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A 24-hour recording of Radio New Zealand National. The following rundown is sourced from the broadcaster’s website. Note some overseas/copyright restricted items may not appear in the supplied rundown:
26 June 2015
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 The Food Chain (BBC); 1:05 The Friday Feature (RNZ); 2:05 NZ Society (RNZ); 2:30 The Sampler; 3:05 Mr Allbones' Ferrets, by Fiona Farrell (3 of 10, RNZ); 3:30 The Why Factor (BBC); 5:10 Witness (BBC); 5:45 The Day in Parliament
===6:00 AM. | Morning Report===
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Radio New Zealand's three-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour
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06:00
Top Stories for Friday 26 June 2015
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Auckland Mayor relieved to hit deadline for passing 10 year plan; Auckland mayor on almost 10-pct rates rise; Dominant schools may be undermining future of sport; Greenpeace protestors face maximum 3 months jail time for climbing Parliament House; All Blacks-branded Weet-Bix cereal being made in Australia; Guy says tightening kauri export law may be necessary; Warnings sounded over the future of Auckland's ports.
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Duration: 29'18"
06:06
Sports News for 26 June 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'05"
06:13
Guy says tightening kauri export law may be necessary
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The Minister for Primary Industries, Nathan Guy, has acknowledged the law regulating the milling and exporting of swamp kauri might need to be tightened up.
Topics: environment, politics
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Tags: kauri log export
Duration: 1'46"
06:16
Pacific News for 26 June 2015
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The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 2'55"
06:22
Morning Rural News for 26 June 2015
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'13"
06:27
Te Manu Korihi News for 26 June 2015
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A Māori language immersion school in Whanganui has been so badly affected by the recent flood, that it's sending its pupils to another school across town for their lessons; The Green Party co-leader, Metiria Turei, is blaming Māori Television's Chief Executive, Paora Maxwell, for the loss of four highly regarded reporters and producers over the last four weeks; An anti-violence community agency in West Auckland says Māori children tend to stay longer in foster care, because it's difficult to find the right cultural match for them; A Whanganui iwi based in Raetihi is running a campaign for the next two weeks seeking the mandate from its iwi members to represent them in Treaty settlement negotiations with the Crown.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'24"
06:37
Auckland Council's 10 year plan not to everyone's liking
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Some Aucklanders will pay more than a thousand dollars a year extra in rates under the Supercity's ten year plan passed narrowly by councillors last night.
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: rates
Duration: 1'58"
06:41
Protest at Parliament prompts security fears for MPs
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The security breach by Greenpeace protesters who managed to scale Parliament's roof has spooked some MPs, while others say they're not worried in the slightest.
Topics: politics
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Greenpeace
Duration: 2'54"
06:47
Trade Minister says TPP dairy offers completely inadequate
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The Trade Minister, Tim Groser, says the offers to open up the dairy markets of countries involved in the Pacific-wide trade talks are completely inadequate.
Topics: business, economy, Pacific
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Tags: TPP, trade, dairy
Duration: 3'27"
06:50
More Fonterra farmers choose to lock in guaranteed prices
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Lower dairy prices have persuaded more Fonterra dairy farmers to lock in some of their milk at a guaranteed price for the new season.
Topics: business, economy, farming, rural
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Tags: Fonterra, dairy prices
Duration: 41"
06:51
Kathmandu expected to do better online than other retailers
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International retailers are outpacing local merchants for online business, and the gap is expected to widen.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Kathmandu Holdings, retail, Online retail sales
Duration: 2'27"
06:54
Potential buyer for Shanton Fashions could save jobs
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Jobs at Shanton Fashions may be saved as the chain's liquidators negotiate with a potential buyer.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Shanton Fashions, retail
Duration: 59"
06:57
Veritas assesses itself
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The incoming acting chair of Veritas Investments says the company's examining whether it has all the skills it needs around the board table to run the food and drink investment concern effectively.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Veritas Investments, retail
Duration: 1'01"
06:58
Morning markets
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Wall Street has fallen as Greece stays deadlocked over its debt.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Greece, Wall Street
Duration: 1'05"
07:06
Sports News for 26 June 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'47"
07:10
Ak Mayor relieved to hit deadline for passing 10 year plan
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Auckland homeowners will pay an average of just over 200 dollars a year more in rates from next month, with thousands facing a hike of more than a thousand dollars.
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Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: rates
Duration: 4'32"
07:16
Auckland mayor on almost 10-pct rates rise
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Mayor Len Brown says the new transport levy is proof the emphasis of the budget is on clearing the city's gridlock.
Topics: transport, politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Len Brown, rates
Duration: 6'45"
07:23
Dominant schools may be undermining future of sport
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Schools that pull out all the stops to attract the best student athletes may be weakening not only those players, but also New Zealand's ability to compete, and win, internationally.
Topics: education, sport
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Duration: 3'04"
07:27
Protestors face max 3 months jail for climbing Parliament
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MPs are concerned the security breach by Greenpeace protesters at Parliament yesterday will make public access more difficult.
