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:
30 June 2015
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 Spectrum (RNZ); 1:05 From the World (RNZ); 2:05 Night Lights Classic Jazz - Jazz Women of the 1940s (7 of 12, WFIU); 3:05 Mr Allbones' Ferrets, by Fiona Farrell (7 of 10, RNZ); 3:30 An Author's View (RNZ); 5:10 Witness (BBC)
===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 7:34 Traffic
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06:00
Top Stories for Tuesday 30 June 2015
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The European Commission tries to keep the door open for a deal with Greece as sharemarkets around the world reel from the debt crisis. Back home, the number of children with vitamin D deficiencies is on the rise as rickets re-emerges and bright line tax will apply to family home in some cases.
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Duration: 28'04"
06:06
Sports News for 30 June 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'11"
06:17
Pacific News for 30 June 2015
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The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 2'40"
06:20
Labour doubts anything will happen with peace process
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The Labour Party says it doubts New Zealand will be able to make any difference to the beleaguered Middle East peace process when it takes over the presidency of the United Nations Security Council tomorrow.
Topics: politics
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Tags: UN, United Nations
Duration: 2'12"
06:22
Morning Rural News for 30 June 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'14"
06:27
Te Manu Korihi News for 30 June 2015
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The New Zealand Climate and Health Council is urging the Government to take urgent action against climate change to improve the health of Māori; Ngāti Tūwharetoa will today finalise the purchase of 8,500 hectares of Crown land in the central North Island; A violence prevention counsellor says Māori need to trust support services more to ensure they get the help they need; A Waikato University professor says not all iwi are looking at the same star clusters that signal the start of Matariki, the Māori new year.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'08"
06:44
Wiping GP and medicine fees for under 13s
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From tomorrow, children under 13 won't be charged for GP visits and prescriptions, if their doctor and pharmacist have signed up to the government scheme.
Topics: health
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Tags: doctors fees
Duration: 1'33"
06:48
Stock markets fall amid Greek restrictions
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Stock markets in the United States, Europe and Asia have experienced sharp falls after Greece closed its banks and imposed capital controls.
Topics: economy
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Tags: stock markets, Greek debt crisis
Duration: 29"
06:49
More volatility expected
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The benchmark NZX 50 index slumped nearly 1 percent, or 50 points to close at 5,706.
Topics: economy
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Tags: NZX
Duration: 2'16"
06:51
Pay rise expectations fall
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The number of workers expecting to get a pay rise in the next year has fallen to the lowest level since the global financial crisis.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: pay rises, employment
Duration: 1'17"
06:52
Jetstar insists its NZ expansion plans are about growing
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Jetstar is insisting that its push into more regions is about generating economic growth rather than trying to steal existing business from rivals.
Topics: business, transport
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Tags: Jetstar, air travel
Duration: 2'38"
06:54
More than just R & D spending needed - study
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The latest research says the creation of more innovative firms needs more than just research and development spending.
Topics: business
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Tags: research and development
Duration: 2'37"
06:57
Pushpay says R&D grants result in higher sales and profits
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One company that's convinced that R&D grants helped it generate sales and profits is the software firm Pushpay Holdings.
Topics: business
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Tags: Pushpay Holdings, research and development
Duration: 1'18"
06:58
Morning markets for 30 June 2015
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Global stock markets have declined as Greece sends shivers to investors
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 43"
07:07
Sports News for 30 June 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'06"
07:11
NZ share market slides as Greece crisis saps confidence
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The New Zealand share market slumped to a five month low and Australia and Asian markets had steeper falls as the Greek debt crisis shook the confidence of money markets.
Topics: economy
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Tags: Greece, Greek debt crisis
Duration: 4'10"
07:16
Number of rickets cases on the rise in New Zealand
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Rickets, a disease generally associated with 19th century deprivation and which resurfaced in New Zealand briefly during the Great Depression 80 years ago, is on the rise again.
Topics: health
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Tags: Rickets
Duration: 4'08"
07:20
Greece accused of egotism in walking away from debt talks
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Thousands of Greeks have rallied behind a 'No' vote in a referendum called for July 5 on the terms of an aid deal offered by Greece's international creditors,
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Tags: Greece, Greek debt crisis
Duration: 4'00"
07:24
Bright line tax will apply to family home in some cases
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The Inland Revenue Department wants the Government's new housing capital gains tax to apply to the family home -- in some circumstances.
Topics: housing
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Tags: Capital Gains Tax
Duration: 3'38"
07:28
5000 more tickets to Super Rugby final go on sale tomorrow
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If you missed out on a ticket to this weekend's Super Rugby final in Wellington - you now have a second chance to grab one.
Topics: sport
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Tags: super rugby
Duration: 4'41"
07:37
Tunisian authorities arrest suspects
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Tunisian authorities have arrested a group of suspects associated with the gunman who killed 39 people, mainly British tourists, in a beach hotel attack claimed by Islamic State. authorities have arrested a group of suspects associated with the gunman who killed 39 people, mainly British tourists, in a beach hotel attack claimed by Islamic State.
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Tags: Tunisia
Duration: 3'50"
07:41
More domestic violence, fewer arrests
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New figures show that despite more family violence being reported, fewer people are ending up before the courts.
Topics: crime
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Tags: family violence, domestic violence
Duration: 2'59"
07:44
Police comment on fewer arrests in domestic violence cases
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And listening to that is the Police National Manager in Prevention, Superintendent Tusha Penny.
Topics: crime
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Tags: family violence
Duration: 3'15"
07:49
Wiping GP and medicine fees for under 13s
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'A leap of faith'; 'Holding our breath'; and 'Right behind it'. They're the thoughts from GPs and pharmacists who won't be charging to care for children under the age of 13, from tomorrow.
Topics: health
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Tags: doctors fees
Duration: 3'37"
07:53
Solar Impulse passes 'point of no return'
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A solar-powered plane crossing the Pacific Ocean has passed the point of no return, in what could be the longest ever solo flight in the history of aviation.
