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Oamaru is our most 'Pacific' city
Oamaru is our most 'Pacific' city
18 Jul 2018The largest proportion of Pacific people in any given population is not Auckland, but Oamaru. says Damon Salesa.
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Sleep training for infants and tips on older kids
Sleep training for infants and tips on older kids
12 Jul 2018Sleep is essential for children, but each child is different and the key for parents is to be responsive while also looking after themselves, researcher and commentator Nathan Mikaere Wallis says. Audio
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Island Time: how Pacific people and cultures are changing NZ
Island Time: how Pacific people and cultures are changing NZ
18 Jul 2018Oamaru, the surprising hotspot of Pacific life in New Zealand. Right now in New Zealand, according to Damon Salesa, the largest proportion of Pacific people in any given population is not Auckland, but Oamaru.
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Wairoa set to tap into 'hops, hemp, horticulture' production
Wairoa set to tap into 'hops, hemp, horticulture' production
16 Jul 2018Poutama Trust, a Māori business development service, is working with a Māori land trust in Wairoa with a focus on food production with higher returns on investment than the usual sheep and cattle.
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Driven too hard: Gun deliveries reveal courier exploitation
Driven too hard: Gun deliveries reveal courier exploitation
16 Jul 2018Delivery drivers are dropping firearms off at people's doors despite them requiring a signature but one industry insider tells Checkpoint drivers are being exploited in what he says is "indentured slavery". Audio
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Weird and wonderful Russia did not disappoint
Weird and wonderful Russia did not disappoint
16 Jul 2018Opinion - The slightly intimidating and mysterious Russia did not disappoint in hosting the FIFA World Cup, writes Coen Lammers.
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Box sets: getting bigger but who wants them?
Box sets: getting bigger but who wants them?
18 Jul 2018As the compact disc goes the way of the wax cylinder, CD box sets are - curiously - getting bigger. Nick Bollinger looks under the lid.
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Designers hopeful for greater transparency in fashion supply chain
Designers hopeful for greater transparency in fashion supply chain
16 Jul 2018Local fashion designers are hopeful the closure of New Zealand's two largest high-end fashion fabric providers will help pave the way for greater transparency within the industry.
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VIDEO PREMIERE: Alien Weaponry’s ‘Whispers’ is a highly political statement about the Treaty
VIDEO PREMIERE: Alien Weaponry’s ‘Whispers’ is a highly political statement about the Treaty
18 Jul 2018RNZ Music is excited to be the first to share the new video from Northland thrash-metallers Alien Weaponry.
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The Sampler: Remain in Light by Angelique Kidjo
The Sampler: Remain in Light by Angelique Kidjo
17 Jul 2018Benin-born singer Angelique Kidjo pays tribute to an African-inspired classic by Talking Heads. Audio
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Who Is America?
Who Is America?
17 Jul 2018Widescreen - Dan Slevin takes a look at the premiere of Sacha Baron Cohen’s vicious new television satire.
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Saving the Flying Nun tapes
Saving the Flying Nun tapes
15 Jul 2018Flying Nun founder Roger Shepherd talks about Flying Nun Records taking a big step towards preserving its music heritage by donating hundreds of original masters to the Alexander Turnbull Library. Audio
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Behn Quartet in Nelson
Behn Quartet in Nelson
17 Jul 2018The visiting Behn Quartet help inaugurate the newly re-opened Nelson Centre of Musical Arts with a concert featuring music by Dvorák, Jack Body and Ravel.
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Ear Hustle: a prison podcast
Ear Hustle: a prison podcast
14 Jul 2018Billed as the first podcast to be created entirely inside a prison, Ear Hustle is racking up millions of downloads, with recent polls putting it ahead of old favourites such as This American Life Audio, Gallery
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An 8-year-old reviews Te Vaka's Songs of Moana tour
An 8-year-old reviews Te Vaka's Songs of Moana tour
17 Jul 2018Eight-year-old Yaya Alley reviews the live show Songs of Moana, which finished a sold-out three-city tour at Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre this weekend.
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Unearthing hidden fungi and traditional Māori uses
Unearthing hidden fungi and traditional Māori uses
13 Jul 2018Mycologist Peter Buchanan has recently done some work hoping to safeguard ancestral Māori knowledge of native fungi, but says people should avoid experimenting with eating them. Audio
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Fourteen-year-old wins Wallace Junior Piano Competition
Fourteen-year-old wins Wallace Junior Piano Competition
17 Jul 2018Ashani Waidyatillake has won the 2018 Wallace National Junior Piano Competition in Auckland. “I really think of stories when I play the piano,” she says. “It really takes me on a journey, and really helps the audience to be on a journey with me too.”
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Kylian Mbappé, at 19, France's World Cup sensation
Kylian Mbappé, at 19, France's World Cup sensation
16 Jul 2018The overwhelming majority of the French football team are either immigrants or children of immigrants including 19-year-old star Kylian Mbappé, and you couldn't get a more resounding endorsement of diverse society. Video
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The trouble with reading dogs' minds
The trouble with reading dogs' minds
14 Jul 2018Neuroeconomics researcher Gregory Berns’ latest book What It's Like to be a Dog explores his findings from his canine MRI research. Audio
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NZ Live: Jed Parsons
NZ Live: Jed Parsons
Christchurch musician Jed Parsons joins us in-studio to talk music, inspiration, and play a selection of tracks from his debut solo album Midnight Feast Video, Audio
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Traumatised Papuans flee conflict in Nduga
Traumatised Papuans flee conflict in Nduga
17 Jul 2018Thousands of West Papuan villagers have reportedly fled from their homes in a remote regency due to conflict between Indonesian military forces and pro-independence fighters. Audio
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Crime and Punishment: Will freeing more prisoners work?
Crime and Punishment: Will freeing more prisoners work?
Grisly attacks and brutal murders convinced New Zealand that criminals should be locked up for longer. Now, with jails bursting at the seams, the government wants to slash prisoner numbers.
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Yuzu: The Japanese fruit becoming popular with NZers
Yuzu: The Japanese fruit becoming popular with NZers
16 Jul 2018Yuzu - a fruit like a bumpy lemon - is highly regarded in Japanese cuisine, but a New Zealand grower is finding it easier to sell to entrepreneurial Kiwis putting it in beer and olive oil. Audio
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Wellington's Ethiopian community celebrates new leader
Wellington's Ethiopian community celebrates new leader
16 Jul 2018Wellington's Ethiopian community usually comes together in times of turmoil, but last night met to celebrate a new leader and the end of conflict in their home country.