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:
24 August 2016
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:06 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Insight (RNZ); 1:15 Country Life (RNZ); 2:05 The Forum (BBC); 3:05 The Stove Rake, by Denise Keay, read by Tandi Wright (RNZ); 3:30 Diversions (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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06:08
Sports News for 24 August 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'28"
06:10
New Zealand athletes make triumphant return from Rio
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The New Zealand Olympics team has just touched down in Auckland from Rio.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Rio Olympics
Duration: 2'50"
06:14
Hidden camera was in man's best interests
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The Privacy Commissioner says using a hidden camera to catch a caregiver abusing an elderly dementia patient at a rest home is not a breach of privacy.
Topics: law, health
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Tags: privacy
Duration: 3'04"
06:23
Early Business News for 24 August 2016
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business
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Duration: 2'35"
06:25
Morning Rural News for 24 August 2016
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'02"
06:38
Opposition parties are scathing about online schools
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The government's plan to allow students to enrol in online schools is being called a dangerous social experiment by oppositon politicans.
Topics: education
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Tags: teaching
Duration: 2'59"
06:41
Auckland teacher feels let down by investment decisions
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Auckland school teacher says he's shocked to discover his pension scheme has money invested in weapons companies.
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Duration: 2'19"
06:44
Russia will not participate in 2016 Paralympic Games
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Russian paralympic athletes are banned from the Paralympics. Our correspondent in Moscow says Russians believe the decision was politically motivated.
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Tags: Paralympics, doping
Duration: 4'05"
06:50
Strong dollar drives down Fisher & Paykel Healthcare's outlook
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The healthcare appliance manufacturer, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, says its full-year outlook has been negatively impacted by the relatively high New Zealand dollar.
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Duration: 2'15"
06:52
Tourism Holdings expects strong tourism sector to continue
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The listed campervan rental company, Tourism Holdings, says New Zealand's reputation as a global destination of choice will likely drive the current tourism boom for a couple of more years at least.
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Duration: 1'02"
06:53
Refining New Zealand hoping for margins lift on current prices
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The operator of the Marsden Point oil refinery is banking on the end of a supply glut and several capital projects to help lift margins and earnings.
Topics: business
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Duration: 1'14"
06:54
Fliway reports stronger full-year result despite challenges
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However, it was a different story for freight transport company, Fliway, which gained 14 percent yesterday, after it released a stronger than expected result, amid a challenging trading environment.
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Duration: 1'09"
06:56
Ports of Auckland confident in driving growth amid uncertainty
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The Ports of Auckland is confident of driving growth in earnings as it battles a fall in cargo volumes and income amid strong competition and turmoil in the global shipping market.
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Duration: 1'25"
06:57
RBNZ governor points to another rate cut, defends policy stance
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Central bank officials are gathering in the United States ski resort of Jackson Hole for the annual talkfest on how to conduct monetary policy in a world awash with cheap money, low growth, and low inflation.
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Duration: 1'19"
06:58
Markets update
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To the markets - still looking a bit quiet on Wall Street ahead of Janet Yellen's speech.
Topics: economy
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Duration: 52"
07:06
Sports News for 24 August 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'44"
07:11
Triumphant Olympic team arrive back from Rio
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The Rio Olympic team are home. Hundreds turned out to greet them and our reporters were also there.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 4'17"
07:16
Olympic chef de mission reflects on successes at Rio
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We talk to Olympics chef de mission Rob Waddell as the successful Rio Olympic team returns.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Rio Olympics
Duration: 2'32"
07:18
Public sector pensions scutinised to see if investments ethical
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Pensions belonging to tens of thousands of public servants are being scrutinised by the States Services Commission after revelations some of the money has been invested in companies that make cluster bombs, mines and nuclear weapons.
Topics: law, money
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Tags: arms companies
Duration: 3'20"
07:22
Hekia Parata rejects scathing criticism of online schools
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The Government's plan to allow students to enrol in online schools is being called a dangerous social experiment. We ask Hekia Parata what's behind the move.
Topics: education
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Tags: privatisation, cost-cutting, corporatisation, unqualified teachers, profit
Duration: 6'28"
07:28
Privacy Commissioner backs family that filmed rest home abuse
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Privacy Commissioner says families are within their rights to secretly film family members in rest homes after footage emerges of an elderly man being mistreated.
Topics: health, law
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Tags: privacy, abuse
Duration: 4'44"
07:37
Ban on Russian athletes remains for upcoming Paralympic Games
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport upholds the International Paralympic Committee Governing Board's, decision to ban Russian athletes from the Paralympics. NZ representative, Duane Kale says nobody wins, but it's the right thing to do.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Paralympics
Duration: 3'55"
07:43
Scientists says Regional Council misleading public over crisis
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A scientist says the Hawke's Bay Regional Council is being disingenuous by claiming the Tukituki River cannot be the source of Havelock North's water contamination.
Topics: environment
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Duration: 4'08"
07:46
Record forfeiture for alleged money laundering
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Money laundering expert says the Chinese fugitive ordered by the High Court to pay $43 million cannot be said to have bought his way out of trouble.
