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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 22 June 2017
Audio 22 Jun 2017The SML landowners at Panguna in Bougainville say no to a return by BCL but yes to another company coming in to mining the substantial gold and copper deposits; An effort to create a Second World War… Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 22 June 2017
Audio 22 Jun 2017Australia accused of flouting international law on PNG's Manus Island; Drugs return to PNG hospitals but medical crisis not over; Another record year for Samoa investor, but changes loom; Vanuatu's… Audio
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What makes Aussies tick?
For the past 10 years, Rebecca Huntley has travelled thousands of kilometres across Australia sitting in the corner of living rooms, drinking tea and listening to people talk about the things that… Audio
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Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Kathryn Ryan talks to Gavin Ellis about two privacy issues which illustrate the complexities facing news media decision-makers, and also the chequebook waving media frenzy surrounding Schapelle… Audio
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Chorus of condemnation follows cocaine controversy
Startling news of two more Kiwi sports stars behaving badly across the ditch prompted swift and extensive criticism in the media. But wider issues of drugs in sport were kicked into touch. Video, Audio
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Insight: On a Bender - Meth Use Out of Control?
Methamphetamine is cheaper and easier to get hold of than ever before. Our police reporter, Carla Penman, asks authorities and gang members about who is to blame for the problem escalating. She also… Audio
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Australia correspondent Karen Middleton
Reaction to Australia's federal budget and the continuing fallout from the Rugby League drugs scandals. Audio
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Insight: Medical Marijuana - Life in the Waiting Room
Demand for medical cannabis is growing, Teresa Cowie investigates how patients are coping with living in an 'illegal limbo' Audio
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My NZ: 'Kiwi stereotypes are going through a slow evolution'
Audio 20 Mar 2017Sean Scanlon wants his young son to know that being an artist or scientist is as good as being an All Black. Luckily Kiwi stereotypes are changing, he writes for the RNZ series My NZ.
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HIV problem creeps up on PNG
Amid constraints facing public health services, Papua New Guinea is struggling to stem the spread of HIV AIDS, with a prevalence rate of 0.91 percent, according to the latest statistics. Audio
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West Papuan claims Australia deported him to PNG
Audio 27 Feb 2017A West Papuan English teacher, who claims to have escaped persecution to an Australian island, says he was deported to Port Moresby. Audio
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Cook Islands Health Minister rejects criticism of expenditure
Audio 20 Feb 2017The Cooks Health Minister is defending the quality of care in the islands after his government's expenditure on health was labelled a disgrace. Audio
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Surgeon blasts 'two-tier health system' in Cook Islands
Audio 13 Feb 2017A prominent surgeon claims the Cook Islands elite are accessing health care abroad rather than using local services that are perceived to be inadequate. Audio
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What is the best way to treat back pain?
An Australian study has found that anti-inflammatory drugs, such as Ibuprofen, have little impact on lower back and neck pain. But many patients are still advised to take the drugs, and suffer further… Audio
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Pharmac and its role in making drugs available
Science communication student Garrett Chin talks with doctors and a health economist about the challenges that Pharmac faces in buying drugs, and what happens when new but expensvie drugs become… Audio
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Life with less
Following the great Christmas splurge, minimalist Ryan Nicodemus has some tips for how to de-clutter our lives. Video, Audio
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From Zero - Partying Hard
Politicians and police agree that drug-checking at music festivals is probably a good idea. So why is it still illegal? Audio
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From Zero - The Business of Drugs
A lot of money is being made from selling illegal drugs in this country. Who's making it, who's taking all the risk and what are the factors that decide what drugs YOU might be taking? Audio
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'We are just recycling vulnerable people’
The war on drugs has been a ‘failure’, international experts say. Is it time for New Zealand to move away from strict policies that simply aren't working? Audio
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Ray Columbus - star of the beat group era
Ray Columbus, who died Tuesday age 74, was the first and biggest New Zealand star of the beat group era. Video, Audio
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Is the oldest profession now just a normal job?
Philippa Tolley and visual journalist Rebekah Parsons-King investigate the current state of the sex industry more than a decade after it was decriminalised under laws nicknamed "the NZ Model." Video, Audio
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Beach Boys frontman, Mike Love
55 years ago, three brothers, a cousin and their friend formed a band that will forever be linked to California, sun and surf. The songs by the Beach Boys became anthems for good times but behind the… Audio, Gallery
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Mock shock over fake coke joke
News media here and overseas couldn't resist a yarn linking a government minister with drugs and a primary school, but it wasn't really news. Audio
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P53: the gene that causes - and cures - cancer
P53 is a cancer gene with a Jekyll and Hyde personality. It stops cancer tumours growing, but mutant versions of the gene actually cause cancer. Audio
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Medals over morals
An epic doping scandal hogged the headlines before the Rio Olympics, but there was mostly silence on the subject once the Games began. And in Australia, they went up the wrong track altogether. Video, Audio
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When tiredness is dangerous
Kathryn Ryan talks to worker fatigue expert Professor Drew Dawson, who says organisations need to be aware that sleeplessness can affect performance as much as alcohol. So just how much sleep do you… Audio
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Kate Holden - In Her Skin
Australian writer Kate Holden's first book In My Skin is a brutally honest memoir of her time as a prostitute and heroin addict in Melbourne. She is New Zealand for the Christchurch Word Festival and… Audio
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Sport: Vanuatu Volleyballers hoping for Rio callup
Audio 4 Aug 2016Vanuatu's Olympic beach volleyball team is fighting for a spot in Rio after an Italian player failed a drugs test. Audio
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Matt Noffs: breaking the ice
Kim Hill talks to Matt Noffs, CEO for The Noffs Foundation, an Australian organisation that works to assist socially disadvantaged and disconnected young people, with particular expertise in the… Audio
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Extra Time for 22 July 2016
In Extra Time we discuss the Super Rugby quarter-finals, with a chance all four New Zealand teams involved could make the semi-finals. The first members of the New Zealand Olympic team have arrived in… Audio