RNZ National. 2016-08-11. 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:

11 August 2016

===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Discovery (BBC); 1:05 The Thursday Feature (RNZ); 2:05 The Cultural Frontline; 3:05 Tall Half Backs by Graham Hutchins (RNZ); 3:30 NZ Books (RNZ) 5:10 Witness (BBC) 5:45 The Day in Parliament

===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
6:26 Rural News
6:48 and 7:45 NZ Newspapers

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06:00
Top Stories for Thursday 11 August 2016
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Violence, systemic abuse revealed in leaked Nauru papers. Record levels of migration prompt calls to rein in immigration. Questions over demand for Chch apartments. Queenstown wants to rein in bar-hopping drunk tourists. Will banks pass on rate cut if RBNZ's lowers OCR as expected? Charter school wins decile 1 funding. Sir Colin Meads diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. NZ Sevens team out of Rio after loss to Fiji.
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Duration: 29'21"

06:06
Sports News for 11 August 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'10"

06:10
Incident reports reveal widespread abuse of children on Nauru
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More than 2-thousand leaked files have revealed an unprecedented picture of widespread, systemic abuse at the Australian-run detention centre on Nauru.
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Duration: 2'53"

06:14
NZ men's Sevens team scrape through to quarterfinals
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The New Zealand Sevens team has scraped through to the quarterfinals in Rio after losing to Great Britain earlier this morning... Barry Guy says the team was lucky to get through.
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Duration: 3'29"

06:17
Early Business News for 11 August 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
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Duration: 2'42"

06:29
Morning Rural News for 11 August 2016
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News from the rural and farming sector.
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Duration: 4'15"

06:40
Labour wants to meet Australian High Commissioner over Nauru
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The Labour party wants answers from the Australians about revelations of extreme trauma and abuse suffered by children held in detention on Nauru.
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Duration: 3'23"

06:50
SkyCity's share price falls
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SkyCity's share price fell as much as 5 percent yesterday.
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Duration: 2'51"

06:53
ASB Bank says margins will continue to be under pressure
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The ASB Bank says margins will continue to be under pressure, but it is comfortable with how much it has put aside for bad debts.
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Duration: 1'37"

06:55
RBNZ set to cut interest rates today
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The Reserve Bank looks set to resume its rate cutting policy in a monetary policy statement to be released at nine o'clock.
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Duration: 3'45"

06:58
Markets
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An update on the markets.
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Duration: 43"

07:06
Sports News for 11 August 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'30"

07:10
Violence, systemic abuse revealed in leaked Nauru papers
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More than 2-thousand leaked files have revealed an unprecedented picture of widespread, systemic abuse at the Australian-run detention centre on Nauru. We talk to Amnesty International's Anna Neistat recently went undercover to Nauru.
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Duration: 6'50"

07:20
NZ men's Sevens team to face Fiji in quarterfinal
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After a disappointing start the New Zealand sevens team will face an on form Fiji side in the quarterfinal. Our reporter Barry Guy is in Rio.
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Duration: 3'28"

07:26
Record levels of migration prompt calls to rein in immigration
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Record numbers of work visas and a sharp increase in new residents have put renewed pressure on the government to rein in immigration.
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Duration: 3'51"

07:35
Questions over demand for Chch apartments
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A network of multi-million-dollar apartments is going up in central Christchurch. But will anyone want to live in them? Conan Young reports.
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Duration: 3'34"

07:35
Queenstown wants to rein in bar-hopping drunk tourists
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Queenstown's council wants to rein in drunken bar-hopping tourists by requiring businesses to have permits to run pub crawls.
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Duration: 3'42"

07:42
Will banks pass on rate cut if RBNZ's lowers OCR as expected?
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The Reserve Bank reviews interest rates this morning and it's almost certain rates will fall. But will retail banks pass the cut on? Maybe not.
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Duration: 2'59"

07:45
Student union says some would work to wipe debt
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Auckland student leader says some would jump at the chance to wipe their student debt by working in the public service in the regions. We talk to Auckland University Students' Association President, Will Matthews.
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Duration: 2'12"

07:47
Charter school wins decile 1 funding
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A charter school has angered teacher unions by winnning nearly a hundred-thousand-dollars in extra funding because the Education Ministry agrees it is a decile one school. Our education correspondent, John Gerritsen, has the story.
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Duration: 2'57"

07:50
Weather delays rowing, tennis in Rio
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Our correspondent John Bevir in Rio wraps up the other action at Rio.
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Duration: 2'14"

07:54
Asbestos ban backs aim to cut number of deaths in half
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WorkSafe is aiming to cut the number of deaths from asbestos in half in 10 years. But it'll be doing it without any extra money from the Government for now. Phil Pennington reports.
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Duration: 3'37"

08:06
Sports News for 11 August 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'23"

08:10
Sir Colin Meads diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
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Ian Kirkpatrick says Colin Meads will give it his best crack and fight the pancreatic cancer he's been diagnosed with. Ian Kirpatrick says Sir Colin has a great family around him.
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Duration: 3'43"

08:15
New Zealand wants answers on widespread abuse on Nauru
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The Australian government plays down down allegations of the widespread abuse of asylum seekers detained on Nauru, but New Zealand politicians want answers.
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Duration: 5'14"

08:20
NZ Sevens team out of Rio after loss to Fiji
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New Zealand are out of medal contention as they lose to Fiji in the semifinals at Rio.
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Duration: 1'07"

08:22
Immigration consultant asks for policy over politicking
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An immigration consultant says people need to put the politicking aside and have a serious discussion about skills shortages and immigration to New Zealand. We talk to June Ranson, the chairwoman of the New Zealand Association for Migration and Investment, a professional association for immigration advisers.
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Duration: 5'57"

08:28
Ngapuhi's warring factions have new plan to settle differences
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A new plan has been agreed that might just bring together the warring factions of New Zealand's largest tribe, Ngapuhi. Te Manu Korihi reporter Shannon Haunui-Thompson reports.
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Duration: 4'16"

