter, when there is less invertebrate activity, and there was only a small amount of evidence that the Bug Hotels had been used by insects such as weevils. The most common critters collected were spiders; “it was about six spiders to one insect,” noted Nathan.
While the number of residents was low, Rob pointed out that the hotels were not just for insects, but were there for people as well.
“The Bug Hotels are there to draw people in, give them something to look at, and help them think about the value of biodiversity.”
In a recent Our Changing World story on spiders, Cor Vink from Canterbury Museum showed me how most of the spiders around our houses are introduced species. Since the idea of the Bug Hotels is to encourage native biodiversity, Rob and Nathan were keen to find out if the spiders taking up residence in the Bug Hotels were native or introduced. I delivered the eight spiders found in the two hotels to Cor Vink at the museum, and he identified them as being two native species, two endemic species, one introduced species and three indeterminate (they weren’t mature so it was not possible to identify them). And, since spiders were the most abundant resident in the two Bug Hotels sampled, Cor agreed with me that perhaps they should be renamed Spider Hotels.
Spider ID
New Zealand has about 2000 species of spiders. There are about 70 introduced spiders in New Zealand, and they are mostly found in highly modified habitats. Here is a list of the spiders found in the Bug Hotels:
Garden orbweb spider (Eriophora pustulosa): the most common orb web species in New Zealand. It is a native species that was originally from Australia and arrived in New Zealand by ballooning, using silk threads to float with the wind. It’s called pustulosa because it has five pustules or knobs at the end of its abdomen. As its name suggests, it builds a web, and also builds a messy grey-green egg sac to lay its eggs in.
Australian ground spider (Nyssus coloripes): was probably introduced to New Zealand by people in the 1940s. They are hunters that don’t build a web and are very common around houses as well as in native habitat. They have orange front legs and white spots on their back and back legs.
Cobweb spider (Cryptachaea veruculata): is native to New Zealand and Australia, and common around bush edges and in gardens.
Square-ended cobweb spider (Episinus antipodianus): an endemic species in the family Theridiidae. It hangs upside down on a few threads of silk and catches prey from this position.
Square-ended crab spider (Sidymella spp): are ambush predators rather than web builders and lie in wait for their prey. Cor wasn’t entirely sure what species this was at first glance, but highly likely to be endemic (although there are several introduced species).
Ground spider (Scotophaeus pretiosus): Cor said that we have a number of endemic species, but we don’t know the status of this one. It’s thought to be introduced as it has no close relatives in New Zealand, however it’s also not been found anywhere else.
There were also two native jumping spiders, but as both were immature Cor wasn’t able to identify them – identification of spiders is often based on the genitalia of adult males. There are about 200 species of jumping spider in New Zealand, but although they’re a well-known group only about 50 are described, and Cor says you’d only be able to identify about 12 species based on the descriptions.
Topics: science, environment
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Tags: inverebrates, spiders, bugs, insects, insect hotels, bug hotels, ecology, biodiversity
Duration: 19'15"
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1:10 The Song You Have To Hear
Clap Clap Riot - Back Into Your Life
1:20 Greenstone Theft - Nola Sinclair
A 90-year-old woman's home has been burgled, and the theft includes a pendant that's considered a national treasure. Nola Sinclair's home at Patetonga, north of Morrinsville, was broken into recently and it's meant she's lost generations of jewellery.
1:25 Alice de Almeida from Algonquin Hotel
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One of the most historic luxury hotels in New York, the Algonquin Hotel is known for its rich history. It played host to The Algonquin Round Table - a group of journalists, authors, publicists and actors, such as Dorothy Parker, who met at the hotel daily in the 1920s. In 1939, The Oak Room at the hotel opened, and became one of New York City's premier cabaret nightclubs. But there's another side of the hotel's history – it's home to one of Manhattan's most celebrated cats. Matilda The Cat has nearly 10,000 followers on Facebook, her own annual fashion show, and she tweets on nearly a daily basis. The woman who has the job of looking after her is Alice De Almeida.
1:35 Fashion Week - Olivia Fleming
It's day two of New Zealand Fashion Week with shows on this morning which included Twenty Seven Names, followed by the Choose Wool category with; Wynn Hamlyn, Hailwood, Liz Mitchel, Sabatini, Perriam and Tanya Carlson. Olivia Fleming is a writer and editor who has been published in The New York Observer, Vogue.com, Elle.com and she's also the contributing culture editor at Unlimited magazine. She's a New Zealand expat living in New York.
1:40 Feature Album
Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure. Chosen by Phil Ethridge.
2:10 Wellington Fire Museum - Matt Silver
Matt Silver urgently needs help housing his collection of seventeen old fire engines. The storage facility he's currently using is about to be demolished. Can you help him? Please call 0800FIREENGINE.
