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 October 2015
===12:04 AM. | All Night Programme===
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Including: 12:05 Music after Midnight; 12:30 History Repeated (RNZ); 1:05 Our Changing World (RNZ); 2:05 Spiritual Outlook (RNZ); 2:35 Hymns on Sunday; 3:05 Little Secrets, by David Lyndon Brown (RNZ); 3:30 Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi (RNZ); 4:30 Science in Action (BBC); 5:45 NZ Society (RNZ)
===6:08 AM. | Storytime===
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Mother Hulda, by Brothers Grimm, told by Jacqui Dunn; The Tree Girl, by Pauline Cartwright, told by Bernard Kearns; Marmaduke Duck and the Marmalade Jam, by Juliette MacIver, told by Brian Sergent; Takeaway Dog, by Norman Bilbrough, told by Matt Sunderland; How the Turtle Got Its Shell, by Joy Cowley, told by Jane Waddell; A Matter of Choosing part one, by Judith Holloway, told by Fiona Samuel
===7:08 AM. | Sunday Morning===
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A fresh attitude on current affairs, the news behind the news, documentaries, sport from the outfield, music and including: 7:43 The Week in Parliament: An in-depth perspective of legislation and other issues from the house (RNZ) 8:10 Insight: An award-winning documentary programme providing comprehensive coverage of national and international current affairs (RNZ) 9:06 Mediawatch: Critical examination and analysis of recent performance and trends in NZ's news media (RNZ)
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07:14
Sunday Roundtable - The State of Immigration in New Zealand
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Economist Dr Eric Crampton and immigration lawyer and former minister of corrections Matt Robson join Wallace in a Sunday Roundtable discussion on immigration. Should New Zealand increase the number of immigrants it accepts each year? Do we need to start thinking of immigration as a human rights issue rather than a simple economic issue? Or does an increase in immigrant numbers mean our job market tightens and our housing market remains squeezed?
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Economist Dr Eric Crampton and immigration lawyer and former minister of corrections Matt Robson join Wallace in a Sunday Roundtable discussion on immigration. Should New Zealand increase the number of immigrants it accepts each year? Do we need to start thinking of immigration as a human rights issue rather than a simple economic issue? Or does an increase in immigrant numbers mean our job market tightens and our housing market remains squeezed?
Topics: refugees and migrants, economy, law, politics, housing
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Tags: Sunday Roundtable, immigration
Duration: 17'31"
07:30
The Week In Parliament for 4 October 2015
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The House is adjourned for two weeks, and with no Select Committees held, Reesh Lyon takes a look at the lack of workload before Committees; Meanwhile, Tom Frewen looks into Green MP Mojo Mather's concerns about television captioning - and speaks with Assistant Clerk of the House Suze Jones about plans for the captioning of Parliament TV.
Topics: politics
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Duration: 14'47"
07:32
Current Affairs
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The Week in Parliament; marine biologist and the man behind New Zealand's first marine reserve Bill Ballantine responds to the announcement of the formation of one of the world's largest marine sanctuaries in the Kermadec Islands; and Radio New Zealand International's Sally Round is recently back from Fiji where it's a year since Frank Bainimarama and his FijiFirst party won a landslide victory at the polls.
Topics: environment, science, Pacific, politics
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Tags: Kermadecs, Bill Ballantine, marine reserves, Fiji, Frank Bainimarama
Duration: 26'31"
07:32
The Week In Parliament for Sunday 4 October
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What has been happening in the house this week - with the week in Parliament
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Duration: 14'54"
07:47
Bill Ballantine - Kermadec Marine Sanctury
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Marine biologist and the man behind New Zealand's first marine reserve Bill Ballantine responds to the announcement of the formation of one of the world's largest marine sanctuaries in the Kermadec Island.
Topics: environment, science
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Tags: Kermadecs, Bill Ballantine, marine reserves, marine biology
Duration: 7'22"
07:53
Sally Round - Fiji One Year After the Elections
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Radio New Zealand International's Sally Round is recently back from Fiji where it's a year since Frank Bainimarama and his Fiji First party won a landslide victory at the polls.
Topics: Pacific, politics
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Tags: Fiji, Frank Bainimarama
Duration: 6'02"
08:12
Insight for 4 October 2015 - School Buildings: A Perfect Storm
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John Gerritsen, looks at the state of our school buildings
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School principals say the nation's classrooms are starting to creak under the strain of major property problems.
A national assessment shows the $11 billion school property portfolio is in worse condition than previously thought. Sixty-eight percent of schools are between 30 and 100 years old, and most are over 50 years old - meaning they have high maintenance costs and some need complete replacement.
Listen to Insight - School Buildings: The Perfect Storm
To make matters worse, there are not enough of those buildings - or not enough in the right places. The school-age population is growing, and it needs $1.3 billion in new school buildings over the next decade.
Most of that will be in Auckland. In other areas, there are falling populations and the Ministry of Education says if it doesn't intervene there will be more under-used classrooms.
On top of that are other expensive challenges. The rebuild and reorganisation of Christchurch schools will cost more than $1 billion (though much of that has been covered by insurance), fixing leaky schools will cost $1.3 billion, and earthquake strengthening is costing tens of millions of dollars.
All that, just a few years after an independent report recommended removing responsibility for property from the ministry and setting up a new entity to do the job.
Mike Williams is the principal of Pakuranga College and on the executive of the Secondary Principals' Association.
He said the government was facing serious problems.