08:32
Markets Update for 11 August 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
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Duration: 1'07"

08:36
Clinton facing awkward questions again over emails
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The US Secret Service has spoken to Donald Trump about his comments on gun rights and what some say was his inciting of violence against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
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Duration: 5'29"

08:43
Arsenic detected in Frankton road reserves
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Queenstown Council's Tony Avery explains what the council is doing about high levels of arsenic found in road reserves in a residential area.
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Duration: 4'22"

08:47
High Court told about financial affairs of Sir Ngatata Love
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A former lawyer who helped set up trusts for the former head of the Wellington iwi organisation, the Tenths Trust, Sir Ngatata Love, and his partner has told the High Court he had concerns about their dealings. Our reporter Ann Marie May has been in court.
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Duration: 3'17"

08:51
Life in limbo ends for boat people on tiny Micronesian island
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Life in limbo ends for 34 boat people on tiny Micronesian island of Yap. after a year and half living on the docks some are going home, some are being granted refugee status as Sally Round reports.
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Duration: 3'26"

08:55
New home for New Zealand's founding documents
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The name for the new exhibition space that will house the nation's founding documents has been revealed. He Tohutranslates to Sign, and refers to the significant milestones that the documents such as the Treaty of Waitangi represent. Aaron Smale reports.
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Duration: 3'01"

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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: Soon, by Charlotte Grimshaw (Part-9), read by Michael Hurst. A satirical novel following the fortunes of National Party Prime Minister David Hallwright and his Auckland set (Part 9 of 12, RNZ)

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09:09
Interest rates hit record low
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Kathryn Ryan talks to RNZ's Business Editor, Gyles Beckford, as the Reserve Bank cuts interest rates to a record low of two per cent.
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Duration: 11'29"

09:24
Waste Crime
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Waste crime in the European Union is big business, illegal dumping is estimated to be worth at least 900 million dollars a year. Kathryn Ryan speaks to Jim Baird, a professor of waste and resource management at Glasgow Caledonian University.
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Duration: 13'51"

09:38
Moves to adopt more Open Source Software
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More software that's free to use and repurpose should be being produced by government agencies in future thanks to a new document which outlines how agencies can use and license Open Source Software. Nine to Noon speaks to Paul Stone who's a member of the Open Government Information and Data Programme and Cam Findlay, a technical advisor in open source software development. Find out more at opensourceopensociety.com
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Duration: 13'22"

09:51
UK correspondent Kate Adie
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Kate Adie on Lowell Goddard's resignation from the UK child abuse inquiry, what impact is the new Government leadership having on UK and the Olympics.
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Duration: 8'03"

10:11
Depression impairs forward-thinking
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Neuroscientist Donna Rose Addis on the study which says the ability to think about the future is significantly impaired during depression, and it is linked to changes in the brain.
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A new study shows that the hippocampus – the part of the brain that supports memory – is less active in people with depression, who therefore have trouble not only remembering, but also imagining.
Previously, major theories about memory problems in depression have focused on avoidance – people choosing not to think about the past because it is too upsetting and then becoming stuck on negative themes.
Professor Donna Rose Addis from the University of Auckland says the study's results have important implications for the psychological wellbeing of people with depression and could eventually be used to develop new treatments.
Related links:

Neural changes associated with past and future events in depression - Neuropsychologia
Do strategic processes contribute to the specificity of future simulation in depression? - NCBI

