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Burnt out and heartbroken? Porridge Radio could be your new soundtrack
30 Nov 2024For Dana Margolin, the hopeful spirit of her band Porridge Radio's new album is captured in words she doesn't remember writing. Audio
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How what we eat can shape our brains
30 Nov 2024Filling up on tasty stuff with the very low nutritional value doesn't serve our brains, researcher Julia Rucklidge tells Saturday Morning. Video, Audio
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What is it like being home-schooled in 2024?
30 Nov 2024Many children do not find traditional school to be a nurturing enough learning environment, the director of a new documentary series says. Video, Audio
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How to pick the best summer fruit
1 Dec 2024Figuring out the juiciest and best of the summer fruit bunch can be tricky - growers and produce sellers share their knowledge.
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'The consequences of children having to move around after a separation are quite dire'
30 Nov 2024Professor Mark Henaghan is calling for New Zealand law to better protect children's need for stability when their parents break up. Audio
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Recipe: 'Prosperity Toss' King Salmon & Vegetable Salad
29 Nov 2024Nic Watt shares the recipe for a fresh Chinese-inspired salad from the menu of his new Auckland restaurant Cāntīng. Audio
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The Clevedon couple using agroecology to grow heirloom tomatoes
29 Nov 2024To invite native insects into their greenhouse, Anthony and Angela Tringham nurture a nearby flowering meadow.
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Kleptomaniac cat stealing Crocs in Cromwell
29 Nov 2024"You wake up and there's one pink Croc and you put it to the side. Then you wake up the next morning and there's the other Croc." Audio
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Māori lawyer goes viral for educating people on Treaty Principles Bill
29 Nov 2024"I was trying to talk to people like my uncles who don't really care about the Treaty that much" - Riana Te Ngahue (Ngāti Porou).
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New Horizons: 'Splash of Anarchic'
1 Dec 2024With four programmes to go in the Countdown to the end of New Horizons, William Dart can't resist the spurring on of Daniel Beban's terrific new book, Future Jaw-Clap, to investigate the wild and wonderful musical world of Wellington's Primitive Art Group and the Braille Collective. Audio
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The (almost) lost art of making a trug
30 Nov 2024Tony Hitchcock "falls into a wonderful state of mind" while crafting Anglo-Saxon-era vegetable baskets from untreated willow.
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Hymns on Sunday, 1 December 2024
1 Dec 2024The season of Advent begins today – a time of waiting and expectation leading up to Christmas. Sing along to favourite Advent hymns including O come, Emmanuel and Come, thou long-expected Jesus. Audio
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How much will Christmas dinner cost this year?
29 Nov 2024We're looking good for berries this summer with supply up 10 percent on last year - but remember prices will surge in the days before Christmas.
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Remembering the lives lost to illegal abortion in NZ
30 Nov 2024Before abortion was decriminalised in the late '70s, generations of Kiwi women had to risk their own lives to terminate a pregnancy. Audio
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The good, the bad and the ugly of mumfluencing
30 Nov 2024"My children are older now, and they don't want to be shown on social media in the same way they were as young kids" - Maria Foy.
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Meet the three straight-liners traversing Northland for Movember
29 Nov 2024Northland property owners were "super chill" about the trio crossing their land to achieve their straight-line mission, Ben Reeves told Afternoons. Audio
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Do you know who wrote the mystery poem The Rimu Bushman?
29 Nov 2024Ten years ago, a man gave country singer Ron Mitchell a poem called 'The Rimu Bushman' and suggested he put it to music. Audio
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Naked in the Trees: Clothes optional at Taumarunui festival
29 Nov 2024A slice of the King Country will host hundreds of people for the Naked in the Trees festival in February. Audio
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Realising a dying man's wish: recording Matt Dibble's 24 Preludes & Fugues
27 Nov 2024When his close friend Matt Dibble died suddenly, Jon Hargreaves was determined to realise Matt's dream to have his preludes and fugues recorded by the pianist Freddy Kempf. Video, Audio
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Playing for the love of music
28 Nov 2024Rowena Cullen talks about being part of the ongoing success of Wellington City Orchestra. Audio
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Heavenly pop album celebrates music of Martin Phillips
29 Nov 2024New songs by New Zealand music icon Martin Phillips will ring out in early 2025, more than six months after his death. Audio
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What does it take to be the best content creator in New Zealand?
29 Nov 2024"How should I start today's argument - should I start with 'I told you so'? Or should I start with 'you should have listened to me'?" Lisa Perese-Cullen asks her followers.
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Why surreal sitcom The Mighty Boosh captured an entire generation
28 Nov 2024Come with us on a journey through time and space to reflect on a cultural moment, 20 years after it first aired. Video