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Nine To Noon for Tuesday 20 March 2018

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09:05 Minister to Air NZ: Don’t neglect regions

Air New Zealand plane

Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King

The Minister for Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones has criticised Air New Zealand for degrading its services to the regions. Mr Jones's comments come after Air New Zealand's abrupt withdrawal from flights into Kapiti - it gave the region just three weeks notice that it would pull out. Kathryn Ryan also talks with the mayors of Gisborne and Whangarei districts, Meng Foon and Sheryl Mai.

09:20 Pink and White Terraces final location discovered

Painting of the Pink and White Terraces by John Hoyte. (Otago University)

A page of old Lake Rotomahana compass bearings from Dr Ferdinand Hochstetter’s field diary from April 1859.

Hochstetter’s method-of-squares map discovered by Dr Sascha Nolden in Basel in 2010, and vital in discovering terrace locations.

A Lake Rotomahana panorama from the 2016 lake dive, taken from near Hochstetter’s stations 21 and 22. This photo was crucial in establishing Hochstetter’s master-bearings from Koa on Mt Tarawera.

Taken on approach to Te Tarata site area, showing the rough country and deep ash overlaying the search areas.

Te Otukapuarangi showing the first accurate altimetry of the Pink Terrace, measured against sea level and the old and new lake levels.

Te Tarata showing the first accurate altimetry of the White Terrace, measured against sea level and the old and new lake levels.

The reverse engineering of Hochstetter’s complete 13 bearing dataset in March 2018, showing his two 1859 Observation stations around the old Lake Rotomahana with optimal accuracy.

A close-up of Hochstetter’s survey bearings overlain with his method-of-squares map, showing terrace locations.

Te Tuhi’s Spring i.e. The Black Terrace, showing how it and Black Terrace Crater slipped from the map in the 20th Century.

19th Century mapping of Te Tuhi’s Spring and later confusion with Black Terrace Crater.

The latest search area for the Black Terrace Crater, (shown as the white square) and drawing on all previous mapping.

The photo the author first noted as showing Black Terrace Crater erupting and Kaiwaka Channel weeks after the main Rotomahana eruption ceased.

Dr Hochstetter surveyed around Rotorua and we used his Mt Ngongotaha survey to validate the accuracy of his Lake Rotomahana compass bearings. They proved accurate to within one degree.

An impressive example of pink-to-white silica sinter, illustrating the colouring of the old terraces.

Researchers have found the final burial site of the famous Pink and White Terraces, 132 years after the Mt Tarawera eruption engulfed them. A full archaeological investigation kicked off in September, using non-invasive scanning to determine if the terraces are still intact. The data showed the terraces were next to the lake outside of the volcanic crater, meaning they could one day be drilled into and excavated and restored for the world to see. Kathryn Ryan speaks with Rex Bunn who led the recent investigation, co-authored last year's Royal Society New Zealand report.

09:45 USA correspondent Steve Almond

US President Donald Trump and Chris Liddell, director of strategic initiatives, on December 14, 2017.

US President Donald Trump and Chris Liddell, director of strategic initiatives, on December 14, 2017. Photo: AFP

Topics for discussion: President Donald Trump appointment of New Zealander - Chris Liddell as deputy chief of staff; Trumps is once again making noises about firing Robert Mueller; James Comey hits the best seller lists and is a wave of Democrat victories about to start?

10:05 Asne Seierstad: Two Sisters into the Syrian Jihad

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Asne Seierstad is an accomplished writer, journalist and war correspondent, well known at home in Norway and abroad. She covered the Chechen war, the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, the fall of Baghdad, and other conflicts in Serbia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan, and has written a series of books set in conflict zones – including the 2002 bestseller, The Bookseller of Kabul. Her latest is called Two Sisters: Into the Syrian Jihad – a haunting book about two teeenage sisters who join the Syrian Jihad.

10:35 Book review

Charlotte Graham-McLay reviews Almost Love by Louise O'Neill, published by Hachette.

10:45 The Reading

Baby No Eyes by Patricia Grace (Ep. 12 of 17)

11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram

Shell sells its NZ gas assets to OMV, an Austrian company – meanwhile the government's considering whether to offer any more oil and gas exploration blocks. And impact investing gains a toe-hold in New Zealand.

11:30 Brothers from another mother: Hip Hop & Sāmoan oratory

Matthew Faiumu aka sound producer Anonymouz

Matthew Faiumu aka sound producer Anonymouz Photo: 4 THA LUMANA'I

Music producer Anonymouz talks to Kathryn Ryan about the parallels between Sāmoan oratory & Hip Hop. He will be showcasing his work along with a cast of Sāmoan tulāfale orator chiefs, rappers, poets and community performers in 4 THA LUMANA'I. The live performance is part of Auckland Art Festival's wider Whanui. It's on at the Māngere Arts Centre, from 23-24 March.

11:45 Media commentator Gavin Ellis

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Mindfood celebrates its 10th birthday this month with a 320-page issue. And Gavin has an example of good newspaper journalism. Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald.  He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz

 

 

Music played in this show

 

Artist:  Aloe Blacc
Song: I Need a Dollar
Composer: Dawkins
Album: Good Things
Label: Stonesthrow
Time: 10.15


Artist:   ANONYMOUZ
Song: Resample Guåhån BEAT 7 Heading Home 78BPM
Composer:  Matthew Faiumu Salupu
Album:
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Time: 11.35


Artist:   ANONYMOUZ
Song: MASTA (Clean Edit) - Tha Movement feat. Tha Feelstyle, King Kapisi, Mareko, Poetik, SMV & MC Arme (Produced by Anonymouz)
Composer:  Matthew Faiumu Salupu
Album:
Label:
Time: 11.37


Artist:   ANONYMOUZ
Song:  Vodka & Vaniah (Snare feat. LaCoco, Produced by anonymouz
Composer:  Matthew Faiumu Salupu
Album:
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Time: 11.43