Summer Times for Thursday 19 January 2017
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Sick river: the Selwyn's slow decline
9:07 AM.Allan Strong is an engineer whose had a bach alongside the Se river for many years and has watched its decline with increasing despair. Read more Audio
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Gene therapy for spinal injuries
9:30 AM.Doctoral student Jared Griffin is researching new ways to help those with spinal injuries - he looking at gene therapy. Audio
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How to do an albatross headcount
10:20 AM.Richard Wells will be talking about how they are completing a census of the White Capped Albatross on Auckland Island. Audio
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Leny Woolsey explains Organisational Theatre
10:35 AM."Organisational theatre" or OT - a way of uncovering the dynamics of a workplace. In OT, a full length play is written about a business, in collaboration with its employees. Audio
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Irrigation NZ on Selwyn River
10:50 AM.Chief Executive of Irrigation New Zealand Andrew Curtis discusses the the state of Canterbury's Selwyn River with Allan Strong, an engineer and member of the Fish and Game Council. Read more Audio
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Kittengeddon
11:07 AM.Up to 100 kittens a day being dropped off at the SPCA Auckland. This is a late kitten season due to the weather. We talk to Dr Shalsee Vigeant about this "Kittengeddon". Read more Audio
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Music Reviewer Russell Baillie
11:20 AM.Music Reviewer Russell Bailie is in the Auckland studio with some picks for 2017. Audio
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9:07 Allan Strong
An engineer and on Christchurch fish and Game Council and long-time bach owner on Selwyn River - first hand witness to changes in water quality.
Rosie Glover swings over the Selwyn River. She does not swim anymore because of the toxic green slime covering large stretches of it. Photo: Mike Glover
9:20 Spinal gene therapy
Doctoral student Jared Griffin is researching new ways to help those with spinal injuries - he looking at gene therapy.
Photo: 123rf
9:35 Best of Jesse: Kim Goldman - OJ Simpson
Kim Goldman found herself in a situation she never could have imagined when her brother Ron Goldman was murdered and American football star OJ Simpson went on trial.
OJ Simpson defending his innocence Photo: Google images
10.15 Leny Woolsey
"Organisational theatre" or OT - a way of uncovering the dynamics of a workplace. In OT, a full length play is written about a business, in collaboration with its employees.
10:30 Albatross headcount in Auckland Island
Richard Wells will be talking about how they are completing a census of the White Capped Albatross on Auckland Island.
#royalcam chick with the nest camera. Photo: Department of Conservation
11:07 Head Vet, Dr Shalsee Vigeant
Up to 100 kittens a day being dropped off at the SPCA Auckland. This is a late kitten season due to the weather.
11:20 Kim Hill and Cory Taylor
Cory Taylor was diagnosed with secondary brain cancer caused by melanoma and wanted to make death a less touchy topic.
Cory Taylor. Photo: supplied
