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Manus Island and media manipulation
Manus Island and media manipulation
Manus Island has been making the headlines lately. Ben Robinson-Drawbridge has been following the story - and the growing concerns about efforts to manipulate the media. Audio
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Manus Island and media manipulation
Manus Island and media manipulation
Manus Island has been in the headlines a lot lately but few reporters have been able to report from there on the ground. Ben Robinson-Drawbridge looks at whether news reports are giving an accurate picture - and growing concerns about efforts to manipulate the media. Audio
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My month as an Uber driver
My month as an Uber driver
18 Dec 2017Simon Morton took a dive into the world of the gig economy for a month and discovered first-hand just what it's like to drive for Uber. He reports from the front line.
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Harnessing the power of evaporation
Harnessing the power of evaporation
Water is evaporating all over the world right now, so what if we could capture the energy created by this process? That's the thrust of some interesting work going on at Columbia University. Audio
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Insight: Rebuilding Timor Leste
Insight: Rebuilding Timor Leste
Timor-Leste's youth bulge presents huge opportunities for the still fragile country, 15 years after independence from Indonesia's brutal occupation. Significant challenges remain but, as RNZ Pacific's Sally Round discovered, efforts are underway to diversify the economy and young people are trying to put their fraught past behind them. Video, Audio
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Hirra Morgan: a house full of music
Hirra Morgan: a house full of music
17 Dec 2017Some say Collision's ‘You Can Dance’ is the best track on the new '70s funk and disco compilation album Heed the Call. Hirra Morgan – a former member of the Tokoroa funk band – talks with Justine Murray about his life in music. Video, Audio
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Meet the local musician who's just fulfilled his dying wish: recording an album
Meet the local musician who's just fulfilled his dying wish: recording an album
16 Dec 2017Father of two, Jonathan Densem has inoperable brain cancer. Desperate to record his songs while he still had the energy, his wife raised the money to make an album at Neil Finn's Roundhead studios. Video, Audio
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Science news: ballooning wine glasses & potential Huntington's breakthrough
Science news: ballooning wine glasses & potential Huntington's breakthrough
Dr Chris Smith on empirical evidence that wine glasses have got bigger... way bigger, and a potential breakthrough in the treatment of the degenerative brain condition Huntington's Disease. Audio
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PSUSY is real life turned up to ludicrous
PSUSY is real life turned up to ludicrous
Melody Thomas talks to two of the great minds behind the hilarious web series.
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Opera on Sunday
Opera on Sunday
17 Dec 2017Irish soprano Orla Boylan is Tosca opposite Simon O'Neill as Cavaradossi. Phillip Rhodes makes a particularly sinister Scarpia in this New Zealand production of Puccini's Tosca.
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A hundred days of hell
A hundred days of hell
Liz McGimpsey and her husband weren’t keen on vaccinations but after nearly losing their daughter, she barely remembers why.
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Venus Burns by The Roulettes
Venus Burns by The Roulettes
15 Dec 2017Grant Smithies is left a little giddy by the new album from Auckland trio The Roulettes. He chats with the band and waxes lyrical about their new album. Video, Audio
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History through the piano: The Centre Cannot Hold
History through the piano: The Centre Cannot Hold
The aftermath of WWI left composers struggling to make sense of the world and find a way forward with their music. John Drummond considers two contrasting responses. Audio
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Toxic algae warning for swimmers, pets
Toxic algae warning for swimmers, pets
15 Dec 2017Those gearing up for a summer of cooling off in their favourite local swimming hole are being warned to check first for signs of blue green algae.
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NZ Live: Luke Hurley
NZ Live: Luke Hurley
15 Dec 2017Luke Hurley is one of New Zealand's great unknown musicians. Born in Kenya and raised in Gore, he now lives in Auckland where you can often find him busking. Audio
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A Story of Flood Recovery: Part One
A Story of Flood Recovery: Part One
When the Rangitaiki River overflowed in April, hundreds of hectares of farmland were underwater and thousands of cows were trucked to other regions. Country Life discovers many farmers are still picking up the pieces. Audio
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'You just have to go for it'
'You just have to go for it'
16 Dec 2017Christchurch music teacher and father-of-two Jonathan Densem has inoperable brain cancer. This year he fulfilled a dream of recording his debut album at Neil Finn's Roundhead Studios. Video, Audio
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Can microbes help us grow more food?
Can microbes help us grow more food?
Naturally occurring microbes living on plants can be used to boost the yield, nutrition and even taste of corn, soybeans, rice and tomatoes. This Way Up visits a biotech startup manipulating microbes in Missouri. Audio
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Inside the world of Aldous Harding
Inside the world of Aldous Harding
15 Dec 2017"I've got a very intense, rewarding job … without this, I have no idea what kind of state I'd be in." Video, Audio
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Inside Out with Nick Tipping
Inside Out with Nick Tipping
16 Dec 2017This week Nick features two leading contemporary players, trumpeter Terell Stafford and tenor player Mark Turner- plus tunes by Chet Baker, Charlie Parker and Jelly Roll Morton. From 5pm on RNZ Concert.
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Behind Handel's Messiah
Behind Handel's Messiah
14 Dec 2017Clarissa Dunn guides us through the back story of this seasonal favourite. Audio
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What the end of net neutrality in the US means for NZ
What the end of net neutrality in the US means for NZ
Tech experts fear that internet service providers (ISPs) in New Zealand could soon to be allowed to discriminate against rival websites and apps.
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The Last Jedi: review
The Last Jedi: review
14 Dec 2017The Last Jedi is the longest movie in the Star Wars franchise and at times it feels it, writes Megan Whelan.
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Music 101 for Saturday 16 December 2017
Music 101 for Saturday 16 December 2017
16 Dec 2017We chat to the Christchurch musician who's just fulfilled his dying wish - to record an album; The RNZ Music team pick their fave international tracks of 2017; Ruban Nielson of Unknown Mortal Orchestra joins us ahead of his visit in Jan; and heaps more! Join us from 1pm on RNZ National.