Topics: technology
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Tags: solar-powered plane, aviation
Duration: 4'29"
07:57
Question raised over Hundertwasser's nose bone flute
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Austrian artist Friedrich Hundertwasser who made his home in Northland is best remembered in this country for his koru flag and the colourful public toilet block in Kawakawa.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions: Northland
Tags: Friedrich Hundertwasser, illegal exports, taonga, taonga puoro
Duration: 2'29"
08:07
Sports News for 30 June 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'06"
08:11
Greek community concerned for their families and bank loans
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Members of the Greek community in New Zealand are worried for their friends, family and bank loans after banks in Greece closed on Sunday.
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Tags: Greece, Greek debt crisis, Greek community
Duration: 3'18"
08:17
Labour warns of risks from overseas owners of social housing
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Labour is warning of the potential pitfalls if the Government chooses to sell state houses to Australian social housing provider Horizon Housing.
Topics: politics, housing
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Tags: state housing
Duration: 5'59"
08:23
Libby McKay's mother to push for new inquest
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The mother of the Christchurch woman, Libby McKay, who died after falling out of a moving vehicle, says it's unacceptable the key witness did not attend the coroner's inquest.
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Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Libby McKay
Duration: 4'32"
08:28
Astronomers see unusual occultation of Pluto in NZ
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Astronomers in the south of New Zealand have seen a rare astronomical event - an occultation of Pluto - giving them their best look yet at the tiny planet.
Topics: science
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Tags: Pluto, astronomy
Duration: 3'56"
08:32
Markets Update for 30 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: 56"
08:38
Years after first complaints - businesses annoyed nothing done
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The small business sector says the Commerce Commission is taking too long investigating a company they claim is fooling them into thinking they'll get government grants.
Topics: business
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Tags: grants, small business, New Zealand Small Business Assistance Centre
Duration: 3'35"
08:41
PM says new policies will deliver real benefits to families
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From tomorrow New Zealanders will pay less to license their cars, there'll be more free doctors visits and a funding boost for parental care
Topics: politics
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Tags: money
Duration: 2'15"
08:44
Te Manu Korihi News for 30 June 2015
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The New Zealand Climate and Health Council is urging the Government to take urgent action against climate change to improve the health of Māori; Ngāti Tūwharetoa will today finalise the purchase of 8,500 hectares of Crown land in the central North Island; A violence prevention counsellor says Māori need to trust support services more to ensure they get the help they need; A Waikato University professor says not all iwi are looking at the same star clusters that signal the start of Matariki, the Māori new year.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'06"
08:48
US ruling ignites marriage equality debate in Australia
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The same-sex marriage debate's reignited in Australia after the United States Supreme Court made it legal across America.
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Tags: same-sex marriage, marriage, USA, Australia
Duration: 3'59"
08:52
NZ keen to help kickstart Middle East process
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The Government has made kickstarting the beleagured Middle East peace process its top priority when New Zealand takes over the presidency of the United Nations Security Council tomorrow.
Topics: politics
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Tags: United Nations, Middle East
Duration: 2'47"
08:55
NZ's Marina Erakovic loses first round Wimbledon match
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New Zealand's Marina Erakovic has lost her first round match to Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva during the opening day of Wimbledon.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Wimbledon, tennis
Duration: 3'42"
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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 (7 of 10, RNZ)
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09:08
Greek crisis - what's likely to happen?
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There're 24 hours till a deadline for a Greek debt repayment to the International Monetary Fund - or the country risks bankruptcy. But rather than accept an austere new bailout deal, the prime minister Alexis Tsipras has defied the deadline, closed the banks, and called a referendum on the deal, for July the 6th. Meanwhile, Macedonia has ordered its banks to pull their money from Greece, the first sign of an immediate neighbour moving to protect itself from potential contagion. Dr James Ker-Lindsay is a Senior Research Fellow, European Institute, London School of Economics.
Topics: politics, economy
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Tags: Greek debt crisis, Greece
Duration: 18'10"
09:29
Climate change group's win against the Dutch Government
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Climate activists in the Netherlands scored a major victory in the courts last week, with the government being ordered to slash greenhouse gas emissions. The court in The Hague has told Dutch authorities to cut emissions by at least 25 percent by 2020 on 1990 levels. Large parts of the Netherlands are below sea level and the environment group Urgenda argued that any rise in the sea level could have a huge impact on the country. One of the founders of Urgenda is Marjan Minnesma, who has twice been voted Netherlands' greenest entrepreneur.
Topics: climate
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Tags: Urgenda, The Hague, Marjan Minnesma, rising sea levels, sea level rise, Netherlands
Duration: 17'16"
09:48
US Correspondent Susan Milligan
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Susan Milligan is a former White House and National Political Correspondent for the Boston Globe. She is a Contributing Editor to US News and World Report. She also writes for The Washingtonian, Rhode Island Monthly, AARP Bulletin, eJournal and other publications. She teaches a course in Government and the Media to Boston University students at the Washington DC Campus.
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Tags: USA
Duration: 11'19"
10:06
The art of survival in extreme conditions
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Survival expert John Hudson is a former helicopter pilot for the British Royal Air Force, who trains RAF instructors in advanced survival, and wrote the manual they use in training. He's also trained British soldiers and allies in desert, cold weather and jungle combat survival, and now works with civilian organisations from scouts and media companies to aid agencies and disaster response teams.
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Survival expert John Hudson is a former helicopter pilot for the British Royal Air Force, who trains RAF instructors in advanced survival, and wrote the manual they use in training.
He's also trained British soldiers and allies in desert, cold weather and jungle combat survival, and now works with civilian organisations from scouts and media companies to aid agencies and disaster response teams.
John Hudson talks to Kathryn Ryan.
Topics: life and society
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Tags: survival
Duration: 33'04"
10:41
Book review: 'Ardennes 1944' by Anthony Beevor
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Published by Penguin Random House (NZ), reviewed by Rae McGregor.
Topics: books
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Duration: 4'36"
11:07
Business commentator Rod Oram
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Rod Oram discusses the impact of recent events in Greece and the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations end-game.
Topics: business
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Duration: 19'17"
11:26
Conflict Kitchen
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The takeaway restaurant that only serves food from countries that the United States is in conflict with - food from Afghanistan, Iraq, North Korea, Cuba, Iran and Venezuela.
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Conflict Kitchen, in Pittsburgh, USA, was created by artists Dawn Weleski and Joh Rubin, to expose Pittsburgh palates to something new while promoting an understanding of other cultures. In the four years since it opened, the shop has transformed itself every few months to feature food from Afghanistan, Iran, Cuba, North Korea and Venezuela, dishing up lamb kebabs, kimchi and ceviche for 200 to 300 customers each day.
The eatery defines conflict broadly as war, boycotts, embargoes, military clashes and diplomatic quarrels. As policy makers debated troop withdrawals from Afghanistan, the specialty was bolani (savoury turnovers stuffed with spinach, red lentils or potatoes). Amid concerns over Iran's nuclear program, there was kubideh (seasoned ground beef wrapped in flatbread). For the Persian theme, the restaurant staged dinner at a house nearby at which guests Skyped with people in Iran who were eating the same dishes.
Kathryn Ryan talks with co-creator of Conflict Kitchen, Dawn Weleski.
The Conflict Kitchen is a finalist in The 2015 International Award for Public Art, which is being co-hosted by Auckland's Elam School of Fine Arts, the University of Auckland, New Zealand and the Shandong University of Art & Design in China.
Topics: food, politics, conflict
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Tags: Conflict Kitchen, USA
Duration: 17'08"
11:43
Media commentator, Gavin Ellis
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Gavin Ellis discusses the current controversy in Australia with the ABC and digital realities as the print version of the Dominion Post is no longer available in Auckland. Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz.
Topics: media
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Duration: 16'00"
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09:05 Greek crisis - what's likely to happen?
There're 24 hours till a deadline for a Greek debt repayment to the International Monetary Fund - or the country risks bankruptcy. But rather than accept an austere new bailout deal, the prime minister Alexis Tsipras has defied the deadline, closed the banks, and called a referendum on the deal, for July the 6th. Meanwhile, Macedonia has ordered its banks to pull their money from Greece, the first sign of an immediate neighbour moving to protect itself from potential contagion. Dr James Ker-Lindsay is a Senior Research Fellow, European Institute, London School of Economics.
09:20 The activist group which successfully sued the Dutch Government to do more to fight climate change
Climate activists in the Netherlands scored a major victory in the courts last week, with the government being ordered to slash greenhouse gas emissions. The court in The Hague has told Dutch authorities to cut emissions by at least 25 percent by 2020 on 1990 levels. Large parts of the Netherlands are below sea level and the environment group Urgenda argued that any rise in the sea level could have a huge impact on the country. One of the founders of Urgenda is Marjan Minnesma, who has twice been voted Netherlands' greenest entrepreneur.
09:45 US Correspondent Susan Milligan
Susan Milligan with the latest US news - gay marriage, the confederate flag and President Obama notches up some wins.
Susan Milligan is a former White House and National Political Correspondent for the Boston Globe. She is a Contributing Editor to US News and World Report. She also writes for The Washingtonian, Rhode Island Monthly, AARP Bulletin, eJournal and other publications. She teaches a course in Government and the Media to Boston University students at the Washington DC Campus.
10:05 The art of survival in extreme conditions
Survival expert John Hudson is a former helicopter pilot for the British Royal Air Force, who trains RAF instructors in advanced survival, and wrote the manual they use in training. He's also trained British soldiers and allies in desert, cold weather and jungle combat survival, and now works with civilian organisations from scouts and media companies to aid agencies and disaster response teams.
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10:35 Book review: 'Ardennes 1944' by Anthony Beevor
Published by Penguin Random House (NZ), RRP$55.00. Reviewed by Rae McGregor.
10:45 The Reading: 'Heartland' by Jenny Pattrick
Donny Mac arrives home from a short prison stint to find his life back in Manawa turned upside down. A cracker of a yarn told in true kiwi style, set under the shadow of Mount Ruapehu. (7 of 10, RNZ).
11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram
Rod Oram discusses the impact of recent events in Greece and the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations end-game.
11:20 Conflict Kitchen
The take away restaurant that only serves food from countries that the United States is in conflict with - food from Afghanistan, Iraq, North Korea, Cuba, Iran and Venezuela.
Conflict Kitchen, in Pittsburgh, USA, was created by artists Dawn Weleski and Joh Rubin, to expose Pittsburgh palates to something new while promoting an understanding of other cultures. In the four years since it opened, the shop has transformed itself every few months to feature food from Afghanistan, Iran, Cuba, North Korea and Venezuela, dishing up lamb kebabs, kimchi and ceviche for 200 to 300 customers each day.
The eatery defines conflict broadly as war, boycotts, embargoes, military clashes and diplomatic quarrels. As policy makers debated troop withdrawals from Afghanistan, the specialty was bolani (savoury turnovers stuffed with spinach, red lentils or potatoes). Amid concerns over Iran's nuclear program, there was kubideh (seasoned ground beef wrapped in flatbread). For the Persian theme, the restaurant staged dinner at a house nearby at which guests Skyped with people in Iran who were eating the same dishes. Co-creator of Conflict Kitchen, Dawn Weleski. The Conflict Kitchen is a finalist in The 2015 International Award for Public Art, which is being co-hosted by Auckland's Elam School of Fine Arts, the University of Auckland, New Zealand and the Shandong University of Art & Design in China.
11:45 Media commentator, Gavin Ellis
Gavin Ellis discusses the current controversy in Australia with the ABC and digital realities as the print version of the Dominion Post is no longer available in Auckland.
Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz.
===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 30 June 2015
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Minister says Sonny Tau has stepped down as Tuhoronuku chair after Kereru incident and the Government announces a big aid package for Vanuatu.
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Duration: 15'54"
12:17
New Zealand's stock market and dollar have edged down
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New Zealand's stock market and dollar have edged down in trading following sharp falls overseas.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'09"
12:19
Briscoe Group launches takeover of Kathmandu
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Shares in the Kathmandu have surged 25 percent after Briscoe Group said it will launch a takeover bid for the adventure clothing and equipment retailer.
Topics: business
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Tags: Kathmandu, retail
Duration: 1'37"
12:21
Consents for new houses and apartments remains unchanged
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The number of consents for new houses and apartments has remained unchanged.
Topics: business, housing
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Tags:
Duration: 1'05"
12:22
Wellington Airport returns acceptable - ComCom
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The Commerce Commission says the rate of returns at Wellington Airport fall within an acceptable level.
Topics: business, transport
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Wellington Airport
Duration: 36"
12:24
Midday Markets for 30 June 2015
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For the latest from the markets we're joined by Belinda Stanley at Craigs Investment Partners.
Topics: business
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Tags: markets
Duration: 2'32"
12:27
Midday Sports News for 30 June 2015
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The Chiefs midfielder Charlie Ngatai will again captain the Maori All Blacks rugby side, which features 10 new caps, for next month's matches against Fiji and the New Zealand Barbarians.
Topics: sport
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Tags: rugby, Maori All Blacks, hockey, Black Sticks
Duration: 3'11"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 30 June 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 7'45"
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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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13:10
Your Song - Eyes To The Sky
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Hunter Morrow has chosen Eyes To The Sky by Walt Gabbard.
Topics: music
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Duration: 11'59"
13:22
TV review with Irene Gardiner
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Irene Gardiner looks at The Mentalist and Aquarius.
Topics: media
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Tags: television
Duration: 9'23"
13:30
Music review with Roger Marbeck
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Roger Marbeck reviews albums by Eilen Jewell, Leon Bridges and Rickie Lee Jones.
Topics: music
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Tags:
Duration: 16'35"
13:47
Book review with Cushla McKinney
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Cushla McKinney reviews 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: & Other Lessons from the Crematory' by Caitlin Doughty.
Topics: books
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Duration: 7'45"
13:56
Web review with Steve McCabe
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Steve McCabe talks about the launch of Apple Music.
Topics: internet, technology
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Duration: 3'39"
14:08
Art Theft
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An art heist in Whanganui has left gallery staff upset and police with no leads. Five works by artist, Rick Rudd, were stolen from the i-Site gallery on Taupo Quay, just before the floods on 20 June. Greg Anderson is the senior curator at the Sarjeant Gallery.
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An art heist in Whanganui has left gallery staff upset and police with no leads. Five works by artist, Rick Rudd, were stolen from the i-Site gallery on Taupo Quay, just before the floods on 20 June.
Greg Anderson, senior curator at the Sarjeant Gallery, talks to Simon Mercep about the works.
If anyone has information leading to the recovery of these artworks please contact Whanganui Police on 06 349 0600.
More information is available in this media release.
Topics: crime, arts
Regions: Whanganui
Tags:
Duration: 7'29"
14:16
Leap Second
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Today will be one second longer as 'leap second day' sees an adjustment to time. At midday today clocks were delayed for a second. It's done to allow the Earth's rotation to catch up with atomic time. The last adjustment happened in 2012, and some are saying airlines, trading floors and technology companies could be in for chaos. Tim Armstrong is the director of the Measurement Standards Laboratory of New Zealand.
Topics: science
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Tags: time, leap second
Duration: 5'32"
14:20
'Everesting' in New Zealand - Liam Cappel
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'Everesting' is a challenge in the cycling world, and one young Aucklander has just become the youngest New Zealander to complete it. We're not talking about cycling up Mount Everest, that's undoubtedly a step too far. Instead, it's a matter of cycling up a hill, again and again, until you've achieved the equivalent height of Mount Everest. Liam Cappel is only 16-years-old and he did this by tackling the 330m-high Whangapoua Hill on the Coromandel Peninsula.
Topics: sport
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Liam Cappel, cycling
Duration: 8'55"
14:45
Feature Album - The Jazz Singer
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Today's feature album is The Jazz Singer by Neil Diamond from 1980 which is simultaneously one of the most and least successful creations of Diamond's career.
Topics: music
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Tags: Neil Diamond
Duration: 14'05"
15:10
Somerton Man - Professor Derek Abbott
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As murder mysteries go, the story of a man found on Somerton beach in Adelaide in December 1948 is one of the most intriguing in Australia. Found propped against a seawall in a nice suit and tie, with no signs of trauma and no identification, who "the Somerton Man" is remains a mystery nearly 70 years after his death. Many have tried to solve the mystery over the decades but perhaps none so passionately as Derek Abbott who is professor of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at The University of Adelaide. He's leading a campaign to have the body of the Somerton man exhumed for DNA testing that he thinks may solve the mystery once and for all.
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For nearly 70 years, the identity of a man found dead, propped up on a seawall on Somerton beach in Adelaide, Australia in December 1948 has eluded both professional and amateur sleuths.
He’s known as the Somerton Man. His was found with no identification, no visible sign of trauma, just a tiny piece of paper with the words of a Persian poem in his pocket.
Also known as the Taman Shud Case “It is regarded as one of Australia’s most unparalleled mysteries” says Derek Abbott, a professor of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at The University of Adelaide.
He tells Afternoons with Simon Mercep he’s leading a campaign to have the body of the Somerton man exhumed for DNA testing. “It’s something that is difficult to arrange. Adelaide is a conservative town, it’s not like America where these things happen all the time. I think it will happen eventually with persistence” says Abbott.
