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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 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 A Short History of Jazz: The 1940s - Bebop (3 of 4, RNZ); 3:05 Tu, by Patricia Grace (6 of 15, RNZ); 3:30 An Author's View (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)

===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
=DESCRIPTION=

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 7:24 Traffic

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06:00
Top Stories for Tuesday 14 April 2015
BODY:
An early blast of winter catches much of the country offguard. After spending 46 million dollars trying to host the Fifa world cup, Australians have a warning for New Zealand and the Medical Council says surgical league tables will not tell patients what they need to know.
Topics:
Regions:
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Duration: 37'09"

06:06
Sports News for 14 April 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'56"

06:18
Pacific News for 14 April 2015
BODY:
The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'46"

06:21
Morning Rural News for 14 April 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sectors
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'04"

06:25
Te Manu Korihi News for 14 April 2015
BODY:
MPs have heard Te Puni Kokiri is operating with 40 vacancies; A Waitangi Tribunal report's told Hauraki tribes to fix internal troubles over their rights to ancestral moutains - because it's not the Crown's problem to sort out; A tribal council in South Westland says if it can't stop a tourist highway being built in its takiwa, it will call on the wider Ngai Tahu iwi for help; New Zealanders in Sydney are preparing for celebrations this week to mark a milestone of Māori history in Australia.
Topics: te ao Māori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'24"

06:38
Wild wintry blast set to move north today
BODY:
An unseasonal cold snap across the country has come three months too early.... but is set to start easing today.
Topics: weather
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'58"

06:41
PM maintains nobody owns water
BODY:
Negotiations between the Crown and iwi over Māori freshwater rights are continuing despite the Prime Minister reiterating that nobody owns the resource.
Topics: te ao Māori, politics
Regions:
Tags: water ownership, freshwater rights, water
Duration: 2'33"

06:44
Auckland lawyer wants to take on quake insurers
BODY:
An Auckland lawyer is weighing into Christchurch's insurance woes, warning group action could set a precedent for how insurance companies handle major natural disasters in the future.
Topics: Canterbury earthquakes, law
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: insurance companies, legal action
Duration: 2'49"

06:49
Inflation will hit bottom in Q1
BODY:
Cheaper petrol is likely to have driven down the cost of living in the first three months of this year.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: petrol prices, inflation
Duration: 1'46"

06:51
Borrow-and-spend days are over
BODY:
Consumers are ditching their borrow-and-spend ways and learning to live more within their means.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: credit, consumer spending
Duration: 1'49"

06:53
Australia's M2 buys CallPlus telco for $250 million
BODY:
M2, the Australian telecommunications and utilities provider, has bought New Zealand's CallPlus for a quarter of a billion dollars.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: CallPlus, M2
Duration: 1'31"

06:54
Just Water to diversify following sale of Australian business
BODY:
Just Water International says it is looking to expand its business to include healthy-lifestyle goods and services.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Just Water International
Duration: 1'11"

06:55
Adventure park looks to expand customer numbers
BODY:
The adventure park firm, Adrenalin Forest, began operating in Christchurch in 2006 and then expanded to Wellington and Bay of Plenty.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Adrenalin Forest
Duration: 2'12"

06:58
Morning Markets for 14 April 2015
BODY:
The Dow Jones Index is down 44 points to 18,013.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 51"

07:07
Sports News for 14 April 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'03"

07:11
Wintry blast moves north after sweeping over South Island
BODY:
The country is shivering under an unseasonal cold snap, with extensive snow showers from the Desert Road in the north, to Dunedin in the south .. the good news is that the wintery system should start easing today.
Topics: weather
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 5'34"

07:16
Australia-New Zealand co-hosting gig may be unrealistic
BODY:
Australia's expensive - and failed bid - to host the 2022 Fifa World Cup means it is unlikely to have any interest in co-hosting the world's biggest sporting event in with New Zealand in 2026.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: 2026 FIFA World Cup, football, Football World Cup
Duration: 4'32"

07:23
Serious failings found in care of intellectually disabled man
BODY:
In a rare move, the public health watchdog has referred a caregiver to the director of proceedings for many serious failings in the care of an intellectually disabled man.
Topics: health, disability
Regions:
Tags: disability care
Duration: 3'28"

07:27
Medical Council calls for debate on health data
BODY:
The Medical Council wants a debate about what information the public should be given about the performance of doctors.
Topics: health
Regions:
Tags: performance of doctors
Duration: 5'50"

07:35
Minister reviews 'punitive' aspects of zero-hours contracts
BODY:
The Government is considering changing labour laws to rule out the most punitive parts of zero hours contracts
Topics: business, law
Regions:
Tags: zero-hours contracts
Duration: 5'49"

07:41
Andrew Little on potential scrapping of zero hours contracts
BODY:
The Labour leader and former union leader Andrew Little joins me now.
Topics: business, law
Regions:
Tags: zero-hours contracts, employment
Duration: 6'42"

07:48
Will TV3 changes prompt funding for current affairs?
BODY:
TV3's decision to review the future of Campbell Live is leaving some media commentators wondering if broadcasters will seek public funding for current affairs programmes.
Topics: media
Regions:
Tags: television, Campbell Live, NZ On Air
Duration: 4'36"

07:57
Online tax take campaign launched
BODY:
New Zealand retailers hope to convince the Government it's taking a hit by not taxing cheaper goods purchased online.
Topics: law, business
Regions:
Tags: Online purchase tax, GST
Duration: 3'30"

08:07
Sports News for 14 April 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'14"

08:11
Republican strategist on Clinton bid
BODY:
While Hillary Clinton still has to win the Democratic Party nomination to contest the US presidency next year, her political opponents in the Republican Party have already been gearing up to fight her.
Topics:
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Tags: USA, presidency, Hillary Clinton
Duration: 6'31"