Topics: crime, money
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Tags: dishonesty, greed, vanity, white collar criminal
Duration: 3'53"
07:50
Doctors seek more drugs for incurable blood cancer
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Cancer specialists say better access to drugs is needed to extend the lives of patients with an incurable fatal blood cancer, multiple myeloma.
Topics: health
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Tags: cancer
Duration: 3'38"
07:57
Trump beats Hitler in Oxford psychopathic traits study
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A study from Oxford University claims Donald Trump has more psychopathic traits than Adolf Hitler, but Hillary Clinton is not far behind.
Topics: politics
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Tags: war, egos, racist, lunatics, president, small hands
Duration: 3'07"
08:06
Sports News for 24 August 2016
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'52"
08:11
Aucklanders turn out in droves to welcome Olympians home
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Aucklanders are turning out in droves to welcome home the Olympians from Rio.
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Tags: Rio Olympics
Duration: 2'04"
08:13
Education sector outraged over online schools
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Education specialist John O'Neill from Massey University says the Government's plan for online schools is vague and not based on any research suggesting it would work well.
Topics: education
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Tags: profits, privatisation
Duration: 6'19"
08:21
Ex-judge compares Australia's treatment of NZers with Nazis
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A former top judge is comparing Australia's treatment of New Zealand immigration detainees with Nazi Germany. And Stephen Charles says New Zealand's Government is complicit by its inaction.
Topics: politics, life and society
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Duration: 4'38"
08:27
Think tank calls for cannabis to be legailised and taxed
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An economic research think tank is calling for marijuana to be legalised saying it could save the country more than three hundred million dollars a year.
Topics: crime, law
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Tags: marijuana
Duration: 3'26"
08:37
Former All Blacks back petition opposing Easter Trading bill
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A group of former All Blacks is backing a petition that urges MPs to reject legislation allowing local councils to decide whether businesses in their area could open on Easter Sunday.
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Duration: 3'13"
08:39
Commerce Minister waits for cluster bomb advise
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Knowingly investing in companies that make cluster bombs is illegal under a law passed in 2009. The Commerce Minister, Paul Goldsmith, is still waiting for official advice.
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Duration: 3'31"
08:43
Calls for changes and development in Timaru's central city
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The Timaru District Council is being accused of a lack of leadership and failing to make the most of its tourist potential by a new lobby group that wants to revitalise the city centre. But not everyone agrees - least of all the mayor.
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Duration: 3'17"
08:50
West Coast town Ross fighting for a community cop
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Frustrated locals in the West Coast town of Ross are pleading with the police to have a community officer reinstated in the area. They held a meeting yesterday to plead their case.
Topics: crime, life and society
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Tags: police
Duration: 3'39"
08:53
Can robots make good judges?
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Can robots make good judges? Phil Pennington investigates the crossroads between artificial intelligence and justice.
Topics: technology
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Tags: A.I, robots
Duration: 4'08"
08:59
Top Stories for Wednesday 24 August 2016
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Triumphant Olympic team arrive back from Rio; Public sector pensions scutinised to see if investments ethical; Hekia Parata rejects scathing criticism of online schools; privacy Commissioner backs family that filmed rest home abuse; ban on Russian athletes remains for upcoming Paralympic Games; scientists says Regional Council misleading public over crisis.
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Duration: 30'04"
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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: Snapper in a Landscape, written and told by Declan O'Neill. Irish New Zealand "snapper" and raconteur Declan O'Neil reads from the blog he kept detailing his back country photographic road trips accompanied by dogs Toby and Rufus. (Part 6 of 6, RNZ)
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09:08
How should communities deal with serious sex offenders?
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Managing the release of serious sexual offenders can be a tricky balancing act between increasing an offenders chances of rehabilitation and managing their risk to the community. The issue was thrown into the spotlight earlier this week when the Corrections Department were forced to move a child sex offender from a Lower Hutt neighbourhood after an outcry by locals.
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Notifying people about sex offenders in their community might cause more harm than good by hampering their ability to reintegrate, a psychologist says.
Earlier this week, the Department of Corrections was forced to move a convicted child sex offender from a Lower Hutt neighbourhood after an outcry by locals, after he had been managed in the community for more than 10 years without re-offending.
He was living under extended supervision in the Lower Hutt suburb of Maungaraki, but is now living in the grounds of Christchurch Prison.
Questions have been raised over what has been described as "mob mentality" in Maungaraki, and whether that has inhibited the man's chance to rehabilitate.
Auckland University senior lecturer Dr Gwenda Willis, who is a clinical psychologist, said child sex offenders needed stability in order to right their past wrongs.
"Stability is so important when it comes to reducing the likelihood of reoffending, and by 'stability' I mean having somewhere to live; having somewhere to work; having people that you're accountable to.
"I worry that community notification doesn't go towards achieving stability, and I think the costs far outweigh any benefits."
The decision to move the man was made after some 400 people expressed their concerns at two community meetings, and was welcomed by both locals and local politicians.
