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Inside Out with Nick Tipping
Inside Out with Nick Tipping
4 May 2019This week Nick plays music by Tamara Kuldin, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Wes Montgomery, and Bunny Berigan, and then features Kind of Blue by Miles Davis.
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Posture tips from a physiotherapist
Posture tips from a physiotherapist
29 Apr 2019The best thing you can do for your spine is move often and in lots of different ways, says Auckland physio Stacey Law. Audio
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Your Money with Mary Holm: Retirement income
Your Money with Mary Holm: Retirement income
2 May 2019Mary Holm offers insights from conference on retirement income policies at the University of Auckland’s Retirement Policy and Research Centre. Audio
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Music Alive Matinée: Wilma Smith & Friends
Music Alive Matinée: Wilma Smith & Friends
4 May 2019Violinist Wilma Smith put together this group of two established musicians – Wilma herself and viola player Caroline Henbest, and two up-and-coming Kiwi musicians, cellist Alexandra Partridge and pianist Andrew Leathwick.
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Anika Moa and Anthonie Tonnon cover Chills songs to celebrate new documentary
Anika Moa and Anthonie Tonnon cover Chills songs to celebrate new documentary
4 May 2019We're celebrating the release of a brand new documentary on Martin Phillipps and The Chills, with a bunch of Chills covers from some of our favourite musicians. The first two covers are from Anika Moa and Anthonie Tonnon.
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Music 101: new music, interviews and sessions from...
Music 101: new music, interviews and sessions from...
4 May 2019Mississippi blues musician Cedric Burnside, roots rockers Larkin Poe. British new-soul band Jungle, live ambient folk-pop from A.U.R.A, fresh pop from Openside, hot new music in Song Crush and SJD picks The Mixtape. Yes!
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WTF is a wellbeing budget?
WTF is a wellbeing budget?
Two Cents' Worth - At the end of May, the government will be rolling out their new Wellbeing Budget, Can it really make us a happier, healthier nation? Claire Crofton investigates. Audio
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Man of the bar: Pentagon lawyer & cocktail historian
Man of the bar: Pentagon lawyer & cocktail historian
3 May 2019Washington D.C. lawyer Philip Greene is no stranger to mixing it up. As well as being a successful lawyer for the US Marine Corps with an office in the Pentagon, he's a cocktail historian. Audio
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Preview: 2019 Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival
Preview: 2019 Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival
4 May 2019Widescreen - Dan Slevin recommends you check out one of his favourite annual big screen events.
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Decoding Aldous Harding’s new album Designer
Decoding Aldous Harding’s new album Designer
26 Apr 2019New Zealand songwriter Aldous Harding teases with cryptic lyrics and a feather-weight feeling on her third album Designer. Kirsten Johnstone speaks to the woman behind the songs. Video, Audio
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May the 4th
May the 4th
4 May 2019Here's your soundtrack for Star Wars Day, courtesy of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
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Kāpiti Coast busking violinist unexpectedly becomes a viral star
Kāpiti Coast busking violinist unexpectedly becomes a viral star
3 May 2019'We get great feedback about him. It’s nice he’s doing his music and clearly loving it,' says the Mall manager where busker Richard Taylor plays Bach, folk tunes and Metallica.
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Friday Night Live: Avantdale Bowling Club / @Peace
Friday Night Live: Avantdale Bowling Club / @Peace
3 May 2019Join Tom Scott performing hip hop and future soul songs from @Peace & The Plutonium Noise Symphony in 2014, as well as thr jazzy hip hop of his latest project Avantdale Bowling Club.
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Anonymity on the internet and fighting extremism
Anonymity on the internet and fighting extremism
3 May 2019Insight - The internet has helped those wanting to spread extremism and in the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attacks anonymous forums have come under scrutiny. Max Towle investigates. Audio
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Music Alive: NZ Youth Choir
Music Alive: NZ Youth Choir
3 May 2019'Choirs on Fridays' continues with the NZ Youth Choir conducted by David Squire singing spiritual music, ancient and contemporary, from New Zealand and around the world.
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It's all about the bass
It's all about the bass
3 May 2019Versatile double bass player Eric Scholes is playing a concerto by Carl Dittersdorf with NZ Barok this weekend. Audio
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Uncharted waters for media freedom
Uncharted waters for media freedom
New Zealand is still in the top ten for global press freedom but our media, in the light of the Christchurch attacks, needs to be vigilant against incursions on their freedoms, writes Colin Peacock. Audio
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Te Kōtare: bringing a waiata dream to life
Te Kōtare: bringing a waiata dream to life
An early childhood teacher's dream of writing a whole lot of waiata, and performing them to early childhood centres and primary schools around the country is coming true despite her untimely death. Audio, Gallery
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Micromobility and the future of transport
Micromobility and the future of transport
2 May 2019You're probably over all the stories about e-scooters, but there's more to them than clogged sidewalks and crashes. Horace Dediu is an independent expert on "micromobility", a term he coined for small vehicles. Audio
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Friendly feline finds purrfect spot
Friendly feline finds purrfect spot
3 May 2019Wellington's celebrity cat 'Mittens' has turned up two days early for a curtain call at the Michael Fowler Centre.
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Jamali Maddix: Talking to the haters
Jamali Maddix: Talking to the haters
2 May 2019When Jamali Maddix takes to the stage, expect brutally honest material on the state of society and personal tales of hate and confrontation from his travels around the world. Video, Audio
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Revisiting Orwell's 1984 in a post-fact world
Revisiting Orwell's 1984 in a post-fact world
1 May 2019Why is George Orwell’s 1984 still relevant in 2019? Jesse Mulligan takes a deep dive into the novel with Melbourne University’s Robert Hassan. Audio
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Laser scanning crime scenes
Laser scanning crime scenes
Our Changing World - ESR is using a laser to scan crime scenes, allowing police and juries to 'fly through' the scene long after the event. Video, Audio
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Lost in Vagueness: Extravagance and opulence at Glastonbury
Lost in Vagueness: Extravagance and opulence at Glastonbury
27 Apr 2019In the middle of the Glastonbury Festival sat an event reminiscent of the Las Vegas Strip - butterfly trainers, acrobatic strippers, Fat Boy Slim dressed as a bumble bee. It was Lost Vagueness. Audio, Gallery