"It's huge, it's the perfect storm-type scenario," he said. "The buildings are all aging, should be replaced, but then we had Christchurch, the changes to all the building regulations, then we had big roll growth and a lot of schools being built which resulted in all our leaky building problems - bang, they're all hitting us right here and now. The money's just not going to go around."
The ministry's infrastructure division has been improved and it is spending $850 million on school property this year, up from $450 million three years ago.
Its head, Kim Shannon, said the ministry was providing schools with more support than in the past, and this year alone it was helping one in four schools with major property projects.
She said the convergence of different problems was an opportunity, not a crisis.
"Instead of looking at the property portfolio and saying there's a weather-tightness issue here, there's a roll growth over here and the schools have got this investment plan, we've said to schools 'why don't we sit down and look at all of the issues at your school'.
"Instead of being piecemeal, we've been able to take an integrated approach and I think that's better for the school and better for managing that asset over the long-term."
But principals say there is clearly not enough money to go around.
They believe schools are paying for things that in the past the ministry would have covered, such as earthquake strengthening. They also think the ministry is making them refurbish buildings that should be demolished, and some schools are complaining about long delays in starting their work.
Principals' Federation president Denise Torrey said the organisation had written to the Ministry of Education about its concerns.
"We're seeing schools who are about to go into building often having their projects delayed and not really knowing the reason why," she said.
"Once you've got your piece of money, trying to build what you need to build for that piece of money is often difficult. For instance, we're all being encouraged to go into flexible learning environments and often what people are wanting and what their money can buy are two different things."
But Associate Minister of Education Nikki Kaye said there was no penny-pinching and the government and ministry had clear systems for deciding which schools gpt help and how much.
"We've got a programme that looks at very clear criteria and it's very important schools understand that because it cuts to the heart of the system in terms of absolute fairness," she said.
"We look at the condition of property assessment, we look at leaky buildings, we look at structural issues and we have a whole lot of existing funds that help schools plan for the future."
Ms Kaye said the government was not only fixing buildings but ensuring the overall standard was higher, and introducing systems to ensure they did not fall into disrepair.
But Ms Torrey doubted the sums of money the government had allocated would be enough.
"They've got a certain amount of money. They have assured us they're spending more money than they've ever spent before on property and I believe that, but the needs of the sector are growing.
"When you put out there that children learn better in flexible learning environments, people want flexible learning environments. That takes money."
At Pakuranga College, Mike Williams said the government and the ministry had to get it right.
"It's critical. It's the fundamental investment the government makes is in young people. That's the future. So this investment has to be done properly."
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Topics: education
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Tags: Education Ministry, primary schools, secondary schools
Duration: 27'46"
08:37
Mark Derby - Petals and Bullets
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Dorothy Morris, a New Zealand trained nurse, described the Spanish Civil War as: "[A] most glorious Crusade… where I encountered some of the finest people, I feel sure, in the world - some of the craziest as well." Historian Mark Derby's latest book, Petals and Bullets, tells the story of Dorothy Morris, an energetic idealist, who after volunteering in Spain went on to work for the United Nations in the Middle East and Germany.
Topics: author interview, history
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Tags: Dorothy Morris, UN, Spanish Civil War
Duration: 20'17"
09:37
Kay Baxter - Planting the Seeds for a Healthy Future
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Kay Baxter is the founder and managing director of the Koanga Institute which holds New Zealand's largest collection of heritage organic seeds and fruit trees. The institute recently relocated to Wairoa and is the process of setting up the Kotare Eco Village - which will eventually be home to 30 families.
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Kay Baxter is the founder and managing director of the Koanga Institute, which holds New Zealand’s largest collection of heritage organic seeds and fruit trees. The institute recently relocated to Wairoa and is the process of setting up the Kotare Eco Village – which will eventually be home to 30 families.
She talks with Wallace Chapman.
Topics: environment, food, farming, health, life and society
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Organics, hereitage seeds, Kay Baxter, Organic, organic seeds
Duration: 21'18"
10:07
Helen Wilton - Everest
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Helen Wilton was base camp manager for the ill-fated, Rob Hall led expedition to Everest in 1996. She's recently been portrayed on the big screen by Emily Watson in the epic 'Everest' film. She talks to Wallace about the film and her memories of that expedition, nearly twenty years on.
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Helen Wilton was base camp manager for the ill-fated Rob Hall led expedition to Everest in 1996. She's recently been portrayed on the big screen by Emily Watson in the epic Everest film.
She talks with Wallace Chapman about the film and her memories of that expedition, nearly 20 years on.
Topics: history, arts
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Tags: Everest, film, Rob Hall
Duration: 26'17"
10:37
David Harper - Animal Thoughts
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Do non-human animals have language? What is the memory capacity of other species? Can animals learn abstract concepts and show creativity? These are some of the questions tackled by Victoria University's David Harper in his inaugural professorial lecture this week. He joins Wallace to discuss his conclusions.
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Do non-human animals have language? What is the memory capacity of other species? Can animals learn abstract concepts and show creativity?
These are some of the questions Victoria University's David Harper tackled in his recent inaugural professorial lecture. He joins Wallace to discuss his conclusions.
Topics: science, language
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Tags: psychology, animals, David Harper, animal behaviour
Duration: 21'49"
11:05
Roesy - Irish Troubadour
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Roesy is an Irish folk singer-songwriter who has seven albums to his name and has performed around the world with the likes of John Martyn, Ron Sexmith, Billy Bragg and Joan Armatrading. He's currently in Australia and will be touring New Zealand in the coming weeks.
