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Afternoons for Wednesday 13 May 2015

  • Your Song - (The Gang That Sang) Heart of My Heart

    1:07 PM.Marya Trengrove from Methven has chosen '(The Gang That Sang) Heart of My Heart' by Max Bygraves. Audio

  • Music Trivia game

    1:21 PM.We play the songs, and you guess the link and give us a call. Audio

  • Prince Harry's Haka - Mario Ropitini

    2:06 PM.Over the past little while Prince Harry has been putting his hand to learning the haka, as part of his visit to Linton Military Camp. Warrant Officer Class 1, Mario Ropitini, is one of several army… Read more Audio

  • Nepal Earthquake - Mal Haskins

    2:10 PM.At least 50 people have been reported dead in Nepal and 17 in India after the second powerful earthquake to hit the region. The latest earthquake struck near the town of Namche Bazaar and sent… Read more Audio

  • To Hell With Poverty - Rodney Laredo

    2:27 PM.Spending a year of your life polishing shoes, pouring drinks, acting as marriage counsellors, and truce negotiators for family feuds, isn't everyone's idea of fun. But one New Zealand couple did just… Read more Audio

  • Feature album - Diamonds and Rust

    2:51 PM.Today's feature album is Diamonds and Rust, from Joan Baez. Audio

  • Tech News - Paul Brislen

    3:06 PM.Today's technology discussion with Paul Brislen covers; privacy at work, how music streaming is taking over from downloading, Skype's many new languages and the accident-rate of self-driving motor… Read more Audio

  • Giant Paintings - Stories from the Parks

    3:30 PM.There are many stories literally hidden deep underground in some of our public parks. One such park in Wellington - formerly a rubbish dump - contains machinery and equipment left behind by American… Read more Audio

  • The Panel pre-show for 13 May 2015

    3:47 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

1:10 Your Song

(The Gang That Sang) Heart of My Heart by Max Bygraves.  Chosen by Marya Trengrove from Methven

1:20 Music Trivia game 

No clues here.  Sorry!

2:10  Prince Harry's Haka - Mario Ropitini

Over the past little while Prince Harry has been putting his hand to learning the haka, as part of his visit to Linton Military Camp. Warrant Officer Class 1, Mario Ropitini,  is one of several army personel teaching him the moves. We spoke with Mario on Friday and he's back with us now to tell us how it all went.

2.15    Nepal Earthquake - Mal Haskins

At least 50 people have been reported dead in Nepal and 17 in India after the second powerful earthquake to hit the region. The latest earthquake struck near the town of Namche Bazaar and sent thousands of panicked residents on to the streets of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu. New Zealand mountain guide Mal Haskins has been living in Nepal, leading expeditions and flying a helicopter. After the devastating first quake, him and his wife Sophie got together with Sir Edund Hillary's granddaughter, Amelia, to help deliver aid to mountain villages that have been flattened by massive rock avalanches.

2:20  To Hell With Poverty - Rodney Laredo

Spending a year of your life polishing shoes, pouring drinks, acting as marriage counsellors, and truce negotiators for family feuds, isn't everyone's idea of fun. But one New Zealand couple did just that and got to experience a modern day Downton Abbey of sorts. Christchurch author Rodney Laredo is back from his stay at the big house of Chantborough Court. He's written a book about what really happens upstairs and downstairs in a large English estate, it's called To Hell with Poverty.

2:30 NZ Reading - The Conductor

Elias's Radio Orchestra is now the city's cultural backbone and despite drunken oboist Alexander's abuse, earns the respect of his players. At a farewell party thrown by Sollertinsky, Elias meets up with the dancer Nina Bronnikova again and Shostakovich arranges for her to dance with the shy Elias

2:45 Feature album

Joan Baez Diamonds and Rust (1975)

3:10 Tech News - Paul Brislen 

Today's technology discussion with Paul Brislen covers; privacy at work, how music streaming is taking over from downloading, Skype's many new languages and the accident-rate of self-driving motor vehicles 

3:30  Projected Fields - Lynda Chanwai-Earle

Enormous, colourful charts painted on the grass in parks around Wellington are part of an interactive public art work for the community to literally "play on". Lynda Chanwai-Earle attends the opening, a festive picnic event titled "Projected Fields" to learn more

New Zealand Society

3:45 The Panel Pre-Show

What the world is talking about.  With Jim Mora, Zoe George, Linda Hallinan and Jock Anderson

 

MUSIC DETAILS

YOUR SONG: 

 

ARTIST:  Max Bygraves 

TITLE:   The Gang That Sang - Heart Of My Heart

COMP:  Ryan

ALBUM: Max Bygraves: Ol' Big Head

LABEL: PEGASUS      425312 

 

TRIVIA QUIZ

 

ARTIST: Phil Collins

TITLE: Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) 

COMP: Collins

ALBUM:  Phil Collins: Hits

LABEL:  WEA    423795

 

ARTIST: Crosby, Stills and Nash

TITLE: Teach Your Children

COMP:  Nash

ALBUM:  Crosby, Stills and Nash

LABEL:  ATLANTIC    273290

 

ARTIST:  Elton John

TITLE:  I'm Still Standing

COMP:  John/Taupin

ALBUM: Too Low For Zero   

LABEL:   ROCKET       811052

 

ARTIST: The Boomtown Rats

TITLE: I Don't Like Mondays

COMP:  Bob Geldof 

ALBUM:  The Fine Art Of Surfacing

LABEL:  MERCURY    982677

 

ARTIST:  The Cars

TITLE:  Just What I Needed

COMP: Ocasek

ALBUM:  The Cars

LABEL:  ELEKTRA      164135

 

ARTIST: Sade

TITLE: Your Love Is King

COMP: Adu, Matthewman, Matthewman

ALBUM:  Sade: The Best Of

LABEL:  EPIC

 

ARTIST:  Status Quo

TITLE: Rockin' All Over The World

COMP:  Fogerty

ALBUM: Status Quo: Whatever You Want, The Very Best Of  

LABEL:  POLYGRAM

 

ARTIST: Duran Duran

TITLE: Save A Prayer

COMP: Lebon, Rhodes, Taylor

ALBUM: Duran Duran: Greatest  

LABEL:  EMI

 

FEATURE ALBUM: 

 

ARTIST: Joan Baez

TITLE: Diamonds and Rust

COMP: Baez

ALBUM:   Joan Baez: The Complete A&M Recordings  

LABEL:  A&M

 

ARTIST: Joan Baez

TITLE: A Simple Twist Of Fate

COMP: Dylan

ALBUM:   Joan Baez: The Complete A&M Recordings  

LABEL:  A&M

 

ARTIST: Joan Baez

TITLE: Fountain Of Sorrow

COMP: Jackson Browne

ALBUM:   Joan Baez: The Complete A&M Recordings  

LABEL:  A&M

 

THE PANEL:

 

ARTIST:   Brothers Four

TITLE:  Try To Remember

COMP:    Brothers Four

ALBUM:  This Land Is Your Land: The Folk Years

LABEL:  RHINO