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Recent items from Labour Day
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Settling the Score: The countdown begins
11:50 AM.What piece of classical music will come out on top as the listener choice of the year on RNZ Concert's Settling The Score this year? The highly anticipated annual audience poll of favourite classical… Read more Audio
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Outback Tom: Aussie journalist and TikTok sensation
11:35 AM.Tom Forrest, better known as Outback Tom, has found global fame for his snappy and charming cooking videos with his grandad Steve - Outback Grandad. The pair's recipes for outback snacks - delivered… Read more Audio
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Synth-pop pioneer Phil Oakey on the enduring popularity of The Human League
11:10 AM.Drifting from one casual job to another, Phil Oakey had zero ambition to be in a pop group. His one instrument, a saxophone, lay abandoned on the floor. But in 1977, everything changed with a single… Read more Video, Audio
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Paora Tapsell: what kūmara reveals about Māori history
10:40 AM.What can the story of kūmara cultivation teach us about Aotearoa New Zealand's early history? Professor Paora Tapsell is the co-founder of the website www.maorimaps.com and a leader at the Māori… Read more Audio
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Michael Brown: Disasteradio and the evolution of synth-pop
10:08 AM.Dr Michael Brown is a music researcher who has spent countless hours listening to tracks you have likely never heard. But it's been an evolution for the boy from the Kapiti Coast to music research… Read more Audio
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Gardening gurus Gill and Greg Miles
9:35 AM.We dive into the garden - for many of you, what Labour Weekend is all about. That's certainly true for Gill and Greg Miles. The pair are the owners - and curators - of a tropical garden oasis known as… Read more Audio
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Maungarongo Te Kawa: Artist in the Arctic circle
9:08 AM.Maungarongo (Ron) Te Kawa of Ngati Porou has arrived in Karasjok - the Norwegian Arctic circle. The contemporary takatāpui fabric artist is in the midst of a residency in Norway and was behind a… Read more Audio
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Ted Cheeseman: Can AI and citizen science save our marine mammals?
8:35 AM.Happywhale.com - a global database of of marine mammal images - harnesses the power of citizen science and rapid advancements in AI, to track some of the ocean's largest and most endangered creatures… Read more Audio
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Dave Wood: Intensive care paramedic to high performance coach
8:10 AM.In a few short years, Dave Wood has established himself as a breathing and mindset guru. But his path from die-hard Piha surfer to one of the most sort after coaches in elite sport has been far from… Read more Audio
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Josephine's 150th Birthday
11:50 AM.Josephine is a double ended Fairlie locomotive at Toitū Otago Settlers Museum. Emile Donovan crosses to Mary Dawson at the birthday celebrations and 50 Years of Steam exhibition. Read more Audio
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Settling the Score
11:45 AM.Nick Tipping join Emile Donovan and gives away that we can expect a new piece to come out on top on Settling the Score this year! Read more Audio
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Last sunset at Scott Base
11:35 AM.The sun has just set for the last time until February at Scott Base. Emile Donovan checks in with Summer Field Trainer Blake McDavitt about what they did to celebrate and how the science has been… Read more Audio
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Movie Feature: Singers who try acting
11:10 AM.Some singers seem to slot very naturally into acting, whereas with others it's very clear music is their forte. Emile Donovan gets nostalgic with film and TV reviewer James Croot, and looks at the… Read more Audio
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Music Feature: Fats Domino
10:50 AM.It's five years to the day since Fats Domino died. Dr Kirsten Zemke joins Emile Donovan to talk about his influence on modern rock and roll. Read more Audio
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Tim McKinnel's new documentary, Crime: Need vs. Greed
10:08 AM.Private investigator and former police detective Tim McKinnel explores New Zealand white collar crime in his new documentary: Crime: Need vs. Greed. It airs on TVNZ 1 tomorrow, Tuesday 25th October… Read more Audio
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Panel: What is New Zealand food?
9:35 AM.Tourists often ask where they can go to eat authentic New Zealand food, but it probably isn't the closest takeaway store. We live in a diverse and multi-cultural society, and our food habits reflect… Read more Audio
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Is AI art really art?
9:08 AM.The art community has been divided over whether artificial intelligence art is "the death of art." Jason Allen won the Colorado Fine Art Competition digital category with his AI generated piece called… Read more Audio
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How to write a quiz
8:40 AM.It's harder than you think to write a good quiz, there are nuances and tricks to the trade. Believe It Or Not are New Zealand's largest quiz provider and Brendan Lochead joins Emile to tell their… Read more Audio
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The controversy of Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022
8:20 AM.Qatar's FIFA World Cup starts next month and some have claimed it's the most infamous sporting event since Adolf Hitler hosted the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Thousands of migrant workers have died working… Read more Audio
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Cross to flood zones in Australia
8:10 AM.Emile Donovan crosses live to some of the worst hit flood zones in NSW and Victoria to check how the communities are holding up under the La Nina weather. Read more Audio
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The tale of the Motunui epa
11:38 AM.In the 1970s striking carved panels were found in Taranaki while ditches were being dug. They disappeared from the area, and were discovered when art collector George Ortiz in Geneva decided to sell… Read more Audio
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Spring gardening with Tony Murrell and Fiona Eady
11:04 AM.It's not just spring, it's Labour Weekend, and that always means gardening and planting. Tune in for your spring gardening tips with two of the country's best. Read more Audio
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What Moana Maniapoto has learned hosting Te Ao
10:45 AM.Moana Maniapoto is a familiar name from her work with Moana and the Tribe, or prior to that, Moana and the Moahunters The entertainer and singer has also been, for 35 shows, the host of Te Ao with… Read more Audio
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Brian Ashby, Canterbury's voice of sports
10:20 AM.Cantabrians who follow sport on the radio were sad to hear last month that one of the stalwarts of local broadcasting down the years had called it quits. Brian had covered every Olympic Games since… Read more Audio
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Using social media to keep calm under Covid - and lift morale
10:04 AM.Living in Auckland in Level 3 for so long has been taxing - and continues to be. No wonder some people have been venting their frustrations on social media - even though doing so probably doesn't do… Read more Audio