Topics: politics
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Greenpeace, parliament, public access
Duration: 2'43"
07:29
All Blacks-branded Weet-Bix cereal being made in Australia
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It's branded "New Zealand's Number 1 Breakfast Cereal" and the Official Breakfast of the All Blacks.
Topics: food, business
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Tags: Weetbix, All Blacks, cereal
Duration: 3'59"
07:37
Guy says tightening kauri export law may be necessary
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The Minister for Primary Industries, Nathan Guy, has acknowledged the law regulating the milling and exporting of swamp kauri might need to be tightened up.
Topics: environment, politics
Regions: Northland
Tags: kauri log export
Duration: 4'16"
07:42
Warnings sounded over the future of Auckland's ports
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Ports of Auckland has confirmed it will not challenge the court decision forcing it to halt work on a controversial wharf extension.
Topics: law
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Ports of Auckland
Duration: 3'21"
07:45
Ports of Auckland won't appeal decision
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Ports of Auckland chief executive is Tony Gibson.
Topics: law
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Ports of Auckland, Tony Gibson
Duration: 2'26"
07:47
NZ teams say they can win Super Rugby semi-finals
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The Hurricanes and The Highlanders are both confident they can win tomorrow night's Super Rugby semi-final matches and set up the first all New Zealand final since 2006.
Topics: sport
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Tags: hurricanes, Highlanders, super rugby
Duration: 3'32"
07:52
Lawyer says Sonny Tau should resign from leadership roles
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Some Northland Māori are calling for Ngāpuhi leader, Sonny Tau, to resign after he was found with five dead kererū.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions: Northland
Tags: Sonny Tau, Ngapuhi
Duration: 3'43"
07:55
Some Cantabrians still without power a week after big snow
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In the back blocks of Canterbury, farms are still having to deal with the aftermath of the freezing temperatures earlier this week.
Topics: farming, rural
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: snow, electricity
Duration: 2'42"
08:06
Sports News for 26 June 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'05"
08:10
Ak Council's new 10 year plan receives lukewarm response
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Auckland Council has re-affirmed its focus on public transport, with a new transport levy included in its 10 year plan.
Topics: politics, transport
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: rates
Duration: 5'26"
08:15
Board decision makes Ruataniwha Dam riskier for farmers
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Environmental groups, says the Ruataniwha Dam has become more risky for farmers looking to buy water after the Board of Inquiry tightened the rules around nitrogen leaching.
Topics: environment, farming, rural
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Ruataniwha Dam
Duration: 3'25"
08:18
Irrigation NZ standing by Ruataniwha Dam decision
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Environmental groups, say the dam is now even more risky and won't be economically viable.
Topics: environment, farming
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Ruataniwha Dam
Duration: 2'58"
08:23
Offer to Quake Outcasts fails to make grade, more court likely
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The group of red-zoned property owners in Christchurch who challenged the government's buy out offers is heading back to court.
Topics: Canterbury earthquakes
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: red-zoned property, Christchurch
Duration: 4'30"
08:28
Former Seattle police chief calls for new look at Cobain death
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Seattle's former police chief says the death of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain should be reinvestigated to settle whether it was suicide or murder.
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Tags: Seattle, Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, USA
Duration: 4'27"
08:32
Markets Update for 26 June 2015
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'05"
08:38
Local leaders say more support needed for clean-up
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Local leaders hope the Prime Minister John Key will offer more assistance to the flood-damaged lower North Island after he sees the scale of the damage when he visits the region today.
Topics: weather
Regions: Taranaki, Manawatu
Tags: Whanganui floods, South Taranaki floods, floods
Duration: 4'32"
08:43
Govt's motivation for dumping Chch councillors questioned
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As the government considers a return to having at least some elected regional councillors in Canterbury, its motivation for dumping the council in the first place is being questioned.
Topics: politics
Regions: Canterbury
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Duration: 3'33"
08:46
Te Manu Korihi News for 26 June 2015
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The Green Party co-leader, Metiria Turei, is blaming Māori Television's Chief Executive, Paora Maxwell, for the loss of four highly regarded reporters and producers over the last four weeks; A Māori language immersion school in Whanganui has been so badly affected by the recent flood, that it's sending its pupils to another school across town for their lessons; An anti-violence community agency in West Auckland says Maori children tend to stay longer in foster care, because it's difficult to find the right cultural match for them; A Whanganui iwi based in Raetihi is running a campaign for the next two weeks seeking the mandate from its iwi members to represent them in Treaty settlement negotiations with the Crown.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'23"
08:53
500 new words added to Oxford English Dictionary
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Remember when you couldn't turn on the radio or open a newspaper without reading about twerking?
Topics: language
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Tags: Oxford English Dictionary, words
Duration: 6'46"
08:57
Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
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A chat with RNZ Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh.
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 2'19"
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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: Heartland, by Jenny Pattrick, told by Fiona Samuel (5 of 10, RNZ)
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09:07
Lecretia Seales' husband says end of life inquiry terms crucial
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Matt Vickers, husband of Lecretia Seales, on the select committee inquiry into assisted dying - he says it's crucial to get the terms of reference and shape of the inquiry right.
Topics: law, politics, life and society
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Tags: assisted dying, Lecretia Seales, end of life
Duration: 19'43"
09:30
Doc could face jail - speaking out about Nauru Detention Centre
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Paediatrician Professor David Isaacs was invited by the Australian government to work in the offshore detention centre in Nauru for five days late last year and has been very vocal about what he says were horrific conditions for detainees.
Topics: Pacific, law, health, refugees and migrants
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Tags: Nauru, asylum seekers
Duration: 16'40"
09:48
Asia correspondent Jamil Anderlini
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News from the Asian region with our correspondent Financial Times Beijing Bureau chief, Jamil Anderlini.
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Tags: China, Asia
Duration: 10'54"
10:13
Kiwi born writer, Stephen Daisley
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Kiwi born author Stephen Daisley has spent most of his adult life in Western Australia. While working as a sheep herder, brush cutter, truck driver, road worker, bartender construction worker and soldier, he always wrote in his spare time. He has a drawer full of rejection letters from publishers to show for it. It wasn't until he was in his 50s that he finally found success, his debut novel Traitor won Australia's biggest literary prize, the Prime Minister's Award for Fiction. He has recently released his much anticipated follow up, Coming Rain.
Topics: author interview
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Tags: Western Australia, Australia
Duration: 26'08"
10:35
Book Review: Ruth, Roger & Me: Debts & Legacies
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Ruth, Roger & Me: Debts & Legacies by Andrew Dean, published by Bridget Williams Books Text, reviewed by Tilly Lloyd.
Topics: books
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Tags: Andrew Dean
Duration: 6'16"
11:08
New Music with Jeremy Taylor
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Jeremy Taylor ponders the point at which country music got cool, and checks in on old fave Glen Campbell; a new album from Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard; a reissue from soon-come tourist Ryan Adams; and a new release from the terrific torch singer Shelby Lynne.
Topics: music
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Tags: Glen Campbell, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Ryan Adams, Shelby Lynne
Duration: 22'59"
11:30
Sports commentator Brendan Telfer
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Brendan Telfer discusses whether Tana Umaga's appointment as head coach of the Blues is the answer to the team's troubles; the Black Caps tour of England and the Black Sticks win this morning over Australia's hockey team in Belgium.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Brendan Telfer
Duration: 17'05"
11:50
The Week That Was
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Comedians Te Radar and Elisabeth Easther look back at the Week That Was.
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Tags: comedy, humour
Duration: 9'27"
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09:05 Lecretia Seales' husband says end of life inquiry terms crucial
Matt Vickers, husband of Lecretia Seales, on the select committee inquiry into assisted dying - he says it's crucial to get the terms of reference and shape of the inquiry right.
09:20 Paediatrician could face jail for speaking out about Nauru Detention Centre
Paediatrician Professor David Isaacs was invited by the Australian government to work in the offshore detention centre in Nauru for five days late last year and has been very vocal about what he says were horrific conditions for detainees.
09:45 Asia correspondent Jamil Anderlini
News from the Asian region with our correspondent Financial Times Beijing Bureau chief, Jamil Anderlini.
10:05 Kiwi born writer, Stephen Daisley
Kiwi born author Stephen Daisley has spent most of his adult life in Western Australia. While working as a sheep herder, brush cutter, truck driver, road worker, bartender construction worker and soldier, he always wrote in his spare time. He has a drawer full of rejection letters from publishers to show for it.
It wasn't until he was in his 50s that he finally found success, his debut novel Traitor won Australia's biggest literary prize, the Prime Minister's Award for Fiction. He has recently released his much anticipated follow up, Coming Rain.
10:35 Book review: Ruth, Roger & Me: Debts & Legacies by Andrew Dean
Reviewed by Tilly Lloyd, published by Bridget Williams Books Text.
10:45 The Reading: 'Heartland' by Jenny Pattrick
Read by Fiona Samuel (Episode 5 of 10)
11:05 New music with Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor ponders the point at which country music got cool, and checks in on old fave Glen Campbell; a new album from Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard; a reissue from soon-come tourist Ryan Adams; and a new release from the terrific torch singer Shelby Lynne.
11:30 Sports commentator Brenda Telfer
Brenda Telfer discusses whether Tana Umaga's appointment as head coach of the Blues is the answer to the team's troubles; the Black Caps tour of England and the Black Sticks win this morning over Australia's hockey team in Belgium.
11:45 The week that was with Te Radar and Elisabeth Easther
Comedians Te Radar and Elisabeth Easther look back at the Week that Was.
Music Details
Artist: The Wellington International Ukelele Orchestra
Song: Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town
Composer: Tillis
Album: A Little Bit Wonderful
Label: Private
Time: 0927
Artist: Dave Dobbyn
Song: Background Love
Composer: Dobbyn
Album: Hopetown
Label: Epic
Time: 0948
Artist: Fleetwood Mac
Song: Keep on Going
Composer: Bob/Welch
Album: Mystery to Me
Label: Warner
Time: 1010
Artist: Mel Parsons
Song: Far Away
Composer: Parsons
Album: Drylands
Label: NZ on Air
Time: 1147
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New Music with Jeremy Taylor
Artist: Glen Campbell
Song: Country Boy (You Got Your Feet In LA), Track 1
Comp: Lambert/ Potter
Album: Rhinestone Cowboy
Label: Capitol
Song: Rhinestone Cowboy Track 6
Comp: Larry Weiss
Album: Rhinestone Cowboy
Label: Capitol
Artist: Ryan Adams
Song: To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High), Track 2
Comp: Adams/ Rawlings
Album: Heartbreaker
Label: Pax Am
Artist: Shelby Lynne
Song: Love Is Strong, Track 6
Comp: Lynne/ Sexsmith
Album: I Can't Imagine
Label: Rounder
Artist: Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard
Song: It's All Going To Pot, Track 2
Comp: Cannon, Johnson, Shell
Album: Django and Jimmie
Label: Rounder
===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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12:17
Trade surplus posted in May
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Falling crude oil prices have helped the country record a better-than-expected trade surplus.
Topics: business
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Tags: trade surplus
Duration: 1'05"
12:18
Freightways revamping its air fleet services
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Freightways is revamping its air fleet services to save money and handle bigger loads of express packages.
Topics: business
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Tags: Freightways
Duration: 1'14"
12:20
NZX is selling Link investment: buying online services company
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NZX is selling its 50 percent stake in Link Market Services, and plans to invest in a digital services management company.
Topics: business
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Tags: NZX
Duration: 1'40"
12:24
Midday markets for 26 June 2015
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by James Malden at Macquarie Private Wealth.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'42"
12:26
Midday News for 26 June 2015
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Nutrition experts dismiss dietary supplements for children and Auckland transport costs and Christchurch quake rebuild bill drive rates higher.
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Duration: 15'21"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 26 June 2015
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The Black Sticks defender Liz Thompson says experience gained from their regular clashes with Australia certainly helped in their upset win over their trans-tasman rivals at the World League tournament in Belgium.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'47"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 26 June 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 8'20"
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===1:06 PM. | Jesse Mulligan, 1–4pm===
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Information and debate, people and places around NZ
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13:09
Your Song - I'm Waiting For The Day
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Rose Matafeo has chosen 'I'm Waiting For The Day' by Brian Wilson.
Topics: music
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Duration: 15'33"
13:24
NZ Live - The Warratahs
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25 years after they started, there's a new album to tour, Runaway Days and new songs to sing. The Warratahs are with us on New Zealand Live today.
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Twenty-five years after they started, there's a new album to tour and new songs to sing. The Warratahs are with us on New Zealand Live with songs from Runaway Days.
Topics: music
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Tags: The Warratahs
Duration: 35'13"
14:10
Community Fruit Harvest - Di Celliers
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Di Celliers set up a community group four years ago, collecting produce from people with excess fruit and vegetables growing in the garden and delivering it to schools and foodbanks. This year the number of collections has tripled. Fresh food gets picked up and delivered the same day, or it gets pickled, turned into jam and sauce. And with winter on the doorstep, things are getting very busy on the citrus front.
Topics: food
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Tags: community, fruit, food distribution
Duration: 12'45"
14:22
The Whatipu Cave Dances
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A giant cave on Auckland's wild West Coast used to be the city's most memorable - and most mysterious - ballroom. Dances were held for more than sixty years at the Great Cave at Whatipu but are now just a memory. Cartoonist Dylan Horrocks captured it all in a billboard commissioned by the Waitakere City Council. He talks to Justin Gregory about the legend of the Whatipu Cave Dances.
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A giant cave on Auckland’s wild West Coast used to be the city’s most memorable - and most mysterious - ballroom. Dances were held for more than 60 years at the Great Cave at Whatipu but are now just a memory. Cartoonist Dylan Horrocks captured it all in a billboard commissioned by the Waitakere City Council. He talks to Justin Gregory about the legend of the Whatipu Cave Dances.
It feels like a strange, magical cave with secrets and wonders.
They came on horseback over the hills from Karekare and by ferry from Onehunga. They walked in their best party clothes for more than a kilometre, from the jetty across sand and rock and through bush. For nearly a century young people came to dance at the great cave at Whatipu. An accordion band provided the music as couples danced, laughed and sometimes disappeared together into dark corners of the cave.
Called Te Ana Ru (and also known as The Ballroom), the cave is a 20-minute walk from the carpark at Whatipu. It looks out over the Manukau Harbour and sits on what was the eastern slope of the giant Waitakere Volcano, a 50-kilometre monster that has now mostly eroded away.
Maori used the cave as a place of shelter in pre-European times, and when settlers began logging kauri in the 1860s, they took advantage of its wide open spaces and high ceiling to get together and celebrate.
In 1901 a young girl calling herself E.D.N.A wrote a letter to the children’s page of the Otago Witness, describing her home at Whatipu:
Dear Dot,
Our homestead is situated in a valley on the West Coast near the Manukau Bar. It is a very isolated place.
Rough rocks are to be seen jutting out into the sea, some of which are entirely surrounded by water. Just imagine, Dot, how grand it is to see the angry waves dashing against the rocks and falling in white spray.
A short distance round our beach are some very large caves; one is so large in fact that my brothers put a floor in it, so that we could be able to have a dance. I suppose you will smile at the idea of dancing in a cave? But when it is lit up with coloured lamps and decorated with ferns it looks better than any ballroom.
