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Nashville Babylon:the very best in Americana, alt country and blues
Nashville Babylon:the very best in Americana, alt country and blues
23 Apr 2018The very best in Americana, alt country and blues music, hosted by Mark Rogers. 11:04pm Mondays on RNZ National.
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NZ's most wanted pest - the wasp
NZ's most wanted pest - the wasp
21 Apr 2018Invasive wasps put major pressure on our biodiversity and cost the economy an estimated $130m every year. Entomologist Phil Lester explains the latest methods of keeping them under control. Audio, Gallery
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New Horizons: The Story's the Thing
New Horizons: The Story's the Thing
22 Apr 2018William Dart explores story-telling songs from Joni Mitchell, Chris Thile, and Jim White. Video, Audio
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Te Ao Hou - This New World
Te Ao Hou - This New World
22 Jun 2025Rob Thorne and the New Zealand String Quartet perform a programme of music for taonga pūoro and western string instruments, recorded at 2018 NZ Festival. Audio, Gallery
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So will coffee give me cancer now?
So will coffee give me cancer now?
Biochemist and black coffee fan Frances-Rose Schumacher looks at why coffee now carries a cancer warning in California.
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Roy Irwin: the unlikely King Of Pop
Roy Irwin: the unlikely King Of Pop
21 Apr 2018More than 10 years after his death, Michael Jackson’s influence is still far-reaching. Performers from Beyoncé to Justin Bieber have taken a page from the entertainer’s songbook, and perhaps more surprisingly, Auckland garage-pop musician Roy Irwin has found artistic inspiration in the gloved one. Video, Audio
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New Horizons: the story's the thing
New Horizons: the story's the thing
22 Apr 2018William Dart explores a number of story-telling songs from Joni Mitchell, Chris Thile, and Jim White. Video, Audio
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Review - A Wrinkle in Time
Review - A Wrinkle in Time
18 Apr 2018Simon Morris reviews A Wrinkle in Time starring Oprah Winfrey, adapted from a popular American children’s book and filmed around Wanaka. Video, Audio
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Settle up: Are treaty deals benefiting all Māori?
Settle up: Are treaty deals benefiting all Māori?
23 Apr 2018Insight - The Māori economy is estimated to be worth in excess of $50 billion. Patrick O'Meara looks at what settlements have achieved and whether the benefit is filtering down to all iwi members. Audio
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Why timing the markets doesn't work
Why timing the markets doesn't work
19 Apr 2018It’s not a good idea to keep moving investments around on the basis of what the markets are doing, says Mary Holm. Audio
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A New Zealand startup's new method of growing skin
A New Zealand startup's new method of growing skin
21 Apr 2018The US military is backing a new skin-engineering technique for burns victims developed by Upside Biotechnologies in Auckland. Audio
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Soul and R&B singer P.P. Arnold on her extraordinary life
Soul and R&B singer P.P. Arnold on her extraordinary life
Soul and R&B singer P.P. Arnold became a backing vocalist for Ike and Tina Turner in 1964, and went on to work with other huge names in the music industry including Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton and Barry Gibb. Her album The Turning Tide, recorded with Barry Gibb 50 years ago, has just been issued for the first time. Audio
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On the job with Kill That Rabbit Ltd
On the job with Kill That Rabbit Ltd
Stephen Dickson's rather frank business name says it all. The Central Otago man employs guns, dogs and ferrets to combat his region's exploding rabbit population. Audio
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Meet a Kiwi world champion
Meet a Kiwi world champion
Andrew Barrow is the best Galaga player in the world and he’s got an oversized cheque to prove it.
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Opera from the Met - Elektra
Opera from the Met - Elektra
22 Apr 2018Christine Goerke gives a powerful performance in the title role of Strauss's disturbing psychological drama.
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Live in session: Hopetoun Brown
Live in session: Hopetoun Brown
20 Apr 2018Nick Atkinson and Tim Stewart make up the duo of Hopetoun Brown and for today's NZ Live they're joined by regular contributors to their shows, Finn Scholes and Steve Abel. Audio
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Bettye LaVette: digging into the soul of Bob Dylan
Bettye LaVette: digging into the soul of Bob Dylan
17 Apr 2018The veteran R&B singer holds a dozen Bob Dylan songs up to soulful scrutiny. Nick Bollinger takes a listen. Audio
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From the beat to streetwear
From the beat to streetwear
22 Apr 2018Ra Mead's police colleagues used to wonder why she stayed in the force when her 'side hustle' selling secondhand clothes online was more profitable. Justine Murray visits her award-winning vintage clothing store in Hamilton. Audio
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New Zealand: The Rosetta Stone of ancient whale species
New Zealand: The Rosetta Stone of ancient whale species
19 Apr 2018A previously unknown genus of baleen whale has been identified from fossil remains. The Toipahautea waitaki lived 27 million years ago.
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Melanie Bracewell rates herself
Melanie Bracewell rates herself
The Wireless picked Melanie Bracewell's recent Twitter gags and asked her to rate them out of five, and prove why she’s the greatest Twitterer of all time.
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Diary of a Socially Anxious Kid
Diary of a Socially Anxious Kid
19 Apr 2018Most kids just want to join in games and hang out with friends, but many are thwarted by social anxiety. Katy Gosset talks to parents and a clinical psychologist about how to help children handle social interactions. Audio
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Melbourne trio Camp Cope on standing up for gender equality
Melbourne trio Camp Cope on standing up for gender equality
21 Apr 2018The three members of Camp Cope have been fighting sexism in the music industry since they formed in 2015, while all the while creating unique and well-crafted music. The Melbourne trio talk to Jana Whitta ahead of their Auckland show. Video, Audio
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Review - Sweet Country
Review - Sweet Country
18 Apr 2018Sweet Country is an engrossing and unpredictable story of a runaway aboriginal couple, based on events in 1920s Australia, says Simon Morris. Video, Audio
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Gallipoli to the Somme
Gallipoli to the Somme
The Dunedin Symphony Orchestra with soloists and chorus give the première performance of Anthony Ritchie's powerful work commemorating World War One. Audio