Lower Hutt mayor Ray Wallace said he was aware convicted sex offenders had to live somewhere, but felt moving the man was the right decision.
"Yes, they have to live somewhere - but certainly not in a child-friendly neighbourhood.
"We feel the best option for him would be to have one of the houses on the grounds of Rimutaka Prison, because... the safety aspect, it would certainly save a lot of taxpayer dollars having to monitor him 24/7, and we feel that would be an appropriate site."
Labour's Trevor Mallard and National's Chris Bishop also voiced their support for Corrections' decision.
But a therapist at the rehabilitative group Wellstop, Alexander Ness, said many of the people he worked with wanted to reintegrate.
Mr Ness said it was incumbent on Corrections - and society as a whole - to give offenders that opportunity.
"That is what reduces risk, and they're making plans, and they're considering where they are... because of the risk that they present, but also to try and re-enter society successfully, and without the backlash that might await them in the community."
Corrections said the man would likely be rehoused somewhere in the Wellington region.
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Topics: crime
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Tags: paedophilia, sexual offending
Duration: 21'25"
09:30
Fight for equality
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Australia's former army chief, Lieutenant General David Morrison, caught the eyes of the media in 2013 when his tough talking video about respecting female soldiers went viral. He retired last year but he continues to fight for equality & diversity, most recently in an address to New Zealand's engineering profession.
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Australia's former army chief, Lieutenant General David Morrison, caught the eyes of the media in 2013 when his tough talking video about respecting female soldiers went viral.
Since then the number of female army recruits has grown by two per cent and the culture is more accepting of diversity.
He retired last year but he continues to fight for equality & diversity, most recently in an address to New Zealand's engineering profession.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Australia, gender, diversity, army
Duration: 20'03"
09:48
Australia Correspondent Peter Munro
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Recrimination and regret over Australia's Olympics performance, revelations of police failings at the Lindt Cafe siege and the PM breaks a promise by delaying same-sex plebiscite.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 10'01"
10:06
How Mr and Mrs Gock Saved the Kumara
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Mangere couple Joe and Fay Gock were refugees from China to NZ in the 1950s. They have been growing vegetables together ever since. They've been responsible for many horticultural innovations, including putting stickers on fruit, working out a way of storing kumara and saving it from black rot. Loading Docs short 'How Mr and Mrs Gock Saved the Kumara' tells their story.
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Mangere couple Joe and Fay Gock were refugees from China to NZ in the 1950s. They have been growing vegetables together ever since. They've been responsible for many horticultural innovations, including putting stickers on fruit, working out a way of storing kumara and saving it from black rot.
Loading Docs short 'How Mr and Mrs Gock Saved the Kumara' tells their story.
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Topics: food, arts
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Joe Gock, Fay Gock, Arani Cuthbert, Loading Docs, kumara
Duration: 33'59"
10:35
NZ Literature Review - All Day at the Movies
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Written by Fiona Kidman, reviewed by Louise O'Brien, published by Penguin Random House.
Topics: books
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Tags: Fiona Kidman
Duration: 4'58"
11:06
Marty Duda's artist of the week Shayne Carter
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Shayne Carter has been a musician and songwriter for 35 years. He helped define the "Dunedin sound" with his work in Bored Games, Doublehappys and Straitjacket Fits, all on Flying Nun. His new album is called Offsider and features a more introspective, personal side of Carter with a musical emphasis on the keyboard. Shayne is playing shows around New Zealand now building up to the release of Offsider in September.
Topics: music
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Tags: Shayne Carter, Marty Duda, Dunedin sound, Flying Nun, Dimmer
Duration: 21'09"
11:20
Behind the scenes at the museum
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Former natural history curator, Brian Gill takes Nine to Noon behind the scenes at the Auckland Museum, to tell some of the intriguing stories of the collections he's worked with over three decades. He's just published a second book, The Unburnt Egg.
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Former natural history curator, Brian Gill takes Nine to Noon behind the scenes at the Auckland Museum, to tell some of the intriguing stories of the collections he's worked with over three decades. He's just published a second book, The Unburnt Egg.
Topics: history, author interview, science
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: The Unburnt Egg, science
Duration: 18'08"
11:50
End of the road for gallery on wheels?
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Paul Forest is an educator from the Real Art Roadshow which gives school students the chance to see real art up close and personal. Sadly the project, which is in its 10th year, may be drawing to an end. Paul and his roadshow truck join Nine To Noon from Onehunga High School.
Topics: education
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Tags: Roadshow
Duration: 8'16"
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09:05 How should communities deal with serious sex offenders?
Managing the release of serious sexual offenders can be a tricky balancing act between increasing an offenders chances of rehabilitation and managing their risk to the community. The issue was thrown into the spotlight earlier this week when the Corrections Department were forced to move a child sex offender from a Lower Hutt neighbourhood after an outcry by locals.
Nine to Noon speaks to Dr Gwenda Willis, a Senior Lecturer at Auckland University's psychology department and Alexander Ness from WellStop which helps people convicted of sexual crimes avoid reoffending.
