RNZ National. 2016-01-27. 00:00-23:59.

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

27 January 2016

===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:06 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Insight (RNZ); 1:15 Primary People (RNZ); 2:05 The Forum (BBC); 3:05 The Virgin and the Whale, by Carl Nixon, read by Deana Elvins (8 of 10, RNZ); 3:30 Diversions (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)

===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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RNZ's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including: 6:16 and 6:50 Business News 6:18 Pacific News 6:26 Rural News 6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

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06:00
Top Stories for Wednesday 27 January 2015
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ECan to investigate chief justice's cattle. Samoa questioning New Zealand's zika travel advice. Government expected to confirm funding for $2.5 billion Auckland rail link. Danish parliament passes strict rules for asylum seekers. Shots fired at San Diego Naval Medical Centre. Fitch revises down NZ's economic outlook. TPP critics meet - the deal is not done yet. Port Vila locals worried about fallout from Air NZ's boycott of airport.
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Duration: 29'32"

06:06
Sports News for 27 January 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'30"

06:09
Trade Minister accusations that TPP benefits are exaggerated
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The Trade Minister, Todd McClay, is rejecting accusations the benefits from the Trans Pacific Partnership are exaggerated.
Topics: business, politics
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Tags: TPP
Duration: 2'38"

06:12
Democratic candidates for President spar
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The Democratic candidates for President sparred yesterday afternoon in their final television town hall event, ahead of the first vote in the United States primaries, which take place in Iowa on Monday.
Topics: politics
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Tags: U.S.A.
Duration: 5'57"

06:17
Early business news
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Business reporter Jonathan Mitchell joins Morning Report with what's happening in the financial world.
Topics: business
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Duration: 1'50"

06:26
Morning Rural News for 27 January 2015
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'05"

06:41
Photograph lands top judge in trouble
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The Chief Justice and her businessman husband are being investigated by the Canterbury Regional Council after cattle from their farm were seen standing in a high country lake.
Topics: environment, farming
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Duration: 3'20"

06:51
Air NZ says it will need to discount fares to fill planes
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Air New Zealand says it's likely it will engage in further big discounting of fares to fill its planes on domestic and international routes.
Topics: business, transport
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Tags: airlines, Air NZ
Duration: 2'22"

06:53
Emerging wage pressure for finance and accounting staff
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The specialist recruiter, Robert Half, says strong confidence in the economy is driving demand for finance and accounting staff -- and creating wage pressures as well.
Topics: business
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Tags: employment
Duration: 1'43"

06:55
Old world solution for Auckland's business infrastructure woes
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The global workplace provider, Regus, says there's an old world solution to the new business challenges posed by Auckland's unaffordable housing and inadequate infrastructure.
Topics: business
Regions: Auckland Region
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Duration: 1'42"

06:57
Service sector activity stays close to eight-year high
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Growth in the manufacturing and services sectors points to the economy having sped up at the end of last year, with enough new orders to keep the momentum going over the first part of the year.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'06"

06:58
Markets Update for 27 January 2015
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 58"

07:07
Sports News for 27 January 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'27"

07:11
ECan to investigate chief justice's cattle
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The Chief Justice, Dame Sian Elias, and her businessman husband Hugh Fletcher are being investigated by the Canterbury Regional Council after cattle from their farm were photographed standing in a high country lake.
Topics: environment, farming
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Duration: 4'57"

07:19
Samoa questioning New Zealand's zika travel advice
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Samoa's Ministry of Health says a government travel warning to pregnant New Zealand women planning to visit Samoa are an over reaction.
Topics: health, Pacific
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Tags: zika virus
Duration: 3'00"

07:24
Government expected to confirm funding for Auckland rail link
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Auckland's downtown rail tunnel is likely to be finished years earlier than first planned because of a funding commitment expected today from the Prime Minister.
Topics: politics, transport
Regions: Auckland Region
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Duration: 3'59"

07:28
Danish parliament passes strict rules for asylum seekers
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The Danish parliament has just passed a bill that will make its rules for asylum-seekers the strictest in Europe.
Topics: politics
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Tags: asylum seekers, Denmark
Duration: 4'12"

07:36
Shots fired at San Diego Naval Medical Centre
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Returning now to reports of a shooting at the Naval Medical Centre in San Diego in California.
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Tags: U.S.A.
Duration: 1'44"

07:38
Fitch revises down NZ's economic outlook
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The International ratings agency Fitch has revised down its assessment of New Zealand's economic outlook.
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Duration: 2'39"

07:41
TPP critics meet - the deal is not done yet
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The first of a series of public anti-Trans Pacific Partnership meetings has been held in Auckland with critics arguing it's not yet a done deal.
Topics: business, politics
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Tags: TPP
Duration: 3'35"

