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A 24-hour recording of Radio New Zealand National. The following rundown is sourced from the broadcaster’s website. Note some overseas/copyright restricted items may not appear in the supplied rundown:

25 September 2015

===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Health Check (BBC); 1:05 The Friday Feature (RNZ); 2:05 NZ Society (RNZ); 2:30 The Sampler; 3:05 The Other Side of the Fence, by Julia Brannigan (RNZ); 3:30 The Why Factor (BBC); 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:45 The Day in Parliament

===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

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06:00
Top Stories for Friday 25 September 2015
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Chemical spill closes off highway, Crown: Dotcom was worried they would be found out, Hundreds killed during stampede at Islamic holy site, Australia deports dozens more NZers to Christmas Island, Calls for government to pressure Australia over detainees, Government signals whanau care might not be first option, Dairy farmer disapointed by Fonterra executive pay rise, and Rigged Volkswagens could be in New Zealand.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 32'08"

06:06
Sports News for 25 September 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'15"

06:15
Chemical spill closes off highway
BODY:
A major chemical spill has closed off 10 kilometres of State Highway 1 near Karapiro. Area Commander Roy Reeves is at the scene.
Topics:
Regions: Waikato
Tags:
Duration: 3'17"

06:22
Pacific News for 25 September 2015
BODY:
The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'41"

06:25
Morning Rural News for 25 September 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'12"

06:25
Te Manu Korihi News for 25 September 2015
BODY:
The principal of a East Cape kura says the decision it must close next year was already rubberstamped and the consultation process leading up it was a farce; The chair of the Medical Council says with a significant number of Maori medical students due to graduate in about 4 to 5 years time it's important that they all get collegial support; A hikoi through the Hollyford Valley aims to get Ngai Tahu rangatahi out in the natural environment, and in touch with their culture.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'29"

06:40
Crown: Dotcom was worried they would be found out
BODY:
The Crown says Kim Dotcom and three other men were knowingly making millions of dollars from illegal music and movie files and were worried they would eventually be found out.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Kim Dotcom, Megaupload
Duration: 2'29"

06:42
All Blacks vs Namibia
BODY:
There is every sign that today's rugby game between the All Blacks and Namibia will be one-way traffic. Correspondent Alex Coogan-Reeves is outside London's Olympic Stadium.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: RWC 2015, All Blacks, Namibia, rugby
Duration: 3'09"

06:49
Fonterra says China investments are critical to its future
BODY:
Fonterra says the company is in good shape to benefit from any rebound in demand for dairy products, but a lot will depend on the success of its Chinese business interests.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: Fonterra, China
Duration: 3'07"

06:52
Reserve Bank may delay interest cut as dairy prices improve
BODY:
Improving dairy prices may cause the Reserve Bank to hold off making further cuts to the Offical Cash Rate, with another expected next month.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: Offical Cash Rate
Duration: 1'10"

06:53
Trade Minister says TPP dairy offers completely inadequate
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The Trade Minister, Tim Groser, says the current offers to open up access to dairy products in the Trans Pacific Partnership talks are completely inadequate.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: TPP, dairy products
Duration: 2'19"

06:55
Crisis management expert says VW in serious trust breach
BODY:
A crisis management expert says Volkswagen's diesel bungle highlights that deception is never a good idea.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: Volkswagen
Duration: 3'12"

06:58
Morning Markets for 25 September 2015
BODY:
Wall Street's weaker by nearly one percent as investors await a speech by the Federal Reserve chair, Janet Yellen. Ms Yellen could give some clue as to when interest rates will rise - some picking before the end of the year.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'05"

07:08
Sports News for 25 September 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'12"

07:10
Hundreds killed during stampede at Islamic holy site
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More than 700 people have been killed, and 800 hundred injured, in an horrific stampede at Mina near the Islamic holy city of Mecca. Kamahl Santa-maria from Al Jazeera is based in the Middle East.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Hajj, Jamarat pillars, Saudi Arabia, pilgrimage
Duration: 4'10"

07:15
Australia deports dozens more NZers to Christmas Island
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Another 20 New Zealand and Pacific Islanders have arrived at the Christmas Island detention centre. Guyon Espiner speaks to Duncan Poroa, a New Zealander at the Christmas Island facility.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Australia, Christmas Island, deportation, detention centre
Duration: 5'26"

07:20
Calls for government to pressure Australia over detainees
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As more details emerge about New Zealanders being detained on Christmas Island, there are growing calls for the Government to ramp up the pressure on Australia. Political editor Jane Patterson reports.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Australia, Christmas Island, deportation, detention centre
Duration: 2'44"

07:24
Government signals whanau care might not be first option
BODY:
The Government is signalling a radical change to its treatment of at-risk children in state care, by challenging the long-held policy of placing children with whanau first. Demelza Leslie reports.
Topics: politics, life and society
Regions:
Tags: children, family, whanau, whangai, Child Youth and Family, CYF
Duration: 3'43"

07:27
Dairy farmer disapointed by Fonterra executive pay rise
BODY:
A three quarter of a million dollar pay rise for Fontera's chief executive has left some dairy farmers with a sour taste in their mouth.
Topics: economy, business, farming
Regions:
Tags: Fonterra, dairy, dairy farming
Duration: 4'37"

07:36
Whanau should be at centre of CYF- Children's Commissioner
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A highly critical report was released yesterday on Child, Youth and Family. The report found that children who were returned home or remained in whānau care were ten times more likely to be abused than those placed elsewhere. With Children's Commissioner Dr Russell Wills.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: children, family, Child, Youth and Family, CYF, whanau, whangai
Duration: 4'19"

07:41
Turia defends whanau role in CYF care
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A highly critical report was released yesterday on Child, Youth and Family. The report found that children who were returned home or remained in whānau care were ten times more likely to be abused than those placed elsewhere. Joining Morning Report is the former minister for Whanau Ora, Tariana Turia.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: children, family, Child, Youth and Family, CYF, whanau, whangai
Duration: 2'58"

07:45
Harder to get name supression since law change
BODY:
Significantly fewer people who find themselves in trouble with the law are able to keep their identities hidden, figures released to Radio New Zealand show. Jonathan Krebs is a criminal lawyer and spokesperson for the Law Society.
Topics: law, crime
Regions:
Tags: name suppression
Duration: 2'54"

07:47
Rigged Volkswagens could be in New Zealand
BODY:
Diesel engine Volkswagens in New Zealand may have the same rigged technology as models in the US. Warwick Quinn is the chief executive of the Motor Trade Association.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Volkswagen, Volkswagen NZ, emissions
Duration: 5'04"

07:53
Scientists say AgResearch job cuts are inhumane
BODY:
Scientists axed from AgResearch say they've been gagged but have told supporters their treatment has been inhumane. Mohamed Hassan reports.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: AgResearch, job cuts, redundancy, gag order
Duration: 3'45"

07:57
Town Criers assemble in Cromwell for World Champs
BODY:
Town criers from all over the world are in Central Otago this weekend for their World Championships.
Topics:
Regions: Otago
Tags: town criers
Duration: 3'10"

08:06
Sports News for 25 September 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'59"

08:14
Australia treatment of NZ detainees amounts to torture
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Australian lawyers say the Australian immigration officials treatment of New Zealanders amounts to torture. Duncan Poroa, who was born in the Waikato, has been living in Australia since 2000. Oliver Roths is Duncan Poroa's lawyer and Greg Barns is a barrister and political commentator.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Australia, detention centre, Christmas Island
Duration: 11'22"

08:27
Government wants Housing NZ to move faster
BODY:
The Government wants Housing New Zealand to move faster on building and improving homes in Auckland. Auckland correspondent Todd Niall reports.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Auckland housing market, affordable homes
Duration: 3'46"

08:30
Markets Update for 25 September 2015
BODY:
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 44"

08:38
State care kids want more help for longer
BODY:
Three young adults who grew up in state care say the age at-risk children are in care should be raised to 21. Max Towle reports.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: CYF, Child, Youth and Family, state care, children, family
Duration: 3'24"

08:41
Top doctor warns against publishing surgeons' performance
BODY:
Patients waiting for an operation want to be confident that the surgeons wielding the knife know what they're doing. Dr Stephen Child argues that wouldn't serve anyone well.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: surgeons, public data
Duration: 2'42"

08:44
Te Manu Korihi News for 25 September 2015
BODY:
A Northand iwi, Ngati Hau and a group of locals are lobbying the Northland Regional Council to act now and stop what they say is mercury leaking into waterways from an old mine; the principal of a East Cape kura says the decision it must close next year was already rubberstamped and the consultation process leading up it was a farce; the chair of the Medical Council says with a significant number of Maori medical students due to graduate in about 4 to 5 years time it's important that they all get collegial support.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'32"

08:47
Youth inventors take up the annual science fair challenge
BODY:
The ideas and creations of some of Nelson's brightest young minds were on show this week at the annual Cawthron Science and Technology Fair.
Topics: technology, science
Regions: Nelson Region
Tags: youth
Duration: 3'40"

08:52
WW1 soldier's march over Rimutakas to be re-enacted
BODY:
Two hundred and thirty people will march from Featherston over the Rimutaka Hill on Sunday to mark one hundred years since soliders in the First World War took the route to go to war.
Topics: history
Regions:
Tags: WW1
Duration: 2'20"

08:54
Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
BODY:
Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh.
Topics:
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 5'33"

=SHOW NOTES=

===9:06 AM. | Nine To Noon===
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Current affairs and topics of interest, including: 10:45 The Reading: Unforced Entry, by Tim Wilson, told by Kathleen Burns (RNZ)

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09:08
Mohammed Fahmy on his release from prison in Egypt
BODY:
After a long campaign the Egyptian President finally included Mohammed Fahmy and his colleague Baher Mohamed in a pardon of 100 prisoners. Not included in the pardon is Australian journalist Peter Greste, a Radio New Zealand correspondent who was deported back to his home country more than six months ago.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Egypt, Mohammed Fahmy, Al Jazeera, Peter Greste
Duration: 13'26"

09:20
Fonterra chairman John Wilson
BODY:
The chairman of Fonterra John Wilson believes the worst is over for the dairy price for now. The company has lifted its payout to farmers, but most farmers will still run at a loss this year. We ask him what is the big picture strategy for the company.
Topics: economy, business, farming
Regions:
Tags: Fonterra, dairy price, dairy, dairy farmers
Duration: 16'41"

09:40
The fire risk of phone chargers
BODY:
Fire investigators say 40 to 50 fires a year are caused by phones, laptops and other electronics while being charged. Earlier this year a Wellington house was badly damaged when a charging cellphone caught fire. Acting manager for fire investigation and arson reduction, Peter Gallagher says batteries are getting smaller and more powerful and this can pose a risk.
Topics: science, technology
Regions:
Tags: electronics, fire, fire risk, batteries, cellphones
Duration: 8'39"

09:50
China correspondent Charlotte Glennie
BODY:
Charlotte Glennie discusses the historic visit of China's president to the US, how Indonesian forest fires are causing a haze across parts of Asia, and China's Barack Obama impersonator.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: China, Asia
Duration: 9'35"

10:08
The many faces of Native American identity
BODY:
Photographer and social historian, Matika Wilbur talks about her mission to photograph every native American tribe in the US.
EXTENDED BODY:
Fed up with the prevalence of outdated stereotypes of Native Americans, photographer and social historian, Matika Wilbur Instagram: @matikawilbur is on a mission to photograph every tribe in the US. Three years ago she quit her job as a high school teacher and set out on the open road to collect photographic stories for Project 562 , so named for the number of federally recognized tribes at the time she began her work. Matika Wilbur is from the Swinomish and Tulalip tribes in Washington. The 2010 U.S. census shows approximately 5.2 million Native Americans live in the United States; but despite their cultural, economic, and political progression many misleading and stereotypical images still prevail.
Topics: identity, life and society, arts, history, language
Regions:
Tags: USA, Native American, culture, photography
Duration: 29'54"

10:36
Book Review: Children's Books
BODY:
John McIntyre from The Children's Bookshop in Wellington reviews; John Joe's Tune by Tania Atkinson illustrated by Christine Ross Duck Creek Press isbn 978-1-927305-06-5. Quaky Cat Helps Out by Diana Noonan illustrated by Gavin Bishop Scholastic isbn 978-1-77543-297-5. We're Going on A Moa Hunt by Patrick McDonald Puffin isbn 978-0-14-350638-6.
Topics: books
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 7'56"

11:10
New Music with Jeremy Taylor
BODY:
Jeremy Taylor luxuriates in the collected works of Flying Nun faves The Jean Paul Sartre Experience, has a new favourite band in Glass Vaults fine debut, and has all his Christmases' come at once as Ryan Adams covers Taylor Swift's '1989' in its entirety.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 24'57"

11:34
Sports commentator Brendan Telfer
BODY:
Rugby World Cup matches and the future of track cycling.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Brendan Telfer
Duration: 10'24"

11:48
The Week that Was
BODY:
With Te Radar and Gemma Gracewood.
Topics: life and society
Regions:
Tags: comedy
Duration: 10'50"

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09:05 Mohammed Fahmy on his release from prison in Egypt
09:20 Fonterra chairman, John Wilson
The chairman of Fonterra John Wilson believes the worst is over for the dairy price for now. The company has lifted its payout to farmers, but most farmers will still run at a loss this year. We ask him what is the big picture strategy for the company.
09:30 The fire risk of phone chargers
Fire investigators say 40 to 50 fires a year are caused by phones, laptops and other electronics while being charged. Earlier this year a Wellington house was badly damaged when a charging cellphone caught fire. Acting manager for fire investigation and arson reduction, Peter Gallagher says batteries are getting smaller and more powerful and this can pose a risk.
09:45 China correspondent Charlotte Glennie
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Charlotte Glennie discusses the historic visit of China's president to the US, how Indonesian forest fires are causing a haze across parts of Asia, and China's Barack Obama impersonator.
10:05 The many faces of Native American identity
Fed up with the prevalence of outdated stereotypes of Native Americans, photographer and social historian, Matika Wilbur Instagram: @matikawilbur is on a mission to photograph every tribe in the US. Three years ago she quit her job as a high school teacher and set out on the open road to collect photographic stories for Project 562 , so named for the number of federally recognized tribes at the time she began her work. Matika Wilbur is from the Swinomish and Tulalip tribes in Washington. The 2010 U.S. census shows approximately 5.2 million Native Americans live in the United States; but despite their cultural, economic, and political progression many misleading and stereotypical images still prevail.
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10:30 Book Review: Children's Books
John McIntyre from The Children's Bookshop in Wellington reviews
John Joe's Tune by Tania Atkinson illustrated by Christine Ross Duck Creek Press isbn 978-1-927305-06-5
Quaky Cat Helps Out by Diana Noonan illustrated by Gavin Bishop Scholastic isbn 978-1-77543-297-5
We're Going on A Moa Hunt by Patrick McDonald Puffin isbn 978-0-14-350638-6
10:45 The Reading: Unforced Entry a short story by Tim Wilson, told by Kathleen Burns.
Revenge is sweet for a dumped girlfriend.
11:05 New Music with Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor luxuriates in the collected works of Flying Nun faves The Jean Paul Sartre Experience, has a new favourite band in Glass Vaults fine debut, and has all his Christmases' come at once as Ryan Adams covers Taylor Swift's '1989' in its entirety"
Artist: Jean Paul Sartre Experience
Song: Flex, Track 13, disc 1
Comp: JPSE
Album: I Like Rain
Label: Fire Records
Broadcast Time: 3'02"
Song: Into You, Track 2, disc 3
Comp: JPSE
Album: I Like Rain
Label: Fire Records
Broadcast Time: 3'50"

Artist: Glass Vaults
Song: Sacred Heart, Track 6
Comp: Glass Vaults
Album: Sojourn
Label: Glass Vaults
Broadcast Time: 4'56"

Artist: Ryan Adams
Song: Clean, Track 13
Comp: Taylor Swift/ Imogen Heap
Album: 1989
Label: Pax Am
Broadcast Time: 4'24"
11:30 Sports commentator Brendan Telfer
11:45 The Week that Was with Te Radar and Gemma Gracewood

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Artist: Reb Fountain
Song: 78
Composer: Fountain
Album: Holster
Label: Fountain
Time:9.35
Artist: Sam Hunt, David Kilgour
Song: Rainbows
Composer: Hunt
Album: The 9th
Label: Bandit King
Time:11.45

===Noon | Midday Report===
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Radio New Zealand news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm, including: 12:16 Business News 12:26 Sport 12:34 Rural News 12:43 Worldwatch

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12:00
Midday News for 25 September 2015
BODY:
The US calls a TPP meeting but the Trade Minister's not sure he'll go and parents fight to keep Christian school open.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 15'15"

12:17
Pumpkin Patch full year earnings impacted by unforeseen costs
BODY:
Pumpkin Patch has delayed the release of its financial result until the end of the month, after discovering some unspecified risks that are likely to adversely affect its bottom line.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Pumpkin Patch
Duration: 1'19"

12:18
P2P Global Investments takes stake in Harmoney
BODY:
The peer-to-peer investor, P2P Global Investments, is lending Harmoney up to 200 million dollars to support its growth in the New Zealand market and the soon-to-be-launched Australian business.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: P2P Global Investments
Duration: 1'25"

12:20
Zespri counting on higher earnings from Korea trade deal
BODY:
Kiwifruit grower and marketer Zespri is expecting returns from South Korea to rise strongly when the free trade deal with that country comes into force.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Zespri
Duration: 1'19"

12:20
Serious crisis for VW - academic
BODY:
The diesel bungle surrounding the car-maker, Volkswagen, is being described as a serious crisis and a breach of trust.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: VW, Volkswagen
Duration: 1'11"

12:23
Midday Markets for 25 September 2015
BODY:
For the latest from the markets we're joined by Melika King at Craigs Investment Partners.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'09"

12:26
Midday Sports News for 25 September 2015
BODY:
The All Blacks coach Steve Hansen was frustrated by the stop-start nature of second half of their World Cup game against Namibia in London.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'32"

