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Don McGlashan announces extensive nationwide tour
Don McGlashan announces extensive nationwide tour
6 Jun 2018Don McGlashan has today announced an extensive 17-date nationwide tour, where he'll perform a series of intimate shows in some of the NZ’s favourite venues.
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Edible bioplastic: food wrap of the future?
Edible bioplastic: food wrap of the future?
Get ready for the ultimate heat-and-eat. University of Otago researchers are developing an edible bioplastic food wrap made from corn and shellfish waste. Audio
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Ben Ryan: what an English rugby coach learnt in Fiji
Ben Ryan: what an English rugby coach learnt in Fiji
2 Jun 2018When Ben Ryan took a job coaching the Fijian rugby sevens team in 2013, wondered at first whether he'd made the worst mistake of his life. He tells Kim Hill why it turned out to be the best decision he'd ever made. Audio
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Kelly Gibney's gluten-free macaroni cheese
Kelly Gibney's gluten-free macaroni cheese
1 Jun 2018Macaroni cheese was the first thing Kelly Gibney learnt to cook as a kid. Her gluten-free mac & cheese is "a more wholesome spin on a comfort food classic" made with cauliflower puree instead of béchamel sauce. Audio
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Can Kanye West still shock us?
Can Kanye West still shock us?
5 Jun 2018He says he admires Trump and that slavery ‘sounds like a choice’. Does Kanye West’s new album shed any light on his controversial stances? Nick Bollinger has a listen to Ye.
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Memories
Memories
6 Jun 2018At the Adam Chamber Music Festival in Nelson, clarinettist James Campbell and the Goldner Quartet evoke memories with music by Borodin and Françaix.
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'The knitted dolls were just the ultimate'
'The knitted dolls were just the ultimate'
5 Jun 2018These miniature works of art are a Topp tribute to the beloved alter-egos of New Zealand's famous folk-singing/yodelling/comedy Dames. Audio
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Love songs from a rather sinister troubadour
Love songs from a rather sinister troubadour
3 Jun 2018Disappointment, despair and dejection are wrapped up in an ironically gorgeous package on Jonathan Bree's new solo album Sleepwalking, says William Dart. Video, Audio
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Review: Classical music for Radioheads
Review: Classical music for Radioheads
6 Jun 2018Hadyn Green enjoyed the latest NZSO Shed Series concert. Well, most of it anyway. Not so sure about the jazz breakout but he liked Jonny Greenwood’s suite from There Will Be Blood. Audio
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The Sampler: Can Kanye West still shock us?
The Sampler: Can Kanye West still shock us?
5 Jun 2018He says he admires Trump and that slavery ‘sounds like a choice’. Does Kanye West’s new album shed any light on his controversial stances? Nick Bollinger has a listen to Ye.
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Simon Rowley - minding the kids
Simon Rowley - minding the kids
The first years of life “wire up” our brain and affect our health over a lifetime, says neonatologist Simon Rowley, author of ‘Mind That Child: A Medical Memoir’. Audio
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Neil and Liam Finn release single and announce new album
Neil and Liam Finn release single and announce new album
5 Jun 2018After touring together in January the father and son duo have today released single 'Back to Life' and announced they'll be releasing their first album together – Lightsleeper, in August.
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Fred Hollows joins Pacific fight against NCDs
Fred Hollows joins Pacific fight against NCDs
4 Jun 2018A charity focused on providing eye care in the Pacific hopes collaboration will help to combat the broader threat of non-communicable diseases in the region. Video, Audio
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Cosy fan art of the Topp Twins from the vaults of Te Papa
Cosy fan art of the Topp Twins from the vaults of Te Papa
5 Jun 2018"They tell a story about wool, about craft, they’re about fandom, they’re about dolls. And of course they’re about the Topp Twins, Lynda and Jools Topp, and their fantastic impact on popular culture in this country." Audio
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McPhee's no-shear sheep
McPhee's no-shear sheep
1 Jun 2018The Dorper sheep sheds its own wool, which eliminates the cost of shearing. Canterbury vet Jim McPhee breeds the sheep on his small farm near Darfield. Audio
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Eyebrows – why we have them
Eyebrows – why we have them
2 Jun 2018Do our eyebrows exist to stop sweat from getting in our eyes or is there something else going on? Audio
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The Sampler: Sassafrass! by Tami Neilson
The Sampler: Sassafrass! by Tami Neilson
22 May 2018Nick Bollinger reviews a brassy, gaudy - and at times surprisingly restrained - set from Tami Neilson. Video, Audio
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Poll dancing already underway
Poll dancing already underway
The next election is a long way off, but already TV news networks and their political pundits are predicting what will happen next based on the opinion polls they pay for. Audio
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How sound can fuel social change
How sound can fuel social change
2 Jun 2018English musician and author Dave Randall talks to Trevor Reekie about the political power of music. Audio
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"People play nice when they know you might give them money"
"People play nice when they know you might give them money"
IT pioneer and philanthropist Dame Stephanie Shirley on charity, flexible working, and overcoming life's obstacles. Audio
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Detecting taggers in real time
Detecting taggers in real time
2 Jun 2018An Auckland designer is using wireless sensors, cameras and machine learning to detect graffiti and tagging incidents as they happen. Audio
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Tami Neilson is one sassy dame
Tami Neilson is one sassy dame
4 Jun 2018Country-soul singer Tami Neilson speaks to Megan Whelan on her new album, parenting, touring, and the perils of false eyelashes. Audio
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The Sampler: When The Day Is Done - The Orchestrations of Robert Kirby
The Sampler: When The Day Is Done - The Orchestrations of Robert Kirby
29 May 2018Nick Bollinger discusses a set memorialising the work of arranger Robert Kirby. Audio
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ADB to support PNG's ailing health sector
ADB to support PNG's ailing health sector
4 Jun 2018The delivery of accessible, affordable, and high-quality health services in Papua New Guinea is the target of an Asian Development Bank finance package.