E.D.N.A would have lived at the Gibbons Homestead, part of a complex of buildings now known as Whatipu Lodge. Mill manager Nicholas Gibbons built the homestead in 1870, and nearly 150 years later his descendant Bruce Harvey is an expert on the area. In fact, when his mum and dad met in the 1920’s, it was at one of the Whatipu cave dances.
“He’d ride down from Karekare to court my mother. There were three quite pretty women at Whatipu Lodge – those were my aunts and my mother – and they were like magnets for the local chaps.”
Bruce says it was in the relaxed, post-World War One period of the 1920s that the dances in the cave really became popular.
“The young folk would come from Onehunga by boat on the Saturday afternoon. They’d have this wonderful dance, and then they got so tired by about 3 o’clock in the morning they’d go back to Whatipu Lodge (to sleep), then wake up to catch the boat back to Onehunga the next day. They must have been quite jolly times.”
Regular ferry rides from Onehunga to dances in the cave continued until the 1950s before falling out of fashion. Twenty years later the dances were briefly revived to raise money for local schools.
Wayne McKenzie is the current manager of Whatipu Lodge and has family connections to the Waitakere region dating back to the middle of the 19th century. His mum was at one of those dances in the early 1970s and he has a newspaper clipping describing the event. The photo that accompanied the article was later turned into a painting by a family friend.
For 20 years the caves were quiet until a series of dance parties were held there in the 1990s. In 2009, Auckland band An Emerald City decided the cave was the perfect place to record their debut album, Circa Scaria. They lugged all their gear in by hand and for two days played, recorded, ate and illegally slept under its roof. Band member Ede Giesen says they knew within moments of arriving that they had chosen the right place.
“We set up our stuff and the drummer kicks his kick drum and it went ‘boooooommmmmm!’ right through the cave. We all just looked at each other and went, ‘This is going to be amazing!’”
Cartoonist Dylan Horrocks first heard about the Whatipu cave dances when he was commissioned to create a billboard celebrating the stories and legends of the Waitakere Ranges. He grew up in West Auckland and knew the cave well, but had heard nothing about this part of its history.
“I had this wonderful image immediately of the cave at night on the beach, with lanterns inside and music playing and people dancing. To me it felt like suddenly discovering that there was a hidden magical castle in this place that I knew from growing up.”
While Bruce Harvey imagines the dances as jolly occasions, Dylan believes they were much earthier.
“It would be a little out of control. The wild surf out there immediately makes you feel like you’re part of something much older than civilisation. I imagined people slipping off into the darkness and making out in the dunes, and the trappings of civilisation being a little looser.”
Dylan Horrocks original billboard now hangs in the New Lynn Community Centre. He is still sometimes contacted by people who see it and have stories to tell about the Whatipu cave dances.
“It’s clearly a little moment in our history. The ghosts of many dances past and probably all sorts of romances linger in that cave. It’s a very special place.”
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The 150th memorial of the sinking of the HMS Orpheus off Whatipu Beach
The Rock, Whatipu composed by Dorothy Ker
Topics: history, music, arts
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: dancing, Waitakere
Duration: 10'04"
14:46
Feature album - Club Classics Vol. One
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Club Classics Vol. One was the debut album by the British group Soul II Soul. Released in 1989 the album reached number one and was certified 3 x Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 900,000 copies.
Topics: music
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Duration: 13'35"
15:07
Fresh fast food with Johnny Schwass
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Chef Johnny Schwass from Restaurant Schwass in a moment, talking about Truffles.
Topics: food
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Tags: truffles
Duration: 13'21"
15:21
Wine with Yvonne Lorkin
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Yvonne Lorkin with a wine match and recommendations.
Topics: food
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Tags: wine
Duration: 11'47"
15:33
Film review with Sarah McMullan
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Sarah McMullan has been watching Pixar's Inside Out vs Minions, Love and Mercy (Brian Wilson bio) and Far From The Madding Crowd.
Topics: arts
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Tags: film
Duration: 9'35"
15:46
The Panel pre-show for 26 June 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 13'32"
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1:10 Your Song
I'm Waiting For The Day - Brian Wilson. Chosen by Rose Matafeo.
1:20 NZ Live - The Warratahs
25 years after they started, there's a new album to tour, Runaway Days and new songs to sing. The Warratahs are with us on New Zealand Live today.
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2:10 Community Fruit Harvest - Di Celliers
Di Celliers set up a community group four years ago, collecting produce from people with excess fruit and vegetables growing in the garden and delivering it to schools and foodbanks. This year the number of collections has tripled. Fresh food gets picked up and delivered the same day, or it gets pickled, turned into jam and sauce. And with winter on the doorstep, things are getting very busy on the citrus front.
2:20 Cave Dances - Justin Gregory
For sixty years a giant cave on Auckland's wild West Coast was the city's most memorable - and most mysterious - ballroom. We go back in time for a visit.
New Zealand Society
2:30 NZ Reading - Mercenary Territory
As Claire settles into her new home the weather gods intervene and have the final say.
