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Review: Where Hands Touch
Review: Where Hands Touch
30 Apr 2019Widescreen - Amma Asante's Holocaust drama Where Hands Touch illuminates the persecution of an unexpected minority in Nazi Germany, says Dan Slevin.
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Essential reading list from RNZ Concert listeners
Essential reading list from RNZ Concert listeners
30 Apr 2019RNZ Concert's Daybreak listeners have some great suggestions for books you can read over and over again.
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Media takes bait from right wing troll
Media takes bait from right wing troll
28 Apr 2019While condemning social media for hosting and spreading extremists’ content, many media here also took the online bait from a notorious British right-wing troll, so toxic even Fox News and the UK red tops shun her. Audio
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Military women network to improve Pacific security
Military women network to improve Pacific security
29 Apr 2019Members of Pacific military forces met together in Fiji recently for the first Pacific Military Women's Advisory Network seminar to honour United Nations obligations on women, peace and security.
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Counterfeit notes continuing problem in Samoa
Counterfeit notes continuing problem in Samoa
Increasing counterfeit currency continues to cause headaches for Samoan banking officials and the police.
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PNG kidnappings for organ harvesting 'fake news'
PNG kidnappings for organ harvesting 'fake news'
29 Apr 2019Social media posts in Papua New Guinea about kidnappers harvesting body organs are totally false, the police say.
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West Papuan leader who advocated compromise
West Papuan leader who advocated compromise
29 Apr 2019A former leading West Papuan independence campaigner who became an Indonesian government supporter, Franzalbert Joku, has died in Jayapura. Audio
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Review: NZSO Seduced by the Dark Side
Review: NZSO Seduced by the Dark Side
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra continues to wow with popular culture. Reviewer Hadyn Green was in the audience for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Video, Audio
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Great Lives: Freddie Mercury
Great Lives: Freddie Mercury
'Great Lives' is a BBC podcast where notable guests talk about somebody who's inspired them, and why. In our featured episode the comedian and TV star Matt Lucas is joined by Freddie Mercury's biographer Lesley-Anne Jones. Audio
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The Detail - Despite years of violence Easter attacks shock Sri Lanka
The Detail - Despite years of violence Easter attacks shock Sri Lanka
30 Apr 2019The Detail's associate producer Kethaki Masilamani calls home to find out how the Easter Sri Lanka attacks were different to the violence of the past. Audio
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Music Alive: Joyce Yang plays Brahms
Music Alive: Joyce Yang plays Brahms
29 Apr 2019Three late-Romantic era works feature in this very recent NZSO concert, with Joyce Yang giving a particularly poetic performance of Brahms' First Piano Concerto.
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NZ Live: Sophie Mashlan
NZ Live: Sophie Mashlan
26 Apr 2019Singer-songwriter Sophie Mashlan has just released her debut album Perfect Disaster and she's kicking off a nationwide tour. For NZ Live, she's joined by some of her music school colleagues to play some fresh, folk-inspired pop. Video, Audio
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NZ Live: Sophie Mashlan
NZ Live: Sophie Mashlan
26 Apr 2019Uni student and folk singer Sophie Mashlan released her debut album Perfect Disaster last week, and now she's on a nationwide tour. Video, Audio
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Review: Little
Review: Little
29 Apr 2019Body-swap comedy Little is often uncomfortable watching – and not in a good way, says Dan Slevin.
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The Pukekohe company creating world-class green pesticides
The Pukekohe company creating world-class green pesticides
26 Apr 2019New Zealand could lead the world in developing biological pesticides, according to plant pathologist Stephen Ford. China has named Ecolibrium Biologicals – which he founded – one of the top ten bio-pesticide companies in the world. Audio
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Aldous Harding, Tami Neilson and Ladi6 in NZ music photography exhibition
Aldous Harding, Tami Neilson and Ladi6 in NZ music photography exhibition
29 Apr 2019'From the Pit' features images of Kiwi musicians captured by some of the best music photographers in the country. The exhibition is on display during NZ Music Month at Flying Out and Q Theatre in Auckland.
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''These kids have grown up into an environment where madness is fun"
''These kids have grown up into an environment where madness is fun"
27 Apr 2019Community leaders in the South Auckland suburb of Ōtara are creating a bike stunt competition partly to educate young people about safety.
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Last couple of days to download this Podcast Classic
Last couple of days to download this Podcast Classic
29 Apr 2019Grammy Award-winning mezzo Sasha Cooke sing's Berlioz's beautiful set of songs Les Nuits d'été with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edo de Waart.
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Does social media reform have the law on its side?
Does social media reform have the law on its side?
28 Apr 2019Mediawatch: Some pundits predict the PM's upcoming social media summit in Paris won’t move US-based tech companies. But could reformers find US lawyers and lawmakers end up on their side? Video, Audio
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Billie Eilish – "a shared dream"
Billie Eilish – "a shared dream"
25 Apr 2019Teen doom-pop sensation Billie Eilish played her first arena concert in New Zealand last week, and RNZ Music sent two young fans to their first ever concert. It was a night of dreams and feelings for those onstage and in the crowd. Video, Audio
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The Great New Zealand Trek: a 13-year fundraising odyssey
The Great New Zealand Trek: a 13-year fundraising odyssey
After 2,600 kilometres on horseback, foot and bike, a group of trekkers and volunteers are nearing their final destination of Slope Point. So far, they've raised nearly $400,000 for multiple sclerosis research. Audio, Gallery
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Jonathan Freedland: 'The man without shame has tremendous power'
Jonathan Freedland: 'The man without shame has tremendous power'
27 Apr 2019In the wake of the Mueller Report, an "impeachment enquiry" into President Donald Trump is the wisest course of action, says English political columnist and author Jonathan Freedland. Audio
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PM could gain acclaim for international accord with social media organisations
PM could gain acclaim for international accord with social media organisations
26 Apr 2019Week in Politics - Jacinda Ardern announced an international mission to rein in social media platforms this week, but will her world summit in Paris succeed, asks Peter Wilson.
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Opera on Sunday: Samson et Dalila
Opera on Sunday: Samson et Dalila
28 Apr 2019Saint-Saëns' opera, like the biblical tale, takes place in the city of Gaza around 1150 BC. Georgian mezzo Anita Rashvelishvili stars as Dalila in this Metropolitan Opera production. Listen on RNZ Concert from 6pm.