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Why young men dominate drowning statistics

9:08 AM.A 16-year-old boy died yesterday after jumping off a bridge in Raglan, and a 22 year old man was killed on the Kaituna River, north of Rotorua - another was seriously injured. And two young men also… Read more Audio
Exotic invaders dominating native species

9:23 AM.Dr Kevin Burns from Victoria University's School of Biological Sciences has spent 10 years documenting the ecosystem of an archipelago of small islands off the south coast of Wellington. During this… Read more Audio, Gallery
Jane Patterson reports from the US Primaries

9:39 AM.Radio New Zealand's Political Editor Jane Patterson reports from New Hampshire. Audio
US correspondent, Steve Almond

9:50 AM.Steve Almond reports on America's 50th Super Bowl after a wave of newspaper editorials on the dangers of the game, including the New York Times. Audio
Elly van de Wijdeven - Vintage Paua Jewellery

10:06 AM.The story of paua jewellery, from art souvenir and tourist kitsch to highly collectible Kiwi icon. Elly van de Wijdeven is an academic and researcher in the field of material culture, and along with… Read more Audio, Gallery
Book review - Max by Sarah Cohen-Scali

10:38 AM.Reviewed by Paul Diamond. Audio
Politics with Matthew Hooton and Stephen Mills

11:06 AM.Waitangi Day. The flag debate. Audio
Dawn McMillan on using humour to engage young readers

11:28 AM.Dawn McMillan writes children's books and educational readers. She has published more than 140 educational readers which are used in schools in Australasia, the US and Canada. Many of her books have a… Read more Audio
Media commentator, Gavin Ellis

11:45 AM.Gavin Ellis on how news media are damned if they report Waitangi Day protest and damned if they don't. Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be… Read more Audio

09:05 Why young men dominate drowning statistics

A 16-year-old boy died yesterday after jumping off a bridge in Raglan, and a 22 year old man was killed on the Kaituna River, north of Rotorua - another was seriously injured. And two young men also nearly drowned at Muriwai, while a 14 year old girl is also in hospital following a near drowning at Maraetai in southeast Auckland. Auckland University Water safety expert, Dr Kevin Moran, says young men take more risks and over estimate their abilities.

09:20 Exotic invaders dominating native species

Dr Kevin Burns from Victoria University's School of Biological Sciences has spent 10 years documenting the ecosystem of an archipelago of small islands off the south coast of Wellington. During this time the numbers of exotic plants making their home here has increased quickly, with the evidence suggesting that from being in the minority they now out number native plants. What's more that 'exotic invasion' is still taking place.
So what's driving the immigration and extinction of certain species ? Does this mirror what's happening in the rest of the country? And what can be done to slow the invasion?

2005. Photograph of the apex of a single island in the archipelago in the first year of observations.

2015. The apex a decade later, which shows the fate of several individuals of a native shrub species (Coprosma repens) across the observation period. It also shows several individuals of an exotic shrub species (Lupinus arboreus) that colonised the island in 2010 and has since spread prolifically.

09:30 Jane Patterson reports from the US Primaries

Radio New Zealand's Political Editor Jane Patterson reports from New Hampshire.

09:45 US correspondent, Steve Almond

Steve Almond reports on America's 50th Super Bowl after a wave of newspaper editorials on the dangers of the game, including the New York Times.

10:05 Elly van de Wijdeven - Vintage Paua Jewellery

The story of paua jewellery, from art souvenir and tourist kitsch to highly collectible Kiwi icon.
Elly van de Wijdeven is an academic and researcher in the field of material culture, and along with her interest in paua shell jewellery, she writes and speaks on New Zealand textiles. Her book Vintage Paua Shell Jewellery explores the history and shares the many stories of how and why it came to be produced and by whom.

10:35 Book review

Max by Sarah Cohen-Scali
Reviewed by Paul Diamond

10:45 The Reading

11:05 Politics with Matthew Hooton and Stephen Mills

11:20 Dawn McMillan on using humour to engage young readers

Dawn McMillan Photo: supplied

11:45 Media commentator, Gavin Ellis

Gavin Ellis on how news media are damned if they report Waitangi Day protest and damned if they don't.

Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz

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