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Optimism? Pessimism? What should we feel about the climate crisis?
3 Apr 2022At the time of the COP26 summit held in Glasgow, Kim Hill speaks with journalist Tom Doig and veteran scientist Dave Lowe about the climate crisis. A highlight of 2021 Word Christchurch. Read more Audio
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An adventurous life can mean different things for women, from running in the New York marathon to soothing a wakeful child at night
27 Mar 2022Dr Hinemoa Elder, Kyle Mewburn, Anjum Rahman, Julie Zarifeh and Emily Writes explore very different aspects of courage and adventure in their lives. They talk with Jo Malcolm. Read more Audio
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'Caught between the endless ocean and an unseeing earth, we chose life' – Tampa refugee Abbas Nazari
6 Mar 2022In 2001, the Norwegian freighter Tampa - crammed with more than 400 asylum-seekers rescued from a sinking fishing boat - was turned away from Australia. Abbas Nazari, aged seven, was onboard. Read more Audio
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Ian Rankin’s latest work of tartan noir completes the unfinished novel of another Scottish crime writer
27 Feb 2022Ian Rankin, the creator of Inspector Rebus, talks live from Edinburgh with New Zealand crime writer Vanda Symon at Word Christchurch 2021. Read more Audio
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“Society would label him a gangster, but I was honoured to see the little boy” – Matt Brown
20 Feb 2022Christchurch barber Mataio (Matt) Brown wrote She is Not Your Rehab with his wife Sarah. They discuss the book and the global anti-violence movement it has spawned at 2021 WORD Christchurch. Read more Audio
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1984 Trades Hall bombing a defining moment in the life of unionist Helen Kelly
13 Feb 2022Unionist Helen Kelly left a huge impact on New Zealand's political and industrial landscapes. Helen's biographer Rebecca Macfie speaks with Jo Malcolm about her life, times and legacy. Read more Audio
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The whakapapa of a story from imagination to understanding, laid out by Lyttelton poet Ben Brown
6 Feb 2022Ben Brown (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Koroki, Ngāti Paoa) speaks about the power of imagination and its deep roots in te ao Māori at the 2021 WORD Christchurch Festival. Read more Audio
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Exactly 100 years after the birth of radio in NZ, Sarah Johnston looks back at its early decades
19 Nov 2021Sound historian Sarah Johnston explores 100 years of radio in a talk at the National Library, focusing on the early decades and the innovative World War II radio Mobile Unit recordings. Read more Audio
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How Billy Goats Gruff can help children understand the world - and change it: Prof. Peter O’Connor
10 Oct 2021In an update of his 2017 talk, Prof. Peter O'Connor explores the complexities of terrorism from an educator's perspective. From the online version of Auckland University's Raising the Bar. Read more Video, Audio
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Psychology can help us form herd immunity against misinformation - marketing expert Dr Mike Lee
3 Oct 2021Marketing expert Dr Mike Lee has kept a ten-year watch on the anti-vaccination movement. In this illuminating talk, he explores how we could develop herd immunity against harmful misinformation. Read more Video, Audio
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Siouxsie Wiles on Covid-19, women in science and being called a Satanist
19 Sep 2021Science communicator Siouxsie Wiles spoke about Covid-19, conspiracy theories and how being a goth teenager led her into microbiology, at the 2021 NZ International Science Festival. Read more Audio
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'Gene editing does feature in Māori narratives. What I’m wary of is people running off and weaponising that.'
12 Sep 2021A team of experts discuss the future of gene editing to control pests, and how it connects with mātauranga Māori. A highlight of the NZ International Science Festival from July 2021. Read more Audio
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