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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:
14 September 2015
===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 Angels Cut, by Elizabeth Knox (6 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 Science (RNZ); 5:10 War Report (RNZ)
===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 Monday 14 September 2015
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Labour unfazed by latest poll of polls, Police continue investigation into fatal Muriwai beach smash, Lydia Ko becomes the youngest ever major champion in LPGA, Kiwis in detention centres may be result of tougher immigration, Corbyn facing immediate challenges after taking leadership, British farmers won't get traction on NZ lamb quota, and School suspension a "kick in the guts" for parents.
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Duration: 30'55"
06:06
Sports News for 14 September 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'58"
06:20
Pacific News for 14 September 2015
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The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 2'31"
06:22
Morning Rural News for 14 September 2015
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 3'52"
06:26
Te Manu Korihi News for 14 September 2015
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The Waitangi Tribunal's report into Tuhoronuku's mandate is due today; Hawke's Bay iwi urges other tribes to back claim that Māori are unfairly imprisoned; Three new members for the Waitangi Tribunal; Porirua-based musician Ranea Aperahama has been nominated in several categories for the Waiata Maori Music Awards.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'46"
06:38
Labour unfazed by latest poll of polls
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The latest Poll of Polls shows the National Party is comfortably back ahead of a Labour/Greens combination.
Topics: politics
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Tags: National Party, Labour Party
Duration: 2'41"
06:47
Financial markets and investors face a testing week
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Financial markets and investors face a testing week this week with June quarter current account and economic growth figures due, and the United States Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 4'36"
06:52
NZ dollar may be battered in the wake of the USFR's decision
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The New Zealand dollar may well find itself battered around in the wake of the New Zealand dollar may well find itself battered around in the wake of the US Federal Reserve's decision.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'33"
06:54
Reserve Bank governor more optimistic than the market
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The Reserve Bank governor, Graeme Wheeler is a little more optimistic than the market about the chances of a rate hike by the US Federal Reserve Bank.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'48"
06:56
Jim Parker in Australia
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Australia's oil and gas sector is the subject of a new takeover play which could reshape the industry.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 1'57"
06:58
Morning Markets for 14 September 2015
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In currency markets, the New Zealand dollar is at 63.10 US cents, 88.95 Australian, 40.89 pence, point-5564 euro, 76.07 yen, 4.02 renminbi and the TWI stands at 68.46.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'10"
07:06
Sports News for 14 September 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'04"
07:11
Police continue investigation into fatal Muriwai beach smash
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Four men died late yesterday afternoon when their four wheel drive rolled on Muriwai beach.
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Regions: Auckland Region
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Duration: 3'39"
07:14
Lydia Ko becomes the youngest ever major champion in LPGA
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New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko has made history, at the Evian Championship in France.
Topics: sport
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Tags: golf, Lydia Ko
Duration: 4'11"
07:18
Kiwis in detention centres may be result of tougher immigration
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The growing number of New Zealanders held in Australian detention centres may be the collateral damage from that country's tougher approach on immigration according to the Prime Minister.
Topics: refugees and migrants
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Tags: Australia, immigration
Duration: 6'29"
07:26
Corbyn facing immediate challenges after taking leadership
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Jeremy Corbyn was elected as leader of Britain's Labour party over the weekend in what was a landslide victory.
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Tags: UK, UK Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn
Duration: 4'06"
07:34
British farmers won't get traction on NZ lamb quota
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British farmers are kicking up a stink about New Zealand lamb, but their fuss could be in vain.
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Tags: New Zealand lamb, lamb exports, trade
Duration: 3'28"
07:37
School suspension a "kick in the guts" for parents
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Parents of students at Pacific Christian School in Mangere are describing the Ministry of Education's decision to suspend the school's registration as a "kick in the guts".
Topics: education
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Pacific Christian School
Duration: 5'41"
07:43
National shows comfortable lead over Labour/Greens in August
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The National Party is polling a slightly higher level than its election result last year, in the latest Poll of Polls.
Topics: politics
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Tags: political polling, y
Duration: 2'27"
07:46
All Blacks on show in London before getting down to business
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The All Blacks Rugby World Cup preparations intensify today with the squad transferring to their training base to get ready for their opening pool match against Argentina at Wembley Stadium in a week's time.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Rugby World Cup 2015, rugby
Duration: 2'41"
07:49
Police to crackdown on phone use while driving
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A rising number of people are being caught using their phone while driving and, as of today, the police are launching a nationwide crackdown on the offence.
Topics: law
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Tags: driving, road policing
Duration: 3'50"
07:57
Calls for supermarket to pull men's magazine in NZ
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A controversial men's magazine has been pulled from the shelves of an Australian supermarket chain, prompting calls for stores here to follow suit. Campaigners say ZOO Weekly objectifies women, promotes rape culture and sends teenagers the wrong message.
Topics: media
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Duration: 3'34"
08:06
Sports News for 14 September 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'02"
08:10
Zero hour bill could cost labourers jobs - union
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The trade union representing farm workers fears the Government's zero hour contracts legislation could cost thousands of labourers their jobs.
