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'It's time to take the power back from the big tech companies'
'It's time to take the power back from the big tech companies'
An extraordinary series of events has exposed what raw commercial and network monopoly power really look like in the Internet age, writes Bernard Hickey. Audio
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New Zealander's image of togetherness chosen for Time Magazine
New Zealander's image of togetherness chosen for Time Magazine
23 Mar 2019Wellingtonian Ruby Jones has been chosen to illustrate the cover of Time's special report on the Christchurch mosque attacks.
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Hatred comes from misinformation says Persian-Kiwi rapper CHAII
Hatred comes from misinformation says Persian-Kiwi rapper CHAII
23 Mar 2019An Iranian immigrant who learned to speak English by rapping to Eminem, CHAII's debut single 'Digebasse (Enough)' has taken on a new meaning since the Christchurch terrorist attack. Video, Audio
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Hymns on Sunday
Hymns on Sunday
22 Mar 2019Today's hymns focus on peace, unity and consolation. We've included the words so you can sing along if you'd like to. Video, Audio
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Sound Lounge features 'Toitu Te Puoro'
Sound Lounge features 'Toitu Te Puoro'
23 Mar 2019Al Fraser's latest album Toitu Te Puoro takes as it’s starting point the realm of primal, elemental energy or latent being, where all created things originate.
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New Zealand's darkest day
New Zealand's darkest day
23 Mar 2019It took just 21 minutes of mayhem to end 50 lives and change others forever. Here is a timeline of events from last Friday's attacks.
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Inside Out with Nick Tipping
Inside Out with Nick Tipping
23 Mar 2019This week, Nick plays music by Melody Gardot, Herbie Hancock, and Irene Kral with Alan Broadbent.
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Week in politics: Seven days of shock, horror and soul-searching
Week in politics: Seven days of shock, horror and soul-searching
22 Mar 2019Aotearoa is still reeling from last week's terror attack, and seven days of unprecedented soul-searching has led to a realisation that all is not well in this country, writes Peter Wilson.
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How to deal with trauma, grief and shock
How to deal with trauma, grief and shock
22 Mar 2019James Nokise offers a new episode of Eating Fried Chicken in the Shower for everyone affected by the Christchurch mosque attacks. Because it's good to talk. Audio
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Dr David Nott: 'If you became emotional, you’d be an emotional wreck'
Dr David Nott: 'If you became emotional, you’d be an emotional wreck'
15 Mar 2019David Nott is a British surgeon who has treated people in 27 different war zones. He talks to Kathryn Ryan about his incredible career and his new book. Audio, Gallery
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Farming around the country: a weekly round-up
Farming around the country: a weekly round-up
Paddocks are greening up in much of the North Island, and Marlborough farmland is also quickly losing its brown palette. Audio
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Review – Destroyer: Nicole Kidman cuts loose as an ex-cop in freefall
Review – Destroyer: Nicole Kidman cuts loose as an ex-cop in freefall
20 Mar 2019Australia's favourite daughter gives an astonishing performance in Karyn Kusama's award-nominated film, writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio
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Rebetien live at WOMAD 2019
Rebetien live at WOMAD 2019
23 Mar 2019The acclaimed Greek ensemble Rebetien perform the song 'Gineka Pou Psifizi' – 'the woman who votes' – especially for RNZ Music. Video, Audio
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'Vocalise' by Rachmaninov
'Vocalise' by Rachmaninov
23 Mar 2019This perfect 'song without words' is by a composer who remarkably worried that he may have failed to make the best use of his life.
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Kiwi fashion brands band together to create an ethical code of conduct
Kiwi fashion brands band together to create an ethical code of conduct
19 Mar 2019Kate Sylvester is one of the many top Kiwi fashion designers who have already joined Mindful Fashion New Zealand. She tells Jesse Mulligan what she hopes the collective will achieve. Audio
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Music Alive: Requiem
Music Alive: Requiem
30 Nov 2017Fauré's beautiful Requiem speaks of eternal rest. It's performed in Wellington's Cathedral of St Paul by the Orpheus Choir of Wellington. Audio
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CHAII: 'Hatred comes from misinformation'
CHAII: 'Hatred comes from misinformation'
23 Mar 2019CHAII came to New Zealand as an eight-year-old Iranian immigrant and learned to speak English by rapping to Eminem. Her bilingual debut single 'Digebasse' (Enough) has taken on a new light since last week's terror attack in Christchurch. Video, Audio
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New Zealand's darkest day
New Zealand's darkest day
22 Mar 2019It took just 21 minutes of mayhem to end 50 lives and change hundreds of others forever. Kate Newton and RNZ’s team of reporters piece together what happened last Friday.
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Thousands attend funeral of Fiji Imam in Auckland
Thousands attend funeral of Fiji Imam in Auckland
22 Mar 2019Thousands of mourners attended the funeral of Fiji Imam Haji Musa Patel at the Manukau Memorial Gardens in Auckland yesterday afternoon. Video
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Indigenous filmmakers gather at Māoriland
Indigenous filmmakers gather at Māoriland
20 Mar 2019NZ's international indigenous film festival Māoriland brought a number of new languages to the streets of Ōtaki this week. Māoriland organisers gave visitors a bonus when they announced NZ's first ever indigenous filmmakers residency. Video, Audio
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Bringing Nashville to New Zealand
Bringing Nashville to New Zealand
23 Mar 2019Kiwi expat Milly Olykam works for the Country Music Association (CMA), which promotes country music throughout America and the world, and is contributing to stopping female artists being "the tomatoes in a lettuce salad". Video, Audio
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Review – Isn't it Romantic? Sorry Netflix, not remotely
Review – Isn't it Romantic? Sorry Netflix, not remotely
20 Mar 2019Can Netflix-made movies match the wild success of their serial dramas? Simon Morris checks out their highly-touted satirical romcom Isn't It Romantic, starring Rebel Wilson and Luke Hemsworth. Video, Audio
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A karakia for Christchurch by Witi Ihimaera
A karakia for Christchurch by Witi Ihimaera
20 Mar 2019Māori writer Witi Ihimaera says a great pōuri – sadness – has descended on Aotearoa, but the message for the future is clear. Listen to him read a short essay in response to last week's terror attack in Christchurch. Video, Audio
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Dialling up the past: the evolution of telecommunications in NZ
Dialling up the past: the evolution of telecommunications in NZ
21 Mar 2019Today most New Zealanders have the world at our fingertips, but not so long ago instead of telling SIRI who we want to speak to we told the Operator. Audio