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Julia Jacklin live in session
Julia Jacklin live in session
17 Dec 2016Australian musician Julia Jacklin plays songs live in the studio and discusses her existential conundrums, essential oils, and Britney Spears. Audio
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Warm winters delay cherry season
Warm winters delay cherry season
16 Dec 2016A Canterbury fruit grower has had to cancel his Christmas cherry orders because the season is running so late, and he says climate change is to blame. Audio
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Public Enemy: Muslims and the SIS
Public Enemy: Muslims and the SIS
18 Dec 2016How do you trust your community when someone is always watching? Public Enemy examines New Zealand's Muslims and the role of the SIS. Audio
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The truth about electric drills
The truth about electric drills
17 Dec 2016It's the season to be drilling and This Way Up finds out how much you need to spend to get a decent electric drill and which brands offer best value. Audio
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The truth at seventeen
The truth at seventeen
15 Dec 2016Watch young comic Ruby Esther read her powerful spoken word piece 'I Normally Write Funny Poems'. Video, Audio
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The bells that still can ring
The bells that still can ring
17 Dec 2016After smoke signals and before Snapchat, the ringing of bells announced births, deaths, wars, feasts and marriages. Simon Morton meets some Wellingtonians still ringing in the 21st century. Audio, Gallery
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Marama Fox: Please Come Home For Christmas
Marama Fox: Please Come Home For Christmas
Marama Fox performed a Christmas song in Parliament last week which made international headlines, she visited us to perform another song especially for Checkpoint. Video, Audio
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‘Tomorrow, I am going to leave my homeland’
‘Tomorrow, I am going to leave my homeland’
As the evacuation of Aleppo begins, journalist Emma Beals shares accounts from sources and friends in the besieged city.
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Falling on their Feet
Falling on their Feet
Four famous composers find favour with friendly benefactors. John Drummond praises the importance of timely patronage in the final of this series of Interrupted Cadences. Audio
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Nick Bollinger on 'Goneville'
Nick Bollinger on 'Goneville'
Nick Bollinger's 1970s rock'n'roll memoir takes its name from an actual North Island town he imagines as "somehow every small town that every unknown rock band has ever played in". Audio, Gallery
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Forget 'middle child syndrome'
Forget 'middle child syndrome'
Two psychologists say they have found birth order has almost zero effect on personality.
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Soprano and scientist Cassandra Extavour
Soprano and scientist Cassandra Extavour
Cassandra Extavour is a Harvard professor visiting New Zealand as a singer. She talks with Kim Hill about determination, discipline and balancing science with music. Audio
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Toody Cole - American Punk legend
Toody Cole - American Punk legend
16 Dec 2016Kathryn Ryan speaks to Toody Cole of American punk rock band Dead Moon fame, who is touring NZ with her husband Fred Cole. Dead Moon's reputation is one of ultimate do-it-yourself American punk rock - before anyone else was doing it. Audio
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The ancient Size 10 footprints that could rewrite history
The ancient Size 10 footprints that could rewrite history
The large footprints discovered in Tanzania earlier this year date back 3.6 million years, and suggest our ancient ancestors were far larger than we thought. Audio, Gallery
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More marae taking up Pare Kore (Zero Waste)
More marae taking up Pare Kore (Zero Waste)
18 Dec 2016135 marae in the North Island have taken up the the zero-waste scheme Para Kore. Te Ahi Kaa visits a Hamilton marae to find out how it works. Video, Audio
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NZ Live: Troy Kingi & The Electric Haka Boogie
NZ Live: Troy Kingi & The Electric Haka Boogie
16 Dec 2016After giving music away for a regular income as a scuba diving instructor, Troy Kingi is back. He plays a couple of tracks from his debut double album Guitar Party at Uncle's Bach. Audio
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Goneville - a new music memoir
Goneville - a new music memoir
Music journalist Nick Bollinger's memoir Goneville is out today. Read this exclusive extract while listening to the never-before-available song which inspired this chapter. Audio, Gallery
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Extra Time
Extra Time
16 Dec 2016This week – Swimming New Zealand has its funding slashed and could lose it altogether, New Zealand rugby appoints its first female board member and much more. Audio
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'People warned me against speaking up'
'People warned me against speaking up'
An Auckland vet says a Massey University Chancellor's comments on women vets this week reflects the pervasive sexism in the industry.
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Brassy Christmas
Brassy Christmas
17 Dec 2016Brilliant Brass goes seasonal with a Christmas Special from David Bremner and friends.
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At the Movies: the best of 2016
At the Movies: the best of 2016
14 Dec 2016Simon Morris picks his Comeback of the Year, Star of the Year and three(!) Movies of the Year. Audio
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Sex and the elderly
Sex and the elderly
16 Dec 2016Over the age of 60, 70 percent of women and 92.7 percent of men remain sexually active, but a sex therapist says their needs are being neglected. Audio
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Goneville - a new music memoir
Goneville - a new music memoir
Music journalist Nick Bollinger's memoir Goneville is out today. Read this exclusive extract while listening to the never-before-available song which inspired the chapter. Audio, Gallery