08:18
Relucant landlords shirking free insulation deal
BODY:
A publicly funded programme to insulate houses for poor people is struggling to get landlords on board, with some saying it's because they can't be bothered dealing with the red tape.
Topics: housing
Regions:
Tags: insulation, landlords, rental housing
Duration: 3'30"

08:22
PM maintains nobody owns water
BODY:
The Prime Minister says the Government will continue to work with iwi over Māori freshwater rights but maintains nobody can own the resource.
Topics: environment, te ao Māori, politics
Regions:
Tags: water, water ownership
Duration: 2'33"

08:24
Some iwi seeking ownership in water talks
BODY:
A short while ago I spoke to the Freshwater Iwi Leadership Group adviser Willie Te Aho who told me at least some iwi are seeking to assert ownership rights.
Topics: environment, te ao Māori
Regions:
Tags: freshwater rights, water, water ownership
Duration: 4'04"

08:28
Forty years on, airlift to save Vietnamese babies remembered
BODY:
Forty years on from an operation that took thousands of orphans out of war-torn Vietnam, a New Zealand man is one of many using DNA technology to find out more about his past.
Topics: history
Regions:
Tags: orphans, Vietnam, Vietnam War
Duration: 4'03"

08:32
Markets Update for 14 April 2015
BODY:
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 49"

08:38
Girl raped by ISIS now pregnant
BODY:
A nine-year-old Kurdish girl is pregnant after being kidnapped and raped by militants.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Islamic State, Yazidi captives
Duration: 3'40"

08:44
Te Manu Korihi News for 14 April 2015
BODY:
A Waitangi Tribunal report's told Hauraki tribes to fix internal troubles over their rights to ancestral moutains - because it's not the Crown's problem to sort out; MPs have heard Te Puni Kokiri is operating with 40 vacancies; A tribal council in South Westland says if it can't stop a tourist highway being built in its takiwa, it will call on the wider Ngai Tahu iwi for help; New Zealanders in Sydney are preparing for celebrations this week to mark a milestone of Māori history in Australia.
Topics: te ao Māori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'38"

08:48
Vinyl revival sees Official Vinyl Chart published.
BODY:
Noel Gallagher's single, Ballad of the Mighty I, has topped the new vinyl singles chart, launched in Britain last night.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: vinyl
Duration: 3'17"

08:52
Elderly couple turned away from ANZAC tour because of walker
BODY:
A couple wanting to join an Anzac weekend tour by train say they feel discriminated against as they were turned away by a tour operator because one of them requires a walker.
Topics: disability, transport
Regions:
Tags: Anzac
Duration: 3'41"

08:55
Country's oldest science institute celebrates 150 years
BODY:
There were no universities or bank notes in New Zealand 150 years ago, but there was a science organisation.
Topics: science, history
Regions:
Tags: GNS Science, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
Duration: 4'26"

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===9:06 AM. | Nine To Noon===
=DESCRIPTION=

Current affairs and topics of interest, including: 10:45 The Reading: The Godley Letters, read by Ginette McDonald and Sam Neill (2 of 10, RNZ)

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09:09
Govt to change law on zero hours contracts
BODY:
The Government is set to change the law on zero contracts by the middle of the year, as a stoush between McDonalds and the Union continues. The Minister for Workplace Relations, Michael Woodhouse, says a law change will happen later this year to address what he says is the imbalance in zero hour contracts. Mike Treen is the National Director of the Unite union. Christine Hutton is the Director of Human Relations for McDonalds New Zealand.
Topics: business, law
Regions:
Tags: unions, employment, zero-hours contracts
Duration: 20'40"

09:29
Te Papa proposes closing Te Papa Press
BODY:
Te Papa is reviewing its investment in publishing, to focus on core museum work, and is proposing closing Te Papa Press. It will make a final decision next month. Te Papa Press publishes books about New Zealand's art, culture and natural world. It was the publisher of last year's supreme winner of the NZ Post Book Awards "Peter McLeavey: The Life and Times of a New Zealand Art Dealer" by Jill Trevelyan.
Topics: arts, books
Regions:
Tags: publishing, Te Papa
Duration: 7'50"

09:37
Team Oracle accused of killing the America's Cup
BODY:
Bruno Trouble is widely acknowledged as the architect of the America's Cup challenger series. He skippered two French challenges in 1977 and 1980, before establishing the Louis Vuitton Cup series in 1983 which continued until 2007. He's scathing of the direction in which the Amercia's Cup is being taken by the defenders Oracle Team USA. Team New Zealand is disputing the America's Cup Event Authority's right to shift the January 2017 regatta in Auckland to Bermuda where the entire event would be sailed.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: yachting, America's Cup, Team New Zealand
Duration: 10'59"

09:48
US correspondent - Steve Almond
BODY:
Hillary Clinton announces that she will seek the Presidency.
Topics:
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Tags: USA
Duration: 11'02"

10:09
Travel writer and author Lindsay Hawdon
BODY:
Lindsay Hawdon is a travel writer and the author of Jakob's Colours, her debut novel, inspired by the lost voices of the Romany Holocaust. She is an an intrepid traveller having been to more than sixty countries. Her travel column, An Englishwoman Abroad, began in The Sunday Telegraph in 2000 and ran for seven years. During that period she visited every continent, writing about her experiences, the land, climate and the fascinating people she met along the way. Her two young sons have also been part of her adventuring, with a six month long trip around the Far East and Australasia to find the seven different colours of the rainbow and raising money for the charity War Child.
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Lindsay Hawdon is a travel writer and the author of Jakob's Colours, her debut novel, inspired by the lost voices of the Romany Holocaust.
She is an an intrepid traveller having been to more than sixty countries. Her travel column, An Englishwoman Abroad, began in The Sunday Telegraph in 2000 and ran for seven years. During that period she visited every continent, writing about her experiences, the land, climate and the fascinating people she met along the way.
Her two young sons have also been part of her adventuring, with a six month long trip around the Far East and Australasia to find the seven different colours of the rainbow and to raise money for the charity War Child.
Lindsay Hawdon talks to Kathryn Ryan about her travels.
Topics: author interview
Regions:
Tags: Lindsay Hawdon, Jakob's Colours, colours of the rainbow
Duration: 26'19"

