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Kadambari Gladding
Kadambari was raised by the ocean by oceanographer parents in India’s tiny southwestern state, Goa, part of Portugal until the early 60s.
Her career spans television, photography and podcasts as storytelling media.
Kadambari has been with TVNZ’s Asia Downunder as a reporter/presenter/director and TV3’s Neighbourhood series. She's filmed and reported from post-war Sri Lanka, worked with Amnesty International in Kashmir and has criss-crossed NZ producing stories for television.
Before joining RNZ, Kadambari was directing and presenting stories on musicians in East Africa, and India as Assistant Director for Masters of Taste, a Fox Life series on stories on cuisines, communities and cultures across India. More recently she found herself photographing and reporting from the middle of the protests in Sudan last year for TRT World
She currently produces and presents Voices, RNZ’s weekly series on people from various global backgrounds living in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
RNZ Programmes
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Voices
Over a quarter of New Zealanders were born overseas. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar, Voices shares stories about the New Zealand experience beyond the 'diversity' checkbox.
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Search results for Kadambari Gladding
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'This is not the image we want to put out' - claims of exploitation by migrant workers on Accredited Employers Work Visa scheme
28 Aug 2023A group of South American migrants spoke out recently about allegedly misleading job contracts they signed with the Auckland construction company Buildhub as part of New Zealand's Accredited Employers… Audio
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'Design is political' - looking beyond Frida Kahlo's pop icon status
In Part 1 of 2 episodes on design, decoloniality and culturally safe practices, Kadambari Raghukumar speaks to Dr Diana Albarran Gonzalez on Mexican design and textiles that became trendy in recent… Audio
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"The goal is still the same" - Ali Mashal
18 Jul 2022After a two year hiatus recovering from an injury, Wellingtonian and former-refugee Ali Mashal is back to chasing his dream of professional boxing. Audio
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Krishnan's Dairy - 'It was a simpler time'
4 Jul 2022In this episode, writer and performer Jacob Rajan talks to Kadambari Raghukumar about his journey starting in 1997 with his debut, Krishnan's Dairy. Audio
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Girls who Invest - on friendships and finance
16 May 2022Two best friends who started a finance podcast at the start of the pandemic look back two years later. Simran Kaur and Sonya Guptham talk to Kadambari Raghukumar in this episode of Voices. Audio
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'What's meant for you will come' - Hayellom Tesfay on kickboxing
23 Aug 2021In the second part to the story of Auckland's Kings Academy martial arts club, Kadambari Raghukumar speaks to rising star kickboxer, Ethiopia-born Hayellom Tesfay. Audio
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Breaking the homogeneity of 'Asian': Report on inequities among students
A new report paints a pretty detailed picture on youth well-being amongst East and South Asian students - and some of the stats are not pretty. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar Audio
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Umar Zakaria and Fearless Music
5 Jul 2021This week on Voices, Umar Zakaria, Wellington-based jazz composer and double-bassist talks to Kadambari Raghukumar about his interpretations of Malay music through jazz improv. Audio
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Keeping a fast, staying fast - Muslim women athletes and Ramadan
10 May 2021This last week of Ramadan Kadambari Raghukumar talks to two women athletes observing the fast during the Holy Month. Audio
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The Most Dedicated - An Aotearoa Graffiti Story
12 Apr 2021What does 20 years of graffiti in Aotearoa look like? One graffiti crew decided to pull together as a collective to create an exhibition that looks at old and new works and the people involved in the… Audio
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Ethnic communities - the road ahead
8 Mar 2021In this episode, Kadambari Raghukumar talks to the Minister for Ethnic Communities, Priyanca Radhakrishnan, along with the Green and National party spokespeople for ethnic communities - Golriz… Audio
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Olive's garden
1 Mar 2021Bringing her vast farming knowledge from Africa to West Auckand, Olive Minani's organic garden is a cause to go green with envy. Audio