09:20 Fight for equality
Australia's former army chief, Lieutenant General David Morrison, caught the eyes of the media in 2013 when his tough talking video about respecting female soldiers went viral. He retired last year but he continues to fight for equality & diversity, most recently in an address to New Zealand's engineering profession.
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09:45 Australia Correspondent Peter Munro
Recrimination and regret over Australia's Olympics performance, revelations of police failings at the Lindt Cafe siege and the PM breaks a promise by delaying same-sex plebiscite
10:05 How Mr and Mrs Gock Saved the Kumara
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Mangere couple Joe and Fay Gock were refugees from China to NZ in the 1950s. They have been growing vegetables together ever since. They've been responsible for many horticultural innovations, including putting stickers on fruit, working out a way of storing kumara and saving it from black rot. Loading Docs short 'How Mr and Mrs Gock Saved the Kumara' tells their story.
10:35 NZ Literature Review - All Day at the Movies by Fiona Kidman
Reviewed by Louise O'Brien, published by Penguin Random House.
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10:45 The Reading
Snapper in a Landscape written and told by Declan O'Neill (Part 6 of 6)
11:05 Marty Duda's artist of the week Shayne Carter
Shayne Carter has been a musician and songwriter for 35 years. He helped define the “Dunedin sound” with his work in Bored Games, Doublehappys and Straitjacket Fits, all on Flying Nun. His new album is called Offsider and features a more introspective, personal side of Carter with a musical emphasis on the keyboard. Shayne is playing shows around New Zealand now building up to the release of Offsider in September.
11:20 Behind the scenes at the museum
Former natural history curator, Brian Gill takes Nine to Noon behind the scenes at the Auckland Museum, to tell some of the intriguing stories of the collections he's worked with over three decades. He's just published a second book, The Unburnt Egg.
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11:45 End of the road for gallery on wheels?
Paul Forest is an educator from the Real Art Roadshow which gives school students the chance to see real art up close and personal. Sadly the project, which is in its 10th year, may be drawing to an end. Paul and his roadshow truck join Nine To Noon from Onehunga High School.
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Artist: Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
Song: I’m Going Back
Composer: n/a
Album: Smoking in Heaven
Label: Sunday Best
Time: 11:48
===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 24 August 2016
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MPs are urged to be courageous over assisted dying and an expert says outing released sex offenders may cause more harm than good.
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Duration: 15'14"
12:17
Meridian Energy's FY profit hit by fall in hedging contracts
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Meridian Energy's full year profit has been hit by falls in the value of the hedging contracts it uses to protect against volatility in wholesale power prices.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Meridian Energy
Duration: 1'49"
12:19
Genesis Energy reports stronger result
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The electricity provider, Genesis Energy, has reported a stronger full-year profit, on the back of a rise in the Kupe oil and gas field reserves and the revaluation of its generation assets.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Genesis Energy, Kupe
Duration: 1'18"
12:20
Metlifecare's FY net profit rises 86%
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The listed retirement village operator, Metlifecare's has reported a 86 percent lift in its full year profit on the back of large increases in the value of its portfolio and an improved operating performance.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Metlifecare
Duration: 1'19"
12:22
A2 Milk has a bumper year
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The specialist baby-food maker, A2 Milk, has made a bumper full-year profit on the back of surging demand for its infant formula products, especially in Asia.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: A2 Milk, infant formula
Duration: 1'08"
12:23
Midday Markets for 24 August 2016
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Brad Gordon from Macquarie Private Wealth.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: money markets
Duration: 3'10"
12:25
More company results
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In other company results...
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Duration: 37"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 24 August 2016
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New Zealand's Olympic heroes are welcomed home.
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Tags: Rio 2016 Olympics
Duration: 2'43"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 24 August 2016
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
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Duration: 7'26"
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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
'There's a little bit of Brent in all of us'
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Fans of The Office will know just how much sales rep, David Brent pined to be a rock star. Now Ricky Gervais' unforgettable character is trying to make that happen.
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Fans of The Office will know just how much sales rep David Brent pined to be a rock star. Now Ricky Gervais' unforgettable character is trying to make that happen.
In the new mockumentary film, David Brent, Life on the Road, a film crew follows Brent on a tour of the UK with his band, Foregone Conclusion.
The film is set 15 years after the events of The Office. Inevitably things have not gone as Brent imagined and he's forced to use his pension to pay his band as ticket sales are too paltry to cover wages.
The world has moved on and Brent is grappling with some uncomfortable new realities, Gervais says.
"The important thing about bringing him back was the world had changed. That's the exciting thing about this film, because you suddenly see an old friend coping in the new world."
Gervais says although Brent was famously floundering, incompetent and deluded as general manager of Wernham Hogg 15 years ago, in many respects he was at the top of his game back then.
"Back in The Office days he was the boss, he was 39, followed by this docusoap; he was at the peak of his powers and he basically worked with nice people.
