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Award winning Pacific artist Angela Tiatia
Award winning Pacific artist Angela Tiatia
28 Oct 2018Pushing the boundaries is expat multimedia artist Angela Tiatia's stock in trade - she's often condemned by Samoan people offended by her work. Audio
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Otago Girls' students get the option of wearing pants thanks to a Year 13
Otago Girls' students get the option of wearing pants thanks to a Year 13
From next year, students at the Otago Girls' High School will be allowed to wear pants thanks to Hannah King, who made a presentation to the school board. Audio
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Turbocharged digital advertising risk to young minds - expert
Turbocharged digital advertising risk to young minds - expert
30 Oct 2018Our society is "self-harming on an industrial scale" to an extent that we now live in an era dominated by diseases of consumption, says a marketing expert. Audio
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Worlds of Music: Silk Road Ensemble
Worlds of Music: Silk Road Ensemble
27 Oct 2018The Silk Road Ensemble will headline Womad 2019. Trevor Reekie also explores new music from Malian superstar Salif Keita, Ethiopian chanteuse Minyeshu and a new album by The Plaza Francia Orchestra featuring a couple of musicians from The Gotan Project. Audio
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Music Alive: Te Ao Hou
Music Alive: Te Ao Hou
30 Oct 2018This New World - Te Ao Hou - explores the synergies between taonga pūoro and western string instruments. Rob Thorne and New Zealand String Quartet recorded at 2018 NZ Festival.
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Holy guacamole! Mexican food for Kiwis
Holy guacamole! Mexican food for Kiwis
29 Oct 2018Wellington restauranteurs Lucas Putnam and Marianne Elliot talk us through recipes for guacamole, quesadillas and marinated fish salad from their new cookbook La Boca Loca: Mexican Cooking For New Zealanders. Audio, Gallery
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Thai singer Phum Viphurit: 'I miss fish'n'chips and my Kiwi twang'
Thai singer Phum Viphurit: 'I miss fish'n'chips and my Kiwi twang'
20 Oct 2018Phum Viphurit was 6 years old when he moved with his parents from his birthplace of Bangkok to their new home in Hamilton, where he lived until he was 18. He's now a global singing star thanks to YouTube. Video, Audio
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'This is what happens when you turn the US government into a Will Ferrell comedy'
'This is what happens when you turn the US government into a Will Ferrell comedy'
28 Oct 2018Donald Trump's unexpected victory in 2016 was a case of "the dog caught the car" author Michael Lewis says. And his incoming administration was unprepared and ignorant of basic government functions. Audio
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VAI: a posse of female Pasifika filmmakers take the director's chair
VAI: a posse of female Pasifika filmmakers take the director's chair
21 Oct 2018Matasila Freshwater and Becs Arahanga are two of the eight filmmakers together telling the story of VAI, a woman whose journey covers seven South Pacific countries. The film is due for release in 2019. Audio
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New Caledonia at a crossroads - again
New Caledonia at a crossroads - again
29 Oct 2018With a referendum on independence due on Sunday expected to confirm the status quo, the French prime minister has told the National Assembly in Paris that he doesn't "trust results proclaimed in advance".
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The Sampler: Broken Politics by Neneh Cherry
The Sampler: Broken Politics by Neneh Cherry
30 Oct 2018It’s getting on for thirty years since Neneh Cherry soared to global fame on the back of ‘Buffalo Stance’, still one of great dance records. There have been long silences in the intervening years, but a new album shows her talents are intact while her music has matured. Audio
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'I just knew I had to talk to somebody about it'
'I just knew I had to talk to somebody about it'
30 Oct 2018VIDEO - In the latest episode of Beyond the Beehive, Max Towle explores Southland's reputation for deep stoicism and the impact of that on mental health. Video
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Porirua community demands help after six suicides: 'It's just too many'
Porirua community demands help after six suicides: 'It's just too many'
30 Oct 2018Porirua people are demanding urgent help after six suicides and a death in a car accident since June.
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Kicking NZ's Pākehā-dominated school curriculum to touch
Kicking NZ's Pākehā-dominated school curriculum to touch
29 Oct 2018The government is reviewing New Zealand's 30-year old education platform Tomorrow's Schools and aiming to make education "much more personalised and much less one-size-fits-all”. Audio
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Headhunter: the story of Horatio Robley
Headhunter: the story of Horatio Robley
29 Oct 2018Horatio Robley witnessed the most famous battle of the New Zealand Wars, fathered a child with the daughter of a sworn enemy, his sketching helped end a war and his writing helped save the art of Māori tattooing. Audio
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New Caledonia at a crossroads - again
New Caledonia at a crossroads - again
29 Oct 2018With a referendum on independence due on Sunday expected to confirm the status quo, the French prime minister has told the National Assembly in Paris that he doesn't "trust results proclaimed in advance".
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Polls show coalition well-placed in second year of govt
Polls show coalition well-placed in second year of govt
29 Oct 2018Poll of Polls - A year on from when the coalition government was sworn in, it has built voter support.
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The Gisborne GP who prescribes plant-based diets
The Gisborne GP who prescribes plant-based diets
28 Oct 2018Gisborne GP Dr Nicholas Wright is a big advocate of a plant-based diet and says he has seen patients come off insulin and other medicines when they adopt it. Audio
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Pacific floating island group cans cryptocurrency plans
Pacific floating island group cans cryptocurrency plans
29 Oct 2018A group behind plans for a floating island in the Pacific has given up on a cryptocurrency it planned to build the project's economy on.
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For love of the... cello
For love of the... cello
29 Oct 2018We have a new collection of recent RNZ recordings featuring the ever-mellow cello.
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Music Alive: NZSO plays Classical Hits
Music Alive: NZSO plays Classical Hits
29 Oct 2018Hamish McKeich conducts the NZSO in classical hits and they première a new work by Gillian Whitehead, marking 250 years since Captain Cook and his crew made landfall at Turanga-nui-a-kiwa.
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History repeating: New Zealand's mental health inquiries
History repeating: New Zealand's mental health inquiries
29 Oct 2018New Zealand’s mental health system has been repeatedly pulled apart in major investigations, the latest of which reports next month. Jess McAllen looks at the history and recurring themes of the past 30 years.
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Winston Peters lays out aims of Pacific Reset
Winston Peters lays out aims of Pacific Reset
29 Oct 2018The future of New Zealand's relationship with the Pacific is the focus of a meeting of government, business and community leaders from New Zealand and the Pacific in Wellington today.
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One Year On: how has the government performed on housing?
One Year On: how has the government performed on housing?
23 Oct 2018Taking on the country's skyrocketing house prices and helping first home buyers get a step on the ladder was what Labour promised to do in its election campaign. Tom Furley looks at what they've delivered so far. Video