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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:
28 April 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); 2:05 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar; 3:05 Preservation, by Fiona Kidman, told by Donna Akersten (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 28 April 2015
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Authorites struggle to cope in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake. Thousands dead - survivors tell of the horror and time runs out for two Australian drug smugglers in Indonesia.
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Duration: 33'19"
06:06
Sports News for 28 April 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'42"
06:17
Pacific News for 28 April 2015
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The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 2'55"
06:22
Morning Rural News for 28 April 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'13"
06:27
Te Manu Korihi News for 28 April 2015
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A National list MP of Ngai Tahu descent is validating the position of a Christchurch local body politician who is retaining his seat from his new location in Whanganui; Maori have responded well after University Entrance standards were raised last year, on average out-performing Pakeha in numeracy and literacy; A tribe that's part of the Hauraki iwi collective is hopeful the group can reach a treaty settlement this year, after nearly six years of negotiations; A doctor from Te Whakatohea and Ngati Porou are likely to be appointed to the body that registers doctors and draws up standard and guidelines for the sector.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'22"
06:46
Key is continuing his trade push in the Gulf states
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The Prime Minister John Key is continuing his trade push in the Gulf states, with a visit to Saudi Arabia today.
Topics: politics
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Tags: John Key
Duration: 2'01"
06:48
Xero delivers strong growth in the US but still disappoints
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Xero's share price will be closely watched today after it dived more than nine percent on Friday.
Topics: business
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Tags: Xero
Duration: 3'55"
06:52
Economists expect OCR to remain on hold
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Economists expect the Reserve Bank to signal that it may cut the official cash rate this year when it issues an update on Thursday.
Topics: business
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Tags: Reserve Bank
Duration: 2'44"
06:55
Abano hopes sale leads to Aotea continuing to operate
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Abano Healthcare says selling its Aotea Pathology to Wellington SCL is intended to ensure the lab continues to operate.
Topics: business
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Tags: Abano Healthcare
Duration: 1'08"
06:56
Jim Parker in Australia
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Across the Tasman, and the financial advice scandals gripping Australia's major banks continue to widen.
Topics: business
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Tags: financial advice scandals, Australia
Duration: 1'59"
06:58
Week ahead
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On the business agenda here this week,
Topics: business
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Tags: Week ahead
Duration: 28"
06:59
Morning markets for 28 April 2015
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Wall Street is down after a fall in healthcare stocks.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 29"
07:07
Sports News for 28 April 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'42"
07:16
World Vision
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World Vision's Alina Shrestha was at home with her children when the quake struck.
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Tags: Nepal, World Vision
Duration: 5'30"
07:22
NZ Govt pledges aid for quake struck Nepal
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The New Zealand Government has despatched an urban search and rescue team to the Himalayan nation and pledged at least one-million dollars in aid.
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Tags: Nepal, urban search and rescue team
Duration: 5'02"
07:28
Bali Nine execution set down for Wednesday
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Indonesian authorities will execute two Australian drug convicts this week, despite last-minute pleas from Australia and the Philippines to spare them.
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Tags: Indonesia, Bali Nine
Duration: 5'38"
07:37
Prime Minister heading to Saudi Arabia
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The Prime Minister, John Key, is about to embark on the second, and most controversial, stage of his trade push in the Gulf states.
Topics: politics, economy
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Tags: Gulf states, trade, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 3'28"
07:40
Key must step up on Saudi human rights - Little
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Listening to that in London was the Labour Leader Andrew Little.
Topics: politics, economy
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Tags: Gulf states, trade, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 5'14"
07:46
Controversial electricity project may not be used to capacity
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New Zealanders' power bills have been inflated by the cost of a controversial upgrade of high voltage powerlines from South Waikato to South Auckland.
Topics: technology, business
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Tags: high voltage powerlines
Duration: 3'34"
07:49
Transpower chief defends $900m Waikato grid upgrade
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Transpower's chief executive Alison Andrew was listening to that report and is on the line now.
Topics: technology, business
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Tags: high voltage powerlines
Duration: 4'15"
07:55
New measures to stop window washers in South Auckland
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A South Auckland security officer has to wear a stab-proof jacket after receiving death threats from window washers.
Topics: business, crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: window washers
Duration: 3'24"
07:58
Councillors meet as standoff with Ports of Auckland continues.
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Auckland councillors will meet behind closed doors today in an increasingly tense stand-off with the council-owned port company over planned wharf extensions.
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Ports of Auckland, Bledisloe Wharf
Duration: 1'40"
08:07
Sports News for 28 April 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'57"
08:16
Kiwi family camping in Kathmandu after quake
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A New Zealand family holidaying in Kathmandu is sheltering in a tent on an open field while they wait to leave the country.
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Tags: Nepal, New Zealand family
Duration: 4'25"
08:20
New Zealand families fear for loved ones in Nepal
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Hundreds of New Zealanders with relatives in Nepal have been desperately trying to get in touch with their families in the wake of the deadly magnitude seven-point-eight earthquake that struck the region.
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Tags: Nepal, earthquake
Duration: 2'18"
08:25
PM says Abu Dhabi visit extremely worthwhile
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The Prime Minister John Key says Gulf states are supportive of New Zealand's involvement in the war against terror, and this country's renewed contribution of military personnel has been welcomed.