Derek Abbott has been investigating the mystery since 2007. One of the few pieces of evidence is a scrap of paper from a rare New Zealand edition of a book of 11th century Persian poetry The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (published by Whitcombe and Tombs in 1941), found in a hidden pocket. Police appealed for information about the book.
“A guy rocked up to the police station with book with a back page torn and said this is what you are looking for” says Abbott. “His story was he had found it on the back seat of his car.”
The book also contained strange letters, believed to be a code and a phone number in tiny writing that belonged to a woman called Jo, who denied any knowledge of the Somerton Man. “The position where he was found dead on the beach was literally only five minute walk from where Jo lived” Abbott explains.
She had a son named Robin. “He became a ballet dancer with the Royal New Zealand Ballet. There are pictures of him in newspapers” says Abbott. The photos show he shared a rare dental condition with the Somerton Man.
“You’ve got a guy whose dead, he’s got a phone number of a woman who happens to have a child with the same rare dental configuration as he does. You can join the dots yourself there” Abbott says.
By exhuming the body and extracting DNA, Abbott hopes to settle once and for the mystery of the Somerton Man. “It can help us to see if he was Robin’s father or not. That’s important for the family simply to know who their grandfather was.”
Topics: history, crime
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Tags: Australia, Somerton man
Duration: 25'23"
15:45
The Panel pre-show for 30 June 2015
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21:46
Losing Weight and Getting Healthy - the SWIFT Study
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The University of Otago SWIFT study is following 250 people for 2 years as they try popular diet and exercise programmes such as the Paleo diet, the 5:2 fasting diet, and high intensity exercise.
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By Alison Ballance
“This diet, if my wife had come up with it, I probably would have told her it is a stupid idea. But I read about it in the paper and it sounded like what I wanted to do.”
Geoff Keeling, South Canterbury dairy farmer
Geoff Keeling is on a diet and exercise programme – and in just a few weeks he’s already seeing the benefits. The Canterbury dairy farmer seems like an unlikely candidate for a diet, but this is no ordinary weight-loss programme. He’s taking part in the University of Otago’s SWIFT study, a 2-year project that hopes to identify popular and effective diet, exercise and support strategies that people can easily incorporate into their daily lives.
Geoff says his motivation for getting involved came from looking around and seeing other middle-aged, overweight and unfit men. He says his farming lifestyle is probably less energetic than most people would expect – he spends much of his time in meetings or in the office, and often drives a tractor around the farm. The SWIFT study has enlisted 250 participants, more than 30% of whom are male, which is a high proportion for this kind of study.
SWIFT stands for Support strategies for Whole-food diets, Intermittent fasting and Training, and PhD student and medical doctor Melyssa Roy is adamant that weight-loss is just a small part of the study. The focus of the study, she says, is to support people who want to make healthy life-style changes, by looking to see whether “these alternatives that are popular in popular culture are feasible alternatives from a public health point of view.”
Michelle Jospe, another PhD student working on the project, says “you can lose weight following many different diets, but it’s a matter of finding one that works for you. And then we’re interested in seeing how places like a GP practise can help a patient follow the diet and exercise plans that they want to follow.”
The 250 study participants can choose between three diet options and two exercise options, and then they are randomly assigned to one of five support strategies. The three diets are popular diets that haven’t all been well-researched: the well-known Mediterranean diet of whole foods, fresh fruit and vegetables, and low meat; the palaeo diet, which is similar except there is no limit to the amount of meat that can be eaten, and no processed food; and the intermittent fasting or 5:2 diet, in which people eat normally for five days, and then eat no more than 500 calories for women or 600 calories for men on the remaining two days.
The choice of exercise programme was either moderate intensity exercise, which is the current standard recommendation of 30 minutes a day, or high intensity exercise, which is a very sharp intense exercise bout for 5-10 minutes two to three times a week. This has grown in popularity recently as it doesn’t involve much time.
Geoff has chosen to follow the 5:2 diet, as it fits in well with his busy, energetic family without impacting their diet. He chose to follow a moderate intensity exercise programme, as again it works in well with his family – his children swim a lot, so he can either swim with them or take a walk, and he is also trying to make himself walk rather than use the quad bike around the farm.
The third key component of the study is the support strategy that people are randomly assigned to. The control group is current GP care, in which people are briefed at the beginning and then left to their own devices; a more traditional support strategy that involves coming in occasionally for weighing and a chat about successes or failures; daily weighing and reporting-in, with feedback in the form of a monthly email; use of the popular mobile app My Fitness Pal, which you use to log your eating and exercise; and hunger training – during the first four weeks of the programme people gain awareness of when and why they want to eat, by monitoring blood glucose levels to determine if they actually need to eat.
Geoff was assigned to the hunger training support group, and credits this with losing 7 kilograms in weight during the first 5 weeks of the study.
“I was effectively training myself to only eat when absolutely required, which meant that there are no snacks between mealtimes, my meals are generally smaller, and with two kids that loved monitoring what my blood glucose was, watching what I eat and sniping at me [it had] huge effects, straight-away.”
The intensive hunger training system really opened Geoff’s eyes.
“It illustrated that we eat a lot of food needlessly. I got to the stage after a couple of days I knew my blood glucose wouldn’t be in the right level so even though I felt like I wanted to eat I just didn’t even bother.”
The SWIFT study runs for two years, and results won’t be available until after June 2017.
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Duration: 14'55"
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1:10 Your Song
Eyes To The Sky - Walt Gabbard. Chosen by Hunter Morrow.
1:20 The Critics
TV - Irene Gardiner
Music - Roger Marbeck
Books - Cushla McKinney
Web - Steve McCabe
2:08 Art Theft - Greg Anderson
An art heist in Whanganui has left gallery staff upset and police with no leads. Five works by artist, Rick Rudd, were stolen from the i-Site gallery on Taupo Quay, just before the floods on 20 June.
