Summer Times for Thursday 5 January 2017
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Kaikoura's road to recovery?
9:12 AM.The road has been closed since November's seven point eight magnitude earthquake - and the transport agency says it isn't expecting it to be fully re-opened again until the end of 2017. Winston Gray… Read more Audio
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Kaikoura cheese in limbo
9:12 AM.His cheesemaker walked out this week. Now it looks like the road North from Kaikoura won't re-open completely for a year. It sounds like a really bad country ballad but it's Daniel Jenkins' reality, Read more Audio
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Employee of the month - Kevin Fraher
9:25 AM.Our employee of the month is Kevin Fraher who's been working on call every day this week for 12 hours. He the creator of Justly - a website which allows people to make their own will online. Audio
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Best of Jesse: Will Shortz - Crosswords
9:35 AM.Will Shortz has been the editor of the crosswords in the New York Times - the gold standard in newspaper crosswords - since 1993. He is a true 14-letter word starting with 'C' and ending with 'T' Audio
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Ferret eau de parfum
10:09 AM.A team from Landcare Research has made a pongy discovery in the fight against pests. Read more Audio
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John Wright - Blues & Cricket
10:20 AM.John Wright is known to us as a former international cricketer and former captain of the New Zealand side. Audio
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Whale stranding advice with Ingrid Visser
10:35 AM.What can be done if you see a whale stranded on the beach? Audio
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Mose Allison
10:45 AM.Older entertainers must have been getting nervous throughout 2016 as the number of them dying seemed to accelerate throughout the course of the year. In November another legend was lost, Blues and… Read more Audio
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Caroline Bay Carnival audio
11:06 AM.Earlier in the week we spoke to Maurice Elder who has been volunteering at Timaru's Caroline Bay Carnival since 1947. Audio
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Books with Charlotte Graham
11:15 AM.Jesse talks books with Charlotte Graham Audio
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9:00 News
9:07 Kaikoura tourism - Winston Gray
The road has been closed since November's seven point eight magnitude earthquake - and the transport agency says it isn't expecting it to be fully re-opened again until the end of 2017.
Winston Gray is the Mayor of Kaikoura District.
no captipn Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King
9:12 Kaikoura business Daniel Jenkins
His cheesemaker walked out this week.
Now it looks like the road North from Kaikoura won't re-open completely for a year.
It sounds like a really bad country ballad but it's Daniel Jenkins' reality,
Click here to go to their website
Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King
9:20 Employee of the month - Kevin Fraher
9:30 Best of Jesse: Will Shortz - Crosswords
Will Shortz has been the editor of the crosswords in the New York Times - the gold standard in newspaper crosswords - since 1993. He is a true 14-letter word starting with 'C' and ending with 'T'
Photo: Google Images
10:07 Ferrets - Al Glen
A team from Landcare Research has made a pongy discovery in the fight against pests.
10:15 John Wright - Blues & Cricket
John Wright is known to us as a former international cricketer and former captain of the New Zealand side.
John Wright is returning to Derbyshire Photo: Photosport
10:20 Whale stranding advice with Ingrid Visser
What can be done if you see a whale stranded on the beach?
DOC ranger Phred Dobbins with the stranded whales at Doughboy Bay, Stewart Island. Photo: Department of Conservation/ Supplied
10:30 Mose Allison
Older entertainers must have been getting nervous throughout 2016 as the number of them dying seemed to accelerate throughout the course of the year.
In November another legend was lost, Blues and Jazz pianist-singer and song writer Mose Allison passed away.
10:50 - Kevin Hanna and The Wurlitzer
11:07 Caroline Bay audio
The Caroline Bay Carnival Photo: The Caroline Bay Carnival
11:15 Books with Charlotte Graham
Photo: CC BY 2.0 / Ginny
11:30 The Best of NZ Live: Aldous Harding
Watch Aldous Harding perform on RNZ here