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Jackie Kennedy's long-lost love letters for sale
Jackie Kennedy's long-lost love letters for sale
3 Mar 2017Love letters between Jackie Kennedy and a then-British ambassador to the US have been uncovered and are about to be sold. Audio
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Welsh language immersion bears musical fruit
Welsh language immersion bears musical fruit
2 Mar 20179Bach perform songs rooted in Welsh culture and the sounds of the natural world, using contemporary looping technology alongside traditional instruments. Hear songwriter Lisa Jen talk, ahead of their performance at WOMAD this month. Audio
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Disney's fight to keep Mickey's copyright
Disney's fight to keep Mickey's copyright
Mickey Mouse is estimated to be worth more than $US6 billion a year to Disney, and the corporation fights hard to keep it that way. Audio
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Lorde returns to centre stage
Lorde returns to centre stage
3 Mar 2017"An assured step." That's the verdict on Lorde's new single 'Green Light' from Yadana Saw from RNZ Music. Video, Audio
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Knitting knots adds up to better maths
Knitting knots adds up to better maths
2 Mar 2017Two mathematicians are showing origami and crochet can be a pathway to better learning mathematics. Audio, Gallery
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‘Birth control pills are handed out like jelly beans’
‘Birth control pills are handed out like jelly beans’
The contraceptive pill has revolutionised women's health and reproductive rights, but many side effects have barely improved.
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A Green Light for Lorde
A Green Light for Lorde
3 Mar 2017With the first single from Lorde's highly anticipated second album out now, we take a look back at her career thus far.
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'She's a good chap'
'She's a good chap'
1 Mar 2017Ten years ago, Georgina Beyer - the world's first openly transsexual MP - brought down the curtain on her eight-year career in government. Audio
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Live: Myele Manzanza
Live: Myele Manzanza
27 Feb 2017Rhythm is in Myele Manzanza’s blood. He spent his formative years busking on drums, moving on to future-soul act, Electric Wire Hustle. His solo sound is a fusion of jazz, hip-hop, and African rhythms. Video, Audio
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Dirty Projectors
Dirty Projectors
28 Feb 2017Contrary to the indie slacker stereotype, David Longstreth is a super-hard-working, ambitious guy and Dirty Projectors is the latest and best-realised result of those ambitions. Audio
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Don Henley's personal mixtape
Don Henley's personal mixtape
28 Feb 2017A founding member of the Eagles with a successful solo career, Don Henley shares his history through song, ahead of bringing his band to New Zealand. Video, Audio
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'Marvellously generous, mindboggling'
'Marvellously generous, mindboggling'
2 Mar 2017The first Ashleigh Young knew of the $230,000 Windham-Campbell prize was the call to say she had won it. Audio
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You watching them watching telly
You watching them watching telly
Who would have thought that a TV show about watching people watch TV would be such a hit? Gogglebox is now showing in New Zealand. Video, Audio
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A year has passed since I wrote my note ...
A year has passed since I wrote my note ...
28 Feb 2017Clint Buffington finds and collects messages in bottles - and he's found over 80 so far. Audio, Gallery
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'We only seem to value what we can measure'
'We only seem to value what we can measure'
2 Mar 2017A focus on creativity and flexibility needs to be at the forefront of our education system, British education specialist Sir John Jones says. Audio
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Don Henley's personal mixtape
Don Henley's personal mixtape
28 Feb 2017A founding member of the Eagles with a successful solo career, Don Henley shares his history through song before bringing his band to New Zealand. Video, Audio
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Who's this handsome chap?
Who's this handsome chap?
3 Mar 2017He foiled a Jesuit plot to educate him in London, then ran away to sea, which was how he first came to visit New Zealand in 1960. Read all about this popular presenter's colourful life, In the Spotlight.
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My kitchen fails
My kitchen fails
What are the worst flat meals you’ve ever eaten, cooked, or thrown in the bin after a single mouthful?
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Mana Ngangahu: Female Warrior
Mana Ngangahu: Female Warrior
1 Mar 2017Ngāhuia Te Awekōtuku has been at the forefront of the gay liberation movement for nearly five decades, she reflects on a life of activism with Kathryn Ryan. Audio
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Hōkūle'a spreads conservation message in Rapa Nui
Hōkūle'a spreads conservation message in Rapa Nui
2 Mar 2017A traditional Hawaiian canoe, travelling the world promoting marine conservation, has arrived in Rapa Nui after a more than 16 day journey from the Galapagos Islands. Audio
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Nashville Babylon
Nashville Babylon
Enjoy music from Son Volt and Ryan Adams; Eb & Sparrow, Mark Mulcahy, T Bone Walker, and there's a tribute to the late Robert Fisher of alt-country collective Willard Grant Conspiracy. Audio
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French Film Festival preview
French Film Festival preview
1 Mar 2017Dan Slevin takes a look at the tenth annual French Film Festival in Wellington and makes some suggestions.
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The art of art dealers
The art of art dealers
Art dealers have been variously described as pioneers, impresarios, lice and rogues, a new book reveals their often colourful tactics. Audio, Gallery
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Refugees endure freezing temperatures to flee US
Refugees endure freezing temperatures to flee US
1 Mar 2017Hundreds of people are risking life and limb by crossing into Canada from the US in freezing temperatures. Audio