12:34
Midday Rural News for 25 September 2015
BODY:
News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 9'05"

=SHOW NOTES=

===1:06 PM. | Jesse Mulligan, 1–4pm===
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An upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time (RNZ)

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13:09
First song
BODY:
'Confusion' - Electric Light Orchestra.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'24"

13:14
First-Person - John Campbell
BODY:
Recently appointed, soon-to-be-Checkpoint-host, John Campbell joins us to discuss his new series of podcasts. We'll play the first of these on the show. It's about Auckland's working poor.
Topics: life and society
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: John Campbell, First-Person
Duration: 13'52"

13:28
Plastic-Free Palmy - Trisia Farrelly
BODY:
A busy shopping street in Palmerston North is set to become the first plastic-bag-free street in New Zealand. Massey University's environmental anthropologist Dr Trisia Farrelly spearheaded the campaign, and she joins us on the show.
Topics: environment
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: plastic bags, plastic-bag-free street
Duration: 7'16"

13:35
Dancing Man - Katy Dolle
BODY:
The documentary released this week which follows the story of the man who went from being 'fat-shamed' online, to becoming the poster boy for anti-bullying campaigners.
Topics: media
Regions:
Tags: USA, Dancing Man, documentary
Duration: 12'21"

13:48
Favourite Album
BODY:
Bic Runga's Drive. Chosen by Chris Tse.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 12'03"

14:10
Electric Car Chargers
BODY:
New Zealand is way behind most other first world countries in road-side electric car chargers, so one man here is leading the charge.
EXTENDED BODY:
“We’re not entirely sane. We’re doing this for love, not for money”. Steve West.

Electric vehicle champion, Aucklander Steve West plans to install a network of roadside electric car fast-chargers throughout New Zealand, even though he says it’s a terrible business case! Some of the charging stations will be ready by the end of the year. 39-year-old Steve West made his money through software development and he’s about to take possession of his third Tesla... one of the world’s most luxurious and longest range electric cars built so far.
If you look for Tesla on You Tube these days there are lot of clips about the amazing acceleration from the latest car’s new dual engines.
There’s a gutsy whine, as the Tesla S P85D engines kick into life, followed by appreciative gasps all round from driver and passengers. Tesla claims the new car will reach 100 kilometres an hour in only 3.2 seconds. Tesla says that’s 1G of acceleration, which www.gizmomag.com says puts this car right up there with McLaren, Ferrari or Lamborghini.
Steve West didn’t have his new double engine Tesla yet, when I talked to him a few days ago. But it was on its way from Australia.
We had to go for a drive in his regular singled engine Tesla S for which he paid a mere 180-thousand dollars last year. It is certainly a thing of beauty… looks a bit like a Jaguar, maybe an Aston Martin Rapide or a Maserati Quattroporte.
Of course I’m here to talk to Steve and his wife, public relations consultant Dee West about their plans for a nationwide network of charging stations. The Wests don't expect to be making a profit any time soon either. Initially that network would service a fleet of only about 800-vehicles on New Zealand’s roads that are either fully electric or electric plug in hybrids. About three hundred and fifty are all electric Nissan Leafs and when Steve's new Tesla hits the road, there will be a total of eleven Teslas here. But Steve believes "build a network, and the cars will come".
Steve and Dee have to show me how their “Tritium Veefil” fast charger station works.
Not very strangely at all, it kinda looks like a petrol pump. You ‘fill up’ by plugging the bowser thingie into an opening in the car, much as you’d expect to find in a petrol driven car.
Cost to charge up the Leaf ? Ten dollars. TheTesla? 30-bucks, thanks. Steve West reckons to get the same performance in a petrol driven car it would cost up to 100-dollars to cover the Tesla’s range of 400-kilometres.
As Steve starts the Tesla, I stand outside to get some noise, any noise… but there’s barely a whirr. I do record some good buzzing when I shove a microphone right under the mud guard. Hardly fair… but it does sound nicely electrical. Inside though, there’s little to hear; just the window wipers on intermittent and as we drive off, the indicators.
Then Steve shows off this car’s stupendous acceleration, point 7 of a G force he informs me, as my body flattens against the back of the seat. There is clearly something here for power junkies. And former petrol heads too?
But the truth is if you’re traveling round New Zealand, outside main centres, there is no easy way of charging electric cars. And even in the main centres many of the charge stations are at Nissan dealerships, says Steve. Fine if you have a Nissan Leaf, but not, if you don’t. Round the country, camp grounds have the right plugs, but none of them has fast charging equipment , so you’d have to spend a night charging up.
“ A tedious and lengthy journey. It wouldn’t be fun” , says Steve. And that prompted him to form www.charge.net.nz.
“We want to roll out 75-charging stations across the country. That’s a bare minimum really”.Steve plans to set them up in places such as supermarkets, or maybe shopping centres. He’s talking to folk, but he’s not saying who.
“Of course they want to know what’s in it for them. It would bring customers to their doors, and the public relations value would be great”. If they want a chunk of any profits Steve laughs ruefully, "There is no profit to be had. Maybe in the future…seven to ten years, when there are a lot more electric vehicles on the road. We do not have short sighted investors wanting a short term return”.
Charge.net.nz is not the only pebble on the beach thinking about a network of charging stations for electric cars. Steve says the big infrastructure company Vector is interested. He wants all networks to be compatible with each other. Anything that can be done to make it easier for the electric car owner to fill’er up!
New Zealand spends 8-billion dollars a year on petrol. The equivalent electricity requirement would cost a mere 2-billion. We should all be powering our cars with electricity…100-percent New Zealand made and 80-percent renewable!!