10:35
'The Altogether Unexpected Disappearance of Atticus Craftsman'
BODY:
Phil Vine reviews 'The Altogether Unexpected Disappearance of Atticus Craftsman' by Mamen Sanchez, published by Doubleday.
Topics: books
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 7'24"

11:08
Business commentator - Fran O'Sullivan
BODY:
NZ On Air funding for various commercial media platforms. The disappearing government surplus.
Topics: business, media
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 15'08"

11:24
Rugby, writing and match-fixing with author John Daniell
BODY:
Former professional rugby player turned author John Daniell, was a lock for the New Zealand Colts, Wellington and Oxford University where he studied English. When the sport turned professional in 1996 he headed to Europe to play, describing himself as a rugby mercenary. He has spent more than a decade living in France playing professionally for Racing Club de Paris, Perpignan and finally Montpellier. His playing days are over and John Daniell is now a full-time writer, dividing his time between New Zealand and Europe. His first book, Confessions of a Rugby Mercenary, won the British Sports Book Awards Prize for Best Rugby Book of 2010, and it was translated into French and Japanese. His latest novel is The Fixer focuses on a player whose career is starting to slide from living the dream to a nightmare. A tale of how a bright-eyed player can have their head turned and be drawn into sport's seedier side.
Topics: author interview, sport, books
Regions:
Tags: John Daniell, The Fixer, rugby, match fixing
Duration: 20'49"

11:45
Media commentator - Gavin Ellis
BODY:
Changes at TV3, resignation of Tim Murphy from the NZ Herald.
Topics: media
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Tags:
Duration: 14'50"

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09:05 News and current affairs
09:30 Team Oracle described as "witches and sorcerers" who are killing the America's Cup
Bruno Trouble is widely acknowledged as the architect of the America's Cup challenger series. He skippered two French challenges in 1977 and 1980, before establishing the Louis Vuitton Cup series in 1983 which continued until 2007. He's scathing of the direction in which the Amercia's Cup is being taken by the defenders Oracle Team USA. Team New Zealand is disputing the America's Cup Event Authority's right to shift the January 2017 regatta in Auckland to Bermuda where the entire event would be sailed.
09:45 US correspondent, Steve Almond
10:05 Travel writer and author Lindsay Hawdon, in search of the colours of the rainbow
Lindsay Hawdon is a travel writer and the author of Jakob's Colours, her debut novel, inspired by the lost voices of the Romany Holocaust. She is an an intrepid traveller having been to more than sixty countries. Her travel column, An Englishwoman Abroad, began in The Sunday Telegraph in 2000 and ran for seven years. During that period she visited every continent, writing about her experiences, the land, climate and the fascinating people she met along the way. Her two young sons have also been part of her adventuring, with a six month long trip around the Far East and Australasia to find the seven different colours of the rainbow and raising money for the charity War Child..

10:35 Book review: 'The Altogether Unexpected Disappearance of Atticus Craftsman' by Mamen Sanchez
Published by Doubleday. Reviewed by Phil Vine
10:45 The Reading: The Godley Letters
Correspondence between Major General Godley and Lady Louisa Godley May to August 1915. Edited and arranged by Jane Tolerton. Read by Ginette McDonald and Sam Neill (2 of 10, RNZ).
11:05 Business commentator Fran O'Sullivan
11:30 Rugby, writing and match-fixing with author John Daniell
Former professional rugby player turned author John Daniell, was a lock for the New Zealand Colts, Wellington and Oxford University where he studied English. When the sport turned professional in 1996 he headed to Europe to play, describing himself as a rugby mercenary. He has spent more than a decade living in France playing professionally for Racing Club de Paris, Perpignan and finally Montpellier. His playing days are over and John Daniell is now a full-time writer, dividing his time between New Zealand and Europe. His first book, Confessions of a Rugby Mercenary, won the British Sports Book Awards Prize for Best Rugby Book of 2010, and it was translated into French and Japanese. His latest novel is The Fixer focuses on a player whose career is starting to slide from living the dream to a nightmare. A tale of how a bright-eyed player can have their head turned and be drawn into sport's seedier side.

11:45 Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Changes at TV3, resignation of Tim Murphy from the NZ Herald.

=PLAYLIST=

Artist: She and Him / Brian Wilson
Song: On The Island
Composer: Wilson
Album: No Pier Pressure
Label: Capitol
Broadcast time: 10:06
Artist: Laura Mvula
Song: Sing To The Moon
Composer: Mvula
Album: Sing To The Moon
Label: RCA
Broadcast time: 10:40
Artist: The Byrds
Song: Mr. Tambourine Man
Composer: Dylan
Album: Another Side Of Bob Dylan
Label: Columbia
Broadcast time: 11:06

===Noon | Midday Report===
=DESCRIPTION=

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 April 2015
BODY:
A Hamilton man has been jailed for life with a minimum non-parole period of 15-years for killing his eight month old son last year. A Chinese tourist charged with causing the death of a five-year old Oamaru girl in February by driving on the wrong side of the road, has pleaded guilty to all charges in the Dunedin District Court.
Topics:
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Tags:
Duration: 14'00"

12:16
Business confidence remains steady
BODY:
Business confidence has softened just a touch, but the outlook for the economy remains fairly optimistic.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'08"

12:18
Auckland's housing market drives March sales to 8-year high
BODY:
Auckland's super-heated realestate market is distorting national sales figures.
Topics: business, housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags:
Duration: 1'27"

