Saturday Morning for Saturday 10 August 2024
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Breaking down the physics of the Olympic's newest sport
8:10 AM.Breaking has had its Olympic debut. It's an urban dance style in which competitors demonstrate incredible strength and athleticism. Amy Pope has been taking a very close look what it takes to execute… Read more Audio
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Dana Johannsen: Paris Olympics latest
8:30 AM.The Olympics wrap up this weekend and New Zealand's medal tally is ramping up! Shotputter Maddi Wesche has won Silver in the women's Olympic shotput final. Earlier Dame Lisa Carrington and Alicia… Read more Audio
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Imran Ahmed: Countering the online hate fuelling UK riots
8:35 AM.Almost 500 arrests have been made in connection with the eruption of far-right violence this week following the killing of three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, in the… Read more Audio
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Sam Gibson: the bushman sharing his love for the natural world
9:05 AM.Gisborne based Sam Gibson has a deep love for the bush, spending his time hunting, fishing, trapping pests and working to protect endangered species like Whio. Tall, rugged and oil skin wearing, he… Read more Audio
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Katie Wolfe: The Haka Party Incident
9:35 AM.In 1979, group of young Maori and Pasifika activists tried to stop Pakeha students at the University of Auckland performing a parody of haka each capping week. Unfortunately, the consequences for… Read more Audio
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Fintan O'Toole: We've been reading Shakespeare all wrong
10:05 AM.The works of William Shakespeare have been taught in classrooms all over the globe for countless years, but have we been reading them the right way? Irish journalist, author and former theatre critic… Read more Audio
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Kate De Goldi: Reading for pleasure
10:45 AM.Kate De Goldi is one of New Zealand's most celebrated authors, an Arts Foundation Laureate, and a voracious reader. She joins Susie to share some great books: two time travel novels The Ministry of… Read more Audio
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Playing Favourites with Carmel McGlone
11:05 AM.Carmel McGlone has been working on stage, in films and in television for more than 40 years - you may remember her from Wellington Paranormal, from TV's Marching Girls or when she ran around… Read more Audio
8:10 Breaking down the physics of the Olympic's newest sport
Breaking has had its Olympic debut.
It's an urban dance style in which competitors demonstrate incredible strength and athleticism.
Amy Pope has been taking a very close look what it takes to execute the moves.
She's a senior lecturer in physics at Clemson University in South Carolina.
Photo: AFP
8:30 Dana Johannsen: Paris Olympics latest
The Olympics wrap up this weekend and New Zealand's medal tally is ramping up!
Shotputter Maddi Wesche has won Silver in the women's Olympic shotput final.
Earlier Dame Lisa Carrington and Alicia Hoskin won another gold medal in the women's 500m kayak doubles.
RNZ sports reporter Dana Johannsen joins Susie live from the Stade de France.
New Zealand's Maddison-Lee Wesche competes at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships, Glasgow Photo: PHOTOSPORT
8.35 Imran Ahmed: Countering the online hate fuelling UK riots
Over 700 arrests have been made in connection with the eruption of far-right violence this week following the killing of three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, in the North West of England.
False claims on social media said the suspect was an asylum seeker, and that he was Muslim.
It's the worst violence in the UK in recent times, quickly spreading the length and breadth of England, fuelled by online misinformation.
So what can be done to tackle the real life harm triggered by online hate? We ask Imran Ahmed, founder of the UK Centre for Countering Digital Hate.
Police officers face protesters outside the Liver Building in Liverpool on 3 August, 2024 during the 'Enough is Enough' demonstration held in reaction to the fatal stabbings in Southport on 29 July. UK police prepared for planned far-right protests and other demonstrations this weekend, after two nights of unrest in several English towns and cities. Photo: AFP/ Peter Powell
9:05 Sam Gibson: the bushman sharing his love for the natural world
Gisborne based Sam Gibson has a deep love for the bush, spending his time hunting, fishing, trapping pests and working to protect endangered species like Whio.
Tall, rugged and oil skin wearing, he fits the stereotype of a bush man, but he's also a bit of a social media star.
As "Sam the Trap Man" he's built a following sharing snippets of his knowledge of the bush.
He's just released a book: Sam the Trap Man full of yarns about his time in the bush.
Photo: Supplied by Allen & Unwin NZ
9:35 Katie Wolfe: The Haka Party Incident
Katie Wolfe Photo: supplied
In 1979, group of young Māori and Pasifika activists tried to stop Pākehā students at the University of Auckland performing a parody of haka each capping week. Unfortunately, the consequences for those activists were severe - many were convicted.
Three years ago actor, writer and director Katie Wolfe's play The Haka Party Incident opened in Auckland. Now, she's made a documentary intertwining views from both sides of the confrontation. It will have its world premiere at the New Zealand International Film Festival.
Still from the documentary "The Haka Party Incident" Photo: supplied
10:05 Fintan O'Toole: We've been reading Shakespeare all wrong
The works of William Shakespeare have been taught in classrooms all over the globe for countless years, but have we been reading them the right way?
Irish journalist, author and former theatre critic Fintan O'Toole reckons we've been getting it all wrong. In his book Shakespeare is Hard, but so is Life, O'Toole suggests we are too concerned with the idea of the 'tragic flaw', a concept dating back to Aristotle to describe the innate quality that leads a protagonist towards their own downfall.
Instead of searching for meaning in the character's actions, O'Toole says we should look at Shakespeare's works in the social context of the time.
: Photo: Bloomsbury / Benson Russell
10:45 Kate De Goldi: Reading for pleasure
Kate de Goldi Photo: supplied
Kate De Goldi is one of New Zealand's most celebrated authors, an Arts Foundation Laureate, and a voracious reader.
She joins Susie to share some great books: two time travel novels The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard, plus the Cetin Ikmen books by Barbara Nadela, a detective series set in Turkey.
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11:05 Playing Favourites with Carmel McGlone
Photo: supplied
Carmel McGlone has been working on stage, in films and in television for more than 40 years - you may remember her from Wellington Paranormal, from TV's Marching Girls or when she ran around Wellington in a gorilla suit, playing a singing telegram worker in Send a Gorilla.
Carmel starred in the 90s cop show Plainclothes. She also acted in Emmy-nominated web series Reservoir Hill, and co-starred in Hook, Line and Sinker.
Carmel's with Susie in the studio to play some of her favourite music.
Books featured on the show:
Sam the Trap Man: Cracking yarns and tall tales from the bush
by Sam Gibson
Published by Allen & Unwin NZ
ISBN: 9781991006691
Shakespeare is Hard, but so is Life
By Fintan O'Toole
Published by Bloomsbury
ISBN 9781035908738
Music played in this show
Song: Rockit
Artist: Herbie Hancock
Time played: 9:05
Carmel McGlone Playing Favourites
Song: Primavera
Artist Mariza
Album: Fado Curvo
Time played: 11:15
Song: People have the Power
Artist: Patti Smith
Time played: 11:25
Song Canticles of Light: I. Te lucis ante terminum
Artist: Bob chilcott, National forum of Music choir
Time played: 11:35
Song: Blackbird
Artist: Beyonce
Album: Cowboy Carter
Time played: 11:40
Song: The Foggy Dew
Artist: Sinead O'Connor and The Chieftains
Album: The Long Black Veil
Time played: 11:45
Song: Arahura
Artist Kacy Clayton and Marlon Williams
Time played: 11:50
Song: Kei Tōku Ngākau Nei Koe (Always on My Mind)
Artist: Tiki Taane
Time played: 11:58
