Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Show notes for Saturday 15 May 2010

Saturday, Midday - 2pm

Quick links:
Paul's baits of choice
The Norwegian Way
2011 Rugby World Cup: the fine print
Turning poop into power and fertiliser
400 million mobile phone subscriptions and rising
That Beep by Architecture in Helsinki digital download
Never a Frown with Gordon Browndigital download by The Chap

QUICK HITS
12:10 What's in our margarine?
12:20 Rattus rattus
12:50 Norway: The Russ
13:15 Rugby World Cup tickets
13:30 Tech news: mobile termination rates
13:40 Turning chicken poo into power
13:50 Mobile phones in Africa

THE SMALL PRINT
First up this week we're lifting the lid on margarine to see what's in the stuff because it's not always clear from the label. Palm oil, trans fats and pork gelatin on hot toast anyone?!

At 12.20pm 'rattus rattus' is the black rat (aka the ship rat or roof rat) and with the weather getting colder they're heading inside to nice warm lofts and houses. I'm off with a pest controller to exterminate a few. Plus we find out what you can do to keep them away from your home. Link here for Paul's baits of choice.

Then at 12:50pm we head to Norway for the Russ. It's a traditional party time for graduating high school students who cruise around in pimped up coaches dressed in multi-coloured boiler suits wearing peaked caps. And it all goes on BEFORE final exams! Not exactly the best form of revision.

After the news, tickets for the 2011 Rugby World Cup went on sale last month to the general public. So as well as renting out your spare room or the caravan for millions to a cashed-up rugby tourist and heading to Rarotonga for a few months, how easy will it be to buy a few extra tickets and sell them on for a profit? We check out the fine print.

At 1:25pm Peter Griffin's in to talk technology and this week the government's threatening to regulate mobile phone termination rates. These are the charges the telcos pay each other every time a Telecom customer calls someone on Vodafone's network. It's a nice little earner, especially as its the telcos who set the charges. So could the threat of regulation mean cheaper calls and increased competition?

Then at 1:40pm chickens don't just lay eggs. They deposit quite a bit of crud, poop and excrement too. Well a guy in the US has just perfected a way of turning all this lovely stuff into power and fertiliser.

And before we go cell phone use has exploded in Africa over the past decade. In 2000, 16 million people had a mobile phone subscription. Today that figure's about 400 million and rising and it's having a major impact on the way people do business and pay for goods and services.

WE'RE PLAYING THESE TRACKS TOO....

Track: That Beep
Artist: Architecture in Helsinki (Radioclit's French Mix featuring Marina)
Digital download here:
Broadcast at: 12:20

Track: Obroni
Artist: Richy Pitch featuring Wanlov the Kubolor
Album: Ye Fre Mi: Made in Ghana
Label: BBE Records
Catalog#: BBE118
Broadcast at: 13:10

Track: Never a Frown with Gordon Brown
Artist: The Chap
Digital download here
Broadcast at: 13:45

AND OUR THEME IS:
Track: The Green Termite
Artist: Jefferson Belt
Album: Table Manners
Label: Round Trip Mars
Catalogue #: RTM 2009