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Donna Rose Addis on the relationship between depression and memory
One of the things that came out of our study is that individuals with depression actually remember and imagine more negative events and fewer positive events [so] memories and imaginations can be very congruent with the mood that we’re in.
One of the other hallmarks of depression is a sense of hopelessness – not being able to see beyond the current situation and imagine themselves in a different state or a different life. We are now thinking that perhaps these issues of not being able to imagine the future in detail may actually contribute to the maintenance of depression.
One of the key things about the process of imagination is that it conveys to us many other benefits that are crucial for maintaining a healthy sense of wellbeing. Not only does it allow us to plan and to trouble-shoot and imagine an event in detail, we can possibly predict what kind of difficulties we might encounter in those events and figure out ways to deal with that. So in that sense it allows us to problem-solve in advance, to mentally trouble-shoot things that might happen to us. Interestingly, it also allows us to engage in more effective coping strategies.
[Research] has shown that people who can imagine future events in detail are more likely to go out and seek social support when they need it, they experience less worry about the upcoming event and they’re more likely to put good, successful behaviours into practice when they experience those events they’ve been thinking about.
Donna Rose Addis on how the study was conducted
The way in which we get at this question, we have people come into the lab. They go into the MRI scanner. While they’re in the scanner we probe their memories and their imagination. We ask them to think about what happened last Christmas Day. Can they imagine an event that could happen next summer? We’re really trying to get them to orient themselves either back in time – to think about specific events – or orient themselves forwards into the future.
We’re really trying to get people into that mode of mentally time travelling, of projecting themselves into particular moments in the past and the future. That allows us to look at the nature of the brain activity while [the subjects] are doing these tasks.
We had individuals either with current depression or a history of depression. As it turns out, you don’t have to be currently depressed to be experiencing these changes in memory and imagination. We compared the brain activity in these individuals to individuals who had never experienced depression. That’s where we found these differences. There was a decrease in activity in some of the key memory regions in the brain.
It’s not that these individuals aren’t activating anything in their brain when they’re trying to think about the past or the future – a lot of regions come online – but they show less activity in some of the critical regions that we know are important for projecting yourself into the future and having a lot of detail in memories and imagination – one being the hippocampus.
Research in the neurological literature for years has shown changes in the hippocampus when one has experienced long stress – so a release of hormones such as cortisol actually causes damage to the hippocampus.
But as it turns out, it may be that damage to the hippocampus also regulates one’s stress response – and that could contribute to the onset of depression. Again, it’s another one of these vicious cycles.
We have a list of 100 potentially stressful events – divorce, moving house, losing loved ones, etc. We found that our group of depressed individuals had not experienced more stressful events in their lives – but they had experienced them as more stressful.
Donna Rose Addis on changes in the hippocampus
There are a number of [changes in the hippocampus of people with depression]. One is atrophy – that’s really evident in people who have had a number of episodes of major depressive disorder. That appears on a scan as shrinkage in the volume of the hippocampus.
What we were particularly looking for in our study were changes in the activation – so function of the hippocampal tissue itself – but also the way the hippocampus communicates with other brain regions was altered in people with depression.
This in itself was interesting because there were less strong connections with other parts of the memory brain network, so that kind of fits with what we’re seeing. But, interestingly, they showed increased connectivity with other brain networks. They were bringing other networks online.
Their brain was working very hard, let’s say, to try and imagine things in the future. When they were able to see imagine something quite specific we would see these other brain networks come online that were compensating for the decreases in hippocampal function.
Donna Rose Addis on how this research could help people with depression
How can we offset that sense of hopelessness and get people thinking about their futures in a detailed way that allows them to experience these other benefits of decreasing worry, increasing their problem-solving and use of coping strategies?
One interesting line of research I’ve been involved in with some collaborators at Harvard was to look at what we call a specificity induction. We give people a very brief training on how to recall specific details from memory. We’re basically teaching them how to do that strategic retrieval of relevant detail – so how to search through their for the information that they need.
In doing that, we’ve found that actually increases the specificity and young and old adults. It increases the quality of their imagined events. It also increases their creativity, which is really interesting, as well. That’s one of the interventions we may look at – how to get people to enhance their imagination abilities. This is very important in designing the future.
Donna Rose Addis on our developing understanding of memory
Memory for a very long time had been thought of – particularly in the science sphere – as directed at the past. In the last decade there’s really been this shift to think about ‘How is memory designed in a way that supports other cognitive functions?’
Memory is not a very accurate record of the past. The details comprising the memory of an experience are stored across the brain in different areas – so the visual details of the experience are stored in the visual parts of the brain, the auditory aspects of that experience are stored in the auditory parts of the brain.
The nature of that memory system – the way that things are stored as fragments – actually means that they’re very easily accessible for tasks like imagination or creativity. A key development in memory research to see how important that reconstructive nature of memory is for supporting imagination.
Donna Rose Addis on the similarities between imagining and remembering
We had individuals in the scanner. We’d give them a word such as ‘table’ and say ‘Remember an event to do with table’ or ‘Imagine an event to do with bicycle’. We would have people do this over and over again during the scan. That enabled us to analyse the brain activity and characterise the differences between remembering and imagining and what might actually be shared.
When we first did this ten years ago we were shocked at how strikingly similar the patterns of brain activity are between remembering and imagining.
[A person with depression] may not be able to plan as well as they could. They may not be able to have aspirations and have goals that they’re working towards, because of these changes in memory’.
Donna Rose Addis on memory and the ageing brain
We’re all very familiar, as we get older, with not being able to remember where we put our keys. There’s some changes related to how we may be attending to information going on around us. If we don’t pay attention to where we parked or put our keys, we’re not going to remember that information.
Of course, there’s sensory changes as we get older, as well. So if we don’t receive a clear input of what’s going on around us – if we can’t hear well, if we can’t see well – this will have an impact on memory because we’re not even taking that in.
It’s not all bad for memory as we get older. Our vocabularies increase, our general knowledge of the world increases as we get older.
Donna Rose Addis on possible ways to reactivate or retrain the hippocampus
Some antidepressants – particularly serotonin reuptake inhibitors – are thought to work by increasing neurogenesis – that's the birth of new neurons within the hippocampus. That may actually start to mitigate some of the impairments you see in depression.
It’s thought [serotonin reuptake inhibitors are] helping to then restore normal regulation of stress responses to individuals with depression and may also have some impact on memory function. That’s one thing that still needs to be explored.
Training in mindfulness could potentially have some benefits for memory function. Training people how to focus, how to search through their memory for the required details, doing guided imagination. We have recently published data showing that in young adults [specificity induction] does change the nature of hippocampal activity.
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Tags: Professor Donna Rose Addis, depression, memory, future thinking
Duration: 29'22"

10:40
Book review -Tail of the Taniwha by Courtney Sina Meredith
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Reviewed by Rachel O'Neill, published by Beatnik Publishing.
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Duration: 4'34"

11:07
New technology with Andy Linton
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Andy Linton on how much of your private information the Government is collecting from organisations - and how little is known about how often it happens.
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Duration: 18'22"

11:25
Parenting: Videogames
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James Portnow is a video game developer and writer for the Extra Credits YouTube series about the role of games in society. Nine to Noon interveiwed him previously about the role of games in society and his own personal struggle with video game addiction and have invited him back on the show to talk about how parents should deal with computer games - especially if they aren't gamers themselves.
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James Portnow is a video game developer and writer for the Extra Credits YouTube series about the role of games in society.
He says that video gaming is not supposed to be a babysitter, but can be a great way of bonding.
“As long as you are there with the child while they are doing this activity.”
He says that a child will get huge amount from a parent watching and asking them questions about the game and is an excellent way for them to examine the game and to learn.
Games can teach persistence - games reward you for sticking with them, repeatedly trying and failing and eventually succeeding, Portnow says.

They can also teach real world skills - communication, problem solving, spatial thinking, data and processing.
He says Pokemon Go is a great example of a game that can create a collaborative learning experience for families.
James Portnow talks to Kathryn Ryan about haw parents can utilise video games in learning and bonding with their children.

Nine to Noon previously interveiwed James Portnow about the role of games in society and his own personal struggle with video game addiction and have invited him back on the show to talk about how parents should deal with computer games - especially if they aren't gamers themselves.

