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• Film Review with Richard Swainson

  movies

  10 Nov 2017

  Richard reviews the new version of Murder on the Orient Express, and the New Zealand film, Waru Audio

• Electrification could save NZ $95 billion by 2040: report

  energy

  28 Aug 2024

  

  New Zealand households could save as much as $95 billion dollars by 2040 if the country fully electrifies the economy, according to an international renewable energy advocate. Audio

• RNZ Budget Day Special

  money economy

  30 May 2024

  RNZ's Budget Day Special hosted by Corin Dann. Corin is joined by Political Editor Jo Moir, Business Editor Gyles Beckford and a range of RNZ correspondents to explain what the budget means to you. Audio

• The Who in 1968

  21 Mar 2009

  

  Simon Morris recalls the 1968 shows in Wellington, on the day of the 2009 Auckland gig. Audio

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• The connection effect of singing in harmony

  music

  30 Jul 2024

  

  What does it take to become overall champions in the Pop Category at the World Choir Games? RNZ's Bryan Crump talks with Vocal FX director Charlotte Murray about the group's recent success, and her… Audio

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• New Zealand's first home to be constructed with 3D printed materials is nearly complete

  housing

  21 Mar 2023

  Huia House takes advantage of the design opportunities of 3D technology to create a passive solar home. Audio

• Peter O'Connor - the arts in healing

  25 Dec 2016

  Catriona speaks with Professor Peter O'Connor, an internationally recognised expert in theatre and drama education who believes the arts can provide people with a way to deal with traumatic and… Audio

• Should NZ get the Omicron booster?

  health

  11 Oct 2022

  

  Adults in Australia can now get Moderna's Omicron Covid-19 booster vaccine.

  Should it be made available in New Zealand?

  University of Auckland vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris spoke to Guyon… Audio

• Taxpayers Union disappointed over Budget

  policy

  31 May 2024

  'The Mother of all Disappointments' - that's how the Taxpayers Union is describing this year's budget. Taxpayers Union executive director Jordan Williams spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

• Maggie Barry bullying claims: Ex-staffer speaks out

  politics

  5 Dec 2018

  

  The former staff member who has accused Maggie Barry of bullying has described the MP as a Jekyll and Hyde character who would lose her temper, swear at employees and insult them behind their backs… Audio

• New technology with Sarah Putt

  technology

  12 Apr 2018

  

  Sarah Putt on what's up in Agritech; how Facebook is facing the music and the Tahi Rua Toru Tech competition. Audio

• Parenting Under Pressure

  life and society

  2 Apr 2020

  

  How are New Zealanders coping with the Covid-19 lockdown? Who better to ask than frazzled parents who are juggling kids, school work and jobs ? Katy Gosset looks at family life under lockdown. Audio

• For the people by the people - Wainuiomata Community Centre

  25 May 2014

  Lizzie Raukawa, Tupou Kuma, Eize Raukawa, and DJ Teez talk about their work at the Wainuiomata Community Centre. Audio

• The Panel with Paula Penfold and Ben Thomas (Part 2)

  15 Jul 2024

  Tonight on The Panel, Mark Leishman and panellists Paula Penfold and Ben Thomas look at loca rates; most are going up by double digits this year: why? And finally they chat to the man DOC calls to… Audio

• What happens when teens ditch their smartphones for a month?

  18 Aug 2024

  

  When Sunday Times journalist Decca Aitkenhead tried to persuade her sons and their friends to stop using their smartphones for four weeks, their initial reaction was horror.    Audio

• Rugby: Ireland looms as litmus test for 'developing' All Blacks

  sport

  12 Nov 2021

  

  The All Blacks are preparing for the biggest challenge of their northern tour so far - taking on Ireland on Sunday morning.

  They've effectively used two different teams on tour - their second string… Audio

• Con-artist: the story of Amy Bock

  history author interview

  12 Nov 2018

  

  Amy Bock was a criminal "supreme in her cleverness". Her most famous con saw her pose as a man for 15 weeks and marry the daughter of her landlord. Nobody has ever been able to explain what motivated… Audio

• Expert on early humans

  history

  1 Feb 2021

  

  Today's expert was all about the earliest humans, homo sapiens - genetically, we haven't changed all that much in 50,000 years, but we have been busy. Professor Murray Cox talks to Wallace all about… Audio

• Sports History NZ: Lisa Carrington

  sport Olympics

  20 Jun 2024

  

  No New Zealander has won more Olympic medals than sprint kayaker Lisa Carrington. Audio

• "Into The Wild" author Jon Krakauer on adventure and risk

  author interview

  18 Jul 2020

  

  American mountaineer and writer Jon Krakauer was a member of a fateful 1996 Mount Everest expedition that got caught in a blizzard that claimed eight lives, including New Zealanders Rob Hall and… Audio, Gallery

• Farmers frustrated as synthetic carpet to be installed

  education

  6 Jul 2023

  

  A Government decision to fit more than 600 rural schools with synthetic carpet is drawing the ire of many farmers. They'll be sourced from US-based company Milliken. It's left many wondering why… Audio

• Conservation project celebrates successful hihi breeding season

  environment

  16 Apr 2018

  

  The first hihi or stichbird breeding season in Taranaki for 130 years has beaten expectations with 17 chicks raised. A community-led conservation project in Taranaki has celebrated by releasing yet… Audio

• Greens co-leader on former MP Darleen Tana rejecting request to resign

  politics

  21 Aug 2024

  The Green party is at a crossroads after former MP Darleen Tana rejected their request to resign. Green co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

• Business News for 28 July 2017

  business economy

  28 Jul 2017

  

  News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio