A recording of Radio New Zealand National from 5am to midnight. The following rundown is sourced from the broadcaster’s website. Note some overseas/copyright restricted items may not appear in the supplied rundown:
16 February 2015
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 At the Movies with Simon Morris (RNZ); 1:05 Te Ahi Kaa (RNZ); 2:30 NZ Music Feature (RNZ); 3:05 Odyssey and Images, by Andris Apse and Ron Crosby (8 of 10, RNZ); 3:30 Science (RNZ); 5:10 War Report (RNZ)
===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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Radio New Zealand's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including: 6:18 Pacific News 6:22 Rural News 6:27 and 8:45 Te Manu Korihi News 6:44 and 7:41 NZ Newspapers 6:47 Business News 7:42 and 8:34 Sports News 6:46 and 7:24 Traffic
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06:00
Top Stories for Monday 16 February 2015
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SkyCity goes back to the drawing board; Opposition parties pour scorn on SkyCity deal; PM denies buckling to public pressure over SkyCity funding; Analysis of the Political reaction to the SkyCity deal; Hundreds of Canterbury homeowners only now deemed overcap by EQC; Police kill Danish terror attack suspect; Fishing vessel freed from ice.
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Duration: 27'31"
06:06
Sports News for 16 February 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'06"
06:10
N.Z. taxpayers not paying for SkyCity short-fall
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New Zealand taxpayers will not be stumping up to cover the cost of a construction short-fall for the SkyCity convention centre, after a deal hammered out by the Government and the casino.
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Tags: SkyCity
Duration: 1'44"
06:15
Pacific News for 16 February 2015
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The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 2'39"
06:22
Morning Rural News for 16 February 2015
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'03"
06:28
Te Manu Korihi News for 16 February 2015
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The Wanganui District Council says hundreds of people outside the rohe made submissions about their preference for the spelling of the district's name; The former National MP, Tau Henare, has been roped in to help the Crown and two East Coast tribes to outline what the iwi want from their treaty claims; MPs have been told young Maori spend a lot of time using tablets and smartphones, but aren't developing high levels of computer literacy in schools; An authority on taonga Maori and the Kaihautu at Te Papa says significant treasures shouldn't be allowed to leave New Zealand.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'16"
06:40
Taxpayers won't be forking out for SkyCity convention centre cost shortfall
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Opposition parties are pouring scorn on the new deal regarding SkyCity's Auckland convention centre, saying the Government has failed to secure the world-class facility it originally promised.
Topics: politics
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Tags: SkyCity
Duration: 3'26"
06:47
Sky City drops request for taxpayer help on convention centre
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It's back to the drawing board for Sky City Entertainment Group to design a cheaper convention centre in Auckland after the Government refused to stump up any money to cover a projected shortfall.
Topics: business
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Tags: SkyCity
Duration: 2'46"
06:50
Fletcher's Australian operations expected to hit first-half result
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Fletcher Building's first half eanings result is expected to show a strong New Zealand performance somewhat diminished by difficult trading conditions in Australia.
Topics: business
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Duration: 1'37"
06:51
Michael Hill sees plenty more opportunity in Australia
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Meanwhile, Michael Hill International still sees plenty of opportunity in Australia even though its economy is depressed and the jewellery store network is a relatively mature business.
Topics: business
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Duration: 1'56"
06:54
Naked Bus looks at expanding to build on sleeper bed success
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The Naked Bus firm says it's looking at expanding its fleet to meet demand for a popular overnight sleeper service.
Topics: business
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Duration: 1'26"
06:55
Sydney Correspondent Jim Parker
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Across the Tasman, and Australia's beleaguered federal government is citing New Zealand as the benchmark, as it seeks to repair its growing budget deficit.
Topics: business
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 3'09"
06:58
Markets Update for 16 February 2015
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business
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Duration: 49"
07:07
Sports News for 16 February 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'00"
07:10
SkyCity goes back to the drawing board
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Plans for Auckland's controversial convention centre are back on the drawing board after the government baulked at the idea of stumping up more than 100 million dollars for a construction cost blowout.
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Tags: SkyCity
Duration: 1'18"
07:13
Opposition parties pour scorn on SkyCity deal
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Opposition parties are pouring scorn on the new deal saying the Government has failed to secure the world-class facility it originally promised.
Topics: politics
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Tags: SkyCity
Duration: 1'23"
07:15
PM comments on SkyCity funding
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This morning Mr Key has shrugged off the oppositions criticism, rejecting suggestions the Government has bowed to public pressure over the issue.