Topics: politics
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Tags: John Key, Gulf states, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 4'10"
08:28
Amnesty calls for strong public stance from PM
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And Amnesty International has welcomed Mr Key's commitment to raise human rights issues when he meets with Saudi Arabia's leaders during the next stage of his visit.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Saudi Arabia, Amnesty International
Duration: 3'32"
08:34
Markets Update for 28 April 2015
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: economy, business
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Tags: markets
Duration: 59"
08:38
20th Anniversary of Cave Creek tragedy.
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Today marks 20 years since a Department of Conservation viewing platform collapsed into a ravine in the Cave Creek area near Punakaiki on the West Coast, killing 14 people.
Topics: history
Regions: West Coast
Tags: Cave Creek, viewing platform, 20th Anniversary
Duration: 3'14"
08:42
Major problems as Wellington is hit by flooding
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Flooding is causing problems throughout Wellington this morning, slowing rush hour traffic and innundating homes and businesses.
Topics: weather
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: floods
Duration: 2'24"
08:45
Te Manu Korihi News for 28 April 2015
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Maori have responded well after University Entrance standards were raised last year, on average out-performing Pakeha in numeracy and literacy; A National list MP of Ngai Tahu descent is validating the position of a Christchurch local body politician who is retaining his seat from his new location in Whanganui; A doctor from Te Whakatohea and Ngati Porou are likely to be appointed to the body that registers doctors and draws up standard and guidelines for the sector; A tribe that's part of the Hauraki iwi collective is hopeful the group can reach a treaty settlement this year, after nearly six years of negotiations.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'25"
08:50
Unrest in Baltimore as clashes turn violent following funeral
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At least seven police officers in the American city of Baltimore have been injured in violent clashes after the funeral of a black man who died in police custody.
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Tags: USA, Baltimore, police shooting
Duration: 3'52"
08:54
Waikato bid to boost flu jabs for elderly upsets some GPs
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Pharmacies in Waikato are delivering free flu jabs to older people this winter in a New Zealand first that has raised hackles with doctors.
Topics: health
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Tags: flu jabs, flu vaccinations
Duration: 3'17"
08:57
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, news
Duration: 2'23"
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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: Burt Bell's Crusade, by Aroha Awarau (RNZ)
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09:08
Nepal earthquake aftermath
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Kunda Dixit is the Editor of the Nepali Times newspaper, and Prue Smith is the GM of the Himalayan Trust.
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Tags: Nepal earthquake
Duration: 20'04"
09:28
Calls for changes to the enforcement of protection orders
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The coroners inquest into the deaths of two Dunedin children at their hands of their father has raised serious questions about the way police enforce protection orders in domestic violence cases. After a series of child deaths at the hands of family members in the early 2000s, the region of Wairarapa has made big gains in dealing with domestic violence in the community. The Police now prosecute all breaches of protection orders, no matter how minor, as long as there is evidence of the breach. They also work closely with community agencies when families need care and protection. Senior Sergeant Mike Sutton - Prevention Manager for the Wairarapa Police. Jeremy Logan - Manager of Wairarapa Stopping Violence Services
Topics: crime
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Tags: family violence, protection orders
Duration: 23'33"
09:51
US Correspondent Steve Almond
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Another case of police brutality and negligence has sparked massive protests. The White House correspondent's dinner. Cecily Strong made the journalists in the audience hold up their hands and vow not to report on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's appearance. A gay businessman who hosted an event for Republican Senator Ted Cruz in New York this week has had to apologise after a furious backlash from the gay community.
Topics: politics, crime
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Tags: USA, news
Duration: 7'42"
10:07
Australian poet and animal activist David Brooks
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David Brooks is an award-winning Australian poet, novelist, essayist and short fiction writer. He's also an animal activist, committed vegan and says his latest book of poetry is a way of exposing inherent cruelty and prejudice against animals. He's the recipient of an Australian Council for the Arts fellowship for last year - given to one "outstanding, established" writer. He was Associate Professor of Australian Literature and Director of the graduate writing program at the University of Sydney until 2013 and is Co-editor of the literary journal Southerly. He talks to Kathryn from his farm in the Blue Mountains among rescued animals.
Topics: books, author interview
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Tags: David Brooks, animal activist
Duration: 31'30"
10:38
Book review: 'The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot'
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'The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot' by Blaine Harden, published by Mantle. Reviewed by Quentin Johnson.
Topics: books
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Duration: 6'30"
11:05
Politics with Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams
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Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams discuss John Key's ponytail problem and the Ports of Auckland stoush.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 24'26"
11:31
End of the golden weather, retro picnic
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Alice Arndell from Martinborough is a self taught baker, drawing from cooking with her grandmother, whipping up ginger gems and other items to fill the tins. The sandwich and sweet recipes we are featuring in the food slot today come from her book Bake Me Home. Her first cookery book, Alice in Bakingland, won the Best First Cookbook in the New Zealand section of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, and she was a finalist on the Chelsea NZ Hottest Home Baker television show. She shares her recipes for a Pressed Picnic Sandwich, Baked Cream Cheese Cob Loaf and Caramel and Salted Chocolate Rice Bubble Cake.
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Alice Arndell from Martinborough is a self-taught baker, drawing from cooking with her grandmother, whipping up ginger gems and other items to fill the tins.
The sandwich and sweet recipes featured here come from her book Bake Me Home. They include a Pressed Picnic Sandwich, Baked Cream Cheese Cob Loaf and Caramel and Salted Chocolate Rice Bubble Cake, as Alice describes to Kathryn Ryan.
Alice Arndell's first cookery book, Alice in Bakingland, won the Best First Cookbook in the New Zealand section of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, and she was a finalist on the Chelsea NZ Hottest Home Baker television show.