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The Greatest Kiwi Concert You've Ever Seen
Dire Straits - 1986, Lancaster Park ChCh, Athletic Park Wgtn, Western Springs, Auckland.
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3:10 Feature interview - Simon Rich
Simon Rich might be the funniest person you've never heard of. He's done all sorts but he's most famous for his short stories which have been published in the New Yorker, among other places.
3:35 Our Changing World - Alison Ballance
A year after Lincoln University's bright and varied bug hotels were installed around campus, entomologist Rob Cruikshank is off to find out who took up residence, and Alison Ballance is along for the walk.
Stories from Our Changing World.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about. With Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Noelle McCarthy.
===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
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An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)
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The Panel pre-show for 25 August 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'28"
16:05
The Panel with Gordon McLauchlan and Josie McNaught (Part 1)
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Topics - The Easter Trading laws are going to be loosened. We talk to Maxine Gay of FIRST Union about what this means for workers in the retail sector. A motorist was bashed by a window washer in Auckland and this has again led to a call for them to be banned. The deep psychological effects of the outting of cheaters on the Ashley Madison adultery website. The abuse and neglect of children in the care of the state has been revealed in a report. But they won't be getting an apology from the governement.
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Duration: 24'51"
16:06
The Panel with Gordon McLauchlan and Josie McNaught (Part 2)
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Topics - Some have fond memories of their school days. Are these seen through rose-tinted glasses? A 22 year-old was refused entry to a Christchurch bar because of his face tattoos. The organiser of the International Tattoo Expo Chris Preece joins the Panel to discuss attitudes to tattoos. Two high school students who are too sick to attend school have been barred from going to the Marlborough Girls' College ball. How big a deal is fashion week?
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16:08
Panel Intro
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What the Panelists Gordon McLauchland and Josie McNaught have been up to.
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16:12
Easter Trading
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The Easter Trading laws are going to be loosened. We talk to Maxine Gay of FIRST Union about what this means for workers in the retail sector.
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Duration: 9'33"
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Call to ban intersection window washers
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A motorist was bashed by a window washer in Auckland and this has again led to a call for them to be banned.
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16:25
Ashley Madison suicides
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The deep psychological effects of the outting of cheaters on the Ashley Madison adultery website.
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16:28
State care
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The abuse and neglect of children in the care of the state has been revealed in a report. But they won't be getting an apology from the governement.
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Duration: 4'09"
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The happiest days of our lives
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Some have fond memories of their school days. Are these seen through rose-tinted glasses?
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Panel Says
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What the Panelists Gordon McLauchlan and Josie McNaught have been thinking about.
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16:47
Tattoos and bar entry
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A 22 year-old was refused entry to a Christchurch bar because of his face tattoos. The organiser of the International Tattoo Expo Chris Preece joins the Panel to discuss attitudes to tattoos.
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Ill girls barred from school ball
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Two high school students who are too sick to attend school have been barred from going to the Marlborough Girls' College ball.
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NZ Fashion Week
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How big a deal is fashion week?
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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
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Radio New Zealand's two-hour news and current affairs programme
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 25 August 2015
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Man who died in Auckland hotel was facing fraud charges, Stock markets remain volatile on concerns about China, PM, Finance Minister - NZ not immune from market volatility, Host of failures around Mt Eden prison assault, Forestry death trial a 'marker' - lawyer, System failed children in state care - Judge and Prison guard helped inmates with fighting techniques.
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Man who died in Auckland hotel was facing fraud charges
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The man who died after being found in an Auckland hotel room full of toxic gas had been charged with fraud worth millions of dollars.
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17:12
Stock markets remain volatile on concerns about China
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In China, the benchmark Shanghai Composite has fallen more than 4% again today, with under two hours of trading to go.
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PM, Finance Minister - NZ not immune from market volatility
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The Government is acknowledging New Zealand is not immune to the ructions in international stock markets, adding the current volatility is a bit concerning.
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17:18
Host of failures around Mt Eden prison assault
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An investigation into an assault at Mt Eden remand prison has found multiple failures by Corrections, which in turn has told its contractor Serco to apologise to the injured prisoner.
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17:24
Forestry death trial a 'marker' - lawyer
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The lawyer for the first forestry contractor on trial for manslaughter over a workplace death says his client is being made an example of by WorkSafe New Zealand.
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17:28
System failed children in state care - Judge
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The Judge who has investigated the abuse of children in state care says the system failed them and it needs to be overhauled.
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17:35
Evening Business for 25 August 2015
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News from the business sector including a market report.