Topics: politics
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Tags: SkyCity
Duration: 4'08"
07:18
Analysis of the Political reaction to the SkyCity deal
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Our Parliamentary Chief Reporter Jane Patterson has been following the story and she joins us now.
Topics: politics
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Tags: SkyCity
Duration: 3'57"
07:22
Hundreds of Canterbury homeowners only now deemed overcap by EQC
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More than four years after earthquakes first damaged home in Christchurch, hundreds of Canterbury homeowners are finding out that they may have to wait another two years before their damaged homes are repaired.
Topics: Canterbury earthquakes
Regions: Canterbury
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Duration: 3'42"
07:27
Police kill Danish terror attack suspect
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Danish police say the gunman thought to have attacked a Copenhagen synagogue and a free speech event at the weekend was a Danish-born 22-year-old known to police because of past violence.
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Tags: Copenhagen
Duration: 5'38"
07:35
Fishing vessel freed from ice
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The life saving mission to free an Australian fishing vessel from ice in Antarctica is almost over, with the Antarctic Chieftain now making its own way to open water.
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Tags: Antarctica
Duration: 3'45"
07:39
Disability group complains of ECE funding mismatch
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A disability group says a mismatch in early childhood funding rules is short-changing disabled children.
Topics: health
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Duration: 2'59"
07:45
OZ officials attend execution meeting in Indonesia
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Australian officials will attend a meeting in Indonesia today outlining the execution process of Bali Nine drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.
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Tags: Bali Nine
Duration: 3'47"
07:49
ICC anti-corruption head comments on court-siding
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The Cricket World Cup is only two days in and already the tournament has been marred by corruption.
Topics: sport
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Tags: cricket
Duration: 4'14"
07:54
Opening Cricket World Cup match a crowd pleaser for fans
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A crowd of almost 18-thousand watched the Black Caps defeat Sri Lanka in the opening match of the Cricket World Cup in Christchurch over the weekend.
Topics: sport
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Tags: cricket
Duration: 2'20"
07:56
Glenn Turner analyses opening matches
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Joining us now is the former New Zealand cricket captain, Glenn Turner.
Topics: sport
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Tags: cricket
Duration: 4'17"
08:07
Sports News for 16 February 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'57"
08:10
SkyCity drops pursuit of taxpayer top-up for convention centre
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SkyCity is about to formally tell the market it's dropping its pursuit of taxpayer cash to bridge the shortfall for its controversial convention centre.
Topics: politics
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Tags: SkyCity
Duration: 3'18"
08:14
How will SkyCity changes impact tourism?
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The chief executive of the Tourism Industry Association, Chris Roberts, speaks with Guyon Espiner.
Topics: politics
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Tags: SkyCity
Duration: 3'40"
08:20
Police kill gunman after Copenhagen attacks
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The Danish Prime Minister has urged citizens to speak their minds and live freely.
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Tags: Copenhagen
Duration: 6'10"
08:25
Ceasefire in effect in Ukraine
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Fighting is continuing near the eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve, despite the ceasefire that came into effect about 18 hours ago.
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Tags: Ukraine
Duration: 5'40"
08:31
Markets Update for 16 February 2015
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business
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Duration: 1'16"
08:35
Lawyer doubts admissions will affect Dotcom
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The first of seven people indicted over Kim Dotcom's now defunct Megaupload website has pleaded guilty to copyright infringement charges.
Topics: law
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Tags: Kim Dotcom, Megaupload
Duration: 4'08"
08:40
New Zealander appointed cardinal
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The Archbishop of Wellington, John Dew, was appointed a Cardinal of the Catholic Church at a ceremony at the Vatican this weekend.
Topics: spiritual practices
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Duration: 4'06"
08:44
New Zealand scientist tackles world hunger
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A New Zealand scientist has been picked to join a think tank in Germany to help tackle world hunger and malnourishment.
Topics: science, health
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Duration: 3'41"
08:50
Te Manu Korihi News for 16 February 2015
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The former National MP, Tau Henare, has been roped in to help the Crown and two East Coast tribes to outline what the iwi want from their treaty claims; An authority on taonga Maori and the Kaihautu at Te Papa says the musuem is usually only told taonga left the country illegally when it was too late to do anything about it; The Wanganui District Council says hundreds of people outside the rohe made submissions about their preference for the spelling of the district's name; MPs have been told young Maori spend a lot of time using tablets and smartphones, but aren't developing high levels of computer literacy in schools.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'25"
08:53
Owner of Ferrero empire dies at 89
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Michele Ferrero, Italy's richest man and the owner of a global chocolate and confectionery empire, has died at the age of 89.