Topics: author interview, food, books
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Tags: Alice Arndell, food, sandwich, recipes, picnic
Duration: 12'55"
11:44
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: 15'52"
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09:05 Nepal earthquake aftermath
Kunda Dixit is the Editor of the Nepali Times newspaper, and Prue Smith is the GM of the Himalayan Trust; and Prue Smith, GM of the Himalayan Trust, founded by Sir Edmund Hilary in 1960. She is in Kathmandu.
09:30 Calls for changes to the enforcement of protection orders
The coroners inquest into the deaths of two Dunedin children at their hands of their father has raised serious questions about the way police enforce protection orders in domestic violence cases.
After a series of child deaths at the hands of family members in the early 2000s, the region of Wairarapa has made big gains in dealing with domestic violence in the community. The Police now prosecute all breaches of protection orders, no matter how minor, as long as there is evidence of the breach. They also work closely with community agencies when families need care and protection.
Senior Sergeant Mike Sutton - Prevention Manager for the Wairarapa Police. Jeremy Logan - Manager of Wairarapa Stopping Violence Services
09:45 US Correspondent Steve Almond
A gay businessman who hosted an event for Republican Senator Ted Cruz in New York this week has had to apologise after a furious backlash from the gay community.
The white house correspondent's dinner. Cecily Strong made the journalists in the audience hold up their hands and vow not to report on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's appearance.
Another case of police brutality and negligence has sparked massive protests.
10:05 Australian poet and animal activist David Brooks
David Brooks is an award-winning Australian poet, novelist, essayist and short fiction writer. He’s also an animal activist, committed vegan and says his latest book of poetry is a way of exposing inherent cruelty and prejudice against animals. He's the recipient of an Australian Council for the Arts fellowship for last year - given to one "outstanding, established" writer. He was Associate Professor of Australian Literature and Director of the graduate writing program at the University of Sydney until 2013 and is Co-editor of the literary journal Southerly. He talks to Kathryn from his farm in the Blue Mountains among rescued animals.
10:30 Book review: 'The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot' by Blaine Harden
Published by Mantle. Reviewed by Quentin Johnson.
10:45 The Reading: 'Burt Bell's Crusade' by Aroha Awarau
Burt Bell protests the demolishing of the old Ronald Hugh Morrieson homestead by dressing up in a chicken outfit. (1 of 1, RNZ)
11:05 Politics with Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams
Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams discuss the ongoing problem of rising Auckland house prices; and the state of the economy in the lead up to the Budget.
11:30 End of the golden weather, retro picnic
Alice Arndell from Martinborough is a self-taught baker, drawing from cooking with her grandmother, whipping up ginger gems and other items to fill the tins. The sandwich and sweet recipes we are featuring in the food slot today come from her book Bake Me Home. Her first cookery book, Alice in Bakingland, won the Best First Cookbook in the New Zealand section of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, (and she was a finalist on the Chelsea NZ Hottest Home Baker television show).
She shares her recipes for a Pressed Picnic Sandwich, Baked Cream Cheese Cob Loaf and Caramel and Salted Chocolate Rice Bubble Cake.
11:45 Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Media commentator asks if SBS was right to sack sports journalist Scott McIntyre over his ANZAC tweets? The Herald, the waitress, the cafe owners and the hair-tugger; and restoring your dignity after a media savaging.
Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz.
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Artist: Buena Vista Social Club
Song: Tiene Sabor
Composer: Trad
Album: Lost And Found
Label: World Circuit
Broadcast time: 10:12
Artist: Sneaky Feelings
Song: Throwing Stones
Comp: David Pine
Album: Send You
Label: Flying Nun
Broadcast Time: 11:14
Artist: Sneaky Feelings
Song: Husband House
Comp: Matthew Bannister
Album: Send You
Label: Flying Nun
Broadcast Time: 11:20
Artist: Mel Parsons
Song: Non Communicado
Comp: Parsons
Album: Drylands
Label: Cape Road
Broadcast Time: 11:28
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Song: Trampled Underfoot
Comp: Page/Plant
Album: Physical Grafitti
Label: Atlantic Warner
Broadcast 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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01:22
Midday Markets for 28 April 2015
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Melika King at Craigs Investment Partners.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'28"
12:00
Midday News for 28 April 2015
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A huge international relief operation is underway in Nepal after Saturday's quake and Scientists identify five compounds that reduce livestock methane emissions.
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Duration: 15'03"
12:17
NZF abandons plan to buy Inventory Technologies
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The financial services shell company, NZF Group says it won't be buying Inventory Technologies ending plans for a reverse listing of the Christchurch-based high tech company.
Topics: business, economy
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: NZF Group
Duration: 57"
12:18
Shares in Orion Health Group have risen
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Shares of Orion Health have jumped three percent this morning after it reported a lift in its fourth quarter cashflow compared with the previous quarter.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Orion Health
Duration: 36"
12:19
Diligent Board Member Services AGM
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Investors in Diligent Board Member Services' have been told the company will beef up the sales team.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 46"
12:20
SLI revises down second half sales
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The online search firm, SLI Systems, has revised down its second-half revenue growth, saying sales have been slower than expected.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'13"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 28 April 2015
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The Oceania football champions Auckland City are facing a battle to get coach Ramon Tribulietx to re-committ to the club and teenage wing Dallin Watene-Zelezniak has been ruled out of making his New Zealand rugby league debut against Australia.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'34"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 28 April 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 8'03"
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===1:06 PM. | Afternoons===
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Information and debate, people and places around NZ
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13:10
Your Song - Wannabe
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Kathleen Burns from Christchurch has chosen "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls.
