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• How to be dead - Writer Chris Tse

  history author interview

  2 Feb 2015

  

  Interviewing ghosts to redress an injustice; 110 years on writer Chris Tse takes Lynda Chanwai-Earle to the scene of the racially motivated murder of Chinese Gold miner Joe Kum Yung in Wellington's…

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  How to be dead - Writer Chris Tse

• White Ghosts, Yellow Peril - a ground-breaking publication

  author interview books

  26 Jan 2015

  Lynda Chanwai-Earle brings us a story about White Ghosts and Yellow Peril, a new non-fiction publication that reveals some surprising and sometimes unsavoury facts about New Zealand's first contact…

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  White Ghosts, Yellow Peril - a ground-breaking publication

• Monkey Business - a tribute to the late Warwick Broadhead

  arts

  19 Jan 2015

  Classic Chinese mythology is brought to life on Waiheke Island by the late legendary New Zealand performer Warwick Broadhead. Monkey - a solo theatre production might have been the world's longest…

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  Monkey Business - a tribute to the late Warwick Broadhead

• Sattriya Dance - The international language of gesture

  spiritual practices life and society

  13 Nov 2014

  Indian music, food and dance lit up Wellington recently when a renowned dance troupe from northeast India helped celebrate the annual Diwali Festival of Lights. Lynda meets award winning international…

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  Sattriya Dance - The international language of gesture

• Fleeting Beauty - Rangoli Sand Art

  arts

  3 Nov 2014

  The "Rows of Colours" - it's beautiful, intricate and only lasts a day. The Hindi word Rangoli is made up of two words; Rang - meaning "colour" and oli - meaning "rows", the rows of colours. This…

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  Fleeting Beauty - Rangoli Sand Art

• Culturally Motivated Crime in New Zealand

  media life and society

  13 Oct 2014

  Female genital mutilation (FGM): It's illegal in NZ but there are varying types of FGM that range from type 1 to type 3 and many women may regard this practice as part of their culture. Lynda…

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  Culturally Motivated Crime in New Zealand

• Nanaksar Education Phulwari - A bed of flowers

  education life and society

  22 Sep 2014

  Are you a parent and new to the country? Do your toddlers speak only Punjabi? For some new migrants, this crèche is a godsend. Lynda Chanwai-Earle is in Auckland joining playtime with the children of…

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  Nanaksar Education Phulwari - A bed of flowers

• Islam Awareness Week at the Kilbirnie Masjid

  history media

  1 Sep 2014

  Islam Awareness Week 2014 focuses on charity - raising awareness of the lives of people across the globe in need, mindful of the current humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Lynda attends open day at the…

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  Charity begins at home: Gaza and Sara's story