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Tags: Italy
Duration: 2'53"
08:58
Phil Kafcaloudes with news from Australia
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Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes talks about the latest developments in the Bali Nine story.
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Tags: Bali Nine, Australia
Duration: 2'31"
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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: Swimming in the Dark, by Paddy Richardson, told by Michele Amas A young teacher's quiet life in Central Otago is thrown into chaos that recalls the dangers of East Germany life under the feared Stasi (6 of 12, RNZ)
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09:10
Have warnings over palliative care workforce been heeded?
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Dr Jonathan Adler is a member of the Palliative Medicine Training and Coordination Committee and Clinical Leader of the Wellington Regional Hospital Palliative Care Service.
Topics: health
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Tags: palliative care
Duration: 26'20"
09:35
Education and charity sector worry about cost of police checks
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Schools and charitable organisations say that a proposed law which would see them pay for police checks could cost them thousands of dollars a year, leaving them to choose between footing the bill or not having volunteers checked. With Peter Reynolds, Chief Executive of the Early Childhood Council and Helga Sonier Engagment and Communications advisor for the Blind Foundation
Topics: life and society, health, education, disability
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Tags: police vetting, criminal checks, charities
Duration: 12'24"
09:50
South America correspondent - Joel Richards
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Leaders accused of a cover-up in Argentina; the disappearance of 43 Mexican students and Uruguay is issuing marijuana licenses.
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Tags: South America
Duration: 8'41"
10:05
From Northland dairy farmer's wife to international wildlife photographer
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International Wildlife Photographer Robyn Preston. Robyn has gone from being a Northland dairy farmer's wife to an international wildlife photographer. She spent her childhood on a dairy farm near Dargavlle, later married a farmer and never travelled far from home right into adulthood - let alone leave the country. She says she was so timid that driving to Whangarei was too daunting... But now aged 59 and with her children grown up - she's seeing the world through the lens of a camera. She spends several months each year in Africa taking pictures of wildlife, and selling her photos to an international agency.
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Robyn Preston has gone from being a Northland dairy farmer's wife to an international wildlife photographer.
She spent her childhood on a dairy farm near Dargaville, later married a farmer and never travelled far from home - let alone leave the country.
She was so timid, that driving to Whangarei was too daunting, she said.
But now, aged 59, and with her children grown up, she is seeing the world through the lens of a camera.
For several months each year Robyn Preston is in Africa taking pictures of wildlife, and sells her photos to an international agency.
Gallery: Robyn E. Preston's wildlife photography
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Regions: Northland
Tags: Robyn Preston, wildlife, photography, Africa, Kenya, safari, Maasai Mara, nature photography
Duration: 29'09"
10:41
Book Review: Black Light by K A Bedford
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Black Light by K A Bedford. Penguin NZ RRP$35.00. Reviewed by David Hill.
Topics: books
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Duration: 4'20"
11:05
Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams
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Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams talk about the SkyCity issue with Kathryn Ryan.
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Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams talk about the SkyCity issue with Kathryn Ryan.
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: SkyCity
Duration: 23'18"
11:30
World cheese authority Juliet Harbutt on NZ artisan cheeses
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Juliet Harbutt is an authority on cheese and loves to pass her knowledge onto others. She is currently in New Zealand visiting artisan cheesemakers and doing some public engagements. She is an ex pat New Zealander who has lived in the UK for 30 years and set up a very successful Cheese shop in London. Juliet Harbutt runs cheese tasting classes, lectures and writes extensively about cheese, including authoring a number of books. She has consulted for several major British supermarkets and also run deli counter staff through their paces, so that the actually have some background in the product they are selling. Juliet's website The Cheese Web www.thecheeseweb.com/
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Juliet Harbutt is an authority on cheese and loves to pass her knowledge onto others.
She talks to Kathryn Ryan about new developments in cheese making, artisan cheese in New Zealand and matching flavours with cheese.
Juliet Harbutt is an ex-pat New Zealander who has lived in the UK for 30 years and set up a very successful cheese shop in London. Juliet Harbutt runs cheese tasting classes, lectures and writes extensively about cheese, including authoring a number of books. She has consulted for several major British supermarkets and also run deli counter staff through their paces, so that the have some background in the product they are selling.
Find out more about cheese on Radio Zealand.
Topics: food
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Tags: Juliet Harbutt, cheese, NZ artisan cheeses
Duration: 16'32"
11:50
Urbanist Tommy Honey discusses issues affecting city dwellers
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Tommy Honey talks about a conference, some architects and a lot of innovation.
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Tags: architecture, innovation
Duration: 10'00"
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09:05 Have warnings over palliative care workforce been heeded?
A warning about a dire shortage of palliative care specialists around the country which is only going to get worse. Dr Jonathan Adler is a member of the Palliative Medicine Training and Coordination Committee and Clinical Leader of the Wellington Regional Hospital Palliative Care Service.
09:20 Education and charity sector worry about cost of police checks
Schools and charitable organisations say that a proposed law which would see them pay for police checks could cost them thousands of dollars a year, leaving them to choose between footing the bill or not having volunteers checked.
Peter Reynolds, Chief Executive of the Early Childhood Council; and Helga Sonier Engagment and Communications advisor for the Blind Foundation.
09:45 South America correspondent Joel Richards
10:05 From Northland dairy farmer's wife to international wildlife photographer
Robyn Preston has gone from being a Northland dairy farmer's wife to an international wildlife photographer. She spent her childhood on a dairy farm near Dargavlle, later married a farmer and never travelled far from home right into adulthood - let alone leave the country. She says she was so timid that driving to Whangarei was too daunting...
But now aged 59 and with her children grown up - she's seeing the world through the lens of a camera. She spends several months each year in Africa taking pictures of wildlife, and selling her photos to an international agency.
Gallery: Robyn E. Preston's wildlife photography
10:25 Book Review: Black Light by K A Bedford
Reviewed by David Hill. Published by Penguin NZ.
10:45 The Reading: Swimming In The Dark by Paddy Richardson
A young teacher's quiet life in Central Otago is thrown into chaos that recalls the dangers of East Germany life under the feared Stasi. Told by Michele Amas (Part 6 of 12).
11:05 Politics with Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams
11:30 World cheese authority Juliet Harbutt on NZ artisan cheeses
Juliet Harbutt is an authority on cheese and loves to pass her knowledge onto others. She is currently in New Zealand visiting artisan cheesemakers and doing some public engagements. She is an ex pat New Zealander who has lived in the UK for 30 years and set up a very successful cheese shop in London.
Juliet Harbutt runs cheese tasting classes, lectures and writes extensively about cheese, including authoring a number of books.
She has consulted for several major British supermarkets and also run deli counter staff through their paces, so that the actually have some background in the product they are selling.
11:45 Urbanist Tommy Honey - a conference, some architects and a lot of innovation
Links:
New Zealand Institute of Architects conference 2015
Vo Trong Nghia, Vietnam
Rebel Architecture, Greening the City, Al Jazeera English
Andrew Maynard, Australia
Andrew Maynard Architects
Patchwork Architecture, Wellington
Dogbox, Patchwork Architecture
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Artist: James Hunter|
Song: Chicken Switch
Composer: Hunter
Album: Minute By Minute
Label: Fantasy
Time: 09:30
Artist: The Shins
Song: Simple Song
Composer: Mercer
Album: Port of Morrow
Label: Columbia
Time: 10:35
Artist: She & Him
Song: Gonna Get Along Without You Now
Composer: Kellem
Album: Volume 2
Label: Spunk
Time: 11:30
===Noon | Midday Report===
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Radio New Zealand news, followed by updates and reports until 1.00pm, including: 12:16 Business News 12:26 Sport 12:34 Rural News 12:43 Worldwatch
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12:00
Midday News for 16 February 2015
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The Local Government Commission is criticised for the lack of super-city debate in Wellington and SkyCity is responsible for all convention centre project timeframes.
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Duration: 15'44"
12:17
Contact's first-half profit fell 55%
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Contact Energy's shares have fallen more than 8 percent, after the company's first-half net profit plunged by more than half, due to lower retail profit margins, outages and one-off costs.
Topics: business
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Tags: Contact Energy
Duration: 1'15"
12:18
Car sales leads higher retail spending
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Cheaper cars have helped boost retail spending.
Topics: business
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Tags: cars, car sales
Duration: 1'09"
12:20
PSI index points to positive start to the year
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Activity in the services sector has started the year strongly.
Topics: business
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Tags: services sector
Duration: 1'03"
12:21
Sky City's share price falls after it withdraws funding request
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Sky City Entertainment's share price has fallen this morning after the government refused to stump up more cash to help build its planned convention centre in Auckland.
Topics: business
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Tags: SkyCity
Duration: 1'28"
12:22
Michael Hill has high hopes for its Emma & Roe concept
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The jeweler, Michael Hill International, has high hopes the stand-alone boutique concept for its budget-priced Emma and Roe brand will be successful.
