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Exhibition a tribute to wāhine stance on the marae
12 Aug 2018Hinewirangi Kohu Morgan uses Tāonga Pūoro as a tool for healing with victims of sexual assault. In the exhibition The Right to Speak she has created a carved hue (gourd), based on a story retold to her from a fellow Hawaiian artist. Audio
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Fiji govt tight-lipped on links to Korean cult accused of slavery
Fiji's government is remaining tight-lipped regarding its involvement with a South Korea church, whose leader has been arrested and accused of enslaving some 400 followers in Fiji.
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Manus Island protest targets service providers
13 Aug 2018A refugee on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island has mounted a protest against four companies providing services to about 600 men exiled there by Australia.
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Pacific countries may set up huge climate change fund
13 Aug 2018The Pacific Islands Forum summit in Nauru next month will consider the region pooling resources to create a US$1.5 billion climate change fund.
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Podcast Classics: Vivaldi's Four Seasons
14 Aug 2018Your free download from RNZ Concert this month is a stunning performance of one of the great classics. And Elgar's Enigma Variations are still available too.
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Personal Best by Chelsea Jade: music made for moving to
7 Aug 2018There’s real blood pumping through the LA-based Kiwi's synth-soaked debut album, writes Nick Bollinger. Audio
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Comedy's earl of whimsy returns to NZ
12 Aug 2018Paddle boarder, honorary crematorium organist and the seventh best comedian of all time; polymath Bill Bailey is back with brand new show Earl of Whimsy. Audio
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Hot air over Europe eclipses news from the South
12 Aug 2018It was widely reported that a heatwave in Europe was caused by a hot air plume from Africa. But the North African heatwave that preceded the European one barely rated a mention. Audio
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VIDEO PREMIERE: 'Lizard Brain' by All Seeing Hand
14 Aug 2018RNZ Music is excited to be the first to share the psychedelic and wonderfully unsettling video for 'Lizard Brain' by Wellington experimentalists All Seeing Hand.
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Zealandia by Dudley Benson: a NZ album like no other
14 Aug 2018Dunedin artist Dudley Benson's latest album was eight years in the making, but it's worth the wait, writes Nick Bollinger. Audio
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'We are real, we have a voice'
10 Aug 2018Moriori are sick of being used as a political football in arguments between Pākehā and Māori, leader Māui Solomon says. Audio
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New Zealand String Quartet turning 30
To celebrate their anniversary the NZSQ is touring nationwide and visiting some of the remarkable historic venues to be found around the country. Helene Pohl and Rolf Gjelsten talk to Upbeat. Audio
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Smelly camembert a winner for novice Māori cheesemaker
13 Aug 2018Zev Kaka-Holtz won a bronze award in one of the world's most prestigious cheese competitions for his Kau Piro (smelly cow in te reo) - a camembert-style cheese.
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Lord$eez: the NZ trap rapper who made his first album in a youth justice facility
13 Aug 2018Meet 16-year-old Kiwi-born South African Sizwe Singhsesi, aka Lord$eez.
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VIDEO: PNG gets ready to host APEC
13 Aug 2018APEC is being billed by PNG's government as the ultimate chance to unlock the resource-rich country's economic potential, but not everyone is convinced hosting the summit will put PNG on the map.
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Major alternative energy project for American Samoa
13 Aug 2018American Samoa's Power Authority is embarking on a major alternative energy project which its acting executive director, Wallon Young, says will save the ASPA about $US6 million annually.
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Treasury are people too
12 Aug 2018A new framework is bringing a more human aspect to the way Government decides to do things including how they’ll spend money in Budget 2019. Audio
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A fruitful partnership: Kerikeri horticulturalists Alan and Helen Thompson
The Thompsons have just planted 15 hectares of kiwifruit trees and 4,000 lemon trees. Back in 2008, they tried to retire, but it only lasted six months. Audio
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BBC Proms - Week Two
13 Aug 2018BBC Proms 2018 is highlighting women composers, past and present. This week's concerts include music by Lili Boulanger, Morfydd Owen and Tansy Davies.
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Media in the middle of free-speech frenzy
12 Aug 2018Those who report the news must make up their minds about how to cover the provocative personalities who want their attention, writes Colin Peacock. Video, Audio
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Jacinda Ardern drops 'c-bomb' in plastic bag ban – 'compulsory'
13 Aug 2018Opinion - When the government announced it was banning single-use plastic bags it was the word 'compulsory' that shocked people the most, writes Greg Roughan.
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The agricultural engineer who doesn't miss a beet
Peter Kitchen's beet harvesting bucket for tractors is attracting worldwide after a YouTube video of some "rugged bucket action" went viral. Video, Audio, Gallery
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Cancelling Don Brash's speaking event "unequivocally wrong" – Massey University professor
11 Aug 2018Opinion - We need the ability to disagree well, writes Chris Gallavin.
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Dunedin musician Michael Cathro on psychology, religion and fatherhood
8 Apr 2018Melody Thomas finds out why the lyrics of Invisible Lines – the new album from Dunedin band Ha The Unclear – include references to bacteria, biogeography and the bystander effect. Audio