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Duration: 22'34"

11:49
Viewing with Sarah McMullan
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Sarah McMullan's been watching action-comedy Suicide Squad with Will Smith, Absolutely Fabulous - the movie, as well as Magic City and Guilty Pleasures.
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Duration: 10'52"

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09:05 Interest rates hit record low
Kathryn Ryan talks to RNZ's Business Editor, Gyles Beckford, as the Reserve Bank cuts interest rates to a record low of two per cent.
09:20 Waste Crime
Waste crime in the European Union is big business, illegal dumping is estimated to be worth at least 900 million dollars a year. Kathryn Ryan speaks to Jim Baird, a professor of waste and resource management at Glasgow Caledonian University.
09:30 Moves to adopt more Open Source Software
More software that's free to use and repurpose should be being produced by government agencies in future thanks to a new document which outlines how agencies can use and license Open Source Software. Nine to Noon speaks to Paul Stone who's a member of the Open Government Information and Data Programme and Cam Findlay, a technical advisor in open source software development. Cam Findlay is speaking at the Open Source Open Society conference on August 22 and 23.
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09:45 UK correspondent Kate Adie
Kate Adie on Lowell Goddard's resignation from the UK child abuse inquiry, what impact is the new Government leadership having on UK and the Olympics.
10:05 Depression impairs thinking about the future
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University of Auckland psychology professor and neuroscientist Donna Rose Addis on the study which says the ability to think about the future is significantly impaired during depression, and it is linked to changes in the brain.

Neural changes associated with past and future events in depression - Neuropsychologia
Do strategic processes contribute to the specificity of future simulation in depression? - NCBI

10:35 Book review -Tail of the Taniwha by Courtney Sina Meredith
Reviewed by Rachel O'Neill, published by Beatnik Publishing.
10:45 The Reading
Soon by Charlotte Grimshaw read by Michael Hurst. (Part 9 of 12)
11:05 New technology with Andy Linton
Andy Linton on how much of your private information the Government is collecting from organisations - and how little is known about how often it happens.

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11:25 Parenting: Videogames
James Portnow is a video game developer and writer for the Extra Credits YouTube series about the role of games in society. Nine to Noon interveiwed him previously about the role of games in society and his own personal struggle with video game addiction and have invited him back on the show to talk about how parents should deal with computer games - especially if they aren't gamers themselves.

11:45 Viewing with Sarah McMullan
Sarah McMullan's been watching action-comedy Suicide Squad with Will Smith, Absolutely Fabulous - the movie, as well as Magic City and Guilty Pleasures.

===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 11 August 2016
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The Reserve Bank cuts the cash rate - and could cut it again. The men's sevens crash out of Olympic medal contention.
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Duration: 15'31"

12:17
RBNZ set to cut rates again before year end
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As you may heard in the news, the Reserve Bank delivered the widely expected cash rate cut to 2 percent and signalled more to come.
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Duration: 2'45"

12:20
Vital Healthcare's FY net profit rises more than 21 percent
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The hospital developer, Vital Healthcare Property Trust, has delivered a strong full year net profit, and is outperfoming the listed property market with a 43 percent return on investment.
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Duration: 1'25"

12:22
Food prices fall a touch in July
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Food prices have fallen a touch, with cheaper groceries more than offsetting a rise in fruit and vegetables.
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Duration: 23"

12:23
ParrotDog gets minimum amount from equity raising
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The Wellington craft-brewer, ParrotDog, has met its minimum target of raising 1-point-2 million dollars to help with its expansion plans.
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Duration: 44"

12:23
Midday Markets for 11 August 2016
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Angus Marks at First NZ Capital.
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Duration: 2'13"

12:25
Business Briefs
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The IT services company, Datacom, says its full year net profit rose 12 percent, to more than 27 million dollars in the year ended in March, while revenue rose 13 percent to over 1 billion dollars, on the year earlier.
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Duration: 1'07"

12:26
Midday Sports News for 11 August 2016
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The New Zealand sevens coach Sir Gordon Tietjens says the team are devastated after missing out on a medal in Rio and while he can't fault his side's effort, he concedes their performances weren't good enough.
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Duration: 2'54"

12:35
Midday Rural News for 11 August 2016
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
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Duration: 7'47"

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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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13:15
Call for more international pressure on Australia over Nauru
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More than 2000 incident reports from the Australian-run detention camps on Nauru, have been leaked and published by The Guardian.
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More than 2000 incident reports from the Australian-run detention camps on Nauru, have been leaked and published by The Guardian.
They detail horrific abuse, sexual assaults and self harm, with more than half of the reports concerning children, who make up less than a fifth of the inmates.
Human rights agencies here and in Australia have again called for the closure of the camps.
Professor Gillian Triggs is the president of the Australian Human Rights Commission, and says so far the Australian government has ignored the reports of abuse and neglect, and wants the international community to apply more pressure.
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Duration: 10'01"