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Tags: Michael Hill International
Duration: 1'09"
12:24
Midday Markets for 16 February 2015
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by James Malden at Macquarie Private Wealth.
Topics: business
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'51"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 16 February 2015
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The New Zealand rugby sevens side is about to take on Fiji in the final of the Las Vegas tournament.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'18"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 16 February 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 9'16"
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===1:06 PM. | Afternoons===
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Information and debate, people and places around NZ
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13:08
Your Song - Weird Fishes
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Malcolm Rees Francis from Central Otago has chosen 'Weird Fishes' by Radiohead.
Topics: music
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Duration: 11'40"
13:20
New Zealand Retro: Barber Shops
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Matt Gifford, one of the Musical Island Boys barbershop quartet. John McRae, veteran barber of K Road Auckland. Brendan Blake, young barber of Wellington
Topics: history, music
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Tags: barber shop
Duration: 40'15"
14:08
Spectrum Street Art Festival
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The Spectrum Street Art Festival organiser, George Shaw, is outraged Canterbury Museum ignored his request to withdraw a controversial T-shirt from its T-Shirts Unfolding exhibition, which is part of the event. The T-shirt features a semi-naked nun masturbating on one side and offensive wording about Jesus on the other side. More than 3000 people have signed an online petition against the exhibition and Family First NZ is laying a complaint with police. Simon speaks with George Shaw from Oi YOU!, YMCA Christchurch chief executive officer Josie Ogden Schroeder and Anthony Wright from Canterbury Museum.
Topics: arts
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Spectrum Street Art Festival, street art, Canterbury Museum
Duration: 18'14"
14:46
Feature album - Wallflower
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Classic hit songs re-interpreted by Canadian jazz star Diana Krall.
Topics: music
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Duration: 14'10"
15:08
Sarah Helm
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Fifty miles north of Berlin, there is a Nazi concentration camp that is on the margins of the story of Nazi genocide. Ravensbruck held 130 thousand women, 50 thousand were murdered. On the East German side of the border, many of the records and stories of the women who survived the horrors there were inaccessible for decades after the war. These women, mostly social outcasts rather than Jews, underwent medical experimentation and torture, mostly at the hands of other women. Author Sarah Helm uses chilling testimony of prisoners to expose the brutality of the camp in her new book, If This Is A Woman: Inside Ravensbruck, Hitler's Concentration Camp For Women
Topics: author interview, history
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Tags: WW2, Ravensbruck
Duration: 21'17"
15:30
Under the same moon - a new play launches Chinese New Year
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Lynda hears from the creators of "Under the same moon" - a heartfelt comedy about daughters and their wayward mothers, premiering as part of the Chinese New Year festival in Wellington. Region: Wellington Tags: arts, women, cultural practices, spiritual practices, life and society, refugee and migrants.
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Hweiling Ow performs Under the same moon at BATS Theatre in Wellington. Photo courtesy of Renee Liang.
All we can hope for is life enough to see
that though a thousand leagues apart,
we all look on the same moon.
- Song Dynasty poet Su Shi (1036-1011)
Playwright and producer Renee Liang was flat out again, this time opening her new play at the beautifully renovated BATS Theatre in Wellington. With pack-in happening around us, Renee told me that both of her Chinese grandmothers were the inspiration for her newest play. Under the same moon launched with both the Fringe Festival and the Chinese New Year Festival in Wellington, 2015.
Under the same moon is described as a heartfelt comedy about daughters and their wayward mothers. It follows the unexpected visit by elderly Porpor Grace to her granddaughter's wedding in New Zealand. The incorrigible and loveable character Porpor (who often chats to her friend the moon – yes, the one in the night sky) has escaped her rest-home in Hong Kong and hopped on the first plane to come here – much to daughter Lorna's horror.
The title for the play comes from a poem by Song Dynasty poet, Su Shi. The poem resonated enough to inspire Renee, along with her grandmother from Hong Kong attending her sister Roseanne's wedding a decade ago. Weddings always seem to provide a good climate for the inter-generational conflicts and resolutions that come out of many major family gatherings.
Renee also remembers her grandmother giving away her gold jewellery to her granddaughters, as well as telling them stories of days gone by. It struck Renee that memories were also being passed on with the gold jewellery and in many ways her grandmother's memories became Renee's greatest inheritance.
This is a one-hander running for 60 minutes. Hweiling Ow is the solo actor performing all 10 (plus) characters on stage alone. Hweiling Ow is better known for her role in Flat 3, a webseries comedy directed, written and produced by Renee's sister, filmmaker Roseanne Liang.
