Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Friday 25 May 2012

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13:10 The Best Song Ever Written - Down The Road Apiece

Composer and musician Jan Preston chooses Down The Road Apiece by Freddie Slack. (10′16″)

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14:10 An audience with Neil Armstrong

Ever since Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon on July 21, 1969, the world has been fascinated by his story. For decades, Neil Armstrong was reluctant to talk about the achievement, but he recently agreed to tell his story to the Chief of the accounting firm CPA Australia, Alex Malley, who went to Ohio to meet the 82-year-old reclusive astronaut. The result is a four part interview including a narration of the actual moon landing. Alex Malley talks to Jim. (12′14″)

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14:23 NZ Society - Eating Out

Eating out is not a new phenomenon. There've been two previous booms in NZ restaurant history, but they were associated with good times economically. As the century turned in the year 1900, NZ had 200+ restaurants, and the largest seated 700 people. Amelia Nurse tells us a story about two significant eras in NZ restaurant history. (12′47″)

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14:50 Feature Album - Ram

'Ram' is Paul McCartney's second solo LP after the Beatles demise, and is being re-released this week. This 1971 album was slated by critics at the time, and was the pre-cursor to the formation of Wings. Paul McCartney wrote the songs, with some help from wife Linda, on their farm in Mull of Kintyre. (1′48″)

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15:09 Fresh Fast Food with Philip Kraal

Philip's recipe for Char Siu Chinese Roast Pork. (14′12″)

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15:24 Wine with Belinda Jackson

Peter Lehmann Shiraz Grenache, The Ned Sauvignon Blanc, and CJ Pask Declaration Chardonnay 2009. (9′22″)

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15:32 Movies with Sarah McMullan

Sarah reviews Men In Black 3D, and Trishna. (7′25″)

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15:40 US Marines in Kapiti

70 years ago, there was a friendly invasion of New Zealand by US Marines, 15,000 of them. Locals called it the "occupation", and they were stationed at camps around in the Kapiti Coast and Wellington Regions between 1942 and 1944. This weekend six former Marines are returning to the Kapiti Coast to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the "occupation". Jim talks to Anthony Dreaver, a local historian and member of the Kapiti U.S. Marines Trust. (7′24″)

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15:46 The Panel Pre-Show for 25 May 2012

Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. (12′06″)

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16:10 The Panel with Steve McCabe and Sam Johnson (Part 1)

The Rena sentencing, an economist says the government's 'austerity lite' budget won't stimulate economic growth, and health experts welcome the price increase on cigarettes. (35′37″)

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16:40 The Panel with Steve McCabe and Sam Johnson (Part 2)

This week's edition of The Complaints Choir, the reality TV show in which you can "win a baby", the viral video of a southern bloke rolling his ute on a public road, and protests against the demolition of the Christchurch cathedral. (22′01″)

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