12:19
Super Fund court documents released
BODY:
Documents filed in a London High Court show the New Zealand Superannuation Fund was the first to loan money to Banco Espirito Santo, and ended up losing the most.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: superannuation
Duration: 1'12"

12:20
Adoption of new disclosure rules "disappointing"
BODY:
The markets regulator says it's disappointed at how few companies have adopted new rules requiring easier-to-understand prospectuses, to be lodged online.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'06"

12:22
China's economy cooling
BODY:
China's global trade - both imports and exports - have slipped dramatically pointing to an economy that is cooling off much faster than expected.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: China
Duration: 35"

12:23
Midday Markets for 14 April 2015
BODY:
For the latest from the markets we're joined by Angus Marks at First NZ Capital
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'04"

12:25
Opus's British rail business continues to grow
BODY:
Opus International Consultants says its British-based rail business continues to build on the success of its best year ever.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Opus
Duration: 52"

12:26
Midday Sports News for 14 April 2015
BODY:
Halting the departure of the country's top rugby players overseas is a battle that will never be won says Rugby Players Association chief executive Rob Nichol.
Topics: sport
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Tags:
Duration: 2'33"

12:34
Midday Rural News for 14 April 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics:
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Tags:
Duration: 8'32"

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===1:06 PM. | Afternoons===
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Information and debate, people and places around NZ

=AUDIO=

13:07
Your Song - Make Her Mine
BODY:
Make Her Mine by Hipster Image, Chosen by Julia Durkin
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Make Her Mine, Hipster Image
Duration: 11'01"

13:20
TV review - Phil Wallington
BODY:
The week in television with Phil Wallington.
Topics: arts
Regions:
Tags: television
Duration: 12'51"

13:33
Music - Zac Arnold
BODY:
Zac Arnold talks about the Taite Music Prize, and record store day 2015.
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On Wednesday 15 April 2015, the music industry and artists will convene to drink a few sponsored bevvies and find out who has won the 2015 Taite Music Prize.
The award is named after the late Dylan Taite, a music journalist who was known for championing new and often underground music, as well as his unique presentation style.
The Taite’s purpose is to recognise outstanding creativity for an entire collection of music contained on one album. Which, when put into a modern context, is a daring concept. Instead of the emphasis being on one-off tracks, celebrity endorsed playlists or the shuffle option on your iPhone, it celebrates the tradition of crafting a body of work into a coherent piece that has the ability to take listeners on a journey or connect on a deep emotional level.
The Taite Prize is young, but is quickly becoming one of New Zealand’s most prestigious arts awards.
Previous winners have included Lawrence Arabia (‘Chant Darling’), Ladi6 (The Liberation Of’), Unknown Mortal Orchestra (‘Unknown Mortal Orchestra’), SJD (‘Elastic Wasteland’) and Lorde (‘Pure Heroine’).
Who will win in 2015? It’s too hard to tell, but Music 101 producer Zac Arnold talks to Noelle McCarthy about the finalists in this year's Taite Music Prize, as well as about International Record Store Day 2015.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Taite Music Prize, Record Store Day, RSD
Duration: 15'01"

13:48
Books - Nicky Pellegrino
BODY:
Nicky Pellegrino talks about One Summer in Venice, and The Buried Giant
Topics: books
Regions:
Tags: One Summer in Venice, The Buried Giant
Duration: 7'37"

13:56
Web - Daniela Maoate-Cox
BODY:
Daniela Maoate-Cox talks about point, Leaping Tiger, and YikYak.
Topics: technology
Regions:
Tags: point, Leaping Tiger, YikYak
Duration: 3'50"

14:10
Royal visit - Pip Leask
BODY:
It's been announced that Prince Harry will become the first member of the royal family to visit Stewart Island this May. He will also visit Christchurch, Wellington, Linton, Whanganui and Auckland. But it sounds like the community in Stewart Island is a little more than excited. Pip Leask is the manager of the Bay Motel in Half Moon Bay
Topics: life and society
Regions: Southland
Tags: Royal visit, princ harry
Duration: 7'12"

14:17
Life on Mars - Dr Ashwin Vasavada
BODY:
The quest to find past life on Mars just got a whole lot more interesting. We've known that there's water on Mars, but now scientists believe they've found evidence of liquid water on Mars in existence today. Dr Ashwin Vasavada is NASA's project scientist for the Curiosity rover mission
Topics: science
Regions:
Tags: Curiosity rover mission, Dr Ashwin Vasavada, NASA, Mars
Duration: 8'40"

14:25
WorldSkills Oceania - Bruce Howat
BODY:
Competition is underway in Hamilton today as 23 young New Zealanders battle for a place in the Tool Blacks team. The winners will secure a spot on the national WorldSkills team and travel to Brazil in August for the international competition. 102 people from Canada, India, Malaysia, China, Australia and Korea are competing in 30 skill categories at Wintec. New Zealand is competing in 18 categories, including aircraft maintenance, auto and engineering trades, carpentry, joinery, plumbing, floristry, hairdressing, restaurant trades and web and graphic design. WorldSkills NZ chief executive Bruce Howat
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: WorldSkills Oceania, Bruce Howat
Duration: 7'19"

14:45
Feature Album - Hearts and Bones
BODY:
The feature album today is the sixth solo album from Paul Simon, 'Hearts and Bones'
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Paul Simon, Hearts and Bones
Duration: 13'14"

15:10
How to complain like a pro
BODY:
Jasper has a bone to pick with just about everyone. He is a professional complainer. He wrote more than 5,000 complaint letters for readers of the Daily Express as a columnist for the London Newspaper. He's written to everyone from the Pope to CEOs of major corporations. Now he teaches people how to complain and get action.
EXTENDED BODY:
Jasper Griegson has a bone to pick with just about everyone. He is a professional complainer. He wrote more than 5,000 complaint letters for readers of the Daily Express as a columnist for the London Newspaper.
He's written to everyone from the Pope to CEOs of major corporations. Now he teaches people how to complain and get action.
He says that it was Dublin airport set him on the path to becoming a better complainer. Listen to his story.
Topics: life and society
Regions:
Tags: customer service
Duration: 19'19"

