Radio New Zealand National Highlights Radio New Zealand National Highlights http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights Radio New Zealand 60 Insight: Is it time to legalise cannabis? Insight explores what might happen if the law against cannabis use is changed

]]> MarijuanaSometime during 2012, 385,000 New Zealander adults will smoke cannabis, eat it, inhale its vapours, drink it as a tea or use it as a compress.  United Nations figures show the country has among the highest rates of cannabis use in the world. Does that mean the law prohibiting its use is not working?  And if so, what should replace it?

Reporter Penny Mackay talks to New Zealanders who vehemently oppose any relaxing of cannabis laws, those who say its use should be a health rather than criminal justice issue,  those who want it decriminalised, those who want it legalised, and those who want at least medical marijuana freely and officially available.

]]> Sun, 27 May 2012 08:12:00 +1200 8:12 am on 27 May 2012 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/insight/20120527 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/insight/20120527 Hidden Treasures Hidden Treasures host Trevor Reekie showcases a spirited Colombian cover of a Michael Jackson hit, No Pares Hasta Tener lo Suficiente

]]> Sun, 27 May 2012 10:45:00 +1200 10:45 am on 27 May 2012 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/hiddentreasures/20120527 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/hiddentreasures/20120527 Sunday Morning with Chris Laidlaw On Sunday Morning libertarian thought from socialist libertarianism to anarcho-capitalism; plus Dunedin's ghosts.

]]> Sun, 27 May 2012 11:00:00 +1200 11:00 am on 27 May 2012 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/sunday/20120527 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/sunday/20120527 Ideas This week's Lived Philosophies series in Ideas looks at  libertarianism

]]> Sun, 27 May 2012 11:05:00 +1200 11:05 am on 27 May 2012 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/ideas/20120527 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/ideas/20120527 At The Movies Simon Morris and Dan Slevin discuss The Dictator, Dark Shadows, Margin Call, and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, in At The Movies

]]> Sun, 27 May 2012 13:10:00 +1200 1:10 pm on 27 May 2012 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/atthemovies/20120527 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/atthemovies/20120527 The Arts on Sunday Sonia Sly looks at the arts and open source activism, in The Arts on Sunday

]]> Sun, 27 May 2012 13:40:00 +1200 1:40 pm on 27 May 2012 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/artsonsunday/20120527 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/artsonsunday/20120527 The Drama Hour The Drama Hour highlights a diverse range of New Zealand radio playwriting and performance

]]> Sun, 27 May 2012 15:05:00 +1200 3:05 pm on 27 May 2012 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/thedramahour/20120527 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/thedramahour/20120527 Spiritual Outlook In Spiritual Outlook, a young Canterbury pastor talks about holding on to grace during difficult times and his call to help others

]]> Sun, 27 May 2012 17:05:00 +1200 5:05 pm on 27 May 2012 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/spiritualoutlook/20120527 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/spiritualoutlook/20120527 Te Ahi Kaa In Te Ahi Kaa this week, Maraea Rakuraku visits Waipoua Forest to learn about a disease affecting kauri trees with local activist Stephen King

]]> Sun, 27 May 2012 18:06:00 +1200 6:06 pm on 27 May 2012 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/teahikaa/20120527 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/teahikaa/20120527 Nine to Noon Nine to Noon features David Garrett a former competitive ballroom dancer who is now part of a team working on a bionic eye prototype

]]> David GarrettDavid Garrett – a former competitive ballroom dancer, turned high end, London caterer and now a research fellow at Melbourne University School of Physics and part of a team working on a bionic eye prototype.

]]> Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:05:00 +1200 10:05 am on 1 June 2012 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/ninetonoon/20120601 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/ninetonoon/20120601 The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams From writings left behind by country music's "lovesick blues boy", The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams contained the debut performances of 12 previously unheard Hank Williams songs

]]> During Nights with Bryan Crump

From writings left behind by country music's "lovesick blues boy", The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams contained the debut performances of 12 previously unheard Hank Williams songs.

This radio special traces how the “lost notebook” of unrecorded songs were found then recorded by a range of artists whose own sensibilities have been shaped by Williams.

The programme features interviews and recordings with Bob Dylan, Lucinda Williams, Jack White, Merle Haggard, and Sheryl Crow among others.

Joyride Media

]]> Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:06:00 +1200 11:06 pm on 1 June 2012 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/none/20120601 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/none/20120601 Saturday Morning with Kim Hill On Saturday Morning, Kim Hill's guests will include William Tobin, Thomas Lumley and Mike Spratt

]]> On Saturday Morning, Kim Hill's guests will include William Tobin, Thomas Lumley and Mike Spratt.

]]> Sat, 02 Jun 2012 08:00:00 +1200 8:00 am on 2 June 2012 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/saturday/20120602 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/highlights/saturday/20120602 Insight: China's Aging Population Insight considers the implications for  China's development  of an aging  population

]]> china aging population bbcChina's natural ageing process has been accelerated by the one child policy.

The BBC reports from Shanghai on its rapidly ageing population.

Mukul Devichand tells the stories of an ageing city and asks whether China's rapid economic growth could be undermined.
 

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