Topics: law
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Tags: trade union, employment law, labourers, farm workers, farm labourers, zero hour contracts
Duration: 3'11"
08:14
Caution urged after Muriwai Beach tragedy
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Four young men were killed when their four wheel drive vehicle hit a log and rolled on Muriwai Beach, West Auckland, yesterday. Phelan Pirrie is a volunteer firefighter and a member of the Rodney local board.
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Regions: Auckland Region
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Duration: 6'35"
08:20
Germany introduces border controls to slow flow of refugees
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Germany is introducing temporary controls on its border with Austria to cope with the influx of refugees.
Topics: refugees and migrants
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Tags: Germany
Duration: 4'28"
08:25
Love the All Blacks
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A Rugby great is backing the All Blacks coach Steve Hansen opening up about the team's emotional side
Topics: sport
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Tags: rugby, All Blacks
Duration: 4'19"
08:29
Markets Update for 14 September 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"
08:34
Jeremy Corbyn's Labour leadership sparks an exodus
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A 66 year old backbencher has become UK Labour's newest leader; Jeremy Corbyn surprised everyone by taking nearly 60 percent of the votes cast in the leadership battle.
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Tags: UK, UK Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn
Duration: 4'31"
08:37
Spokesperson for AA responds questions on driving laws
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Barney Irvine is a Spokesperson for the AA.
Topics: law
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Tags: driving laws, road policing, cellphone use
Duration: 3'31"
08:48
Superheroes and serious science mix in new graphic novel
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Two scientists of the University of Auckland's Department of Physics have worked as consultants for a new graphic novel trying to interest young people in science.
Topics: education, science, arts
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Duration: 4'15"
08:52
Te Manu Korihi News for 14 September 2015
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The Waitangi Tribunal's report into Tuhoronuku's mandate is due today; Hawke's Bay iwi urges other tribes to back claim that Māori are unfairly imprisoned; Three new members for the Waitangi Tribunal; Ngati Kahu say their not giving up on getting Kaitaia airport land back.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'42"
08:53
Kiwi hatching season starts
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The first fluffy arrival for the Kiwi hatching season has popped out of his egg at New Zealand's largest brown kiwi hatchery; joining us is husbandry manager Claire Travis.
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Tags: kiwi
Duration: 3'08"
08:56
Phil Kafcaloudes with news from Australia
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Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes.
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 4'09"
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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 Phoenix Song, by John Sinclair, told by Katlyn Wong
A young violin prodigy grows up amidst the absurd and often deadly politics of mid-century China. Under the dual influences of her revolutionary parents and the White Russian intellectuals who are her tutors, she is drawn into a precarious world of ideology and espionage where music must serve not only 'the masses', but also the unpredictable whims and grand strategies of great leaders (4 of 12, RNZ)
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09:08
Schools furious at charges for using Auckland's public parks
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Inner city Auckland schools are furious at new charges for using public parks for recreational events. Under the Trading and Events in Public Places Bylaw brought in on 1 July, schools have to apply for an event permit, costing $90-00 to use public parks. The principal of Point Chevalier School, Sandra Aitken was shocked to receive the charge; Carolyn Marino is the President of the Auckland Inner City Schools Association and also the Principal of Westmere School and Christine Fletcher, who is the Chair of the Auckland Council's Parks Committee.
Topics: education, law
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: public parks, Auckland Council, recreation
Duration: 18'17"
09:31
Abbeyfield housing plans on West Coast fail to find funding
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More and more older people want to live independent lives, but in a communal flatting type situation, so why are Abbeyfield social housing providers finding it so hard to get funding from the government for new developments on the West Coast? Abbeyfield Houses are part of an international society of which there are eleven in New Zealand, with two more in the pipe-line. The movement began in England in 1956 by ex-Army officer Richard Carr-Gomm who thought it would be a good way for lonely, older people to live together as a family. There are about 900 Abbeyfield houses in 14 countries. Chris Armstrong is the General Secretary of Abbeyfield New Zealand.
Topics: life and society, housing
Regions: West Coast
Tags: Abbeyfield houses, community, elderly
Duration: 16'46"
09:47
New UK Labour leader
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Independent newspaper journalist Matt Dathan on the reaction to the UK Labour leadership vote.
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Tags: UK Labour leadership, UK Labour Party, UK, Jeremy Corbyn
Duration: 12'00"
10:08
Dietland author Sarai Walker
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Author Sarai Walker on her motivations to write her debut novel, Dietland, fat-shaming, and what it's like for women of all shapes and sizes to live in a big, bad sexist society.
Topics: author interview, books, health, media
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Tags: Dietland, fat-shaming, gender, fat acceptance, body image, inequality
Duration: 24'15"
10:36
Book Review: Kupapa
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Reviewed by Harry Broad, Published by Penguin.
Topics: books
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Duration: 6'10"
11:07
Politics with Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton
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Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton discuss whether Jeremy Corbyn's win in Britain might influence 'conviction' politics in New Zealand and Russel Norman's legacy.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 23'48"
11:32
The rise of New Zealand craft beer
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New Zealand brewed craft beer has become very popular both on the domestic market and for export. Jules van Cruysen began his career as sommelier in Wellington and writing about wine, then the 30 year old became more interested in beer and all it's varieties and tastes. He has written a comprehensive guide to the amber liquid Brewed - a guide to the craft beer of New Zealand. His book profiles individual breweries and their history, the people behind the product and includes some tasting notes. Jules van Cruysen is a drinks writer, and he is also the co-owner of Hillside Kitchen in Thorndon.
