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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.
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Why kids lie and how to deal with it
Why kids lie and how to deal with it
4 Jul 2018Most people lie, but we teach our children that lying isn't good. Psychologist Penny Van Bergen explains all about how children's lies are really a good thing, and how best to handle it. Audio
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Music industry sexual harassment under the spotlight
Music industry sexual harassment under the spotlight
5 Jul 2018The New Zealand music scene will be put under the spotlight with a new study being conducted to determine the level of sexual harassment in the industry.
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Sofa Session - Girlboss
Sofa Session - Girlboss
4 Jul 2018Wellington-based alt-pop artists girlboss join Bryan Crump live in the studio to play stripped back songs and talk about their pink cassettes. Audio
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Meth house panic: A toxicological history
Meth house panic: A toxicological history
3 Jul 2018A flawed 1961 study on methamphetamine's effect on pregnancy weight loss was the basis for the government's measures for contamination of state houses, toxicologist Leo Schep says. Audio
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Van Morrison's Astral Weeks
Van Morrison's Astral Weeks
4 Jul 2018Fifty years ago Van Morrison released Astral Weeks, an album that has stayed in the ‘all-time great album’ lists ever since. Graeme Downes discusses Morrison's enduring masterpiece. Audio
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Inside Out: Lost Albums
Inside Out: Lost Albums
30 Jun 2018Nick Tipping checks out music from jazz albums which have been rediscovered and released many years after they were recorded. Artists include Bill Evans, Coleman Hawkins, Andrew Hill, and Thelonious Monk. Audio
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The year Napster killed classic rock
The year Napster killed classic rock
2 Jul 2018“It was also the beginning of the internet becoming the hub for music culture, as opposed to the rock concert: this was a sort of ritualistic place that people would go to find members of their tribe.” Audio
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Squeaky Bum Time: England ends penalty drought
Squeaky Bum Time: England ends penalty drought
4 Jul 2018Football Fern Sarah Gregorius, joins RNZ chief executive Paul Thompson to talk about England's long-awaited penalty joy, Sweden's two defensive meatballs and Neymar's histrionics. Audio
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Curtain Raiser
Curtain Raiser
6 Oct 2012Following in the giant footsteps of Beethoven was not an easy task for Johannes Brahms. Inge van Rij discusses the issue of monumentalising in music. Audio
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Sexual harassment in the music industry
Sexual harassment in the music industry
4 Jul 2018The New Zealand music scene will be put under the spotlight with a new study being conducted to determine the level of sexual harassment in the industry.
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Ōtara's open-mic soup kitchen with King Kapisi
Ōtara's open-mic soup kitchen with King Kapisi
3 Jul 2018"It's all about heart and I try to make sure that if I can that people can use that heart ... the true meaning of community is just to be able to give." Video, Audio, Gallery
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Sexual harassment in the music industry goes under the spotlight
Sexual harassment in the music industry goes under the spotlight
4 Jul 2018A new study invites New Zealand and Australian musicians to complete a survey with the aim of discovering the nature and extent of harassment they are experiencing in the workplace.
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BANG! Takatāpui
BANG! Takatāpui
Scholars and activists Ngahuia Te Awekotuku and Dr Elizabeth Kerekere on why old stories illustrating diverse sexualities and gender expressions in Te Ao Māori aren’t better known. Audio
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From top notch to top nosh brownies
From top notch to top nosh brownies
2 Jul 2018Jackie Lee Morrison has worked at some of London's top eateries and is now wowing Wellington with her hand-made brownies. Audio, Gallery
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Dictaphone Blues live at RNZ
Dictaphone Blues live at RNZ
30 Jun 2018Edward Castelow has been making music under the name Dictaphone Blues for around a decade now. His new EP Elastic Meditation is out now, so we invited Ed and his all-star band into the studio to play a few songs. Video, Audio
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The story behind Twinkle, twinkle
The story behind Twinkle, twinkle
4 Jul 2018Singing to babies helps develop bonding between parent and child and encourages children to self-regulate. Lullabies like 'Twinkle, twinkle' are a great place to start.
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Pacific nations ready for fight with sugar giants
Pacific nations ready for fight with sugar giants
As Pacific countries look to taxes and other regulations to battle an obesity crisis, they're coming up against stepped up lobbying from global giants like Coca-Cola, eager to make up for falling sales in western countries.
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Kiribati criticism of 'Anote's Ark' political - film director
Kiribati criticism of 'Anote's Ark' political - film director
The person behind the movie Anote's Ark says the Kiribati government's criticism of his climate change documentary is based on political differences and is part of a crack down on media freedom.
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Biggest Melanesian festival underway in Solomon Islands
Biggest Melanesian festival underway in Solomon Islands
3 Jul 2018The Solomon Islands has welcomed 1500 participants to this year's Melanesian Arts and Cultural Festival in Honiara.
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Pacific artist to share notions of indigenous feminism
Pacific artist to share notions of indigenous feminism
3 Jul 2018Exploring indigenous feminism will be discussed by Pacific artist Ane Tonga this week.
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PNG army stretched to contain unrest in Highlands
PNG army stretched to contain unrest in Highlands
3 Jul 2018There's concern in Papua New Guinea that the violent unrest in Hela and Southern highlands is spreading across the Highlands region. Audio
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Tongan artist carves stars for Matariki
Tongan artist carves stars for Matariki
4 Jul 2018A Tongan is among 10 artists who have told their own stories of the stars by carving stone sculptures as part of a symposium for Matariki or Maori New Year celebrations in New Zealand. Audio
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Emerging stars of kapa haka take to the stage
Emerging stars of kapa haka take to the stage
3 Jul 2018On the dawn of Mataraki a new generation of kapa haka exponents gathered in Rangitane, Palmerston North to battle it out at the National Secondary Schools Competition. Video, Audio