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The mahi bringing birdsong back to Aotea's forests
It's no easy task trying to rid Aotea Great Barrier Island of feral cats, rats and other pests. Audio
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Preview: 2023 Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival
This festival has always been a highlight of Dan Slevin’s cinema year and the latest edition has not let him down.
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Grand designs in Brown vs Brown
Audio 1 May 2023Featuring beautiful archive footage and contemporary shots of modernist buildings, NZ's first full length architecture film is featuring in the Resene Architecture and Design Film Festival. Brown vs… Video, Audio
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The Week in Detail: Cycleways, cancelled ferries, and FIFA
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
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The price pain of supermarket shopping
Grocery bills are going up and up - is it possible to do your weekly shop without visiting the supermarket? Audio
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Liquidations increasing for lagging building firms
Building and construction companies are being liquidated at twice the rate of the also-beleaguered hospitality industry. Audio
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Dig in and tackle those Autumn gardening jobs
With a long weekend coming up the time is ripe to get stuck into some of those gardening jobs, writes Hannah Zwartz.
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Ambitious farming sisters develop fashion and food hub
The shearers' quarters at Davaar Station are a popular stop-off for locals and tourists on the Te Anau-Mossburn Highway. Inside, Anna Macdonald tickles their taste buds with sweets while her older… Audio
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Playing Favourites with artist Judy Darragh
Life-long creative Judy Darragh is known for her bright and brilliant use of colour and found materials as a sculptor, painter and jeweller. Not afraid to use plastic, Darragh wants us to reflect on… Audio, Gallery
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New Zealand's first home to be constructed with 3D printed materials is nearly complete
Huia House takes advantage of the design opportunities of 3D technology to create a passive solar home. Audio
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Oral Questions for Thursday 9 March 2023
Audio 9 Mar 2023Questions to Ministers SHANAN HALBERT to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy? BROOKE van VELDEN to the Minister for Building and Construction: Does she… Audio
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Black Hawk Up - fixing fences and feeding stock
Light planes and helicopters are among the workhorses helping in the cyclone recovery effort. Hundreds of kilometres of farm fences need fixing and donated feed is leaving as fast as it's being… Audio
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Oral Questions for Thursday 23 February 2023
Audio 23 Feb 2023Questions to Ministers MARJA LUBECK to the Minister of Energy and Resources: What reports has she seen on how New Zealand's electricity sector is responding to electricity outages caused by Cyclone… Audio
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Prof Michelle Simmons: making machines at the atomic limit
Professor of quantum physics Michelle Simmons believes new worlds will open up to humanity if we better understand how nature works at an atomic scale. In June her team at Silicon Quantum Computing at… Audio
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Fifty best films: Wanda
At 48th-equal in the latest Sight & Sound 50 Greatest Films list, Wanda is the first bolter, says Dan Slevin. Video
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Gareth Shute: New Zealand musical gear innovations
New Zealanders ingenuity and number 8 wire mentality extends to local inventors and entrepreneurs, who have come up with some innovative gadgets to aid and inspire music makers in their creative… Audio
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Designed to last
Audio 12 Jan 2023Do you have one of those appliances that just goes and goes because it's so well designed and well made? Bryan Wall is a product test writer at Consumer New Zealand and has done a series called Design… Audio
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Esther Lofley - environmentally responsible fashion
The fashion industry is notoriously wasteful - for instance, cheap clothing that lasts months rather than years before ending up in landfills. But an expat now based in the US is leading by example… Audio, Gallery
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The Parliamentary Collection: an eclectic list
“An incredibly diverse and eclectic collection”, the Parliamentary Collection has great art, black rods, protest bricks, bodily parts and much more. Audio
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2022 Lilburn Lecture: Ross Harris
For his 2022 Lilburn Lecture, composer and Arts Laureate Ross Harris dove deep into his own musical past, sharing colourful snapshots from his life and career. Audio
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Sunshine science: the power and peril of the sun’s rays
Summer is on its way, and this week we're exploring both the power and the peril of the sun. First, we visit the Ultrafast Laser Lab to learn about efforts to create better solar panels. Then, we hear… Audio
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What's the deal with nuclear power?
New Zealanders have been proudly nuclear free for decades, but do we really know what nuclear power involves? Audio
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Season 2 Ep 14: New Zealand's Pacific Empire
New Zealand has had some big ambitions in the Pacific and mixed relations with our neighbours. Video, Audio
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Season 2 Ep 11: Number 8 Wire
New Zealanders like to think we have a “Number 8 Wire Mentality” - a rough and ready enthusiasm for fixing and building stuff with limited resources. Video, Audio
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Mosaic Art
Mosaic artworks are currently on display at the biennial New Zealand Mosaic Art Exhibition in Whanganui. Contributing artists Achilles Botes and chair of New Zealand Mosaic Art Pat George discuss the… Audio, Gallery
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Wood makes solid construction comeback
Wood is making a comeback as the construction industry looks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from high carbon materials like concrete and steel. The government's Building for Climate Change… Audio, Gallery
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Season 2 Ep 2: Māori: The First 500 Years
The first 500 years of Māori settlement in Aotearoa saw significant, dynamic changes to how people lived; changes that challenge the idea of Māori culture as something carved in stone. Video, Audio
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Paying a Long Game: A new book on China in the countries of the Silk Road
Audio 17 Oct 2022As China continues to flex its global muscles, a new book, Sinostan: China's Inadvertent Empire, offers clues to its ambitions in Central Asia - and the resulting tensions.
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Woman's new home build hit with extra $213,000 bill as costs rise
A woman in the process of building her dream home has been lumped with an extra $213,000 bill because of "soaring building costs".
Core Logic says the cost of building a 200 square metre, three… Video, Audio
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Seaweed could be NZ's next big industry, advocates say
Seaweed could be the country's new big industry. While some companies harvest seaweed in New Zealand, there are no large-scale commercial farms or hatcheries. Samantha Gee went along to the Seaweed… Audio