Topics: food
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Tags: Jules van Cruysen, beer, brewed, craft beer, alcohol
Duration: 17'09"
11:49
Outdoorsman and adventurer Kennedy Warne
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Kennedy Warne is in Kororareka/Russell next to the flagstaff that was chopped down four times by Hone Heke. Given the virulent reaction to the new flag designs, perhaps the practice of flagstaff-chopping will be revived?
Topics: life and society, environment
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Tags: Kennedy Warne, Hone Heke, flag
Duration: 9'43"
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09:05 Schools furious at charges for using Auckland's public parks
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Inner city Auckland schools are furious at new charges for using public parks for recreational events. Under the Trading and Events in Public Places Bylaw brought in on 1 July, schools have to apply for an event permit, costing $90-00 to use public parks. The principal of Point Chevalier School, Sandra Aitken was shocked to receive the charge; Carolyn Marino is the President of the Auckland Inner City Schools Association and also the Principal of Westmere School and Christine Fletcher, who is the Chair of the Auckland Council's Parks Committee.
09:20 Plans for Abbeyfield housing on the West Coast fail to find funding
More and more older people want to live independent lives, but in a communal flatting type situation, so why are Abbeyfield social housing providers finding it so hard to get funding from the government for new developments on the West Coast? Abbeyfield Houses are part of an international society of which there are eleven in New Zealand, with two more in the pipe-line. The movement began in England in 1956 by ex-Army officer Richard Carr-Gomm who thought it would be a good way for lonely, older people to live together as a family. There are about 900 Abbeyfield houses in 14 countries. Chris Armstrong is the General Secretary of Abbeyfield New Zealand.
09:45 New UK Labour leader
Independent newspaper journalist Matt Dathan on the reaction to the UK Labour leadership vote.
10:05 Dietland author Sarai Walker
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Author Sarai Walker on her motivations to write her debut novel, Dietland, fat-shaming, and what it's like for women of all shapes and sizes to live in a big, bad sexist society.
10:30 Book Review: Kupapa: The Bitter Legacy of Maori Alliances with the Crown by Ron Crosby
Reviewed by Harry Broad, Published by Penguin
10:45 The Reading: The Phoenix Song by John Sinclair, told by Katlyn Wong (Part 4 of 12)
11:05 Politics with Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton
11:30 The rise of New Zealand craft beer
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New Zealand brewed craft beer has become very popular both on the domestic market and for export.
Jules van Cruysen began his career as sommelier in Wellington and writing about wine, then the 30 year old became more interested in beer and all it's varieties and tastes. He has written a comprehensive guide to the amber liquid Brewed - a guide to the craft beer of New Zealand.
His book profiles individual breweries and their history, the people behind the product and includes some tasting notes.
Jules van Cruysen is a drinks writer, and he is also the co-owner of Hillside Kitchen in Thorndon.
11:45 Outdoorsman and adventurer Kennedy Warne
Kennedy Warne is in Kororareka/Russell next to the flagstaff that was chopped down four times by Hone Heke. Given the virulent reaction to the new flag designs, perhaps the practice of flagstaff-chopping will be revived?
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Playlist
Artist: Beck
Song: Burro
Composer: Beck
Album: Odelay
Time: 09:28
Artist: Ali Farka Toure
Song: Yev Bounda Fara
Composer: Ali Farka Toure
Album: Savane
Time: 10.32
Artist: Marlon Williams
Song: Everyone's Got Something to Say
Composer: Williams
Album: Marlon Williams
Label: Private
Time: 10:43
===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 14 September 2015
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Auckland schools furious about local park charges and the police call for witnesses of the fatal crash on Muriwai beach.
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Duration: 14'39"
12:17
Activity in service sector at its highest level in over a year.
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Activity in New Zealand's service sector is at its highest level in more than a year.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: service sector
Duration: 50"
12:18
Briscoe Group first half net profit rises 11 percent
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Briscoe Group's first half net profit rose 11 percent, which includes one time adjustments for last year's business interruption insurance and costs associated with its takeover bid for Kathmandu
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Briscoe Group
Duration: 59"
12:19
Another tough financial year for Windflow Technologies
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It's been another tough year for the wind turbine manufacturer Windflow Techologies, which has reported a 3 point 1 million dollar loss for the 12 months to June.
Topics: business
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Tags: Windflow Techologies
Duration: 1'14"
12:20
Auckland land values driving up price for small houses
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Fresh housing market data shows rising land values are behind the huge increase in the asking price for small houses and townhouses in Auckland.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: housing market
Duration: 1'44"
12:23
Midday Markets for 14 September 2015
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Bryan Shepherd at Macquarie Private Wealth.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'19"
12:25
Business briefs
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Energy Mad, the company that markets energy efficient light bulbs, has been given a half-million dollar loan from its major shareholder SuperLife to fund growth in New Zealand and Australia.
Topics: business
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Tags: Energy Mad
Duration: 15"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 14 September 2015
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After a rain delay of almost 3 and a half hours, the two best men's tennis players in the world are finally on court in New York doing battle for the US Open title.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'36"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 14 September 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 7'30"
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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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13:08
First Song: - September
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'September' by Earth Wind and Fire
Topics: music
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Duration: 4'45"
13:13
Gentrification of K Road - Labretta Suede and Barbara Holloway
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The Las Vegas Strip Club is the latest Karangahape Road business to announce it's about to close. Is gentrification ruining the character of the Auckland red light district? Or are the changes overwhelmingly positive?