2:45 Feature album
Club Classics Volume 1. Soul To Soul (1989)
3:10 Food, Wine and Movies
Fresh Fast Food - Jonny Schwass
Weekend Wine - Yvonne Lorkin
Movie Review - Sarah McMullan
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about. With Jim Mora, Julie Moffett, Lindsay Dawson and Andrew Clay.
===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 26 June 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 13'32"
16:05
The Panel with Andrew Clay and Lindsey Dawson (Part 2)
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Memoribilia collecting from WW2 is massive. Why hoard? What the Panelists Lindsey Dawson and Andrew Clay have been thinking about. Maori Television is considering allowing the advertising of "treat" food and gaming. We talk to Whetu Fala of Maori film and TV association Nga Aho Whakaari. Will you mourn the loss of Pascall's Licorice Allsorts? The confidentiality agreement between Colin Craig and his former press secretary Rachel MacGregor. Bullying and uncivil behaviour. How much does this affect workers?
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Duration: 26'02"
16:07
The Panel with Andrew Clay and Lindsey Dawson (Part 1)
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Auckland's rates are going up 9.9%. A far cry from the mayor Len Brown's promised 2.5%. The RBNZ's Loan to Value ratio is being criticised by Treasury which says it's contributed to more activity by property investors. Rebecca Willams of Alcohol Health Watch joins the Panel to discuss new liquor laws which some pubs say will greatly affect them during the Rugby World Cup. New Zealand's representative at the United Nations will have a swanky $11m apartment to live in.
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Duration: 23'58"
16:07
Panel Intro
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What today's Panelists are Lindsey Dawson and Andrew Clay have been up to.
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Duration: 23'58"
16:11
Auckland rates hikes
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Auckland's rates are going up 9.9%. A far cry from the mayor Len Brown's promised 2.5%.
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: rates
Duration: 5'22"
16:16
Alcohol in Auckland
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Rebecca Willams of Alcohol Health Watch joins the Panel to discuss new liquor laws which some pubs say will greatly affect them during the Rugby World Cup.
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: new liquor laws
Duration: 9'44"
16:25
Govt's $11m New York apartment
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New Zealand's representative at the United Nations will have a swanky $11m apartment to live in.
Topics: politics
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Tags: United Nations, apartment
Duration: 4'40"
16:34
Hoarding
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Memoribilia collecting from WW2 is massive. Why hoard?
Topics: history
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Tags: Memoribilia
Duration: 7'13"
16:41
Panel Says
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What the Panelists Lindsey Dawson and Andrew Clay have been thinking about.
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Duration: 6'03"
16:47
Maori TV change in ad policy
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Maori Television is considering allowing the advertising of "treat" food and gaming. We talk to Whetu Fala of Maori film and TV association Nga Aho Whakaari.
Topics: media
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Duration: 6'49"
16:55
Licorice Allsorts
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Will you mourn the loss of Pascall's Licorice Allsorts?
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Duration: 1'22"
16:56
Colin Craig
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The confidentiality agreement between Colin Craig and his former press secretary Rachel MacGregor.
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Duration: 2'10"
16:58
Stress and bosses
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Bullying and uncivil behaviour. How much does this affect workers?
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Duration: 1'41"
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===5:00 PM. | Checkpoint===
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Radio New Zealand's two-hour news and current affairs programme 6:35 Focus on Politics Analysis of significant political issues presented by Radio New Zealand's parliamentary reporting team (RNZ)
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17:00
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 26 June 2015
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A company admits selling contaminated meat to Hawke's Bay Hospital. NZ is accused of propping up an unjust regime in Nauru and Brendon McCullum signs with the Blackcaps for another year.
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Duration: 23'25"
17:07
Food company admits suppressing results
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A Hawke's Bay food company has admitted suppressing test results about contaminated meat it supplied to the Hawke's Bay Hospital that led to a fatal food poisoning outbreak.
Topics: food, crime
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: contaminated meat
Duration: 2'57"
17:10
Pull support from hardline Nauru urges ex-Chief Justice
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A former Chief Justice of Nauru says New Zealand is helping to prop up an appalling justice system in the Pacific island and should pull out its finanical support.
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Duration: 4'56"
17:15
Teenager jailed for fatal stabbing in gang confrontation
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A Huntly teenager is starting a four-and-a-half year sentence for fatally stabbing a man in the North Waikato town during a gang confrontation last year.
Topics: crime
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Peter Hepi, Kevin Rimaha
Duration: 3'17"
17:18
Diet shakes for children alarm nutritionists
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A company promoting meal replacement shakes, detox pills and other weight-loss products for children says it could have the solution to the child obesity epidemic.
Topics: health, food
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Tags: Isagenix, meal replacement shakes, diet
Duration: 3'18"
17:22
Brendon McCullum committs to Black Caps for another year
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The Blackcaps captain Brendon McCullum has committed to the team for another year.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'37"
17:24
Piripiki local is going to travel dangerous washed-out road
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Ted Williamson really wants to be at home tomorrow night to watch the Hurricanes in the Super Rugby semi-final even if he ends up walking around treacherous slips and wash-outs to do so.
