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Cleaners shouldn't be 'undervalued' says living wage employer
Cleaners shouldn't be 'undervalued' says living wage employer
29 Oct 2017What's sometimes thought of as being one of the least glamorous professions in New Zealand now has its first living-wage-accredited employer. Audio
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Waterway drug testing for the regions
Waterway drug testing for the regions
29 Oct 2017Testing for drug levels in waterways is about to be trialled in the regions, following a pilot programme in Auckland that found traces of methamphetamine, morphine, methadone, and codeine. Audio
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Walking 3000km for PNG women
Walking 3000km for PNG women
28 Oct 2017"It's pretty trippy, eh," said Finn Egan as he crested the hill to be smacked by the crisp southerly blowing in off Wellington's South Coast. Video
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New government, new plans for broadcasting
New government, new plans for broadcasting
The three parties now in our government went into the election with different ideas for broadcasting and the media. Mediawatch asks the new minister Clare Curran: what’s the plan now? Audio
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Jordan Rakei beat his struggle with anxiety by making music
Jordan Rakei beat his struggle with anxiety by making music
14 Oct 2017Jordan Rakei was born in Tokoroa and raised in Brisbane, but moved to London in his early twenties to combat a lifelong struggle with anxiety. Video, Audio
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Syd Barrett - Pink Floyd's forgotten founder
Syd Barrett - Pink Floyd's forgotten founder
23 Oct 2017Piper at the Gates of Dawn is regarded as a masterpiece of sixties psychedelia, but the man who was instrumental in making it soon fell victim to drugs and mental illness, eventually quitting music altogether. Video, Audio
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Fashion's ticking time bomb
Fashion's ticking time bomb
29 Oct 2017My Heels Are Killing Me - Two designers, Rachel Mills and Kristine Crabb, talk about ethical and sustainable fashion production. Audio
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The colour of music
The colour of music
Music brings colour in many forms for pianist Joyce Yang. The synesthete sees colours when she plays music and says music stimulates an intense visual sensory experience for her. Video, Audio
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New Horizons goes Nostalgic
New Horizons goes Nostalgic
29 Oct 2017Look Blue Go Purple and Sneaky Feelings from Flying Nun catch Willliam Dart's attention in today's New Horizons at 5pm on RNZ Concert. Audio
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Opera on Sunday
Opera on Sunday
29 Oct 2017The struggle between profane and genuine love is played out in Wagner's Tannhäuser, as our hero is torn between the saintly Elizabeth and the love goddess Venus.
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A day at the beach races
A day at the beach races
Watch the tiny community of Karekare Beach come together to put on something big – a unique horse race on one of the world's most beautiful beaches.
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St Vincent: unsettling, seductive
St Vincent: unsettling, seductive
24 Oct 2017There’s lust and fear in seemingly equal measures, and it’s left to us as listeners to decide who is the seducer and who is being seduced. Audio
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NZ Wars: the palisades
NZ Wars: the palisades
29 Oct 2017In this animation, fly along the front wall of the palisades showing the sophistication of the defense measures of the Pa.
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Hymns on Sunday
Hymns on Sunday
29 Oct 2017Martin Luther's great hymn 'A Mighty Fortress is Our God' features this week, to mark Reformation Day on 31 October. Audio
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Gallipoli to the Somme
Gallipoli to the Somme
This very special concert from Dunedin features the first performance of a major work by NZer Anthony Ritchie for two soloists, choirs and orchestra to commemorate WWI. Audio
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NZ Live: Julia Deans
NZ Live: Julia Deans
27 Oct 2017Julia Deans performs a mix of old and new songs live and unplugged and tells us about having to protect herself in her early days as a young woman in the music industry. Video, Audio
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Inside Out
Inside Out
28 Oct 2017Nick Tipping says 1967 was a particularly good year for music and so he'll be playing all sorts from 50 years ago, on Inside Out from 5pm on RNZ Concert.
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Back to the future?
Back to the future?
25 Oct 2017Is the new Cabinet just more of the same? Take a closer look before deriding it, David Slack suggests.
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Matthew Barley in recital
Matthew Barley in recital
28 Oct 2017Cellist Matthew Barley brings his passion for improvisation, education and musical journeys to his recital at the 2017 Adam Chamber Music Festival in Nelson.
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NZ Wars: Dramatic recreations
NZ Wars: Dramatic recreations
28 Oct 2017View all of the drama recreations from New Zealand Wars documentary in their full length.
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500th anniversary of The Reformation
500th anniversary of The Reformation
26 Oct 2017Lutheran cantor Rick Erickson has come to NZ especially to lead an ecumenical Vespers service this weekend in Wellington. He talks with Eva Radich. Audio
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Music 101 for Saturday 28 October 2017
Music 101 for Saturday 28 October 2017
28 Oct 2017Ria Hall shows us around her turangawaewae; Nadia Reid's producer Ben Edwards joins us to talk about the Tui he's just won; Anthonie Tonnon performs two new songs in the RNZ studio; we pay tribute to Fats Domino, and heaps more!
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Understanding our immune system
Understanding our immune system
Bruce Beutler received the 2011 Nobel Prize for discoveries about the innate immune system in mammals, Our Changing World catches up with him. Audio
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'They were the coolest people I had ever seen'
'They were the coolest people I had ever seen'
28 Oct 2017It's difficult for Jeremy Taylor to put into words the impact that The Queen Is Dead had on him when it was released in June 1986.