Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Monday 2 July 2012

Not all audio is available due to copyright restrictions.

13:09 Best Song Ever Written - Kindness

Matt Hancock from Wellington has chosen 'Kindness' by Ryan Adams. (9′37″)

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13:21 Eight Months to Mars - Mike Bodnar

Former broadcaster and now freelance Communications Consultant Mike Bodnar. In between engagements he writes and is involved in video production. He has recently returned from the Mars Desert Research Station (MRDS) in Utah where he spent two weeks living in an eight metre diameter, two story cylindrical structure, with five others, to simulate what it might be like on Mars. (30′49″)

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14:10 Man-made Antarctic damage

Five years ago Waikato University student Tanya O'Neill ran the Antarctica marathon. It got her thinking about how much damage people were doing to the ice continent. (12′19″)

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14:22 Ghosts in Dunedin

The city's Globe Theatre is the focus of paranormal investigators. (10′49″)

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15:14 The Wild Within

British climber Simon Yates has written three books, the latest is called 'The Wild Within'. This book is not all about the climbing. It's a book about challenges, relationships and the spirit of discovery. (23′36″)

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15:39 Our Changing World - Post-Rena Environmental Monitoring

It's been nearly nine months since the cargo vessel Rena ran aground, spilling more than 350 tonnes of oil, much of which came ashore on Bay of Plenty beaches. The big question is whether there are any lasting impacts on the marine environment, and that's something that Chris Battershill from Waikato University and David Schiel from the University of Canterbury are studying as part of the Rena Recovery programme. (10′57″)

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15:49 The Panel Pre-Show for 2 July 2012

Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. (10′21″)

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16:07 The Panel with Jane Clifton and Barry Corbett (Part 1)

Topics - An Auckland youth advocate says figures showing Maori students are expelled from school at four times the rate of their European counterparts reflect "institutional racism" in education. The jury is considering its verdict in the trial of the man accused of the fatal shooting of Feilding farmer, Scott Guy. (24′19″)

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16:41 The Panel with Jane Clifton and Barry Corbett (Part 2)

Topics - The escalating cost of living finds two-income families increasingly worse-off than single-income families were a generation ago - and it is threatening to put them under. Beneficiaries who refuse to take a drug test, or who fail one, while applying for a job could have their benefit cut as part of the Government's next round of welfare reforms. (25′50″)

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