Topics: music
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Duration: 10'29"
13:20
TV review with Phil Wallington
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Phil Wallington's verdict on ANZAC coverage.
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Tags: television
Duration: 10'01"
13:30
Music review with Zac Arnold
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Zac Arnold on brothers Kody and Ruban Nielson.
Topics: music
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Tags: The Mint Chicks
Duration: 11'10"
13:40
Book review with Wendyl Nissen
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Wendyl Nissen has been reading Sara Gruen's latest; At The Water's Edge.
Topics: books
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Tags: Sara Gruen, At The Water's Edge
Duration: 7'15"
13:50
Web review Steve McCabe
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Steve McCabe reviews Pic Monkey, Playlister and The 13th Floor.
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Tags: web, websites, apps, applications
Duration: 9'52"
14:08
Nepal - Carmen Leonard
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A New Zealand film crew beileve they were the last major crew to capture images in Kathmandu. The crew of the upcoming television series, Hillary, left for Varanasi just days before the devastating 7.8 quake hit on Saturday. More than 4000 people are known to have died in the quake and more than 6000 were injured. Dozens of people are also reported to have been killed in neighbouring China and India. Carmen Leonard is the producer of Hillary.
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Tags: Carmen Leonard, Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal earthquake
Duration: 6'45"
14:15
Ham Radio - Phillip Conza
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A Blenheim amateur radio ham has been monitoring the airwaves for 16 hours a day, to ensure emergency messages can get out of Nepal. Phillip Conza is part of a worldwide amateur radio network.
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Tags: Ham Radio, radio, amateur radio
Duration: 8'26"
14:45
Feature album - Elephant
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The White Stripes' 2003 album Elephant was the fourth studio album from the band but It was their first album to go into the top 10 in the States, it topped the charts in the UK and was highly acclaimed among critics. Rolling Stone magazine even gave it a perfect five out of five rating.
Topics: music
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Tags: The White Stripes
Duration: 18'48"
15:08
Joakim Kleven & Frida Ottessen
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Two years ago this month, five factories under one roof in Bangladesh collapsed killing more than a thousand garment workers and injuring 2500 more. The factories supplied clothing for Western brands. It is one of the largest workplace disasters in modern history. But for many garment workers, conditions have not improved since the disaster and demand for cheap clothing hasn't changed either.
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Most teenagers don’t think much about where their clothes come from or who makes them. A reality TV show produced by Norway’s largest newspaper is getting a lot of attention around the world for taking three teenagers to Cambodia to confront the reality of sweatshops and the conditions endured by some garment workers.
“This is not a ‘Keeping up with the Kardashians’ this is reality reality” says Joakim Kleven, the producer and director of the internet series, Sweatshop: Deadly Fashion. He tells Noelle McCarthy on Afternoons that the three teenagers had no idea what to expect when they arrived in Phnom Penh.
”The plan was for the three teenagers to feel what it’s like to be a Cambodian garment worker. So it was like live, work, eat, sleep, repeat” says Kleven.
Frida Ottesen says she was a naïve 17 year old who had never left Norway when she agreed to take part in the series. “I had a job, I had money if I wanted to I could buy clothes. I was that naive I thought the clothes were made by machines. When I found out that the clothes were sewn by people it was kind of shocking,” she tells Noelle McCarthy.
Producers arranged for the three teenagers to live with a garment worker. They slept on the floor of her tiny one room apartment. “She didn’t even have a bed because she could not afford one” says Ottesen. “The next day we got up at 5am. We didn’t get breakfast we travelled to the factory. The first thing I thought was we will learn how to sew, watch them work, see how it is there and walk away,” recalls Ottesen. But the Norwegians worked side by side with the Cambodian workers and sewed the same seam on the same T-shirt for eight hours. “I was so hungry, I hadn’t slept that night, after those eight hours all I earned was $3 a day. I realized this is terrifying and horrible and it is unfair. They work so many hours. It’s messed up”.
And this was one of the better factories in Cambodia according to Joakim Kleven, and one of the only ones to allow cameras inside. He says it was very hot with no air conditioning and only hard plastic chairs to sit on. But, he says "it’s a pretty nice factory. The worker the teenagers stayed with dreamed of working there."
The next challenge for Frida and her friends was to try and live on the $3 a day they were given for their eight hours in front of a sewing machine. Producers asked the teenagers to buy dinner for the crew and their host, a total of 12 adults, using only the $9 combined they earned that day. Frida says “we went to the market and bought carrots and potatoes. It was really just garlic water soup. It was hard to see what I could buy with that money."
Frida and the others took their host shopping for clothes as well. She found a jacket she had sewn herself in one of the factories, but told the teenagers it would take her a full year’s salary to buy it. “She can only buy herself clothes two times a year for $2."
After just a few days walking in the shoes of the Cambodian garment workers, Kleven says their attitudes changed. “They really understand how hard and unfair it is compared to their lives in Norway. They’ve seen both sides of the world now. It easily could have been us,” he adds.
One of the teenagers says during the series, that everyone knew the world was unfair, but now she knows what unfair really means. Frida and the others now think about where their clothes come from before they buy them and try to understand why it took a trip half way around the world to think about these issues. “We see sad news every day” Frida tells Noelle. “We read about sad things all the time around the world. There is so much to take in, so much to care about so much need we don’t have time to care for everything. When you first get there you realize this is how it works and you meet them face to face. It’s so emotional."
