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Pacific Games recap; week one in pictures
Pacific Games recap; week one in pictures
14 Jul 2019Looking back at week one of the Pacific Games 2019 in Samoa.
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Nadia Reid takes us around her stomping ground
Nadia Reid takes us around her stomping ground
13 Jul 2019Folk singer Nadia Reid gives RNZ's Melody Thomas a tour of her tūrangawaewae – the seaside village of Port Chalmers. Video, Audio
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'Would you like a hat with your tea?'
'Would you like a hat with your tea?'
English-born Jo Watson was so homesick for a tea room she opened one at her home in rural Taranaki. At The Old Town Hall Café, you'll find eight types of scones and crazy hats to wear. Audio, Gallery
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Opera on Sunday: The Bone Feeder
Opera on Sunday: The Bone Feeder
14 Jul 2019An opera by Gareth Farr and Renee Liang in which a young New Zealand Chinese man searches for his roots. His attempt to uncover his ancestor's bones disturbs the earth and ultimately, threatens his life. Video, Audio
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Black Caps skipper Kane Williamson on the verge of greatness
Black Caps skipper Kane Williamson on the verge of greatness
13 Jul 2019Sports Call - Kane Williamson is astute, inspirational and selfless, writes Clay Wilson. Video
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'Yello I absolutely adore'
'Yello I absolutely adore'
12 Jul 2019Paddy Free from the electronica duo Pitch Black talks us through his musical influences on The Mixtape. Video, Audio
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Week in Politics: electric cars and medicinal cannabis
Week in Politics: electric cars and medicinal cannabis
12 Jul 2019Analysis - Farmers are upset by the government's electric vehicle proposals, regulations around medicinal cannabis run into controversy and the defence minister ponders the future of NZDF bases.
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Pick and Mix with Eva Radich
Pick and Mix with Eva Radich
14 Jul 2019'Man in the Moon' or 'Man on the Moon' - whichever way, Pick and Mix celebrates the historic landing with some lunar themed songs. Listen from 12 noon on RNZ Concert.
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Matariki for Tamariki: dancing for the stars
Matariki for Tamariki: dancing for the stars
11 Jul 2019This school holidays, young people join professional dancers onstage for the NZ Dance Company show Matariki for Tamariki. Audio
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Whatever happened to our ‘billionaire’ Mikhail Khimich?
Whatever happened to our ‘billionaire’ Mikhail Khimich?
13 Jul 2019One of New Zealand's wealthiest and most high-profile part-time residents is raising questions after he disappeared from the country.
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Stomping Grounds: Nadia Reid
Stomping Grounds: Nadia Reid
13 Jul 2019Ahead of her upcoming third album Nadia Reid returned to live in the seaside village of Port Chalmers near Dunedin. In this trip down memory lane, we visit the high school where she discovered her love of folk music and befriended other musicians. Video, Audio
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Hymns on Sunday
Hymns on Sunday
14 Jul 2019Robyn Jaquiery presents hymns 'ancient and modern' today, from the early Greek hymn 'Hail, Gladdening Light' to Michael Perry's 'Like a mighty river flowing'. Audio
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New Norris commission evokes Cook's arrival in NZ
New Norris commission evokes Cook's arrival in NZ
14 Mar 2020Many kinds of taonga pūoro are blended with textures of the Western orchestra in Michael Norris's Mātauranga (Rerenga), to be premièred by the NZSO tonight and and broadcast live on RNZ Concert. Audio
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The business of death
The business of death
12 Jul 2019Multinationals companies are buying up big in New Zealand's funeral industry, but what does this mean for small Kiwi-owned funeral homes? Audio
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Inside Out with Nick Tipping
Inside Out with Nick Tipping
13 Jul 2019Nick celebrates Bastille Day with a set of French jazz, including Jacques Loussier, Les Double Six, Django Reinhardt, and Henri Texier. Audio
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Easy Rider: the first time rock music roared across the movie screen
Easy Rider: the first time rock music roared across the movie screen
Back in 1969, nobody had heard the rock music they loved used in movies... until Easy Rider. Trevor Reekie recalls the groundbreaking soundtrack of a cult classic. Video, Audio
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Music Alive Matinée: Ensemble Zefiro
Music Alive Matinée: Ensemble Zefiro
13 Jul 2019They're an Italian group specialising in 18th century music for wind instruments, bringing humour, energy and authenticity to their performances.
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Sir Tom Clark, a Kiwi crockery pioneer
Sir Tom Clark, a Kiwi crockery pioneer
Crown Lynn ceramics have been a fixture in many New Zealand cupboards over the years, particularly in the 1960s. Sir Tom Clark was the industrious industrial chemist behind it. Audio
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Your finances with Mary Holm: should you move your money?
Your finances with Mary Holm: should you move your money?
11 Jul 2019The New Zealand share market keeps on growing but some worry that after such a long period of growth a crash seems inevitable. Financial journalist and author Mary Holm advises investors to stay put. Audio
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The importance of ear plugs for musicians
The importance of ear plugs for musicians
Wearing ear plugs while performing seems counter-intuitive but touring Scottish pianist Steven Osborne knows all too well what happens when you don’t. Video, Audio
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Youth addiction worry as high-nicotine vape JUUL to hit NZ
Youth addiction worry as high-nicotine vape JUUL to hit NZ
Smoke and Mirrors - A US vaping product, which is so popular with young people it's under fire by the FDA, is coming to NZ. Guyon Espiner reports.
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Podcast Classics
Podcast Classics
13 Jul 2019Don't miss out on three special works available for a limited time to download from the Podcast Classics page - brought to you by RNZ Concert.
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Emotional intelligence for teenage boys
Emotional intelligence for teenage boys
11 Jul 2019Hunter Johnson is the co-founder of the Australian organisation The Man Cave, a preventative mental health and emotional intelligence program for teenage boys. Audio
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Easy Rider: a ground-breaking film soundtrack
Easy Rider: a ground-breaking film soundtrack
Easy Rider, produced by Peter Fonda and directed by Dennis Hopper, two counterculture Hollywood rich kids, opened on July the 14th 1969 and roared across America's screens. And the rock music soundtrack was born. Video, Audio