Topics: energy, technology
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Tesla S, Tesla S P85D, Nissan Leaf, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Maserati, Vector
Duration: 9'55"

14:20
NZ Live - The Wellington Sea Shanty Society
BODY:
Drop the anchor for the next 40 minutes and imagine yourself on something in the water. They've been described as "rollicking" and they've just returned from playing in one of the biggest festivals in the world for this genre of music. Vorn Colgan and Lake McKenna are Wellington Sea Shanty Society. They perform live in our Wellington studio.
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Drop the anchor for the next 40 minutes and imagine yourself on something in the water. They've been described as "rollicking" and they've just returned from playing in one of the biggest festivals in the world for this genre of music. Vorn Colgan and Lake McKenna are Wellington Sea Shanty Society.
They perform live in our Wellington studio.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags: Wellington Sea Shanty Society
Duration: 38'50"

15:09
Food - Julie Biuso
BODY:
Including a recipe for Mama Rosa' Polpettine.
Topics: food
Regions:
Tags: Julie Biuso
Duration: 13'18"

15:22
Weekend Wine - Maciej Zimny
BODY:
Maciej Zimny from Hippopotamus in Wellington is the newly-awarded Sommelier of the Year.
Topics: food
Regions:
Tags: wine, Maciej Zimny
Duration: 4'59"

15:27
Movie Review - Richard Swainson.
BODY:
Born to Dance and Last Cab to Darwin.
Topics: arts
Regions:
Tags: film
Duration: 12'31"

15:40
New Music - Yadana Saw from Music 101
BODY:
A song: 'Mun-Dun-Gu' by Cedric Im Brooks & The Sound Dimension.
Topics: music
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 5'18"

15:45
The Panel pre-show for 25 September 2015
BODY:
Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 14'02"

=SHOW NOTES=

1:10 First song
'Confusion' - Electric Light Orchestra.
1:15 First-Person - John Campbell
Recently appointed, soon-to-be-Checkpoint-host, John Campbell joins us to discuss his new series of podcasts. We'll play the first of these on the show. It's about Auckland's working poor.
1:25 Plastic-Free Palmy - Trisia Farrelly
A busy shopping street in Palmerston North is set to become the first plastic-bag-free street in New Zealand. Massey University's environmental anthropologist Dr Trisia Farrelly spearheaded the campaign, and she joins us on the show.
1:35 Dancing Man - Katy Dolle
The documentary released this week which follows the story of the man who went from being 'fat-shamed' online, to becoming the poster boy for anti-bullying campaigners.
1:45 Favourite Album
Bic Runga's Drive. Chosen by Chris Tse.
2:10 Electric Cars - David Steemson
Electric vehicle champion, Aucklander Steve West plans to install a network of roadside electric car fast chargers throughout New Zealand, even though he says it's a terrible business case! The 39-year old is about to take possession of his third Tesla, one of the world's most luxurious electric cars built so far.
New Zealand Society
2:20 NZ Live - The Wellington Sea Shanty Society
Drop the anchor for the next 40 minutes and imagine yourself on something in the water. They've been described as "rollicking" and they've just returned from playing in one of the biggest festivals in the world for this genre of music. Vorn Colgan and Lake McKenna are Wellington Sea Shanty Society. They perform live in our Wellington studio.
3:10 Food, Wine and Movies
Food - Julie Biuso. Including a recipe for Mama Rosa' Polpettine.
Weekend Wine - Maciej Zimny from Hippopotamus in Wellington is the newly-awarded Sommelier of the Year.
Movie Review - Richard Swainson.
New Music - Yadana Saw from Music 101. And a song: 'Mun-Dun-Gu' by Cedric Im Brooks & The Sound Dimension.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Julie Moffett.

=PLAYLIST=

OPENING SONG:
ARTIST: Electric Light Orchestra
TITLE: Confusion
COMP: Lynne
ALBUM: Discovery
LABEL: Epic
FAVOURITE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Bic Runga
TITLE: Drive
COMP: Runga
ALBUM: Drive
LABEL: Columbia
ARTIST: Bic Runga
TITLE: Bursting Through
COMP: Runga
ALBUM: Drive
LABEL: Columbia
ARTIST: Bic Runga
TITLE: Hey
COMP: Runga
ALBUM: Drive
LABEL: Columbia
ARTIST: Bic Runga
TITLE: Sway
COMP: Runga
ALBUM: Drive
LABEL: Columbia
NZ LIVE:
ARTIST: Wellington Sea Shanty Society
TITLE: Cannibal Jack
COMP: Wellington Sea Shanty Society
ALBUM: n/a
LABEL: n/a
ARTIST: Wellington Sea Shanty Society
TITLE: Le Corsaire Le Grand Coureur
COMP: Wellington Sea Shanty Society
ALBUM: n/a
LABEL: n/a
ARTIST: Wellington Sea Shanty Society
TITLE: We're not in London Now (Sam Parnell's Law)
COMP: Wellington Sea Shanty Society
ALBUM: n/a
LABEL: n/a
ARTIST: Wellington Sea Shanty Society
TITLE: Ballad of Young Nick
COMP: Wellington Sea Shanty Society
ALBUM: n/a
LABEL: n/a
FOOD, WINE, MOVIES AND MUSIC:
ARTIST: Cedric Im Brooks & The Sound Dimension
TITLE: Mun-Dun-Gu
COMP: Cedric Im Brooks & The Sound Dimension
ALBUM: Studio One: Scorcher Instrumentals
LABEL: Souljazz
PANEL:
ARTIST: Queen
TITLE: Don't Stop Me Now
COMP: Mercury
ALBUM: Queen: Greatest Hits (Compilation)
LABEL: EMI

===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
=DESCRIPTION=

An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)

=AUDIO=

15:45
The Panel pre-show for 25 September 2015
BODY:
Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 14'02"

16:03
The Panel with Lisa Tamati and Penny Ashton (Part 1)
BODY:
What the Panelists Lisa Tamati and Penny Ashton have been up to. Economic comentator Bernard Hickey talks to the Panel about Fonterra and Volkswagen. Some milk containers are in promotional black for the RWC. What do you think of them? A Harvard study on spuds has slated them as a cause of obesity. Nutritionist Claire Turnbull talks the truth about potatoes.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 22'53"

16:05
The Panel with Lisa Tamati and Penny Ashton (Part 2)
BODY:
Neuroscientist pin-points what makes a song uplifting. What the Panelists Lisa Tamati and Penny Ashton have been thinking about. Sports writer Mark Reason joins the Panel to look at the rugby weekend ahead. Does preferential voting mean Red Peak is a shoo-in? How wrong was the rain prediction in advance of this week's flooding in the Gisborne region? Daylight saving. Are you for or against?
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 28'10"

