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New documentary looks into FIFA's murky history
New documentary looks into FIFA's murky history
6 Dec 2022A Netflix expose FIFA Uncovered looks at how football, sponsorship, politics, money and power came together to create a an organisation that fell far from the ideals of the 'beautiful game'. Audio, Gallery
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How ultra-processed foods are messing with our gut
How ultra-processed foods are messing with our gut
5 Dec 2022Almost everything we think we know about food is wrong, says genetic epidemiologist and award-winning author Professor Tim Spector, whose latest book Food for Life gives a stark warning on processed foods. Audio
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The Porter sisters, forgotten literary revolutionaries
The Porter sisters, forgotten literary revolutionaries
4 Dec 2022As Devoney Looser wrote recently for the Washington Post, if we want to look for great women writers, perhaps we should look beyond the shadow of Jane Austen or Charlotte and Emily Brontë and look for originality in other ways. Audio
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Silver Fern great Katrina Rore - passionate, loyal, dogged
Silver Fern great Katrina Rore - passionate, loyal, dogged
6 Dec 2022Silver Fern great Katrina Rore wore her heart on her sleeve and fought for every Test cap she got across her international career, writes Bridget Tunnicliffe.
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Sponges possibly 'canary in the coal mine' for marine heatwave impacts
Sponges possibly 'canary in the coal mine' for marine heatwave impacts
5 Dec 2022Earlier this year, NZ recorded the largest-ever sponge bleaching event off its southern coastline - with major repercussions likely for the ecosystem.
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Simon Gault's guide to being a BBQ boss
Simon Gault's guide to being a BBQ boss
4 Dec 2022Whether you’re planning on a Christmas Day BBQ or just enjoying a summer evening meal, Simon Gault shares his tips for perfectly cooked meat on the barbie. Audio
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First woman to head Tuna Commission hopes to effect change
First woman to head Tuna Commission hopes to effect change
6 Dec 2022Meet Rhea Moss-Christian the first woman executive director of the Pacific Tuna Commission.
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LA post punk trio Automatic on music that makes people face reality
LA post punk trio Automatic on music that makes people face reality
3 Dec 2022Los Angeles post punk trio Automatic are set to bring their unique sound to Aotearoa in January next year. Video, Audio
Izzy Glaudini, Halle Saxon and Lola Dompé talk to Charlotte Ryan about how they create their sound, their close family ties to Bauhaus and what life is like for musicians in 2022. Video, Audio
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Wellington co-housing project is complete
Wellington co-housing project is complete
5 Dec 2022Five years ago, a group of six Wellington friends starting talking about the idea of living together in a purpose built co-housing complex - the Buckley Project is now finished. Audio
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Avian influenza could devastate native birds
Avian influenza could devastate native birds
3 Dec 2022One of the country's leading wildlife veterinary experts warns a heavy-handed response may be needed to limit damage if a particularly infectious strain of bird flu reaches our shores. Video, Audio
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Lawrence Arabia performs his new song 'The Developed World'
Lawrence Arabia performs his new song 'The Developed World'
2 Dec 2022New Zealand musician Lawrence Arabia, aka James Milne, visits Afternoons for a live session and chat. Video, Audio
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Jude Rogers on the emotional power of music
Jude Rogers on the emotional power of music
British music journalist Jude Rogers explores music as a portal to "new places and new feelings or places to put feelings" in her new book The Sound of Being Human. Video, Audio
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Programme-makers anxious about government's public media project
Programme-makers anxious about government's public media project
For more than 30 years, media producers have been able to bid for money from the public purse to make programmes. Next year things will be different. Audio
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Harriet's pain once kept her bedbound, now it's her reason to run
Harriet's pain once kept her bedbound, now it's her reason to run
4 Dec 2022Christchurch woman Harriet Watson is running 650 kilometres to raise awareness of endometriosis - a uterine condition that affects one in ten New Zealand women.
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'No one is going to get drunk on voting'
'No one is going to get drunk on voting'
3 Dec 2022Opinion - Writer and comedian Michelle A'Court weighs in on whether New Zealand's voting age should be lowered to 16.
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Mediawatch: Scorn over sexism and an anti-vax conundrum
Mediawatch: Scorn over sexism and an anti-vax conundrum
4 Dec 2022A "sexist question" at a press conference involving Jacinda Ardern generated international media criticism this week. Local reporters fared better covering a couple refusing medical treatment for their sick baby. Audio
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New Horizons: First Aid Kit
New Horizons: First Aid Kit
4 Dec 2022From the same land and culture that gave us that most rigorous of movie directors, Ingmar Bergman, as well those super troupers ABBA, come the Söderberg sisters, Johanna and Klara, and their band First Aid Kit. William Dart investigates. Audio
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'I realised very quickly that all I had to beat was 11 very scared men'
'I realised very quickly that all I had to beat was 11 very scared men'
15 May 2016New Zealand running legend and disability advocate Sir Murray Halberg died this week, aged 89. Back in 1970, he told RNZ about winning an Olympic gold medal a decade earlier. Video, Audio
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Self-awareness - the key to effective end-of-life care
Self-awareness - the key to effective end-of-life care
29 Nov 2022"If you want to deal with the dying, deal with your own shit first." That piece of expert advice shaped palliative care nurse Susan Marsden's career. Audio
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Protecting native birds on the Kaikōura coastline
Protecting native birds on the Kaikōura coastline
3 Dec 2022Country Life checks out a 127-kilometre predator control project along the Marlborough and North Canterbury coast. Audio
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LA band Automatic on music that makes people face reality
LA band Automatic on music that makes people face reality
3 Dec 2022Post-punk trio Automatic bring their unique sound to Aotearoa this January. Video, Audio
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Seniors making their stage debut in the capital
Seniors making their stage debut in the capital
1 Dec 2022A group of older Wellingtonians are getting creative in theatre-based programmes run by the charitable trust Voice Arts. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 4 December 2022
Hymns on Sunday, 4 December 2022
4 Dec 2022When hymn writer Shirley Murray was on an editorial panel preparing a collection of NZ-written carols in the 1990s, she found there weren't many with an Advent theme. So she wrote one! You can hear Look Towards Christmas in this week’s programme. Audio
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How to help pre-schoolers learn social skills
How to help pre-schoolers learn social skills
1 Dec 2022Speech and language therapist Christian Wright has tips on how parents can support their kids to learn impulse control. Audio