Topics: business
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Tags: factories, working conditions, Cambodia, India, factory workers, sweat shops
Duration: 20'41"
15:45
The Panel pre-show for 28 April 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 15'35"
21:06
'First Step' in Reducing Methane Emissions
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An AgResearch team identifies five compounds that reduce methane emissions from livestock by up to 90 per cent in initial trials.
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By Veronika Meduna Veronika.Meduna@radionz.co.nz
The programme has been looking for new types of inhibitors of methane production from the rumen. This can be regarded as a first step in the process towards developing something that can be used on the farm. Peter Janssen, AgResearch
A team of AgResearch scientists has identified five compounds that reduce methane emissions from livestock by up to 90 per cent in initial short-term trials, providing a technology that could significantly reduce New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions.
New Zealand is unusual among developed countries in that almost half of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture, mostly in the form of methane from belching livestock and nitrous oxide from fertilised soils. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas and currently accounts for 44 per cent of New Zealand’s total emissions. Most of this methane comes from livestock.
AgResearch principal scientist Peter Janssen, who coordinates the methane research programme, says the findings are the culmination of five years of work, during which the team screened more than 100,000 compounds through computer-based searches and in laboratory experiments. The screening process identified five compounds that have now been tested successfully in sheep, showing a significant reduction in methane production over a two-day period.
The rumen is the first and largest part of the multi-chambered stomach of grass-eating ruminant animals, including sheep and cattle. It acts as a fermentation vat where microbes break down the cellulose in the plant material to make it digestible. One group of rumen microbes, the methanogens, takes up surplus hydrogen and produces methane.
In recognition of the fact that methane accounts for most of New Zealand’s agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, several research organisations have formed the NZ Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre, hosted by AgResearch, in 2009 to investigate ways of mitigating emissions of greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide. Even earlier in 2003, the government and the pastoral industry had formed the Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Consortium which funded some of the fundamental research to sequence the methanogen genome and to identify targets for inhibitors. Peter Janssen says the effort is now paying off.
These initial steps are relatively short-term trials in sheep and they show that you get a reduction of methane between 30 to 90 per cent. It’s a very exciting result but there’s still a lot of checking to be done before you actually get something that a farmer can use safely.
AgResearch scientist Ron Ronimus, who leads the methane inhibitor discovery project, says the team made use of genetic information that became available when the first complete genome of a methanogen was published in 2010. Of the roughly 500 known genes, the team focused on finding compounds that would inhibit the function of those that are known to be involved in the production of methane.
Methanogens belong to a group of ancient microbes known as archaea, and that is an advantage. “They are very different from other bacteria, protozoa and fungi that are also in the rumen, breaking down the fibre during the fermentation.”
The team scaled up the discovery process by screening thousands of potential compounds in the laboratory and then testing the most promising inhibitors in sealed containers of real rumen fluid.
“It’s a very thick funnel if you like, we’re putting many compounds in at the top and getting very few out at the bottom.”
Each of the five compounds had to pass toxicity tests before they could be tested in sheep in respiration chambers that allow the science team to monitor changes in methane emissions precisely, as well as feed intake.
“The intention is to only hit the methanogens,” says Peter Janssen. “The nice thing about the way the programme is structured is that the last major test before the compounds go into the animal is to test them in rumen contents that have been taken from an animal.
If it has a general impact on other microbes in the system, then you see that the whole fermentation shuts down. If it’s only affecting the methanogens then you see that the fermentation continues just like normal, and it’s only the methane part that is affected. If it then passes subsequent toxicity testing then we know we can safely try it in an animal.
The team will now test if the inhibition effect lasts long-term and whether it could even be used to increase animal productivity.
Earlier research suggests that methanogens are not an essential part of the rumen microbial community, but rather opportunists that make use of surplus hydrogen that is a by-product of the fermentation process.
“Certainly when you knock out the methanogens in experiments we’ve done to date the animal seems to carry on eating and seems to be ok, and all of the published studies suggest that the methanogens don’t seem to be essential. They are just really good at surviving there [in the rumen] and they take a cut of the energy.”
In fact, methanogens take up to 15 per cent of the energy that could otherwise be available to the animal, and the team hopes to recapture some of that loss. An ideal outcome of the research would be both a reduction in methane emissions and an increase in productivity.
The team says that apart from monitoring such desired effects, larger-scale trials are also necessary to rule out any negative effects such as residues in meat or milk. Ron Ronimus says residues may not be an issue as the compounds have already been preselected to be non-toxic and not soluble in fat so that they don’t accumulate in milk. “They are also easily metabolised and quickly eliminated, and of course specific to methanogens. A combination of these properties and aiming for the most highly potent compound, which reduces the concentration that you’ll need sometimes by orders of magnitude, the residue issue will not be a problem.”
One of the strategies to deal with the possibility that the methanogens become resistant to the inhibitor treatments is to develop a suite of compounds that would be used simultaneously to override the ability of the microbes to adapt.
The team’s goal is to have a farm-scale product available or at least close to commercialisation within five years.
“We think we can do this,” says Peter Janssen. “The fact that the programme, which really only started about five years ago, this inhibitor discovery … has come up with pretty much the first five that were tested in animals look pretty good. I think there is a very good chance of coming up with something that will be useful.”
The search for methanogen inhibitors is one of four main strategies to develop new technologies to reduce methane emissions from livestock in New Zealand. Others are to develop a vaccine, to breed for naturally low-emitting animals and to find feeds that result in less methane being produced.
Peter Jansen describes the latter two as “almost sure bet but small impact”.
