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12 February 2012 - 11:57 pm NZ time
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with Jim Mora
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Audio from Thursday 3 April 2008
Not all audio is available due to copyright restrictions.
- 13:06 Jim's Essay
'Higher Thought', the 'Brotherhood of Man', the poetry of Yeats, the Kabala. Words of wisdom or pearls before swine? (6′42″)
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- 13:14 Best Song Ever Written
Roger Venz nominated The Swingin' Shepherd Blues by The Mo Koffman Quartet. (4′53″)
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- 13:21 Your Place - Ngaruawahia
Situated at the fertile confluence of the Waikato and Waipa rivers, the town's name literally means 'break open the food pits'. (31′53″)
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- 14:10 Noah's Ark
Two Auckland men have got themselves involved in a mission to track down Noah's Ark. (12′28″)
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- 14:23 Gluten Free Guesthouse
Visit an Italian guesthouse that caters for people with coeliac disease - an autoimmune condition that is triggered by Gluten. (7′49″)
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- 14:43 He Rourou for 03 April 2008
Ana Tapiata talks to one of the organisers of the 63rd Hui Aranga, the annual Easter Festival of the Maori Catholic church. (4′56″)
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- 14:50 Feature Album
Horses by Patti Smith, the American rock and roll legend is our Feature Album. (2′39″)
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- 15:12 Arts Report - Jack Lovelock
In our arts segment this week - a new play about to open in Wellington about the man Jack Lovelock couldn't beat - Tommy Morehu. (9′16″)
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- 15:17 The Arts Report - Pietari Inkinen
In our arts segment this week - Lynn Freeman talks with the new music director of the NZSO, Pietari Inkinen. (7′30″)
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- 15:33 Christchurch Story with Katy Gosset
We meet the passionate and prolific letter to the editor writer Bruce Grimwood, (12′14″)
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- 16:06 The Panel (Part 1)
With Richard Griffin and David Slack. (26′22″)
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- 16:46 The Panel (Part 2)
With Richard Griffin and David Slack. (23′35″)
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- 18:47 Science with Dacia Herbulock
Today we continue our look at the impact of tourism on endangered yellow-eyed penguins on the Otago Peninsula. (12′54″)
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Afternoons for 3 April 2008
1:06 Jim's Essay
1:10 Best Song Ever Written - The Swingin' Shepherd Blues -
- by The Moe Koffman Quartette.
Nominated by Roger Venz.
1:15 Your Place - Ngaruawahia
2:00 News
2:10 Search fo Noahs Arc
How two Auckland men have got themselves involved in a mission to track down Noah's Ark. Dave Ashton and Rod McCourt aren't your typical Indiana Jones types but a new commission is about to plunge them into a task of biblical proportions.
2:20 Coeliac Disease
We visit an Italian guesthouse that caters for people with coeliac disease - an auto-immune condition which is triggered by Gluten. BBC Health Check reporter Anna Wallace.
2:30 NZ Reading : Rocking Horse Roadby Carl Nixon
After her violent death on the beach at the end of Rocking Horse Road Lucy Asher takes on the status of a deity for a group of boys in the school.
2:45 He Rourou
In He Rourou today, Ana Tapiata talks to Boy Thompson, one of the organisers of the 63rd Hui Aranga, the annual Easter Festival of the Maori Catholic church.
2:50 Feature Album - Horses by Patti Smith
3:00 News
3:12 The Arts Report
In our arts segment this week - Lynn Freeman talks with the new music director of the NZSO, and we find out from a new play about to open in Wellington about the man Jack Lovelock couldn't beat - Tommy Morehu.
3:33 Christchurch Story
What drives people to write letters to the editor of their local papers ?
We head to Christchurch where our correspondent, Katy Gosset, meets a man who's spent thirty years doing just that - the passionate and prolific Bruce Grimwood.
3:47 Health Story Dacia Herbulock
In our Science story today we continue our look at the impact of tourism on endangered yellow-eyed penguins on the Otago Peninsula.
Ursula Ellenberg and Phil Seddon are researchers at the University of Otago studying the penguins and their response to the surging numbers of visitors.
4:00 News
4:06 The Panel - Richard Griffin and David Slack
4:30 News Headlines/Traffic/Weather
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