15:45
The Panel pre-show for 14 April 2015
BODY:
Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
Topics:
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Tags:
Duration: 14'14"

21:06
Auckland's Volcanic Risk
BODY:
University of Auckland volcanologist Jan Lindsay discusses the DEVORA project and its aim to assess volcanic hazard and risk for Auckland's metropolitan area.
EXTENDED BODY:
By Veronika Meduna Veronika.Meduna@radionz.co.nz
'There’ve been 53 to 55 volcanoes that formed in the Auckland Volcanic Field over the past quarter of a million years. They haven’t occurred regularly … it looks like there were a few eruptions in the beginning and then ... in particular around 30,000 years ago it seems there were quite a number of eruptions occurring within a period of just a couple of thousand years. After that it got quiet again.' - Jan Lindsay, volcanologist

Our largest city is built on top of an active volcanic field that has erupted at least 53 times over the last 250,000 years, often in devastating explosions that felled forests and spewed fountains of fire.
Geologists expect that more volcanoes will erupt beneath Auckland in the future, and that each new explosion will emerge through a completely new vent. What that prospect means for the metropolitan area is the focus for the seven-year DEVORA project, which brings together geologists, city planners and civil defense staff to work out a strategy to protect people and infrastructure.
University of Auckland volcanologist Jan Lindsay, a co-leader of the DEVORA project, looks at Auckland’s landscape through the lens of the city’s volcanic history. Along the beach at Ladies’ Bay, in the suburb of St Heliers, she studies deposits of a violent explosion that happened more than 50,000 years ago, firing boulders from the Glover Park volcano.
“When the magma reached the surface and came into contact with groundwater or shallow surface water, or just muddy sediments, it caused a big explosion,” she says. The magma and the surrounding rock were blasted into millions of pieces, ranging from a few centimeters to a metre in diameter, including huge “chunks of the basement rock that have been ripped out by the magma and thrown out of the volcano”.
Glover Park exploded in what geologists know as a phreatomagmatic eruption. “The word phreatomagmatic means steam and magma essentially. When magma comes into contact with water, the eruptions are often far more explosive than if magma just emerges passively at the surface. So the water acts as a catalyst.”
These powerful blasts not only shatter everything in their way, but also drive destructive base surges that can travel up to five kilometres from the vent. “That’s the worst case scenario in an Auckland situation,” says Jan Lindsay.
The size and nature of the deposits at Glover Park suggest that this was an average eruption and probably ran out for about two kilometres in radius. “But it would still have been devastating. Don’t forget, the vent itself is about a kilometre wide – that’s a hole in the ground that wasn’t there before.”
The Glover Park volcano erupted during a period when sea levels where much lower than today and Jan Lindsay says that given changes in Auckland’s geology since then, it makes it even more likely that a future eruption would be explosive.
'Looking at past deposits in the Auckland Volcanic Field, we know that about 80 to 85 per cent of all of the eruptions had a phreatomagmatic component, so an explosive base surge … usually at the start of the eruption. Sea levels are now much higher and hydro-geological conditions have changed, with groundwater concentrated in many parts of Auckland close to the surface ... . It’s safe to say that we’re in a wet period of the Auckland Volcanic Field so any future eruption we would certainly expect to have a phreatomagmatic component.'

Auckland’s youngest volcano Rangitoto seems to be an exception. Geologists thought that it formed during an eruption some 500 years ago, but by analysing sediment cores from the nearby Lake Pupuke, University of Auckland geologists Phil Shane and Paul Augustinus have discovered that the volcano erupted intermittently or almost continuously from about 1500 to 500 years ago.
Last year, the team drilled deep into Rangitoto Island's lava to piece together its eruption history in more detail.
As the DEVORA project is about to wrap up, Jan Lindsay says the team now has a fair idea of what a future volcanic eruption would mean for Auckland. Unlike earthquakes, volcanoes are likely to give some warning, and there are 11 seismometers throughout the city, all part of GNS Science’s GeoNet project, that monitor underground tremors.
The magma below Auckland is generated in the mantle, probably about 100 kilometres below the city, and the mantle is ductile. “It will have to travel quite a distance through the ductile mantle before it reaches brittle rocks to generate earthquakes. It may not generate earthquakes until it’s at 30 to 40 kilometres depth so it may well travel half of its distance before we pick up on it. But then, we hope that we’ll start seeing little earthquakes at depths and we should see them shallowing, and we can tell when and where the magma will reach the surface.”
Jan Lindsay says that although a volcanic eruption in Auckland would be a massive challenge, it is likely going to affect only a relatively small area. “It’s just that that particular area might well be in a built-up environment so it becomes obviously very important to get everybody out in time and we fully anticipate that we’ll have enough warning to be able to do that.”
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Duration: 20'43"

14:20
Starting a Food Revolution!
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New Zealand Society meets a Waikato food rescue service that has saved 10 tonnes of food from going to the landfill, in only six months.
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All the food is weighed and divided as evenly as possible between recipient charities
“It’s definitely been a growing project… we’ve worked out that we’ve hit ten tonnes of food with our collection…all in six months!”