16:07
Panel Intro
BODY:
What the Panelists Lisa Tamati and Penny Ashton have been up to.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'20"

16:11
The Business with Bernard Hickey
BODY:
Economic comentator Bernard Hickey talks to the Panel about Fonterra and Volkswagen.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: Fonterra, Volkswagen
Duration: 10'42"

16:22
All Blacks milk containers
BODY:
Some milk containers are in promotional black for the RWC. What do you think of them?
Topics: business, sport
Regions:
Tags: Fonterra, sporsorship, RWC
Duration: 1'39"

16:24
The good and the bad of potatoes
BODY:
A Harvard study on spuds has slated them as a cause of obesity. Nutritionist Claire Turnbull talks the truth about potatoes.
Topics: food
Regions:
Tags: potatoes
Duration: 5'51"

16:31
Feelgood songs
BODY:
Neuroscientist pin-points what makes a song uplifting.
Topics: music, science
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'33"

16:35
Panel Says
BODY:
What the Panelists Lisa Tamati and Penny Ashton have been thinking about.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 5'07"

16:40
Ruby World Cup with Mark Reason
BODY:
Sports writer Mark Reason joins the Panel to look at the rugby weekend ahead.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: RWC
Duration: 14'13"

16:54
Flag Vote
BODY:
Does preferential voting mean Red Peak is a shoo-in?
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: flag
Duration: 1'34"

16:56
Gisborne floods
BODY:
How wrong was the rain prediction in advance of this week's flooding in the Gisborne region?
Topics: weather
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'16"

16:57
Daylight saving begins
BODY:
Daylight saving. Are you for or against?
Topics: life and society
Regions:
Tags: Daylight saving
Duration: 2'01"

=SHOW NOTES=

===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
=DESCRIPTION=

Radio New Zealand's two-hour news and current affairs programme 6:35 Focus on Politics Analysis of significant political issues presented by Radio New Zealand's parliamentary reporting team (RNZ)

=AUDIO=

17:00
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 25 September 2015
BODY:
It's revealed 196 New Zealanders are being detained in Australia awaiting deportation. More than 700 pilgrims crushed to death outside the holy city of Mecca and grilling a koala.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 20'58"

17:08
It's revealed 196 NZders are in Australian detention centres
BODY:
The Government says 196 New Zealanders are being detained in Australia awaiting deportation, but it won't say how many of these are being held on Christmas Island.
Topics: politics, refugees and migrants
Regions:
Tags: deportation, Australia, Christmas Island, Australian detention centres
Duration: 7'42"

17:15
Saudi King orders safety review after Haj deaths
BODY:
The Saudi government has launched an investigation into the deadliest disaster to strike the annual haj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in 25 years.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Saudi Arabia, stampede, haj, haj pilgrimage
Duration: 2'53"

17:19
Pacific Christian schools plea to re-open
BODY:
The students and families of a small independent school, forced to close its doors over fears children were being mistreated, have made an impassioned plea for the Education Minister to keep it open.
Topics: education
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Pacific Christian School
Duration: 3'22"

17:22
Logic of cutting emissions scientists questioned
BODY:
The logic of sacking scientists researching greenhouse gases is being questioned, in light of the government's insistence the solution to rising emissions will be found through scientific innovation.
Topics: business, politics, climate, environment, technology, science
Regions:
Tags: AgResearch, jobs, emissions
Duration: 2'47"

17:25
Koala survives car crash with nothing more than a cut
BODY:
A koala that survived being hit by a car travelling 100-kilometres-an-hour on Tuesday night has just been released back into the wild.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Australia, koala
Duration: 3'52"

17:33
Today's market update
BODY:
Pumpkin Patch's share price tumbled nearly a third to 10 cents after it delayed the release of its financial result, warning that some risks - as yet unspecified - are going to hit its bottomline.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 2'02"

17:35
Defence Force ranks 'weak' or 'needing improvement'
BODY:
The Defence Force has been ranked as either "weak" or "needing improvement' in a slew of categories ranging from leadership to risk management.
Topics: defence force
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'46"

17:38
All Blacks largely happy with Namibia performance
BODY:
They might not have scored the hundred points many expected but the All Blacks are generally happy with their win over Namibia in the second Rugby World Cup game in London.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: RWC 2015, rugby
Duration: 3'29"

17:42
Evidence Kim Dotcom's business partners feared he'd flee
BODY:
A court's been told that Kim Dotcom's business partners privately expressed fears he would take the money and flee if their business ended up in legal trouble.
Topics: crime
Regions:
Tags: USA, Kim Dotcom
Duration: 2'17"

17:44
Recharging phones and laptops can go on fire
BODY:
About 50 fires a year in New Zealand are caused by phones, laptops and other electronics when they are being charged.
Topics: technology
Regions:
Tags: fire, batteries
Duration: 3'08"

17:48
Families stranded by road washout in Hawke's Bay
BODY:
The heavy rains and flooding that have swamped the Hawke's Bay have left one farming community cut off at Te Pohue between Napier and Taupo.
Topics: weather
Regions: Waikato, Hawkes Bay
Tags: floods
Duration: 2'01"

17:50
Te Manu Korihi News for 25 September 2015
BODY:
The people of Heretaunga-Tamatea in the Hawkes' Bay will have their long-awaited Deed of Settlement signed tomorrow; A Maori advisor to the Northland Regional Council is supporting calls by a hapu and anti-mining group to clean-up an old mines workings and quarry; The community of Wainuiomata near Wellington has decided to give a traditional Maori name to a new summit bridge; The Maori Medical Practitioners Association is welcoming the Medical Council's call for non-Maori and Māori doctors to work together to address issues of inequality tangata whenua face in the health system.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'29"

17:53
Pope addresses US Congress
BODY:
Pope Francis has become the first leader of the Catholic Church to address US Congress.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: USA, Pope Francis
Duration: 3'31"

18:06
Sports News for 25 September 2015
BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'06"

