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Orient Express-style luxury train plan unveiled
Orient Express-style luxury train plan unveiled
4 Dec 2017An ambitious plan has been unveiled to run an Orient Express-style luxury train through New Zealand. Video
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Acupuncture misleading public, says study
Acupuncture misleading public, says study
4 Dec 2017Some acupuncturists in New Zealand may be breaching sections of the Medicines Act by making misleading claims on their websites, a new study has found Audio
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Huia Hamon on music, art and whānau
Huia Hamon on music, art and whānau
3 Dec 2017Huia Hamon is a singer, artist and mother who runs Kog Studio with her partner Chris Chetland. The couple's home is tucked away in Waitakere and most days is a hive of creativity. Te Ahi Kaa pays a visit. Audio
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NZ Live: The Danberrys ft. Vanessa McGowan
NZ Live: The Danberrys ft. Vanessa McGowan
1 Dec 2017Tennessee band The Danberrys play indie-folk influenced by bluegrass, country and blues. They're joined by New Zealander Vanessa McGowan on upright bass. Audio
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Rest by Charlotte Gainsbourg
Rest by Charlotte Gainsbourg
5 Dec 2017Releasing a duet with your dad at age 12 is a strange enough start to a musical career, let alone one called ‘Lemon Incest’. Serge Gainsbourg was no ordinary musician, though, and neither is his daughter Charlotte. Video, Audio
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Low In High School by Morrissey
Low In High School by Morrissey
28 Nov 2017Nick Bollinger listens to Morrissey's latest and wonders who the singer is taking revenge on now. Audio
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Women and porn
Women and porn
2 Dec 2017A New Zealand academic is leading a study called Women on Porn - the largest ever study solely focused on the range of women's experiences and views of pornography in the UK. Audio
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What’s in the Ministerial fridge?
What’s in the Ministerial fridge?
3 Dec 2017Sometimes watching Parliament is like being back in junior school. This week it felt like relentless testing of a new relieving teacher. Audio
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Tongan doctor conducts new research into rheumatic fever
Tongan doctor conducts new research into rheumatic fever
4 Dec 2017New research about rheumatic fever in New Zealand will look into better delivery of treatment to patients, particularly Pacific and Maori young people who are high risk. Audio
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Santa's helpers unite for children of Ōtara
Santa's helpers unite for children of Ōtara
4 Dec 2017Volunteers from across Auckland united over the weekend to prepare Christmas presents for thousands of children in the Auckland suburb of Ōtara.
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Can these noble trees be protected?
Can these noble trees be protected?
3 Dec 2017Kauri die-back is killing our forest giants from Bay of Plenty to the Far North and the fungal disease is creeping closer to the oldest trees such as Tane Mahuta in Northland's Waipoua Forest. Audio
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Reporting risks grow under ‘The Punisher’
Reporting risks grow under ‘The Punisher’
3 Dec 2017Journalists in the Philippines take their life in their hands doing their job. What was already one of the world's riskiest places to be a reporter is now even more dangerous under President Rodrigo Duterte. Audio
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Cricket commentary no longer reserved for men
Cricket commentary no longer reserved for men
The commentary box at Black Caps games has traditionally been a boy’s club – until now.
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Could a pill replace exercise?
Could a pill replace exercise?
The search is on for a medication that mimics what happens when we exercise. Nicola Twilley has been investigating whether a so-called exercise pill will ever reach the market. Audio
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REVIEW: Harry Styles greeted by screaming NZ fans, doesn't fail to deliver
REVIEW: Harry Styles greeted by screaming NZ fans, doesn't fail to deliver
4 Dec 2017There is a commonly-held belief among the Harry Styles fans I know: Protect Harry at all costs.
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Grant Smithies picks four favourites from new NZ funk and soul compilation Heed The Call
Grant Smithies picks four favourites from new NZ funk and soul compilation Heed The Call
1 Dec 2017You are cordially invited to shake your money-maker. Compiled by Auckland record collectors John Baker and Alan Perrott, a new double album Heed The Call looks at NZ soul, funk and disco released here between 1973 and 1983. Video, Audio
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Wairere rams - tough nuts
Wairere rams - tough nuts
A careful breeding programme in the tough Wairarapa Hill country produces hardy rams that can cope with most conditions the New Zealand countryside throws at them. Audio, Gallery
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How did NZ come to have a shortage of the pill?
How did NZ come to have a shortage of the pill?
Low oral contraceptive pill stocks will be refreshed next week, but women are questioning how the shortage was allowed to happen.
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Free classical podcast: Mozart
Free classical podcast: Mozart
3 Dec 2017Mozart added trumpets and drums to the orchestra for the first time in Piano Concerto No 20 K466. RNZ Concert recorded Michael Houstoun's performance earlier this year.
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Huia Hamon on music, art and whānau
Huia Hamon on music, art and whānau
3 Dec 2017Musician and mother Huia Hamon runs Kog Studio with her partner Chris Chetland. The couple's home is tucked away in Waitakere and most days is a hive of creativity. Te Ahi Kaa pays a visit. Audio
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Kelly Gibney's Yoga Bowl
Kelly Gibney's Yoga Bowl
1 Dec 2017Food writer Kelly Gibney shares her recipe for a delicious summer salad with a roasted carrot, miso & ginger dressing. Audio
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The future of AI and robotics
The future of AI and robotics
2 Dec 2017Peter Griffin has been roaming the exhibition halls of the the world's largest robotics fair in Tokyo. He reports back on the latest robots, from aged care assistants and exoskeletons to hospital bots. Audio, Gallery
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The NZ company pressing restart on the gaming industry
The NZ company pressing restart on the gaming industry
The Dunedin company Runaway develops mobile games inspired by nature. Already they’ve worked with National Geographic and the World Wildlife Fund.
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When New Zealand first 'got down'
When New Zealand first 'got down'
1 Dec 2017The superb new double album Heed The Call looks at local soul, funk and disco from 1973 to 1983. Grant Smithies picks his four favourite tracks. Video, Audio