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Prison guard helped inmates with fighting techniques
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The Corrections Minister has revealed that a prison guard helped inmates with their fighting techniques in Mt Eden prison.
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Duration: 2'27"
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Bridgecorps Rod Petricevic is about to be released
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The head of Bridgecorp, Rod Petricevic, will walk from prison in two week's time but he won't be allowed to run a business or give financial advice.
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Keven Mealamu to retire after Rugby World Cup
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One of the greatest All Black hookers, Keven Mealamu, is hanging up his boots after more than 15 years in the professional game.
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17:51
Millions of dollars of gold and silver in volcanic reservoirs
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A team of Geo-scientists has discovered millions of dollars worth of gold and silver beneath several of New Zealand's volcanic areas.
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Northland power company's plans get backing
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A Northland marae, the Far North mayor and the Chairman of Northland Regional Council's Māori Advisory Committee are all behind a power company's plans to develop the Ngāwhā geothermal field.
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Auckland Transport urged to ditch Round Up
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An anti-chemical group is urging Auckland Transport to ditch its use of the weed killer Round Up.
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18:08
Sports News for 25 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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China stocks continue to fall
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China's stock market has continued to tumble, down a further 5.2% on yesterday.
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Business group - NZ at risk of talking itself into recession
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Business groups are warning New Zealanders not to talk themselves into a recession because of the Chinese stockmarket ructions.
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Duration: 2'05"
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12 year old New Zealnd film maker wins Japanese award
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A twelve year old girl from Christchurch has won one of the top prizes at the Japan Wildlife Film Festival in Tokyo.
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Duration: 3'34"
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Lake Coleridge's firefighters quit en masse
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Lake Coleridge's volunteer firefighters have quit en masse at having their engine taken off them.
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Duration: 3'43"
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Woodhouse changes tune on Easter trading
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The Workplace Relations Minister, Michael Woodhouse, has changed his tune on Easter Sunday trading after previously opposing letting shops open their doors on the holiday.
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US markets plunge after China stocks tumble
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More now on the sharp falls hitting stock markets again as the economic slowdown in China continues to worry investors.
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Four days without bananas
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Supermarkets and grocers are warning of a brief banana shortage; wholesalers say we could be going four days without any bananas.
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Plans to repeal Cooks anti-homosexual laws cause concern
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A Cook Islands' sexual diversity group hopes to decriminalise homosexuality within a year.
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Te Manu Korihi News for 25 August 2015
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The Housing Minister, Nick Smith, isn't convinced that the Maori King is seeking revenge by pursuing an old treaty claim to Auckland land; A Northland marae, the Far North mayor and the Chairman of Northland Regional Council's Maori Advisory Committee are all behind a power company's plans to develop the Ngawha geothermal field; A leading exponent of kapa haka says she expects people to flock to a new qualification for judges of Māori performing arts.
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Today In Parliament for 25 August 2015 - evening edition
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Debate resumes on the Government's Health and Safety Reform Bill after prime minister, John Key, rejects an offer from Opposition leader, Andrew Little, to co-operate on drafting a better bill. Corrections minister, Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga, claims suspended Serco prison guard was not fighting a Mt Eden inmate but merely showing him to improve his sparring technique.
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Upset over bird poisoning in Whangarei
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There's a whodunnit murder mystery underway in Whangarei - the case of the poisoned sparrows.
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Entertainment and information, including: 7:30 The Sampler: A weekly review and analysis of new CD releases (RNZ) 8:13 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries 9:06 The Tuesday Feature: The War That Changed The World Isolation: New York - Jonathan Dimbleby presents a public debate from the US Library of Congress in Washington, to discuss the relevance and legacy of the First World War for the United States (BBC)
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Our Own Odysseys - Spontaneous Travel Plans
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Wellingtonian Neville Martin's decision to travel on a whim became somewhat overwhelmed by the mere logistics of wandering the world.
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Duration: 15'23"
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Right Thinking
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The rationales of individual freedom and personal responsibility with Eric Crampton, head of research at The New Zealand Initiative. Tonight, the economics around organ donation and sale.
Topics: politics, economy, life and society, spiritual practices
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Duration: 15'15"
21:05
Conundrum Clue Three - Tuesday 25 August
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Conundrum Clue Three - Tuesday 25 August
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Conundrum Clue Four - Tuesday 25 August
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Conundrum Clue Four - Tuesday 25 August
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7:10 Our Own Odysseys: Spontaneous travel plans
Wellingtonian Neville Martin's decision to travel on a whim became somewhat overwhelmed by the mere logistics of wandering the world.
7:30 The Sampler
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The Sampler Summit - Dr. Dre
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The Sampler's Nick Bollinger hosts a Sampler Summit. The subject: Dr. Dre's Compton: A Soundtrack, his first album in 16 years.