07:46
Port Vila locals worried about fallout from Air NZ’s boycott of airport
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Upset and frustrated Port Vila locals are worried about the economic fallout from Air New Zealand continued boycott of Vanuatu's main airport.
Topics: Pacific, transport
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Tags: Vanuatu
Duration: 4'44"

07:54
23 more people died in 2015 compared to year prior
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A 20-year-old man who drowned yesterday at a popular swimming hole in the Far North is the thirteenth such death this year.
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Duration: 3'13"

07:58
50-year-old Hercules hold their own at exercise
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The Airforce's 50-year-old Hercules planes are being put through their paces as part of an exercise in the Hawke's Bay.
Topics: transport
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Tags: airforce, hercules
Duration: 3'47"

08:07
Sports News for 27 January 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'06"

08:12
More photos emerge of cows defecating in rivers
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The Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias and her businessman husband Hugh Fletcher could face a 750-dollar fine for giving cattle access to a high country Canterbury lake.
Topics: farming
Regions: Canterbury
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Duration: 6'07"

08:18
Peters: RMA changes leading to separatism
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Winston Peters says National's concessions to the Maori Party to gain support for its resource management reforms are leading the country down the path of separatism.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 4'42"

08:22
Plumbing watchdog cracks down on cowboys; products still an issue
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The plumbing watchdog has brought in a former police detective to crack down on cowboy tradespeople and is poised to employ a second investigator next week.
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Duration: 3'20"

08:26
Refugee support centre gearing up for new intake
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The imminent arrival of Syrian refugees in the capital is encouraging more Wellingtonians to volunteer to help the newcomers settle into New Zealand.
Topics: refugees and migrants
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Tags: asylum seekers, Syria
Duration: 2'51"

08:28
Syrian refugees adjust to life in New Zealand
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As you heard 71 refugees are already here, another 11 are due to arrive soon.
Topics: refugees and migrants
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Tags: asylum seekers
Duration: 4'05"

08:32
Markets Update for 27 January 2015
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business
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Tags: markets
Duration: 56"

08:40
Medical workforce grows, but also the average age
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The annual stocktake of doctors shows we have more of them, they're getting older, more are female and more are Maori.
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Tags: employment
Duration: 3'30"

08:47
Hopes fade for future of factory processing in NZ
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Staff working at the Nelson-based fish processing firm Sealord, fear for their futures as they wait to find out who has lost their job.
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Regions: Nelson Region
Tags: Empoyment
Duration: 3'38"

08:51
Locals disappointed at closure of Karamea police station
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Karamea might be losing its only constable. New Zealand police have issued a consultation paper which would see eight roles throughout the West Coast disestablished and another eight created.
Topics: law
Regions: West Coast
Tags: Karamea
Duration: 4'27"

08:55
Australian Open getting down to the sharp end
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Things are getting serious at the Australian Open as the tournament goes into the last of the quarter-finals today.
Topics: sport
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Tags: tennis, Australian Open
Duration: 4'18"

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===9:06 AM. | Nine To Noon===
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Current affairs and topics of interest, including: 10:45 The Reading: South Sea Vagabonds, by John Wray, read by Alex Greig A classic New Zealand sea adventure story about a man during the depression who lost his job, built a boat and sailed it around the Pacific (3 of 10, RNZ)

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09:10
How dangerous is the Zika virus in the Pacific?
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As the World Health Organisation warns that the zika virus is rapidly spreading across the Americas there are growing concerns about the potential for a larger outbreak in the Pacific. Pregnant women are being warned against travel to 23 countries, mostly in central and South America, but also Samoa. Cases of the virus have been found in both New Zealand and Australia - the mosquitos that can carry Zika are also present in northern Queensland. Professor Dominic Dwyer is a Sydney virologist
Topics: health
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Tags: Zika
Duration: 12'27"

09:21
Should glyphosate weedkiller be banned in NZ ?
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Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the world, including in New Zealand where it is used in about 90 products. In March 2015 The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a branch of the World Health organisation (WHO), announced it had determined that glyphosate was a probable human carcinogen. But the EU 's food regulator, said the science wasn't strong enough and issued a call for the opinion to be disregarded.
The Ministry of Primary Industries has also reviewed the IARC report and concluded that IARC had carried out a hazard assessment and not a risk assessment. MPI will review its position on glyphosate in 2016 after a new JMPR (Joint Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization Meeting) report on the herbicide is released.
Dr Chris Portier is a former director of the National Center for Environmental Health and has also served on the International Agency for Research of Cancer. He is currently embroiled in a bitter row with the EU over the safety of glyphosate weedkiller and is one of nealy 100 scientists arguing for them to change their stance.
Dr Kerry Harrington, is a senior lecturer in weed science at Massey University's Institute of Agriculture and Environment. He says the IARC's classification doesn't mean glyphosate causes cancer, only that in some circumstances, it might cause cancer and it's probably more dangerous driving to public parks in Auckland traffic. He says if it were to be banned it would have a major economic impact on crops and farming.
Topics: health
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Tags: weedkiller, Glyphosate, roundup
Duration: 18'21"