"But now he's not the boss, he's not really liked because he's a bit of an old relic and he's out of time; he's struggling, he's fighting for acceptance. There's a little bit of Brent in all of us."
When we last saw Brent things were looking up; he had a blind date with Carol at the Wernham Hogg Christmas party and, unusually for Brent, it went well.
But there's no Carol to be seen in David Brent, Life on the Road – Gervais tells Jesse Mulligan why.
"You have to have David Brent in the market so he can embarrass himself. Also when you think about it, that was one blind date. How many single blind dates end up with a 15-year marriage?
"People say, what happened to Carol? And I say 'a second date happened to Carol.'"
The faux documentary as a comedy device is a cliche now, but it was a fresh idea when The Office introduced us to Brent, Gareth, Dawn and Tim, et al.
Gervais acknowledges films such as the early-'80s cult classic Spinal Tap as a big influence on the way The Office was presented.
"You can't really say The Office started anything because I can tell you who gave me that idea, everything has got its root in something else. Nothing happens like a big bang. Everything has a seed or idea in something else. We are all products of our input."
Topics: music, arts, author interview
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Tags: Ricky Gervais
Duration: 16'13"
13:27
New Weta species
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Three new species of ground weta have been identified by Massey University researchers, who have also recorded their mating calls.
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Three new species of ground wētā have been identified by Massey University researchers, who have also recorded their mating calls.
Two new species of ground wētā, which were previously classified as Hemiandrus maculifrons, have now been named Hemiandrus luna and Hemiandru brucei. A third species, related to the other two, has been named Hemiandrus nox.
Professor Steven Trewick of the Massey Ecology Group tells us about the discovery.
Topics: environment
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Tags: weta, Massey University
Duration: 13'05"
13:38
Sound Archives: Poetry from our past
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Friday is National Poetry Day - with all sorts of celebrations of verse happening around the country; check out NZPoetryDay on Facebook for details.
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Friday is National Poetry Day - with all sorts of celebrations of verse happening around the country; check out NZPoetryDay on Facebook for details.
Today, Sarah Johnston has dipped into the sound archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision to bring us a couple of historic recordings of New Zealand poets.
Topics: arts, history
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Tags: John A Lee, Sam Hunt, national poetry day
Duration: 11'33"
13:50
Favourite album: Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes
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Chosen by Fiona Fraser.
Topics: music
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Tags: Tori Amos
Duration: 9'17"
14:06
Music Critic: Dione Joseph
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A selection of music from stage and screen from our film and theatre critic.
Topics: music
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Tags: For King And Country, Mary-Ellen Nesi & Maria Mitsopoulou, Handel, Ben Hur Soundtrack
Duration: 13'39"
14:20
Bookmarks with Annie Whittle
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Actress and Singer, Annie Whittle is Jesse's guest on Bookmarks this week.
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On today's edition of Bookmarks, one of our most versatile actors. Actually she possibly came to public attention as a singer, then in comedy roles on TV shows like A Week of It with McPhail and Gadsby. She's a confirmed Westie, living in the secluded beauty of Auckland's Waitakare ranges but can occasionally be persuaded to tread the boards again, something she is doing again in two weeks for the Going West Books and Writers Festival
Topics: music, arts
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Tags: Annie Whittle, comedy, TV, McPhail and Gadsby, Going West Books and Writers Festival
Duration: 39'14"
15:10
Inside the brains of psychopaths
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Dr Kent Kiehl has spent most of his professional life interviewing psychopaths.They don't come to him, he goes to them.
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Dr Kent Kiehl spends his days talking to people who have no compassion or empathy for others.
They are rapists and murderers. He studies their brains in an effort to understand the science of people who have no conscience.
He has the world's largest database of brain data on psychopaths. And they don't come to him - he goes to them.
Dr Kiehl has an MRI machine parked on the grounds of a correctional facility in New Mexico in southwestern United States to help his research for the Mind Research Network and the University of New Mexico.
His book, The Psychopath Whisperer is full of encounters with the psychopaths he has been interviewing for more than 20 years. So far he has scanned the brains of about 3000 violent offenders, 500 of them psychopaths.
So what made him want to know more about the brains of some of our most dangerous people?
When Dr Kiehl was 8, his father Jeff, a copy editor at the Tacoma News Tribune, came home talking about a local man called Ted Bundy.
"This was a guy who had grown up just down the street, and he had supposedly killed all these women," Dr Kiehl says.
Bundy, whose family moved to Tacoma when he was a child, is known to have sexually assaulted and murdered at least thirty women in the 1970s.
Later while studying psychology at the University of California his academic mentor there steered him in the direction of combining his interest in the brain and how someone could behave as Bundy did.
Psychopaths suffer from severe emotional detachment. They lack both empathy and remorse. Dr Kiehl has found that they make up about 16 percent of the U.S. prison population. Such people also comprise about 1 percent of the general population.
So what fascinates us about psychopaths?
"I think it's the same fascination that got me started; which is they're just so different from the rest of us, and they do things that are just inexplicable," Dr Kiehl says.