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Nick Bollinger hosts a Sampler Summit. The subject: Dr Dre's Compton: A Soundtrack, his first album in 16 years. He's joined by a panel of hip hop fans: Rapper PNC, DJ, broadcaster Aroha Harawira, and hip hop producer P-Money to discuss the new album, Dre's legacy and his ongoing influence in hip hop and music culture.
This month saw the release of Compton, the first album in sixteen years under the name of Dr. Dre, the veteran rapper, producer and pioneer of the genre that has come to be known as gangsta rap. Not that Dre has really been absent. During that time his production credit has appeared on blockbuster albums by the likes of Eminem and 50 Cent, he has launched his own brand of headphones (Beats by Dr. Dre) and last year sold the brand to Apple Inc., for a rumoured 3 billion dollars. Which begs the question, why would he feel the need to make another album at all? P-Money (Pete Wadams), New Zealand’s most successful hip-hop producer, suggests it is that “he just likes making music. Making billions of dollars, that’s all well and good, but there’s nothing like having a hit song.”
The release of Compton coincides with the release of the movie Straight Outta Compton, a biopic of the group N.W.A., of which Dre was a founding member. He also acted as an executive producer on the film. The album is not the movie’s soundtrack, though its style is cinematic. You could hear it as Dre’s own aural movie, rich in beats, soundscapes and musical hooks. Broadcaster and DJ Aroha Harawira says: “I was listening to the album and I was by myself at home. You generally don’t exclaim things out loud when you’re by yourself, and I was in my lounge and was like ‘Damn!’ to myself and turned it up really loud at 10.30 in the morning. Probably all my neighbours were really annoyed, but it just totally hooked me in.” She singles out the tracks Satisfiction and Genocide as particular examples of Dre’s production brilliance. Rapper PNC (Sam Hansen) picks the closer Talking To My Diary as a personal favourite. “That was reminiscent of the Dre I’ve always loved, and I liked what he was saying on that.”
Compton looks both to the past and the future, with cameos from many of Dre’s past protégés – Snoop Dog, Eminem – as well as newer talents like Anderson .Paak and King Mez, plus current hip hop innovator Kendrick Lamar. But it also revives issues that have dogged Dre’s output in the past. One track, Loose Cannons, includes a skit in which a woman is brutalised and murdered. “I’ve got to be honest I really disliked that skit and I thought it was really out of place, being that its an album in 2015 and Dre is where he is in his career,” says Wadams. “Why are they still doing it?” Yet he points out that a number of tracks are “much more positive in nature”, crediting the influence of Kendrick Lamar who “doesn’t touch on any of that, it’s not what he’s about, and it’s a welcome, positive turn for the genre.”
Songs played: Intro, Deep Water, Genocide, Loose Cannons, Satisfaction, Animals, My Name Is..., F*** Wit Dre Day, Let Me Ride, Still Dre
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Duration: 29'13"
7:30 The Sampler
A weekly review and analysis of new CD releases.
8:10 The Bin Laden Tapes
In early 2002, following the fall of the Talban, Osama Bin Laden's abandoned compound in the Afghan city of Kandahar was ransacked. Among the finds was a collection of more than 1500 audio cassettes featuring sermons, speeches, songs and candid recordings of Arab-Afghan fighters, recorded between the 1960s up until the 9/11 attacks.The collection served as an audio library for those who gathered under Bin Laden's roof between 1997 and 2001 – a key era in Al Qaeda's development and growth. BBC Security correspondent Gordon Corera speaks to Prof Flagg Miller from the University of California-Davis, who has spent more than a decade translating and analysing the tapes.
8:40 Right thinking
The rationales of individual freedom and personal responsibility with Eric Crampton, head of research at The New Zealand Initiative. Tonight, the economics around organ donation and sale.
9:06 The Tuesday Feature: The War That Changed The World
Isolation: New York - Jonathan Dimbleby presents a public debate from the US Library of Congress in Washington, to discuss the relevance and legacy of the First World War for the United States (BBC)
10:00 Late Edition
A review of the news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.
11:06 The Shed
Award-winning former British broadcaster Mark Coles presents his pick of the best new music releases and demos from around the planet. A glorious mix of brand new sounds from all over the world, real conversations with music makers and tales of everyday life as seen from an English garden shed (9 of 13, MCM)
===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
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Radio New Zealand news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from Radio New Zealand National
===11:06 PM. | None (National)===
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Award winning former British broadcaster Mark Coles presents his pick of the best new music releases and demos from around the planet. A glorious mix of brand new sounds from all over the world, real conversations with music makers and tales of everyday life as seen from an English garden shed (9 of 13, MCM)