09:40
The growth of solar energy and what's leading cutting edge technology
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Harnessing energy from the sun and turning it into electricity has never been more efficient - or cheaper. The world is embracing solar energy on a massive scale - with figures showing that in 2014 photovoltaics are supplying 178 gigawatts of energy. The International Energy Agency predicts that by 2050 they will provide about 16 percent of global electricity - with solar PV getting cheaper as manufacturers are scaling up, bringing prices down. Justin Hodgkiss is a senior lecturer in Physical Chemistry at Victoria University of Wellington, and a Rutherford Discovery Fellow and principal investigator in the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, who is investigating how to capture solar energy into ultra thin materials for electricity generation.
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A leading New Zealand researcher believes solar energy will be the preferred choice of the average electricity consumer by the middle of the century.
Harnessing energy from the sun and turning it into electricity has never been more efficient - nor cheaper.
The world is embracing solar energy on a massive scale - with the latest figures showing that in 2014 photovoltaics (or PV, the method of converting solar energy into direct current electricity) are supplying 178 gigawatts of energy.
The International Energy Agency predicts that by 2050, solar PV will provide about 16 percent of global electricity, as manufacturer are scaling up, bringing prices down.
Justin Hodgkiss is a senior lecturer in Physical Chemistry at Victoria University of Wellington, and a Rutherford Discovery Fellow.
He is investigating how to capture solar energy into ultra thin materials for electricity generation and told Nine to Noon price was the biggest factor in people's willingness to go down the solar track.
He said the rate at which PV had been taken up was growing exponentially.
"I looked back and it's actually quite simple, it doubles every two years and it has been for about 30 years since the technology has existed ... that's exactly what would be predicted for any technology."
He said many predictions about what proportion of global electricity would be sourced from solar in the future had been too conservative and way off the mark.
He believed solar would dominate by the middle of the century.
"I think it's going to be purely economic and financial. The cost of solar PV is only going in one direction, down, so the growth is inevitable.
"I would listen to people like Warren Buffet, the most successful investor in the world and he's an infrastructure investor and he's putting all of his money on solar."
He said aside from price, the other issue at play in New Zealand for instance was the nexus between existing supply through a national transmission grid and those who wanted to source off the grid.
"There's a big tension because we can't do without the grid right now and the grid costs money and the people who own the grid want users to pay for that.
"The solution if you want to be entirely PV is to completely remove yourself from the grid, and the sun only shines during the day if you're lucky in Wellington."
He said being able to rely fully on solar, without having to flick between it and the grid, was in many ways the final frontier in making solar popular.
That meant for instance being able to store enough of your own solar to get you through a 24 hour cycle.
He said batteries were probably the leading way to do that currently and there had been some exciting research in that area in the last few years but there were some limitations with battery production.
He is also a principal investigator in the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology where he is looking into another option - polymers, which are long chains of molecules.
"The central part of that chain absorbs light and conducts electricity. The benefit of these materials is that polymers are essentially plastic, they can be made cheaply and they can be manufactured cheaply so you can just print them."
"Their efficiencies have gone up by more than one and a half times, that's the effectiveness of converting light to electricity. That actually is starting to make them viable."
He said there was no doubt PV was becoming more feasible for use on a larger scale.
"The efficiency is now around 12 percent and that doesn't sound a lot but the thermodynamic limit is 30 percent, the cells you have on your roof are probably about 15 percent so we're actually in that ball park and that's where they need to be in order to start manufacturing and people are really getting into the engineering side of it now."
"I suspect that the weight of research is going to be more towards engineering than basic science and I suspect you'll actually see products in the next five years made from these materials."
Listen to Justin Hodgkiss talking to Kathryn Ryan on Nine to Noon

Topics: environment
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Tags: solar energy
Duration: 12'20"

09:50
Australia correspondent Bernard Keane
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Tony Abbott to stay in politics.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 8'05"

10:06
The physics of our oceans, with Craig Stevens of NIWA
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2015 was the hottest year on record. So what does that mean for our oceans, which capture 90 percent of that energy? Dr Craig Stevens, a physical oceanographer with NIWA, explains the role of the warming oceans in climate change. He also specialises in ocean turbulence, stratification and wave - including the undersea tsuanmis which transfer energy around the world.
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2015 was the hottest year on record. So what does that mean for our oceans, which capture 90 percent of that energy?
Craig Stevens, a physical Oceanographer from NIWA specialises in looking at just how the ocean works, and the role it plays in climate change. He believes at present climate change is 90 percent an ocean story - as scientists grapple with just how much the oceans can handle the extra heat, and what that will mean for the planet.
Craig Stevens also specialises in ocean turbulence, stratification and waves - including the undersea tsuanmis which transfer energy around the world.
Topics: environment, climate
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Duration: 25'34"