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2:12 'Leap Second' - Tim Armstrong
June 30th will be one second longer as 'leap second day' sees an adjustment to time. At midday today, clocks were delayed by one second. It's done to allow the Earth's rotation to catch up with atomic time. The last adjustment happened in 2012, and some are saying airlines, trading floors and technology companies could be in for chaos.Tim Armstrong is the director of the Measurement Standards Laboratory of New Zealand.
2:20 'Everesting' in New Zealand - Liam Cappel
'Everesting' is a challenge in the cycling world, and one young Aucklander has just become the youngest New Zealander to complete it. We're not talking about cycling up Mount Everest, that's undoubtedly a step too far. Instead, it's a matter of cycling up a hill, again and again, until you've achieved the equivalent height of Mount Everest. Liam Cappel is only 16-years-old and he did this by tackling the 330m-high Whangapoua Hill on the Coromandel Peninsula.
2:30 NZ Reading - The Man Who Lived His Life Through Neil Diamond
Fame for Ted starts with his photo in The Eketahuna Weekly and ends with him fainting on a chat show in America.
2:45 Feature album
The Jazz Singer - Neil Diamond. (You see what we did there).
3:10 Somerton Man - Professor Derek Abbott
As murder mysteries go, the story of a man found on Somerton beach in Adelaide in December 1948 is one of the most intriguing in Australia. Found propped against a seawall in a nice suit and tie, with no signs of trauma and no identification, who "the Somerton Man" is remains a mystery nearly 70 years after his death. Many have tried to solve the mystery over the decades but perhaps none so passionately as Derek Abbott who is professor of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at The University of Adelaide. He's leading a campaign to have the body of the Somerton man exhumed for DNA testing that he thinks may solve the mystery once and for all.
3:35 Our Changing World - Alison Ballance
Geoff Keeling is on a diet and exercise programme - and in just a few weeks he's already seeing the benefits. The Canterbury dairy farmer is taking part in the University of Otago's SWIFT study and Alison Ballance meets Geoff, and PhD students Michelle Jospe and Melyssa Roy, to find out about the study in which people choose a diet (the fasting or 5:2 diet, Paleo or Mediterranean), an exercise plan (moderate or high intensity) and are also randomly assigned to a support programme.
Stories from Our Changing World.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about. With Jim Mora, Julie Moffett, David Slack and Michele A'Court.
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Tuesday 30th June 2015
YOUR SONG:
ARTIST: Walt Gabbard
TITLE: Eyes To The Sky (Acoustic Version)
COMP: Walt Gabbard
ALBUM: Single
LABEL: i-Tunes
THE CRITICS:
ARTIST: Eilen Jewell
TITLE: Worried Mind
COMP: Eilen Jewell
ALBUM: Sundown over the Ghost Town
LABEL: Signature Sounds
ARTIST: Leon Bridges
TITLE: Coming Home
COMP: Leon Bridges
ALBUM: Coming Home
LABEL: Columbia
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Neil Diamond
TITLE: America
COMP: Neil Diamond
ALBUM: The Jazz Singer
LABEL: COLUMBIA promojazz
ARTIST: Neil Diamond
TITLE: Love On The Rocks
COMP: Gilbert Bécaud / Neil Diamond
ALBUM: The Jazz Singer
LABEL: COLUMBIA promojazz
ARTIST: Neil Diamond
TITLE: You Baby
COMP: Neil Diamond
ALBUM: The Jazz Singer
LABEL: COLUMBIA promojazz
ARTIST: Neil Diamond
TITLE: Hello Again
COMP: Neil Diamond / Alan Lindgren
ALBUM: The Jazz Singer
LABEL: COLUMBIA promojazz
THE PANEL:
ARTIST: Wings
TITLE: Venus And Mars
COMP: McCartney
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===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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15:45
The Panel pre-show for 30 June 2015
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16:06
The Panel with David Slack and Michele A'Court (Part 1)
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Intro; Domestic violence; Reward for good drivers; Rugby ticket scalping.
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Duration: 23'26"
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The Panel with David Slack and Michele A'Court (Part 2)
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How's life? Panel Says; Life without political donations; Special housing in Tauranga; Dunedin liquor laws.
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Duration: 26'26"
16:08
Intro
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What the panelists Michele A'Court and David Slack have been up to.
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16:12
Domestic violence
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The CEO of Women's Refuge Ang Jury joins the Panel to discuss the level of reported family violence cases. One-hundred thousand a year.
Topics: life and society
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Duration: 8'19"
16:20
Reward for good drivers
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A new idea from transport authorities aims to reward good drivers. One way is to forgive a misdemeanour for drivers with a previous clean record.
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Duration: 3'58"
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Rugby ticket scalping
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Tickets to the Super Rugby final are being on-sold online for many times the original price. The CEO of Consumer NZ explains what the law is around scalping and if anything can be done short of a law change.
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Duration: 6'29"
16:35
How's life?
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What would you rate your life out of 10?
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Duration: 4'38"
16:35
Panel Says
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What the Panelists David Slack and Michele A'Court have been thinking about.
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16:46
Life without political donations
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Tens of thousands of dollars of Mafia money was donated to Australia's Liberal party. Electoral law expert Andrew Geddis tells us what could happen without political donations.
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Duration: 8'04"
16:54
Special housing in Tauranga
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Two special housing areas for Tauranga to help with the overflow from Auckland.
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Duration: 2'26"
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Dunedin liquor laws
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Local authorities are clamping down on BYO restaurants in Dunedin in a bid to claim them back as places to dine not get drunk.
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Duration: 3'04"
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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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Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 30 June 2015
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Four of the 10 bridges promised to Northland to go ahead; Kereru investigation forces Sonny Tau to step aside; Super Rugby final tickets rocket past $500 online; PM faces further questions over social housing policy; 9000 people overcharged to register cars in ACC bungle;Greymouth pub stripped of licence for two weeks.
