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Review: Tigers Blood by Waxahatchee
6 Apr 2024Tony Stamp reviews the American musician's latest embrace of Americana, a release that shows deep familiarity and affection for past greats of the genre. Video, Audio
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Aya Al-Chalabi: 'Ramadan is a re-set'
9 Apr 2024A New Zealand-Arab influencer has been showcasing Muslim faith and culture to a new audience this Ramadan.
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Bringing a bit of Guarneri to Canterbury
3 Apr 2024Tobi Widemann grew up in Germany playing the violin. He now handcrafts string instruments in Christchurch. Audio
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'We were out to expose the truth'
7 Apr 2024Nearly 1000 British sub-postmasters were wrongly prosecuted or convicted of theft, false accounting and fraud, due to a faulty computer system. The story of the scandal, told in the TV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office, conveys extremely well both "the suffering and the misery that this major government organisation got away with", the real Alan Bates says. Audio
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Beth Orton: 'I mean every word of it'
6 Apr 2024Ahead of her two NZ shows, English musician Beth Orton tells Music 101 about singing with "deep sincerity" and her newfound gratitude for songwriting. Video, Audio
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9-to-5 "archaic" for working parents
6 Apr 2024Former NZ Army captain Dr Ellen Joan Ford is on a mission to change New Zealand's work culture. Audio
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How the spirit of spinning old records inspired The Black Keys' new album
6 Apr 2024"We wanted [to create] the feeling you get when you drop a really great record that feels fresh" - Dan Auerbach from The Black Keys on Ohio Players. Audio
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One's person's trash... a visit to Akaroa's annual community market
5 Apr 2024Every Easter Saturday, a massive auction of unwanted bric-a-brac raises thousands of dollars for locals in need. Audio
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Beth Orton: 'I mean every word of it'
6 Apr 2024Ahead of her two NZ shows, English musician Beth Orton tells Music 101about singing with "deep sincerity" and her newfound gratitude for songwriting. Video, Audio
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How much are people paying for a cup of coffee?
WATCH - People on the street tell us what they're willing to pay for a barista-made coffee. Video, Audio
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'During Covid I fell in love with the garden'
After leaving the tech industry, Morgan Kane and her husband Ayden Mitchell now live and work on her parent's lifestyle block in Taranaki. Audio
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'It was a bit intimidating knowing he was breathing down my neck'
5 Apr 2024Hard-working brothers Archie and Callum Woodhouse are the two top contenders to be East Coast Young Farmer of the Year. Audio
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New Horizons: What Now from Brittany Howard
7 Apr 2024William Dart looks at the new album by the extraordinary American singer Brittany Howard - for first for five years; and notes the anniversary of one of the greatest singers of the last century. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 7 April 2024
7 Apr 2024George Woodward's hymn This joyful Eastertide begins today's programme. George was a man of many talents: as well as writing hymns, he was a bell ringer, he played the cello and euphonium, and he was a bee keeper. Audio
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The Black Keys: On recording with Beck and Noel Gallagher
6 Apr 2024"We wanted [to create] the feeling you get when you drop a really great record that feels fresh" - Dan Auerbach from The Black Keys on Ohio Players. Audio
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Recipe: Crispy Chicken Nibbles with Tangy Sauce
6 Apr 2024Chef Yael Shochat shares a recipe for Middle Eastern-style chicken wings.
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Deidre Brown awarded for her pioneering study of Māori architecture
5 Apr 2024Deidre Brown (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu) tells Kathryn Ryan it's an honour and "really humbling" to receive the NZ Institute of Architects' 2023 Gold Medal. Video, Audio
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Cost of living: What have people been giving up?
3 Apr 2024WATCH - We ask people on the street what they've stopped spending money on as financial pressures increase. Video, Audio
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What you need to know as daylight savings ends
5 Apr 2024It's time to say goodbye to long summer evenings for another year. Video
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'I showed my feet and he was like 'Yep, let's get the cheque'
4 Apr 2024Canterbury speed dating host Beaulieu Matthews breaks the ice at events with funny anecdotes about her own bad dates. Audio
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Global warning
5 Apr 2024Percussionist Jacob Nissly and composer Adam Schoenberg are in the country for the NZSO performance of Adam's percussion concerto, "Losing Earth", which was written for Jacob. Audio
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Liszt, Dante and nursery rhymes
4 Apr 2024Young, gifted and into the classics as well as classical music. Bryan Crump talks with the pianist Otis Prescott-Mason. Video, Audio
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Bringing a bit of Guarneri to Canterbury
3 Apr 2024German-born Tobi Widemann talks to Bryan Crump about the art of violin making. Audio
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Island life with a classical twist
2 Apr 2024Tania Frazer and Amalia Hall are bringing a new chamber music festival to Waiheke Island. Audio