Topics: weather
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: Whanganui, floods
Duration: 3'23"
17:28
Akl faces 'grey flight' after rate hike
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Auckland could face what they call grey flight as older cash-strapped residents balk at skyrocketing rates.
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: rates
Duration: 3'34"
17:35
Today's market update
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Falling crude oil prices have helped New Zealand record a better-than-expected trade surplus of 350-million dollars in May.
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Duration: 1'55"
17:37
Christchurch passes Long-Term Plan
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The Christchurch City Council has passed its Long-Term Plan including rates rises of over 27-percent over the next four years.
Topics: politics
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: rates
Duration: 3'17"
17:44
Shearers crash out on ice
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A warning's just gone out from police about severe black ice on many roads in the Omarama Ohau area.
Topics: transport
Regions: Canterbury
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Duration: 2'03"
17:48
Government and pensioners at odds over taxes
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Cook Islands Grey Power says members are willing to be sent to jail to shame the government for making them pay taxes on their pensions.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 3'46"
17:52
Te Manu Korihi News for 26 June 2015
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A Southland iwi is demanding a public apology from the head of Ngapuhi after he was caught trying to take kereru from their rohe; And a Ngati Hine lawyer says the Ngapuhi leader Raniera Tau should resign, if he's broken the law and taken kereru from Murihiku; The Maori Film and Television Association, Nga Aho Whakaari is offering Maori Television an alternative to its controversial plan to expand its advertising to include soft drinks and gambling; The Maori Advisory Committee to the Northland Regional Council is calling on the Minister for Primary Industries to tighten the laws around the extraction of swamp kauri.
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17:54
Christchurch rebuild aims to reduce crime through design
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Smart design cuts crime. That's the message from international crime scientists for Christchurch and those managing the quake rebuild.
Topics: crime, Canterbury earthquakes
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Christchurch, urban design, Canterbury rebuild
Duration: 2'41"
17:57
Cafe owner and staff survive blowtorch explosion
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Staff at a cafe in central Auckland were lucky to escape with their lives when a blowtorch exploded, blowing out a window and sending glass shards flying.
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Regions: Auckland Region
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Duration: 2'44"
18:07
Sports News for 26 June 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 3'32"
18:12
Cost of floods at $120m and rising
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The cost of the weekend's floods has jumped to at least 120 million dollars and that doesn't factor in damage to farms.
Topics: weather
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: Whanganui, floods
Duration: 2'25"
18:14
Is Christchurch's rental market cooling?
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The heat appears to be going out of the Christchurch rental market as rebuild workers settle in and people move back into their repaired homes.
Topics: housing
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: rents, Christchurch
Duration: 3'00"
18:17
Australia Post to cut almost 2000 posties
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Almost 2000 Australian posties will be out of work as the country's postal services warns it will report it's first financial loss in 30 years.
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Duration: 3'27"
18:21
Killer whales found to commute from Antarctica to Northland
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Scientists at Canterbury University says they've hit "research gold" in uncovering the commuting secrets of Antarctic killer whales.
Topics: science, Antarctica
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Duration: 4'18"
18:36
Focus on Politics for 26 June 2015
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The Government is coming under increasing pressure to accept more refugees, particularly after the Prime Minister wrongly claimed thousands and thousands were getting into the country under the reunification programme. On Monday John Key was forced to correct himself, saying he had got mixed up over the figures for a three-year period. Mr Key has repeatedly defended having a refugee quota of just seven-hundred-and-fifty but other political parties say it is time to take more. Our political editor Brent Edwards looks at the debate.
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Duration: 16'46"
18:52
Te Manu Korihi News for 26 June 2015
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A Southland iwi is demanding a public apology from the head of the Northland tribe Ngapuhi after he was caught trying to take kereru from their rohe; and... A Ngati Hine lawyer says the Ngapuhi leader Sonny Tau should resign, if he's broken the law and taken kereru from Murihiku; Maori Television is dismissing the Green Party's claim that its chief executive is to blame for the loss of high profile staff; The Maori Advisory Committee to the Northland Regional Council is calling for the laws around the extraction of swamp kauri to be tightened.
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Duration: 3'28"
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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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Entertainment and information, including: 9:06 Country Life: Memorable scenes, people and places in rural NZ (RNZ)
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20:10
SPORT: Women's Sevens Rugby
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Former Northern Mystics netballer, Rugby Sevens winger Portia Woodman has been the latest member of her family to pull on the black jersey with her father Kawhena and uncle Fred having both represented the All Blacks.
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Duration: 15'02"
20:59
Nights Conundrum : answer
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All eight clues and this weeks answer.
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7:06 Sonic Tonic
8:10 Sport: Women's Sevens Rugby
Originally from Northland, former Northern Mystics netballer, Rugby Sevens winger Portia Woodman has been the latest member of her family to pull on the black jersey with her father Kawhena and uncle Fred having both represented the All Blacks.
8:25 The Secret Life of Track Lists
Track listing – or the process of ordering songs on an album – is one of those things that, when done well, won’t be noticed. Melody Thomas looks into the history of track sequencing and speaks with New Zealand musicians and music minds, including Nick Bollinger, Te Awanui Reeder and The Phoenix Foundation's Luke Buda and Tom Callwood, about the difficult, intuitive and sometimes fraught process.