Topics: health, science
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Tags: psychopaths
Duration: 27'53"
15:45
One Quick Question for 24 August 2016
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Why does my bottled water have to have a Nutritional Information panel, yet my bottle of wine doesn't?
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Today's Questions:
Why does my bottled water have to have a Nutritional Information panel, yet my bottle of wine doesn't?
Do Waikato German wasps not like catfood?
In Multi choice questions, if there are four choices, A, B, C and D - and you randomly tick one letter for each question, do you have a higher or lower chance of getting around 25 percent right, compared with ticking every single A for example?
Topics: life and society
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Tags: nutritional information panel, wasps, multi-guess
Duration: 4'25"
15:46
The Panel pre-show for 24 August 2016
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'57"
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1:10 First song: Lady Gypsy by David Brent
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1:10 Ricky Gervais on David Brent
Fans of The Office will know just how much sales rep, David Brent pined to be a rock star. Now Ricky Gervais' unforgettable character is trying to make that happen.
In the new mockumentary film, David Brent, Life on the Road, a film crew follows Brent as he embarks on a tour of the UK with his band, Foregone Conclusion.
The film is set 15 years after the events of The Office. Inevitably things do not go as David Brent has imagined, and he's forced to use his pension to fund part of his rock concert, as the ticket sales are less than he can afford to pay his band members.
Ricky Gervais talks to Jesse Mulligan about David Brent, music and why there is nothing funnier than a middle aged man trying to be sexy.
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1:25 New Weta species
Three new species of ground wētā have been identified by Massey University researchers, who have also recorded their mating calls.
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Two new species of ground wētā, which were previously classified as Hemiandrus maculifrons, have now been named Hemiandrus luna and Hemiandru brucei. A third species, related to the other two, has been named Hemiandrus nox.
Professor Steven Trewick of the Massey Ecology Group tells us about the discovery.
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1:25 Sound Archives: Poetry from our past
Friday is National Poetry Day - with all sorts of celebrations of verse happening around the country; check out NZPoetryDay on Facebook for details.
Today, Sarah Johnston has dipped into the sound archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision to bring us a couple of historic recordings of New Zealand poets.
1:40 Favourite album: Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes
2:10 Music Critic: Dione Joseph
2:20 Bookmarks with Annie Whittle
On today's edition of Bookmarks, one of our most versatile actors. Actually she possibly came to public attention as a singer, then in comedy roles on TV shows like A Week of It with McPhail and Gadsby. She's a confirmed Westie, living in the secluded beauty of Auckland's Waitakare ranges but can occasionally be persuaded to tread the boards again, something she is doing again in two weeks for the Going West Books and Writers Festival
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3:10 Inside the brains of psychopaths
Dr Kent Kiehl has spent most of his professional life interviewing psychopaths.They don't come to him, he goes to them.
He has an MRI parked on the grounds of a correctional facility in New Mexico in the Southwestern United States, collecting the world's largest database of brain data on murderers, rapists and other criminals.
His quest to understand what makes some people commit horrible crimes is driven by personal experience. He grew up with serial killer Ted Bundy in his neighbourhood.
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3:35 BBC Witness
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)
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15:45
One Quick Question for 24 August 2016
BODY:
Why does my bottled water have to have a Nutritional Information panel, yet my bottle of wine doesn't?
EXTENDED BODY:
Today's Questions:
Why does my bottled water have to have a Nutritional Information panel, yet my bottle of wine doesn't?
Do Waikato German wasps not like catfood?
In Multi choice questions, if there are four choices, A, B, C and D - and you randomly tick one letter for each question, do you have a higher or lower chance of getting around 25 percent right, compared with ticking every single A for example?
Topics: life and society
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Tags: nutritional information panel, wasps, multi-guess
Duration: 4'25"
15:46
The Panel pre-show for 24 August 2016
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
Topics: life and society
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Duration: 14'57"
16:06
The Panel with David King and Selwyn Manning (Part 1)
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Panel Intro, NZs Rio effort, Cannabis law reform.
Topics: sport, health
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Duration: 25'00"
16:07
The Panel with David King and Selwyn Manning (Part 2)
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Chef's on a pedestal, Panel Says, Social responsibility.
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Duration: 25'40"
16:08
Panel Intro
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What the Panelists David King and Selwyn Manning have been up to.
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Tags: David King, Selwyn Manning
Duration: 5'25"
16:10
NZs Rio effort
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It's New Zealand's best medal haul from an Olympic Games. Is it worth the $160million invested?
Topics: sport
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Tags: Rio 2016 Olympics, welcome home
Duration: 8'05"
16:22
Cannabis law reform
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Dr Chris Wilkins talks about cannabis law reform.
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Dr Chris Wilkins talks about cannabis law reform.
Topics: health
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Tags: cannabis law reform
Duration: 11'30"
16:38
Chefs on a pedestal
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Chef Gianfranco Vissani says vegans are a "sect".
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Topics: food
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Tags: vegans, Gianfranco Vissani
Duration: 5'25"
16:42
Panel Says
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What the Panelists David King and Selwyn Manning have been up to.