18:11
NZ-born Brisbane detainee sent to island after assault
BODY:
Detainee numbers on Australia's remote Christmas Island are ramping up, among them New Zealanders sent there as a punishment for misbehaving and to isolate them.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: deportation, Australia
Duration: 6'22"

18:18
New agency to oversee Christchurch rebuild
BODY:
A new agency set-up to over-see the Christchurch rebuild is signaling a new era in co-operation between the Christchurch City Council and the government.
Topics: politics
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Regenerate Christchurch
Duration: 2'52"

18:21
Top Sydney dance teacher sexually abused pupils
BODY:
Checks are being made on dance studios across Australia after a leading teacher, Grant Davies, pleaded guilty to a string of sexual offences against his students at the popular RG Dance studio in Sydney.
Topics: crime
Regions:
Tags: Australia, Grant Davies
Duration: 3'44"

18:25
Deer attacking people and pets in Oregon
BODY:
Aggressive black-tailed deer are terrorising people, their pets and even hospitalising inhabitants of the American city of Ashland, Oregon.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: USA, Oregon, black-tailed deer
Duration: 4'18"

18:34
Focus on Politics for 25 September 2015
BODY:
The father of a family who failed to claim refugee status based on climate change, was this week deported from New Zealand. But his case raised the broader question of, as the changing climate takes an increasing toll on low-lying islands in the Pacific, should New Zealand be doing more to help its neighbours? Our political reporter, Chris Bramwell, investigates.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 16'04"

18:50
Te Manu Korihi News for 25 September 2015
BODY:
The people of Heretaunga-Tamatea in the Hawkes' Bay will have their long-awaited Deed of Settlement signed tomorrow; A Maori advisor to the Northland Regional Council is supporting calls by a hapu and anti-mining group to clean-up an old mines workings and quarry; An environmental researcher and kaitiaki Maori is urging tangata whenua to get counting kereru; The Maori Medical Practitioners Association is welcoming the Medical Council's call for non-Maori and Maori doctors to work together to address issues of inequality tangata whenua face in the health system.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'34"

=SHOW NOTES=

===7:06 PM. | Nights===
=DESCRIPTION=

Entertainment and information, including: 8:25 Spotlight 9:06 Country Life: Memorable scenes, people and places in rural NZ (RNZ)

=AUDIO=

20:15
Sport : Australia
BODY:
Paul Kennedy from the ABC brings a Trans-Tasman viewpoint to the games we play. Bryan will ask Paul if Australian rugby wants Eddie Jones back as coach.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Australia
Duration: 17'55"

20:55
Nights Conundrum : the answer
BODY:
All eight clues and this weeks answer.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'24"

=SHOW NOTES=

7:06 Sonic Tonic - Friday Night Drinks
This week's theme, Friday Night Drinks. It's bound to be a Happy Hour.
8:10 Sport: Australia
Paul Kennedy from the ABC brings a Trans-Tasman viewpoint to the games we play. Bryan will ask Paul if Australian rugby wants Eddie Jones back as coach.
8:25 Tahuna Breaks European Tour Diary
In late June, Auckland funk and soul outfit Tahuna Breaks flew to the UK to start a whirlwind European tour, a two-week calendar of gigs that included slots at England’s Glastonbury festival and the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. Before the band left, they picked up a RNZ sound recorder to commit their adventures to tape.
9:06 Country Life

=SHOW NOTES=

=AUDIO=

21:05
Irish Dairy Farmers Feeling Militant
BODY:
James Campbell writes for the Farmers Journal in Ireland and says dairy farmers in the north and the south of Ireland are feeling militant and want the minimum price for milk to be raised. Many are losing tens of thousands of pounds this year.
EXTENDED BODY:
James Campbell writes for the Farmers Journal in Ireland and says dairy farmers in the north and the south of Ireland are feeling militant and want the minimum price for milk to be raised. Many are losing tens of thousands of pounds this year.
Topics: rural
Regions:
Tags: dairy, Irish, quotas, James Campbell
Duration: 5'53"

21:11
Regional Wrap
BODY:
There was torrential rain on the North Island's east coast this week, and despite the lamb losses, farmers aren't complaining. Streams and wells had dried up so the rain will help replenish them. Some areas of parched North Canterbury had rain this week, but a lot more is needed, and some missed out altogether.
EXTENDED BODY:
There was torrential rain on the North Island's east coast this week, and despite the lamb losses, farmers aren't complaining. Streams and wells had dried up so the rain will help replenish them. Some areas of parched North Canterbury had rain this week, but a lot more is needed, and some missed out altogether.
Topics: rural
Regions:
Tags: farming conditions
Duration: 6'47"

21:15
Bird Rescue
BODY:
Dawne Morton is "The Bird Woman of Whanganui". She's been part of the Bird Rescue Centre near the city for nearly thirty years. Every year over a thousand mainly native birds are nursed back to full recovery after breaking wings, elbows, legs and breast bones. The vets at Massey's Wild Base do the bandaging and X rays, Dawne and a team of other volunteers do the rehab.
EXTENDED BODY:

Sometimes the sound of chatter in the Whanganui Manawatu Bird Rescue Centre is so clear, head bird carer Dawne Morton (above) is sure someone is in an aviary.
But they're not. It's just a fiesty magpie with too much to say.
"He does sirens, whistles Merry Christmas, Happy Birthday, Pop Goes the Weasel, we have Tchaikovsky's overtures, then he does little girls' voices and men's voices."
There's also a tui who lives on the Turakina property who mimics the phone ringing and says "Bird Rescue Centre". But really Dawne doesn't want the birds to talk, she wants them to recover from injury and be returned to the wild.
Each year the nearly 30-year-old centre helps over a thousand, mainly native birds, recover from various injuries. Kereru often break wings or breast bones flying into windows, whereas hawks and even kingfishers tend to get hit on the road.
Dawne says if the birds have multiple fractures it can take months to get them flying again, but generally they do.
Are hawks silly birds for not getting out of the way of cars? Dawne says emphatically no. They have a primative lock mechanism which means when they land on a dead possum on the road the claws lock in.
"A male hawk is 500 grams, a block of butter. Wing spang a metre. You have a block of butter trying to pick up a heavy possum and they can't do it. A female can weigh 850 to 1000 grams, she can pick up a hedgehog."
The initial veterinary work of x rays and bandaging is done at Massey's Wild Base unit near Palmerston North, then the birds are couriered back to Dawne, who relies on help from volunteers to keep the centre open.
To help prevent birds striking windows the Bird Rescue Centre is selling clever window stickers that brilliantly relect ultraviolet sunlight invisible to humans but that glow like stoplights for birds.
http://birdrescue.co.nz
Topics: environment, rural
Regions:
Tags: kiwi, Kerereu, hawks, magpies, tui, volunteer, aviary, Dawne Morton
Duration: 15'31"