Topics: music
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Tags: Roesy, Irish music, Folk music, trad music
Duration: 20'30"
11:30
William Shatner - In Search of the Perfect Wonton
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William Shatner barely needs an introduction. Captain Kirk and Denny Crane are just two of the characters he's created and brought to life over his long career. He talks to Wallace ahead of his upcoming New Zealand tour, 'Shatner's World...We Just Live In It,' about Chinese food, jazz, and the search for the perfect wonton.
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William Shatner barely needs an introduction. Captain Kirk and Denny Crane are just two of the characters he's created and brought to life over his long career.
Ahead of his upcoming New Zealand tour 'Shatner's World...We Just Live In It' he talks with Wallace Chapman about food, jazz, and the search for the perfect wonton.
Topics: arts
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Tags: William Shatner, comedy, wontons
Duration: 18'38"
11:45
Alexander Bisley - World Cup Rugby
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Sports writer Alexander Bisley updates us on the state of play for the Rugby World Cup. Who's through? Who's not?
Topics: sport
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Tags: RWC 2015, rugby
Duration: 9'08"
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7:08 Sunday Roundtable – Immigration
Economist Dr Eric Crampton and immigration lawyer and former minister of corrections Matt Robson join Wallace in a Sunday Roundtable discussion on immigration. Should New Zealand increase the number of immigrants it accepts each year? Do we need to start thinking of immigration as a human rights issue rather than a simple economic issue? Or does an increase in immigrant numbers mean our job market tightens and our housing market remains squeezed?
7:30 Current Affairs
The Week in Parliament; marine biologist and the man behind New Zealand’s first marine reserve Bill Ballantine responds to the announcement of the formation of one of the world’s largest marine sanctuaries in the Kermadec Islands; and Radio New Zealand International’s Sally Round is recently back from Fiji where it’s a year since Frank Bainimarama and his FijiFirst party won a landslide victory at the polls.
8:12 Insight School Buildings – A Perfect Storm
The Government is facing an avalanche of problems with school buildings. Earthquake strengthening, leaky buildings, and the Christchurch rebuild have converged with rapid roll growth in Auckland and a realisation that many school are well past their use-by date. The cost of dealing with those problems runs to billions of dollars and some schools are frustrated by delays in getting their property fixed. In this Insight, Radio New Zealand's education correspondent, John Gerritsen, investigates the scale of the challenge facing the Education Ministry and asks what the implications are for the way school property is organised and how schools are run.
Produced by Philippa Tolley.
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8:40 Mark Derby – Petals and Bullets
Dorothy Morris, a New Zealand trained nurse, described the Spanish Civil War as: “[A] most glorious Crusade… where I encountered some of the finest people, I feel sure, in the world - some of the craziest as well.” Historian Mark Derby’s latest book, Petals and Bullets, tells the story of Dorothy Morris, an energetic idealist who, after volunteering in Spain, went on to work for the United Nations in the Middle East and Germany.
9:06 Mediawatch
A media controversy over comments about contraception, how the internet giants are casting a shadow over the news business, and how some pundits have lost perspective – and the plot – over the Rugby World Cup.
Produced and presented by Colin Peacock and Jeremy Rose.
9:40 Kay Baxter – Planting the Seeds for a Healthy Future
Kay Baxter is the founder and managing director of the Koanga Institute which holds New Zealand’s largest collection of heritage organic seeds and fruit trees. The institute recently relocated to Wairoa and is the process of setting up the Kotare Eco Village – which will eventually be home to 30 families.
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10:06 Helen Wilton – Everest
Helen Wilton was base camp manager for the ill-fated, Rob Hall led expedition to Everest in 1996. She's recently been portrayed on the big screen by Emily Watson in the epic Everest film. She talks to Wallace about the film and her memories of that expedition, nearly 20 years on.
10:37 David Harper – Animal Thoughts
Do non-human animals have language? What is the memory capacity of other species? Can animals learn abstract concepts and show creativity? These are some of the questions tackled by Victoria University’s David Harper in his inaugural professorial lecture this week. He joins Wallace to discuss his conclusions.
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11:05 Roesy – Irish Troubadour
Roesy is an Irish folk singer-songwriter who has seven albums to his name and has performed around the world with the likes of John Martyn, Ron Sexmith, Billy Bragg and Joan Armatrading. He’s currently in Australia and will be touring New Zealand in the coming weeks.
11:30 William Shatner – In Search of the Perfect Wonton
William Shatner barely needs an introduction. Captain Kirk and Denny Crane are just two of the characters he's created and brought to life over his long career. He talks to Wallace ahead of his upcoming New Zealand tour, 'Shatner's World...We Just Live In It,' about Chinese food, jazz, and the search for the perfect wonton.
11:45 Alexander Bisley – World Cup Rugby
Sports writer Alexander Bisley updates us on the state of play for the Rugby World Cup. Who's through? Who's not?
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Artist – The Dixie Chicks
Song – Landslide
Composer – Stevie Nicks
Album – Home 2002
Label – SONY
Broadcast time: 10:33
Artist – William Shatner
Song – Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Composer – Lennon & McCartney
Album - The Transformed Man
Label – DECCA
Broadcast Time 11:30
Artist – The Mutton Birds
Song – Dominion Road
Composer: Don McGlashan
Album: The Mutton Birds
Label: Bag Records
Broadcast time: 11:56
===12:12 PM. | Spectrum===
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People, places and events in NZ (RNZ)
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12:10
Rangitoto Ships Recycled
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It's been one man's quest to record the whereabouts of ships scuttled on Rangitoto island before they vanish.
