Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Sunday for 8 March 2009

8:12 Insight: Dirty Dairying

Insight looks at the issue of dirty dairying. Six years on from the signing of the Clean Streams Accord why are cows still polluting waterways and what measures are needed to get them out?
Produced by Craig Ashworth

8:40 Feature interview: The social consequences of climate change

Journalist Stephan Faris has been looking at the consequences of climate change, from the Amazon to the Arctic, and he's making predictions about the impacts on human society.
Produced by Christine Cessford

9:05 Mediawatch

Mediawatch this week asks the Minister of Broadcasting about doing away with TVNZ's little-loved charter, and gets a second opinion on the policy of providing public service television without a dedicated public service broadcaster. Also on the programme: why do the media go mad about fancy new passenger planes? And what's the difference between a tacky TV show that's entertaining - and an entertainment show which is simply tacky?
Produced and presented by Colin Peacock and Jeremy Rose.

9:30 Feature interview: Spotlight on Fiji's judiciary

Fiji's rulers have been widely criticized on the international stage this week. In one report, the US State department found evidence of political interference in the Fiji judiciary. Chris Laidlaw talks to Dr Jon Fraenkel one of the report's authors.
Produced by Christine Cessford

9:55 Notes from the South

Dougal Stevenson in Dunedin, with a colourful case of mistaken identity in the butterfly house.
Produced by Christine Cessford

10:06 The Sunday Group: Tough Trading

Things are likely to get tougher out there for New Zealand businesses operating on the international market. Companies that export our products will feel the pinch of shrinking markets as consumers reign in their spending.
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise is the Government's national economic development agency. It aims, among other things, to boost export earnings and forges networks with overseas markets to connect New Zealand businesses with trade and investment opportunities.
Regional directors from Trade and Enterprise have been visiting New Zealand, with fresh insight from Europe and the Middle East, the Americas, Australia, and Asia.
Today, three of them discuss business and consumer sentiment, trading climates, and areas of opportunity in a difficult economic climate. Tim Green covers Australia, Alan Koziarski works in South East Asia and Richard Laverty deals with Europe and the Middle East.
Produced by Christine Cessford

10:40 Hidden Treasures

Each week Trevor Reekie takes you on a trip that seeks out musical gems from niche markets around the globe, the latest re-releases and interesting sounds from the shallow end of the bit stream. This week Trevor pays tribute to eclectic folk genius John Martyn who passed away recently, and features the work of some artists who've recently been in Auckland.
Produced by Trevor Reekie

10:55 Feedback

What the listeners have to say.

11:05 Indigenous Constitutions: Bolivia today, Aotearoa tomorrow ?

The Washington Post recently declared that Latin America was experiencing revolution by constitution. On January 25, Bolivia became the latest of 10 Latin American countries to approve new constitutions since the 1980s. Bolivia's president Evo Morales hailed the passing of the constitution as the end of colonial rule in the country. And Britain's Guardian newspaper described it as a watershed for South America that will empower the indigenous majority and roll back half a millennium of colonialism, discrimination and humiliation.

We talk to:
George Mason University anthropologist and human rights lawyer Mark Goodale about the Bolivian constitution and its implications for the country and the world.

Maori lawyer and constitutional expert Moana Jackson shares his impressions of Evo Morales - who he met at the UN in New York - and discusses the new Bolivian constitution and what a truly indigenous inspired constitution might look like.

Pakeha lawyer and constitutional expert Matthew Palmer talks about his recent book 'The Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand's Law and Constitution' and his proposals to formally incorporate the Treaty of Waitangi into law and the establishment of a Treaty of Waitangi Court.

LINKS:
Mark Goodale http://icar.gmu.edu/mgoodale.htm
Moana Jackson's Wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moana_Jackson
The Treaty of Waitangi in New Law and Constitution http://www.victoria.ac.nz/vup/2008titleinformation/thetreatyofwaitangi.aspx

Presented by Chris Laidlaw
Produced by Jeremy Rose