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Pacific Games: Pacific sprint King and Queen retain titles
Pacific Games: Pacific sprint King and Queen retain titles
17 Jul 2019Banuve Tabakaucoro and Toea Wisil remain the fastest man and woman in the Pacific after defending their 100m titles in Samoa last night.
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Bikini Atoll too radioactive to resettle - new research
Bikini Atoll too radioactive to resettle - new research
17 Jul 2019New research suggests the soil on four isles of the Marshall Islands has higher concentrations of nuclear radiation than is found near Chernobyl.
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Fiji farming needs a facelift, says agricultural expert
Fiji farming needs a facelift, says agricultural expert
An agriculture expert says Fiji's sector has huge potential, but it needs to modernise how it grows sugar cane and branch out into other crops.
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The fall of 'higher' education?
The fall of 'higher' education?
16 Jul 2019Opinion - We live in memorable academic times: higher education in New Zealand is on a definite downward roll, David Cohen writes.
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Impact of social media 'overwhelmingly negative'
Impact of social media 'overwhelmingly negative'
15 Jul 2019Professor Jonathan Haidt believes democracy is in jeopardy because constant outrage and our incessant 'call out culture' makes sensible debate impossible. Audio
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I loved my Edge TV
I loved my Edge TV
New Zealand no longer has a local music TV channel after MediaWorks took Edge TV off the screen last week. Five years after promising ‘radio with pictures on steroids’ it seems the effects have worn off. Audio
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Reaching beyond the skies
Reaching beyond the skies
When NASA realized that the Voyager space probes being launched in 1977 would eventually travel beyond the edge of our solar system, they decided to include messages to any intelligent aliens who might one day find them. Steve Danby tells the story. Audio
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Immigration backlog - conspiracy or cock-up
Immigration backlog - conspiracy or cock-up
17 Jul 2019The Detail - New Zealand wants people coming in to the country to do the work - but we don't want them to stay. Audio
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The murky world of unofficial Spotify playlists
The murky world of unofficial Spotify playlists
17 Jul 2019The rise of music streaming has created a bunch of new ways for musicians to get their music heard, but some of them aren’t quite what they seem.
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Opinion: Stop the moaning we're sounding like the Poms
Opinion: Stop the moaning we're sounding like the Poms
17 Jul 2019Sports Call - Time to stop all the moaning about the Cricket World Cup - we're starting to sound like English fans says RNZ Sport editor Stephen Hewson. Video
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David Bowie's Space Oddity turns 50
David Bowie's Space Oddity turns 50
Dr Mitch Goodwin explores the history and cultural significance of one of David Bowie's early and enduring hits, written when he was just 22, and inspired by images of the Earth taken from space during the Apollo 8 moon mission. Audio
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The UK's ethnic pay gap
The UK's ethnic pay gap
11 Jul 2019A report by the British Office of National Statistics shows significant pay gaps between ethnic groups in the country. Sharan Dhaliwal says it's time to close the gap - and she's among a group of women of colour doing just that. Audio
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Music Alive: Nikki Chooi & Jerusalem Quartet
Music Alive: Nikki Chooi & Jerusalem Quartet
16 Jul 2019A double edition from the 2019 Adam Chamber Music Festival held in Nelson. Award-winning Canadian violinist Nikki Chooi in recital and then the Jerusalem Quartet.
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Why we feel like we've played sport when we're just watching
Why we feel like we've played sport when we're just watching
16 Jul 2019Heart pounding, heavy breathing, sweaty palms - they are just a few of the physical signs of stress and nerves many of us felt while watching the Cricket World Cup final. Audio
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Time for NZ sugar tax - researcher
Time for NZ sugar tax - researcher
12 Jul 2019A new study published in the British Medical Journal reports sugary drinks increase the risk of cancer, all the more reason for introducing a sugar tax here, says Auckland University's Dr Simon Thornley. Audio
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Song Crush: Hot new music
Song Crush: Hot new music
13 Jul 2019Song Crush dabbles in disco, flirts with funk, and indulges in some capital 'P' pop. Video, Audio
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The Tongan Beast retires
The Tongan Beast retires
Former Tongan and New Zealand rugby league international Manu Vatuvei has announced his retirement from the sport, a month after it was revealed he had a brain cyst.
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The murky world of unofficial Spotify playlist curators
The murky world of unofficial Spotify playlist curators
16 Jul 2019The rise of music streaming has created a bunch of new ways for musicians to get their music heard, but some of them aren’t quite what they seem.
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Vanuatu to upgrade passport security after China deportations
Vanuatu to upgrade passport security after China deportations
Vanuatu will upgrade the security of its passports, just days after a group of Chinese nationals had their Vanuatu citizenship revoked and were deported.
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Cook Islands to challenge swimming ruling
Cook Islands to challenge swimming ruling
16 Jul 2019The Cook Islands Aquatics Federation plans to challenge a ruling that denied four swimmers the chance to compete at the Pacific Games.
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Indonesia's 'Pacific Elevation': Step up or power play?
Indonesia's 'Pacific Elevation': Step up or power play?
15 Jul 2019Analysis - In touting its new "elevated" engagement in the Pacific, Indonesia has been eager to stress it will work within New Zealand and Australia's efforts in the region.
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Isobel Yeung: China's hidden war on Uighur people
Isobel Yeung: China's hidden war on Uighur people
14 Jul 2019According to the UN, more than 1 million Chinese Uighur Muslims are being detained in government 're-education' camps. VICE reporter Isobel Yeung went behind the scenes in Xinjiang, to find out more. Audio
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Māori plant flag over removal of children
Māori plant flag over removal of children
16 Jul 2019The Detail - Māori say their anger over the removal of children is greater than the foreshore and seabed issue, and Oranga Tamariki can not continue this way. Audio
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Spinal Tap: 35 years of turning it up to 11
Spinal Tap: 35 years of turning it up to 11
Michael McKean says the band recently played at the Beacon Theatre in LA to celebrate the band’s 35th anniversary but the last time they played in “full war paint, wigs and spandex” was 2009. Video, Audio