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Marshall Islands nuclear legacy: report highlights lack of health research
6 Jun 2025A new report on the United States nuclear weapons testing legacy in the Marshall Islands highlights the lack of studies into important health concerns,
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Hymns on Sunday, 8 June 2025
8 Jun 2025Hymns for the Feast of Pentecost today, including plainchant from the 9th century (Veni, Creator Spiritus) and the contemporary hymn Spirit of God, rest on your people by UK hymn writer Bernadette Farrell. Audio
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Inside Out: Rainbow Jazz
7 Jun 2025Nick Tipping takes a look at some of the leading lights of jazz's rainbow community, including drummers Terri Lyne Carrington and Bill Stewart, singers Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, pianists Fred Hersch and Billy Tipton, and NZ's own Eilish Wilson. Audio
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From music marketing to musical meditations
5 Jun 2025New Zealand musician Leah Thomas talks to RNZ Concert from New York about her just completed arts management course, and the mindful book that came out of it. Audio
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Old opera, brand new production
3 Jun 2025Bruno Ravella is in Aotearoa to direct a brand new production of Puccini's La bohème for NZ Opera. Audio
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Tony Yan Tong Chen: back with the old band
4 Jun 2025Once he was a second violinist in the Auckland Youth Orchestra. Now Tony Yan Tong Chen is the piano soloist for the orchestra's next concert. Audio
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Peter de Blois: singer, conductor, teacher, now ONZM
3 Jun 2025Congratulations to Peter de Blois, who has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to music in this year's King's Birthday Honours List. Audio
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Freshen the mind with a Gong Bath
30 May 2025Erika Grant is bringing her gongs to a special Listening Occasion that's part of Wellington's midwinter Lōemis Festival. Audio
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Making rainbow connections
29 May 2025Tabea Squire talks about the 'building block' approach she took to writing a piece for groups taking part in this year's New Zealand Community Trust Chamber Music Contest. Video, Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 1 June 2025
1 Jun 2025The Samoan hymn Fa'afetai I Le Atua begins this week's programme, celebrating the start of Samoan Language Week, and we mark the Feast of the Ascension. Audio
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Inside Out: Frank Gibson Jr and Space Case
31 May 2025In memory of the late NZ drummer Frank Gibson Jr, Nick Tipping revisits his work with jazz-fusion outfit Space Case. Audio
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Paradise lost and found
28 May 2025Briar Prastiti's new work 'The Garden' gets its New Zealand premiere this weekend. Video, Audio
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The Cawthron pipes are calling
27 May 2025Myles Payne and a novel campaign to raise money for the Nelson Centre for Musical Arts' organ. Audio
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Taking on Brahms in Palmerston North
26 May 2025The combined Manawatū Sinfonia and Youth Orchestra will tackle one of the pinnacles of symphonic music this King's Birthday Monday. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 25 May 2025
25 May 2025We've harvest hymns and hymns of thankfulness in this week's programme. Audio
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RNZ Concert recordings win international recognition
23 May 2025Three very different live orchestral shows have been recognised at the prestigious New York Festivals Radio Awards.
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Making music for the moving image
22 May 2025Composer Tom McLeod talks about how a bad exam and a motorcycle ride changed his life. Audio
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Gábor Káli: never forget the child in you
20 May 2025Hungarian conductor Gábor Káli talks to RNZ Concert ahead of his New Zealand Symphony Orchestra debut. Audio
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New Zealand's 'Little Miss Metric'
21 May 2025Although she “retired” at age 10, Jeannie Preddey has a special place in New Zealand history.
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The iconic (and often quirky) sculptures of New Zealand
21 May 2025Whether a gumboot, carrot, cow or L&P bottle, these kitschy constructions dotting the country serve as landmarks and a nod to what makes the town tick.
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How micro-feminism in the workplace can support your colleagues
21 May 2025Small acts of resistance known as "micro-feminism" can help women feel empowered at work.
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Māoriland Charitable Trust and Kiwi film producer among winners at Cannes awards
21 May 2025The NZ Film Commission says it shows our film sector's reputation for celebrating indigenous storytelling and exceptional leaders.
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The Kiwi musician taking Chinese social media by storm
21 May 2025Auckland-based composer Levi Patel has fallen in love with a small city in a beautiful region of southwest China, and its led to some interesting musical collaborations.
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is action-packed, and quite ridiculous
20 May 2025As Tom Cruise's muscular action franchise reaches its ostensible conclusion - although let's face it: if this one does well, they'll totally come back - it's worth taking stock of the journey taken to get here.