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VIDEO - What happened to these '90s teenagers?
VIDEO - What happened to these '90s teenagers?
Photographer Jessie Casson tracks down teenagers she photographed years ago to find out how their lives turned out.
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Listen: Dudley Benson - An album and labour of love called Zealandia
Listen: Dudley Benson - An album and labour of love called Zealandia
1 Sep 2018Dudley Benson is a self-described 'avant-pop artist' based in Dunedin. He has released three critically acclaimed albums - 2008's The Awakening, 2010's Forest, and now Zealandia. He speaks to Kim Hill. Audio
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Smart Talk: the #MeToo Movement in NZ
Smart Talk: the #MeToo Movement in NZ
30 Sep 2018"If there’s a really sexist, creepy joke, don’t laugh out of politeness or awkwardness ... Give them nothing. And then if you’re confident enough, call them out" - law researcher Zoe Lawton. Video, Audio
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Get waiata fit! A guide to singing at work
Get waiata fit! A guide to singing at work
5 Sep 2018If you can mutter 'Ka Mate' under your breath ahead of an All Blacks game, the next logical step is to learn a waiata. Yadana Saw presents a step-by-step guide on how to get your wāhi mahi (workplace) waiata fit. Video, Audio
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Cult control methods and their leaders
Cult control methods and their leaders
3 Sep 2018Most cults exist under the radar and not enough is being done to stop them, says Australian woman Ros Hodgkins. She got her daughter away from a cult in the early '90s and founded the Cult Information and Family Support network. Audio
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Music Alive: The Big Sing Gala Concert
Music Alive: The Big Sing Gala Concert
1 Sep 2018The youthful energy in the hall for the Gala Concert of 'The Big Sing' last Saturday was inspirational. You can hear performances from all 24 student choirs in RNZ Concert's recording of the event, hosted by Nick Tipping. Audio, Gallery
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Can Australia's democracy find its way back from the wilderness?
Can Australia's democracy find its way back from the wilderness?
5 Sep 2018Analysis – 50-year-old Cronulla fan and father of two Scott Morrison will have to do the hard yards convincing Australia to re-elect a party that twice knifed a sitting PM, writes Alex Perrottet. Video
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The future of 3D & 4D printing: flax, paua and biopolymers
The future of 3D & 4D printing: flax, paua and biopolymers
6 Sep 2018A prosthetic foot that becomes a flexible flipper when wet is just one of the mind-bending products that will soon be realised with 4D printing, Kiwi scientists say. Audio
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This government has lost its luggage and flight plan
This government has lost its luggage and flight plan
5 Sep 2018Analysis - A crisis? No. Recoverable? Certainly. But Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern faces a cluster of challenges from her coalition partner and from within her own party, Guyon Espiner writes.
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How to get waiata fit! A step-by-step guide to singing at your workplace
How to get waiata fit! A step-by-step guide to singing at your workplace
5 Sep 2018The RNZ Music team has a wero (challenge) for your workplace – start your own waiata group. Video, Audio
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Revised TPP to come into force within months
Revised TPP to come into force within months
4 Sep 2018The revised Trans Pacific Partnership could be in force by Christmas, opening up trade among eleven Pacific Rim nations.
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Solving Facebook's Pacific problem
Solving Facebook's Pacific problem
Facebook has come under attack from politicians and the public across the Pacific, Mackenzie Smith writes. Audio
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Europe's largest Pacific art show about to open in London
Europe's largest Pacific art show about to open in London
5 Sep 2018The dynamic relationships between the peoples of the Pacific underpins a major new art exhibition opening in London this month. Audio
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MPs' travel a necessary cost, not a scandal
MPs' travel a necessary cost, not a scandal
4 Sep 2018Opinion - There are many things Jacinda Ardern and Simon Bridges could be criticised about, but the cost of them doing their jobs isn't one, Matthew Hooton writes.
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The tests and interventions you should question when you're pregnant
The tests and interventions you should question when you're pregnant
30 Aug 2018Pregnant women are too often getting tests and procedures that aren't necessary, says the NZ College of Midwives Deputy Chief Executive. Alison Eddy talks about the most important things to make an informed choice about. Audio
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Mainstream board roles 'vital' for Māori business leaders
Mainstream board roles 'vital' for Māori business leaders
4 Sep 2018The next generation of Māori leaders is looking to shape the future of Auckland - and they do not want to rely only on their iwi to have their voices heard.
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Decoding cancer-killing native sponges' powers
Decoding cancer-killing native sponges' powers
New Zealand researchers are looking at how they can reproduce the cancer-killing compounds uniquely produced in native sponges, for further research and to develop treatments. Audio
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Helen Clark: Women, Equality & Power
Helen Clark: Women, Equality & Power
4 Sep 2018The UN needs a one-term secretary general who is not beholden to the veto powers of the security council if it's to be effective in modern conflicts, Former Prime Minister Helen Clark says. Audio
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Daybreak: Book Corner
Daybreak: Book Corner
4 Sep 2018RNZ Concert's Daybreak has tapped in to the mass of literature written about music and by musicians and created the Daybreak Book Corner. This month's featured book is by Steven Isserlis.
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NZ Racing 'has had its head in the sand'
NZ Racing 'has had its head in the sand'
2 Sep 2018New Zealand racing needs to leverage Australia's gambling culture to escape the money hole our parochialism has dug, racing broadcaster Sheldon Murtha says. Audio
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Hadelich plays Beethoven
Hadelich plays Beethoven
4 Sep 2018In case you missed it .... a highlight from last week was a riveting performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto by Augustin Hadelich and the NZSO conducted by Edo de Waart.
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NZ Live: Ha the Unclear
NZ Live: Ha the Unclear
31 Aug 2018Settle in for some dark, quirky, high-energy alt-pop from Ha the Unclear – a South Dunedin band now based in the "big city" that is Auckland. Video, Audio
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Mixed reaction to news 'the Rock' to play Hawaiian King
Mixed reaction to news 'the Rock' to play Hawaiian King
For Samoan actor, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, his dream has just come true, having been cast as the lead role in a Hollywood film about Hawaii's King Kamehameha. Audio
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'The surgical team watched my flesh turning black'
'The surgical team watched my flesh turning black'
1 Sep 2018A Christchurch woman who was infected by the "flesh-eating" bacteria says people should be aware it can affect anyone and to make sure they go to hospital if they're feeling pain. Audio, Gallery