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The Feelers: Live in session
The Feelers: Live in session
16 Jun 2018From busking in Christchurch's Cashel Mall to four number-one albums, James Reid and Hamish Gee from The Feelers reflect on 25 years as one of New Zealand's most successful bands. Video, Audio
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FIFA World Cup: And then there were eight
FIFA World Cup: And then there were eight
5 Jul 2018FIFA World Cup - After 56 matches and 144 goals, just eight teams remain at the World Cup. Coen Lammers looks ahead to the quarter-finals and beyond.
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Marshall Islands assured US Compact and nuke ban compatible
Marshall Islands assured US Compact and nuke ban compatible
6 Jul 2018The Compact of Free Association and the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) are legally compatible, according to a Harvard Law School review issued this week.
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France revisits 1959 conviction of Tahiti's Pouvanaa
France revisits 1959 conviction of Tahiti's Pouvanaa
6 Jul 2018France's court of revision has reconsidered the 1959 conviction of the late French Polynesian politician, Pouvanaa a Oopa.
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Music Alive: Orchestra Wellington
Music Alive: Orchestra Wellington
6 Jul 2018David Long writes music for robots, Claire Cowan evokes a controversial exotic dancer of the 1930's, and Gustav Holst gives us a planetary tour. All in one concert from Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei.
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Children in detention: US policy close to home
Children in detention: US policy close to home
4 Jul 2018Opinion - Last weekend, tens of thousands protested against the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy, but detention of children has been happening in our backyard for years.
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Kanye’s five-in-five releases mired in controversy
Kanye’s five-in-five releases mired in controversy
30 Jun 2018The rollout for the recent G.O.O.D Music albums from Pusha T, Kanye West and Nas have been negative for black women, U.S journalist David Dennis Jr says. Audio
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Pacific nations ready for sugar giant fight
Pacific nations ready for sugar giant fight
As Pacific countries grapple with an obesity crisis through taxes and regulation, global giants are pushing back, keen to compensate for falling sales of sell sugary drinks in the west.
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Movie review: Sicario 2
Movie review: Sicario 2
4 Jul 2018At The Movies: Sicario: Day of the Soldado puts the Benicio del Toro character firmly in the foreground this time. Also starring Josh Brolin and Catherine Keener. Video, Audio
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WATCH: Marlon Williams 'Make Way For Love' with the Te Pou Tiriao singers
WATCH: Marlon Williams 'Make Way For Love' with the Te Pou Tiriao singers
6 Jul 2018A Māori and Pacifica youth community choir bring their goosebump-inducing harmonies to a new version of Marlon Williams' 'Make Way For Love'.
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Hunt for dieback-resistant kauri
Hunt for dieback-resistant kauri
5 Jul 2018Our Changing World - Researchers at Scion hope that thousands of tiny kauri seedlings might include some that are resistant to kauri dieback disease. Audio
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WATCH: Marlon Williams 'Make Way For Love' with the Te Pou Tiriao singers
WATCH: Marlon Williams 'Make Way For Love' with the Te Pou Tiriao singers
6 Jul 2018A Māori and Pacifica youth community choir bring their goosebump inducing harmonies to a new version of Marlon Williams' 'Make Way For Love'.
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World-record shearer Emily Welch: A few of my favourite things
World-record shearer Emily Welch: A few of my favourite things
Emily Welch is one of New Zealand's first and most successful female shearers and is one of the main focuses of She Shears, an upcoming NZ female shearer documentary. Audio
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New Horizons: Joan As Police Woman
New Horizons: Joan As Police Woman
12 Apr 2020Joan Wasser goes by the stage-name Joan As Police Woman, and she writes some fairly arresting music. William Dart finds no point resisting, and goes along quietly with her new album Damned Devotion. Video, Audio
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Wireless Documentary: Stu the pig man defends his drove
Wireless Documentary: Stu the pig man defends his drove
Stu is a gentle soul who lives with dozens of pigs on his family’s old Coromandel farm, but it’s not easy: the farm is in the middle of pig hunting territory.
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Moa, mammoths and dodos: Bringing species back from the dead
Moa, mammoths and dodos: Bringing species back from the dead
5 Jul 2018Swedish science journalist Torill Kornfeldt has travelled the real world to meet some of the people working on bringing extinct fauna back to life, including dinosaurs and woolly mammoths. Audio, Gallery
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Open-mic soup kitchen with King Kapisi
Open-mic soup kitchen with King Kapisi
3 Jul 2018In Ōtara, South Auckland, they've been experimenting with new ways of providing to those in need. RNZ's John Campbell and Claire Eastham-Farrelly went along and saw that it has been an extraordinary success. Video, Audio, Gallery
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Histrionics take shine off ‘beautiful game’
Histrionics take shine off ‘beautiful game’
5 Jul 2018Opinion: For all it does to captivate, it's time the beautiful game started living up to that moniker, writes Clay Wilson. Video
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You're being hormonal - like everyone else
You're being hormonal - like everyone else
4 Jul 2018Discovered by a German doctor doing experiments with rooster testicles in his backyard, hormones are essential to all of us and dictate hunger, metabolism, sleep and immune systems, Dr Randi Epstein says. Audio
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Villagers in PNG's Pomio district face bleak future
Villagers in PNG's Pomio district face bleak future
5 Jul 2018A woman from Papua New Guinea's East New Britain province says rampant logging on local land has devastated her community's lifestyle. Audio
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Vanuatu anti-plastic campaign sets new target
Vanuatu anti-plastic campaign sets new target
4 Jul 2018An environmental campaigner in Vanuatu has set her sights on a new target now the once ubiquitous plastic bag is a thing of the past in her country. Audio
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KiwiBuild: Lifeboat or drop in the ocean?
KiwiBuild: Lifeboat or drop in the ocean?
5 Jul 2018Opinion - The Titanic is sinking: house prices have risen exponentially, incomes have not. Can Phil Twyford and the Labour-led government's KiwiBuild rescue New Zealanders from this disaster?
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The Feelers: live in session
The Feelers: live in session
16 Jun 2018From busking in Christchurch's Cashel Mall to four number-one albums, James Reid and Hamish Gee from The Feelers reflect on 25 years as one of New Zealand's most successful bands. Video, Audio
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Collection: For love of the ... cello
Collection: For love of the ... cello
5 Jul 2018Cello lovers can feast their ears here with RNZ Concert's new collection of concertos, sonatas, variations and encores.