Director of Under the same moon Theresa Adams tells me she loved working with Hweiling because of the challenge of defining each of the 10 characters enough for the audience to follow the storyline. Excited by the material in Under the same moon, Theresa tells me that the play also struck a chord for her, in the universal theme of family scattered across the globe.
There is much more to us than just lions and dragons and opera, which is all fabulous, but there is so much more to us.
Organiser of the Chinese New Year Festival Linda Lim says that Under the same moon is an opportunity for the Festival to create a platform to showcase Chinese artists like playwright Renee Liang and actor Hweling Ow. Linda tells me that it's great that the envelope is being pushed as to expectations of what comes out of the Chinese community.
Under the same moon plays until the 21 February at BATS Theatre and the production will also perform in Auckland with the Lantern Festival and Auckland Fringe at the Maidment Theatre, 24 February to 7 March 2015. As part of a "sister act" in the theme of family and love, Roseanne Liang's feature film My wedding and other secrets will screen during Chinese New Year and Valentine's week at Nga Taonga Sound and Vision at the Film Archives, Wellington.
Playwright and producer Renee Liang with AET Linda Lim (Chinese New Year Festival)
Topics: arts
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Tags: women, theatre, cultural practices, spiritual practices
Duration: 9'41"
15:46
The Panel pre-show for 16 February 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'22"
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1:10 Your Song
Weird Fishes by Radiohead. Chosen by Malcolm Rees Francis
1:20 New Zealand Retro: Barber Shops
Matt Gifford, one of the Musical Island Boys barbershop quartet
John McRae, veteran barber of K Road Auckland
Brendan Blake, young barber of Wellington
Archival audio supplied by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.
2:10 Spectrum Street Art Festival - George Shaw, Josie Ogden Schroeder, Anthony Wright
The Spectrum Street Art Festival organiser, George Shaw, is outraged Canterbury Museum ignored his request to withdraw a controversial T-shirt from its T-Shirts Unfolding exhibition, which is part of the event. The T-shirt features a semi-naked nun masturbating on one side and offensive wording about Jesus on the other side. More than 3000 people have signed an online petition against the exhibition and Family First NZ is laying a complaint with police. Simon speaks with George Shaw from Oi YOU!, YMCA Christchurch chief executive officer Josie Ogden Schroeder and Anthony Wright from Canterbury Museum
2:30 NZ Reading - The Crime Of Huey Dunstan
We meet our narrator, Ches, a blind blind professor, who has been called by his former student Lawrence as an expert witness in the trial of Huey Dunstan, a young man who is accused of murder
2:45 Feature album
Wallflower. Classic hit songs re-interpreted by Canadian jazz star Diana Krall
3:10 Sarah Helm
50 miles north of Berlin, there is a Nazi concentration camp that is on the margins of the story of Nazi genocide. Ravensbruck held 130 thousand women, 50 thousand were murdered. On the East German side of the border, many of the records and stories of the women who survived the horrors there were inaccessible for decades after the war. These women, mostly social outcasts rather than Jews, underwent medical experimentation and torture, mostly at the hands of other women. Author Sarah Helm uses chilling testimony of prisoners to expose the brutality of the camp in her new book, If This Is A Woman: Inside Ravensbruck, Hitler's Concentration Camp For Women
3:30 Voices - Lynda Chanwai-Earle
Lynda speaks with the creators of "Under the same moon" - a heartfelt comedy about daughters and their wayward mothers, premiering as part of the Chinese New Year festival in Wellington
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
With Jim Mora, Noelle McCarthy, Lavina Good and Barry Corbett
===4:06 PM. | The Panel===
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An hour of discussion featuring a range of panellists from right along the opinion spectrum (RNZ)
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15:46
The Panel pre-show for 16 February 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 14'22"
16:07
The Panel with Lavina Good and Barry Corbett (Part 1)
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Topics - What the panelists Lavina Good and Barry Corbett have been up to. Architect Adam Mercer on the latest chapter in the Sky City deal for the Auckland Convention Centre. Does it matter how flash it is? Why are NZ Police policing the cricket world cup? Civil Liberties lawyer Michael Bott thinks they're doing the work of the ICC - not NZ law.
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Duration: 23'30"
16:08
Panel Intro
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What the panelists Lavina Good and Barry Corbett have been up to.
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Duration: 3'58"
16:11
Sky City Backlash
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Architect Adam Mercer on the latest chapter in the Sky City deal for the Auckland Convention Centre. Does it matter how flash it is?
