Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Thursday 23 August 2012

Not all audio is available due to copyright restrictions.

13:08 The Best Song Ever Written - Marion Bates Realty

Bruce Haliday from Auckland chooses this tune by Tono and the Finance Company. (9′32″)

Download: Ogg Vorbis  MP3 | Embed

13:15 Your Place - Eltham

Your Place features another New Zealand town on the comeback trail - Eltham in Taranaki. (32′20″)

Download: Ogg Vorbis  MP3 | Embed

14:08 Big cat mystery

The Himilayas have their Yeti, Loch Ness has it's monster, and in the Australian Bush, there is the mystery of the big cats. Over the last 60 years, there have been several reported sightings of cougars, panthers or pumas mostly in the Grampians and the Gippsland high country in Victoria. (14′32″)

Download: Ogg Vorbis  MP3 | Embed

14:25 Weta horses

Weta Digital, the people who did the special effects in Lord of the Rings, King Kong and Avatar, appraoched Massey University vets to try and create the most realistic horses possible for a movie about the 16th President of the United States hunting vampires. Weta Digital wanted to get everything just right, from the way the horses run, to the hair on their backs and the nostrils on their faces. (7′40″)

Download: Ogg Vorbis  MP3 | Embed

14:45 Feature Album - Magical Mystery Tour

The Beatles are releasing a restored version of their classic 1967 film, Magical Mystery Tour. (2′02″)

Download: Ogg Vorbis  MP3 | Embed

15:08 Our Changing World - BRANZ

BRANZ houses the only large-scale fire resistance furnace in the country, and fire engineers Greg Baker and Peter Whiting explain what's happening as a couple of doors are tested in it. (8′30″)

Download: Ogg Vorbis  MP3 | Embed

15:34 Southern Story for 23 August 2012 - Upper Takaka Country Club Pig Hunt

It's a part of our rural Kiwi culture - hunting. It keeps pests down, puts food on the table and tends to run in the family. Sage Forest heads out to the Upper Takaka Country Club annual pig hunt. (11′18″)

Download: Ogg Vorbis  MP3 | Embed

15:45 The Panel Pre-Show for 23 August 2012

Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. (14′47″)

Download: Ogg Vorbis  MP3 | Embed

16:08 The Panel with Raybon Kan and Neil Miller (Part 1)

The Government has decided to let the liquor industry set its own rules for the sweetened alcoholic drinks. British American Tobacco, in Australia, has launched a print, television and radio campaign costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. Meanwhile - The Australian state of Tasmania is considering a ban on cigarette sales to anyone born after the year 2000 in an attempt to create a smoking-free generation. (24′47″)

Download: Ogg Vorbis  MP3 | Embed

16:35 The Panel with Raybon Kan and Neil Miller (Part 2)

The Beehive chat this week from the Hon Tariana Turia. An investigation into a massive privacy breach by ACC, has found it was a genuine human error but happened because of weaknesses in ACC's culture and systems. John Key says euthanasia already happens in our hospitals and if he was terminally ill, he would consider it. (25′29″)

Download: Ogg Vorbis  MP3 | Embed