10:40
Book review - The Blue Voyage and Other Poems
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The Blue Voyage and Other Poems by Anne French. Reviewed by Harry Ricketts, co-editor of the quarterly review, New Zealand Books
Topics: books
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Duration: 6'49"

11:05
Marty Duda's artist of the week - Beach House
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Dream pop band Beach House was formed in 2004 by Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally in Baltimore, Maryland. French-born vocalist Victoria Legrand is the niece of acclaimed French composer Michel Legrand. Alex and Victoria began recording in 2006 and immediately drew comparisons to The Cocteau Twins. The duo has been recording steadily over the past decade, releasing two full-length albums in 2015. They are one of the main attractions at this year's Laneway Festival, scheduled to take place in Auckland this coming Monday.
Artist: Beach House Song: Apple Orchard (4:31) Composer: Alex Scally - Victoria Legrand Album: Beach House (2006) Label: Carpark
Artist: Beach House Song: Norway (3:54) Composer: Alex Scally - Victoria Legrand Album: Teen Dream (2010) Label: Sub Pop
Artist: Beach House Song: Rough Song (5:14) Composer: Alex Scally - Victoria Legrand Album: Thank Your Lucky Stars (2015) Label: Sub Pop

Topics: music
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Tags: Sub Pop
Duration: 18'31"

11:25
The far reaching impact of the Gutenberg bible
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The Gutenberg bible was the western world's first mass produced book - marking the start of the "Gutenberg Revolution" and the age of the printed book in the West. Johann Gutenberg perfected the combination of movable metal type, printing ink, and a wooden screw press to enable the production of a large number of identical copies of any given work. Anthony Tedeschi is the curator of rare books and fine printing at the alexander Turnbull Library
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The Gutenberg bible was the western world's first mass produced book - marking the start of the "Gutenberg Revolution" and the age of the printed book in the West.
Johann Gutenberg perfected the combination of movable metal type, printing ink, and a wooden screw press to enable the mass production of books.
Anthony Tedeschi is the Curator of Rare Books & Fine Printing at the Alexander Turnbull Library.
He will be delivering a lecture on the history of the Gutenberg bible as part of a series of curatorial talks starting next month.
Tedeschi talks to Kathryn Ryan.

Topics: books
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Tags: history
Duration: 15'56"

11:45
Law with Charles McGuinness
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Charles McGuinness discusses the Employment Standards Bill
Topics: law
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Duration: 13'33"

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09:05 How dangerous is the Zika virus in the Pacific?
As the World Health Organisation warns that the zika virus is rapidly spreading across the Americas there are growing concerns about the potential for a larger outbreak in the Pacific.
Pregnant women are being warned against travel to 23 countries, mostly in central and South America, but also Samoa. Cases of the virus have been found in both New Zealand and Australia - the mosquitos that can carry Zika are also present in northern Queensland. Professor Dominic Dwyer is a Sydney virologist
09:15 Should glyphosate weedkiller be banned in NZ ?
Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the world, including in New Zealand where It is used in about 90 products. In March 2015 The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a branch of the World Health organisation (WHO), announced it had determined that glyphosate was a probable human carcinogen. But the EU 's food regulator, said the science wasn't strong enough and issued a call for the opinion to be disregarded.
The Ministry of Primary Industries has also reviewed the IARC report and concluded that IARC had carried out a hazard assessment and not a risk assessment. MPI will review its position on glyphosate in 2016 after a new JMPR (Joint Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization Meeting) report on the herbicide is released.

