Summer Times for Friday 30 December 2016
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Employers refuse to provide sun protection for employees
9:15 AM.The Marlborough Express reports some employees have been refused permission to wear a hat because it isn't part of a uniform and issuing only short-sleeved shirts for employees who work outside all… Read more Audio
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Wetas
9:22 AM.Chris Chadwick owns a Weta Hotel that is home to 8 wetas. He joins us today to tell us a bit more. Audio
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Whare Flat Festival
9:25 AM.The Whare Flat Festival has been run every year since 1975. It's a day filled with music, workshops and you can dance if you want to, it's going on in Dunedin over the next 4 days. Siobhan Dillon is… Read more Audio
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Beachgoer Safety & Apps
10:07 AM.Clint van Marrewijk app Safer Me was set up to help keep people safe at work but with staff heading to the beach this summer they added the ability to share the location of sharks and rips. Audio
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Beachgoer Safety & Apps
10:07 AM.Clint van Marrewijk app Safer Me was set up to help keep people safe at work but with staff heading to the beach this summer they added the ability to share the location of sharks and rips. Audio
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Eating potatoes all year
10:10 AM.Andrew Taylor has been eating potatos all year. For every meal. He's claims to have lost 50 kg due to his lifestyle change, and has hit headlines globally for his strange eating habit. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Wetas in Cabbage Trees
11:04 AM.Ruth Thomas has large cabbage trees that are homes to wetas, she tells us about the time it literally rained wetas. Audio
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Home For Christmas: Rachel Martin
11:20 AM.Rachel Martin has been in London for 18 months now, she works at The Sun newspaper along with 700 other employees and is now home for Christmas. Audio
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8:10 Best of Kim Hill 2016
Tearepa Kahi directed Poi E and talked to Kim Hill earlier this year.
9:05 The Weta Hotel
Recently, Jesse mentioned how excited his family was to find a weta in their sun umbrella when they opened it up for summer. Turns out you guys like wetas too, and Chris Chadwick and Rosemary Downard have a weta hotel...
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Photo: Supplied
9:10 Sun protection for employees - Chris Jackson
Should employers be providing sun protection for outdoor workers at this time of year?
The Cancer Society says of course they should!
Photo: Facebook / Cancer Society
9:15 The Whare Flat Festival
Siobhan Dillon will tell us a bit about the Whare Flat Festival. It was started in 1975.
Whare Flat Festival Photo: Supplied
9:30 Jesse Best-Of: Kent Kiehl on Psychopaths
Psychopath brain scans Photo: Kent Kiehl
Dr Kent Kiehl spends his days talking to people who have no compassion or empathy for others. They are rapists and murderers. He studies their brains in an effort to understand the science of people who have no conscience.
10:05 Beachgoer Safety & Apps
Clint van Marrewijk app Safer Me was set up to help keep people safe at work but with staff heading to the beach this summer they added the ability to share the location of sharks and rips.
Screencap of Safer Me Photo: Screenshot
10:10 Eating potatoes all year
Andrew Taylor has been eating potatos all year. For every meal. He's claims to have lost 50 kg due to his lifestyle change, and has hit headlines globally for his strange eating habit.
10:15 Employee of the Month - Lydia Bradey
Lydia Bradey is a climber and mountain and ski guide. Lydia was a the first woman to climb Mt Everest without the use of additional oxygen. At the moment, she's off to guide an expedition the South Pole.
10:30 This Way Up Best-Of: Shoeing Horses
Shoe Photo: Shoe
This Way Up heads out with farrier Jason Wood to go and shoe some horses in the Manawatu.
11:07 Home For Christmas: Rachel Martin
She works at The Sun in London, she's been there 18 months and she's home for Christmas
Rachel Martin in NZ Photo: Supplied
11:25 NZ Live Best-Of: Mel Parsons
Mel Parsons, is a singer from Westport she occasionally tours in a 'pimped out' horse truck.... and she sings beautifully....