– Simon Gascoigne, Kaivolution’s van driver and co-ordinator.
Kaivolution’s ethos is simple: ensuring good edible food doesn’t reach the tip before someone else could benefit from it. And in the space of six short months, the food rescue service is walking the talk. As of April 2015 it has saved 10 tonnes of food from going to the landfill, being ploughed back into farms or eaten by livestock. Instead, it has redistributed most of it to local charities and social agencies.
Kaivolution is modeled on the successful Wellington food rescue programme Kaibosh, and is run under the umbrella of the Waikato Environment Centre. Manager Ruth Seabright says it all started with a presentation by Kaibosh. “Three Hamilton funders were at the conference in Wellington and they all came back, called a community meeting and they presented the idea… and everybody overwhelmingly said yes, we want something like this.” A feasibility study was conducted shortly thereafter.
With a need highlighted and funders such as WEL Energy Trust and the Tindall Foundation ready to help, the rest as they say is history, and Kaivolution was born. “And here we are,” says Ruth. “Ten tonnes of food later! It exceeds my every expectation and I am just humbled by that response, it’s an incredible amount of food… in a short space of time.”
So, how does it work?
All with a telephone call. Simon Gascoigne is the service’s coordinator and once he’s been alerted to a prospective food pick-up from one of the 10 or so core donors, he becomes a man on a mission. Jumping in a refrigerated van, he heads out across Hamilton to collect donations. The fact the van is refrigerated is an integral part of the operation; it means Kaivolution can target fresh produce, rather than traditional tinned and dry goods.
Gus Tissink is the general manager of the Hamilton branch of food wholesaler and distributor Bidvest Fresh. He says the donor relationship that’s been established with Kaivolution is a good fit for both parties, and has been a supporter of the service ever since he took part in the feasibility study. “For us it’s usually a product our customer wouldn’t accept but still perfectly good, so it needs to be used very quickly and Kaivolution has demonstrated on a number of occasions that their turnaround is actually really quick. So they’re able to collect the product, sort it and get it to their customer base, which works for us, it’s great.”
Gus says he regularly sees food that is coming up to its sell-by date, is surplus to requirements or just outside normal specifications – but he doesn’t want to see it go to waste. That’s where Kaivolution steps in.

Top left: Sione Tu’akoi, left, from St Vincent de Paul alongside Simon Gascoigne. Sione estimates the charity has received and redistributed 1.2 tonnes of food from Kaivolution so far. Top right: Kaivolution driver and coordinator Simon Gascoigne beside that morning’s collection, donated by New World Te Rapa and Bidvest. Bottom left: Trays of bakery goods, alongside 100 kilograms of broccoli. Bottom right: Kaivolution’s refrigerated van.
Once the items are collected, Simon heads back to base where he’s met by a small group of volunteers who help unload the items. They’re quickly sorted, then weighed and finally divided as evenly as possible between recipient charities. It’s then put back in the chiller to await collection the same afternoon.
Food hygiene is of upmost importance. If there’s any doubt about the food that’s been salvaged, it either goes into a large compost bin that’s sent to a community garden once a week, or it’s put into a baking bin. Bananas are a good example – a little bit bruised on the outside, but still perfectly good for a loaf or cake.
Kaivolution has over 20 main recipients of its food boxes – from large agencies such as the Salvation Army to the Hamilton Homeless Trust. And when 2 o’clock rolls around, the final part of the day for Ruth, Simon and the team kicks off – collection time.

As Simon weighs the produce, volunteer Tara McClaren starts to make up the distribution boxes.
Sione Tu’akoi is the coordinator of St Vincent de Paul’s Good Neighbour Projects and was one of the first recipients of a box full of fruit and vegetables. He helps to feed about 500 people a week and says Kaivolution has meant they are able to put fresh, healthy food on the tables of those who otherwise would not get it. “They have been fantastic. It’s like Christmas every day, I have no idea what Simon might have for me. Sometimes I get one box, sometimes a van full, all sorts,” Sione says with a smile. “I think we’ve taken about 1.2 tons of food from Kaivolution so far. It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a little while at St Vincent de Paul and when these guys started up… our prayers were answered.”
Topics: international aid and development, business, food, life and society
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Duration: 10'42"

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1:10 Your Song
Make Her Mine by Hipster Image. Chosen by Julia Durkin
1:20 The Critics
TV review - Phil Wallington
Books - Nicky Pellegrino
Music - Zac Arnold
Web - Daniela Maoate-Cox
2:10 Royal visit - Pip Leask
It's been announced that Prince Harry will become the first member of the royal family to visit Stewart Island this May. He will also visit Christchurch, Wellington, Linton, Whanganui and Auckland. But it sounds like the community in Stewart Island is a little more than excited. Pip Leask is the manager of the Bay Motel in Half Moon Bay
2:16 WorldSkills Oceania - Bruce Howat
Competition is underway in Hamilton today as 23 young New Zealanders battle for a place in the Tool Blacks team. The winners will secure a spot on the national WorldSkills team and travel to Brazil in August for the international competition. 102 people from Canada, India, Malaysia, China, Australia and Korea are competing in 30 skill categories at Wintec. New Zealand is competing in 18 categories, including aircraft maintenance, auto and engineering trades, carpentry, joinery, plumbing, floristry, hairdressing, restaurant trades and web and graphic design. WorldSkills NZ chief executive Bruce Howat
2.23 Life on Mars - Dr Ashwin Vasavada
The quest to find past life on Mars just got a whole lot more interesting. We've known that there's water on Mars, but now scientists believe they've found evidence of liquid water on Mars in existence today. Dr Ashwin Vasavada is NASA's project scientist for the Curiosity rover mission
2:30 NZ Reading: Taming the Tiger by Michael Morrissey
A five-part reading of Michael Morrissey’s frank description of two serious bipolar episodes is told in a riveting and lively manner.
2:45 Feature album
Paul Simon. Hearts and Bones (1983)
3:10 Feature interview - Jasper Griegson
Jasper has a bone to pick with just about everyone. He is a professional complainer. He wrote more than 5,000 complaint letters for readers of the Daily Express as a columnist for the London Newspaper. He's written to everyone from the Pope to CEOs of major corporations. Now he teaches people how to complain and get action
3:35 Auckland Volcanoes - Veronika Meduna
Auckland sits on top of an active volcanic field that has erupted at least 53 times over the last 250,000 years. For geologists the question is not IF, but WHEN the next volcano will erupt under New Zealand's largest city
Stories from Our Changing World.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about. With Simon Mercep, Zoe Ferguson, Ella Henry and David Slack