“They are really worth doing because they probably going to work. We know that these things can work and the programmes are very well advanced. Two other projects funders have backed are much more technically difficult … but their impacts are much greater.”
With the progress made in identifying methanogen inhibitors, he says we “could be talking potentially 90 per cent methane reduction, which would be an enormous impact on New Zealand’s greenhouse gas footprint”.
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Duration: 17'53"
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1:10 Your Song
Wannabe by the Spice Girls. Chosen by Kathleen Burns
1:20 The Critics
1. TV review - Phil Wallington
2. Books - Wendyl Nissen
3 Music - Zac Arnold
4. Web - Steve McCabe
(Steve's links: Pic Monkey, Playlister, The 13th Floor)
2:10 Nepal - Carmen Leonard
A New Zealand film crew beileve they were the last major crew to capture images in Kathmandu. The crew of the upcoming television series, Hillary, left for Varanasi just days before the devastating 7.8 quake hit on Saturday. More than 4000 people are known to have died in the quake and more than 6000 were injured. Dozens of people are also reported to have been killed in neighbouring China and India. Carmen Leonard is the producer of Hillary.
Drone footage has been released on youtube showing aerial view of the destruction incluing Durbar Square.
2:20 Ham Radio - Phillip Conza
A Blenheim amateur radio ham has been monitoring the airwaves for 16 hours a day, to ensure emergency messages can get out of Nepal. Phillip Conza is part of a worldwide amateur radio network
2:30 NZ Reading - Milk by Susy Pointon
Can you find love in a milking shed? Tanya escapes her past and drags her kids and alcoholic ex north to the Hokianga, where she soon finds herself living and working on a dairy farm
2:45 Feature album
The Whitestripes. Elephant (2003)
3:10 Feature interview - Joakim Kleven & Frida Ottessen
Two years ago this month, five factories under one roof in Bangladesh collapsed killing more than a thousand garment workers and injuring 2500 more. The factories supplied clothing for Western brands. It is one of the largest workplace disasters in modern history. But for many garment workers, conditions have not improved since the disaster and demand for cheap clothing hasn't changed either.
(See the video by Joakim Kleven & Frida Ottessen here)
3:35 Our Changing World
AgResearch scientists announced today that they have identified five compounds that reduce methane emissions from livestock by up to 90 per cent in initial short-term trials, providing a technology that could significantly reduce New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions. Stories from Our Changing World.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about. With Simon Mercep, Zoe George, Jane Bowron and Graham Bell
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Tuesday 28 April
YOUR SONG:
ARTIST: The Spice Girls
TITLE: Wannabe
COMP: Rowe, Spice Girls, Stannard
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FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: The White Stripes
TITLE: Seven Nation Army
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ALBUM: Elephant
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ARTIST: The White Stripes
TITLE: I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
COMP: Bacharach, David
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LABEL: XL 401622
ARTIST: The White Stripes
TITLE: The Hardest Button To Button
COMP: White
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LABEL: XL 401622
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TITLE: There's No Home For You Here
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===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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15:45
The Panel pre-show for 28 April 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 15'35"
16:05
The Panel with Jane Bowron and Graham Bell (Part 1)
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The Prime Minister is in Saudi Arabia to talk free trade. How much should the country's human rights come into our economic relationship? Andrew Chan and Muyuran Sukumaran will face the firing squad for drug offenses tonight. Human Rights law lecturer Kris Gledhill of the University of Auckland talks to us about Indonesia's capital punishment regime. Australia's SBS sports reporter Scott McIntyre has been fired for negative tweets about ANZAC Day. Is this our sacred cow?
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Duration: 23'18"
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The Panel with Jane Bowron and Graham Bell (Part 2)
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Computer hardware capable of mimicking the human brain may just be a few years away. The software just 10 years after that. Are we prepared? Is under-two too young for tinkering with a tablet or smartphone? Dr Marc Wilson of Victoria University's School of Psychology joins the Panel to tell us if baby's brain will be fried. Bronagh Key will cover her head when she's in Saudi Arabia. Is she doing the right thing? Police are taking action against their own in the Otago homicide case where Edward Livingstone shot dead his two children before killing himself.
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Duration: 26'47"
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What the Panelists Jane Bowron and Graham Bell have been thinking about.
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16:09
John Key in Saudi Arabia
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The Prime Minister is in Saudi Arabia to talk free trade. How much should the country's human rights come into our economic relationship? We talk to Human Rights law lecturer Kris Gledhill from the University of Auckland.
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Duration: 8'10"
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Bali executions
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Andrew Chan and Muyuran Sukumaran will face the firing squad for drug offenses tonight. Human Rights law lecturer Kris Gledhill of the University of Auckland talks to us about Indonesia's capital punishment regime.
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Duration: 7'08"
16:28
SBS reporter sacked over ANZAC tweets
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Australia's SBS sports reporter Scott McIntyre has been fired for negative tweets about ANZAC Day. Is this our sacred cow?
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Duration: 3'56"
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Sentient computers
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Ray Kurzweil made a startling prediction in 1999. Computer hardware capable of mimicking the human brain may just be a few years away. The software just 10 years after that. Are we prepared?
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Panel says
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What the Panelists Graham Bell and Jane Bowron have been thinking about.
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16:43
Babies and electronic devices
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Is under-two too young for tinkering with a tablet or smartphone? Dr Marc Wilson of Victoria University's School of Psychology joins the Panel to tell us if baby's brain will be fried.
