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:
04 August 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 - Live at the Café Bohemia: Hardbop in the Heart of Greenwich Village (12 of 12, WFIU); 3:05 Heart of Darfur, by Lisa French Blaker (9 of 12, 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 4 August 2015
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Police are worried about the safety of 15 year old L.A. Tukerangi, who is thought to be being held against her will by a 36 year old man. The young woman's father says he feels helpless not being able to protect his daughter. President Barack Obama outlines his plan to combat climate change. The US President says emissions from US power stations need to bge cut by a third by 2030. John Key satys Solid Energy faces tough decisions - the EPMU says the Government has a responsibility to rescue it.
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Duration: 27'14"
06:06
Sports News for 4 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'10"
06:18
Pacific News for 4 August 2015
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The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 2'46"
06:22
Morning Rural News for 4 August 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'13"
06:26
Te Manu Korihi News for 4 August 2015
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The New Zealand Māori Council has told its lawyer Donna Hall that she's dismissed from any further work on the Trans Pacific Partnership claim; Meanwhile, the lawyer now representing the Māori Council on its TPP claim is asking the Crown for an urgent progress report; New leaders emerging in Ngapuhi are keen to mend a long-standing rift between the runanga and the major sub-tribe, Ngati Hine; Tainui Group Holdings says it plans to further tribal objectives with money it gains from the sale of fifty percent of The Base shopping centre in Hamilton.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'39"
06:40
Solid Energy on the cusp of oblivion
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After one hundred and fourteen years, Government owned coal mining operations in New Zealand appear to be on the cusp of oblivion.
Topics: business
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Tags: Solid Energy
Duration: 2'10"
06:42
NZ climate scientist hails Obama's climate change plans
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The US President Barack Obama is describing his Clean Power Plan as the most important step America has ever taken to combat climate change.
Topics: climate
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Tags: Clean Power Plan, US
Duration: 2'30"
06:47
Tiwai Point deal leads to more certainty - analyst
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An analyst says the Tiwai Point deal gives some certainty to electricity demand, but kicks any long-term decisions further down the road.
Topics: business
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Tags: Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter
Duration: 2'35"
06:50
Trilogy expects strong first half sales
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Trilogy International expects a more than 50 percent increase in its first-half sales, while its pre-tax net profit is expected to more than triple.
Topics: business
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Tags: Trilogy International
Duration: 1'43"
06:52
About 20 NZ jobs to go as Cavalier restructures
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Cavalier says it's selling assets and cutting jobs as part of a plan to reduce debt and return the business to profitablity.
Topics: business
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Tags: Cavalier
Duration: 1'25"
06:53
Tainui Group is looking for more than money
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Tainui Group Holdings says it's looking for more than money in finding a partner to buy some of its shopping centre in Hamilton.
Topics: business
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Tags: Tainui Group Holdings
Duration: 2'03"
06:55
Rangatira assesses assets
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The investment firm, Rangatira, says it's reviewing its assets and isn't ruling out cutting any from its portfolio.
Topics: business
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Tags: Rangatira
Duration: 2'05"
06:57
Investment manager says dairy prices close to lows
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While dairy prices are expected to weaken once again at tomorrow's twice-monthly auction, an investment manager suspects global dairy prices are close to their lows, if grain costs are to be believed.
Topics: business
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Tags: dairy prices
Duration: 1'06"
06:58
Morning markets for 4 August 2015
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Oil prices have dropped to a six-month low, pushed down by oversupply and weaker demand expectations.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'02"
07:07
Sports News for 4 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'59"
07:11
Father feels helpless knowing LA Tukerangi's been kidnapped
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The father of 15-year-old LA Tukerangi knows his daughter will be feeling helpless in the company of a person he describes as a 'pretty scary' man.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: LA Tukerangi, kidnapping
Duration: 5'44"
07:17
Obama to unveil ambitious climate plan
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President Barack Obama has formally unveiled his administration's ramped-up plan to cut carbon emissions from power plants declaring climate change the greatest threat facing the world.
Topics: climate
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Tags: US, Barack Obama
Duration: 6'30"
07:24
Solid Energy's future in a precarious position
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The Prime Minister, John Key, says the state-owned coal miner, Solid Energy, is in a precarious position and a decision on its future could be made within weeks.
Topics: politics, business
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Tags: Solid Energy
Duration: 1'59"
07:26
Union urges government to keep Solid Energy afloat
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Solid Energy's chief executive Dan Clifford declined to come on Morning Report and all the company would tell us was that a decision had yet to be taken on which of the three options would be pursued.
Topics: politics, business
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Tags: Solid Energy
Duration: 4'55"
07:36
Southlanders fear Tiwai Point smelter won't last the distance
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Southlanders are relieved the Tiwai Point smelter has finally done a 15-year power deal, but fear it will not last the distance.
Topics: business
Regions: Southland
Tags: Tiwai Point aluminium smelter
Duration: 3'44"
07:42
Russia dismisses allegations of doping in its athletes
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Russia is dismissing allegations its athletes are heavily involved in doping.
Topics: sport
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Tags: doping
Duration: 3'44"
07:49
Connor Morris murder trial begins in the Auckland High Court
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What started as a West Auckland house warming ended with chaos on the street and the son of a prominent gang member dead.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Connor Morris, court case
Duration: 3'05"
07:52
Widening the GST take on online goods and services
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Paying GST on internet services such as Netflix could be a reality before too long.
Topics: politics, business
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Tags: GST
Duration: 4'39"
07:56
New drone regulations
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If you or your children own a remote controlled plane or helicopter, beware - it might now be illegal to fly it at your local park.
Topics: law
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Tags: drones
Duration: 3'04"
08:07
Sports News for 4 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'04"
08:11
Solid Energy's woes of the Govt's making - Labour
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It's still owned by the taxpayer, but debt laden coal mining company Solid Energy's future is in the hands of its bankers, with the Prime Minister, John Key, acknowledging liquidation is one of three options on the table.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Solid Energy
Duration: 5'13"
08:17
Greek shares plunge as market re-opens
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After five weeks of closure, the Athens stock market has re-opened for trading with share prices falling sharply and rapidly on the first morning of business.
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Duration: 3'50"
08:21
Cheaper electricity for Tiwai Point aluminium smelter
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The Electricity Authority is adamant it will not be giving any discount to New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Ltd.
Topics: business
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Tags: Tiwai Point aluminium smelter
Duration: 2'01"
08:23
Security industry insiders are warning
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Security industry insiders are warning another security guard will be killed unless tougher rules are brought in.
Topics: crime
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Tags: security industry
Duration: 3'24"
08:27
New Zealand's education reputation at stake
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The reputation of New Zealand's education system is on the line this month as thousands of our 15-year-olds sit O-E-C-D tests in reading, maths and science.
Topics: education
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Tags: Pisa
Duration: 3'09"
08:30
Markets Update for 4 August 2015
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'14"
08:36
First new marae since 1886 eruption planned for Mt Tarawera
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Mount Tarawera is to get its first new marae since its eruption in 1886 which destroyed the famous Pink and White terraces.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: Mount Tarawera
Duration: 5'23"
08:42
Nelson brings nature to town
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Nelson city is set to spend six million dollars over the next decade on a project to protect and restore its natural environment.
Topics: environment
Regions: Nelson Region
Tags: Nelson Nature
Duration: 3'10"
08:46
Te Manu Korihi News for 4 August 2015
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The New Zealand Māori Council has told its lawyer Donna Hall that she's dismissed from any further work on the Trans Pacific Partnership claim; Meanwhile, the lawyer now representing the Māori Council on its TPP claim is asking the Crown for an urgent progress report; New leaders emerging in Ngapuhi are keen to mend a long-standing rift between the runanga and the major sub-tribe, Ngati Hine; Tainui Group Holdings says it plans to further tribal objectives with money it gains from the sale of fifty percent of The Base shopping centre in Hamilton.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'38"
08:50
Waiheke Islanders seek to sever ties to the Supercity
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Waiheke Islanders who want to run their own affairs are confident they now have the numbers to take the next step in their efforts to sever ties with Auckland's supercity.
Topics: politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Waiheke Island
Duration: 3'08"
08:53
Creating the Bougainville Bar - the 'Chocolate Voyage'
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A twin-hull Fijian sailing canoe has left Suva on its way to Bougainville, where it will pick up a one-tonne shipment of cocoa beans from local farmers and then deliver them to an artisan chocolate producer in Wellington.
Topics: transport
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Tags: Fiji, sailing canoe
Duration: 2'22"
08:55
Lyttelton Theatre group goes back to school
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Once a hot bed of creativity, the port town of Lyttelton has been making do, ever since the Christchurch earthquakes destroyed most of its theatres and live venues.
Topics: arts
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: Loons Theatre Company, theatre, Lyttelton
Duration: 3'24"
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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: Five Sons and 100 Muri of Rice, by Sharyn Steel and Zoe Dryden (12 of 12, RNZ)
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09:08
Union succeeds in prosecution over forestry death
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The Council of Trade Unions has succesfully prosecuted a forestry compnay over a worker's death on the job. The workplace safety regulator, WorkSafe declined to persue any legal action - why? Helen Kelly is the President of the CTU.
Topics: business, environment, law
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Tags: WorkSafe, forestry
Duration: 20'35"
09:32
Has colony collapse disorder hit NZ bees?
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Beekeepers in parts of the north island have reported big bee losses, affecting honey crops by nearly two thirds. Dr Mark Goodwin is the head of Plant and Food Research's bee unit.
Topics: environment
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Tags: bees, honey bees, colony collapse disorder
Duration: 14'49"
09:47
US correspondent Steve Almond
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Barack Obama's climate change announcement; Jon Stewart rides off into the sunset; the Republicans squabble over who gets to debate against Donald Trump.
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Duration: 12'14"
10:07
Dame Silvia Cartwright looks back
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Dame Silvia Cartwright returned to New Zealand earlier this year after five years presiding over the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia, along with four other international jurists. She's currently on the United Nations Human Rights Council investigation into war crimes and human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. She speaks with Kathryn Ryan about her extraordinary career.
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Dame Silvia Cartwright returned to New Zealand earlier this year after five years presiding over the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia, along with four other international jurists. Four-thousand victims were parties to the legal action against senior leaders of the brutal Pol Pot regime, which was responsible for the deaths of nearly two million Cambodians between 1975 and 1979. Each day of the tribunal, hundreds of Cambodians would attend court to hear testimony and watch proceedings.
Dame Silvia was the first woman to be Chief Judge of the District Court, first female High Court judge and in 2004, she became New Zealand's 18th Governor-General. She's currently on the United Nations Human Rights Council investigation into war crimes and human rights abuses in Sri Lanka.
She speaks with Kathryn Ryan about her extraordinary career.
Topics: history
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Tags: Cambodia, Khmer Rouge, UN Tribunal, Silvia Cartwright
Duration: 32'26"
10:39
Book Review: The English Spy by Daniel Silva
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'The English Spy' by Daniel Silva, published by HarperCollins. Reviewed by Harry Broad.
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Duration: 3'02"
11:07
Business commentator Rod Oram
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Rod Oram discusses the future of the coal industry, the Tiwai Aluminium Smelter.
Topics: business
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Duration: 21'28"
11:28
Treasure trove of Katherine Mansfield poems
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Gerri Kimber, the scholar who discovered nearly 30 unknown poems by Katherine Mansfield in a US library, which reveal much about the most painful periods of her life.
Topics: books
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Tags: Katherine Mansfield
Duration: 14'11"
11:42
Media commentator, Gavin Ellis
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Gavin Ellis discusses iconic press photographs, and Susan Wood's return to our screens after a life-threatening head injury. 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: 16'15"
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09:05 Union succeeds in prosecution over forestry death
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The Council of Trade Unions has successfully prosecuted a forestry company over a worker's death on the job. The workplace safety regulator, WorkSafe declined to pursue any legal action - why?
Helen Kelly is the President of the CTU.
09:30 Has colony collapse disorder hit NZ bees?
Beekeepers in parts of the North Island have reported big bee losses, affecting honey crops by nearly two thirds. Dr Mark Goodwin is the head of Plant and Food Research's Bee Unit.
