Afternoons for Wednesday 20 April 2016
-
Debating International Drug Laws - Jemma Brackebush
1:13 PM.Associate health minister Peter Dunne has told a United Nations' conference on world drug problems the document up for debate doesn't go far enough in addressing the death penalty for drug related… Read more Audio
-
The Illicit Drug Monitoring System - Dr Chris Wilkins
1:21 PM.What does the drug scene look like here in New Zealand? The Illicit Drug Monitoring System has released its annual snapshot of drug use, drug markets and emerging drug use in New Zealand. Dr Chris… Read more Audio
-
Sound Archives - Sarah Johnston
1:32 PM.In the lead up to Anzac Day on Monday the researchers at Nga Taonga Sound & Vision have been busy preparing more sound recordings and film footage about World War I to go on their website 'Anzac… Read more Audio
-
Philosophy for Children - Vanya Kovach and Amy Austin
2:09 PM.A conference of visiting education experts has been exploring the teaching of philosophy to children. Vanya Kovach and Amy Austin are assistant principals at Wellington's Island Bay School. And… Read more Audio
-
Bookmarks - Dr Greg Newbold
2:19 PM.Each week we ask a prominent New Zealander to tell us about a few of their favourite things on Bookmarks. Today, it's Canterbury Sociology Professor Greg Newbold. Audio
-
Geoffonomics - Geoff Simmons
3:09 PM.Geoff Simmons is an economist with the Morgan Foundation. Should we be using something other than GDP with which to measure our economy? Audio
-
The Wireless Preview - Hussein Moses
3:20 PM.Hussein Moses has been writing about the Taite Music Prize for The Wireless this week. Audio
-
The New Zealand Wars - Jacinta Ruru
3:22 PM.Jacinta Ruru is a Professor of Law at the University of Otago and Co-Director of Nga Pae o te Maramatanga, New Zealand's Maori Centre of Research Excellence. Today she's looking at the New Zealand… Read more Audio
-
The Panel pre-show for 20 April 2016
3:45 PM.What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zara Potts. Audio
-
Marine maternity ward
9:34 PM.Staff at the Island Bay Marine Education Centre have played midwife to baby carpet sharks that hatched almost a year after a female shark deposited the egg cases in a tank. Read more Audio, Gallery
1:10 First Song
'Be With Me' - The Proclaimers.
1:15 Debating International Drug Laws - Jemma Brackebush
Associate health minister Peter Dunne has told a United Nations' conference on world drug problems the document up for debate doesn't go far enough in addressing the death penalty for drug related crimes. Peter Dunne is leading the New Zealand delegation to the UN during the three day conference, which has drawn health ministers and heads of state from around the world to put global drug policies in the spotlight. The conference, The United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem, is being held in New York and began this morning. RNZ's reporter, Jemma Brackebush, is at the UN.
1:25 The Illicit Drug Monitoring System - Dr Chris Wilkins
What does the drug scene look like here in New Zealand? The Illicit Drug Monitoring System has released its annual snapshot of drug use, drug markets and emerging drug use in New Zealand. Dr Chris Wilkins is here to tell us about some of their findings.
1:35 Sound Archives - Sarah Johnston
In the lead up to Anzac Day on Monday the researchers at Nga Taonga Sound & Vision have been busy preparing more sound recordings and film footage about World War I to go on their website 'Anzac Sights & Sounds'.
1:40 Favourite Album
Disintegration - The Cure.
2:10 Philosophy for Children - Vanya Kovach and Amy Austin
A conference of visiting education experts has been exploring the teaching of philosophy to children. Vanya Kovach and Amy Austin have just come from a Philosophy in Action Day, at Crofton Downs Primary School.
2:20 Bookmarks - Professor Greg Newbold
Each week we ask a prominent New Zealander to tell us about a few of their favourite things on Bookmarks. Today, it's Canterbury Sociology Professor Greg Newbold.
3:10 Geoffonomics - Geoff Simmons
Geoff Simmons is an economist with the Morgan Foundation. Should we be using something other than GDP with which to measure our economy?
3:20 The Wireless - Hussein Moses
Hussein Moses has been writing about the Taite Music Prize for The Wireless this week.
3:25 The New Zealand Wars - Jacinta Ruru
Jacinta Ruru is a Professor of Law at the University of Otago and Co-Director of Nga Pae o te Maramatanga, New Zealand's Maori Centre of Research Excellence. Today she's looking at the New Zealand Wars.
3:35 Our Changing World
The Island Bay Marine Education Centre, on Wellington's south coast, was left with more than it bargained for when a guest - a mature carpet shark - began to lay eggs during her brief stay. The mother shark has since returned to the ocean, but her eggs remained in the tanks, until Millie hatched almost a year later. Lucy Smith pops in to see how the baby shark is doing.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zara Potts.
Music played in this show
JESSE'S SONG:
ARTIST: The Proclaimers
TITLE: Be With Me
COMP: Charlie Reid, Craig Reid
ALBUM: Let's Hear It For The Dogs
LABEL:
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: The Cure
TITLE: Plainsong
COMP: Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Roger O'Donnell, Porl Thompson, Boris Williams
ALBUM: Disintegration
LABEL: Fiction
ARTIST: The Cure
TITLE: Pictures of You
COMP: Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Roger O'Donnell, Porl Thompson, Boris Williams
ALBUM: Disintegration
LABEL: Fiction
BOOKMARKS: Dr Greg Newbold's music choices
ARTIST: The Congregation
TITLE: Softly Whispering I Love You
COMP: Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway
ALBUM: Jesahel
LABEL: Columbia
ARTIST: Buffalo Springfield
TITLE: For What it's Worth
COMP: Stephen Stills
ALBUM: Buffalo Springfield
LABEL: Atco
ADDITIONAL SONG:
ARTIST: Pinecone
TITLE: Kelly Stoltz
COMP: Kelly Stoltz
ALBUM: To Dreamers
LABEL: SubPop
THE PANEL: HALFTIME SONG
ARTIST: The Spice Girls
TITLE: Wannabe
COMP: Spice Girls, Matt Rowe, Richard Stannard
ALBUM: Spice
LABEL: Virgin