Lately for Tuesday 20 September 2022
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Sound design a hit at Mount Maunganui restaurant
10:30 PM.Good music enhances the dining experience. Restaurant Fife Lane in Mount Maunganui recently took out the OneMusic Outstanding Ambience and Design Award. Read more Audio
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Cultural items returning to Australia from Otago Museum
10:25 PM.This November six items from the Otago Museum will return to their original home with the Warumungu people in Australia's Northern Territory. Read more Audio
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Measuring seismic activity in Taupō
10:18 PM.The Taupo Volcano alert level has been raised to Alert Level 1 for the first time. But it's not the first time there's been some seismic jostling in the area - so why raise the level now? Dr Finn… Read more Audio
10:18 Measuring seismic activity in Taupō
The Taupō Volcano alert level has been raised to Alert Level 1 for the first time. But it's not the first time there's been some seismic jostling in the area - so why raise the level now?
Dr Finn Illsley Kemp at the University of Wellington explains what's going on underneath.
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10:25 Cultural items returning to Australia from Otago Museum
Museums are changing, and introducing new policies to see the return of culturally significant items.
In line with Otago Museum's policy, six items from the museum will return to their original home with the Warumungu people in Australia's Northern Territory this November.
Robert Morris is the Director of Collections, Research and Education at Otago Museum. He's has been working on the repatriation of these particular items. He tells Karyn how they came to the Otago Museum, and the process to send them home.
Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon
10:30 Sound design a hit at Mount Manganui restaurant
Good music enhances the dining experience. Fife Lane Kitchen & Bar in Mount Manganui recently took out the OneMusic Outstanding Ambience and Design Award.
Co-owner Kat Dippie knows it shouldn't be too loud during your dinner-time conversation. She talks to Karyn about building sound into their space.
Fife Lane restaurant, Whanganui Photo:
10:45 BBC World update with Jonathan Frewin