Sunday Morning
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Mediawatch Extra for June 2013
The Mediawatch team runs through listeners' queries and comments and updates recent stories from the programme. This month: The cartoon controversy; fact and opinion in political reporting; the death of diversity in Dunedin; birdcall bungle slapdown; Morning Report's blast form the past; too many species of kiwi; charitable companies; the return of the Tsar; hammering Hanmer pronunciation.
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Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Reports that a US secret court ordered the Verizon phone company to hand over to the National Security Agency millions of phone records, and subsequent revelations that the agency taps directlyinto the servers of nine internet firms has astonished and angeredmany governments and the international public. Wayne looks at some of the implications and Chris follows up withChristopher Pyle, a USprofessor ofconstitutional law, and Andrew Levine, formerly a Professor of Political Philosophy who has...
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Tim Brodhead - Philanthropy and a Resilient Society
Tim Brodhead was from 1995 to 2011 President and Chief Executive Officer of the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, based in Montreal. The mission of the Foundation is to create a more resilient society by enhancing inclusion, sustainability and social innovation.
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Down the List for 16 June 2013
The anti-flouride movement has been victorious in convincing the Hamilton council to have a flouride-free water supply. Wellington is their next target.
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Ideas for 16 June 2013
New Zealanders give billions of tax-deductible dollars to charities each year and businesses owned by charitable trusts generate millions of dollars of tax free profits. As a result, hundreds of millions of dollars that would otherwise go into the consolidated fund are diverted to charities.
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Negar Partow: Election in Iran
Dr Negar Partow is an expert on Middle East politics, religion, human rights and international security. She talks to Chris about the Iranian presidential election which takes place on June 14 - the factions, the issues, and the likely impact on Iran's foreign policy. Dr Negar Partow is senior lecturer in Security Studies, Centre for Defence and Security Studies, at Massey University.
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Mediawatch for 16 June 2013
The spying scoop that scuppered a minister and put the reporter who secured the story in the spotlight; RNZ's next boss on why he wanted the job and what he hopes to achieve and the politician pilloried for comparing Key and Muldoon.
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