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Auckland basks in Indian traditional tag sports extravaganza

1 Dec 2023

Thousands attend the fifth NZ Sikh Games and the first NZ Kabaddi World Cup that took place simultaneously in South Auckland last weekend.

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Today’s Schedule

12:04 AM. All Night Programme

A selection of the best RNZ National interviews and features

6:08 AM. Storytime (RNZ)

7:10 AM. Deer Wars

From the extreme, unique, wild west-like highs and lows of the deer hunting industry in NZ, we cover this multi-generational project to control the red deer population. This is episode seven of nine.

8:06 AM. Sunday Morning with Jim Mora

A fresh attitude on current affairs, the news behind the news, in-depth documentaries, sport from the outfield, politics from the insiders.

9:06 AM. Mediawatch

Critical examination and analysis of recent performance and trends in New Zealand's news media (RNZ)

9:36 AM. Sunday Morning with Jim Mora

Sunday Morning continues

12:12 PM. Culture 101

Perlina Lau and Mark Amery host a weekly show about creativity and culture in Aotearoa.

1:30 PM. At the Movies (RNZ)

A weekly topical magazine programme about current film releases and film-related topics (RNZ)

2:06 PM. Culture 101 continues

Perlina Lau and Mark Amery host a weekly show about creativity and culture in Aotearoa.

3:05 PM. Drama (RNZ)

Highlighting radio playwriting and performance (RNZ)

4:06 PM. Kiwi Classics

RNZ Music presents a series live concerts capturing Aotearoa's favourite musicians collaborating with New Zealand's finest orchestras

5:00 PM. The World at Five

A roundup of today's news and sport

5:10 PM. Heart and Soul

Personal approaches to spirituality from around the world (BBC)

5:35 PM. Ngā Kaupapa Māori

Coverage of Māori issues

6:06 PM. Māpuna with Julian Wilcox

Julian talks to Māori throughout Aotearoa, from sports legends, to business leaders, to artists and community advocates.

6:50 PM. Voices

A weekly feature where the focus is ethnic communities (RNZ)

7:04 PM. Conviction

Part 10 of our series about the Civic Creche case and the people at the centre of it. A story that has cast ripples across Aotearoa's legal landscape for three decades, including never before told stories.

8:06 PM. The Sunday Night Retro Show with Phil O'Brien

An evening of music and memories (RNZ)

10:00 PM. News at Ten

A roundup of today's news and sport

10:15 PM. Mediawatch

Critical examination and analysis of recent performance and trends in New Zealand's news media (RNZ)

11:04 PM. Inside Out

Nick Tipping presents classic recordings and modern masterpieces from the world of jazz. (RNZ)

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