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Critter of the Week: Tofu of the woods | Giant puffball
3:35 PM.You could mistake this week's critter, the giant puffball (Calvatia gigantea), for a soccer ball. The giant fungus can grow into a puffy white ball up to 50 cm in diameter! Giant puffballs are also… Read more Audio
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Weekend Stuff: interior design
3:25 PM.How should I group my arm chairs? Should I use dark or light colours in the bathroom? Do I use wallpaper or paint? These, and questions like them, are all questions about interior design. And they're… Read more Audio
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Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
3:16 PM.Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from 1pm talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because… Read more Audio
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Food: Plum Filo Strudel
3:08 PM.Julie Biuso has a wonderful looking strudel to try this weekend. This is not a true strudel as it is made with filo pastry. But it's sensational. Read more Audio
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NZ Live: Fazerdaze
2:20 PM.After the incredible success of her 2017 debut album 'Morningside' Amelia Murray found herself at a crossroads. Just as her career was taking off she experienced intense burnout and had to step back… Read more Video, Audio
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Film Review: The Electric State and The Seed of the Sacred Fig
2:10 PM.Dominic Corry reviews Netflix's mega- budget movie The Electric State and he looks at The Seed of the Sacred Fig, an Iranian movie which was nominated for Best International Feature at the recent… Read more Audio
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Freaky Friday
1:45 PM.Scary real-life tales from our listeners. Today Harvey tells of the time his mother felt the healing hands of ... something. Read more Audio
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Colour. What is it? How do you make it?
1:35 PM.Colour. It's all around us, but easy not to notice. But where do all these hues come from, and what do they represent? Katharine Allard is a pretty good person to ask - she's an ink and paint making… Read more Audio
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How to clean a river
1:25 PM.The Waikato River is full of old rusting cars and motorbikes Commercial dive company Deep Dive have pulled out 33 in the last three years. And they only do it in their spare time! Today they are… Read more Audio
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Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale retrospective a retrospective
1:15 PM.Lovers of animation are getting together this weekend for the second ever Wellington Animation Film Festival. The event has been organised by a group of French creatives living in Aotearoa and… Read more Audio
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History with Dr Grant Morris
3:20 PM.New Zealanders love to holiday at one of our many lakes. Read more Audio
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Solving the World's Problems
3:15 PM.Wellington's favourite son Dave Armstrong is in the studio to discuss our nation's capital and what needs fixing and how. Audio
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NZ Sporting History: Kim Nye
2:30 PM.This week Jesse is speaking to a trailblazer of women's football in New Zealand. Read more Audio
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Podcast Critic: The Telepathy Tapes and Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
2:10 PM.Alan Doak reviews supernatural focuses podcast The Telepathy Tapes hosted by Ky Dickens. Read more Audio
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Bridging the worlds of the hearing and the deaf
1:35 PM.During the Auckland Arts Festival an artist from Melbourne performed her poignant show about what it's like grow up in the 80s as a CODA - or Child of Deaf Adults. Read more Audio
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Getting more out of ketamine treatment for depression
1:25 PM.Ketamine has a verity of uses, most famously as horse tranquillizer. Read more Audio
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Inappropriate behaviour on the sidelines in focus
1:15 PM.When we're on the sidelines of our kid's sports, it's easy to be impassioned - but that passion can turns into aggression very quickly. \ Read more Audio
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Voice of the Sea Ice: The small things
In this week's instalment of Voice of the Sea Ice, Claire Concannon visits Dr Natalie Robinson’s sea ice camp out on McMurdo Sound – the patch of ocean near Scott Base.
A team of nine from different… Read more Audio
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Feature interview: the tech that could wean us off fossil fuels
3:10 PM.Turning sunlight and air into fuel sounds impossible. But Australian scientist Dr Casey Handmer has found a way to pull carbon from the air and hydrogen from water to create synthetic natural gas that… Read more Audio
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Bookmarks with Darian Woods
2:30 PM.When you're on the radio people often recognise your voice, but don't know your name or face. Would you recognise Lisa Owen, Ingrid Hipkiss or Todd Zaner in the grocery queue, but when they open their… Read more Audio
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Easy Eats: Roasted Gochujang Salmon with Cucumber Salad
2:20 PM.Kelly Gibney's latest recipe uses gochujang which is a fermented Korean chilli paste that you'll find in most supermarkets, or at an Asian grocer. The cucumber salad is light and fresh, making it the… Read more Audio
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Music Critic: new music from Tom Lark and Preacher
2:12 PM.Rachel Ashby has some music for your Wednesday that you may not be aware of, and she thinks should be added to your daily playlist. Fuselage by Tom Lusk and Day Dreamer by Preacher. Read more Audio
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Heading Off: The Kawatiri Trail
1:45 PM.We all have ideas in the pub or while idly thinking at home, but very few of us actually follow through. But one man who did take it further is Richard Niederer. His idea was to build a coastal trail… Read more Audio
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Behind the scenes at the Freemasons
1:35 PM.The Freemasons are a society known for mystery and secrecy. But the organisation is actively working to free itself of that reputation, encouraging members to be open about their participation and the… Read more Audio
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All the 'tea' on farming organic native tea
1:25 PM.An old airstrip in Whakatane has become home to rows and rows of native herbs which eventually get turned into tea. That's the work of Laureen and Dan Andrews, who left their lives in Rotorua behind… Read more Audio