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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 14 April 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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16:10
The Panel with Ella Henry and David Slack (Part 1)
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Topics - Prof Mark Henaghan Dean of Law at Otago University joins the Panel to discuss the pros and cons of providing the public with doctors performance data. The US says ISIS is losing ground in Iraq. Do New Zealand troops still need to go then? We ask International law professor Al Gillespie of the University of Waikato.
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Naming erring doctors
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Prof Mark Henaghan Dean of Law at Otago University joins the Panel to discuss the pros and cons of providing the public with doctors performance data.
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Duration: 8'46"

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IS losing in Iraq gaining in Syria
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The US says ISIS is losing ground in Iraq. Do New Zealand troops still need to go then? We ask International law professor Al Gillespie of the University of Waikato.
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16:34
Nostalgia
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Nostalgia was once considered an illness. Now we love it and gain comfort from it.
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The Panel with Ella Henry and David Slack (Part 2)
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Topics - Nostalgia was once considered an illness. Now we love it and gain comfort from it. New Zealand TV companies are launching legal proceedings against an online service which gives users access to overseas sites like Netflix. Geek Ben Gracewood joins the Panel to discuss. The pass rate for UE for Māori has fallen by 20 percent. A book about two male penguins who raised a chick together is one of the most complained about in the US.
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TV protectionism and piracy
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New Zealand TV companies are launching legal proceedings against an online service which gives users access to overseas sites like Netflix. Geek Ben Gracewood joins the Panel to discuss.
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Duration: 8'32"

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Māori uni numbers down
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The pass rate for UE for Māori has fallen by 20 percent.
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16:58
Kids book ires parents
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A book about two male penguins who raised a chick together is one of the most complained about in the US.
Topics: books, life and society
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Duration: 2'14"

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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
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Radio New Zealand's two-hour news and current affairs programme 6:35 Today in Parliament (RNZ)

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Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 14 April 2015
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Hamilton man jailed 15 years for killing son. Transport Minister under massive fire over Northland by-election. Tourist faces prison for crash that killed 5 year old. Million-dollar plus houses now make up quarter of Auckland sales. PM insists schools announcement is over and above business as usual spending. NZ Muslim furious at Australia airport search
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Hamilton man jailed 15 years for killing son
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The mother of an eight month old boy whose father was jailed today for murdering him, says she wanted to take her own life when her son died.
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Duration: 3'42"

17:12
Transport Minister under massive fire
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The Transport Minister Simon Bridges is under fire today with the Labour Party accusing him of breaking Cabinst rules and calling for his ministerial scalp.
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17:16
Tourist faces prison for wrong-side crash that killed
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A Chinese tourist is facing prison after pleading guilty today to causing the death of a young Oamaru girl when he drove on the wrong side of the road.
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Duration: 3'18"

17:19
Million-dollar plus houses make up quarter of Auckland sales
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Auckland's superheated housing market is pushing the cost of houses ever higher, and is stoking demand for big-ticket homes worth more than 2million dollars.
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PM insists schools announcement is over business as usual
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The Prime Minister is talking up the significance of a pre-Budget announcement today to spend 244-million dollars building seven new schools, saying it's above and beyond core government business.
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Duration: 2'31"

17:26
NZ Muslim furious at Australia airport search
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A young Christchurch Muslim is furious at the way she was treated by Brisbrane Airport security guards who searched her phone and read her sister's diary.
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Duration: 4'32"

17:34
Today's market update
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For the latest on the markets
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17:36
Australia to send extra troops to Iraq
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Australia is sending another another 330 troops to Iraq, which will begin heading to the Middle East tomorrow as part of its joint deployment with New Zealand.
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17:40
Whaling body opposes Japan's new plans
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Japan still hopes to resume its Antarctic whale hunt at the end of this year despite an international panel rejecting its new plan to kill more than three-hundred minke whales
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Duration: 4'04"

17:45
Global mode makers say it's business as usual
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The company behind Global Mode, which allows on-line TV viewers to access blocked overseas content, says they won't give in to bullies from the country's top television firms.
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Duration: 4'11"

17:52
Diverse approach to Māori in partnership schools.
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Inquiries into some partnership schools reveals a diverse appraoch to Māori education.
Topics: te ao Māori, education
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Duration: 3'05"

17:55
US Blackwater guards sentenced
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A former Blackwater guard, Nicholas Slatten has been sentenced to life in prison and three others to 30 years over the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007.
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Duration: 4'31"

18:07
Sports News for 14 April 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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18:12
Kim McGregor resigns as head of rape prevention group
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The high profile head of a rape prevention group has revealed she was threatened with a funding cuts if she continued to criticise the Government.
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Duration: 4'57"

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Hot Auckland housing market stokes demand for homes worth $2m
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Auckland's superheated housing market is pushing the cost of houses ever higher, and is stoking demand for big-ticket homes worth more than 2 million dollars.
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18:21
Marco Rubio puts his name in US president candidate ring
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As a child, Marco Rubio assured his exiled Cuban grandfather that he would overthrow Fidel Castro and lead Cuba - today he harbours a new aspiration: to be president of the United States.
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Duration: 4'43"

18:26
Te Papa Press supporters agitate to oppose its shut down
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Supporters of Te Papa's publishing arm are agitating to have their say on a controversial plan to shut it down.
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Duration: 5'24"

18:38
Surrogacy case: No power to stop couple abandoning baby
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Australian government papers have revealed its officials could do almost nothing to stop a couple from abandoning their baby son in India.
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Duration: 5'02"

