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1207 - News Report

First up, SIlke Hartung looks at the Government’s decision not to support a Maori Party MP’s bill to remove GST on healthy food. The Prime Minister appears to have thrown this one in the too hard basket.

1210 - Bringing Gerry To The Table, Gary Taylor - Environmental Defence Society

Straight after that, we’ll hear from (above). He and his organisation are concerned about proposed changes to the way future activity - like mining - on conservation land will be signed off. At the moment, only the Conservation Minister’s signature is required for any new activity on DoC land. But National wants this to change, so the signatures of both the conservation and Energy and Resources minister would be required. This way, economic and environmental considerations will be given equal consideration. Gary says this is “unacceptable” and it appears he’s got support - 96% of submissions on the recent Schedule 4 mining issue didn’t think the idea was appropriate because it’ll increase mining activity on conservation land. And let’s remember - 90% of mining applications for DoC land are already granted. The Conservation minister was too busy to appear on the show today, while I was told the Energy and Resources minister Gerry Brownlee isn’t doing any more media on this issue.

1225 - Tenancy changes, Helen Gatonyi - Tenants Protection Association.

At 12.25 I’ll be looking at some of the ways the law has been changed around tenancy. So if, like me, you rent - might be a good one to catch. This morning I spoke with (above) - who outlined some of the more glaring changes to the Residential Tenancies Act, which have passed their way swiftly through Parliament.

1235 - Dear Science

Aimee Whitcroft’s here for Dear Science at 12.35, thanks to the Science Media Centre - your weekly look at all the cool things that science does.

1245 - Pay Walls, Martin Hirst - AUT

And then at 12.45 we look at figures that show the Times of London - a Rupert Murdoch publication - has lost anywhere between 75 and 90% of its online readership since it set up a 1 pound pay-wall on its website. This is, any way you look at it, a remarkable drop in readership and raises big questions about the ability of the news media to generate revenue with a pay for content business model. My guest will be Martin Hirst, who heads the journalism curriculum at AUT’s school of Communication Studies.

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