09:45 US correspondent Steve Almond
Barack Obama's climate change announcement; Jon Stewart rides off into the sunset; the Republicans squabble over who gets to debate against Donald Trump.
10:05 Dame Silvia Cartwright looks back
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Dame Silvia Cartwright returned to New Zealand earlier this year after five years presiding over the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia, along with four other international jurists. Four-thousand victims were parties to the legal action against senior leaders of the brutal Pol Pot regime, which was responsible for the deaths ofnearly two million Cambodians between 1975 and 1979. Each day of the tribunal, hundreds of Cambodians would attend court to hear testimony and watch proceedings. Dame Silvia was the first woman to be Chief Judge of the District Court, first female High Court judge and in 2004, she became New Zealand's 18th Governor-General. She’s currently on the United Nations Human Rights Council investigation into war crimes and human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. She speaks with Kathryn Ryan about her extraordinary career.
10:30 Book Review: The English Spy by Daniel Silva
Reviewed by Harry Broad, published by HarperCollins.
10:45 The Reading: Five Sons & 100 Muri of Rice by Sharyn Steel and Zoe Dryden
Read by Susan Wilson and Uma Giri (Episode 12 of 12)
Adapted from the book: Five Sons and a Hundred Muri of Rice: the life of Kharika Devkota, raised as a five year old bride in rural Nepal by Sharyn Steel and Zoe Dryden. Published by Paua Publishing Ltd [ISBN-978-0473300098]
11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram
Rod Oram discusses the future of the coal industry, the Tiwai Aluminium Smelter.
11:30 Treasure trove of Katherine Mansfield poems
Gerri Kimber, the scholar who discovered nearly 30 unknown poems by Katherine Mansfield in a US library, which reveal much about the most painful periods of her life.
Details of Gerri Kimber's talks can be found on the Friends of the Turnbull Library website
http://www.katherinemansfield.com/pages/whats-on
http://www.u3awellingtoncity.org.nz/programme.php
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11:45 Media commentator, Gavin Ellis
Gavin Ellis discusses iconic press photographs, and Susan Wood's return to our screens after a life-threatening head injury.
Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz
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Artist: Bebel Gilberto
Song: Um Segundo
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Album: Momento
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Time: 9.30
Artist: Dolly Parton
Song: Don’t let it Trouble Your Mind
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Album: Mine
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Time: 10.43
===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 4 August 2015
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KiwiRail workers on the West Coast fear for their jobs and an Australian company sells its controlling stake in Contact Energy.
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Duration: 15'15"
12:17
Origin Energy selling its stake in Contact Energy
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Australia's Origin Energy is selling its entire 53 percent controlling stake in Contact Energy for 4-dollars-65 a share, valuing its stake at 1 point 8 billion dollars.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Origin Energy, Australia
Duration: 2'08"
12:19
Tourism Holdings picking profit of at least $30 million
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Tourism Holdings is picking it'll make a profit of at least $30 million from its existing businesses in the 2019 financial year.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Tourism Holdings
Duration: 36"
12:20
Berl says the economy is slowing but no need to panic
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The economic forecaster, Berl, says the economy is slowing but there's no need to panic.
Topics: business, economy
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Duration: 1'11"
12:22
Coats Group reports lower profit
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Coats Group has reported a lower first half year operating profit.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: Coats Group
Duration: 27"
12:25
Midday Markets for 4 August 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: 1'47"
12:26
Midday Sports News for 4 August 2015
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Pressure on the New Zealand bowlers heading into tonight's second one-day international against Zimbabwe in Harare and IAAF president Lamine Diack has launched a vigorous defence following reports of widespread suspect blood tests.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'35"
12:35
Midday Rural News for 4 August 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 7'49"
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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
Jesse Intro
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David Bowie played the biggest concert New Zealand had ever seen in 1983, and we remember it after 2pm today. First though the FIRE Economy - an economy based on finance, insurance, and real estate.
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Duration: 3'31"
13:12
Song You Have To Hear - I Dreamed A Dream
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A new song from Bic Runga; "I Dreamed A Dream".
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Duration: 4'18"
13:17
Rocky Horror Anniversay - Richard O'Brien
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It's been 42 years since The Rocky Horror Show premiered, and Richard O'Brien is off to the UK to narrate it again next month. Richard will perform in 11 special performances - including a star-studded gala performance - at the Playhouse Theatre in the West End. He joins before he sets off.
Topics: arts, music
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Tags: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Duration: 13'51"
13:30
The FIRE Economy - Professor Jane Kelsey
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New Zealand has not learnt the lessons of the last global financial crisis, so says the author of a new book. Professor Jane Kelsey says we need to make changes or the so-called rock star economy will fail again, perhaps more catastrophically than it did last time.
Topics: economy
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Tags: FIRE economy
Duration: 12'12"
13:40
Feature Album - The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
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Marina Dinsdale from Hastings has chosen the Very Best of Fleetwood Mac as her greatest album of all time.
Topics: music
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Tags: Fleetwood Mac
Duration: 18'42"
14:10
Piano Accordions - Maurice Jones
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Maurice Jones is an internationally known piano-accordion entertainer and an importer of (very high-quality) Italian accordions; being an expert in their repair and restoration. He's also the owner of a very impressive collection of accordions at his home and business in the Auckland suburb of Takapuna.
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Maurice Jones is an internationally known piano-accordion entertainer. He has frequently appeared on T.V. and radio in New Zealand and has several international performances to his credit. Maurice is easily New Zealand's most prolific session accordionist - in fact that was him playing accordion on Herbs' 1982 hit French Letter.
Not only has he performed extensively all around the world, Maurice is also an importer of very high-quality Italian accordions and an expert in their repair and restoration. He is also the owner of an impressive collection of accordions at his home and business in the Auckland suburb of Takapuna.
Maurice Jones talks to Jesse Mulligan.
Topics: music
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Tags: accordion
Duration: 10'01"
14:20
Greatest NZ Concert - David Bowie at Athletic Park, 1983
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The year was 1983, the month was November, and one of the cleverest, most inventive musicians of the time was on the cusp of global stardom, and playing Athletic Park in Wellington. With Jeremy Ansell, John Baker, Jordan Luck and Hugh Lynn.