18:45
Virtual cook book with BYTE
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Cookery book junkies craving exotic food inspiration, but think they've seen it all, need look no further.
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18:50
Te Manu Korihi News for 14 April 2015
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Inquiries into some partnership schools reveals a diverse appraoch to Māori education; A life-sized sculpture unveiled this morning is said to represent a challenge to descendants from a kaumatua, who has since died; Māori health leaders are heading off to the United States on Saturday on a fact-finding mission.
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Duration: 3'21"

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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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19:10
Our Own Odysseys - Microfinance In Malawi
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Jeremy Kenealy is involved in micro financing initiatives in Malawi and also in Myanmar through Aotearoa Development Collective (ADC), a Kiwi organisation which aims to improve the life of others through a unique and (hopefully) effective approach.
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Jeremy Kenealy is involved in micro financing initiatives in Malawi and also in Myanmar through Aotearoa Development Collective (ADC), a Kiwi organisation which aims to improve the life of others through a unique and (hopefully) effective approach.
Gallery: Jeremy Kenealy in Malawi and Myanmar
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Duration: 17'14"

20:42
Military History
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Historian and author of New Zealand and the First World War 1914-1919, Damien Fenton on the wherewithal of war. Armenian 'deportations' which began the same week the New Zealand troops landed at Gallipoli.
Topics: history, politics
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Duration: 14'50"

20:59
Conundrum Clue 3
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21:59
Conundrum Clue 4
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Duration: 37"

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7:10 Our Own Odysseys - Microfinance In Malawi
Jeremy Kenealy is involved in micro financing initiatives in Malawi and also in Myanmar through Aotearoa Development Collective (ADC), a Kiwi organisation which aims to improve the life of others through a unique and (hopefully) effective approach.

Gallery: Jeremy Kenealy in Malawi and Myanmar
7:30 The Sampler

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19:30
The Sampler for Tuesday, 14 April 2015
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This week in The Sampler Melody Thomas reviews new albums from local singer-songwriters Anika Moa and Mel Parsons; and Nick Bollinger discusses the long twilight of Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson.
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Brian Wilson. Photo supplied.
This week in The Sampler Melody Thomas reviews new albums from local singer-songwriters Anika Moa and Mel Parsons; and Nick Bollinger discusses the long twilight of Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson.

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Queen At The Table by Anika Moa
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Melody Thomas checks out the electronic evolution of Anika Moa.
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Melody Thomas checks out the electronic evolution of Anika Moa.

She has one of New Zealand’s most recognisable voices, but you've never heard her like this before.
The album is Queen at The Table, the latest from Anika Moa, and from the very first bars Moa is announcing that she’s going to try something new. The person responsible for the new bells and whistles is the album’s co-writer, engineer and co-producer Jol Mulholland, who currently joins Moa on stage playing synthesiser, sequencer, guitar, bass and an old DMX drum machine as well as backing vocals.
While much of the instrumentation is modern, the overall effect is somewhat more nostalgic. As the album unfolds I feel myself dragged back to the early 90s or the late 80s, a bit of Prince here, a bit of Mariah there. But despite all the changes, the songs are unmistakably Anika, a musician who can’t help but write from a place of honesty - fully embracing the kind of vulnerability that is far too often viewed as weakness when in fact it is a great strength.
Songs Featured: Running, If You See Her, Lover, These Lonely Tears, The Only Thing That Matters, Closer.
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Duration: 9'00"

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No Pier Pressure by Brian Wilson
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Nick Bollinger discusses the long twilight of Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson.
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Nick Bollinger discusses the long twilight of Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson.
If the title of Brian Wilson’s new album No Pier Pressure – with its cover showing a photograph of a pier – doesn’t make you wince, some of the music might. The Beach Boys’ founder is one of the giants of pop music, but his later records add up to one of the longest fade-outs in pop history.
Aside from an ill-advised foray into house music, No Pier Pressure comes close in style to the classic Californian pop Wilson is forever associated with, but much of it seems like a pale replica of that glorious past.
Songs Featured: This Beautiful Day, The Last Song, Runaway Dancer, Our Special Love, What Ever Happened, On The Island, One Kind Of Love.
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Duration: 7'48"

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Drylands by Mel Parsons
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Melody Thomas enjoys the latest offering from singer/songwriter Mel Parsons.
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Melody Thomas enjoys the latest offering from singer/songwriter Mel Parsons.
It’s been four years since the last full-length release from singer-songwriter Mel Parsons, and if it seems like she's spent the past few years almost entirely on the road that’s because she has. In the lead up to recording Drylands at Lee Prebble’s Surgery in Wellington, Parsons spent five weeks on the road with co-producer, guitar-playing bandmate and longtime touring musician Gerry Paul (Gráda). Which, in addition to all that performing, seems to have done great things for Parson’s songwriting. Her songs are more succinct and dynamic, and even Parsons’ voice sounds different - softer and completely effortless.
There are some beautiful songs on Drylands, and the album displays a newfound growth and maturity from Parsons in terms of her arrangements, writing and singing.
Songs Featured: Far Away, Another City, Driving Man, Alberta Sun, Don’t Wait, First Sign Of Trouble.
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Duration: 9'32"

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 Military History
Historian and author of New Zealand and the First World War 1914-1919, Damien Fenton on the wherewithal of war. Armenian 'deportations' which began the same week the New Zealand troops landed at Gallipoli.
9:06 The Tuesday Feature: Tough Stuff
Gaylene Preston, Rebecca Macfie and Lloyd Jones explore the response to extreme events such as earthquakes and mine disasters with Finlay Macdonald (F, RNZ)
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 (3 of 13, KMUW)

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Gaylene Preston, Rebecca Macfie and Lloyd Jones explore the response to extreme events such as earthquakes and mine disasters with Finlay Macdonald (F, RNZ)

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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 (3 of 13, KMUW)