Topics: life and society, history
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Tags: The Las Vegas Strip Club, Labretta Suede, Barbara Holloway, gentrification
Duration: 15'40"
13:29
Tattoo Oil - Georgina Langdale
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A Napier woman's beauty product is making an indelible mark overseas. Georgina Langdale's Tattoo oil is a finalist in the UK-based Pure Beauty Awards.
Topics: business
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Tattoo Oil
Duration: 8'13"
13:46
Favourite album
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Today's Favourite Album is chosen by Ian Loughran in Dunedin. It is Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures.
Topics: music
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Duration: 13'36"
14:07
TV review - Phil Wallington
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The UK Proms, the cuts at the ABC, SBS and the BBC.
Topics: media
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Tags: television
Duration: 13'32"
14:20
New Music - Colin Morris
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Feautring Big Daddy Wilson, Gregg Allman and Dave & Phil Alvin.
Topics: music
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Duration: 21'17"
14:42
Books - Vanda Symon
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'Zizz! The life and art of Len Lye, in his own words' by Roger Horrocks and 'Lydia Brady: Going up is easy' by Laurence Fearnley.
Topics: books
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Duration: 7'33"
14:50
The Events - Paul Sinei-Barton
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The Events - by Scottish writer David Greig - premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe 2013
Topics: arts
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Tags: live theatre
Duration: 5'14"
15:07
Dr Bryan Greig Fry - Venom Doc
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Bryan Grieg Fry loves his job, even thought he has broken 23 bones, been bitten by stingrays, a scorpion and 26 snakes, including a death adder. It's all part of the job when your job is studying venomous animals. Dr Fry, known as the Venom Doc, believes snake bites may hold the key to medical breakthroughs. He describes himself as David Attenborough on acid. He's written a new book about his adventures and his passion for helping the creatures that have almost killed him: Venom Doc: The edgiest, darkest and strangest natural history memoir ever.
Topics: health, author interview
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Tags: the Venom Doc, vevom, poison
Duration: 23'28"
15:30
Culture on a plate - Secret dining Vietnamese
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Lynda Chanwai-Earle discovers that balance is quintessential to Vietnamese food and philosophy when she follows a Secret Dining Trail with the Wellington on a Plate Festival to learn where to find the best of the best Vietnamese cuisine for some real culture on a plate. The Vietnamese trail starts with ingredients and preparation and ends with a lesson on the "Yin and Yang" of food.
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Lynda Chanwai-Earle discovers that balance is quintessential to Vietnamese food and philosophy when she follows a Secret Dining Trail with the Wellington on a Plate Festival to learn where to find the best of the best Vietnamese cuisine for some real culture on a plate. The Vietnamese trail starts with ingredients and preparation and ends with a lesson on the "Yin and Yang" of food.
By Lynda Chanwai-Earle
We make a lot of “roll your own” in Vietnam; a lot of hot and cold, pork and prawn. Its yin and yang, it’s about balance – so you don’t get sick of the food! Henry Tran, owner Saigon Van Restaurant, Wellington
“Secret Dining Trail – Vietnamese” is the name given to the event by the Visa Wellington on a Plate Festival which saw around 30 patrons hit the streets of Wellington in search of some culture on a plate. Patrons are braving the unknown – the trail is so secret in fact, none of the patrons know where they’re going next so it’s imperative to find the group and stick with them.
Tonight we take to the backstreets on foot under the guidance of local experts to the hotspots and undiscovered gems of Wellington’s dining scene. Along the way we’re learning where to find the best of the best Vietnamese flavours whilst meeting some of Wellington’s most interesting foodies.
The three secret dining trails (Malaysian, Chinese and Vietnamese), sponsored by the Asia New Zealand Foundation, means that patrons are in for a treat. They'll observe Vietnamese chefs in action while taste-testing some age old traditional dishes in this very popular festival in the Capital.
Northern Vietnam and southern China were peopled by many ethnic groups. During the 1,000 years between independence from China in the 10th century and the French conquest in the 19th century Confucianism reigned and Vietnamese society changed little. Classic Vietnamese cuisine and culture evolved from this history.
Tonight’s meeting point is Yan’s Supermarket in Wellington’s CBD. Vietnamese New Zealanders Tranj Jones and Nikki Chung are our tour guides. They are also sisters, Nikki is the eldest and the owner of Nam D, a local restaurant. She's struggling with laryngitis so younger sister Tranj is taking the lead and showing us through Yan’s.
Tranj tell us that very fine vermicelli noodles are ideal for summer rolls and salads, thick mung bean noodles for broths and stir-fries and the variously shaped sheets of rice paper are used to make both deep fried spring rolls and fresh summer rolls.
“How do you stop it from falling apart when you roll them?” asks one patron. Voice or not Nikki just has to share her cooking secrets; “It's all in the water; dip the rice paper quickly in hot water, not too long, so the paper is just wet. Then you roll it tight, like sushi.”
