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Writing the book of the Kiwi classical guitar
12 Jun 2025Matthew Marshall is about to embark on another tour of New Zealand and beyond, but he's also writing a history of the classical guitar in Aotearoa. Audio
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From Wellington to Wells
12 Jun 2025Young Wellington tenor Herbert Zelenski is off to the UK to take up the position of Choral Scholar at Wells Cathedral. Audio
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Alice Morgan's Matariki homecoming
11 Jun 2025Christchurch raised, Sydney-based saxophonist Alice Morgan is back in town as soloist in a concert of New Zealand music. Video, Audio
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Teenage countertenor Samuel Mataele
10 Jun 2025Brilliant young countertenor Samuel Mataele talks about his love of all things operatic ahead of his debut with the Manukau Symphony Orchestra. Audio
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Palau president wants Taiwan to get a fair go at PIF
2 Jun 2025Palau's president wants to see Taiwan given full access at this year's Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders' meeting.
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Deadline looming for PNG to fix issues with money laundering and counter-terrorist financing
1 Jun 2025Papua New Guinea has five months remaining to fix its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) systems or risk being placed on the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) "grey list".
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Investigations underway in Norfolk after illegal drugs wash up onshore
30 May 2025Norfolk Island locals are shocked after a 40-kilogram package - believed to contain cocaine - washed up on one of their beaches.
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Pasifika recipients say King's Birthday honours not theirs alone
2 Jun 2025A New Zealand-born Niuean educator says being recognised in the King's Birthday honours list reflects the importance of connecting young tagata Niue in Aotearoa to their roots.
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Nauru, Metals Company revise deep sea mining agreement
Nauru has revised its commercial agreement with Canadian mining group The Metals Company for deep sea mining in international waters. The updated "sponsorship agreement" was announced in a press release from The Metals Company.
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Samoa Language Week: A Black Ferns sevens player's journey
Former Black Ferns sevens player Shiray Kaka says one of the reasons she is learning Samoan is to pass on her heritage to her baby boy, who is due in August.
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"Celebration and reflection" - Nayacalevu says goodbye
5 Jun 2025The former Flying Fijians captain, Waisea Nayacalevu, has announced his retirement from test rugby. Nayacalevu, 33, made the announcement through the Fiji Rugby Union in Suva.
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Marshall Islands nuclear legacy: report highlights lack of health research
6 Jun 2025A new report on the United States nuclear weapons testing legacy in the Marshall Islands highlights the lack of studies into important health concerns,
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Hymns on Sunday, 8 June 2025
8 Jun 2025Hymns for the Feast of Pentecost today, including plainchant from the 9th century (Veni, Creator Spiritus) and the contemporary hymn Spirit of God, rest on your people by UK hymn writer Bernadette Farrell. Audio
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Inside Out: Rainbow Jazz
7 Jun 2025Nick Tipping takes a look at some of the leading lights of jazz's rainbow community, including drummers Terri Lyne Carrington and Bill Stewart, singers Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, pianists Fred Hersch and Billy Tipton, and NZ's own Eilish Wilson. Audio
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From music marketing to musical meditations
5 Jun 2025New Zealand musician Leah Thomas talks to RNZ Concert from New York about her just completed arts management course, and the mindful book that came out of it. Audio
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Old opera, brand new production
3 Jun 2025Bruno Ravella is in Aotearoa to direct a brand new production of Puccini's La bohème for NZ Opera. Audio
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Tony Yan Tong Chen: back with the old band
4 Jun 2025Once he was a second violinist in the Auckland Youth Orchestra. Now Tony Yan Tong Chen is the piano soloist for the orchestra's next concert. Audio
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Peter de Blois: singer, conductor, teacher, now ONZM
3 Jun 2025Congratulations to Peter de Blois, who has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to music in this year's King's Birthday Honours List. Audio
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Freshen the mind with a Gong Bath
30 May 2025Erika Grant is bringing her gongs to a special Listening Occasion that's part of Wellington's midwinter Lōemis Festival. Audio
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Making rainbow connections
29 May 2025Tabea Squire talks about the 'building block' approach she took to writing a piece for groups taking part in this year's New Zealand Community Trust Chamber Music Contest. Video, Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 1 June 2025
1 Jun 2025The Samoan hymn Fa'afetai I Le Atua begins this week's programme, celebrating the start of Samoan Language Week, and we mark the Feast of the Ascension. Audio
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Inside Out: Frank Gibson Jr and Space Case
31 May 2025In memory of the late NZ drummer Frank Gibson Jr, Nick Tipping revisits his work with jazz-fusion outfit Space Case. Audio
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Paradise lost and found
28 May 2025Briar Prastiti's new work 'The Garden' gets its New Zealand premiere this weekend. Video, Audio
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The Cawthron pipes are calling
27 May 2025Myles Payne and a novel campaign to raise money for the Nelson Centre for Musical Arts' organ. Audio