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Duration: 8'48"
16:52
PM's wife to wear head scarf
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Bronagh Key will cover her head when she's in Saudi Arabia. Is she doing the right thing?
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Duration: 3'28"
16:56
Police act against Otago officers
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Police are taking action against their own in the Otago homicide case where Edward Livingstone shot dead his two children before killing himself.
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Duration: 5'07"
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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 28 April 2015
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Nepal quake crosses 4 thousand, Murder trial hears how Auckland woman run down by car, Baltimore riots after black man is killed in police custody, Police stand-off with man in Manurewa, Greens urge PM to put human rights first.
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Duration: 26'14"
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Nepal quake crosses 4 thousand
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In Nepal, the death toll keeps rising as rescuers work around the clock digging through debris in search of more victims.
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Duration: 6'24"
17:14
Murder trial hears how Auckland woman run down by car
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Blessie Gotingco was a small woman in her mid 50s and didn't stand a chance - the Crown says she was walking home and just minutes from her front door, when she was hit by a car driven by a stranger, bundled into the back seat and taken to a nearby garage.
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17:17
Baltimore riots after black man is killed in police custody
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Fires are still burning in the US city of Baltimore after hundreds of rioters torched buildings and cars, looted shops and hurled bricks and rocks at police.
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Duration: 5'33"
17:22
Police stand-off with man in Manurewa
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A man has been injured in a shoot-out with police following a lengthy armed stand-off in South Auckland today.
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Greens urge PM to put human rights first
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The Green Party co-leader, Metiria Turei, suggested Mr Key should delay any free trade agreement until Saudi Arabia improves its human rights record.
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Duration: 2'51"
17:28
Wellington companies furious at second flood in 2 years
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Business owners near Wellington's Basin Reserve are furious they've been flooded for the second time in two years, despite repeatedly asking the council to clear choked drains outside their properties.
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Duration: 3'01"
17:33
Evening Business for 28 April 2015
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News from the business sector including a market report.
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Duration: 2'27"
17:40
Dotcom's evidence was nonsense, court told
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Kim Dotcom's evidence in the John Banks donations case is being described as fantasy and nonsense as the Court of Appeal considers whether to scrap the retrial it ordered.
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Duration: 3'40"
17:44
McCaw ruled out of this weekend's Super Rugby match
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The All Blacks captain has been ruled out of this weekend's Super rugby match after being knocked out in the Cruasders win over the Blues.
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Duration: 2'07"
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Council responds to criticism over oil spill
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A Tauranga man says the clean up of an oil spill in the city's inner harbour has been too slow and badly coordinated.
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Duration: 5'03"
17:52
Major roading changes opposed by Christchurch residents
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Christchurch people fear that multi-million-dollar road changes will make traffic jams worse and put pedestrians and cyclists in danger.
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Duration: 3'19"
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Majority Wellington Māori oppose supercity
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Most of Wellington region's grassroots Māori oppose the plan for a supercity that would see them lose their voice on local councils.
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Duration: 3'10"
17:58
Fish and Game applaud jail sentence for trout poacher
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Fish and Game are applauding what they say is a precedent setting sentence for trout poaching, with a man jailed today for 12 months.
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Duration: 1'44"
18:06
Sports News for 28 April 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 3'02"
18:14
Nepal declares three days of mourning
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Nepal's government has declared three days of mourning for the more than 4 thousand 300 people who perished in Saturday's massive quake, as the number of dead keeps rising.
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Duration: 4'38"
18:20
Victims of Cave Creek remembered 20 years on
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The sister of one of the victims of the Cave Creek tragedy says the outdoors are safer for the death of her brother.
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Duration: 2'23"
18:26
IRD might get more money to chase property investors
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The Finance Minister says the Government is looking at how tax enforcement can be beefed up to snare investors trading in houses.
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Duration: 6'20"
18:35
Bill English left to face the pony tail pulling music
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The acting Prime Minister, Bill English has been left to defend the actions of the Prime Minister John Key and his ponytail pulling antics, in Parliament this afternoon.
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Duration: 3'23"
18:40
Early closing plan could land council in court
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A Christchurch City Council proposal to force bars to close early could land it in court.
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Duration: 2'38"
18:43
High workload, low wages undermine aged care workforce
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The first survey of the demands on resthome and other aged care staff, most of them women, show a workforce being undermined by low wages and increasing workloads.
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Duration: 3'27"
18:45
Te Manu Korihi News for 28 April 2015
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Most of Wellington region's grassroots Māori oppose the plan for a supercity that would see them lose their voice on local councils; The wife of the late Maori leader, Sir Archie Te Atawhai Taiaroa, has been laid to rest, after lying in state at Kauriki Marae in the King Country; A Waikato District Health Board official worries if local kaumatua aren't vacinated from influeza - it could spell out problems for Maori culture; More than 200 people have gone through the gates of one of the farms shortlisted for a major Maori farming award.
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Duration: 3'24"
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Today In Parliament for 28 April 2015 - evening edition
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NZ First gets a new list MP in the form of Invercargill's Ria Bond. Tributes paid to Nepal quake victims. Government ministers - including Minister for Women - face questions about PM's ponytail pulling antics.
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Duration: 4'53"
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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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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
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19:12
Our Own Odysseys - The Reunification
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n 1995, Michael Goldfinch was in Hanoi when Viet Nam celebrated the 20 year anniversary of 'The Reunification' (or as the Vietnamese say, the end of the 'American War').