13:25
Complaints over Anti-fluoride ads
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Several science based groups are preparing complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority over anti fluoride ads that have screened on TV3.
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Several groups are preparing formal complaints about anti-fluoride ads that have screened on television, the Science Media Centre says.
The spots, which were paid for by Fluoride Free NZ, screened on TV3 in July. The groupt used a givealittle fundraising page to raise more than $30,000 to fund the TV adverts.
They included claims that fluoride was a waste product collected from the chimneys of the fertiliser industry, and that it did not improve dental health.
Science Media Centre spokesman Peter Griffin told RNZ the ads were tame compared to some of the claims anti-fluoride campaigners had made in public, which included linking the chemical to autism.
It was true that the fluoride added to water could contain trace elements of other chemicals, but that was true for all sorts of things people consumed, Mr Griffin said.
"What people forget about is exposure and dosage, and the fact that you're exposed to very tiny [amounts] of this stuff," he said.
"The fluoride itself could be toxic if you took a lot of it, but the amount that's being put into the water supply is so minute that it's deemed to be safe - and decades of evidence suggest that."
Some "outlier" scientists disagreed with the prevailing evidence, but they cherry-picked evidence to suit them, Mr Griffin said.
"It all looks good but it's a clever facade really - none of it stands up to scrutiny. When you actually look at the balance of evidence it suggests that fluoride in the water is effective and it's safe."
Fluoride Free NZ spokesperson Kane Titchener said it was agreed by both sides of the debate that the amount of fluoride added to the water had an effect on human health.
"Therefore, it cannot be minuscule. The Ministry of Health report that around 40 percent of New Zealand children have some form of dental fluorosis which is the first outward sign of over-exposure to fluoride. Therefore, the amount cannot be minuscule.
"There are no safety studies so claims of safety are based on belief rather than evidence."
Mr Titchener said there were now more than 300 studies linking fluoride and brain damage in animals and 50 out of the 57 human studies also show adverse brain effects.
He said the group believed that the TV ads were an "accurate and fair portrayal of the fluoridation issue".
"The fluoride chemicals used to fluoridate are from the smokestacks of the phosphate fertiliser industry. The toxic gases are captured in wet scrubber chimneys because they are too toxic to be released into the environment.
"The resulting toxic fluoride, Hydrofluorosilicic Acid, has never been tested as being safe for human consumption."
But complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), if upheld, could help to make broadcasters think twice before running similar ads in the future, said Mr Griffin.
Making Sense of Fluoride president Daniel Ryan said in a statement that his organisation hoped to be able to submit a complaint to the ASA about the complaints in the "near future".
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Topics: health, media
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Tags: fluoride
Duration: 9'19"

13:35
Decades In Colour
BODY:
Decades in Colour is back for a second series. The programme looks at New Zealand's collective history, through themes, from the 1940's to the 1980's. And it is on the hunt for your colour home footage. Greenstone TV Producer, Alex Reed, joins us in the studio.
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Decades in Colour is back for a second series. The programme looks at New Zealand's collective history, through themes, from the 1940's to the 1980's.
And it is on the hunt for your colour home footage. Greenstone TV Producer, Alex Reed joined Jesse in the studio.
Topics: media
Regions:
Tags: television
Duration: 5'29"

13:41
Tribute Show Review
BODY:
Russell Baillie reviews Lennon: Through a Glass Onion, and touches on other touring tribute shows touring New Zealand.
Topics: music
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Duration: 5'07"

13:45
Favourite album
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'Salty' by The Muttonbirds, chosen by Kevin Ikin.
Topics: music
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Duration: 14'15"

14:10
Theatre Critic: Sally Woodfield
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Sally casts a critical eye over the 69th annual Edinburgh Festival in which 10 New Zealand theatre groups or individuals are taking part.
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Sally Woodfield is in Edinburgh for the Fringe Festival, and casts a critical eye over the 69th annual festival in which 10 New Zealand theatre groups or individuals are taking part.
Topics: arts
Regions:
Tags: theatre
Duration: 9'47"

14:20
Geoffonomics: If you can find a lower price we'll beat it.
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Both Bunnings and Mitre 10 have a price guarantee - if you can find a lower price on an identical item stocked locally then they will beat that price by 15%. Sounds like a bargain! But our perpetually grumpy economist Geoff Simmons says it's a stunt competition.
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2:20 Geoffonomics: If you can find a lower price we'll beat it. Maybe.
Both Bunnings and Mitre 10 have a price guarantee - if you can find a lower price on an identical item stocked locally then they will beat that price by 15%.
Sounds like a bargain doesn't it?
Our perpetually grumpy economist Geoff Simmons says it's a stunt competition.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: price guarantee, Geoffonomics
Duration: 10'43"

14:31
The History of NZ Mayors
BODY:
The local body elections are coming up soon, including elections for mayor. New Zealand has 67 mayors, yet turnout for mayoral elections is very low. Legal historian, Grant Morris from Victoria University has been looking at how the role of mayors has changed throughout our history
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The local body elections are coming up soon, including elections for mayor.
New Zealand has 67 mayors, yet turnout for mayoral elections is very low.
Legal historian, Grant Morris from Victoria University has been looking at how the role of mayors has changed throughout our history
To read more about Elizabeth Yates, New Zealand's first woman mayor click here.
Topics: politics, history
Regions:
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Duration: 10'17"

15:07
Masterpieces with Bronwyn Labrum
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Bronwyn Labrum is the author of Real Modern: Everyday New Zealand in the 1950s and 1960s, talks about her favourite NZ object.
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Bronwyn Labrum is the author of Real Modern: Everyday New Zealand in the 1950s and 1960s, talks about her favourite NZ object.
Her book asks what life was really like in those decades through focusing on the things that New Zealanders acquired and desired, that they used at school, work or play, and that they wore and saw around the country.
She shares her favourite objects from that time.
Topics: arts, history
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 11'58"

15:22
Getting girls into Robotics
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Every year teams of intermediate and high school students from around the world compete in a competition like no other. They build robots that play against each other in a match of skill. The Vex Robotics competitions are held year round, with the winners of tournaments getting to compete at the world championships each April.
EXTENDED BODY:
Every year teams of intermediate and high school students from around the world compete in a competition like no other. They build robots that play against each other in a match of skill.
The Vex Robotics competitions are held year round, with the winners of tournaments getting to compete at the world championships each April
Among the teams involved is one from Wellington East Girls College - and they're keen to get more Wellington schools involved, and in particular, more girls involved in this field.
Issy Riddell-Garner is a Senior Leader in Wellington East Girl's College's VEX Robotics team, Double X.
She talks to Jesse Mulligan.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: robots
Duration: 6'41"

