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Hymns on Sunday, 4 December 2022
When hymn writer Shirley Murray was on an editorial panel preparing a collection of NZ-written carols in the 1990s, she found there weren't many with an Advent theme. So she wrote one! You can hear… Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 30 October 2022
Hymns for All Saints' Day and Reformation Day in this week's programme, and there's a spiritual from Auckland's The Graduate Choir which is celebrating its 21st birthday this year. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 9 October 2022
We're celebrating 150 years since the birth of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams in this week's programme. Find out how this 'cheerful agnostic' had a major impact on 20th century western… Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 25 September 2022
Lancelot Andrewes was a 16th century English bishop and one of a group of Church of England scholars appointed to compile the King James version of the Bible. You can hear John Rutter’s beautiful… Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 18 September 2022
Henry Lyte’s hymn Praise, my soul, the king of heaven was one of Queen Elizabeth II’s favourites – you can hear a beautifully stately rendition by the Huddersfield Choral Society in this week’s… Audio
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Luminata Voices - Let Her Voice Shine
A relatively new choir in Auckland, the all-woman Luminata Voices perform a concert of music by New Zealand women composers in St Matthew's-in-the-City. Their musical director Vanessa Kay conducts. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 28 August 2022
We're straight in with the big tunes this week. Sing along to Hubert Parry's well-loved melody, Jerusalem, paired with words by Arthur Grimshaw: Sing to the Lord a joyful song. Audio
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Judging the Lexus Song Quest
New Zealand bass-baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes talks with Clarissa Dunn about what he’ll be looking for as the adjudicator of this year’s Lexus Song Quest. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 10 July 2022
In this week’s programme we’re marking Sea Sunday – also described as a ‘Day of Prayer for Seafarers’. It’s a time to remember and celebrate those whose workplace is the sea, with hymns including… Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 3 July 2022
It’s the middle of winter, and we’re celebrating the cold and dark in this week’s programme with some carols of the snowy variety: it’s the perfect time of year to sing In the Bleak Midwinter! Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 26 June 2022
The season of Matariki has begun. It’s a time to gather with family and friends to reflect on the past, celebrate the present, and plan for the future. We touch on some of those Matariki themes in… Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 12 June 2022
Celebrate Trinity Sunday in this episode, with Trinitarian hymns including Reginald Heber's Holy, holy, holy and Firmly I believe, and truly by Cardinal John Henry Newman. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 5 June 2022
Hymns to mark Pentecost Sunday this week and, on this Platinum Jubilee Queen’s Birthday Weekend, we’ll hear some of the Queen’s favourite hymns along with a hymn sung at her coronation in 1953. Video, Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 29 May 2022
Hymns to celebrate the Feast of the Ascension in this episode, including Charles Wesley’s Hail the day that sees him rise, and Christ ascends to God by New Zealander Marnie Barrell. And we mark the… Audio
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Good Friday Hymns, 15 April 2022
Hymns to mark this important date in the Christian calendar, commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 13 March 2022
We’re continuing our series of Psalm 23 (The Lord’s My Shepherd) settings with My shepherd will supply my need. It was written in the early 18th century by Isaac Watts, who was an important figure in… Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 6 March 2022
We’ve hymns to mark the first Sunday in Lent this week, there are some peace-themed hymns, and you can hear another setting of Psalm 23 The Lord’s My Shepherd. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 20 February 2022
In this week’s programme we’re featuring evening hymns, and you can hear a setting of Psalm 23 – it’ll be the third in our series so far. We’re also commemorating the Feast Day of German theologian… Audio
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A drive up the Napier-Taupō Rd under new 80km/h limits
The speed limit on a notorious stretch of highway has dropped to 80km/h an hour today.
Motorists will now have to drive slower for about 70 kilometres between Napier and Taupō in a bid to make the… Video, Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 13 February 2022
In this week’s programme, you can hear two settings of Psalm 121: ‘I will lift mine eyes unto the hills’. One’s from the 18th century and the other was written especially for the Queen’s Silver… Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 30 January 2022
Hymns spanning nine centuries in this week's Summer Requests programme, from Jerusalem the golden with words by 12th century monk Bernard of Cluny to a 1970s folk-style setting of the Lord's Prayer. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 2 January 2022
We’re continuing our Summer Requests programmes in Hymns on Sunday, and this week you can hear wedding hymns, a 20th century classic and a rousing rendition of For all the saints. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 26 December 2021
Our Summer Requests programmes begin today, with listener choices including To be a pilgrim and John Rutter's setting of For the beauty of the earth. Audio
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Christians unite across denominational divides to celebrate Christmas together
From St Anne's Catholic Church in Newtown, Wellington an ecumenical service celebrating this central event in the Christian calendar. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 5 December 2021
Hymns for the second Sunday in Advent include Shirley Murray’s Look towards Christmas, and People look East. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 14 November 2021
It’s World Day of the Poor today. This is a relatively recent initiative, begun by Pope Francis in 2017. You can hear some hymns with a social justice theme in the programme, to mark the day. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 31 October 2021
It’s Reformation Day today (31 October): it was on this day in 1517 that Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. We’ll hear Luther’s great hymn A… Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 10 October 2021
Hymns in this week’s programme include a Jewish-Methodist collaboration, one of the Queen’s favourites and setting of Psalm 96: O sing unto the Lord a new song. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 19 September 2021
It’s the final day of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori – Māori Language Week – and we’ve a great selection of te reo hymns including Wairua Tapu by Ngapo Wehi and a setting of Whakaaria mai by Ryan Youens. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 5 September 2021
The Season of Creation is an annual, worldwide, ecumenical celebration of prayer and action for the environment which takes place from 1 September through to 4 October. In this week's home edition of… Audio
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