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Tags: odysseys, Vietnam, Vietnam War, American War, Reunification, French Colonial, Boat People
Duration: 18'55"
20:42
Left Thinking
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University of Otago political historian A. Prof Brian Roper deconstructs public policies from around the globe - implications of the TPPA (Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement), a proposed regional free trade deal between 12 countries in the Asia-Pacific region including New Zealand; negotiations began in 2005 and were supposed to be concluded in 2012, but due to certain issues, some parties have not yet found common ground.
Topics: politics, economy, life and society, history
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Tags: left thinking, TPP
Duration: 16'37"
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7:10 Our Own Odysseys - The Reunification
In 1995, Michael Goldfinch was in Hanoi when Viet Nam celebrated the 20 year anniversary of 'The Reunification' (or as the Vietnamese say, the end of the 'American War').
7:30 The Sampler
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19:30
The Sampler for 28 April 2015
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This week Nick Bollinger reviews an epic live set from indie roots rockers Phosphorescent and the dance-pop of Swedish Malawian duo The Very Best, while Melody Thomas says hello - and goodbye - to Seattle seven-piece Rose Windows.
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Phosphorescence's Matthew Houck, Photo by Dusdin Condren.
This week Nick Bollinger reviews an epic live set from indie roots rockers Phosphorescent and the dance-pop of Swedish Malawian duo The Very Best, while Melody Thomas says hello - and goodbye - to Seattle seven-piece Rose Windows.
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Duration: 29'52"
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Live At The Music Hall by Phosphorescent
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Nick Bollinger reviews an epic live set from indie roots rockers Phosphorescent
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Nick Bollinger reviews an epic live set from indie roots rockers Phosphorescent
Everyone was doing it in the 70s, but who nowadays would put out a live, three-disc set? Well, Matthew Houck a.k.a. Phosphorescent has – at least it’s three discs if you go for vinyl, two on CD. Houck’s roots are traditional and lean towards country rock, though his Willie Nelson tribute is the only album in his catalogue that isn’t touched on in this expansive career overview.
Songs Featured: Dead Heart, Los Angeles, Terror In The Canyons, Joe Tex These Taming Blues, Ride On/Right On, A New Anhedonia, Wolves
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Duration: 13'32"
19:30
Rose Windows by Rose Windows
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Melody Thomas says hello - and goodbye - to Seattle seven-piece Rose Windows.
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Melody Thomas says hello - and goodbye - to Seattle seven-piece Rose Windows.
Bucking the austerity trend with their robust seven-person line-up, Seattle band Rose Windows released their first album Sun Dogs on Sub Pop Records in 2013. Their self-titled follow-up is a compelling record - mixing the familiar instrumentation of blues and rock with Eastern scales and stirring touches on the flute, all held together by the unusual but ultimately alluring voice of lead singer Rabia Shaheen Qazi. One of the criticisms of Rose Windows’ first album was that it lacked lyrical direction.The lyrics of this album, though, are decidedly less ‘stream-of-consciousness’ - and in cutting off the excess Rose Windows have made their messages a lot clearer. While it was that first album that Cheveyo described as being about, “the everyday blues that Capitalism and it’s man religion bring on all of us” - I think it’s this album that that sentence best describes.
Songs Featured: Bodhi Song, Blind, Strip Mall Babylon, The Old Crow, Hirami, Glory Glory
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Duration: 8'10"
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Makes A King (Mumachokela Mafumu) by The Very Best
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Nick Bollinger checks out the dance-pop of Swedish Malawian duo The Very Best.
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Nick Bollinger checks out the dance-pop of Swedish Malawian duo The Very Best.
The Very Best are duo of Malawian singer Esau Mwamwaya and Swedish deejay-producer Johan Hugo, and the digital and the organic are interwoven through their new album with original results. More downbeat than their earlier Warm Heart Of Africa, Makes A King is full of hooky and memorable tunes, Mwamwaya’s voice soulful and strong, and if you are wondering what the sound of world pop would be in 2015, this just might be the answer.
Songs Featured: Running, If You See Her, Lover, These Lonely Tears, The Only Thing That Matters, Closer.
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Duration: 7'49"
7:30 The Sampler
A weekly review and analysis of new CD releases.
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 Left Thinking
University of Otago political historian A. Prof Brian Roper deconstructs public policies from around the globe – implications of the TPPA (Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement), a proposed regional free trade deal between 12 countries in the Asia-Pacific region including New Zealand; negotiations began in 2005 and were supposed to be concluded in 2012, but due to certain issues, some parties have not yet found common ground.
9:06 The Tuesday Feature: BBC World Book Club with Guenter Grass
Guenter Grass, German Nobel literature prize-winner and author of The Tin Drum, died on April 13, 2015 aged 87. Before his death he had been described as "the world’s most important living writer".
Harriet Gilbert of the BBC Word Book Club looks back to the day she spent with Guenter after he invited her into his home in Germany to put listeners' questions to him about his internationally-celebrated novel The Tin Drum.
Bitter and impassioned, the book charts the rise and fall of Nazism through the mischievous eyes of Oskar Matzerath, a dwarf who decided to stop growing at the age of three. First published half a century ago, The Tin Drum was re-published in new translations all over the world to mark its 50th birthday in 2009. (BBC World Service).
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 Global Village
A selection of world music along with jazz, rock, folk and other styles, artists and songs with world and roots influences chosen and presented by Wichita radio host Chris Heim (5 of 13, KMUW)
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===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
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A selection of world music along with jazz, rock, folk and other styles, artists and songs with world and roots influences chosen and presented by Wichita radio host Chris Heim (5 of 13, KMUW)