Lately for Tuesday 24 November 2020
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Auckland's Santa retires to Wanaka
10:43 PM.A five-storey figure who graced Queen Street in Auckland once a year for 60 years has been driven out of town.
The city's huge Santa Claus was dismantled for the last time earlier this year and he's… Read more Audio
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Research looks at Māori stories of adoption
10:18 PM.Being adopted into a Pakeha family is something that has shaped Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll's life and identity. Now a lecturer at the University of Canterbury in Maori health and wellbeing, Annabel… Read more Audio
Photo: RNZ
10:20 Research looks at Māori stories of adoption
Being adopted into a Pākehā family is something that shaped the rest of Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll's life and identity. Now a lecturer at the University of Canterbury, Ahuriri-Driscoll (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kauwhata, Rangitāne, Ngāti Kahungunu) is researching the impact of this experience on other Māori adults who were adopted between 1960 and 1976. She joins Lately to discuss her research.
Photo: University of Canterbury
10:45 Auckland's giant Santa retires to Wanaka
A five-storey figure who graced the Queen Street in Auckland once a year for 60 years has been driven out of town.
The huge Santa Claus was dismantled for the last time earlier this year and he's been trucked down to Wanaka to the National Transport and Toy Museum, where he arrived today.
Museum owner Jason Rhodes explains why he bought the statue for $1.
Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly