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Music Alive: Orchestra Wellington
Music Alive: Orchestra Wellington
15 Dec 2018From their 2017 season featuring music brokered by Sergei Diaghilev, Orchestra Wellington plays Stravinsky's 'Petrouchka', as well as Nielsen's Violin Concerto with Suyeon Kang and the première of 'Colour Lines' by Tabea Squire.
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Laneway 2019: six acts you should know about
Laneway 2019: six acts you should know about
15 Dec 2018Auckland’s Laneway Festival turns 10 in January and as always, the one-day event features a fresh lineup of new and exciting acts. RNZ Music’s Bridie Chetwin-Kelly gives us her picks.
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Rural round-up: the latest from NZ farms and orchards
Rural round-up: the latest from NZ farms and orchards
A rain shower would be a nice Christmas present for Northland farmers while some in Canterbury are missing out on planting because their soil is too wet. Audio
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Inside Out with Nick Tipping
Inside Out with Nick Tipping
15 Dec 2018Nick goes for variety this week, including tunes from Lionel Loueke, Conrad Herwig and Charles Mingus.
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Powering ahead with farm e-bikes
Powering ahead with farm e-bikes
13 Dec 2018A New Zealand company making off-road e-bikes has found markets all over the world since its first prototype was made three years ago. Audio, Gallery
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NZ Live: Yurt Party
NZ Live: Yurt Party
14 Dec 2018VIDEO - Christchurch band Yurt Party have people dancing in bars, at parties and literally in the street to their Balkan folk-inspired 'gypsy roots music'. Video, Audio
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Music Alive Matinée: Cello and piano
Music Alive Matinée: Cello and piano
15 Dec 2018Inbal Megiddo and Jian Liu give a lively recital of music for cello and piano by composers including Beethoven, Brahms and Rachmanino.
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Sending a little Christmas love
Sending a little Christmas love
12 Dec 2018Hannah Rodgers and her son who started the Sending Love campaign, which sent more than 32,000 anonymous Christmas cards to rest homes last year, have set a goal of 100,000 cards for all ages this time around. Audio
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Live session: L.A.B. perform songs from their new album
Live session: L.A.B. perform songs from their new album
15 Dec 2018RNZ Music is proud to be the first to share a brand new track from NZ supergroup L.A.B. 'See The Light' is from the band's upcoming second album, L.A.B. II, which is out next Friday.
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Classical Chart
Classical Chart
15 Dec 2018Check out what's selling like hot cakes this Christmas, with RNZ Concert's Classical Chart.
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Theresa May survives, but her Brexit deal is in trouble
Theresa May survives, but her Brexit deal is in trouble
13 Dec 2018Opinion - The result of the challenge to Mrs May's leadership was hardly an overwhelming endorsement of her leadership. 200 to 117- In basketball a good win. In Parliament not really. Audio
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Don't leave me this way
Don't leave me this way
11 Dec 2018We asked our listeners to tell us what they reckon are the best songs about leaving. We got hundreds of suggestions and have culled the list down to 20. Video, Audio
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Bridges: 'It's that overall sense of team that carries us through'
Bridges: 'It's that overall sense of team that carries us through'
14 Dec 2018Power Play - Simon Bridges has held on to the National Party leadership as a testing year draws to a close, but how secure is his position? Video, Audio
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The Beths perform their Christmas song
The Beths perform their Christmas song
12 Dec 2018Auckland Band, The Beths have been named by U.S. music mag Paste as the best new act of 2018. They join us in studio to perform their recently released Christmas song, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, in which all the sale profits go to the Girl's Rock Camp foundation. Video, Audio
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Friday night live: Ladi6
Friday night live: Ladi6
14 Dec 2018A selection of live music performances from some of NZ's favourite musicians, including Bic Runga, Neil Finn, Tiny Ruins, David Dallas, Ladi6, Dave Dobbyn and the Phoenix Foundation.
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Don't forget how you felt the next time this happens
Don't forget how you felt the next time this happens
13 Dec 2018Opinion - Understandably, there has been some frustration about the public outpouring of love for Grace compared with the attention we pay Māori, migrant, trans or disabled women killed in this country, Laura O'Connell Rapira writes.
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Wu-Tang Clan at Horncastle Arena
Wu-Tang Clan at Horncastle Arena
14 Dec 2018Review - Veteran hip-hoppers Wu-Tang Clan gave an adoring Christchurch crowd exactly what they wanted at the 36 Chambers 25th anniversary show last night. James Dann was there.
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Music Alive: Adam Chamber Music Festival
Music Alive: Adam Chamber Music Festival
14 Dec 2018It's the Grand Finale of the 2017 Adam Chamber Music Festival in Nelson with music by Brahms, Golijov, Dvorak and Akiho.
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Trends in 2018: What Kiwis searched for this year
Trends in 2018: What Kiwis searched for this year
14 Dec 2018From Freddie Mercury to the 'first baby', the Census to Suzy Cato - our search habits reveal the things that made us care, cry and crack up in 2018.
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NZ's 'executive orders': The lowdown on subsidiary legislation
NZ's 'executive orders': The lowdown on subsidiary legislation
11 Dec 2018The House - Everything the government wants or does has to be approved by Parliament: spending, laws, regulations. Some regulations can be trialled before full approval - but the government says these need a bit of a power up. Audio
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The Sampler: C'est la Vie by Phosphorescent
The Sampler: C'est la Vie by Phosphorescent
11 Dec 2018Nick Bollinger asseses the impact of new love, parenthood and a move to Nashville on the music of Phosphorescent's Matthew Houck. Audio
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Quote of the Year: Simon Bridges' Paula 'Benefit' gaffe
Quote of the Year: Simon Bridges' Paula 'Benefit' gaffe
13 Dec 2018A slip of the tongue by National Party leader Simon Bridges has become the winner of this year's best quote.
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Older Pasifika migrants more resilient to mental illness
Older Pasifika migrants more resilient to mental illness
13 Dec 2018Pacific people who migrated to New Zealand as adults are more resilient to mental health issues than other Pasifika, figures show.
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Paris talks raise New Caledonia independence referendum aftermath
Paris talks raise New Caledonia independence referendum aftermath
13 Dec 2018Staving off another independence referendum in New Caledonia is the likely goal of most of the territory's politicians when they meet in France this week.