Dr Chris Portier is a former director of the National Center for Environmental Health and has also served on the International Agency for Research of Cancer. He is currently embroiled in a bitter row with the EU over the safety of glyphosate weedkiller and is one of nearly 100 scientists arguing for them to change their stance.
Dr Kerry Harrington, is a senior lecturer in weed science at Massey University's Institute of Agriculture and Environment. He says if it were to be banned it would have a major economic impact on crops and farming.
0930 The growth of solar energy and what's leading cutting edge technology
Harnessing energy from the sun and turning it into electricity has never been more efficient - or cheaper. The world is embracing solar energy on a massive scale - with figures showing that in 2014 photovoltaics are supplying 178 gigawatts of energy. The International Energy Agency predicts that by 2050 they will provide about 16 percent of global electricity - with solar PV getting cheaper as manufacturers are scaling up, bringing prices down. Justin Hodgkiss is a senior lecturer in Physical Chemistry at Victoria University of Wellington, and a Rutherford Discovery Fellow and principal investigator in the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, who is investigating how to capture solar energy into ultra thin materials for electricity generation.
09:45 Australia correspondent Bernard Keane
10:05 The physics of our oceans, with Craig Stevens of NIWA
2015 was the hottest year on record. So what does that mean for our oceans, which capture 90 percent of that energy? Dr Craig Stevens, a physical oceanographer with NIWA, explains the role of the warming oceans in climate change. He also specialises in ocean turbulence, stratification and wave - including the undersea tsuanmis which transfer energy around the world.
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10:35 Book review
The Blue Voyage and Other Poems by Anne French
Reviewed by Harry Ricketts, co-editor of the quarterly review, New Zealand Books
10:45 The Reading
11:05 Marty Duda's artist of the week
11:20 The fascinating history of the Gutenberg bible
Few books have had such a wide-reaching an impact on global culture as the Gutenberg Bible. Johann Gutenberg perfected the combination of movable metal type, printing ink, and a wooden screw press to enable the mass production of books.
Anthony Tedeschi is the Curator of Rare Books & Fine Printing at the Alexander Turnbull Library.
He will be delivering a lecture on the history of the Gutenberg bible as part of a series of curatorial talks starting next month.
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11:45 Employment Law commentator, Charles McGuinness
Charles McGuinness discusses the Employment Standards Bill

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Artist: Eden Mulholland
Song: Four to the Floor
Time: 1007

Artist: Sly and the Family Stone
Song: Everyday People
Time: 1035

===Noon | Midday Report===
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RNZ 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 27 January 2016
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In today's programme, a woman is forced from an Auckland murder trial after charging at the accused and Corrections will begin telling CYF when it releases child abusers.
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Duration: 15'34"

12:17
Survey finds most SMEs aren't planning to hire
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A survey of small to medium sized businesses has found about half expect their business to grow over the next six months, but most aren't planning to hire more staff.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'35"

12:20
Housing confidence slips in survey
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Housing market confidence has fallen in an ASB bank survey.
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Duration: 2'02"

12:21
Veritas expects a full year net loss
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Shares in Veritas Investments, the owner of the Mad Butcher chain, have fallen 30% this morning, after it revised down its profit expectations on the back of a disappointing second quarter.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 2'02"

12:23
Midday Markets for 27 January 2016
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by James Malden at Macquarie Private Wealth
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'55"

12:26
Midday Sports News for 27 January 2016
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The New Zealand women's Basketball coach, Kennedy Kereama, says playing the host nation in the Rio Olympics qualifying tournament is a great prospect.
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Duration: 2'28"

12:35
Midday Rural News for 27 January 2016
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 8'22"

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

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13:10
First Song
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'Remedy II' - My Baby
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Duration: 4'37"

13:12
Murray Ball - Pam Ball
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Yesterday, legendary cartoonist Murray Ball, celebrated his 77th birthday. And Gisborne had a bit of a birthday present for the Footrot Flats' creator. Life-sized bronze statutes of Wal and Dog were temporarily installed on the banks of the Taruheru River. Murray is unwell at the moment, so he couldn't speak with us. But his wife, Pam, has kindly agreed to join us.
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Tags: cartoons, Footrot Flats
Duration: 13'39"

13:25
Hillary Clinton / Young Lover - Arthur Meek
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Arthur Meek is on a quest to become Hillary Clinton's 'young lover'. And he's devised a plan to attract the attention and love of the US Democrat. Well, that's what his theatre production aims to do. Hillary Clinton / Young Lover is by the playwright and performer Arthur Meek and writer and director Geoff Pinfield.
Topics: arts
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Tags: theatre, Hillary Clinton
Duration: 6'19"

13:40
Sound Archives - Sarah Johnston
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This week marks sixty-five-years since New Zealand was gripped by an unfolding tragedy on the sea off the east coast of the country. The 1951 Canterbury Centennial Yacht Race had started on January 23rd, with 20 yachts racing from Wellington to Lyttelton, to celebrate the Canterbury Centenary. The race was hit by a southerly storm, and ten men were eventually declared lost at sea in what is still our greatest yachting disaster. Two recordings in the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision tell the story and Sarah Johnston is here to tell us about them today.
Topics: history
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Tags: yachting, Sound Archives, disaters
Duration: 10'58"

13:48
Favourite Album
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Bon Iver - Bon Iver
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Duration: 13'00"

14:10
John Key - Todd Niall
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Prime Minister, John Key, has just delivered his first speech of the year in Auckland. RNZ National's Auckland Correspondent, Todd Niall, has been listening to the speech.
Topics: politics
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Tags: John Key
Duration: 4'35"