Tranj tells us that fish sauce is as essential to Vietnamese cuisine as soy-sauce is to the Chinese. Every household will have bottles of this pungent sauce. "It's important not to spill it," she says, "otherwise you'll never get the smell out." Fish sauce is used frequently for flavouring and dipping... as is fresh herbs like coriander, lemon grass and Vietnamese mint.
Another popular and very pungent ingredient used in Vietnam as well as across Asia is the durian fruit, derived from the Malay-Indonesian word for duri or 'spike'. Richard, a well traveled patron from the U.K. tells us that it's banned from the trains in Singapore. Nikki tells us that durian is very popular in milkshakes and icecreams, especially in the hot southern regions of Vietnam.
Then we’re given a little taster of green bean and salted duck egg moon cake – before we head to Saigon Van Restaurant in upper Cuba street.
Henry Tran, the owner of Saigon Van Grill Bar Restaurant tells me it was Dunedin based for 8 years and has only recently opened in Wellington. He demonstrates to the group how to make the summer rice paper rolls, fun for the patrons as they can decide what fillings they want, including one delicious pork and prawn combination cooked around a small stick of sugar cane.
The summer rolls are accompanied by 3 types of dipping sauces including nuoc cham (fish sauce, finely sliced carrot, lime juice and garlic). Nikki generously shares her hoisin and peanut butter dipping sauce recipe (apparently adding a little milk to make it perfectly smooth).
Henry explains that it’s all about "balance" – a quintessential part of Vietnamese culture, philosophy and cuisine, (which go hand-in-hand).
Hot and cold, salty and sweet, raw and cooked, it’s about the yin and yang of food, as in life. Vietnamese food is served in lots of small contrasting portions, so you don’t get sick of it.
There is just enough time to taste Saigon Van's tiny spring roll special. Henry shows me the rice paper that makes this. It looks like a fine lace doily and is very hard to roll, it has to be warmed while doing so and there's quite an art to it. The result is an exquisite wee morsel that goes great with nuoc cham.
Mekong Café in Vivienne Street is the oldest Vietnamese restaurant in Wellington and possibly NZ. The owner Kai is serving traditional pho, beef noodle broth with its accompanying salad. It takes 8 hours to slow cook the beef brisket with spices like star of anise and the broth must be almost clear.
I discovered that Pho Bo (sounds a little like “fuh” or “faux”) is a “slow cooked beef noodle broth” and a beloved part of Vietnamese cuisine, popular as a morning or lunch meal. The term pho refers to the noodles, not the soup but Vietnamese consider the flavour and consistency to be the true test of a great pho. A complete meal in itself and true to the balanced nature of their cuisine it comes with fresh and spicy salad condiments.
Both Nikki and Kai the chef at Mekong Café tell me that a great pho is crystal clear, like a French consommé. For pho bo (beef), beef bones and brisket or oxtail and flank are slow cooked for around 8 hours, with fragrant ginger, cinnamon, star of anise, cloves and cardamom.
This soup can be served with several toppings, including cooked and or finely sliced raw beef. The large, fresh white rice noodles are cooked separately at the last minute and added to the broth along with a sprinkling of fresh coriander.
Nikki tells me that the North and South of Vietnam have starkly contrasting climates and this is reflected in the cuisine of the regions. North Vietnam likes saltier, spicier and savoury cuisine – flavoured with unadulterated pungent fish sauce and chilli. The North has around 200 years of French inspired cooking traditions with long, slow cooked broths and meats, and more baked foods like pastries and baguettes.
In contrast, South Vietnam has a hot, sub-tropical climate so its home to grilled and BBQ foods. The palate is sweeter, with fish sauce being diluted and added to other condiments to make dipping sauces. The hot climate means a prevalence of fresh spicy salads and raw ingredients such as classic summer rice paper rolls.
At the Nam D Street Food Stall on Tory street Nikki explains popular Vietnamese street food including the French derived baguette. She tells us that their Vietnamese baguette is baked by a Vietnamese Bakery in Lower Hutt and made flatter and crustier than the French version with more emphasis on the spicy fillings. Pickled carrot and daikon, coriander and spring onion accompany one of 5 meat fillings. In Nam D’s case the secret ingredient is their home-made chicken liver pate.
Then we're walking to Nikki’s Nam D Restaurant in Willis Street. On the way Nikki tells me why her family’s recipes are so special and what drives her to share them.
As a child I spent a lot of time in the kitchen helping my mum. We came over here as refugees and we didn’t have a lot. To me watching and learning from my mum was really important.
Nikki arrived in New Zealand at 3 years of age, she and her parents were part of the wave of refugees fleeing the war in Vietnam at the time, she tells me they were “boat people.”
“Back then in the 1980’s there was nothing in the way of ingredients so my mum had to improvise. She produced all these meals with so little." Nikki and Tranj's mother still helps out at the restaurant making the sauces.
At Nam D we’re being served Vietnamese coffee, beer and desert. Richard tells me his Bia Hanoi beer has honey overtones as Tranj serves me a classic non-alcoholic Vietnamese refreshment. Tranj tells me the drink, simply called “lemon soda” – is all in the pronunciation, with the Vietnamese drawl on “so-daaa.”
Real lemon juice, coriander and Vietnamese mint are crushed with ice and sugar syrup, and in typical balanced Vietnamese fashion, salt is added to the rim, it's salty and sweet.