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The year was 1983, the month was November, and one of the cleverest, most inventive musicians of the time was on the cusp of global stardom, and playing Athletic Park in Wellington.
With Jeremy Ansell, John Baker, Jordan Luck and Hugh Lynn.
Set list for David Bowie at Athletic Park, Wellington 1983
On this tour David Bowie became the first major rock star to be officially welcomed onto a marae, and he composed a special song for the occasion - Bowie's Waiata. Photo: David Bowie is welcomed onto Takapuwahia Marae in Porirua, Wellington, 1983. Courtesy of Ngati Toa.
Topics: music
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Tags: David Bowie
Duration: 39'49"
15:08
Stuart Canin - The Rifleman's Violin
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70 years ago, Winston Churchill, US President Harry Truman and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin met in Potsdam, just outside Berlin, to discuss the fate of a defeated Germany in the aftermath of World War II. They would make decisions there that continue to shape the world today. A 19 year old Army Rifleman from New York City was called upon to play his part in the historic talks. Stuart Canin, a promising young violinist, took a cheap violin with him to war. He played for Churchill, Truman and Stalin as the conference started. Stuart Canin is now 89 years old. There's a new short documentary out that commemorates his extraordinary experience called The Rifleman's Violin. Stuart Canin joins us from Berkeley, California.
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Seventy years ago, Winston Churchill, US President Harry Truman and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin met in Potsdam, just outside Berlin, to discuss the fate of a defeated Germany in the aftermath of World War II. They would make decisions there that continue to shape the world today.
A 19-year-old Army Rifleman from New York City was called upon to play his part in the historic talks. Stuart Canin, a promising young violinist, took a cheap violin with him to war. He played for Churchill, Truman and Stalin as the conference started. Stuart Canin is now 89 years old.
There's a new short documentary out that commemorates his extraordinary experience called The Rifleman's Violin, and Stuart's story is also featured on an online archive called Potsdam Revisited: Overture to the Cold War, a project of Citizen Film and the Hoover Institution Library & Archives at Stanford University. Stuart Canin joins us from Berkeley, California.
Topics: history, music
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Tags: The Rifleman's Violin
Duration: 26'07"
15:45
The Panel pre-show for 4 August 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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Duration: 15'05"
21:06
Testing Volcanic Ballistics with a Cannon and Catapult
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Geologists are using a cannon, a trebuchet and silly putty wrapped in condoms to investigate volcanic ballistics and better understand volcanic eruptions
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By Alison Ballance
In a world-first, geologists are using a medieval siege catapult, or trebuchet, to hurl projectiles made from silly putty wrapped in condoms. The comic sounding experiment is part of a serious project gathering information on the behaviour of volcanic ballistics that will be used to improve New Zealand’s volcanic hazard modelling.
“We want to simulate the passage of volcanic bombs as they fly out of volcanoes, to see how they change shape as they fly through the air. Does it fly through the air like a cowpat? Or does it splat on the ground like a cowpat? Our hypothesis is that the volcanic bombs may be becoming cowpat shaped, like a discus, as they fly through the air. And that affects how far they fly, it affects their drag, which are all very important parameters in eruption models.”
Ben Kennedy, geologist, University of Canterbury.
The video shows a rubber ball filled with sand as it is fired from the trebuchet, arcs up through the air and lands about 80 metres away
On 6 August 2012, a phreatic (gas and steam driven) eruption took place at the Upper Te Maari Crater on Mount Tongarairo, in the central North Island. The Te Maari crater had erupted a few times between 1855 and 1897, and was then inactive until August and November 2012. During the August 2012 eruption volcanic ash and thousands of blocks and lava bombs were fired out of the volcano, and the damage from the ballistics covered an area of 6 square kilometres. Several blocks went through the roof of the Ketetahi Hut, which was fortunately unoccupied. As the eruption occurred during bad weather in the middle of the night there were luckily no people walking the popular Tongariro crossing.
In November 2012, Upper Te Maari Crater on Mount Tongariro had a short eruption which spread ash and ballistics around the crater. A more damaging eruption in August 2012 covered a much larger area
For her Master’s degree PhD student Rebecca Fitzgerald carried out an assessment of ballistic hazard and risk from the Upper Te Maari crater eruption. She used aerial photographs to identify 3,587 impact craters with a mean diameter of 2.4 metres, but when she combined this information with ground surveys, which allowed her to find much smaller impact craters, she estimated that approximately 13,200 ballistic projectiles had been thrown out during the eruption at an average speed of 200 metres per second. She also modelled the risk of serious injury or death to walkers along the Tongariro alpine crossing during this size eruption, and found that in some places on the track the probability of death was 16%. Her modelling also showed that a larger eruption had a much higher – up to 100% - risk of death.
Rebecca is building on her Master’s research for her PhD, and will be travelling to Japan to map ballistics from the September 2014 Mount Ontake eruption in which 57 people were killed. She says “I’ll also be doing more numerical modelling as this will allow us to look at future eruption scenarios.” This work will include identifying potential ballistic hazard zones in the Auckland volcanic zone.
Testing the Trebuchet
During the test run, the team had two missiles to test with the trebuchet. One was a rubber gym ball filled with sand, and the other was “a more realistic analogue material,” according to Ben, “which is silly putty wrapped in a condom. Silly putty has similar properties to magma in that its visco-elastic. Everyone know that silly putty bounces if you throw it on the floor but if you leave it there it’ll just spread out slowly. Hopefully it’ll represent the behaviour in flight of volcanic bombs, which are also visco-elastic.”
Ben says depending on the type of volcano and the type of eruption, a range of projectiles ranging in viscosity or stickiness from “snot dribbles’ to solid blocks several metres in size can be thrown out. Future plans for the trebuchet include doing a systematic study of viscosity in different sizes and under different conditions.
Firing the Cannon
As well as the trebuchet, the team are running a second set of experiments using a vertical cannon that fires rocks down towards the ground. The cannon has been made out of a piece of old drilling pipe. It works using pressure created by compressed air, and is capable of firing rocks weighing up to 8-10 kg at 100 metres per second. In a real eruption rocks can be blasted out of the vent faster than the speed of sound, at 400 metres per second. They then slow down as they travel, but can speed up again as they begin to fall, which makes ballistic modelling very complex.