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Duration: 6'29"
16:46
Social responsibility
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Gareth Kiernan of Infometrics discusses bank closures. Does a bank have a social responsibility to stay open in small towns?
Topics: business
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Tags: banks
Duration: 9'19"
16:55
Online education
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The government wants to see more children getting their education on-line rather than in the classroom.
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Duration: 4'01"
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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
=DESCRIPTION=
RNZ's weekday drive-time news and current affairs programme
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17:00
Checkpoint for Wednesday, 24 August 2016
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Watch Wednesday's full episode here. It starts 5 minutes in.
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Duration: 00"
17:10
Large quake rocks central Italy, fatalities likely
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A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck the centre of Italy, with reports of at least six people dead. Correspondent Josephine McKenna joined Checkpoint from Rome.
Topics: science, life and society
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Tags: Italy, Perugia
Duration: 3'38"
17:13
Olympians land in NZ after record-breaking effort
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New Zealand's Olympic Team arrived home this morning with 18 medals in their carry-on luggage, the most New Zealand has ever won at the Olympic games.
Topics: sport, life and society
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Tags: Olympic athletes, NZ Olympic Team
Duration: 3'36"
17:26
Havelock Nth businesseses join forces in response to gastro bug
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Havelock North businesswoman Liv Reynolds says businesses must try to force some kind of response from either the council or government.
Topics: health, politics, life and society, science
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Havelock North, e-coli
Duration: 7'05"
17:26
Havelock Nth businesses sick of waiting for answers
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Havelock North businesswoman Liv Reynolds says businesses must try to force some kind of response from either the council or government.
Topics: health
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Havelock North, e-coli
Duration: 10'13"
17:28
Havelock Nth bouncing back, MP Craig Foss says
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Havelock North is starting to bounce back and any further asisstance is the responsibility of the Hastings District Council, Minister for Small Business Craig Foss says.
Topics: health
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Havelock North, e-coli
Duration: 1'01"
17:29
Havelock North bores are still testing positive for E Coli
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Havelock North bores are still testing positive for E Coli with authorities having no idea where it is coming from. Checkpoint reporter Alex Ashton joins Checkpoint from the site of the bores.
Topics: health
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Havelock North, e-coli
Duration: 3'06"
17:35
Evening business for 24 August 2016
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News from the business sector, including a market report.
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Duration: 4'05"
17:38
MPs urged to make a brave decision on voluntary euthanasia
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MPs hearing submissions on voluntary euthanasia have been told today to put fear and emotion aside and be principled and brave.
Topics: health, life and society, science, politics
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Tags: voluntary euthanasia
Duration: 3'33"
17:42
Drivers could soon be saliva tested for illegal drugs
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Drivers could soon have to give saliva samples to police that will be immediately screened for illegal drugs.
Topics: law, health
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Tags: drug testing, driver testing
Duration: 2'42"
17:49
Another mass killing in NZ likely, police association says
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MPs considering a review of gun laws have been told it's very likely there will be another mass killing in New Zealand, like the one that happened at Aramoana in 1990.
Topics: crime, politics, law
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Tags: mass killings, gun laws
Duration: 2'50"
17:52
Steven Adams back in NZ to run basketball camps
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Basketball phenomenon Steven Adams is back in New Zealand to run a series of basketball camps for children in Auckland, Tauranga, and Wellington.
Topics: sport
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Tags: basketball
Duration: 2'20"
17:55
Blast kills one, wounds 30 in southern Thailand
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Blast kills one, wounds 30 in southern Thailand.
Topics: life and society
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Tags: Thailand, blasts
Duration: 59"
17:56
Teacher's no homework note goes viral
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World renowned educationalist John Hattie says homework for school children doesn't always correlate with student success.
Topics: education
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Tags: homework
Duration: 3'23"
18:10
6.2 earthquake in Italy widely felt
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American businessmen Michael Gilroy is in the town of Montepulciano, about 60 kilometres from the epi-centre of Italy's 6.2 earthquake. He spoke to Checkpoint a short time ago.
Topics: life and society
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Tags: Italy, Perugia, Montepulciano, earthquakes
Duration: 3'18"
18:14
Olympians welcomed home in Auckland
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There were long and happy queues of people waiting for New Zealand's Olympians' autographs, when the team returned home this morning.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Olympics, NZ Olympic Team
Duration: 6'01"
18:23
No timeframe for determining cause of water contamination
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Hawke's Bay Regional Council says it can't offer any timeframe for determining what is causing the water contamination.
Topics: health, politics
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Havelock North, e-coli
Duration: 2'30"
18:28
Boy writes note appealing for help to find his red ball
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A note written by six-year-old Te Kahu Hall about his stolen red ball has gained wide attention after police shared it on social media.