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I dived and walked and boated all round the island as a kid, and didn't know these wrecks were here; Kurt Bennett
After decades of wind, rain and salt, the abandoned ships round the “back side” of Rangitoto Island are disappearing fast. Thirteen ships were scuttled on the rocky northern side of the island from the 1890s to the late 1940s, mostly at Boulder Bay, now nicknamed Wreck Bay.
Today little of the vessels remain, but many bits of the boats were put to good use in the island’s more than one hundred baches. Marine archaeologist Kurt Bennett has tracked some of the salvaged material down.
I’ve been across to Rangitoto in the company of Kurt to retrace his journey, and also with the chairperson of the Rangitoto Island Historic Conservation Trust Elizabeth Andrew.
The Rangitoto baches were built in the early years of the 20th century, but since 1937 none of the owners have been allowed to modify them. Most of the buildings have been torn down and now only 37 remain. Elizabeth’s trust has restored two of them and is working on a third. Eventually they'll be rented out to the public.
In 2015 it’s a hard, jagged 35-minute walk to see the ships at Wreck Bay across the unforgiving scoria. We walk up on to the rocky beach, and are confronted by the grubby remains of the steamer Ngapuhi driven ashore here in the 1940s.
Such is the strength of the sea on this coastline that the scoria boulders have been smoothed and now look like pumice. At low tide the steering mechanism of the Ngapuhi can still be seen.
Up at the high tidemark, and jammed into rocks and boulders are the sad remains of ships… massive bleached wooden beams, with giant spikes impaling them, huge rusting slabs of steel, some covered with sea life.
Kurt takes us to see ship’s doors in one of the baches at Islington Bay. We spot the one on the outdoor long-drop. The doors came from the passenger steamer Rarawa scuttled on Rangitoto in 1941.
Another bach has porthole glass built into the chimney to let in light, and all over the island ships’ tanks are still used for water, or to store firewood.
Apparently the Rangitoto holidaymakers used to make day trips here to Boulder Bay, and picnic, while the men scavenged or chopped up the wood from the hulks for firewood. Oregon pine burns very well.
Kurt Bennett spent many days doing his research on the island, and his findings are now part of his Master’s thesis at Flinders University in Adelaide. He is putting his marine archaeological skills to work at Lyttelton, during the port’s expansion work.
The future of the ships at Boulder Bay seems certain. They'll disappear altogether over the next few decades. And if the Department of Conservation gets its way the same thing will happen to the baches. However DOC's decision on that is under review by the government.
David Steemson talks Kurt about his quest to record the whereabouts of ships scuttled on the island before they vanish.
Topics: history, environment
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Ngapuhi, Elinor Vernon, Rarawa, Duchess, Northern Chief, Columbia, Islington Bay, Boulder Bay, Wreck Bay, Rangitoto Island, maritime archaeology, Rangitoto Island Historic Conservation Trust, Department of Conservation
Duration: 24'14"
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===12:40 PM. | Standing Room Only===
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It's an 'all access pass' to what's happening in the worlds of arts and entertainment, including: 1:10 At the Movies with Simon Morris 3:04 The Drama Hour: Wings, by Jess Sayer A dark tale of sibling secrecy and mistaken revenge. Featuring Naomi Cohen, Jess Sayer and Darlene Mohekey as the three sisters who, separated for 10 years, come together to travel to their mother's funeral in rural NZ (RNZ)
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12:40
Katherine Mansfield Menton literary fellowship almost safe
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The Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship for New Zealand writers which was at risk of ending after 45 years is tantalisingly close to being saved. Since sponsorship dried up,18 months of fundraising has collected most of the $700,000 needed to keep the fellowship going in the Southern French town where Mansfield once lived and wrote. Richard Cathie is the chair of the Winn-Manson Menton Trust (http://mansfieldfellowship.org/the-trust.html) which is holding a fundraiser in Wellington to raise a chunk of the $100,000 dollar shortfall.
Topics: arts, books
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Katherine Mansfield Menton fellowship, books, fellowships
Duration: 6'27"
12:50
800 Words Trans-Tasman TV sensation
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800 words was created by a Kiwi, produced by South Pacific Pictures for Australia's Seven Network, and shot around the beaches around Auckland. And it's proved to be a ratings sensation across the Tasman. It's such a brilliantly obvious idea, you wonder why nobody's done it before - an Aussie/Kiwi culture-clash story. In this case an Australian family, led by expat George - played by expat Erik Thomson - finds itself in small-town New Zealand. But the road to 800 words wasn't nearly as brief and to the point as its title. Creator/writer James Griffin and star Erik Thomson reveal all.
Topics: arts
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: television, acting, Australia, Seven, South Pacific Pictures
Duration: 11'13"
13:34
Blockbuster movie producer Jon Landau
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Movie producer Jon Landau has produced the two highest grossing films of all time: Avatar and Titanic. He's also recently signed on to New Zealand's Screen Advisory Board, to help boost the local industry's that's had huge highs and distressing lows over the years. Jon's got Academy Awards and Golden Globes in his trophy cabinet for his work on the James Cameron blockbusters. John Landau is one of the international guest speakers at the Big Screen Symposium in Auckland.