15:29
The Expats: James Culley in the Midlands
BODY:
James Culley moved to Britain to get work as an archaologist after gaining a degree in Anthropology at Otago Unviersity. But things didn't work out, so he ended up joining the British Army, and is now a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
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Tags: expats
Duration: 5'54"

15:35
This Way Up: Drone Worlds
BODY:
Eight New Zealanders are heading to the World Drone Racing Championships aka the Drone Worlds that will be taking place in Hawaii in October this year. Simon Morton dropped in to a RotorCross event in Levin recently to find out what the drone racing scene is all about.
EXTENDED BODY:
Eight New Zealanders are heading to the World Drone Racing Championships aka the Drone Worlds that will be taking place in Hawaii in October this year.
Simon Morton dropped in to a RotorCross event in Levin recently to find out what the drone racing scene is all about.
Topics: technology
Regions:
Tags: drones
Duration: 10'36"

15:45
One Quick Question for 11 August 2016
BODY:
We find the answers to any queries you can think up.
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Duration: 4'17"

15:52
The Panel pre-show for 11 August 2016
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 7'52"

=SHOW NOTES=

1:10 First song
1:15 Call for more international pressure on Australia over Nauru
More than 2000 incident reports from the Australian-run detention camps on Nauru, have been leaked and published by The Guardian. They detail horrific abuse, sexual assaults and self harm, with more than half of the reports concerning children, who make up less than a fifth of the inmates.
Human rights agencies here and in Australia have again called for the closure of the camps.
Professor Gillian Triggs is the president of the Australian Human Rights Commission, and says so far the Australian government has ignored the reports of abuse and neglect, and wants the international community to apply more pressure.
1:25 Complaints over Anti-fluoride ads
Several science based groups are preparing complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority over anti fluoride ads that have screened on TV3.
The ads were funded by Fluoride-Free NZ, which bought four primetime ad spaces on July 31.
The ads make some alarming claims, including that fluoride may contain uranium.
Peter Griffin of the Science Media Centre is among those in the science community concerned about the ads and their impact.
1:35 Decades In Colour
Decades in Colour is back for a second series. The programme looks at New Zealand's collective history, through themes, from the 1940's to the 1980's.
And it is on the hunt for your colour home footage.
Greenstone TV Producer, Alex Reed, joins us in the studio.
If you have footage to share, you can email the team on decades@greenstonetv.com or call 0800 TV SERIES
1.40 Tribute Show Review
Russell Baillie reviews Lennon: Through a Glass Onion, and touches on other touring tribute shows touring New Zealand.
1:45 Favourite album
2:10 Theatre Critic: Sally Woodfield
Sally casts a critical eye over the 69th annual Edinburgh Festival in which 10 New Zealand theatre groups or individuals are taking part.
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2:20 Geoffonomics: If you can find a lower price we'll beat it. Maybe.
Both Bunnings and Mitre 10 have a price guarantee - if you can find a lower price on an identical item stocked locally then they will beat that price by 15%.
Sounds like a bargain! But our perpetually grumpy economist Geoff Simmons says it's a stunt competition.
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2:35 The History of NZ Mayors
The local body elections are coming up soon, including elections for mayor.
New Zealand has 67 mayors, yet turnout for mayoral elections is very low.
Legal historian, Grant Morris from Victoria University has been looking at how the role of mayors has changed throughout our history
To read more about Elizabeth Yates, New Zealand's first woman mayor click here.
3:10 Masterpieces with Bronwyn Labrum
Bronwyn Labrum is the author of Real Modern: Everyday New Zealand in the 1950s and 1960s, talks about her favourite NZ object. Her book asks what life was really like in those decades through focusing on the things that New Zealanders acquired and desired, that they used at school, work or play, and that they wore and saw around the country.
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She shares her favourite objects from that time.
3:20 Getting girls into Robotics
Every year teams of intermediate and high school students from around the world compete in a competition like no other. They build robots that play against each other in a match of skill.
The Vex Robotics competitions are held year round, with the winners of tournaments getting to compete at the world championships each April
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Among the teams involved is one from Wellington East Girls College - and they're keen to get more Wellington schools involved, and in partiuclar, more girls involved in this field.
Issy Riddell-Garner is a Senior Leader in Welllington East Girl's College's VEX Robotics team, Double X.
3:25 The Expats: James Culley on the Midlands
James Culley moved to Britain to get work as an archaologist after gaining a degree in Anthropology at Otago Unviersity. But things didn't work out, so he ended up joining the British Army, and is now a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
3:30 This Way Up: Drone Worlds
Eight New Zealanders are heading to the World Drone Racing Championships aka the Drone Worlds that will be taking place in Hawaii in October this year.
Simon Morton dropped in to a RotorCross event in Levin recently to find out what the drone racing scene is all about.
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3:45 The Panel Pre-Show

===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
One Quick Question for 11 August 2016
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We find the answers to any queries you can think up.
Topics:
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Duration: 4'17"

15:52
The Panel pre-show for 11 August 2016
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 7'52"

16:03
The Panel with Finlay MacDonald and Peter Fa'afiu (Part 1)
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What the Panelists Finlay MacDonald and Peter Fa'afiu have been up to. The Reserve Bank has cut the Official Cash Rate to a record low 2%. Another book about retired All Blacks captain Richie McCaw has come out. The NZ Sevens rugby team is now officially out of medal contention. Are people all that interested in the Olympic games? Fairfax and Sky TV are in court over copyright issues. Christchurch City Councillor Ali Jones talks about what the cull of EQC staff will mean for life in the post-earthquake city.
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Duration: 23'19"

16:05
The Panel with Finlay MacDonald and Peter Fa'afiu (Parnel 2)
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We perceive time differently as we get older. What the Panelists Finlay MacDonald and Peter Fa'afiu have been thinking about. Labour wants to indenture students to pay off their loans. The benefits of staying put instead of moving for jobs or houses. The come back of cursive hand writing. Tom Nicholson of Massey University talks about the importance of writing by hand. Dunedin's varied terrain seems to be attracting more than the usual number of Pokemon.
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Duration: 27'01"