9:06 Country Life
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21:05
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Jill Moorhouse farms up the Whanganui River Road. After last week's torrential rainstorm they're still blocked in by slips and silt smothers their river flats. She and her husband and guests could do nothing but sit inside and watch the river rush across farmland towards them and listen to slips crashing nearby. Helicopters have dropped supplies, taken guests out, as well as a ball gown needed this weekend.
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Jill Moorhouse farms up the Whanganui River Road. After last week's torrential rainstorm they're still blocked in by slips and silt smothers their river flats. She and her husband and guests could do nothing but sit inside and watch the river rush across farmland towards them and listen to slips crashing nearby. Helicopters have dropped supplies, taken guests out, as well as a ball gown needed this weekend.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions: Manawatu
Tags: Whanganui River
Duration: 6'20"
21:10
Regional Wrap
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A round up of farming conditions from across New Zealand.
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A round up of farming conditions from across New Zealand.
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Duration: 6'32"
21:16
Angus Bull Sales
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An Angus bull has sold for an astonishing 100-thousand dollars at this week's Gisborne bull sales, a record price for a bull sold at an on farm auction. The rising two year old bull was bred by the Rangatira Angus Stud owned by Charles and Susie Dowding. It was sold to the Bayly family of Cricklewood Angus, Wairoa. A livestock market commentator, Barrie Gordon, says it's the third highest all time price paid for an Angus bull in New Zealand.
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An Angus bull has sold for an astonishing 100-thousand dollars at this week's Gisborne bull sales, a record price for a bull sold at an on farm auction. The rising two year old bull was bred by the Rangatira Angus Stud owned by Charles and Susie Dowding. It was sold to the Bayly family of Cricklewood Angus, Wairoa. A livestock market commentator, Barrie Gordon, says it's the third highest all time price paid for an Angus bull in New Zealand.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions: East Coast
Tags: Rangatira Angus Stud, Gisborne bull sales, livestock market
Duration: 3'15"
21:19
Torere Garlic
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Claire Belcik grows some of the best garlic you could hope to see on her Torere Bay property in Eastern Bay of Plenty. She also grows beautiful limes and many other crops.
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(Above) Garlic drying from the roof of the packing shed. (Below) Claire Belcik with her garlic and limes and two Swedish Woofers who’re helping prepare garlic for sale.
Claire Belcik grows some of the best garlic you could hope to see on her Torere Bay property in Eastern Bay of Plenty. She also grows beautiful limes and many other crops.
The garlic and limes go to wholesale outlets, health food shops and a Remuera supermarket, but any surplus produce ends up o her summertime roadside stall in Opotiki.
Great care is taken preparing the garlic beds two years ahead of being needed. She plants the variety "Takahui" by the phase of the moon rather than planting on the shortest day and harvesting on the longest as many people do.
"I harvest on a new moon and plant on a descending one. It helps the bulbs. This year I'll plant in early July."
Beautiful bunches hang from the ceiling of the packing shed between January and about May when she starts selling the crop.
Woofers, willing workers on organic farms, help get the product ready for sale. "We don't rely heavily on them, but it's nice, we live in the country, love international people and their company and it's nice to have a little bit of help. But most of the time it's Mike, me and the family."
Topics: rural
Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: garlic, limes, woofers, Torere
Duration: 11'55"
21:30
No 8 Wire National Art Award
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Amelia Nurse visits ArtsPost Gallery in Hamilton to look at the finalists' entries for the annual Fieldays No. 8 Wire National Art Award. She talks with winning artist Rebecca Rose from Titirangi and artist and judge Tony Nicholls.
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Amelia Nurse visits ArtsPost Gallery in Hamilton to look at the finalists’ entries for the annual Fieldays No. 8 Wire National Art Award. She talks with winning artist Rebecca Rose from Titirangi and artist and judge Tony Nicholls.
Talking with Rebecca Rose
Rebecca’s children correct her on the phone when she says she doesn’t have much of her own art around. I haven’t been to their place in Titirangi but I imagine with her pull towards the outdoors and the sea - it must be an inspiring space.
She says she doesn’t have trouble letting go of work anymore though, and that she could easily part with her pieces in her own home. I’ve always struggled with this idea, not being an artist. When Rebecca described the physical labour and psychological strain involved with creating her sculpture Eye Sight - I just can’t imagine letting it go myself.
She does though, and part of what she enjoys about her work - much of it large outdoor creations - is seeing it inhabit a new place. Sometimes she’ll assist with the placement of the work with the new owner, and sometimes - as with Eye Sight - she’ll discover new aspects of the piece through how other people have treated or arranged it.
Rebecca says light is an elemental aspect of her work - in formation and function. Most of her sculptures are outdoor works in concrete and metal, and it’s clear placement is a fundamental factor. I’ll be personally intrigued to see where Eye Sight finds a home.
Topics: farming, arts, rural
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Fieldays, Hamilton, Mystery Creek, agriculture
Duration: 22'05"
9:06 Country Life
Rural news and features.
10:17 Late Edition
A review of the leading news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.
11:06 Words and Music by Billy Joel
===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. | None (National)===
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