Topics: arts
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: films, Big Screen Symposium, Screen Advisory Board, James Cameron, Avatar, Script to Screen
Duration: 18'14"
13:50
The 2015 NZ Best Design Awards
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One of the judges in this year's New Zealand Best Design Awards competition, Wellington designer and design teacher Tony Parker, explains what good design means for consumers and for the country as a whole.
Topics: arts
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: design, toasters
Duration: 11'00"
14:06
The Laugh Track - Sarah Tuck
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Sarah Tuck is the actress behind a one woman show The Things We Do now touring the North Island. This physical comedy about the things we do in the supermarket. With only a basket, and an ill-behaved trolley, The Things We Do links all the likely suspects of our real supermarket-enriched lives through absurdly realistic situations. Sarah chooses Nina Conti, Mae Martin, Aisling Bea, and Katherine Ryan.
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Sarah Tuck is the actress behind a one woman show The Things We Do now touring the North Island. This physical comedy about the things we do in the supermarket.
With only a basket, and an ill-behaved trolley, The Things We Do links all the likely suspects of our real supermarket-enriched lives through absurdly realistic situations.
Her Laugh Tracks include Mae Martin, Aisling Bea, Katherine Ryan and ventriloquist Nina Conti.
Tour dates: Wellington, BATS Theatre 14-17th Oct; Auckland, Old Folks Association 22-24th Oct; Waiheke Island, Artworks Theatre, 25 &26th Oct; Hamilton, The Meteor, 27 & 28th Oct; Palmerston North, The Dark Room 29-1st November. Her Laugh Tracks include Mae Martin, Aisling Bea, Katherine Ryan and ventriloquist Nina Conti.
Topics: arts
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Tags: comedy, theatre, acting
Duration: 20'21"
14:25
Aotea Square reimagined as arts and cultural hub
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Auckland Council wants to develop the area around Aotea Square and they want your input to make it happen. Right now the so-called Aotea Quarter is mix of theatres, galleries, restaurants, shops and car parks as well as a growing number of residential properties but according to the council it could fulfil a vital role as an arts and cultural hub. Justin Gregory sits down with councillor and urban design champion Chris Darby and asks isn't Aotea Quarter doing that all ready?
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Auckland Council wants to develop the area around Aotea Square and they want your input to make it happen. Right now the so-called Aotea Quarter is mix of theatres, galleries, restaurants, shops and car parks as well as a growing number of residential properties but according to the council it could fulfill a vital role as an arts and cultural hub.
Justin Gregory sits down with councillor and urban design champion Chris Darby and asks isn't Aotea Quarter doing that all ready?
Topics: arts
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Aotea Square, development, theatre, galleries
Duration: 10'36"
14:39
Crime writer Paul Cleave writes a novel about - a crime writer
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A crime novel with a crime writer as the protagonist is the latest intriguing spin offered up by Christchurch writer Paul Cleave. In Trust No One, Jerry Grey is battling dementia, confusing what happened in his novels with his own life story. Not only is this 9th novel the most fun Paul's had writing, it's also the most personal. Trust No One is published by Upstart Press.
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A crime novel with a crime writer as the protagonist is the latest intriguing spin offered up by Christchurch writer Paul Cleave. In Trust No One, Jerry Grey is battling dementia, confusing what happened in his novels with his own life story.
Not only is this ninth novel the most fun Paul's had writing, it's also the most personal.
Trust No One is published by Upstart Press.
Topics: author interview, arts, books
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: crime, crime writing
Duration: 14'48"
14:50
Knitting with corrugated iron
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Just when you think artist Jeff Thomson has used iron in every possible way, from giant outdoor sculptures to intricate lace, he's now french knitting with corrugated iron strips. At the same time he's celebrating his second win at the World of Wearable Art Awards taking out this year's open section with 'Tinker', an intricate multi coloured odd job man outfit. His latest exhibition is Leaves of Iron at the Northart Gallery.
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Just when you think artist Jeff Thomson has used iron in every possible way, from giant outdoor sculptures to intricate lace, he's now french knitting with corrugated iron strips. At the same time he's celebrating his second win at the World of Wearable Art Awards taking out this year's open section with 'Tinker', an intricate multi coloured odd job man outfit.
His latest exhibition Leaves of Iron opens at the Northart Gallery in Auckland next Sunday.
Topics: arts
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Tags: scuplture, WOW, Jeff Thomson
Duration: 22'52"
15:52
Arts news
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Grunge, The Golden Dagger, Jeremy Clarkson, and a recently departed New Zealand author are all in the news.
Topics: arts, music
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Tags: film, books, television, Nirvana
Duration: 6'34"
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12:39 Katherine Mansfield Menton literary fellowship safe - well, almost.
The Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship for New Zealand writers which was at risk of ending after 45 years is tantalisingly close to being saved. Since sponsorship dried up,18 months of fundraising has collected most of the 700-thousand dollars needed to keep the fellowship going in the Southern French town where Mansfield once lived and wrote. Richard Cathie is the chair of the Winn-Manson Menton Trust Mansfield fellowship. which is holding a fundraiser this month in Wellington to raise a chunk of the $100,000 dollar shortfall. For more information about the Katherine Mansfield Fundraiser event on October 14th, Please email rsvp@thearts.co.nz
12:47 800 Words Trans Tasman TV sensation
800 words was created by a Kiwi, produced by South Pacific Pictures for Australia's Seven Network, and shot around the beaches around Auckland. And it's proved to be a ratings sensation across the Tasman. It's such a brilliantly obvious idea, you wonder why nobody's done it before - an Aussie/Kiwi culture-clash story. In this case an Australian family, led by expat George - played by expat Erik Thomson - finds itself in small-town New Zealand. But the road to 800 words wasn't nearly as brief and to the point as its title. Creator/writer James Griffin and star Erik Thomson reveal all.