Rebecca plans to use the cannon to build a relationship between the size of the ballistic, the speed it is fired at, the size of crater it creates and whether it fires out any shrapnel. She will be able to relate this information to craters she has mapped in the field.
Masters student George Williams is using the cannon to fire rocks against common roofing materials such as corrugated iron. He has collected various roof and wall materials from demolished buildings in Christchurch, and explains that “what we’re doing is calculating the impact energy required to cause different amounts of damage to different building materials. We’ll be testing, for example, whether a small rock moving fast is able to puncture through more than one that’s moving with the same energy but is big and slow. We’ll also be using silly putty.” The team are particularly interested in reinforced concrete, which is the material that volcanic shelters are built from, and say that this is the first time work like this has been carried out.
The pneumatic cannon is powered by compressed air, and the three tonnes of water in the large plastic tanks are to prevent it from taking off as it fires. The first rock is fired out at about 30 kilometres per hour while the second is at about 70 km/hr - these speeds are much slower than occurs during a real volcanic eruption
What To Do During An Eruption
What’s the best advice if you’re caught in an eruption that is firing out ballistics? Rebecca says that all the evidence to date from eruptions like Mount Ontake in Japan is that most people are killed from injuries sustained to their backs and necks as they run away.
“You want to make sure you watch where the ballistics are coming from and move away from that area,” says Rebecca.
Ben stresses that you should seek shelter if you can. “I had a conversation with the military recently, and their advice was that if there are lots of objects falling around you make yourself as small as possible, and try and shelter behind a large block or something solid.”
If there are fewer objects falling then Ben advices keeping an eye on the sky, and watching individual objects that seem to be falling towards you so you can step out of the way as it lands.
“We call it an auk step. There’s a bit in Lord of the Rings where there’s a big bit of concrete coming at an auk and he just moves to the side,” says Rebecca.
In this video, shot by Alistair Davies, the trebuchet is in the far distance, in the corner of the field. The trebuchet fires and then about 18 seconds into the video you can see a small dot appear which is the sand ball rising against the blue sky and then the white cloud before beginning to fall, then bounce and roll across the grass after it lands.
Our Changing World has previously featured stories on the Taupo Volcanic Zone and volcanic hazard planning:
Harry Keys from DoC looks after the lahar eruption detection system on Mount Ruapehu
Massey University have a volcanic eruption simulator
Brad Scott from GNS explains the new, simplified volcanic hazard alert system
GNS volcanologist Gill Jolly explains how data from a volcano monitoring network help forecast volcanic activity
And Brad Scott takes Alison Ballance around the Waimangu Valley near Rotorua, which is one of a number of volcanic monitoring sites in the Taupo Volcanic Zone
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1:06 Jesse Intro
1:13 Song You Gotta Hear
I Dreamed A Dream - Bic Runga
1:17 Rocky Horror Anniversay - Richard O'Brien
It's been 42 years since The Rocky Horror Show premiered, and Richard O'Brien is off to the UK to narrate it again next month. Richard will perform in 11 special performances - including a star-studded gala performance - at the Playhouse Theatre in the West End.It comes as as the movie celebrates its 40th birthday next week.
1:34 The FIRE Economy - Professor Jane Kelsey
New Zealand has not learnt the lessons of the last global financial crisis. So says the author of a new book. While it's easy to blame greedy foreign bankers and the US subprime mortgage market, Professor Jane Kelsey says the problems are more systemic and that we need to make changes or the so-called rock star economy will fail again, perhaps more catastrophically than it did last time.
1:40 Feature Album: The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
With Marina Dinsdale.
2:10 Piano Accordions - Maurice Jones
Maurice Jones is an internationally known piano-accordion entertainer. He has frequently appeared on T.V. and Radio in New Zealand and has several international performances to his credit. Maurice is easily New Zealand's most prolific SESSION accordionist - in fact that was him playing accordion on Herbs' 1982 hit French Letter. Not only has he performed extensively all around the world, Maurice is also an importer of (very high-quality) Italian accordions and an expert in their repair and restoration. And he's the owner of a very impressive collection of accordions at his home and business in the Auckland suburb of Takapuna.
2:15 Greatest NZ Concert - David Bowie at Athletic Park, 1983
The year was 1983, the month was November, and one of the cleverest, most inventive musicians of the time was on the cusp of global stardom, and playing Athletic Park in Wellington.
With Jeremy Ansell, John Baker, Jordan Luck and Hugh Lynn.
Set list for David Bowie at Athletic Park, Wellington 1983
On this tour David Bowie became the first major rock star to be officially welcomed onto a marae, and he composed a special song for the occasion - Bowie's Waiata.
Photo: David Bowie is welcomed onto Takapuwahia Marae in Porirua, Wellington, 1983. Courtesy of Ngati Toa.
3:10 Stuart Canin - The Rifleman's Violin
[video] https://vimeo.com/133613646
70 years ago, Winston Churchill, US President Harry Truman and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin met in Potsdam, just outside Berlin, to discuss the fate of a defeated Germany in the aftermath of World War II. They would make decisions there that continue to shape the world today. A 19 year old Army Rifleman from New York City was called upon to play his part in the historic talks. Stuart Canin, a promising young violinist, took a cheap violin with him to war. He played for Churchill, Truman and Stalin as the conference started. Stuart Canin is now 89 years old. There's a new short documentary out that commemorates his extraordinary experience called The Rifleman's Violin. Stuart's story is also featured on an online archive called Potsdam Revisited: Overture to the Cold War, a project of Citizen Film and the Hoover Institution Library & Archives at Stanford University. Stuart Canin joins us from Berkeley, California.
3:35 Our Changing World
A vertical cannon, a large siege catapult, medicine balls and silly putty are helping geologists better understand volcanic eruptions such as the one on Mount Tongariro in 2012. Alison Ballance joins a team at the University of Canterbury as they fire the cannon and let loose the silly putty.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about. With Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Noelle McCarthy.
===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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The Panel pre-show for 4 August 2015
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Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel.
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16:05
The Panel with Jeremy Hansen and David Farrar (Part 1)
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Topics - Rich immigrants, NZ First with or without Winston Peters, Biosecurity needs tightening and the TPP; will the agreement get over the line?
