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Tim Crouch: living Shakespeare
Award winning UK actor and playwright who is visiting Auckland in partnership with the British Council to present his solo show, I, Peaseblossom, the story of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream… Read more Audio
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Lucy Lawless
The Evil Dead was a 1981 American film written and directed by Sam Raimi. The new version is Ash vs Evil Dead, a TV series filmed in New Zealand and starring Kiwi actor Lucy Lawless. Read more Audio
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Wetland wanderings in the Whangamarino
Alison Ballance joins freshwater fish expert Stella McQueen in one of New Zealand’s largest bogs – the Waikato’s Whangamarino wetland – in search of fernbirds, spotless crake and mudfish Read more Audio
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A warning shot for journalists?
The police ruffled feathers in the media by rifling through the home of a TV journalist this week. She had bought a gun to prove a point and break a story. But they say she broke they law and will be… Read more Audio
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Marlon James
Author of A Brief History of Seven Killings - it's a book that has created a sensation. Read more Audio
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The Porirua People's Library: sharing ideas instead of books
Rather than lending books, the Porirua Peoples Library is a place where people lend their time, sharing their stories and knowledge and skills with other members of the community. It's only been… Read more Audio
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Our Own Odysseys: mobility chair to mountain peaks
A Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis didn't deter Massey PhD student Nick Allen from getting fit enough to spend two months climbing peaks in India and Nepal. Read more Audio
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Marcus King: Painting New Zealand for the World
He created some of New Zealand's best known images but few would recognise his name. Marcus King painted The Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, as well as dozens of tourism posters portraying New… Read more Audio, Gallery