Features
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'We had an instant sort of good vibe'
2 Dec 2023Every photographer needs their muse, and for Kate Simon, Bob Marley has proved a lasting one. Audio
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Does NZ really need its defence force?
2 Dec 2023As wars continue in Gaza, Ukraine, and other parts of the world, a new book questions whether New Zealand ought to have a military force at all. Audio
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Unknown Country: Listening for the Sound of Aotearoa New Zealand
3 Dec 2023Award-winning writer, musician, and broadcaster Nick Bollinger investigates what differentiates New Zealand pop music from its overseas cousins, and what that can tell us about our identity in the 2023 Lilburn Lecture. Video, Audio
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Wonderful classical, jazz and contemporary Christmas tunes
10:51 am todayIf Christmas pop tunes have a negative impact on your goodwill to all, then we have good news. RNZ Concert's resident music fans share favourite classical, contemporary and jazz pieces to restore your Christmas spirit. Video
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Martinborough Music Festival 2023: Opening Night
10:04 am todayLunchtime Concert: Top classical musicians visit the small Wairarapa town to perform stellar chamber music, including Elgar's Romance for bassoon, Rachmaninov's cello sonata, and Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence.
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Celebrating Togetherness - Ngū Kīoro, Harikoa Ake
9:00 am todayLISTEN: An exuberant and diverse crowd packed the Michael Fowler Centre for this, the first concert to a live audience by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (or any large ensemble worldwide) following the first COVID lock downs.
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Helping retired racehorses: 'I get tears in my eyes as they go down the driveway'
Chanelle Dickie helps working horses adjust to life off the track at the Selwyn Equestrian Centre. Audio
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'Wetlands have got a real place on any farm'
A 7,500m2 wetland at the bottom of South Wairarapa's Kaiwaiwai Dairies is reducing nitrates drained from paddocks. Audio
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The Topp Twins: 'When we come back out raging, you better watch out'
2 Dec 2023Beloved entertainers Lynda and Jules Topp chat to Charlotte Ryan. Video, Audio
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New Zealand String Quartet: Te Waipuna
3 Dec 2023Enjoy music by Aotearoa composers Karlo Margetić and Louise Webster; Hiroaki Tokunaga from Japan, Kurt Rohde from the U.S., and Jae-Moon Lee from South Korea in this Asian Composers League concert recorded by RNZ Concert.
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What it takes to be a master waka builder
30 Nov 2023Hine Waitai-Dye (Ngāti Kurī) says an open mind is the number one prerequisite for learning to construct a traditional Māori canoe. Video, Audio, Gallery
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New Horizons: Sufjan Stevens - Resilience and Vulnerability
3 Dec 2023Sufjan Stevens' new release, Javelin, has provoked William Dart to a week of deep immersion in the American's earlier music to find out just where his new elegiac songs fit in. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 3 December 2023
3 Dec 2023We're celebrating the First Sunday of Advent today with some favourite Advent hymns including O Come Emmanuel, and Of the Father's Heart Begotten. Audio
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Flowdan: 'I'm enjoying the moment'
2 Dec 2023English grime music pioneer Flowdan chats to Samantha Mythen before hitting the stage in Wellington.
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Inside Out: Jazz Manouche
2 Dec 2023This week, Nick Tipping focuses on jazz manouche, a genre created by Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli, and carried on by modern masters Angelo DeBarre, Stochelo Rosenberg, and Biréli Lagrène. Audio
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'Wisdom is just the ability to be tenderly receptive'
29 Nov 2023Sociologist David Brooks believes treating others with kindness and respect is something we can all learn to do better. Video, Audio
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Grindhouse gets the full Blu-ray treatment
2 Dec 2023Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’ celebration of cheap and nasty filmmaking, Grindhouse, comes home in a paradoxically beautiful package, reports Dan Slevin.
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Recipe: Moroccan Quinoa, Chickpea and Hemp Seed Salad
2 Dec 2023Kelly Gibney shares a summer barbecue side dish from her latest cookbook Enjoy.
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A showstopper for Christmas cake lovers
1 Dec 2023You don't really cook a Christmas cake as much as dry it out, says the NZ Agricultural Show fruitcake convener. Audio
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Auckland basks in Indian traditional tag sports extravaganza
1 Dec 2023Thousands attend the fifth NZ Sikh Games and the first NZ Kabaddi World Cup that took place simultaneously in South Auckland last weekend.
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Catching musicians when they're young
We tend to focus on the masters, but every musician has to start somewhere. And that's when Christopher Norton comes to the fore. Video, Audio
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I know who Jack the Ripper was, says British author
29 Nov 2023In the 135 years since Jack the Ripper's brutal murder spree in London's Whitechapel, numerous individuals have been named as the culprit, now a British author, Sarah Bax Horton, believes she has finally cracked the case. Audio
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The Turning Point: Charlotte
1 Dec 2023WATCH - Armed with nets and torches, Charlotte & her crew find some of our most unseen native fish species and build them a passage into the mountains.
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Review: Rugby League in New Zealand: A people’s history
1 Dec 2023A masterpiece of its genre, examining the history of the sport from the inside out, Ryan Bodman makes us realise that rugby league has done well to survive, let alone thrive, writes Michael Burgess.