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The Panel with Jeremy Hansen and David Farrar (Part 2)
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Topics - Are you killing your IQ and more, with guests on The Panel.
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Panel Intro
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What the Panelists Jeremy Hansen and David Farrar have been up to.
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NZ First
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NZ First with or without Winston Peters?
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Biosecurity needs tightening
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Dr James Russell of the University of Auckland on what needs to happen to strengthen our biosecurity.
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16:28
The TPP
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Will the agreement get over the line? Canada's government won't want to upset dairy farmers ahead of an election.
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Are you killing your IQ?
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Neural pathways are being eroded by gadgets and modern living.
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Panel Says
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What the Panelists Jeremy Hansen and David Farrar have been thinking about.
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16:44
Partner police checks
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What are the privacy issues around police providing information about potential life partners? We ask privacy lawyer Kathryn Dalziel.
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16:57
US election
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Donald Trump has instant name recognition
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Drone laws
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Are new CAA drone laws going to hamper people with recreational model planes and helicopters. David Wright of Model Flying NZ joins the Panel.
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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 4 August 2015
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Govenrment $11million Saudi sheep deal didn't add up, Final Dambuster pilot Les Munro dies, Mother of missing teen says daughter has been physically abused, Still family disappointed by MPs' decision on coroners, Teen tells court, Almost 100 jobs saved at Nelson log transport company and Top Australian company pulls out of Contact Energy.
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17:08
Govenrment $11million Saudi sheep deal didn't add up
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The Government was warned by the Auditor-General that its business case for an $11 million taxpayer-funded farm in the Saudi Arabian desert was weak.
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17:12
Final Dambuster pilot Les Munro dies
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Dam Buster Les Munro was a man who liked to fly close to the edge. Just a few months ago he was prepared to break to law for his mates suggesting he would sell his war medals to keep the London Bomber Memorial open.
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The last surviving pilot from the famed World War Two Dambusters raid has died aged 96.
Les Munro at the Bomber Command Memorial in London.
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New Zealander John Leslie Munro - known as Les - was born in Gisborne in 1919, and died in Tauranga last night after a short illness.
Mr Munro grew up on a sheep station during the Depression and, after an education at Gisborne High School, worked on sheep and dairy farms in his home district.
He joined the Royal Air Force during World War Two - in 1941. When he volunteered for the legendary 617 Squadron two years later, he had already flown 21 bombing missions.
The 24-year-old was one of two New Zealanders selected for the bombing raid on Germany's Ruhr Valley hydro dams - the other was wireless operator Len Chambers.
He was among 19 pilots - among 133 crew - who flew a top-secret mission and became known as the Dambusters.
They set out to smash the Moehne and Eder Dams on the night of 16 May 1943. They used so-called bouncing bombs, designed by Barnes Wallis, which skimmed the surface of the dam lakes before sinking at the walls and exploding.
The wrecked dams flooded the Ruhr Valley, the industrial heart of Nazi Germany, and severely affected water and electricity supplies.
Les Munro was one of 19 pilots - among 133 crew - who took part in the raid.
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Of the 19 bombers that left England on the raid, only 11 returned. Mr Munro's was one of them - although he had been unable to complete the mission, having been hit by flak over the Dutch coast.
His Lancaster's entire communication system was destroyed and he limped back to base. In an interview in 2006, he said his memories of that night were still strong.
"I think one of the things that stood out in my mind more than anything was them arriving back, the celebration in the mess afterwards of all those crews that came back - and my feeling of disappointment that I didn't actually participate in the attack on the dams themselves. I never got there because of flak damage."
Listen to an interview with Les Munro in 2013 ( 4 min 12 sec )
Mr Munro also played a part in D-Day in 1944, when the Allies made their successful return to continental Europe. His squadron repeatedly flew a very exacting course well north of the actual invasion beaches in Normandy, dropping aluminium chaff to fool the German radar into thinking it was an approaching invasion fleet. Soon after that, he led the raid that knocked out the German U-boat pens at Le Havre in northwest France.
Mr Munro was twice decorated by King George VI for his flying exploits - with the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1943 and the Distinguished Service Order in 1944.
Prime Minister John Key (left), Les Munro (centre) and MOTAT chief executive Michael Frawley at a ceremony gifting Mr Munro's medals to MOTAT.
Photo: RNZ / Kate Newton
A close-up of the medals presented by Mr Munro to the museum.
Photo: RNZ / Tiana Barns
At the end of the war, he returned to Gisborne and worked for the State Advances Corporation in land valuation and the settlement of returned servicemen.
He married Betty Hill in 1948 and the couple had five children.
In 1961, he went back on the land and remained a farmer until his retirement.
Mr Munro was a Justice of the Peace and was active in local body politics in the Waitomo District, including as the district's mayor from 1989 to 1995. He became a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to local government and the community in 1997.
He rarely flew again after the war and, when the news came in 2006 that New Zealand film-maker Peter Jackson intended re-making the 1954 Dambusters film, he had some doubts that the story was worth telling again.
"I know it's history. It certainly stood out in Air Force history in one of the great operations of the war but whether it was any greater than many of the other operations carried out by the Air Force, I don't know. I have some reservations."
Bomber Command Association chief executive Peter Wheeler, a long-time friend of Mr Munro, said he would not have wanted to have been described as a hero.
He said he was always disappointed he had to turn his bomber back on the way to the Dambusters mission.
"I think he felt rather bad about that. However, late in life considered, maybe it saved his life - and, of course, after that raid, he then stayed with the squadron for a long time and he carried out many other bombing raids."
Royal New Zealand Air Force head Air Vice-Marshal Mike Yardley said Mr Munro was a distinguished and highly-decorated officer and epitomised the values of the New Zealand Defence Force through his courage, commitment and comradeship.
He said Mr Munro made a lasting impression and his valour would remain an inspiration to those serving in the air force, both now and in the future.
New home for medals
In 2015, Mr Munro decided to put his medals up for auction to help pay for the upkeep of the Bomber Command Memorial in London.
They were expected to fetch up to $100,000.
However, British philanthropist Lord Ashcroft stepped in to stop the sale and the possibility of the medals leaving New Zealand.