16:07
Panel Intro
BODY:
What the Panelists Finlay MacDonald and Peter Fa'afiu have been up to.
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Duration: 3'04"

16:13
OCR drop
BODY:
The Reserve Bank has cut the Official Cash Rate to a record low 2%
Topics: money
Regions:
Tags: Reserve Bank
Duration: 1'03"

16:14
Ritchie McCaw
BODY:
Another book about retired All Blacks captain Richie McCaw has come out.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Richie McCaw
Duration: 1'29"

16:15
Rio Olympics
BODY:
The NZ Sevens rugby team is now officially out of medal contention.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Olympics
Duration: 3'40"

16:18
Olympics enthusiasm or lack of?
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Are people all that interested in the Olympic games?
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Olympics
Duration: 3'53"

16:22
Sky TV
BODY:
Fairfax and Sky TV are in court over copyright issues.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Olympics
Duration: 1'25"

16:24
Is EQC abandoning CHCH?
BODY:
Christchurch City Councillor Ali Jones talks about what the cull of EQC staff will mean for life in the post-earthquake city.
Topics:
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: eqc
Duration: 6'28"

16:33
Time speeds up as we age
BODY:
We perceive time differently as we get older
Topics:
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Tags: aging
Duration: 3'59"

16:36
Panel Says
BODY:
What the Panelists Finlay MacDonald and Peter Fa'afiu have been thinking about
Topics:
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Duration: 8'24"

16:45
Student debt
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Labour wants to indenture students to pay off their loans.
Topics: education, politics
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Tags:
Duration: 2'02"

16:48
Trying to revive fading towns
BODY:
The benefits of staying put instead of moving for jobs or houses
Topics: technology
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Duration: 2'02"

16:50
The skill of hand writing
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The come back of cursive hand writing. Tom Nicholson of Massey University talks about the importance of writing by hand.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: hand writing
Duration: 6'31"

16:56
Dunedin is the Pokemon capital of New Zealand
BODY:
Dunedin's varied terrain seems to be attracting more than the usual number of Pokemon.
Topics:
Regions: Otago
Tags: Pokemon
Duration: 3'34"

=SHOW NOTES=

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

RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme

=AUDIO=

17:00
Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday 11th August 2016
BODY:
Watch Thursday's full programme here. It begins soon.
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Duration: 00"

17:07
Westpac proposes to close up to 19 banks
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First Union is calling on Westpac to abandon its proposal to close up to 19 branches in small communities throughout New Zealand.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Westpac bank, Regional closures
Duration: 2'42"

17:10
Community leaders upset at Westpac's proposal
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Westpac is considering closing branches in 19 town centres, raising concerns among community leaders that businesses, the elderly and tourism could be affected.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Westpac bank, Regional closures
Duration: 2'11"

17:13
72 jobs could go if Westpac closes branches
BODY:
Westpac is being urged to reconsider its proposal to close its Raglan branch, the last stand alone bank in the town.
Topics: business
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Westpac bank, Regional closures, Raglan
Duration: 2'20"

17:15
Reserve Bank cuts OCR to 2 percent
BODY:
The Reserve Bank cut the Official Cash Rate to 2 percent today, and its governor Graeme Wheeler has signalled more reductions may come in the next six months.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: OCR, The Reserve Bank, Graeme Wheeler
Duration: 4'21"

17:19
Hamish Bond and Eric Murray to row for gold
BODY:
Hamish Bond and Eric Murray will row for New Zealand's first gold medal in Rio tomorrow, but they're not the only Kiwis keeping our medal hopes alive.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags: Rio 2016 Olympics, Hamish Bond, Eric Murray
Duration: 3'03"

17:22
Fiji could make history if it wins sevens semi-final
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Fiji will make history tomorrow if it beats Japan in the sevens semi-final, but whether they win or lose, the country will walk away with its first Olympic medal.
Topics: sport, Pacific
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Tags: Fiji Sevens rugby
Duration: 2'41"

17:25
Joeli Vidiri torn over NZ's sevens game against Fiji
BODY:
Former All Black winger, Fiji born Joeli Vidiri, was torn over who to support while watching the sevens quater final unfold this morning.
Topics: sport, Pacific
Regions:
Tags: Rio 2016 Olympics, Fiji Sevens rugby
Duration: 2'17"

17:27
Sonny Tau punished for kereru shooting and cover-up
BODY:
Ngapuhi leader Raniera Sonny Tau has been sentenced to community detention and fined $24,500 for shooting five kereru and then trying to cover up his role.
Topics: law, crime, te ao Maori
Regions: Southland
Tags: kereru
Duration: 3'28"

17:35
Evening business for 11 August 2016
BODY:
News from the business sector, including a market report.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'45"

17:38
21,000 submissions on euthanasia petition
BODY:
More than 21,000 people have made a submission on Labour MP Maryan Street's controversial petition on a person's right to end their life. Health committee chairperson Simon O'Connor joins Checkpoint.
Topics: health
Regions:
Tags: Maryan Street, medically-assisted dying
Duration: 5'13"

17:43
Chch council to investigate concerns about fast food outlets
BODY:
Christchurch City Council has promised to look into the growing number of fast food outlets cropping up in the suburb of Linwood, after the community presented it with a petition.
Topics: food, health
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: fast-food restaurants
Duration: 2'06"

17:50
More than half of beneficiaries owe Work and Income money
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Sixty percent of Work and Income beneficiaries have debt with the department, with more than 50,000 in Auckland alone owing an average of $2800 each.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Work and Income New Zealand, beneficiaries, debt
Duration: 3'48"