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Duration: 11'44"
16:22
Pitch-siding at the Cricket World Cup
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Why are NZ Police policing the cricket world cup? Civil Liberties lawyer Michael Bott thinks they're doing the work of the ICC - not NZ law.
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Duration: 7'30"
16:31
The Panel with Lavina Good and Barry Corbett (Part 2)
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Topics - a criminal was finally captured by NY police - after escaping custody in 1977. What's on the minds of panelists Lavina Good and Barry Corbett. Predator Dog Ranger Scott Theobold explains why dogs trained to find pests aren't trained to also kill them. A Dunedin street-cleaning contractor refused to clean up Hyde St after a 1000-strong party left a carpet of broken glass. Sports tops for kids at Parnell District School are raising eybrows and parents' bills priced at $62.
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Duration: 27'15"
16:32
He Fought the Law - But it Eventually Won
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A criminal was finally captured by NY police - after escaping custody in 1977.
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Duration: 3'44"
16:36
Panel says
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What's on the minds of panelists Lavina Good and Barry Corbett.
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Duration: 6'57"
16:43
Can Dogs Be Trained to Kill Stoats?
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Predator Dog Ranger Scott Theobold explains why dogs trained to find pests aren't trained to also kill them.
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Duration: 8'40"
16:52
Student Clean Up too Much for Cleaner
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A Dunedin street-cleaning contractor refused to clean up Hyde St after a 1000-strong party left a carpet of broken glass.
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Duration: 5'35"
16:57
School Kids PE Gear - how much?
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Sports tops for kids at Parnell District School are raising eybrows and parents' bills priced at $62.
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Duration: 1'46"
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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
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Radio New Zealand's two-hour news and current affairs programme
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17:00
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 16 February 2015
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The extent of the financial pressures facing Mark Lundy at the time his wife and child were murdered. Egypt vows to avenge the beheading of 21 Egyptian workers by Islamic State and the corrupt practice of court-siding may be here to stay.
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Duration: 20'02"
17:08
Jury hears of Lundy's financial trouble
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A jury's heard that double murder accused Mark Lundy was in serious debt in his kitchen business as well as having trouble paying for a vineyard development worth more than a million dollars.
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Duration: 4'22"
17:12
Egypt vows to avenge the beheading of 21 workers in Libya
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Egypt is vowing to avenge the beheading of 21 Egyptian workers in Libya - executed by Islamic State.
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Duration: 4'21"
17:16
Vulnerable mental health client exploited for sex: report
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A male nurse who had sex with a vulnerable mental health patient may face legal action
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Duration: 3'33"
17:20
Plunging petrol prices drive up retail sales
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People are spending more at the shops thanks to plunging petrol prices and falling interest rates.
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Duration: 2'55"
17:23
Don't expect pitch-siding to go away says commentator
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The eye-watering sums of money passing hands, and extreme difficulty obtaining evidence means the corrupt practice of court-siding, may be here to stay, according to one cricket law expert.
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Duration: 4'29"
17:35
Today's market update
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The New Zealand dollar rose more than half a cent against its American counterpart today, following strong activity in the services sector and robust retail sales.
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Duration: 2'01"
17:38
Vero calls for an overhall of earthquake insurance claims
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The insurance company Vero says having both the Earthquake Commission and the private sector assessing damage claims is too confusing and inefficient.
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Duration: 4'05"
17:42
Australia PM pleads not to execute Bali Nine drug smugglers
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The Australian Prime Minister says he has personally pleaded with the Indonesian President not to execute the Bali Nine drug smugglers.
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Duration: 1'20"
17:44
Opposition vows to keep pressure on Govt over convention centre
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The Opposition is vowing to keep the pressure on SkyCity and the Government, to ensure New Zealand gets the world class convention centre that's been promised, even after confirmation no taxpayer money will be used.
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Duration: 2'35"
17:46
Antarctic Chieftain rescued and back in open waters
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The crippled Australian fishing vessel that was trapped in ice up to 10-metres thick in the Souther Ocean is now on its way back to New Zealand.
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Duration: 3'04"
17:50
Australian greyhound racers use banned live baiting
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It's been revealed that Australia's multi-billion dollar greyhound racing industry is illegally using live baiting to train the dogs to go faster.
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Duration: 5'05"
17:55
Kura Kaupapa adopt new curriculum
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A new curriculum for Māori language immersion schools is being rolled out nationally after being trialled by some Kura Kaupapa around the country.