Paul, another patron from the U.K. tells me that given a little splash of tequila or vodka the “lemon soda” might be an unbeatable cocktail.
Tranj also shows me their “drip-drip” coffee, a French style 2 cup percolator. The cute little pots look like they have little hats sitting atop. It takes about 5 minutes for boiling water to “drip” its way through the chicory flavoured coffee grind into the sweetened condensed milk, resulting in a rich and aromatic coffee.
I slip behind the scenes into the kitchens of Nam D where Nikki is preparing their dark, sticky glutinous rice puddings, distinctly coconut and palm sugar flavoured.
Nikki serves everyone her homemade desert with a dash of coconut gelato and after a taste I’m in heaven. It’s the perfect and satiating end to a secret trail that’s not so secret now, experiencing some hidden gems around Wellington’s CBD for a taste of Vietnam's culture on a plate.
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Duration: 10'18"
15:46
The Panel pre-show for 14 September 2015
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1:10 First song
Earth, Wind and Fire - September.
1:15 Gentrification of K Road - Labretta Suede and Barbara Holloway
The Las Vegas Strip is the latest Karangahape Road business to announce it's about to close. Is gentrification ruining the character of the Auckland red light district? Or are the changes overwhelmingly positive?
1:20 Tattoo Oil - Georgina Langdale
A Napier woman's beauty product is making an indelible mark overseas. Georgina Langdale's Tattoo oil is a finalist in the UK-based Pure Beauty Awards.
1:30 BBC Witness - The Monkees
The Monkees were the world's first 'manufactured' boy band - created especially for a TV show. Hear from the man who directed that show - Bruce Kessler.
1:40 Favourite album
Today's Favourite Album is chosen by Ian Loughran in Dunedin. It is Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures.
2:10 The Critics
TV review - Phil Wallington
Books - Vanda Symon
The Events - Paul Sinei-Barton
New Music - Colin Morris
3:10 Feature Interview - Dr Bryan Greig Fry
Dr Bryan Grieg Fry loves his job, even thought he has broken 23 bones, been bitten by stingrays, a scorpion and 26 snakes, including a death adder. It's all part of the job when your job is studying venomous animals. Dr Fry, known as the Venom Doc, believes snake bites may hold the key to medical breakthroughs. He describes himself as David Attenborough on acid. He's written a new book about his adventures and his passion for helping the creatures that have almost killed him: Venom Doc: The edgiest, darkest and strangest natural history memoir ever.
3:35 Secret Dining Vietnamese - Lynda Chanwai-Earle
Lynda Chanwai-Earle discovers that balance is quintessential to Vietnamese food and philosophy when she follows a Secret Dining Trail with the Wellington on a Plate Festival to learn where to find the best of the best Vietnamese cuisine for some real culture on a plate.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about. With Paul Brennan, Jim Mora and Zoe George.
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Jesse Mulligan 1-4pm
Monday 14 September
OPENING SONG:
ARTIST: Kenny Rogers
TITLE: Lady (I'm your Knight In Shining Armour)
COMP: Richie
ALBUM: Kenny Rogers: Greatest Hits
LABEL: Liberty 746004
ARTIST: Earth Wind & Fire
TITLE: September
COMP: McKay, White, Willis
ALBUM: Earth Wind & Fire: The Essential
LABEL: Columbia 286661
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Joy Division
TITLE: She's Lost Control
COMP: Curtis, Hook, Morris, Sumner
ALBUM: Unknown Pleasures
LABEL: QWEST 925840
ARTIST: Joy Division
TITLE: Shadow Play
COMP: Curtis, Hook, Morris, Sumner
ALBUM: Unknown Pleasures
LABEL: QWEST 925840
THE CRITICS:
ARTIST: BIG DADDY WILSON
TITLE: NEW ZEALAND
COMP: WILSON BLUNT/STAFFAN ASTNER
ALBUM TIME
LABEL: UMG NZ 4749774
ARTIST: GREGG ALLMAN
TITLE: HOT LANTA
COMP: Dickie Betts/Greg Allman/Duane Allman/Claude Hudson/Jaimoe-Raymond/ Berry Oakley 3rd
ALBUM: GREGG ALLMAN LIVE IN MACON GEORGIA
LABEL: UMG 72375161
PANEL:
ARTIST: Kyu Sakamoto
TITLE: Sukiyaki
COMP: Rokusuke Ei and Hachidai Nakamura
ALBUM: Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1963
LABEL: RHINO 271584
===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
=DESCRIPTION=
An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)
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15:46
The Panel pre-show for 14 September 2015
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Duration: 13'42"
16:03
The Panel with Finlay MacDonald and Jane Clifton (Part 1)
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What the Panelists Finlay MacDonald and Jane Clifton have been up to. Some Auckland schools are being charged to use public parks for recreation. Privacy lawyer Gareth Abdinor talks about how anything comunicated on social media has the potential to spread. The principal of Epsom Girls Grammar School Madeline Gunn discusses the impending apartment block in her school zone and what this means for the roll.