21:30
The Bottom Line
BODY:
Two generations of the Craw family farm together on a collection of seven blocks of coastal hill country on the north eastern reaches of Banks Peninsula. Their passion and farming expertise has been recognised at this year's Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards. Hamish, Annabel, Alastair and Sue Craw have won the Beef and Lamb New Zealand Livestock Award, the Hill Laboratories Harvest Award and the PGG Wrightson Land and Life Award. The Craws have also joined the Beef and Lamb New Zealand Demonstration Farm Programme with a new project to find out if high quality forage can be grown on uncultivable hill country
EXTENDED BODY:
Two generations of the Craw family farm together on a collection of seven blocks of coastal hill country on the northeastern reaches of Banks Peninsula. Their passion and farming expertise has been recognised at this year's Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards. Hamish (above left) Annabel, Alastair (above right) and Sue Craw have won the Beef and Lamb New Zealand Livestock Award, the Hill Laboratories Harvest Award and the PGG Wrightson Land and Life Award.
A lot of work has gone into improving the 422 hectare property since they took it over in 1994. Alastair says “It was in a fairly underdeveloped state when we came here so we subsequently rebuilt the woolshed, put a new house on the property and did quite a lot of fencing, water supply and top dressing".
Currently the dryland hill country farm is running 1650 ewes, 800 hoggets and 105 carry over cows. By the end of lambing they are expecting to have about 3000 lambs on the ground. Their farm system is geared up to maximise lambing percentages and weaning weights within the confines of the dry conditions they experience in summer.
Alastair, who has spent most of his life on Banks Peninsula, has been breeding sheep for production since the 1970s and the sheep currently on the farm are mixture of the Romney, East Friesian, Texel and Poll Dorset genetics. “By the time the summer hits a lot of the lambs aren’t ready for the freezing industry, so what we’ve tried to achieve is grow them faster and have them ready for the freezing works prior to the dry months and try to insulate ourselves and move from being a store producer, to a prime lamb producer.’
The Craws have also joined the Beef and Lamb New Zealand Demonstration Farm Programme and as part of that, research is underway on trial plots to find out if high quality forage can be grown on uncultivable hill country. The work, is being overseen by AgResearch and will eventually be up-scaled to a paddock-size trial. “We’re trying to increase the legume content of pastures using spray techniques and broadcasting seed onto it to try and get the legume content up to increase pasture production. If we can do this it will be a big game changer to what we can do on this country” Hamish says.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: sheep, Cow, meat, lambs, wool, pasture, lucerne
Duration: 21'45"

9:06 Country Life
Rural news and features. This evening. The Craws, a farming family growing lush pasture in hard hill country. How do they do it?
10:17 Late Edition
A review of the leading 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 Womad Taranaki 2015
This week's selection from Trevor Reekie includes Jupiter & Okwess International from the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Brazilian vocalist Flavia Coelho.

=PLAYLIST=

Sonic Tonic - Friday Night Drinks
Artist: Tony Tribe
Intro theme: Red Red Wine
Composer: N. Diamond
Album: Reggae Steady Ska
Label: Disky 901141
Artist: Lily Allen
Song: Friday Night
Composer: Allen, Bull, Cook
Album: Alright Still
Label: Regal 173923
Artist: Tommy Ill
Song: Cheap Wine Bender
Album: Come Home Mr. Ill
Label: Loop 052
Artist: Thin Lizzy
Song: Whisky In The Jar
Composer: Trad. arr. Lynott, Bell, Downey
Album: Whisky In The Jar
Label: Karrussell
Artist: The D4
Song: Sake Bomb
Album: Out Of My Head
Label: Flying Nun CD 495
Artist: Adam Buxton
Song: Binge Drinking and Bums
Composer: Adam Buxton
Album: Song Wars Volume 2
Label: Dreamboat
Artist: The Unthanks
Song: Blue Bleezing Blind Drunk
Composer: Belle Stewart / Traditional
Album: The Bairns
Label: Rabble Rouser 561541
Artist: The Streets
Song: Too Much Brandy (Sticky Fingers Radio Edit)
Composer: Mike Skinner
Album: Original Pirate Material
Label: Atlantic 193181
Artist: Lana Del Ray
Song: Diet Mountain Dew
Composer: Lana Del Ray, Mike Daly
Album: Born To Die
Label: Interscope 279308
Artist: David Bowie
Song: Friday On My Mind
Composer: Vanda, Young
Album: Pin Ups
Label: EMI 794767
Artist: Bressa Creeting Cake
Song: Beer Ginka
Album: Papa People
Label: Flying Nun FNCD 396
Artist: SOPHIE
Song: Lemonade
Album: Lemonade/Hard
Label: Numbers
Artist: LCD Soundsystem
Song: Drunk Girls
Composer: Murphy, Mahoney, Russoms
Album: This Is Happening
Label: DFA 640225
Artist: Th' Dudes
Song: Bliss
Composer: Dobbyn, Morris
Album: Where Are The Girls
Label: FMR 889006
Conundrum song
Artist: Cleveland Orchestra
Song: Danse des mirlitons / Dance of the Reeds
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Album: The Nutcracker, Suite
Label: Telarc SACD 60650

===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
=DESCRIPTION=

Radio New Zealand news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from Radio New Zealand National

===11:06 PM. | None (National)===
=DESCRIPTION=

(F, RNZ)