He offered to donate about $150,000 for the memorial's upkeep if Mr Munro gifted his medals to the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) in Auckland
So, at a special ceremony in April 2015, Mr Munro presented his medals and logbooks to the museum.
The ceremony took place in front of the museum's Avro Lancaster Bomber - one of the few remaining examples of the planes used in the dam raids.
MOTAT chief executive Michael Frawley said he was honoured to accept the items into the museum's collection.
He said MOTAT planned to develop an exhibition highlighting the actions of Mr Munro and the other New Zealand members of Bomber Command during the war.
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New home for Dambusters medals
Plan to keep Dambuster medals in NZ
Dambusters pilot to sell medals
Dambusters briefing remembered
Dam Buster pilot recalls raid 70 years on
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Duration: 5'06"
17:15
Mother of missing teen says daughter has been physically abused
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The mother of a missing Auckland teenager has given more details about the girl's plea for help saying the 15 year old has complained of being physically abused by the man she's with.
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17:22
Still family disappointed by MPs' decision on coroners
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MPs have said 'no' to the family of a Carterton balloon victim who wanted a law change.
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Duration: 4'15"
17:22
Teen tells court
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A teenager says he made a stupid decision when he walked up to a group of Head Hunter associates and kicked one of them in the head, sparking a fatal street brawl.
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17:35
Evening Business for 4 August 2015
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News from the business sector including a market report.
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Duration: 2'23"
17:38
More on document dump around Saudi deal
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More on the warnings the government got about its controversial Saudi sheep deal; this afternoon the Foreign Minister dumped hundreds of documents about how it spent $11 million building an agrihub to placate the Saudis.
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Duration: 4'34"
17:44
Couple fight for payout they're happy not to see a cent of
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A Paihia couple have won a three-year battle to get their real estate agent a share of the commission on their house sale, gaining nothing themselves except a feeling of justice being done.
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17:48
Black Caps to face Zimbabwe in must-win ODI
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The New Zealand cricketers face a must-win match against Zimbabwe in Harare tonight, having lost the first One Day International on Sunday night.
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Duration: 3'02"
17:50
Almost 100 jobs saved at Nelson log transport company
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Creditors of a log transport firm have saved almost one hundred jobs at the top of the South Island by deciding to keep the company trading.
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17:53
Challenging times for new marae
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A Te Ātiawa hapū remains confident that a new six million dollar marae will be built in New Plymouth despite the arduous challenges faced by the sub-tribe.
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Duration: 3'22"
17:56
Top Australian company pulls out of Contact Energy
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One of Australia's top 20 companies, Origin Energy, is pulling out of one of New Zealand's top 10, Contact Energy.
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Duration: 2'41"
18:06
Sports News for 4 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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18:10
Key refuses to apologise over Saudi deal
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The Prime Minister is refusing to apologise over the controversial Saudi sheep deal after the release of masses of ministerial documents today.
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Duration: 3'18"
18:16
Only surviving pilot from Dambusters raid dies
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The only surviving pilot from the famed World War Two Dambusters raid, New Zealander Les Munro has died aged 96.
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Duration: 3'13"
18:19
Canterbury's rivers getting dirtier, not cleaner
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The Canterbury Regional Council has missed its own deadline for cleaning up the region's rivers and has in fact gone backwards in that regard.
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18:25
Runner Nick Willis almost gave up over doping cheats
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The New Zealand runner Nick Willis says he's witnessed dodgy actions from his track competitors once or twice in his career, and even thought of giving up over it.
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Duration: 5'09"
18:28
World famous beef may be no more
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One of Australia's best known beef farmers is fighting to stay on his property after being ordered off by his local council for being too smelly and noisy.
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18:36
Soldier deaths won't be investigated by coroner
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A select committee has recommended that coroners no longer be able to investigate the deaths of soldiers and other defence force staff who die in combat overseas.
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18:40
Cook Islands and New Zealand celebrate 50 years of treaty
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New Zealand has marked its 50-year friendship treaty with the Cook Islands with a multi-million-dollar grant to rebuild one of the country's main schools.
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Duration: 1'56"
18:42
New nano-capsule could help treat heart attacks
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Scientists in Australia have developed a nano-capsule with a clot-busting drug inside that could help treat heart attacks faster.
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Duration: 2'39"
18:46
Te Manu Korihi News for 4 August 2015
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Prominent lawyer, Donna Hall, is questioning the authority of those who ditched her as the Māori council's legal representative on the Trans Pacific Partnership claim; A Ngāti Porou educationalist and former broadcaster has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the Māori Language Commission; A Te Ātiawa hapū remains confident a new six million dollar marae will be built in New Plymouth despite the challenges the project has faced; A recent death in the water at Tora in south Wairarapa has prompted a local iwi to put a rāhui, or a traditional restriction in place that forbids people from swimming or taking kaimoana in the area.
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18:49
Further fall in global dairy prices predicted
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The economic forecaster, Berl, says the economy is slowing and the brakes will go on even more - but there's no need to panic.
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Duration: 4'37"
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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 - The Cook, the Carpenter and the Migrants
As the first port of call for most of the boats that survive the journey from North Africa, Italy has more first-hand experience than most European countries of the Mediterranean migrant crisis. Emma-Jane Kirby meets ordinary Italians to hear about the practicalities of the arrival of so many desperate people and how they are coping emotionally seeing such sadness and suffering in close proximity.
Housewife Maria Gratzia is a volunteer chef with a big heart and a big voice. Each week she doles out hundreds of kilos of pasta to the newly arrived migrants.
Emma talks to a grave digger who has buried many of the bodies washed up on the beach, a hospital director who has had to completely reorganise his hospital to cope with the new patients, an optician who rescued dozens of drowning migrants on a weekend sailing trip and a carpenter who makes crosses for migrants from the wrecks of the boats that brought them to Europe. (BBC World Service)
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Our Own Odysseys: One Thousand Desert Dunes
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Crossing the red centre of Australia, the Simpson Desert, as part of a vehicle safari with tour operator Steve Beston of NZ 4x4 Treks.
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Crossing the red centre of Australia, the Simpson Desert, as part of a vehicle safari with tour operator Steve Beston of NZ 4x4 Treks.
