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Here Now
What do 27% of NZers all have in common? They were born overseas. Here Now is about the journeys people make to New Zealand, their identities and perspectives, all of which shape their life here. Here Now was previously titled Voices and is produced and presented by Kadambari Raghukumar.
Mondays 3:30pm. Repeats at 5:15am on Saturdays and 6:40pm on Sundays
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From Russia with love
Melana Khabazi’s love affair with dance helped the 26-year-old Russian discover her spiritual home half a world away from where she was born.
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Finding his feet in New Zealand through his hands
25 May 2020A Filipino photographer's new life in Aotearoa was turned around after he discovered a new way to grow connections with community and land. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar Read more Audio, Gallery
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Linking two worlds during lockdown
18 May 2020Raising funds to help those in need during Ramadan can be even harder in lockdown. That certainly isn't stopping three people from across the world who call New Zealand home. Produced by Kadambari… Read more Audio
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Marking Girmit Day
11 May 2020141 years ago on 14 May, the Leonidas arrived in Fiji - the first ship carrying indentured workers from India. Reflecting back on that day, what significance does that painful history hold for the… Read more Audio
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Coping through collaboration - Lockdown Gharana
4 May 2020With a string of gigs cancelled and being compelled to stay home during lockdown, how are touring musicians coping? Lockdown Gharana shows that in collaboration lies their coping mechanism. Produced… Read more Audio
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Newly resettled refugees and the lockdown
20 Apr 2020Newly resettled former refugees who've just begun to find their feet in their new communities across New Zealand are getting by in lockdown with the help of volunteers from Red Cross. Produced by… Read more Audio
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Looking back during the lockdown - 26 years since the Rwanda genocide
6 Apr 2020How do you mark and reflect upon a life-changing event while in lockdown? April 6th 1994 - the day when brewing ethnic hatred came to a head in Rwanda and opened the floodgates for a massacre lasting… Read more Audio
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Covid-19 lockdown bringing community spaces and services to a standstill
30 Mar 2020How is the Covid-19 lockdown affecting some vital cultural and social spaces within the communities? For an Auckland woman whose entire life revolves around community - running, organizing and… Read more Audio
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Nun of the Century
23 Mar 2020Sister Irenaeus just recently turned a grand 100 years old. Reflecting on what it means to have seen an entire century's worth of events unfold, she shares the secret of her long innings. Read more Audio
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When feminism meets faith on a bus
16 Mar 2020What happens when three women - a Jew, Christian and Muslim, meet on a bus? A deep exchange on feminism and faith ensues to foster understanding of each other's cultures - fueled by copious amounts of… Read more Audio
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Using the Christchurch mosque attacks to inspire across generations
9 Mar 2020After the mosque attacks in Christchurch on March 15 - a year ago this week - two former refugees from across two generations had their paths intersect. How have their lives changed a year on… Read more Audio
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents: We Can't Speak the Same Language
In this episode of Voices; the hosts of the podcast series Conversations with my Immigrant Parents turn their mics on their own mums. Produced by Saraid De Silva Cameron and Julie Zhu. Read more Audio
Here Now
A new episode every Monday on podcast platforms, at rnz.co.nz/here-now and as part of Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan on RNZ National at 3:30pm on Mondays.
Here Now was previously titled Voices and is produced and presented by Kadambari Raghukumar. In 2023 Voices won three bronze awards at the NZ Podcast Awards and was a finalist in Best Weekly Factual category in the NZ Radio Awards.
Mondays 3:30pm. Repeats at 5:15am on Saturdays and 6:40pm on Sundays
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Produced by Kadambari Gladding (Kadambari Raghukumar)
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