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The BBC Proms concert I'm most looking forward to is...
The BBC Proms concert I'm most looking forward to is...
9 Sep 2019Nick Tipping shares what he'll be looking out for this week on RNZ Concert.
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Mixed messages and health news we can really use
Mixed messages and health news we can really use
Mediawatch - NZ media did a good job reporting on two potentially deadly diseases this week – but sometimes opinions obscured ‘news we could use’. Audio
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Free classical download
Free classical download
8 Sep 2019Grieg's Piano Concerto appears every year in 'Settling the Score' as one of NZ's top 100 favourite classics. Italian pianist Alessio Bax plays it with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
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'Celebrity is the only true democracy'
'Celebrity is the only true democracy'
7 Sep 2019Writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner has profiled A-list celebrities like Bradley Cooper and Gwyneth Paltrow for the New York Times. She talks to Kim Hill about fame, truth-telling and her new novel Fleishman is in Trouble. Audio
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Recipe: Chilli, orange and white chocolate brownies
Recipe: Chilli, orange and white chocolate brownies
8 Sep 2019These brownies have a surprise hit of chilli heat and they're outrageously addictive, says the editor of Dish magazine Sarah Tuck.
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NZ Live: Dillastrate
NZ Live: Dillastrate
6 Sep 2019Christchurch neo-soul pop duo Dillastrate – aka Henare “H” Kaa and Tim Driver – play tracks from their upcoming debut album. Video, Audio
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Pick and Mix with Eva Radich
Pick and Mix with Eva Radich
8 Sep 2019Eva includes the classy French act Ébène Quartet who're soon to appear in NZ, her picks for the 'BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards', and a new release from local duo Tom Ludvigson and Trevor Reekie.
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Review: Apollo 11 is a spectacular documentary
Review: Apollo 11 is a spectacular documentary
4 Sep 2019To understand why Earthlings walked a little taller and felt a little braver on 20 July 1969, watch Apollo 11, says Simon Morris. Video, Audio
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The weekend Boss Bonanza
The weekend Boss Bonanza
8 Sep 2019New Horizons - Bruce Springsteen... on a movie soundtrack, on Broadway and on the new studio album Western Stars Video, Audio
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Was this the government's worst week so far?
Was this the government's worst week so far?
6 Sep 2019Week in Politics - With scrapping KiwiBuild and launching a water clean-up plan that's already drawing fire, the government really took a beating this week.
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Hymns on Sunday
Hymns on Sunday
8 Sep 2019Robyn Jaquiery presents a mix of 'ancient and modern' this week, from John Neale's translation of an early Latin hymn to Shirley Murray's 'God bless our land'. Audio
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Schooling up the next generation of Kiwi farmers
Schooling up the next generation of Kiwi farmers
Every day, agriculture tutor Joe Steventon heads to high schools around the lower North Island, rounds up kids and takes them out to the countryside to learn about farming. Audio, Gallery
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Appointment: Raymond Boyce
Appointment: Raymond Boyce
Set designer Raymond Boyce died recently in Wellington after a stellar career in the theatre. A few years ago Peter Mechen talked with Raymond, and others who worked with him, about his work in ballet, opera, straight drama and puppetry. Audio
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Inside Out with Nick Tipping
Inside Out with Nick Tipping
7 Sep 2019Nick checks out new releases from Sara Gazarek and James Carter, and classics from Chet Baker and Cannonball Adderley. Audio
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'It's commonality that makes Aotearoa special'
'It's commonality that makes Aotearoa special'
6 Sep 2019Christchurch high school student Okirano Tilaia is the first-ever Blake Youth Leader. He chats to Jesse Mulligan about leadership, his university plans and the kindness of Christopher Luxon. Video, Audio
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Denny Hulme, the only Kiwi to win Formula One
Denny Hulme, the only Kiwi to win Formula One
How an unassuming kid from Te Puke became the motor racing champion of the world. Audio
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Movie review: The Kitchen is an entertaining concoction
Movie review: The Kitchen is an entertaining concoction
4 Sep 2019Comedians Tiffany Haddish and Melissa McCarthy add some interesting new ingredients to the classic '70s gangster film recipe, says Simon Morris. Video, Audio
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Music Alive Matinée: NZCT Chamber Music Final
Music Alive Matinée: NZCT Chamber Music Final
7 Sep 2019Six groups of secondary school students strive to be the top young chamber musicians for 2019.
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The Kiwi who fell in love with an anime character
The Kiwi who fell in love with an anime character
5 Sep 2019Jonty Trietsch talks about his year-long relationship with a fictional character named Rem - the subject of a new short documentary called 2D Love. Video, Audio
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A Tongan language love story
A Tongan language love story
7 Sep 2019VIDEO - When Kahoa Meimuli met Brendan Corbett, they could barely communicate. Now, after 42 years of marriage, Brendan is a fluent Tongan speaker.
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'My son always wants his daddy and that's such a lovely change'
'My son always wants his daddy and that's such a lovely change'
6 Sep 2019Kiwi Dads is a new photo exhibition encouraging men to take paid parental leave. Audio
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Meet Charlotte Ryan, our new Music 101 host
Meet Charlotte Ryan, our new Music 101 host
24 Aug 2019Christchurch native and music industry veteran Charlotte Ryan select some songs and shares stories on The Mixtape. Video, Audio
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Solo mums on benefits having to decide between food and fuel
Solo mums on benefits having to decide between food and fuel
8 Sep 2019Insight - What happened to the Coalition government's promise to overhaul the welfare system and lift families out of poverty? Sarah Robson investigates. Audio
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Friday Night Live: The Exponents
Friday Night Live: The Exponents
12 Apr 2014One of New Zealand's best loved live bands play a 'greatest hits' set at the Powerstation in 2013. Equal parts concert and audience sing-along, this is the original Dance Exponents line up, lead by Jordan Luck. Yeah yeah yeah yeah! Audio