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Skating towards a better world
Skating towards a better world
Action sports like skateboarding and parkour have helped young people come together and rebuild resilience in places like Gaza, Christchurch and New Orleans. Audio
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Native Invader - Tori Amos
Native Invader - Tori Amos
26 Sep 2017Nick Bollinger reviews a typically eccentric, sometimes spellbinding set of songs from Tori Amos, where politics and pantheism are cunningly interlinked. Audio
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'We’d cook breakfast and hang out, do some work, take a walk'
'We’d cook breakfast and hang out, do some work, take a walk'
23 Sep 2017Brother and sister Angus and Julia Stone only made their last album together because music icon Rick Rubin forced them into it. On the new album Snow, the pair refound their groove by going back to their roots. Video, Audio
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'You have to actually climb trees'
'You have to actually climb trees'
27 Sep 2017How will a generation that can unlock an iPad before they can walk spend their spare time as adults? Megan Whelan looks to the future of leisure in the latest episode of Great Ideas. Video, Audio
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'Gardening is always about change and growth'
'Gardening is always about change and growth'
26 Sep 2017Garden designer Dan Pearson loves each of the four seasons, but his least favourite is summer. Pearson's new book Natural Selection: A Year in the Garden draws from 10 years of his Observer columns. Audio, Gallery
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Silver Scrolls: explore the finalists for the Maioha, Screen and Classical composition awards
Silver Scrolls: explore the finalists for the Maioha, Screen and Classical composition awards
27 Sep 2017RNZ Music producer Yadana Saw looks at some of the lesser known categories in this year's APRA Silver Scroll Awards, which take place tomorrow night in Dunedin. Audio
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Great Barrier Island's night sky is officially world-class
Great Barrier Island's night sky is officially world-class
28 Sep 2017Earlier this year, Aotea/Great Barrier Island became an official Dark Sky Sanctuary – it’s one of only three in the world and the only island to have the status. Video, Audio
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Finding the art/life balance
Finding the art/life balance
When Jack Trolove isn't painting, he teaches people working with LGTBI youth to talk about what he calls “tricky stuff”.
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Wild horses couldn't drag her away
Wild horses couldn't drag her away
With her sisters, writer and photographer Kelly Wilson made wild Kaimanawa horses a household name on Keeping up with the Kaimanawas. Now she says it's time Australians began to love their Brumbies. Audio, Gallery
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Programme launched to protect Pacific rugby players in France
Programme launched to protect Pacific rugby players in France
Rugby professionals have stepped up in an effort to improve the treatment of Pacific rugby players contracted to European teams. Video, Audio
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Scottish funnyman's first NZ visit
Scottish funnyman's first NZ visit
Scottish comedian Kevin Bridges is in the country for the first time. Bridges who started as a 17-year-old is well-known from TV shows Would I lie to You? and stand-up appearances on Live at the Apollo. Audio
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The joy of natural running
The joy of natural running
A skipping rope can help people re-learn the 'primal skill' of running without shoes, says Ted McDonald, aka Barefoot Ted. Video, Audio
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Do shower domes work?
Do shower domes work?
23 Sep 2017George Block from consumer.org.nz reviews shower domes – the plastic covers designed to keep the moisture inside your shower and your bathroom dry. Audio
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Anatomy Of A Scroll: Nadia Reid, 'Richard'
Anatomy Of A Scroll: Nadia Reid, 'Richard'
30 Sep 2017Nadia Reid talks about the heartbreak that led to writing her Silver Scroll nominated song 'Richard'. Video, Audio
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Cats have nine lives – and now five personality traits
Cats have nine lives – and now five personality traits
25 Sep 2017Skittishness, outgoingness, dominance, spontaneity and friendliness are the five feline personality traits, a new study has found. Audio
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The Sampler: investigating the roots of Australian electronica
The Sampler: investigating the roots of Australian electronica
26 Sep 2017The Closed Circuits compilation is a good survey of what Aussie pop’s more inventive artists were doing with synthesisers in the early 80s. Audio
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Fear and loathing in the farming press
Fear and loathing in the farming press
Claims that this year's election pitted town against country were strongly echoed in the media – especially the rural press. Audio
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Origin of the specious: America’s problem with facts
Origin of the specious: America’s problem with facts
25 Sep 2017Kurt Andersen finished his book Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire six months before Donald Trump's inauguration. The idea that opinions are as facts dates back long before 'fake news', he says. Audio
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Two recipes from an English garden
Two recipes from an English garden
25 Sep 2017New Zealander Aaron Bertelsen is head vegetable gardener and cook at The Great Dixter – a historic house and garden in East Sussex. He talks about the value of good soil and shares a fennel and a kale recipe. Audio
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Pacific nations call for global climate action at UN General Assembly
Pacific nations call for global climate action at UN General Assembly
26 Sep 2017The Pacific has presented a united front at the UN General Assembly in New York in calling for global action on climate change. Audio
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The death of Optimus Gryme
The death of Optimus Gryme
23 Sep 2017The stress of being one of NZ's most successful touring DJs and a father of two, has led Charlie Brown, aka Optimus Gryme, to retire. He talks to Tony Stamp about calling it a day on his music career. Video, Audio
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Why BA graduates could run the country
Why BA graduates could run the country
Bachelor of Arts graduates will be better equipped and more employable in an uncertain future, an academic says. Audio
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"New talent, new styles” at the Waiata Māori Music Awards
"New talent, new styles” at the Waiata Māori Music Awards
23 Sep 2017Grove Roots' Noel Woods takes the pulse of Māori music at the 10th annual Waiata Māori Music Awards in Heretaunga. Video, Audio
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Otago Polytech students de-stress in sensory room
Otago Polytech students de-stress in sensory room
Two occupational therapy students set up a sensory room in a disused shed last month. It was so popular that next year it'll become a permanent space. Audio, Gallery