14:13
Solidarity Grid - Deborah McCormick
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A Public Art project in Christchurch is getting noticed by vistors to the city. A travelogue in The Chicago Tribune sings the praises of the Solidarity Grid, an installation organised by the SCAPE public art charitable trust.
Topics: arts
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Tags: public art, sculpture
Duration: 5'52"

14:20
Roadmap - St Arnaud (Nelson Lakes)
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The New Zealand Road Map this week leads us to a small alpine village with two names. Despite its official name being adopted in 1951 and in spite of a geographic board ruling in 2007 NOT to accept a dual name, more than half the town's residents refer to the place they live by its original name.
Topics: rural, history, life and society
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Tags: St Arnaud
Duration: 35'04"

14:35
New Zealand Society
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A Milton man, Andrew Williamson, is shifting from the speedway to the world of ride on lawnmower racing. As Katy Gosset found, his diagnosis of multiple sclerosis hasn't slowed him down.
Topics: life and society
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Tags: Milton, speedway, multiple sclerosis
Duration: 9'53"

15:10
Technology And Innovation
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Our technology correspondent Paul Brislen has the latest news on the territorial clamp-down by Netflix. New Zealand receives a poor score for innovation - surprisingly. We meet our Innovator-Of-The-Week. And as usual, Paul will answer your technology questions.
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Duration: 21'15"

15:25
The Wireless
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Mava Moayyed talks about how international students are being exploited in the workforce and why many of them are too scared to speak out about the abuse.
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Mava Moayyed talks about how international students are being exploited in the workforce and why many of them are too scared to speak out about the abuse.
Topics: life and society
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Duration: 7'00"

15:45
The Panel pre-show for 27 January 2016
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What the world is talking about, with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zara Potts.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 13'45"

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1:10 First Song
'Remedy II' - My Baby
1:15 Murray Ball - Pam Ball
Yesterday, legendary cartoonist Murray Ball, celebrated his 77th birthday. And Gisborne had a bit of a birthday present for the Footrot Flats' creator. Life-sized bronze statutes of Wal and Dog were temporarily installed on the banks of the Taruheru River. Murray is unwell at the moment, so he couldn't speak with us. But his wife, Pam, has kindly agreed to join us.
1:25 Hillary Clinton/Young Lover - Arthur Meek
Our next guest is on a quest to become Hillary Clinton's 'young lover'. And he's devised a plan to attract the attention and love of the US Democrat. Well, that's what his theatre production aims to do. Hillary Clinton/Young Lover is by the playwright and performer Arthur Meek and writer and director Geoff Pinfield. And it opens at Wellington's Circa Theatre this week. Arthur Meek is New Zealand actor and playwright. He won the Bruce Mason Award for Playwrighting in 2012 and was the third recipient of the Harriet Friedlander New York Residency.
1:32 John Key's Speech - Todd Niall
Prime Minister John Key has just delivered his first speech of the year in Auckland. RNZ National's Auckland Correspondent, Todd Niall, has been listening to the speech.
1:36 Sound Archives - Sarah Johnston
This week marks sixty-five-years since New Zealand was gripped by an unfolding tragedy on the sea off the east coast of the country. The 1951 Canterbury Centennial Yacht Race had started on January 23rd, with 20 yachts racing from Wellington to Lyttelton, to celebrate the Canterbury Centenary. The race was hit by a southerly storm, and ten men were eventually declared lost at sea in what is still our greatest yachting disaster. Two recordings in the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision tell the story and Sarah Johnston is here to tell us about them today.
1:40 Favourite Album
Bon Iver - Bon Iver.
2:10 Solidarity Grid - Deborah McCormick
A public art project in Christchurch is getting noticed by vistors to the city. A travelogue in The Chicago Tribune sings the praises of the Solidarity Grid, an installation organised by the SCAPE public art charitable trust.
2:20 Roadmap - St Arnaud (Nelson Lakes)
The New Zealand Road Map this week leads us to a small alpine village with two names. Despite it's official name being adopted in 1951 and in spite of a geographic board ruling in 2007 NOT to accept a dual name, more than half the town's residents refer to the place they live by it's original name.
3:10 Technology And Innovation
Our technology correspondent Paul Brislen has the latest news on the territorial clamp-down by Netflix. New Zealand receives a poor score for innovation - surprisingly. We meet our Innovator-Of-The-Week. And as usual, Paul will answer your technology questions.
3:25 The Wireless
A preview of what is coming up in RNZ's on-line magazine, THE WIRELESS.
3:35 New Zealand Society
A Milton man, Andrew Williamson, is shifting from the speedway to the world of ride on lawnmower racing. As Katy Gosset found, his diagnosis of multiple sclerosis hasn't slowed him down.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about, with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zara Potts.