Topics: te ao Maori, education, language
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Duration: 3'24"
18:07
Sports News for 16 February 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'58"
18:16
We won't be played for mugs - Australian PM
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The Australian Prime Minister is flagging a national security crackdown in the wake of the Sydney siege, to as he puts it, stop bad people playing the country for mugs.
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Duration: 4'55"
18:25
How can we afford state houses? trust asks
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An Auckland housing trust says it has no chance of buying state houses unless the price tag is zero or the Government stumps up the money.
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Duration: 2'59"
18:34
Shanton could close stores by the end of the week
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The women's clothing chain Shanton Fashions is likely to close stores by the end of the week after going into voluntary administration last month.
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Duration: 3'53"
18:42
Calls to trial online voting in Auckland
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Auckland's chief electoral officer is backing calls from representatives of the city's disabled communities to trial online voting at local elections, despite Government opposition.
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Duration: 3'10"
18:49
Te Manu Korihi News for 16 February 2015
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A new curriculum for Maori language immersion schools is being rolled out nationally after being trialled by some Kura Kaupapa around the country; The man representing Mana in the Northland by-election says it's going to be a tough race running for what's considered to be a safe National seat; Canterbury University researchers studying the first European interactions with Maori have discovered evidence of what could be New Zealand's oldest existing maritime structure and a site of national importance.
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Duration: 3'15"
18:49
$10 million in unclaimed winnings every year
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Someone in Glenfield is a million dollars richer - only that winner doesn't know it.
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Duration: 3'32"
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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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Entertainment and information, including: 8:13 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries 9:30 Insight: An award-winning documentary programme (RNZ)
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The Loss Of Love Literaturally
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If romance fiction is still popular with readers, why does it struggle to attract serious literary acclaim - with Vassiliki Veros, part-time librarian and PhD student at the University of Technology Sydney.
Topics: books, life and society
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Duration: 18'42"
20:42
Pundit - Don Otter on Food Technology
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What it takes to make what we eat, with honorary associate Prof. Don Otter from University of Auckland's School of Chemical Sciences... what is food science/technology?
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Duration: 17'52"
20:59
Conundrum Clue 1
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Koroi Hawkins on Solomon Islands
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Radio New Zealand International journalist Koroi Hawkins talks to Bryan Crump about his home country Solomon Islands.
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Koroi Hawkins learning film techniques during a three week intensive training at the Pacific International Film Festival in Tahiti in 2014.
Radio New Zealand International journalist Koroi Hawkins talks to Bryan Crump about his home country Solomon Islands.
Gallery: Photographs of the Solomon Islands by Koroi Hawkins
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Duration: 22'16"
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Conundrum Clue 2
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Duration: 20"
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7:15 The Loss Of Love Literaturally
If romance fiction is still popular with readers, why does it struggle to attract serious literary acclaim – with Vassiliki Veros, part-time librarian and PhD student at the University of Technology Sydney.
7:35 Upbeat
8:10 Windows on the World
International public radio documentaries - visit the Windows on the World web page to find links to these documentaries.
8:40 Pundit - Don Otter on Food Technology
What it takes to make what we eat, with honorary associate Prof. Don Otter from University of Auckland's School of Chemical Sciences... what is food science/technology?
9:10 Solomon Islands News
Introducing Radio New Zealand International journalist Koroi Hawkins, who joins us from the sunny Solomon Islands.
Pictured: Koroi Hawkins learning film techniques during a three week intensive training at the Pacific International Film Festival in Tahiti in 2014.
9:30 Insight
10:00 Late Edition
A review of the news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.
11:06 Beale Street Caravan
Guitar god Alvin Youngblood Hart with his Mighty Muscle Theory band feature on Beale Street Caravan.
Alvin is no slouch, as well as touring with his band, in the last ten years he's worked on the film Black Snake Moan as a guitar tutor, and recorded a duet with the film's female lead Christina Ricci for the soundtrack. Also he had an acting part as a juke joint musician in The Great Debaters.
He toured with Ruthie Foster and Rock 'n' Roll legend Bo Diddley, and recently he's become involved in education as a member of the Thelonius Monk Institute Of Jazz.. Busy boy!
Also on the show are a couple of tracks from William Bell and Tony Green from the Stax To The Max Fest, and another instalment of American Studios: The Memphis Hit Factory.
===10:00 PM. | Late Edition===
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Radio New Zealand news, including Dateline Pacific and the day's best interviews from Radio New Zealand National
===11:06 PM. | Beale Street Caravan===
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David Knowles introduces the Memphis-based radio show with an international reputation for its location recordings of blues musicians live in concert (6 of 13, BSC)