1:10 At the Movies with Simon Morris
1:34 Blockbuster movie producer Jon Landau
Movie producer Jon Landau has produced the two highest grossing films of all time: Avatar and Titanic. He's also recently signed on to New Zealand's Screen Advisory Board, to help boost the local industry's that's had huge highs and distressing lows over the years. Jon's got Academy Awards and Golden Globes in his trophy cabinet for his work on the James Cameron blockbusters. John Landau is one of the international guest speakers at the Big Screen Symposium in Auckland and he's giving his talk on Saturday. In Conversation with Jon Landau, Sat 10th October, 1.35pm
1:47 The 2015 NZ Best Design Awards
One of the judges in this year's NZ Best Design Awards competition, Wellington designer and design teacher Tony Parker, explains what good design means for consumers and for the country as a whole.
2:05 The Laugh Track: actress Sarah Tuck
Sarah Tuck is the actress behind a one woman show The Things We Do now touring the North Island. This physical comedy about the things we do in the supermarket. With only a basket, and an ill-behaved trolley, The Things We Do links all the likely suspects of our real supermarket-enriched lives through absurdly realistic situations. Tour dates: Wellington, BATS Theatre 14-17th Oct; Auckland, Old Folks Association 22-24th Oct; Waiheke Island, Artworks Theatre, 25 &26th Oct; Hamilton, The Meteor, 27 & 28th Oct; Palmerston North, The Dark Room 29-1st November. Her Laugh Tracks include Mae Martin, Aisling Bea, Katherine Ryan and ventriloquist Nina Conti.
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2:26 Aotea Square reimagined as an arts and cultural hub
Auckland Council wants to develop the area around Aotea Square and they want your input to make it happen. Right now the so-called Aotea Quarter is mix of theatres, galleries, restaurants, shops and car parks as well as a growing number of residential properties but according to the council it could fulfill a vital role as an arts and cultural hub. Justin Gregory sits down with councillor and urban design champion Chris Darby and asks isn't Aotea Quarter doing that all ready?
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2:38 Crime writer Paul Cleave writes a novel about - a crime writer
A crime novel with a crime writer as the protagonist is the latest intriguing spin offered up by Christchurch writer Paul Cleave. In Trust No One, Jerry Grey is battling dementia, confusing what happened in his novels with his own life story. Not only is this 9th novel the most fun Paul's had writing, it's also the most personal. Trust No One is published by Upstart Press.
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2:49 Knitting with corrugated iron
Just when you think artist Jeff Thomson has used iron in every possible way, from giant outdoor sculptures to intricate lace, he's now french knitting with corrugated iron strips. At the same time he's celebrating his second win at the World of Wearable Art Awards taking out this year's open section with 'Tinker', an intricate multi coloured odd job man outfit. His latest exhibition Leaves of Iron opens at the Northart Gallery in Auckland next Sunday.
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3:05 The Drama Hour: WINGS by Jess Sayer
Three sisters thrown together in a car after a ten year separation. They are on their way to their mother's funeral. Dark things emerge as they begin to become reacquainted. WINGS features Jess Sayer, Darlene Moeheke & Naomi Cohen.
===4:06 PM. | None (National)===
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The Economical Conundrum: Towards a Green Economy? A prelude to the United Nations COP 21 climate change conference which begins in Paris in November (2 of 3, RNZ)
===5:00 PM. | None (National)===
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A roundup of today's news and sport
===5:11 PM. | Spiritual Outlook===
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Exploring different spiritual, moral and ethical issues and topics (RNZ)
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Audrey Brown explores the life and death of Benedict Daswa, a school principal from the Limpopo region who has become a vital figure for Catholics in southern Africa. Pope Francis is soon to make him South Africa’s first ever saint. In 1990 Daswa, was beaten to death by a mob of his neighbours after he denied the witchcraft being practised in his village. They ambushed his car as he drove home one evening and chased him down. It is said that, as he was dying, he prayed as the final blows rained down and boiling water poured over his body. Audrey, travels to her native country and meets the family and friends of Daswa, a convert to Catholicism who originally came from a family of Lemba, a Southern African ethnic group that traces its lineage to ancient Semitic communities in the Middle East. She hears about the man and his faith and how it led to his death at 43, a martyr in the eyes of his church. She also hears how strong traditional spiritualism plays in South African society. And, she asks whether the church is actually looking to fast-track his beatification as a PR exercise to evangalise in areas where traditional spirituality is still popular.
See the BBC website for this programme
===5:40 PM. | Te Manu Korihi===
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Maori news and interviews from throughout the motu (RNZ)
===6:06 PM. | Te Ahi Kaa===
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Exploring issues and events from a tangata whenua perspective (RNZ)
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18:06
Awatea - Act 2
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In 1965, a stellar cast that included Tim Elliott, Inia te Wiata and Don Selwyn gathered together at an NZBC studio and recorded the radio drama Awatea by Bruce Mason. This week Te Ahi Kaa features Act II. The story is set in the seaside town of Omoana where the village hosts an annual hui to celebrate the achievements and success of Werihe Paku's son, Matt. But the drama unfolds when the police turn up at his home, where his double life is unravelled.
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Awatea - Act II
By Bruce Mason
Thirty years of darkness, no light now, but others, my people, Matt will hold back the dark. Takes a great man to do that... yes?