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17:07
Four of the 10 bridges promised to Northland to go ahead
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Only four of the 10 bridges the Government promised to double lane in Northland will be worked on in the next three years - and some may never be upgraded.
Topics: politics
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Tags: NZTA, roading
Duration: 5'26"
17:14
Kereru investigation forces Sonny Tau to step aside
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The kereru smuggling investigation has forced Sonny Tau to step aside from heading up a major treaty negotiator.
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Duration: 4'19"
17:20
Angry fans crash Super Rugby ticket auction
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Rugby fans angry at scalpers have crashed an auction for tickets to this weekend's Super Rugby final with multi million dollar bids.
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Duration: 3'23"
17:25
PM faces further questions over social housing policy
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Opposition parties are calling for the Government to scrap its plan to sell off state houses.
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Duration: 2'53"
17:28
9000 people overcharged to register cars in ACC bungle
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ACC admits a bungle caused nine thousand people to pay too much to register their cars, some by more than 100 dollars.
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Duration: 2'37"
17:34
Evening Business for 30 June 2015
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News from the business sector including a market report.
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Duration: 2'05"
17:36
Greymouth pub stripped of licence for two weeks
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For the next two weeks, patrons of the Revington's Hotel in Greymouth will have to go somewhere else to drink because the pub has had its licence suspended.
Topics: law
Regions: West Coast
Tags: Greymouth, drinking
Duration: 3'42"
17:39
Mangawhai ratepayers pack court for hearing
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Mangawhai ratepayers have been packing out the Whangarei District Court today for a test case over their refusal to pay contentious rate bills.
Topics: law, politics
Regions: Northland
Tags: rates
Duration: 2'55"
17:43
New Zealand First refuses to discuss rumoured coup
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Winston Peters has repeatedly refused to deny rumours of an unsuccessful coup against his deputy, Tracey Martin, by one of New Zealand First's MPs, Ron Mark.
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Duration: 1'54"
17:45
Scientific group wants all teenage girls given contraceptives
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There's a call to give all teenage girls long-lasting contraception - and for it be up to them to opt out if they don't want the birth control.
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Duration: 4'26"
17:49
Midwives reject vitamin D pills for all pregnant women
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The college of midwives is rejecting calls for all pregnant women to be given vitamin D supplements to prevent their babies from getting rickets.
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Duration: 3'04"
17:52
Te Manu Korihi News for 30 June 2015
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The announcement that Ngapuhi leader Sonny Tau has stepped aside as chairman of the board that's leading his iwi's treaty negotiations has been praised by two Maori MPs and put more pressure on the embattled rangatira.
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Duration: 3'42"
17:56
$26m given to boost Vanuatu tourism
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The New Zealand Government has announced a 26 million dollar aid package to help Vanuatu's tourism businesses recover following Cyclone Pam.
Topics: Pacific, politics, international aid and development
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Duration: 2'39"
18:05
Sports News for 30 June 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 3'02"
18:12
Greece faces debt deadline as PM urges public to end austerity
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The Greek Prime Minister says he will resign after next week's referendum on the country's debt crisis, if the public backs what he calls 'unsustainable austerity'.
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Duration: 4'37"
18:20
Anti-scalper move for the Super 15 rugby final
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Angry rugby fans have struck back at scalpers by making ridiculous bids and dishing out abuse in online auctions for tickets to this weekend's Super 15 final.
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Duration: 2'17"
18:22
Teach counter-terrorism lessons in school - thinktank
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Teach counter-terrorism lessons in school. That's the recommendation across the Tasman from a thinktank which says this'd be one way to combat the online-savvy Islamic State.
Topics: education
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Duration: 3'58"
18:26
Federer, Murray in action at Wimbledon
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The men's second seed at the Wimbledon tennis Open, Roger Federer, will begin his campaign for an eighth title at the the All England Club tonight.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Wimbledon, tennis, Roger Federer, Andy Murray
Duration: 4'35"
18:35
Cricket World Cup generates $110m
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A report has hailed this years Cricket World Cup the most successful of all time, with more than one-point-five billion people tuning in.
Topics: sport, economy
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Duration: 2'51"
18:38
Historic day-night test match to be played between Blackcaps and Australia
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Staying with cricket, an historic day night cricket test is part of a seven year test schedule with Australia unveiled by New Zealand Cricket today.
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Duration: 2'11"
18:44
Vasectomies promoted in PNG
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Vasectomies for men are being promoted in Papua New Guinea to try to tackle the country's high death rate for mothers in childbirth.
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Duration: 3'23"
18:47
Te Manu Korihi News for 30 June 2015
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Two Maori MPs with iwi affiliations to Ngapuhi now want the former chairman of Tuhoronuku to step down from other leadership roles; Two Maori Television staff members are expected to arrive back in Aotearoa tomorrow after the ship they were on was seized by the Israeli Navy in the Mediterranean Sea; Central North Island iwi, Ngati Tuwharetoa, has today taken ownership of Crown land valued at just under 53-million dollars; A meeting will be held tonight to decide the fate of a marae in Tokoroa in South Waikato that is in a state of disrepair after not being used for a number of years.
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Duration: 3'39"
18:50
Today In Parliament Tuesday 30 June_@1
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Government faces questions about social housing - and reports of an Australian group interested in buying up NZ's state houses.
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Duration: 5'11"
18:57
Real estate agent spared conviction
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A real estate agent has been discharged without conviction for sending faeces in the mail to the lawyer at his former workplace.
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Duration: 2'43"
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===7:06 PM. | Nights===
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Entertainment and information, including: 7:30 The Sampler: A weekly review and analysis of new CD releases (RNZ) 8:13 Windows on the World: International public radio features and documentaries 9:06 The Tuesday Feature
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19:10
Our Own Odysseys: On The Rails To Michigan
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Dr Joseph (Joe) Young was heading to Michigan to attend an academic conference there, but to save on travel expenses, he hopped on the train for the Los Angeles-to-Michigan leg (and back), taking a small side trip into Wisconsin in the process.
