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Call in PNG for oversight of SDP after Singapore ruling
Call in PNG for oversight of SDP after Singapore ruling
8 Apr 2019There's a call for Papua New Guinea's Sustainable Development Programme to consider creating an oversight mechanism. Audio
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Crime-solving with forensic linguistics
Crime-solving with forensic linguistics
Years ago a 13-year-old girl went missing in California. In the early 2000s, a woman turned up claiming to be her. To help solve the puzzle detectives brought in a forensic linguistic expert. Audio
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'The idea of a poet laureate is preposterous'
'The idea of a poet laureate is preposterous'
6 Apr 2019Luke Wright is part of a renaissance in British poetry, he performs his political, moving and often very funny poems to full houses in the UK and is coming to New Zealand for the Auckland Writer’s Festival. Video, Audio
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Chopin, the quiet revolutionary
Chopin, the quiet revolutionary
12 Apr 2015The pain, pride and longing of this Polish exile can be found in every corner of his music. Margaret Ogilvie shares some insights into Chopin's life and work. Audio
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VIDEO PREMIERE: Kiwi dance duo, Lee Mvtthews with ‘Let Me Go’
VIDEO PREMIERE: Kiwi dance duo, Lee Mvtthews with ‘Let Me Go’
9 Apr 2019RNZ Music is proud to present the brand new video from Kiwi dance duo Lee Mvtthews, for their dubstep banger, ‘Let Me Go’.
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Growing a cannabis economy
Growing a cannabis economy
Two Cents' Worth - Growing cannabis is something we do pretty well in parts of this country, but until now that has not been something to be proud of or even talk about. That's about to change Audio
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Movie review - Woman at War: deadpan humour from Iceland
Movie review - Woman at War: deadpan humour from Iceland
3 Apr 2019In the Icelandic comedy Woman at War, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir plays a lone eco-terrorist trying to balance motherhood with saving the planet. She's certainly a heroine for 2019, writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio
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Song Crush: Church & AP, Connie Constance, Caroline Easther, Chai
Song Crush: Church & AP, Connie Constance, Caroline Easther, Chai
5 Apr 2019Listen to new releases ranging from homegrown, colloquial hip-hop to grown-up love songs, Japanese indie pop to British Brexit music with this week's The Song Crush team. Video, Audio
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Collection: Voices from the past
Collection: Voices from the past
8 Apr 2019Opera divas and divos were the rock stars of their day and often became household names, but many also lived through troubled times.
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Music Alive: NZSO plays Baroque Masters
Music Alive: NZSO plays Baroque Masters
8 Apr 2019Guest violinist Aisslinn Nosky directs the strings of the NZSO in music by Vivaldi, Handel, Telemann and Geminiani.
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Colin Keating: Remembering the Rwandan genocide
Colin Keating: Remembering the Rwandan genocide
6 Apr 2019Twenty-five years ago, a plane carrying the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi was shot down in Rwanda. It marked the beginning of a genocide in which an estimated one million Rwandan’s were slaughtered. Audio
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Sol3 Mio's Amitai Pati and soprano Isabella Moore pay it forward
Sol3 Mio's Amitai Pati and soprano Isabella Moore pay it forward
8 Apr 2019The Auckland Opera Studio is where Amitai first performed, as part of an ensemble. Now they are opening a new space, where Amitai and Isabella will sing favourite works from younger days at a soirée marking its opening. Audio
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'We saw our cousins get caned for speaking Māori'
'We saw our cousins get caned for speaking Māori'
5 Apr 2019The tiny Hawke's Bay settlement of Nuhaka has chess champions, a large Latter-day Saints congregation and a thriving apple & kiwifruit orchard. It's also been a centre for Māori language revival thanks to people like 82 year old Liz Hunkin. Audio, Gallery
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Paul Ubana Jones: Music, love and peace
Paul Ubana Jones: Music, love and peace
8 Apr 2019Voices - Award-winning UK-Nigerian musician, Paul Ubana Jones has his own thoughts about last month’s mosque shootings in his home city of Christchurch; choose love he says. Video, Audio, Gallery
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Sol3 Mio's Amitai Pati and soprano Isabella Moore show what the voice can do
Sol3 Mio's Amitai Pati and soprano Isabella Moore show what the voice can do
8 Apr 2019Tenor Amitai Pati and soprano Isabella Moore will perform in a soirée marking the opening of a new space at the Auckland Opera Studio. Audio
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What will this year's changes to KiwiSaver mean for you?
What will this year's changes to KiwiSaver mean for you?
4 Apr 2019New Zealand's work-based savings scheme is getting more flexible, and opening its doors to those over 65 – although not completely. Investment advisor Mary Holm explains the updated KiwiSaver. Audio
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Sport: 5-star Fiji defend Hong Kong Sevens title
Sport: 5-star Fiji defend Hong Kong Sevens title
Fiji have won a record-extending fifth Hong Kong Sevens title in a row after beating France 21-7 in the Cup final.
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Switched on Pop
Switched on Pop
6 Apr 2019The Switched On Pop podcast goes deep on some of today's biggest hits, analysing them by reference to everything from Baroque art to The Bee Gees. Audio
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Christchurch Dilemmas: How to save a school
Christchurch Dilemmas: How to save a school
8 Apr 2019It’s a huge task to turn a school around, when the roll is dropping and there’s little love from the locals. At West Spreydon School it’s taken a decade.
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Paul Ubana Jones: Music, love and peace
Paul Ubana Jones: Music, love and peace
8 Apr 2019UK-Nigerian musician Paul Ubana Jones has toured the world sharing stages with Bob Dylan, Norah Jones, Crowded House and more, but Christchurch is home, and he has thoughts about last month’s mosque shootings. Video, Audio, Gallery
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Sir Edward Elgar
Sir Edward Elgar
13 Jul 2014"My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us, the world is full of it and you simply take as much as you require," said Elgar. He might also win the prize for 'best moustache' ... Audio
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The shadow hovering over NZ's gun owners
The shadow hovering over NZ's gun owners
7 Apr 2019Insight - As legislation to ban most types of semi-automatic and military-style guns works its way through parliament Philippa Tolley explores how gun owners are responding. Audio
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Has political peace broken out?
Has political peace broken out?
4 Apr 2019Unified grief and a near-unanimous response to the Christchurch terror attacks could lead us to think that peace has broken out in New Zealand amongst New Zealand politicians. So has it? Phil Smith investigates. Audio
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Song Crush: new music we're loving this week
Song Crush: new music we're loving this week
5 Apr 2019Kirsten Johnstone and her guests share the best new hip-hop, homegrown melodies, Japanese indie pop and Brexit tunes. Video, Audio