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Been offered a 'dry promotion' lately? A step up the job ladder - without the remuneration to go with it? Shannon Barlow is Managing Director of Frog Recruitment, and says a recent survey the company conducted found nearly half of the thousand workers surveyed reported that they - or a colleague - had been promoted without a salary increase. Many respondents said that led to feelings of resentment or demotivation - and had them thinking of leaving. So why are these 'dry promotions' happening - and what's the risk, both for employers in offering them - and employees in possibly turning one down? Shannon joins Susie with some advice of how to handle the situation.
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Alfred Buxton is regarded as the "father of landscape design" in New Zealand. Working in the early 20th century, he designed more than 350 private and public gardens around the country over a 40 year period. He was one of the first to create expansive and sophisticated gardens that transformed clients' properties and way of life. Many of his clients were women: some independent, some wives of farmers, some businesswomen, some widows. Wellington historian , Dr Clare Gleeson, has told the story of the women who commissioned Alfred Buxton to design gardens in a new book, published by Cuba Press.
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The future of the Whakatane Sportfishing Club and two iconic local businesses are up in the air as decisions are made around the location of a floodwall to protect the town. Whakatane is getting a second airline next year. Residents around Sullivan Lake are bracing for another stench-filled summer due to past inaction of the District Council in maintaining the man-made lake. And, the 25-year-old chinaberry trees that line either side of the main Whakatane shopping street may have a short lease on life. Local Democracy Reporter - Diane McCarthy is with the Whakatane Beacon
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Ralph McAllister reviews James by Percival Everett published by Macmillan - - shortlisted for this year's Booker Prize.
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He's helped bring to life some of the biggest stop motion films in the business. The Corpse Bride, Coraline, Frankenweenie and Isle of Dogs have all taken shape thanks in part to the creative hands of Kiwi animator Antony Elworthy. He's also part of the Christchurch animation studio Stretchy, which is behind the kids' animated series Kiri and Lou. Antony's now lent his talents to the written word - with the release of his debut novel The Strange and Unlikely Tale of Montgomery, the Mysterious Bird of Mystery. It centres on the tall stories told by a grandfather to his grandson - and one in particular that involves his work as a magician with a malevolent feathered sidekick.
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Susie talks to RNZ journalist Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira.
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Australia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Susie to talk about the impact of President-elect Trump returning to the White House - what might it mean for the economy and diplomatic relations? And Victoria is set to expand the state's hate speech laws to protect those vilified based on disability, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation.
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What does it take to make an arts festival truly inclusive? Creatif Kate knows, she's is one half of the creative force behind Wellington's Disabled Artists' Theatre or DAT - Festival, along with Susan Williams. It's into its third year, helping to showcase hearing or vision impaired, neuro-divergent or disabled performing artists, writers and filmmakers. The festival is on now until November 17. It was born out of the cancellation of Disability Pride Week - and is getting bigger each year, despite the squeeze on arts budgets.
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A two-year teaching degree in the Far North is about to send its first cohort into jobs at local primary schools. The Te Hiku primary teaching degree is co-led by iwi Ngai Takoto, Te Rarawa and Waikato University with a kaupapa Maori approach. It's aimed at people with teacher aide experience or similar, combining prior knowledge with a jam-packed agenda to reduce a normally three-year programme to two. It's hoped it will address a long-standing teacher shortage in Northland which worsened this year, with students being rostered home at two different schools over winter. Waikato University professor Mere Berryman is the programme lead, and Anahera Taramoeroa is a member of the first cohort.
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10 weeks after the country's first tyre recycling scheme launched, 830-thousand end-of-life car tyres have been collected.
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Christopher Luxon delivers a formal apology to people abused in state care, from parliament.
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The Prime Minister has had his first phone meeting with the US President-Elect, Donald Trump this morning. Business correspondent Dan Brunskill discusses the outlook for NZ-US Trade. Also recent employment statistics and and update on the parliamentary inquiry into banking. Dan Brunskill is a journalist with Interest.co.nz, specialising in economics
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Piers discusses a new campaign to explore options for a toll road over the Remutaka range in a bid to boost the region's resilience. Those attending Martinborough's wine festival will now be able to soak in the summer vibes thanks to a change in date. With Carterton having already opted out of a Wellington water model, all eyes are on Masterton and South Wairarapa to see if they will follow suit. And what's going on with the price of butter? Piers Fuller is the Editor of the Wairarapa Times-Age
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An investigation by a Waikato University student has revealed no one with a learning disability has ever been asked about, or involved in making any adult literacy policy in New Zealand. Dr Nicolina Newcombe - who recently earned a PhD for her work - also discovered that as a result many adult learner are being excluded from literacy education, and therefore the ability to gain other higher education opportunities. Her study sought to explore the problem, and investigate how policies could be more inclusive - but had the unintended upshot of developing a blueprint for inclusive research more generally. Her thesis explores the methods of gaining consent, researching and informing those who participated. Dr Newcombe, who is autistic and left school at 15 returned to education through a second-chance program. She says the life she has is because of her chance study at a tertiary level and she wanted to explore what changes would promote better access to literacy and literacy education for people with intellectual disabilitie, so that others have this opportunity too.
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Louise O'Brien reviews Odyssey by Stephen Fry published by Penguin Random House
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Survivors of Abuse in State Care are gathering around the country ahead of the formal apology in parliament this morning. The Prime Minister will deliver the apology on behalf of the crown at parliament around 11.30am. RNZ reporter Kate Green is at Pipitea Marae in Thordon, Wellington, where up to 200 people are gathered.
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Daniel Kalderimis is a successful Wellington litigation lawyer, a Kings Counsel, happily married with three daughters. In his 40s though, he fell into serious depression and set out to "fix" himself. It turned out to be a very different journey to the one he'd expected. Daniel Kalderimis recovered, and found his zest again. But along the way, he realised that some of the things that made him who he was : someone focussed on problems and risks, perfectionism, high productivity, and a desire for success and recognition - also set him up for unending dissatisfaction. Daniel's just published a book called Zest: Climbing from Depression to Philosophy.
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NPR Washington political correspondent joins Kathryn to discuss the breakdown of voters who elected Donald Trump, the right-leaning makeup of the Senate and possibly the house, and the result of votes on abortion rights protections. Danielle Kurtzleben is a political correspondent assigned to NPR's Washington Desk.
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A scheme incentivising veterinary graduates to move to rural regions has hit record participation levels - but industry leaders say more are needed. 35 graduates have been placed in rural areas this year under the Voluntary Bonding Scheme, the highest number the programme has ever had since it started in 2009. Participants are paid $55,000 over five years towards their student loan, on top of a salary. But the Veterinary Association says in order to meet demand, the scheme should double the number of places and increase the payment. Kathryn speaks with Helen Beattie, managing director of Veterinarians for Animal Welfare Aotearoa.
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The global climate conference COP 29, gets underway today in Azerbaijan, focussing on how much money should to developing countries to cope with climate related costs. The UN summit comes against a fading hope of containing global warming to 1.5 degrees, and the US election result that could see it exit the Paris agreement. The Guardian's Environment Editor Fiona Harvey is there.
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