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VIDEO: NZSO - Pastoral
VIDEO: NZSO - Pastoral
8 Jul 2020Watch the NZSO playing Beethoven, with guest pianist Diedre Irons.
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Victory In the Kitchen: Churchill's forgotten cook
Victory In the Kitchen: Churchill's forgotten cook
8 Jul 2020Georgina Landemare, was so important during the war years that she was one of only 11 people deemed crucial to Prime Minister Winston Churchill if he were evacuated from London in the event of invasion. Audio, Gallery
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The destructive drug that's too shameful to seek help for
The destructive drug that's too shameful to seek help for
8 Jul 2020The Detail - Methamphetamine - or P - has been demonised as the destructive drug associated with violent crime. But that shameful label could be stopping addicts from seeking help. Audio
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Songbirds that change their tune
Songbirds that change their tune
7 Jul 2020Researchers in British Colombia have spent the last two decades studying the "cultural evolution" of the white-throated sparrow song. Audio
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Rhythm & Alps - staging a festival during a pandemic
Rhythm & Alps - staging a festival during a pandemic
4 Jul 2020The South Island New Year's Eve music show was the first of the big summer festivals to release its lineup for 2020/21, based around the idea "let's keep it simple, let's promote New Zealand acts". Audio
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Nashville Babylon
Nashville Babylon
6 Jul 2020Mark Rogers brings the very best in Americana, alt country and blues music - this week featuring John Lee Hooker, Aretha Franklin, C.W Stoneking, Bob Dylan and more. Audio
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The rules of contagion
The rules of contagion
Why do some diseases spread while others fail to take hold? Adam Kucharski studies the mathematics of contagion: predicting patterns of transmission for outbreaks, including Ebola, Zika and now Covid-19. Audio
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Japanese calligrapher receives Ambassador's Commendation
Japanese calligrapher receives Ambassador's Commendation
6 Jul 2020Voices - Akiko Crowther is New Zealand’s only Grandmaster in Japanese calligraphy - it's a title bestowed in Japan and earned through years of dedication to this very meditative practice. Audio
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'Someone is going to get drowned if it continues'
'Someone is going to get drowned if it continues'
7 Jul 2020Tolaga Bay locals fear lives could be lost at sea as forestry detritus litters their shoreline and fishing grounds. Audio, Gallery
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The long hunt for the Golden State Killer
The long hunt for the Golden State Killer
Joseph DeAngelo, AKA the 'Golden State Killer', admitted to 13 murders and myriad other crimes in court last week in a plea deal designed to spare him the death penalty. Journalist Paige St. John has made a podcast about the case. Audio
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Inside Out: ten tenors
Inside Out: ten tenors
15 Oct 2022Just like the Ten Tenors, but much, much cooler. We check out ten tenor sax players you need on your playlist. Featured artists include Nathan Haines, Colin Hemmingsen, Ben Webster and Sonny Stitt. Audio
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Cooking classes on the Kapiti Coast
Cooking classes on the Kapiti Coast
6 Jul 2020Fi Greig specialises in raw, vegan and vegetarian dishes at her Sunday Cantina cafe on the Kapiti Coast. She'll show you how to make warming broths, breads, risottos and pimped-up salads at her sell-out cooking classes. Audio
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Oscar-winning Italian film composer dies aged 91
Oscar-winning Italian film composer dies aged 91
Ennio Morricone, the Italian composer whose credits include the Westerns that made Clint Eastwood a star, has died in Rome. He "could make an average movie into a must see, a good movie into art, and a great movie into legend".
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Stuff's fighting talk on Facebook
Stuff's fighting talk on Facebook
7 Jul 2020Stuff's move to cease all activity on Facebook has raised eyebrows in the media, but the company is backing up its new owner's fighting talk.
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VIDEO PREMIERE: Scott Mannion ‘Juniper Tree’
VIDEO PREMIERE: Scott Mannion ‘Juniper Tree’
7 Jul 2020RNZ Music is proud to present the new video from Lil’ Chief Records co-founder and former Tokey Tones member Scott Mannion. ‘Juniper Tree’ is the last single from his debut solo album Loving Echoes, which came out last year.
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Catfish killers cull invader from Rotorua lakes
Catfish killers cull invader from Rotorua lakes
6 Jul 2020Children from more than 20 schools are helping to rid Rotorua's lakes of the aquatic pest, catfish.The introduced species is an environmental threat preying on small native fish, and stirring up sediment. Audio, Gallery
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WATCH: Behind the scenes with Siouxsie Wiles
WATCH: Behind the scenes with Siouxsie Wiles
6 Jul 2020Loading Docs documentary - A science superhero with pink hair wages war on Covid-19 to convince an entire nation to lockdown.
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Ghislaine Maxwell: The secrets she keeps
Ghislaine Maxwell: The secrets she keeps
5 Jul 2020Journalist Maureen Callahan has covered the Ghislaine Maxwell story from the start. She says she it "was the best kind of shock" learn Maxwell was finally in custody. Audio
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How vitamin D can help stave off respiratory infections
How vitamin D can help stave off respiratory infections
5 Jul 2020There’s evidence vitamin D can stave off respiratory tract infections and possibly help people recover quicker from Covid-19, an expert on the substance says. Audio
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Aratika Trust - empowering people to live well through cancer
Aratika Trust - empowering people to live well through cancer
28 Jun 2020Justine Murray meets the remarkable women behind the Rotorua-based charitable trust Aratika, which runs wellness retreats and meditation sessions for cancer survivors and their whānau. Audio
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The story of statues
The story of statues
6 Jul 2020In this episode of Black Sheep, William Ray uncovers the stories behind some of New Zealand's most problematic monuments - and looks at different ideas of what should happen to them next. Audio
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Welcome to Cottagecore: Celebrating a slow life
Welcome to Cottagecore: Celebrating a slow life
5 Jul 2020First person - There's a lawn shot through with sunbeams, designer chickens wandering and freshly baked sourdough cooling in the kitchen of an impossibly pretty cottage, writes Sharon Stephenson.
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Music review: This Land Sings
Music review: This Land Sings
5 Jul 2020New Horizons: William Dart takes in a curious new tribute album - composer Michael Daugherty's celebration of Dust Bowl songwriter Woody Guthrie. Audio
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Breaking for the borders
Breaking for the borders
Mediawatch - There are now more than 10 million Covid cases around the world and climbing - but there have been long, loud calls in the New Zealand media to open our border. Audio