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Tiki Taane: hi-jinks, drug dealing, breakdown and redemption
Tiki Taane: hi-jinks, drug dealing, breakdown and redemption
20 May 2017Tiki Taane features in this week's Mixtape, choosing music and telling us about the ups and downs of his life and career, as well as the current NZ tour of stage production Tiki Taane Mahuta. Video, Audio
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Travel through China, Senegal and Iraq with Worlds of Music
Travel through China, Senegal and Iraq with Worlds of Music
20 May 2017Featuring music from NZ, China, Senegal and an in-depth interview with twice Grammy nominated, Rahim AlHaj, who was born in Baghdad where he was imprisoned for his activism under the realm of Saddam Hussein. Audio
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'67 All Blacks: the team that changed rugby
'67 All Blacks: the team that changed rugby
21 May 2017The 1967 All Blacks have been described as the team that forever changed the way rugby was played. Audio, Gallery
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An epic solo adventure
An epic solo adventure
22 May 2017Neither fierce storms, an on-board fire, a broken mast, running out of rations or falling overboard could deter Conrad Colman in his quest to sail solo around the world. Audio, Gallery
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The boy who escaped the Moors Murderers
The boy who escaped the Moors Murderers
20 May 2017Tommy Rhattigan was a seven-year-old boy in Manchester when he was lured to the house of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady with a promise of bread and jam. Audio
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Naked Voices: an a capella half hour
Naked Voices: an a capella half hour
21 May 2017A 100% a capella half hour featuring Dudley Benson, The Persuasions, one of the most popular acts at this year's Womad Festival – South African band The Soil, and American group Chanticleer covering Kurt Weil's 'Lost in the Stars'. Audio
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Meth - the human cost of a hit
Meth - the human cost of a hit
Insight - The rise in methamphetamine use is breaking up families and piling pressure on schools, mental health workers, police and rehabilitation clinics. Audio
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NZ to host the Pacific search and rescue conference
NZ to host the Pacific search and rescue conference
22 May 2017Delegates from 26 countries gather in Auckland from today to plan effective search and rescue practices across the Pacific. Audio
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Turning up the heat on housing
Turning up the heat on housing
Mediawatch - The housing shortage surged to the top of the news agenda this week with political promises of more new homes in a hurry. Audio
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Ryan Adams: cat lover?
Ryan Adams: cat lover?
Susan Strongman of The Wireless finds out what happened to the cat American singer-songwriter Ryan Adams saved via Twitter during his 2015 New Zealand tour.
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Talks in Tahiti on floating island plan
Talks in Tahiti on floating island plan
22 May 2017An international maritime safety expert, engineers, social scientists and an architect who's built underwater habitats are among those who gathered on Tahiti to discuss plans for a floating island in French Polynesia. Audio
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A date crisis with an evil weevil
A date crisis with an evil weevil
20 May 2017The red palm weevil is threatening global date supplies – this could mean fewer date scones, and more importantly, could contribute to greater political instability in Africa and the Middle East. Audio, Gallery
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The Mixtape: Tiki Taane
The Mixtape: Tiki Taane
20 May 2017Tiki Taane shares his mix of protest songs and tales of wayward youth on Music 101's Mixtape. Video, Audio
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The art of question time
The art of question time
21 May 2017Parliament restrains the power of government partly by asking pesky questions. But it's harder than it looks. Audio
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The Butcher Shop
The Butcher Shop
21 May 2017How do meat, wine, dairy and wool influence our social and cultural — as well as economic — life? Join us for the Butcher Shop series of public discussions.
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Aïda at The Met
Aïda at The Met
21 May 2017A tragic love story is set in the time of the pharaohs when Egypt was at war with Ethiopia.
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Ariel Levy - rules do not apply
Ariel Levy - rules do not apply
20 May 2017Ariel Levy says her new book The Rules Do not Apply is about "surrendering the illusion of control". Audio
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Shear warmth
Shear warmth
It was a pitiful wool cheque that spurred Lyn Neeson and her daughter-in-law Monique Neeson into making a fabric from their wool. Audio
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Noise and young ears
Noise and young ears
Massey University acoustics researchers have been working with childcare centres that are keen to lower noise levels and protect the hearing of young children. Audio
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Synthetic life – can we build it?
Synthetic life – can we build it?
20 May 2017Plants that can sniff out explosives and microbes that fight obesity were two of the ideas pitched at a recent conference in New York where 250 scientists from 10 countries discussed the ethics of creating genomes. Audio
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Circling The Planets
Circling The Planets
20 Apr 2014Thomas Goss details what's unique about Holst's orchestral galaxy tour. Audio
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The father and daughter beatboxers
The father and daughter beatboxers
19 May 2017"If you want to sound like a Pokemon, Pikachu or whatever you want to sound like, knock yourself out." Video, Audio
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NZ Live: Seth Haapu
NZ Live: Seth Haapu
19 May 2017Seth Haapu is a multi-instrumentalist, song writer and singer, and he's released an EP of songs entitled 'Volume II'. Audio
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A (working) dog's life
A (working) dog's life
20 May 2017NZ is reputed to have more working dogs per capita than anywhere else in the world – an estimated 200,000. So what's in a day's work? A groundbreaking study is using canine fit bits to find out. Audio, Gallery