- Werihe Paku as played by Inia te Wiata, Awatea.
Awatea was first broadcast in 1965 after The The New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC) commissioned Bruce Mason to write a play that would feature Opera star Inia te Wiata.
The stellar cast included Don Selwyn (1935 - 2007) in the role of Matt Paku, Inia te Wiata (1915 - 1971) in the role of Werihe Paku, Tim Elliott as Detective Inspector Brett (1935 - 2011) and Pat Evison (1924 - 2010) as Postmistress Gilhooly.
Awatea – which translated means “bringer of light” – explores aspects of Māori and Pākehā co-existence: the old and the new generations; the difficulties involved in higher education for Maori scholars unused to city life, and the tendency towards patronage.
Matt Paku is the son of Werihe, old and blind, whose wife died during Matt’s birth. Father and son have been drawn closer together by the old man’s blindness. Matt was a good scholar and became the hero of the small village when he passed his university entrance and went to Dunedin to become a doctor. Every year since his graduation, Matt returns to Omoana for a week at the beginning of the year, when a hui is held in his honour. He has repaid his father the money spent on his education and still continues to send money every month. Old Werry is dependent on the kind postmistress to read Matt’s letters to him, but she doesn't tell him that Matt is in trouble. The result of her actions – coming in the midst of the hui – is where the drama of Awatea lies.
Awatea, written by Bruce Mason (1921 – 1982), engineered by John McGregor and produced by William Austin.
Awatea Cast
Ana - Ngaire Karaka
Pera - Hannah Tatana
Kani - Sam Stevens
Moki Boy (Voice one) - Peter Gwynne (1929 -2011)
Moki Boy (Voice two) - Ian Mune
Irapeta - Newha Taiaki
Werihe Paku - Inia Te Wiata (1915 - 1971)
Gilhooly - Pat Evison (1924 - 2010)
Jameson - Peter Read (1923 - 1981)
Brett - Tim Elliott (1935 - 2011)
Matt - Don Selwyn (1936 - 2007)
Hamiora - Kingi Ihaka (1921 -1993)
Tina Keritahu - Diana Winterburn (1937 - 1966)
Male chorus one - Peter Gwynne (1929 -2011), Michael Woolf, Martyn Sanderson (1938 -2009), Ian Mune.
Female chorus - Dorothy Munro, Wendy Gibb, Ngaire Karaka, Hannah Tatana
Children - Paula D'Emden, Rosamund Packer, Sonny Mulheron, Treena Kerr
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Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Inia te Wiata, Bruce Mason, theatre
Duration: 50'19"
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===7:06 PM. | One In Five===
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The issues and experience of disability (RNZ)
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19:06
Call for fresh approach to learning support
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Parents, educators, academics and students have been giving parliamentarians a report card on the support available to children with austism, dyslexia and dyspraxia. Many say there are significant barriers to children reaching their potential and that the Government needs to address teacher training and take an entirely new look at who it deems eligible for learning support and how it is funded.
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At Wellington’s Berhampore Primary School, the principal sometimes has to decide whether to replace a bit of guttering or provide learning support for a child with autism.
It’s not a difficult decision.
Mark Potter says his school is ethically committed to doing all it can to improve the learning outcomes for every child in the school community and so maintenance is often deferred.
The school has become a ‘lighthouse’ school for children with learning challenges.
Fifteen percent of its roll of 270 has been diagnosed with specific learning needs including autism, intellectual delay and Asperger’s.
“A lot of people assume and tell you all the resources are there and schools are well supported but they are not,” Mark Potter says.
The Ministry of Education provides on-going Resource funding (ORS funding) for students in the top one percent of need which is typically used to pay for teacher aides.
But Mark Potter says it is only a contribution and doesn’t fund all of a student’s needs.
He says if a child requires 25 to 30 hours of support, the Government contribution may cover 15 to 17 hours.
His school picks up the shortfall. He and his colleagues estimate it costs the school between $5,000 and $8,000 a year per child, over and above the Government contribution, to pay for the in-class support ORS funded children need.
“We maintain that right now the way the system is geared, particularly around funding and resourcing, it incentivises excluding children like this.”
The school also has to find ways to fund support for other students who don’t meet the Ministry criteria but still have significant learning challenges.
“’My [board] chairperson, he talks about trying to get resourcing for your child if they have a learning disability is like sending your child to The Hunger Games.
"There’s a little island of resource in the middle and it’s a mad scramble to get to them and if you child doesn’t make it then they are just out of luck…it just shouldn’t be like that. So it becomes this triage of who is bleeding more than anyone else.”
Mark Potter says not everyone has the same access to support.
“If you are a very articulate, middle class person who is very good at putting forward an argument, you are more likely to get resources for your child than if you aren’t.”
Berhampore School has made a submission to parliament’s Education and Science Select Committee inquiry into the support offered to children with autism, dyslexia and dyspraxia.
Submitters will be given the opportunity to speak in front of the committee later this month.
Topics: disability, education
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Tags: dyslexia, autism, Aspergers, Dyspraxia, SPELD NZ
Duration: 26'20"
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===7:35 PM. | Voices===
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Asians, Africans, indigenous Americans and more in NZ, aimed at promoting a greater understanding of our ethnic minority communities (RNZ)
===7:45 PM. | In Parliament===
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An in-depth perspective of legislation and other issues from the house (RNZ)
===8:06 PM. | Sounds Historical===
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NZ stories from the past (RNZ)
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20:05
Sounds Historical Hour One - 4 October 2015
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Sounds Histprocal with Jim Sullivan is the programme that gives listeners their chance to learn about the colourful, dramatic and often remarkable events and people of New Zealand's past.
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Duration: 53'35"
21:05
Sounds Historical Hour Two - 4 October 2015
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Sounds Historical with Jim Sullivan is the programme that gives listeners their chance to learn about the colourful, dramatic and often remarkable events and people of New Zealand's past.
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Duration: 56'25"
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8:08 Today in New Zealand History. Cobb and Company coaches arrive in Dunedin 4 October 1863. 4'17"
8:15 Artist: Coral Cummins and the Bob Bradford Quartet
Song: September in the Rain
Composer: Warren/Dubin
Album: Radio NZ 1951 recording
Label: n/a
8:18 Historian and poet Bill Oliver
Bill Oliver, who died last week, is remembered by a generation of history students as the author of a one-volume history of New Zealand, but his greatest legacy was as founding editor of the New Zealand Dictionary of Biography. Extracts from a 1990 programme introduced by Elizabeth Alley in which he and Claudia Orange discuss the project and some extracts from the book are read. 17'10"
8:36 Life as a Prisoner of War at Bardia in North Africa
Recorded by Gunner George Stephenson for the wartime Mobile Unit. Some 190 British soldiers including New Zealanders, Tommies, South Africans and a few RAF personnel were prisoners at Bardia. Stephenson notes that the life of a POW is not a happy one and things were anything but pleasant when they were forced to endure captivity at Bardia, the German stronghold in Libya. A few required medical treatment and were taken by hospital ship to Italy. On the 27 November 1941 the allies were attacked at 7.30 am and they were forced to surrender after being surrounded by tanks. Following their capture they were forced to march 20 miles starting at 12.30pm. They arrived at their destination at 9.9 that night tired, foot sore and weary. The next day the 129 allied POWs were shifted into a compound 85 by 40 yards that was to be their home for the next five weeks and which had no shelter what so ever. 14'37"
8:52 War Report 56
Les Cleveland sings some of the songs New Zealand troops sang during the First World War and veterans recall the various nationalities which fought beside the New Zealanders at Gallipoli. A "Clutha Leader" item rejoices at the news of Private McLennan, reported killed, being still alive and in hospital. McLennan would be killed in action in June 1916.
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Artist: John McCormack
Song: There's a Long Long Trail A Winding
Composer: King/Elliott
Album: Oh, It's a Lovely War Vol 2
Label: CD41 486309
Artist: The Metropolitan Military Band
Song: United Forces March
Composer: n/s
Album: Oh, It's A Lovely War Vol 1
Label: CD 41 486286 6'59"
9:05 As I Remember – Washday by the late Daphne Blackshaw
Sent in by her daughter Colleen Pilcher. Read by Tessa Sullivan. 4'21'. The family farm was at Putamahoe near Pukekohe.
9:11 Artist: Society Jazzmen
Song: Everybody Loves Saturday Night
Composer: trad
Album: Vintage Trad
Label: Zodiac 3'28"
9:16 Power for The South – a radio feature recorded by the New Zealand Broadcasting Service in Christchurch in 1948 – Part One
Interviews on the topic of the South Island's power shortage and efforts to combat it via the Ministry of Works Waitaki hydro-electric power scheme, in particular the Tekapo dam and power station. An interview with three men identified only as Malcolm, Ken and Paddy, about the shield tunnelling project, which was the first time such work had been done in the southern hemisphere. An interview with an unidentified crane driver about his work building the Tekapo power house. They hope to have the station operating by 1951. 15'17" Construction began on the Tekapo power station in 1938 and should have been completed in 1943, but the construction process was stopped as man power was diverted to the war effort of World War II. The control gates (dam) were built across the outlet of Lake Tekapo in 1940 and were used to regulate the amount of water entering the Tekapo River which contributes the Waitaki River and passes through the Waitaki power station in the lower reaches of the river. A 1.6km intake tunnel was constructed through the ancient glacial moraine to supply water from the lake to the power station. The lake was later raised to its current maximum level to provide a storage capability. The power station was finally commissioned in 1951 and became the second power station in the now substantial Waitaki power scheme.
9:34 Artist: Mario Lanza (1952)
Song: The Loveliest Night of the Year
Composer: Rosa
Album: Britain's First Number Ones
Label: n/s 3'33"
9:37 Women of Empire
Curator Windsor Jones tells Rob Webb about the Women of Empire exhibition, which is on until 13 November at the National Army Museum at Waiouru. 3'12"
9:42 Artist: Jimmy Parkinson
Song: The Great Pretender
Composer: Ram
Album: 1000 Original Hits 1956
Label: n/s 2'22'
The big hit version was by the Platters. Jimmy Parkinson an Australian recorded this UK cover version.
9:45 Off the Air
Veteran Dunedin radio broadcaster Neil Collins of Radio Dunedin, who retired on Friday after 57 years on radio, reminisces about his career. 13'25"
When I asked the veteran what drew him to radio his answer was rather unexpected...
===10:12 PM. | Mediawatch===
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Critical examination and analysis of recent performance and trends in NZ's news media (RNZ)
===11:04 PM. | None (National)===
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An intimate hour of music and conversation with Yusuf / Cat Stevens about life, about what freedom means to him, his musical influences and collaborating with other artists to create Tell 'Em I'm Gone