Topics: education, sport, crime, life and society
Regions: Whanganui
Tags: red balls, crimes
Duration: 4'54"
18:50
Today In Parliament for 24 August 2016 - evening edition
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An early start for MPs on the Health Select Committee which meets at 8am for the first round of oral submissions on its inquiry into a petition calling on the House to investigate public attitudes to assisted dying. The committee heard from Matt Vickers, whose partner, Lucretia Seales, took a case to the High Court before her death last year, and from Amanda Landers, chairwoman of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine. House began sitting under extended hours at 9am to debate the committee stage of the bill bringing plain packaging for cigarettes and tobacco. Question Time features a lively exchange on the merits of the government's proposal to extend provision of on-line learning. --
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Duration: 5'10"
18:23
Staff and students protest Otago University arts cuts
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About 250 Otago University staff and students protested today against staff cuts proposed for its arts departments.
Topics: education, politics
Regions: Otago
Tags: Dunedin, Otago University, staff cuts, protests
Duration: 1'28"
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===6:30 PM. | None (National)===
=DESCRIPTION=
Highlighting the RNZ stories you're sharing on-line
Political commentators Stephen Mills and Matthew Hooton
===6:55 PM. | In Parliament===
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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
=DESCRIPTION=
RNZ's weeknight programme of entertainment and information
=AUDIO=
19:10
Fashion Week : Sonia Sly
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Sonia Sly is reports from New Zealand Fashion Week.
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Duration: 13'16"
20:12
Nights' Overseas Reports - Brazil
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Editor of the International section of Estado de Minas, the main daily newspaper of Minas Gerais, Pablo Pires Fernandes reports from the Federative Republic of Brazil.
Topics: life and society, politics, economy, spiritual practices
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Duration: 16'47"
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7:12 Fashion Week
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RNZ's Sonia Sly has a presenter's friend join her during fashion week to discuss the highlights and lowlights of the event. Nine designers are showcasing their latest on the catwalks today.
7:30 At The Movies
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8:12 Nights' Overseas - Brazil
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Timely enough that tonight Bryan Crump speaks to Pablo Pires Fernandes in Brazil now that Rio is over. He'll have the latest on how the country has fared hosting the Olympics and what life is now like now the international focus is elsewhere.
8:30 Window on the World
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In the Colombian capital of Bogota, Lucy Ash meets two people who fear they will never be able to return to their homes. They both come from Choco, which is one of the poorest provinces and most violent parts of the country. Their stories illustrate a nationwide trauma - the government may be on the brink of a historic peace deal with the FARC rebels, but Colombia has even more internally displaced people than Syria. More than 200,000 have been killed and seven million driven off their land during half a century of war. Lucy travels down the River Baudo to meet people uprooted from their jungle villages in violent clashes earlier this year and finds that Latin America's longest insurgency is far from over.
9:07 The Drama Hour
Last week, we featured a Circa Theatre 'Spotlight on Playwrights' forum - 'Who the Hell Are We? - in which five writers discussed whether or not their profession is presenting our nation honestly on stage.
In part, it's a similar question to that which the director and writer, Mervyn Thompson addressed in his very personal survey of New Zealand theatre - 'Passing Through' a quarter of a century ago.
Our drama at 9 this week and next is a 2-part production of that one-man show. It's a live theatre recording, made in Christchurch as Thompson toured the production in 1991 - a year before his death.
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
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===7:35 PM. | At The Movies===
=DESCRIPTION=
A weekly topical magazine about current film releases and film related topics. (RNZ)
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19:30
At The Movies for 24 August
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On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews the minimalist The shallows - just actress Blake Lively and a shark. And two films that take very different looks at military secrets - John Le Carre's Our kind of traitor, starring Ewan McGregor and Damian Lewis, and War Dogs, starring comedians Jonah Hill and Miles Teller.
Topics: arts
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Tags: The Shallows, Our kind of traitor, War Dogs
Duration: 23'50"
19:32
At The Movies - The Shallows Review
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The Shallows - a woman is trapped in a rock by a hungry Great White shark, tantalizingly close to the shore. Starring Blake Lively.
Topics: arts
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Duration: 6'02"
19:38
At The Movies - Our Kind Of Traitor Review
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Our Kind of Traitor - when a Mafia money-launderer wants to defect to Britain, a teacher and his wife find themselves caught in a deadly game of treachery. Starring Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris and Damian Lewis.
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Tags: Our kind of traitor
Duration: 5'55"
19:43
At The Movies - War Dogs Review
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War Dogs - the true story of two 20-something dropouts who ended up supplying the Pentagon with armaments during the Iraq War. Starring Jonah Hill, Miles Teller and Bradley Cooper.
Topics: arts
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Tags: War Dogs
Duration: 6'02"
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===8:30 PM. | Windows On The World===
=DESCRIPTION=
International public radio features and documentaries
===9:06 PM. | None (National)===
=DESCRIPTION=
Passing Through by Mervyn Thompson. The autobiographical one-man show which effectively became an obituary for one of New Zealand theatre's more colourful and controversial figures in 20th Century Theatre. (RNZ)
===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
=AUDIO=
Highlights from the day on RNZ National and RNZ International
=DESCRIPTION=
RNZ news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from RNZ National
===11:06 PM. | None (National)===
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(RNZ)