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Reb Fountain on turning trauma into art
Reb Fountain on turning trauma into art
8 Mar 2025"I would wake up in the middle of the night and have this incessant need to have to record the thing I was dreaming about." Audio
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The Baldwins is a bad-taste failure of a PR exercise
The Baldwins is a bad-taste failure of a PR exercise
8 Mar 2025In their new reality show Hilaria and Alec Baldwin are very eager to present themselves as normal, loving parents going through a very hard time.
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Hymns on Sunday, 9 March 2025
Hymns on Sunday, 9 March 2025
9 Mar 2025Hymns to mark the first Sunday in Lent, and a favourite setting of Psalm 23 (The Lord’s my Shepherd) by Scottish healer, mystic and poet James Leith Macbeth Bain – known to his peers as ‘Brother James’. Audio
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Ruby Wax: 'I got really ill and ended up in a mental ward'
Ruby Wax: 'I got really ill and ended up in a mental ward'
8 Mar 2025Comedian Ruby Wax gets real about her life-long struggle with depression in the hit stage show I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was. Video, Audio
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What is the 'let them' theory?
What is the 'let them' theory?
8 Mar 2025At 54, American self-help guru Mel Robbins realised that to find peace she had to give up the delusion that she could control others. Video, Audio
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In a post-truth world Wikipedia is coming out on top
In a post-truth world Wikipedia is coming out on top
8 Mar 2025The fact that anyone can edit Wikipedia should mean it's rife with disinformation. But editors say that's why the online encyclopedia works so well.
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Gig review: Chris Stapleton serenades a sold-out Spark Arena
Gig review: Chris Stapleton serenades a sold-out Spark Arena
8 Mar 2025Reece Labuschagne saddled up to enjoy the ride.
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Use it or lose it - why we need to keep going to the movies
Use it or lose it - why we need to keep going to the movies
8 Mar 2025Watching a film at home on the sofa might be easy, but it's no match for the big screen. Video
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Inside Out: Māreikura Part 1
Inside Out: Māreikura Part 1
8 Mar 2025Some of New Zealand's top jazz women select the female jazz musician who most inspires them. Audio
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Loving the Dunedin Sound
Loving the Dunedin Sound
6 Mar 2025Ahead of his performance with the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra, conductor Umberto Clerici explains why he loves playing with semi-professional musicians. Audio
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Roy Ayers has died at 84 — these were just 5 of the funk legend's best songs
Roy Ayers has died at 84 — these were just 5 of the funk legend's best songs
Vibraphonist and producer Roy Ayers is one of the most sampled artists in popular music. Video
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Movie review: Nickel Boys is 'quite simply breathtaking'
Movie review: Nickel Boys is 'quite simply breathtaking'
7 Mar 2025This story of two African-American teens at an abusive reform school in the 1960s is moving and beautifully made, says Simon Morris.
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The regulars helping keep NZ's fine dining restaurants afloat
The regulars helping keep NZ's fine dining restaurants afloat
7 Mar 2025Although she concedes it's "pricey", Allison Kirkman has dined at iconic Wellington restaurant Logan Brown hundreds of times. Audio
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What sex workers think of Oscar winner Anora
What sex workers think of Oscar winner Anora
6 Mar 2025The film has a stripper as the lead character. Those in adult entertainment and sex work industries pointed out what the film did well, and didn't.
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Where is the best burger in New Zealand?
Where is the best burger in New Zealand?
6 Mar 2025A humble food truck at the bottom of the country has taken out the top spot in the Burger Nation competition. Audio
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Taking opera on tour
Taking opera on tour
5 Mar 2025Soprano Sophie Sparrow and baritone Jonathan Eyers are one half of a quartet of young singers taking a show of opera highlights around the North Island. Audio
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From computer software to the concert hall
From computer software to the concert hall
4 Mar 2025Adrien de Croy, businessman turned composer, talks to RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump about his first symphony. Audio
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What happens when a makeup artist loses his sight?
What happens when a makeup artist loses his sight?
6 Mar 2025Ari Kerssens grew up watching queer makeup artists on YouTube and enrolled in a makeup course towards the end of school. It all changed when he lost most of his sight at age 19, writes Jogai Bhatt. Video
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The 'strange process' that got Badjelly on TV
The 'strange process' that got Badjelly on TV
5 Mar 2025For over 50 years, Spike Milligan's deliciously pernicious witch Badjelly has been hugely popular in New Zealand, but the story of how it was brought to modern-day screen life is complicated. Audio
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NZ author named on list of Women's Prize for Fiction longlist
NZ author named on list of Women's Prize for Fiction longlist
5 Mar 2025Saraid de Silva's Amma is in the running for the $68,000 international writing prize. Audio
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'He was always aware of his mortality' The story behind the final album from The Chills
'He was always aware of his mortality' The story behind the final album from The Chills
1 Mar 2025The final album by Dunedin band The Chills Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs is a passion project led by the band's late frontman, Martin Phillipps. Audio
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Dickson Tanda: An unsung hero saving women from sorcery-related violence in Papua New Guinea
Dickson Tanda: An unsung hero saving women from sorcery-related violence in Papua New Guinea
3 Mar 2025Over the past 10 years, Dickson Tanda has rescued dozens of women and children who have been tortured following sorcery related accusations.
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Documentary screening gives audiences a second chance to understand Girmit legacy
Documentary screening gives audiences a second chance to understand Girmit legacy
27 Feb 2025Girmit: The Fields of Sadness delves into the lives of Indian labourers who were brought to Fiji under the indenture system, offering new insight into their struggles and contributions.
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More than 800 Samoans receive NZ citizenship
More than 800 Samoans receive NZ citizenship
New Zealand's Minister of Internal Affairs says 847 Samoans have been granted New Zealand citizenship under a new law which came into force in late November. Audio