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Eight must-listen music podcasts
Eight must-listen music podcasts
21 Jan 2019RNZ Music's Kirsten Johnstone runs us through the best music podcasts for both music discovery and music deep-dives!
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Rapa Nui statues marked freshwater sources - study
Rapa Nui statues marked freshwater sources - study
21 Jan 2019Rapa Nui's moai, or human figure statues, were ancient markers for freshwater in the territory, also known as Easter Island. Audio
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Offshore detention whistle blower wins free speech award
Offshore detention whistle blower wins free speech award
A doctor who blew the whistle on Australia's wilful neglect of refugees detained on Nauru has won an award for free speech.
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Work on Chinese farm on French Polynesia's Hao set to begin
Work on Chinese farm on French Polynesia's Hao set to begin
18 Jan 2019Reports from French Polynesia say work on the delayed Chinese fish farm on Hao atoll is set to begin in earnest in about three months as the investors again seek to modify the project.
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Athletics meets psychology in build up to Pacific Games
Athletics meets psychology in build up to Pacific Games
Athletes from Papua New Guinea and Fiji are going mental in their preparations for July's Pacific Games in Samoa.
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Ocean cleaning machine to take on Pacific garbage
Ocean cleaning machine to take on Pacific garbage
19 Jan 2019A system designed to clean up half of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is finally operational in the United States.
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The Freeman family's 100 years of service in Wellington
The Freeman family's 100 years of service in Wellington
18 Jan 2019Freeman's Bookstore owners Tony and Lorraine are finishing up in the Molesworth Street shop their family has run for 98 years.
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The Doubtful Sounds live in session
The Doubtful Sounds live in session
18 Jan 2019Wellington choir The Doubtful Sounds – who are led by Nights presenter Bryan Crump – perform songs by Johnny Nash, Nick Cave and Donna Summer with accompaniment from the Strung Out string quartet. Video, Audio
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We Can Work It Out: The best and worst of The Beatles
We Can Work It Out: The best and worst of The Beatles
20 Jan 2019Which was the best Beatles album? Which was the worst? Nick Bollinger has devised a highly subjective method to work it out.
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Opera on Sunday: La Traviata
Opera on Sunday: La Traviata
20 Jan 2019In a sumptuous production from New York Metropolitan Opera, we hear superstar soprano Diana Damrau in the title role, with new Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin in control from the pit. Opera on Sunday from 6pm on RNZ Concert.
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Julie Buiso's green tomato and avocado salad
Julie Buiso's green tomato and avocado salad
14 Jan 2019Corn and avocados are in abundance and award-winning food writer Julie Biuso has some tasty ideas for what to do with them. Audio
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Nashville Babylon – your weekly dose of Americana, alt country and blues
Nashville Babylon – your weekly dose of Americana, alt country and blues
14 Jan 2019This week, Mark Rogers spins some Cajun swing from Austin Pitre, classics from Little Feat and Bessie Smith and a Cuban-fused instrumental from Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban. Audio
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Why aren't more women on NZ music festival stages this summer?
Why aren't more women on NZ music festival stages this summer?
20 Jan 2019The gender imbalance in music festival line-ups persists this year, despite the noise in promoters ears getting louder. Kirsten Johnstone asks why this is still an issue.
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Silver Ferns: time to walk the talk
Silver Ferns: time to walk the talk
19 Jan 2019Training intensity has increased, strategy is in place and players have been addressed - now coach Noeline Taurua says it's time to work, writes Ravinder Hunia.
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Hymns on Sunday
Hymns on Sunday
17 Jan 2019Our listener requests continue this week, and include the always-popular Brother James' Air, and William How's For all the saints. Audio
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LISTEN: Author Simon Price on Manic Street Preachers
LISTEN: Author Simon Price on Manic Street Preachers
13 Jan 2019Welsh music journalist Simon Price wrote the definitive book on iconic Welsh rock act Manic Street Preachers. He joins Charlotte Graham-McLay to discuss the band and choose some of his favourite songs. Audio
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Off to sleep with Max Richter
Off to sleep with Max Richter
19 Jan 2019Enjoy the peaceful sounds of Max Richter's epic eight-hour lullaby Sleep, from 10pm on RNZ Concert.
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Navigating the back-to-school blues: tips from a child psychologist
Navigating the back-to-school blues: tips from a child psychologist
18 Jan 2019Kids' anxiety levels tend to go up as their return to school looms. Dr Emma Woodward.suggests people use the Three Ps of positive psychology as a framework for talking to their kids about how they can challenge their own inner pessimist. Video, Audio
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It all ties together: The songs and people who shaped Simon Grigg’s musical life
It all ties together: The songs and people who shaped Simon Grigg’s musical life
23 May 2020NZ music industry stalwart Simon Grigg talks us through six of his favourite songs, and the people who helped shape his illustrious career for the RNZ Music Mixtape. Video, Audio
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Music Alive: Jun Bouterey-Ishido
Music Alive: Jun Bouterey-Ishido
19 Jan 2019This afternoon we've a beautiful piano recital from Jun Bouterey Ishido recorded in the Auckland Museum Auditorium, with music by Mozart, Ravel and Bartók.
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NZ's longboard queen welcomes female competitors
NZ's longboard queen welcomes female competitors
18 Jan 2019New Zealand's four-time Asia-Pacific champion Elissa Mah says it's awesome to see more women taking up longboarding, ahead of Kaikōura's international festival. Audio
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'Could you think of a better evening than this or a better location than the Whanganui River?'
'Could you think of a better evening than this or a better location than the Whanganui River?'
18 Jan 2019Local singing stars gathered by the water to celebrate Whanganui Opera School's 25th anniversary this week.
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Susan Rogers on her four intense years working for Prince
Susan Rogers on her four intense years working for Prince
11 Aug 2018Susan Rogers was Prince's sound engineer on albums including Purple Rain and Sign o' the Times. It was four years of her life that left a huge impression, she tells Tony Stamp. Audio
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Former Manfred Mann singer: Bob Dylan did like our cover versions
Former Manfred Mann singer: Bob Dylan did like our cover versions
8 Jan 2019Paul Jones was a "well-brought-up English boy" and devoted blues fan whose band Manfred Mann hit the charts with Dylan covers like 'Mighty Quinn'. He's visiting NZ this year with a reconfigured line-up of the band called The Manfreds. Video, Audio