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Duration: 18'31"
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Tikanga Maori with Eru Rerekura
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Kai a Miro 'Eating the berry' - with Eru Rerekura from Radio New Zealand's Te Manu Korihi team - from the proverb 'Ko te Manu kai Ana I te Miro nona te Ao' (the Bird that eats the Berry owns the World), encapsulating the idea of a seed when eaten gives insight to the one who consumes it... the significance of the traditional diet, plus grief support for tangata whenua.
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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: One Thousand Desert Dunes
Crossing the 'dead' centre of Australia, the Simpson Desert as part of a vehicle safari with your tour operator Steve Beston of NZ 4x4 Treks.
7:30 The Sampler
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19:30
Horseshoe Rodeo Hotel by Aly Cook
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Nick Bollinger reviews the new album from itinerant country singer Aly Cook.
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Nick Bollinger reviews the new album from itinerant country singer Aly Cook.
Aly Cook was already in her forties when she released her debut album just four years ago, having been told by record companies that there wasn’t any future for a country singer over 25. That album, which she made independently, wound up taking the Nelson-born singer all over the world. The follow-up finds her working again with producer Alan Jansson (How Bizarre), but her new songs, with their references to the Kimberley and the Blue Mountains, reflect the amount of time Cook has spent touring across the ditch since her debut. The title comes from a song Alan Jansson wrote with Brent Hayward, a former member of pioneering Wellington post-punks Shoes This High, and also the painter of the album’s terrific cover neo-primitive cover.
Songs played: Kimberley, Love Is A Fool Time Job, Midnight Cowboys, Western Line
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Duration: 5'57"
19:30
Walking The Skeleton by Rackets
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Nick Bollinger reviews Walking the Skeleton by Rackets.
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Nick Bollinger reviews the latest release from Auckland power-trio Rackets.
The initial impression of this Auckland trio is of unreconstructed punks: breathless tempos, fat distorted chords, vocals with attitude. But you don’t have to dig far beneath the din to find hooks and melodies with all the values of classic pop. After the first few tracks, the tempos and textures start to vary in all sorts of ways. The Pixies are an obvious influence, but I get the feeling there’s Buzzcocks and even Beatles in Rackets musical DNA. Working with producer Bob Frisbee - who might have made more great garage pop records than anyone else in this country - Rackets have created an album with no lack of light and shade or colour.
Songs played: Separator, King Of The Dirt Pile, Swan Song, Slave To The Hat, Kristen, Wash My Brain Out, Cult Of Rackets
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Regions: Auckland Region
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Duration: 7'33"
19:30
NOW 2 by Wellington Sea Shanty Society
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Nick Bollinger sets sail on the latest offering from the Wellington Sea Shanty Society.
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Nick Bollinger sets sail on the latest offering from the Wellington Sea Shanty Society.
They call themselves The Wellington Sea Shanty Society and, to all intents and purposes that’s what they are; a couple of Wellington-based musicians singing sea shanties, with accordion in place of the more traditional concertina and a rattling rhythm section, like you might expect to find in a good Irish bar. The two principal members are Vorn Colgan and the singer known simply as Lake. Colgan has been putting out recordings for the last decade or so under the name of Vorn; defiantly indie offerings centred on his varied and original songs. Lake has been a mainstay of future-folk trio Urbantramper. And among the worksongs and whaling ballads they manage to slip in a few fine tunes of their own.
Songs played: Le Crosaire Le Grand Coureur, All For Me Grog, NZ Whales, Mingulay Boat Song, The Ballad Of Young Nick
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Regions: Wellington Region
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Duration: 5'54"
19:30
Who Is The Sender? by Bill Fay
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Nick Bollinger surveys a sombre set of spirituals from North London singer-songwriter Bill Fay.
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Nick Bollinger surveys a sombre set of spirituals from North London singer-songwriter Bill Fay.
The most recent album by the singer, songwriter and pianist Bill Fay has already been out for a few months, but that’s a mere blink in terms of Fay’s release schedule. He made two albums in the early 70s but they sold poorly and he was soon dropped by a record company who had presumably hoped his sombre, subtle songs might attract some of the same listeners who were flocking to Leonard Cohen’s music in vast numbers. At that point Fay gave up any thoughts of making music his profession and spent most of the remaining century in his native North London, believing his records had been lost and forgotten. But records, once they are released into the world, take on lives of their own, and by the late 90s those two albums had become cultishly collectable, which eventually led to their reissue. Gradually, more of his recordings began to be issued; demos and unreleased material from the 60s and 70s. Then in 2012 – a mere 41 years after his last proper album – came a brand new collection, Life Is People. And now there’s a follow-up.
Fay’s songs are full of observations of the natural world. There are geese overhead, squirrels nesting, rain and rivers and a particular awareness of the flora; he’s the first person I’ve ever heard get ‘saxifrage’ into a lyric. The impression is of someone who spends a lot of time sitting very still, and that’s echoed in the hushed quality of the music and the consistently downbeat tempos. But the observations of nature are just part of the bigger observation that is really the theme of Fay’s writing: and that’s nothing less than the lack of godliness he finds in today’s world.
Fay sees this spiritual deficit in the way humans continue to wage wars, and a song like ‘War Machine’ would seem obvious and even heavy-handed if he didn’t deliver it with such gentle understated sadness.Listening to this solemn, beautiful record I get the feeling that Fay would be sitting in North London, where he’s lived all his life, quietly playing these songs to himself or to God, whether he had ever been rediscovered or not.
Songs played: The Geese Are Flying Westward, How Little, Underneath The Sun, War Machine, Something Else Ahead, Who Is The Sender?
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The Sampler for Tuesday, 4 August 2015
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Nick Bollinger reviews a sombre set of spirituals from North London singer-songwriter Bill Fay; and local releases from Auckland power-trio Rackets, itinerant country singer Aly Cook and The Wellington Sea Shanty Society.
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Nick Bollinger reviews a sombre set of spirituals from North London singer-songwriter Bill Fay; and local releases from Auckland power-trio Rackets, itinerant country singer Aly Cook and The Wellington Sea Shanty Society.
Topics: music
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Tags: music, music review, Bill Fay, Rackets, Aly Cook, The Wellington Sea Shanty Society
Duration: 29'33"
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