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The Panel with Finlay MacDonald and Jane Clifton (Part 2)
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When did men stop crying? What the Panelists Finlay MacDonald and Jane Clifton have been thinking about. Sports writer Mark Reason gives his views on the place of the haka in All Blacks away games. The occupants of Katharine Jermyn Hall of residence for Victoria University students are causing headaches and earaches for neighbours. Alisatir Craib who lives nearby talks about the noise. The Red Peak flag hopeful is a doppleganger for an engineering company's brand.
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16:07
Panel Intro
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What the Panelists Finlay MacDonald and Jane Clifton have been up to.
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16:11
Parks charging schools
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Some Auckland schools are being charged to use public parks for recreation.
Topics: politics, education
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: public park charges
Duration: 2'48"
16:14
Social media wild fire
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Privacy lawyer Gareth Abdinor talks about how anything comunicated on social media has the potential to spread.
Topics: internet
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Duration: 8'15"
16:23
Housing and school zones
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The principal of Epsom Girls Grammar School Madeline Gunn discusses the impending apartment block in her school zone and what this means for the roll.
Topics: housing, education
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: school zones
Duration: 8'56"
16:33
Men weeping
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When did men stop crying?
Topics: life and society
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Duration: 5'31"
16:39
Panel Says
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What the Panelists Finlay MacDonald and Jane Clifton have been thinking about.
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16:44
Haka - help or hindrance?
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Sports writer Mark Reason gives his views on the place of the haka in All Blacks away games.
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Duration: 6'37"
16:51
Rowdy students irritate neighbours
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The occupants of Katharine Jermyn Hall of residence for Victoria University students are causing headaches and earaches for neighbours. Alisatir Craib who lives nearby talks about the noise.
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Tags: Victoria University, Katharine Jermyn Hall
Duration: 5'10"
16:56
Red Peak flag
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The Red Peak flag hopeful is a doppleganger for an engineering company's brand
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Duration: 3'01"
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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 Monday 14 September 2015
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The first forestry contractor, charged with manslaughter, is found NOT guilty. The Prime Minister throws down the gauntlet over the Red Peak flag and and - Djokovic, overpowers Federer to take the US Open title.
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Duration: 20'29"
17:08
Not guilty verdict for forestry worker
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47-year-old Paul Burr, closed his eyes, bowed his head and sighed, after a jury decided he would not be the first person in the forestry industry convicted of manslaughter.
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Duration: 3'06"
17:11
Lawyer for forestry worker says client relieved by verdict
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The lawyer for Paul Burr is Jonathan Temm.
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Duration: 3'13"
17:14
Men killed in Muruwai beach crash are identified
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The police have identified the four men killed in a four wheel drive accident at a west Auckland beach yesterday and say they probably weren't wearing seatbelts.
Topics: transport
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Tags: four wheel drive accident, Muruwai beach
Duration: 3'00"
17:17
Key could add redpeak flag if Parliament agrees
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The Prime Minister has thrown down the gauntlet over the Red Peak flag design, saying if Labour gets on board he could consider changing the law, to allow it to become the fifth option.
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Duration: 3'38"
17:21
Patient given cancer drugs rather than immunosuppressant
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A pharmacist who gave a patient a chemotherapy drug by mistake faces possible legal action.
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Duration: 3'49"
17:25
Waikato river rescue
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Five people have been rescued from the Waikato River near the Aratiatia power station.
Topics: rural
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Aratiatia power station, Waikato river
Duration: 3'21"
17:32
Today's market update
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News from the business sector including a market report.
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Duration: 2'14"
17:34
Phone scam gets uglier costing victims thousands
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The phone scam which first emerged in 2011 is back, but this time fraudsters are more ruthless - exploiting their victims for thousands of dollars in cash.
Topics: crime
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Duration: 3'35"
17:38
Auckland Council reviewing charges using parks
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Auckland Council is reviewing its decision to charge schools for using public parks.
Topics: education
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: charging schools, parks
Duration: 4'40"
17:43
Djokovic beats Federer to US Open title
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The men's tennis number one, Novak Djokovic, has won the US Open at Flushing Meadows this afternoon, beating Roger Federer 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.
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Duration: 3'33"
17:47
Prison inmate accused of taking part in Springhill riots
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A prison inmate accused of arson and assaulting a Corrections officer during the Springhill riots, has been seen on CCTV footage throwing toilet paper rolls into a fire.
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Duration: 3'38"
17:50
Creating places dedicated to speaking te reo Maori.
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High Court justice Joe Williams is calling for the creation of places or districts dedicated to speaking te reo Maori.
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Duration: 3'31"
17:54
Lydia Ko wins first major
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Lydia Ko's triumph at the fifth golf major of the year on the LPGA Tour, the Evian Championship in France, has got the golfing world talking about just how far the young woman from the North Shore could go.
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Duration: 4'49"
18:07
Sports News for 14 September 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 3'08"
18:12
Police seek witnesses to 4x4 Murawai fatalities
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The police have identified the four men killed in a four wheel drive accident ON A west Auckland beach yesterday and say they probably weren't wearing seatbelts.
Topics: transport
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: four wheel drive, Muruwai beach
Duration: 1'54"
18:12
Northern Four Wheel Drive Club on Murawai permits
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Since the beginning of this month, those wanting to drive to the beach must get a permit from Auckland Council.