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Duration: 19'46"
20:40
Feminism
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Equality for women with feminist blogger Deborah Russell. Work life balance and the almighty Chore Wars.
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Duration: 14'53"
20:59
Conundrum - clue number 3
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Conundrum - clue number 3.
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21:59
Conundrum - clue number 4
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Conundrum - clue number 4.
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7:10 Our Own Odysseys: On The Rails To Michigan
Dr Joseph (Joe) Young was heading to Michigan to attend an academic conference there, but to save on travel expenses, he hopped on the train for the Los Angeles-to-Michigan leg (and back), taking a small side trip into Wisconsin in the process.
7:30 The Sampler
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The Sampler for 30 June 2015
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Jim Pinckney reviews new albums by Leon Bridges, Algiers and Princess Chelsea.
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Leon Bridges. Photo supplied.
This week in The Sampler Jim Pinckney reviews the nostalgic r&b of Texan Lee Bridges, the post-punk gospel confusion of Algiers and Princess Chelsea’s sophomore epic The Great Cybernetic Depression.
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Duration: 27'57"
19:30
Coming Home by Leon Bridges
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Jim Pinckney reviews the nostalgic r&b of Texan Lee Bridges.
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Jim Pinckney reviews the nostalgic r&b of Texan Lee Bridges.
The name may be new, but the music Leon Bridges is making is anything but. Drawing heavily on the soul, gospel and doo wop of the 50s and 60s, Coming Home, his debut album is already attracting some serious attention. His voice often bears an uncanny resemblance to the honeyed holler of Sam Cooke, and it’s accompanied by a Southern slant on the sort of immaculately imagined and recreated, retro musical backings that you might normally expect to hear from outfits connected to New York’s Truth and Soul, or Daptone, labels. It’s a powerful introductory statement. The gorgeous, evocative sound was conjured up by Austin Jenkins and Joshua Block, from Texan major label rockers White Denim. With organs that unmistakably point towards the pulpit, reverb drenched guitar and a resolutely solid rhythm section, Jenkins and Block’s gamble of throwing together a bare bones studio, and inveigling the cream of Fort Worth’s jobbing musicians to get involved, has paid off in spades.
Songs featured: Pull Away, Smooth Sailin’, Better Man, Lisa Sawyer, Brown Skin Girl, Flowers, River,
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Duration: 8'11"
19:30
The Great Cybernetic Drepression by Princess Chelsea
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Jim Pinckney heads for the stars with Princess Chelsea's sophomore epic The Great Cybernetic Depression.
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Jim Pinckney heads for the stars with Princess Chelsea's sophomore epic The Great Cybernetic Depression.
Princess Chelsea has headed to outer space on her second album The Great Cybernetic Depression, with cosmic, airbrushed nebular artwork and imagery that evokes a sense of the future viewed from the recent past. Accompanying that new look is an updated musical aesthetic, apparently inspired by artists like the Eurythmics, Ultravox, Human League and Soft Cell. While that may be true in the sense of instrumentation - this is an album steeped in shiny synthesizer tones and iconic 80’s drum machine sounds - it is still very much her own unique quirky concoction, and not nearly the radical departure that is hinted at. Working with a relatively minimal palette it is abundantly clear how much time and effort has gone into selecting just the right sounds and elements to furnish her baroque songs of disillusionment and anxiety.
Songs featured: Too Many People, Is It All OK?, We Are Strangers, Winston Crying On The Bathroom Floor, We Are Strangers, We’re So Lost, All The Stars,
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Princess Chelsea talks YouTube, Flying Nun and concept albums 2015
Princess Chelsea live at the Kings Arms 2015
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Duration: 10'54"
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Algiers by Algiers
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Jim Pinckney finds haunted salvation in the post-punk gospel confusion of Algiers.
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Jim Pinckney finds haunted salvation in the post-punk gospel confusion of Algiers.
Algiers are a mixed race, three piece, originally from Atlanta, who have concocted a dramatic blend that incorporates gospel, post punk and a generous helping of other unlikely ingredients, into one almighty noise on their self titled debut. Signed to the US indie Matador Records on the strength of a couple of singles, and an impeccably curated website that catalogues their many political and musical inspirations, they are a refreshingly difficult and substantial listening experience - in times where that has increasingly become a rarity.
While America’s deep south is undoubtedly the reference point, none of the group’s members actually still live there, having all travelled overseas to pursue graduate degrees. Started as a trans-Atlantic file swapping project with no real intentions of ever playing live, they’ve never felt the need to have a permanent drummer. Instead the impressive combination of weighty programmed beats, and a lot of handicapping and footstomping, is generated by the three band members themselves.
Songs featured: Old Girl, Black Eunuch, Irony Utility Pretext, And When You Fall, Remain
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Duration: 9'03"
7:30 The Sampler
A weekly review and analysis of new CD releases.
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 Feminism
Equality for women with feminist blogger Deborah Russell. Work life balance and the almighty Chore Wars.
9:06 The Tuesday Feature: Invisibility: A Cultural History
The stories that we have told about invisibility are not stories of a technical capability but of power, desire, concealment, morality and corruption. What are these old tales of invisibility really saying, and how has the scientific understanding of light influenced them? Ideas of invisibility are, like all ideas rooted in legend, ultimately parables about our own hopes and fears.
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 The Shed
Award-winning former British broadcaster Mark Coles presents his pick of the best new music releases and demos from around the planet. A glorious mix of brand new sounds from all over the world, real conversations with music makers and tales of everyday life as seen from an English garden shed (1 of 13, MCM).
===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
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Award winning former British broadcaster Mark Coles presents his pick of the best new music releases and demos from around the planet. A glorious mix of brand new sounds from all over the world, real conversations with music makers and tales of everyday life as seen from an English garden shed (1 of 13, MCM)