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JESSE'S SONG:
ARTIST: Tiny Ruins Feat: Hamish Gilgour
TITLE: Hurtling Through
COMP: Holly Fullbrook, Hamish Gilgour
ALBUM: Hurtling Through
LABEL: Spunk
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: The Band
TITLE: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
COMP: Jamie Robbie Robertson
ALBUM: The Band
LABEL: Capital
ARTIST: The Band
TITLE: Up on Cripple Creek
COMP: Jamie Robbie Robertson
ALBUM: The Band
LABEL: Capital
ARTIST: The Band
TITLE: Whispering Pines
COMP: Richard Manuel, Jamie Robbie Robertson
ALBUM: The Band
LABEL: Capital
GREAT NEW ZEALAND CONCERT - FLEETWOOD MAC 1980:
ARTIST: Fleetwood Mac
TITLE: Tusk
COMP: Lindsay Buckingham
ALBUM: Live In Boston
LABEL: Warner
ARTIST: Fleetwood Mac
TITLE: The Chain
COMP: Lindsay Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie
ALBUM: Live In Boston
LABEL: Warner
ARTIST: Fleetwood Mac
TITLE: Rhiannon
COMP: Stevie Nicks
ALBUM: Live In Boston
LABEL: Warner
ADDITIONAL MUSIC:
ARTIST: Hollie Smith
TITLE: Mama
COMP: Hollie Smith
ALBUM: Humour & The Misfortune of Others
LABEL: EMI
PANEL - HALF TIME SONG:
ARTIST: Justin Bieber
TITLE: Sorry
COMP: Justin Bieber, Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter, Sonny Moore, Michael Tucker
ALBUM: Purpose
LABEL: Def Jam

===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 27 January 2016
BODY:
What the world is talking about, with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zara Potts.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 13'45"

16:05
The Panel with Matt Nippert and Andrew Clay (Part 1)
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Risks to NZs Sovereignty, Truck driver shortage, Taunts of Pakistan player "disrespectful"
Topics: politics, transport
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Duration: 22'27"

16:07
The Panel Intro
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What the Panelists Matt Nippert and Andrew Clay have been up to.
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Duration: 2'23"

16:07
The Panel with Matt Nippert and Andrew Clay (Part 2)
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Rapper swears earth is flat, Trees and cows, UK study says too many traffic lights
Topics: environment, transport
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Duration: 27'29"

16:15
Risks to NZs Sovereignty
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Professor Al Gillespie discusses what risks to New Zealand sovereignty lie within the Trans Pacific Partnership deal.
Topics: politics
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Tags: TPP
Duration: 8'38"

16:20
Truck driver shortage
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Ken Shirley of the Road Transport Forum tells us why there's a shortage of truck drivers.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: labour market
Duration: 8'55"

16:29
Taunts of Pakistan player "disrespectful"
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Black Caps supporters waved cash and the ground announcer played the sound of a cash register over the PA when Mohammed Amir was on the field.
Topics: sport
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Tags: cricket
Duration: 2'27"

16:30
Rapper swears earth is flat
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US rapper BoB is arguing the case for the earth being flat in his latest song.
Topics: media
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Duration: 8'29"

16:40
Trees and cows
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Kevin Hackwell of Forest and Bird discusses the state of our exotic trees and the state cows leave our waterways in.
Topics: environment
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Duration: 10'46"

16:52
UK study says too many traffic lights
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UK study says too many traffic lights
Topics: transport
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Duration: 8'09"

=SHOW NOTES=

===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
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RNZ's drive-time news and current affairs programme

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17:00
Checkpoint with John Campbell, 27th January 2016
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Watch Wednesday's full programme here. It starts 7 minutes, 45 seconds in.
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Duration: 00"

17:05
Govt commits to Auckland's $2.5 billion city rail link
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The government has ended five years of haggling and committed itself to Auckland's underground rail project... the country's largest ever transport project.
Topics: transport
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Tags: Auckland Transport
Duration: 6'35"

17:20
Decade of complaints on cattle in waterways
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We turn now to Lake Taylor, scene of cattle in the water, in direct violation of rule 5.68 of the Canterbury Land and Water regional Plan which explicitly excludes, quote, "cattle standing in any lake".
Topics: environment
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Tags: cattle, lakes, waterways
Duration: 8'06"

17:26
Forum wants all stock excluded from waterways by 2030
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The Land and Water Forum advises the Government on freshwater management. Its members range from dairy giant Fonterra, to Forest and Bird, and the Environmental Defence Society. Last year it released a report recommending all stock be excluded from most waterways by 2030.
Topics: environment
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Tags: waterways, cattle
Duration: 4'14"

17:30
17-year-old wants to vote in flag referendum
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Finn Jackson turns 18 on March 6th, three days after voting opens in the second part of the referendum... can he vote?
Topics: politics
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Tags: New Zealand Flag
Duration: 4'46"

