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How Taylor Swift is uniting the worlds of football and pop music
10:45 PM.This year, thanks to the fans of pop megastar Taylor Swift, the biggest game in American football may reach even more than its 113 million-strong viewership in 2023. Read more Audio
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Spies and intraspecies espionage used to take down wallabies
10:30 PM.Hunters in helicopters were able to wipe out 18 wallabies in Canterbury last week with a secret weapon: the wallabies themselves. Read more Audio
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Critics say Wellington's District Plan lacks ambition
10:18 PM.The Independent Hearing Panel in charge of the city's Plan have been accused of conservative, regressive decision-making that will make new housing even tougher to get built. Read more Audio
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New Zealand's longest-running festival returns for 25th year
9:35 PM.Splore boasts international and local musical acts, as well as a full range of artistic and spiritual experiences. Read more Audio
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Should New Zealand books be 'Americanised' for an overseas readership?
9:15 PM.When Rebecca K Reilly wanted to get her novel published overseas, editors raised questions around the relatability of some of the book's New Zealand quirks. Read more Audio
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Henry Cooke, Kiwi in London
10:45 PM.New Zealand writer Henry Cooke touches base with Nights on the Waitangi Day pub crawl and the upcoming UK general election. Read more Audio
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Napier's Art Deco Festival struts back to its former glory
10:30 PM.After years of cancellations due to Covid and Cyclone Gabrielle, the festival is back and more fashionable than ever. Read more Audio
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Link between internet trolling and psychopathic tendencies
10:18 PM.New research from the University of Queensland suggests online anonymity gives 'keyboard warriors' the opportunity to exhibit sadistic behaviour. Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch
9:30 PM.Hayden Donnell joins Emile Donovan in-studio to discuss the prime minister's Waitangi Day speech snafu, political point-scoring over police numbers, and how media talk about the housing market. Read more Audio
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Agony Aunt Courtney Dawson
9:15 PM.One listener asks: My partner and I are travelling for a friend's lavish European wedding, but I've been left off the guest list. What do I do? Read more Audio
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Could a 'digital twin' be the future of healthcare?
5:30 PM.A project from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute has partnered with the creatives behind James Cameron's Avatar to develop a new way of monitoring health conditions digitally. Read more Audio
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BBC World lookahead with Pete Ross
10:45 PM.BBC reporter Pete Ross takes us through the Chinese Lunar New Year and what's happening in the world's second largest economy, farming protests spreading across Europe and wide-ranging changes to… Read more Audio
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Sports with Suzanne McFadden
10:30 PM.Suzanne McFadden covers Rachin Ravindra's double century against South Africa, what is the future for Dame Noeline Taurua and the Silver Ferns, and who is likely to take out the top prizes at next… Read more Audio
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Christchurch unearths saints kept in coffee jars
10:18 PM.A new exhibition showcases relics found underneath Christchurch's Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, which was badly damaged in the Christchurch earthquakes. Read more Audio
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Whakataukī of the Week with Kingi Snelgar
9:15 PM.Kingi Snelgar counts himself among the kōhanga reo generation, and he's excited to see where te reo will be in ten or twenty years time. Read more Audio
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
10:35 PM.Featuring tracks from Carly Rae Jepsen, Brittany Howard and Problems. Read more Audio
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Bike paths and music come together for free music festival
10:30 PM.Designed to be accessed by bike, scooter or on foot, Future Future includes four stages of music, as well as kai, markets, and workshops. Read more Audio
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Should AI portraits be eligible for an art prize?
10:17 PM.The Australian art world is aflutter with the announcement that the Brisbane Portrait Prize will accept entries that were "whole or in part by artificial intelligence". Read more Audio
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Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
9:30 PM.This week's picks from Dan Slevin include new Sofia Coppola film Priscilla, and two movies about life in freezing conditions: Society of the Snow and Mads Mikkelsen's classic Arctic. Read more Audio
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This Weekend: Lunar New Year celebrations kick off
9:15 PM.Lunar New Year is celebrated by billions of people all over the planet, including in Tāmaki Makaurau. Read more Audio
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Internet Archive embroiled in lawsuit
10:40 PM.It's one of the biggest online repositories of information in the world, but a court case brought by a group of book publishers in America has called its future into question. Read more Audio
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Dotterel minders put in time for endangered shorebird
10:30 PM.Clad in hi-vis, volunteers around the Hibiscus Coast are getting to work to protect the dotterel after a tough breeding season. Read more Audio
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NASA issues warning as stadium-sized asteroid passes by Earth
10:17 PM.Asteroid 2008 OS7 is expected to come within 2.8 million kilometres of Earth. Read more Audio
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Ockham Awards longlist celebrates best in Kiwi books
9:35 PM.New Zealand greats Catherine Chidgey, Damon Salesa and Tusiata Avia have all made the cut - with some exciting newcomers in the mix, too. Read more Audio
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I Was There When: Shortland Street first aired
9:15 PM.Don Reynolds was an executive at South Pacific Pictures when the idea of making a New Zealand soap opera first popped up. Read more Audio