Topics: transport
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: four wheel drive, Muruwai beach
Duration: 5'18"
18:19
Murder trial hears fight esclated into somethign horrendous
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The trial of a teenager accused of murdering a man by shooting him at close-range has heard that a fight escalated into something horrendous.
Topics: crime
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Michael Thompson
Duration: 3'09"
18:22
European Union to hold emergency refugee meeting
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European Union officials will hold an emergency meeting later today to discuss a plan to settle 160-thousand asylum seekers.
Topics: refugees and migrants
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Duration: 4'03"
18:26
Wellington house prices drop
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Wellington is the only major centre where house prices have dropped in the past two years.
Topics: housing
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: house prices
Duration: 3'59"
18:34
Hundreds of homes evacuated, destroyed in California fire
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Some people in northern California have been left with nothing more than the clothes on their backs as the latest wildfire to rage through the state continues to destroy hundreds of homes and buildings.
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Duration: 4'33"
18:39
DHB faulted over inadequate response to man's growing pain
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The public health watchdog says doctors and nurses at the Southern District Health Board failed to monitor, assess, and investigate why a patient was in pain.
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Tags: Health and Disability Commissioner
Duration: 3'48"
18:42
Good Samaritan fixes football pitch council wouldn't touch
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As Auckland Council fends off questions over charging primary schools for the use of public parks, the manager of a Northshore football team was so frustrated at the condition of their local pitch, he fixed it himself.
Topics: sport, politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Auckland Council, parks
Duration: 3'49"
18:46
Questions about taxpayer money for social services
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The Children's Commissioner is defending the government's handling of the funding in the social sector, but he says its come at the expense of early intervention programmes
Topics: politics
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Tags: funding, social sector
Duration: 2'41"
18:49
Te Manu Korihi News for 14 September 2015
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Justice Joe Williams says the focus should shift to Maori language "places"; Wananga will have to publish information about how their graduates are faring after they've finished their degree or diploma from 2017; The manager of Papatuanuku Kokiri Marae in Auckland says it's a challenge for urban marae to weave Te Ao Maori into a city setting.
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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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Entertainment and information, including: 7:30 Best of Upbeat: Selected Eva Radich exchanges with personalities from the world of music and the arts (RNZ) 8:13 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries 9:30 Insight: An award-winning documentary programme providing comprehensive coverage of national and international current affairs (RNZ)
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19:10
Saleem Abu Ghazaleh - Palestinian farming
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The challenges for agriculturalists working in the Palestinian Territories, geo-politically and geographically - with Saleem Abu Ghazaleh, fair trade director of the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee (PARC), Palestine's largest NGO.
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The challenges for agriculturalists working in the Palestinian Territories, geo-politically and geographically - with Saleem Abu Ghazaleh, fair trade director of the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee (PARC), Palestine's largest NGO.
Topics: international aid and development
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Tags: Palestine, palestinian territories, agriculture
Duration: 20'26"
20:40
Toxicology with Dr Leo Schep - Methamphetamine
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What's your poison? Toxicologist Dr. Leo Schep tests for substances taken internally or applied externally that are injurious to health or dangerous to life, such as methamphetamine.
Topics: science, health
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Tags: NZ National Poisons Centre, toxicology, toxins, poisons, drugs, methamphetamine
Duration: 15'20"
20:59
Conundrum clue 1
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Condundrum clue 1.
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Duration: 26"
21:15
Chris Lewicki - Asteroid mining
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The challenges to locate and mine mineral resources from beyond the Earth's atmosphere - with Chris Lewicki Planetary Resources chief asteroid miner.
Topics: science, health
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Tags: NZ National Poisons Centre, toxicology, toxins, poisons, drugs, methamphetamine
Duration: 20'20"
21:59
Conundrum clue 2
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Conundrum clue 2.
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=SHOW NOTES=
7:10 Palestinian farming
The challenges for agriculturalists working in the Palestinian Territories, geo-politically and geographically - with Saleem Abu Ghazaleh, fair trade director of the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee (PARC), Palestine's largest NGO.
7:35 Upbeat Feature
Selected Eva Radich exchanges with personalities from the world of music and the arts (RNZ)
8:10 Windows on the World
International public radio documentaries - visit the Windows on the World web page to find links to these documentaries.
8:40 Toxicology - Methamphetamine
What's your poison? Toxicologist Dr Leo Schep tests for substances taken internally or applied externally that are injurious to health or dangerous to life, such as methamphetamine.
9:10 Chris Lewicki - Asteroid mining
The challenges to locate and mine mineral resources from beyond the Earth's atmosphere - with Chris Lewicki Planetary Resources chief asteroid miner.
9:30 Insight
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 Beale Street Caravan
In May this year there was a gathering of Blues glitterati in Memphis for the 36th Blues Music Awards and Beale Street Caravan features three of the nominees who were on stage at the celebration, John Hammond, Eden Brent and Eric Bib. At another gig in in Memphis, at the Hi-tone café in fact, was 88-year-old Cedell Davis, supported by a great band lead by Jimbo Mathus. Mr Davis plays North Mississippi blues like no other.
===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
=DESCRIPTION=
Radio New Zealand news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from Radio New Zealand National
===11:06 PM. | Beale Street Caravan===
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David Knowles introduces the Memphis-based radio show with an international reputation for its location recordings of blues musicians live in concert (7 of 13, BSC)