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Adore Amy Shark in session
Adore Amy Shark in session
15 Apr 2017Over the past six months, Australian singer-songwriter Amy Shark has enjoyed the kind of overnight success many only achieve after six or seven years of slogging it out unnoticed. Video, Audio
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NZ Live: Thomas Oliver
NZ Live: Thomas Oliver
28 Apr 2017The Apra Silver Scroll winner plays tracks from his new album Floating in the Darkness. Audio
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Doctor in a box
Doctor in a box
29 Apr 2017A medical device inspired by Star Trek and powered by artificial intelligence can test for 13 different medical conditions without a doctor in sight. Audio
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The many guises of Sergei Rachmaninov
The many guises of Sergei Rachmaninov
6 Jul 2014William Dart takes a personal journey through the music of Rachmaninov, starting off with the perhaps unfortunate fact that his melodies have been fodder for writers of pop songs. Audio
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The Challenger - Jenny Shipley
The Challenger - Jenny Shipley
28 Apr 2017In part four of The 9th Floor, Guyon Espiner talks to our first female prime minister about coups and coalitions, welfare reform, Winston Peters and her commitment to change.
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D-Day for Waikato Music Department?
D-Day for Waikato Music Department?
The University of Waikato music department is already working with the “bare minimum” of staff and cuts could see the demise of the school, according to a faculty member. Audio
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The arachnologist with a fear of spiders
The arachnologist with a fear of spiders
28 Apr 2017Dr Robert Raven is a world-leading arachnologist - despite having a fear of spiders. He has recently discovered 50 new ones in Australia. Audio
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Delivering the truth to patients
Delivering the truth to patients
28 Apr 2017The ability to have difficult conversations with compassion should be part of a doctor's skill set, says a palliative care specialist. Audio
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Endless Boogie
Endless Boogie
28 Apr 2017Matt Sweeney has played guitar for everyone from Iggy Pop to Adele, Run The Jewels to Johnny Cash. Unsurprisingly, he has some amazing tales to tell...
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The new wave of female rappers
The new wave of female rappers
27 Apr 2017A new generation of female hip-hop artists are changing the game, says an Auckland ethnomusicologist. Video, Audio
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When NZ aviation went national
When NZ aviation went national
27 Apr 2017Seventy years ago, New Zealand’s various small airlines were amalgamated and nationalised into the National Airways Corporation (NAC). Audio
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Delaney Davidson: Devil In The Parlour
Delaney Davidson: Devil In The Parlour
A spotlight has been shone on New Zealand troubadour Delaney Davidson in a new documentary that shows him both on and off stage. Audio
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Babushka's Balkan Banquet
Babushka's Balkan Banquet
29 Apr 2017You might have heard local Balkan brass band Niko Ne Zna featured in the soundtrack of What We Do In the Shadows. Their new album is a feast for the ears - and the stomach. Audio
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Bad manners no joke at comedy fest
Bad manners no joke at comedy fest
With the 2017 International Comedy Festival upon us The Wireless has some etiquette tips for comedy fans.
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'I do write a lot of stuff out of happy accidents with noises'
'I do write a lot of stuff out of happy accidents with noises'
22 Apr 2017Kirsten Johnstone visits Grayson Gilmour's attic-space studio for a live performance and to find out about the tools of his trade. Video, Audio
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Apollo - Rise of the poly-vegan soldier
Apollo - Rise of the poly-vegan soldier
Wireless Docs: Apollo Taito is a vegan, and a trained killer – a sergeant in the New Zealand Army to be exact. Watch his story here.
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No pause on being the 'bawse'
No pause on being the 'bawse'
27 Apr 2017Having never wanted a nine to five job, Canadian comedian Lilly Singh, better known by her digital moniker Superwoman, says she’s now working 24/7. Video, Audio
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At The Movies
At The Movies
26 Apr 2017Three films aimed at a grownup audience fail to impress this week. Simon Morris casts an eye over Going in Style, Beyond the Known World and From the Land of the Moon. Video, Audio
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Child of Syria - Katia's story
Child of Syria - Katia's story
24 Apr 2017Katia Rostem Agha and her parents fled Syria in 2012 to escape government security forces. Now settled in Wellington, her story is retold in a series of children’s story books. Video, Audio, Gallery
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The real value of librarians
The real value of librarians
Auckland Libraries say they will save $1.8 million by cutting 5 percent of staff. But what about the human cost? The Wireless investigates.
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New Zealand's invisible women scientists
New Zealand's invisible women scientists
Women scientists in New Zealand have been shut out of our history, a cultural historian says. Audio
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Rebel woman Roxane Gay
Rebel woman Roxane Gay
26 Apr 2017When self-described ‘bad feminist’ Roxane Gay joked about the ways she was ‘doing feminism wrong', she struck a chord with women all over the world. Audio
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We need to talk about gene drives
We need to talk about gene drives
27 Apr 2017Imagine a New Zealand without introduced wasps, rats and possums, and a world where diseases such as malaria and heritable blindness have been eliminated. Audio
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A passion for fashion
A passion for fashion
My Heels Are Killing Me - Caitlan Mitchell is the editor for one of the longest running industry magazines in the country. She talks to Sonia Sly about a family passion for fashion. Audio, Gallery