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  • Avatar: Unobtainium

    Audio
    science movies
    3 Jun 2024
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    Greedy corporations seeking Unobtainium are the bad guys in James Cameron's Avatar movie franchise. Associate Professor Nicola Gaston discusses the parallels between the fictional mineral and solid… Audio

  • Trump's attacks on US justice system could be useful to Putin

    News
    World world politics
    3 Jun 2024
    Former President Donald Trump comments to members of the media after being found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree at Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in New York. Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes as a New York jury found him guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

    As Trump made unfounded claims his trial was "rigged", Putin was probably "rubbing his hands with glee", expert says.

    Trump's attacks on US justice system after guilty verdict could be useful to autocrats like Putin
  • Good News: Stories that cheered us up for the week 27 May - 2 June

    News
    New Zealand
    2 Jun 2024
    Good news logo

    The lucky find of four baby tuatara, planting to boost biodiversity and a rally for citizenship for Samoan elders are among this week's feel-good stories from RNZ.

    Good News: Stories that cheered us up for the week 27 May - 2 June
  • Did we have to have the interest rate pain?

    News
    Business money
    2 Jun 2024
    New Zealand banknotes, pen and calculator on background with rising trend green line

    Interest rates went up to get inflation down. But are there other ways this could be achieved?

    Did we have to have the interest rate pain?
  • Chinese spacecraft reaches far side of the Moon

    News
    World science
    2 Jun 2024
    Technical personnel work at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) in Beijing, capital of China, June 2, 2024. China's Chang'e-6 touched down on the far side of the moon on Sunday morning, and will collect samples from this rarely explored terrain for the first time in human history, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced.   Supported by the Queqiao-2 relay satellite, the lander-ascender combination of the Chang'e-6 probe successfully landed at the designated landing area at 6:23 a.m. (Beijing Time) in the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang) (Photo by JIN LIWANG / XINHUA / Xinhua via AFP)

    The landing elevates China's space power status in a global rush to the Moon.

    China lands on Moon's far side in historic sample-retrieval mission
  • The Tardis has landed: A special mystery guest reviewer visits Doctor Who exhibition

    Audio 2 Jun 2024
    Doctor Who: Worlds of Wonder exhibition in Pōneke

    From hanging out with Daleks and Weeping Angels to the many different iterations of the sonic screwdriver - costumes, props, gadgets and gizmos from the world’s longest running sci-fi series have… Video, Audio

  • The headlines we didn’t read

    Audio
    media
    2 Jun 2024
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    Mary Argue is back guiding us through the latest weird and wonderful headlines from the world of science. Audio

  • Delhi's record temperature was wrong by 3C, India says

    News
    World climate
    2 Jun 2024
    Children play with water during a hot summer day amid severe heatwave in New Delhi on May 31, 2024. Extreme temperatures across India are having their worst impact in the country's teeming megacities, experts said on May 30, warning that the heat is fast becoming a public health crisis. India is enduring a crushing heatwave with temperatures in several cities sizzling well above 45 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP)

    However the city's record for heat still appears to have been broken.

    Delhi's record temperature last week was wrong by 3C, India says
  • Warnings about pyramid scammer's new investment scheme

    News
    New Zealand crime
    2 Jun 2024
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    A woman who said she would make history as "one of the biggest scammers in New Zealand" is believed to back in the game.

    Convicted pyramid schemer Shelly Cullen may be promoting new ‘investment’ - Commerce Commission
  • Long-running bid to make big tech pay for news hits a snag

    Audio
    media politics
    2 Jun 2024
    Stuff reports the latest twist.

    The media minister says a proposed law to get Google and Facebook pay for local news is not dead, but this week a Parliamentary committee and its government MPs did not support it. The government’s…

    Coming up

  • Long-running bid to make big tech pay for news hits a snag

    News
    Mediawatch media
    2 Jun 2024
    Stuff reports the latest twist.

    The media minister says a proposed law to get Google and Facebook pay for local news is not dead, but this week a Parliamentary committee and its government MPs did not support it. The government’s…

    Audio

    Long-running bid to make big tech pay for news hits a snag
  • China spacecraft to try to land on Moon's far side

    News
    World space
    2 Jun 2024
    The Chang'e-6 probe was successfully launched by a Long March-5 carrier rocket from Wenchang Spaceport in Wenchang, Hainan Province on 3 May, 2024.

    The Chang'e 6 mission aims to collect precious rock and soil from this region for the first time in history.

    China spacecraft to try to land on Moon's far side
  • Single gene behind a disorder that causes intellectual disability - study

    News
    World disability
    2 Jun 2024
    A toddler climbing in a playground.

    Scientists have found the genetic root of a disorder that causes intellectual disability, which they estimate affects as many as one in 20,000 young people.

    Researchers find a single gene behind a disorder that causes intellectual disability
  • How you can help DOC find out more about Māui dolphin deaths

    News
    New Zealand conservation
    1 Jun 2024
    Māui dolphins

    The Department of Conservation is asking hardy winter beachgoers to report sightings of dead or stranded Māui dolphins.

    How you can help DOC find out more about Māui dolphin deaths
  • Government's freshwater bill will result in more polluted waterways, critics say

    News
    Politics environment
    1 Jun 2024
    FOR WATER TAX story - Generic water from farm

    A bill changing freshwater protection rules is prompting more accusations of the coalition government prioritising profit over protection.

    Government's freshwater bill will result in more polluted waterways, critics say
  • Historic swarm of cicadas disrupting the peace, and food chain

    Audio
    environment animals
    1 Jun 2024
    Cicada Brood XIX

    A phenomenon that hasn't occurred since 1803 is in full swing. Trillions of periodical cicadas are emerging in a rare double event. Brood XIX and XIII are either above ground, or emerging in 17… Audio

  • Line by line: The coalition's Budget cuts in one list

    News
    Politics Budget 2024
    1 Jun 2024
    Nicola Willis reveals the cover of Budget 2024

    The government has made a virtue of its tax cuts being paid for through 240 savings and reprioritisations, unveiled in Thursday's budget. Here's what's been cut, by how much.

    Line by line: The coalition's Budget cuts in one list
  • Students compete in 'insane' challenges to win car

    News
    New Zealand Canterbury
    31 May 2024
    Canterbury University students are seeing who can hold onto a new Suzuki Swift Hybrid the longest - with the winner taking home the car worth about $20,000.

    Eating raw onions, stacking V cans and attempting to put a shirt on with just one arm are just some of the challenges the competitors have faced. Audio

    University students spend afternoon with hand on $20k car in hopes of taking it home
  • The Global Jukebox: sharing the music of many cultures

    Audio
    music
    31 May 2024
    The Global Jukebox graphic

    Dr Patrick Savage, Science Officer for The Global Jukebox project, talks with Bryan Crump about the free, interactive online database of coded songs from more than a thousand cultures around the… Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

  • 2024年财政预算案细则一览

    News
    RNZ中文 RNZ中文 精选新闻
    31 May 2024
    Stylised illustration of coins falling into glass jar shaped as the Beehive

    最新财政预算案于5月30日公布,本文对政府收支细节进行初步整理。

    2024年财政预算案细则一览
  • Budget at a glance: Spending and savings - what you need to know

    News
    New Zealand Politics
    31 May 2024
    Stylised illustration of coins falling into glass jar shaped as the Beehive

    The coalition is confident Budget 2024 is just what was promised: tax relief for the squeezed middle and reduced spending. Here's the main spending and savings.

    Budget 2024 at a glance: What you need to know
  • Partial count in South Africa election puts ruling ANC below 50% as country senses monumental change

    News
    World
    31 May 2024
    South African President Cyril Ramaphosa casts his ballot Wednesday May 29, 2024 for the general elections in Soweto, South Africa. South Africans are voting in an election seen as their country's most important in 30 years, and one that could put them in unknown territory in the short history of their democracy, the three-decade dominance of the African National Congress party being the target of a new generation of discontent in a country of 62 million people — half of whom are estimated to be living in poverty. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

    The ANC had the most votes by some way and was well ahead in the early results, as expected.

    Partial count in South Africa election puts ruling ANC below 50% as country senses monumental change
  • Batman: The Caped Crusader

    Audio
    science media
    31 May 2024
    Movie still from the 1988 Tim Burton version of Batman starring Michael Keaton

    Rodrigo Martinez Gazoni chats with Bryan Crump about the scientific plausibility of Batman's cape and some of his other gadgets. Audio

  • 'Assault on nature': Environment loses in Budget 2024

    News
    Politics Budget 2024
    30 May 2024
    stormwater drain, stream

    The government's only new environmental funding will go to resource management reforms, which have been relaxing rules for natural protection.

    Budget 2024: 'Assault on nature' as government cuts funding for environmental programmes
  • Budget 2024: Winners and losers

    News
    New Zealand Politics
    30 May 2024
    Stylised illustration of knife cutting through stack of money on chopping board surrounded by vegetables

    Who is set to gain and who is missing out as a result of this year's Budget? RNZ takes a look.

    Budget 2024: Winners and losers
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