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1:17 Wellington watering down its proposed spatial plan

A report given to Wellington City Councilors last week reveals that the council will be watering down it's proposed spatial plan. The report has made its way to Stuff and this morning it revealed that the council is increasing identified "character precinct" areas by nearly half, putting the brakes on new building development in central city suburbs. 

Councilors will discuss these changes next week. Jesse is joined by Eleanor West from Wellington advocacy group A City for People to explain what this might mean on the ground. 

An older house in Mt Victoria, Wellington.

An older house in Mt Victoria, Wellington. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone 

1:27 Why women still change their names when they marry men

In an article for the North and South, journalist Anna Rawhiti-Connell has taken a close look at the tradition of women taking their husbands' surnames when they get married.

She was also surprised to find that Internal Affairs doesn't keep a track of mariial name changes.

Anna talks to Jesse about how the age old tradition appears to have stuck in spite of so many other social changes.

Groom's putting a wedding ring on the bride's finger

Photo: 123rf

1:35 Robots at Field Days!

The event of the year for the agricultural sector is on right now at Mystery Creek!

Field Days runs until this Saturday and brings together all the sharpest minds in farming.

This year's Prototype category of the Innovation Awards has three rather striking robots in it from the University of Waikato's mechanatronics lab!

Professor Mike Duke is the co-leader of the Waikato Robotics Automation and Sensing  research group and talks to Jesse about how robots can play their part in agriculture.

1:45 Great album: Eric Clapton, Unplugged.

The classic 1992 live album that was recorded in front of the MTV Unplugged tv series, including his hit 'Tears In Heaven' and an acoustic version of 'Layla'. The album won three Grammys and became the best selling LIVE album of all time, and Eric Clapton's best selling album too - with 26 million copies sold worldwide.

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Photo: Warner Music

2:10 Music Critic: Colin Morris

Today Colin Morris is looking at a new track from Tom Jones, his version of Talking Reality Television Blues and a look behind the scenes at the Simon and Garfunkel classic, A Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Simon and Garfunkel

Simon and Garfunkel Photo: Wikicommons

2:25 NZ Screen History: Sale of the Century

This week's NZ Screen History looks back at one of New Zealand's most beloved quiz shows.

Sale of the Century ran for more than 1000 episodes and gave away countless prizes including cars!

The show's presenter Steve Parr joins us alongside co-host Jude Dobson and narrator Grant Walker.

Sale of The Century.

Sale of The Century. Photo: Supplied.

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3:15 Your Money with Mary Holm 

Today Mary Holm talks to Jesse about Kiwisaver for all non-employees of all ages.

Mary Holm

Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness

Scientist Jon Kabat-Zinn opened the Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Clinic in 1979, pioneering a meditative approach to treat pain and depression.  He tells Farhana Haider how his method took off.

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Photo: bbc.co.uk

3:45 The Panel with Mary Margaret Slack and Ben Thomas