17:35
Evening Business for 27 January 2016
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News from the business sector including a market report.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 3'59"

17:40
Hamilton serial rapist never a suspect
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A man who died in 2,013 while living in Australia, has been confirmed as a serial rapist who attacked three women in Hamilton in 2007.
Topics: crime
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Tags: Waikato, rapist
Duration: 5'34"

17:45
Dover Samuels challenges PM to come to Waitangi
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A former Maori Affairs Minister Dover Samuels is challenging the Prime Minister, John Key, and his delegation to come to Waitangi, despite threats of a ban.
Topics: politics, te ao Maori
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Tags: TPP, Waitangi
Duration: 3'38"

17:50
NZ Basketball teams face tough matches
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The draw for basketball's olympic qualifying draw has been confirmed this morning and both the New Zealand men's and the women's team will have to face France in their groups.
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Tags: basketball
Duration: 5'17"

17:55
#CookingWithJohn joins Checkpoint with John Campbell live
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While we've been turning up the heat in the studio, Paul Le Comte in Dunedin has been watching from home - and adjusting the stovetop.
Topics: food
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Tags: cooking
Duration: 2'56"

18:10
Rail link closer but could Aucklanders face an extra tax?
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The City Rail Link is one step closer for Aucklanders - but they might also be facing a fuel tax or congestion charges to pay for it.
Topics: politics, transport
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Tags: Auckland public transport
Duration: 6'38"

18:15
Greens weigh in on cattle polluting Take Taylor
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A man who owns a bach neighbouring Lake Taylor says he has been complaining to authorities for the past decade about cattle polluting the lake.
Topics: environment
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Tags: waterways, cattle
Duration: 5'07"

18:18
Bones returned to Whanganui Iwi
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Whanganui iwi say they have finally been able to treat human remains, kept in storage for over 100 years, with the respect they deserve.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Tags: Whanganui, iwi
Duration: 3'06"

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===6:30 PM. | Worldwatch===
=DESCRIPTION=

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

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

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19:12
A Lifetime in News
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Reminiscing on David Barber's memorable experiences from a 60 year career in journalism; his recently published book is Whizzing All Over the Place - A foreign correspondent's memoir.
Topics: media
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Tags: journalism, nuclear tests
Duration: 17'41"

20:42
Nights' Overseas Reports - England
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Formerly of RNZ's Morning Report team, breakfast producer at BBC Radio Brighton Will Flockton reports from England, which is (the greater) part of the United Kingdom. Sussex born Tim Peake is a European Space Agency astronaut living and working on the International Space Station; Rotorua born Dylan Hartley is named captain of the English Rugby Team; unfreezing football pitches; and an armadillo at a Sussex Zoo has had to go on a diet.
Topics: life and society, politics, economy, spiritual practices
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Tags: England, Astronaut, International Space Station, rugby, football pitch, winter, fat armadillo
Duration: 13'01"

20:59
Nights Conundrum
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Clue 5
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Duration: 15"

21:59
Nights Conundrum
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Audio clue 6
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Duration: 20"

=SHOW NOTES=

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7:12 A Lifetime in News
reminiscing on David Barber's memorable experiences from a 60 year career in journalism; his recently published book is Whizzing All Over the Place - A foreign correspondent's memoir...

7:30 Spectrum - The Town That Wouldn't Lie Down
New Zealand people and their stories

8:12 Window on the World - Burying Chernobyl pt 2 of 2
international public radio documentaries
8:43 Nights' Overseas Reports - England
formerly of RNZ's Morning Report team, breakfast producer at BBC Radio Brighton Will Flockton reports from England, which is (the greater) part of the United Kingdom, pop. 53,012,456 (est. 2011)... Sussex born Tim Peake is a European Space Agency astronaut living and working on the International Space Station; Rotorua born Dylan Hartley is named captain of the English Rugby Team; unfreezing football pitches; and an armadillo at a Sussex Zoo has had to go on a diet...

overseas roster: Japan, England, India, Estonia, The Pacific, Palestine, France & Italy, Brazil, Canada, Viet Nam, Uganda & Israel
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8:59 conundrum clue 5
9:07 The Drama Hour - Speed of Light
9:59 conundrum clue 6
10:17 Late Edition
a round up of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Date Line Pacific from RNZ International
11:07 At the Eleventh Hour - New Jazz Archive: Weird Jazz Instruments
jazzy jazz
... nights' time is the right time...

===8:13 PM. | Windows On The World===
=DESCRIPTION=

International public radio features and documentaries

===9:06 PM. | None (National)===
=DESCRIPTION=

Young competitive athletes face pressures on the track and elsewhere (RNZ)

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

RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National

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