17:54
Dunedin school protects students from falling with towels
BODY:
Ravensbourne School in Dunedin has made a pedestrian crossing with towels so children can get to school without slipping over on one of the city's steepest streets.
Topics: education
Regions: Otago
Tags: Ravensbourne School, towels, steep streets, Dunedin
Duration: 3'25"

17:57
Arsenic discovered in Queenstown suburb's soil
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A public meeting will be held in the Queenstown suburb of Frankton tonight to tackle the problem of high levels of arsenic discovered in some of the area's soil.
Topics: environment
Regions: Otago
Tags: arsenic, soil
Duration: 2'23"

18:08
Akld council throws out affordable housing quota
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Auckland councillors have thrown out an idea that may have required housing developments to include a quota of affordable homes. Auckland Issues correspondent Todd Niall joins Checkpoint.
Topics: politics, housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Auckland Unitary Plan
Duration: 3'30"

18:13
Westpac warned mayors about potential closures
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More than 70 jobs could go in rural Westpac branches throughout New Zealand. Otorohanga District Mayor Max Baxter talks to Checkpoint about how the bank's closure would affect the town.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Westpac bank, Regional closures
Duration: 2'54"

18:16
Reserve Bank urged to cut interest rate further
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The Reserve Bank has defended its .25 percent interest rate cut today, saying a larger cut wasn't needed.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: OCR, Reserve Bank
Duration: 2'39"

18:18
Sky defends its decision to take Fairfax to court
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Fairfax is using more footage of the Olympics than it is entitled to use and that's why Sky is taking the media company to court, Sky's Director of Communications Kirsty Way says.
Topics: technology
Regions:
Tags: Rio 2016 Olympics, Sky Television, Fairfax, viewing rights
Duration: 6'32"

18:25
Green Party wants to tax international visitors
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The Green Party wants all international visitors to pay a tax to go towards the cost of infrastructure and to help with the government's predator-free dream.
Topics: environment, te ao Maori
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Tags: Green Party, Taonga Levy, tourism, predator-free
Duration: 3'10"

18:50
Today In Parliament for 11 August 2016 - evening edition
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Questions for Reserve Bank governor, Graeme Wheeler, in the committee rooms, and for Finance Minister, Bill English, in the debating chamber, about the Reserve Bank's cut in the official cash rate to two percent. Both say competitive pressures will determine whether the trading banks will pass the lower rate on to customers. In response to a question about the likely effect of lower interest rates on house prices, Bill English says the critical factor is the Auckland council's control of supply.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 5'02"

=SHOW NOTES=

===6:30 PM. | None (National)===
=DESCRIPTION=

Highlighting the RNZ stories you're sharing on-line

===6:55 PM. | In Parliament===
=DESCRIPTION=

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

RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information

=AUDIO=

17:10
Caring for Carers
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Almost half a million kiwis care for a family member or friend with a disability or illness. Carers are so busy taking care of others that it's easy to neglect their own needs. CEO of Carers New Zealand Laurie Hilsgen and carer Julie Hansen have advice.
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Duration: 19'54"

20:10
Nights' Culture - Dance
BODY:
Chris Jannides from Toi Whakaari explores prolific NZ choreographer Michael Parmenter's 1980's work Insolent River which is having a revival at the Tempo Dance Festival.
Topics: arts
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Tags: dance, Michael Parmenter, Tempo Dance Festival
Duration: 15'38"

=SHOW NOTES=

7:12 Caring for Carers
Almost half a million kiwis care for a family member or friend with a disability or illness. Carers are so busy taking care of others that it's easy to neglect their own needs. CEO of Carers New Zealand Laurie Hilsgen and carer Julie Hansen have advice.
7:35 New Horizons
William Dart looks at "clever" music - centring on a new album by American songwriter Finnegan Shanahan, he also features John Kongos, Frank Zappa, Edmund McWilliams and Philip Glass.
8:12 Nights' Culture - Dance
Chris Jannides from Toi Whakaari explores prolific NZ choreographer Michael Parmenter's 1980's work Insolent River which is having a revival at the Tempo Dance Festival.
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8:30 Window on the World
Simon Cox investigates the secretive world of one of Malawi's biggest charities - Dapp (Development Aid from People to People). For decades governments including the US, UK and other European nations have donated many millions of dollars to DAPP for projects ranging from sanitation to teaching. But Dapp has a big secret - it is under the control of a Danish cult-like organisation called the Teachers Group.
9:07 Our Changing World
Tonight, using lasers to test the qualities of milk, the President of the New Zealand Association of Scientists comments on public engagement guidelines for scientists, and biologist Corey Bradshaw muses on climate change and the future of humanity.
9:30 This Way Up
Simon Morton from This Way Up takes closer look at the humble shopping trolley.
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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 Music 101 pocket edition
In the Music 101 Pocket Edition tonight, So Laid Back Country China hone their brand of Canyon Rock on their second outing, We light the Buddha sticks for a session with Third3ye, plus tunes from Adam Torres, Gaika and Gold Panda.

===7:30 PM. | None (National)===
=DESCRIPTION=

Music commentator and critic William Dart offers fascinating insights and surprising links across contemporary music.

===8:30 PM. | Windows On The World===
=DESCRIPTION=

International public radio features and documentaries

===9:06 PM. | Our Changing World===
=DESCRIPTION=

Highlights from the world of science and the environment, with Alison Ballance

===9:30 PM. | This Way Up===
=DESCRIPTION=

Exploring the things we use and consume. Some content may offend. (RNZ)

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

Will banks pass OCR drop on to mortgage customers? How to use video games for learning and bonding with children, the history of mayors in New Zealand, and in Dateline Pacific, Tonga's controversial MA60 plane to take to the skies again.
=DESCRIPTION=

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

===11:06 PM. | Music 101===
=DESCRIPTION=

Music, interviews, live performances, behind the scenes, industry issues, career profiles, new, back catalogue, undiscovered, greatest hits, tall tales - with a focus on New Zealand/Aotearoa (RNZ)