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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.
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Pärt's Musical Prism
Pärt's Musical Prism
Ryan Smith fathoms out the reasons Estonian composer Arvo Pärt turned to medieval plainsong for his much-loved contemporary music. Audio
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The Smiths' The Queen Is Dead is 31 years old
The Smiths' The Queen Is Dead is 31 years old
27 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.
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Study smart - top tips for exam revision
Study smart - top tips for exam revision
26 Oct 2017With a few weeks before NCEA exams, education consultant Karen Boyes has key tips for students heading into study leave. Audio
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Homelessness project earns Tongan-born artist award
Homelessness project earns Tongan-born artist award
27 Oct 2017A Tongan-born artist who has won this year's contemporary Pacific artist award in New Zealand says he almost gave up his passion for art.
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Move to deport disabled Fijian man put on hold
Move to deport disabled Fijian man put on hold
26 Oct 2017An intellectually disabled Fijian man won't be deported from New Zealand, the new Immigration Minister says.
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The colour of music
The colour of music
Her special sense around colours helps Joyce Yang to learn and interpret music such as Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto which she's performing on tour with the NZSO. They're live from the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington tonight at 6.30pm on RNZ Concert. Video, Audio
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Are We There Yet? - Dads' dilemmas
Are We There Yet? - Dads' dilemmas
25 Oct 2017Changing roles, gender stereotypes and being the only bloke at the coffee morning. How do you navigate fatherhood in 2017? Katy Gosset looks at the pressures on modern fathers. Audio
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Songs and Sounds of the Great War
Songs and Sounds of the Great War
14 Oct 2017Chris Bourke's recently published book Goodbye Maoriland draws on the letters and diaries of Kiwi soldiers to tell of the songs and performers of WWI. Audio
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Ria Hall: Rules of Engagement
Ria Hall: Rules of Engagement
26 Oct 2017“This album encourages us as a nation to look at each other square in the eye, and open up a forum for honest dialogue.” Video, Audio
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Keeping kororā safe in the city
Keeping kororā safe in the city
26 Oct 2017Can penguins and humans co-exist? Specifically the world's smallest penguin - the little blue penguin or kororā. Audio
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Tired superhero genre gets timely boost
Tired superhero genre gets timely boost
The stakes were high, but Taika Waititi's Thor: Ragnarok delivers, writes Katie Parker.
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Ria Hall: Rules of Engagement
Ria Hall: Rules of Engagement
26 Oct 2017Singer Ria Hall has used her iwi history as a starting point for her debut album The Rules Of Engagement, released to coincide with the first national day of commemoration of the New Zealand Wars. Video, Audio
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Making materials from flax and plastic
Making materials from flax and plastic
26 Oct 2017Kim Pickering is an award-winning academic who is developing radical new sustainable manufacturing materials including hemp, flax, scrap plastic and corn starch. Audio
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St Vincent: music that makes you uneasy, even as it seduces you
St Vincent: music that makes you uneasy, even as it seduces you
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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Ex-Byrd Chris Hillman revisits some classics
Ex-Byrd Chris Hillman revisits some classics
24 Oct 2017His was perhaps the loveliest of the Byrds’ voices – and certainly the most overlooked, and more than half a century on, that voice is still lovely. Audio
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Who's next in line after Bill English?
Who's next in line after Bill English?
Bill English has retained the throne but who could be the next National Party leader? The Wireless takes a look at some possible leaders in the wings.
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NZ Wars: the battle which shook a super power
NZ Wars: the battle which shook a super power
26 Oct 2017NZ Wars: The Stories of Ruapekapeka - Historian Vincent O'Malley writes about the importance of acknowledging the darker episodes of New Zealand's past.
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Steckel plays Dvořák
Steckel plays Dvořák
26 Oct 2017Award-winning German cellist Julian Steckel plays one of the great concertos of the cello repertoire with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, tonight at 7pm on RNZ Concert.
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A spooky Otago honeymoon
A spooky Otago honeymoon
Lizzie Tollemache and David Ladderman's central Otago honeymoon was not exactly normal; in fact it was paranormal. And they've turned it into a ghostly play. Audio
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Fats Domino: Rock and roll legend
Fats Domino: Rock and roll legend
Fats Domino, one of the most influential rock and roll performers of the 1950s and 1960s, has died aged 89. Video
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NZ still wants Australia's offshore detainees
NZ still wants Australia's offshore detainees
Incoming prime minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand's offer to take refugees from Australia's offshore detention centres remains on the table.
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Honolulu fines for distracted pedestrians
Honolulu fines for distracted pedestrians
People in Honolulu can be fined from now on if they look at their phone while crossing the road.