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Upbeat for Tuesday 29 August 2017

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  • The bitter taste of sugar slavery

    Pacific arts
    Jasmine Togo-Brisby's Bitter Sweet (2015)

    1:40 PM.Imagine being stolen from your homeland and forced to work on a sugar plantation. Many people are unaware of that happening in this part of the world, but it did. Colonial Sugar, the new exhibition at… Read more Audio

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  • Hristova & Houstoun on tour with Beethoven

    music
    Bella Hirstova and Michael Houstoun

    1:20 PM.Bella Hristova won the 2007 Michael Hill International Violin Competition. As part of her prize, she toured the country with pianist Michael Houstoun and loved it. Bella is back for another extensive… Read more Audio

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  • Making music accessible

    health education
    Julian Raphael

    1:00 PM.Everyone should be able to access live music. That’s the ethos behind a series of concerts by Chamber Music New Zealand and the IHC Foundation that encourages inclusion and participation for diverse… Read more Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Monday, 28 August 2017
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