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At the Movies for 12 August 2020
Podcast episode — 12 August 2020Simon Morris reviews a quirky New Zealand comedy and a Netflix comic-book superhero movie. He also talks to award-winning editor John Gilbert about the effect of the lockdown on the world film industry.
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At the Movies for 12 August 2020
Simon Morris reviews a quirky New Zealand comedy and a Netflix comic-book superhero movie. He also talks to award-winning editor John Gilbert about the effect of the lockdown on the world film… Audio
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Air NZ boss hopes disruption will not be 'lengthy and difficult'
Air New Zealand has been preparing for how it will operate under Level 3 and Level 2 conditions.
The airline has rolled out a mandatory mask-wearing policy for all flights leaving Auckland.
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Netball's ANZ Premiership shut down
The final round of netball's ANZ premiership has been called off due to change in Covid-19 alert levels around the country.
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Review: Laurel Canyon
The golden age of LA rock is glowingly brought to life in a two-part documentary, reviewed by Dan Slevin. Video
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Vanuatu repatriation flights delayed
Air Vanuatu has delayed repatriation flights, which were due to commence tomorrow, while its Covid-19 safety protocols are reviewed.
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Review: Dolly Parton - Here I Am
The Netflix documentary Dolly Parton: Here I Am should show audiences that Ms Parton is one of the greatest talents in American music, says Dan Slevin.
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Book Review - The Tally Stick by Carl Nixon
Louise O'Brien reviews The Tally Stick by Carl Nixon, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
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Leader interviews: Ardern's vision not 'defined' by Covid-19
Labour's campaign slogan "Let's Keep Moving" is hardly the most inspirational but reflects the conservative game plan - trade on the Covid response and stay on track. Video
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Book review - The Girl in the Mirror by Rose Carlyle
Audio 10 Aug 2020Catriona Ferguson reviews The Girl in the Mirror by Rose Carlyle, published by Allen & Unwin. Audio
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Hooked on Books!
Melissa Wastney from Read NZ joined us to explain what the Online Platform, Hooked on Books can do for young New Zealand readers and reviewers. Audio
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Tim Saunders: This Farming Life
'An unsentimental yet lyrical love letter to the land' is how reviewer Linda Burgess describes Fielding farmer, Tim Saunders' new book This Farming Life. Tim also writes poetry and won the 2018… Audio
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Book review - Miss Aluminium by Susanna Moore
Marcus Greville from Unity Books, Wellington, reviews Miss Aluminium by Susanna Moore. Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd. In 1963 after the death of her mother, seventeen-year-old Susanna Moore… Audio
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Book review - In the Time of Foxes by Jo Lennan
Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb of University Book Shop, Dunedin, reviews In the Time of Foxes by Jo Lennan. Published by Simon & Schuster. Wonderfully crafted short stories, written with a fresh original voice… Audio
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Book review - Dominicana by Angie Cruz
Carole Beu, The Women's Bookshop, reviews Dominicana by Angie Cruz, published by Flatiron Books. Short-listed for this year's prestigious Women's Prize for Fiction. Ana is 15, obliged to marry a man… Audio
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Sir Jonathon Porritt: A decade to confront the climate emergency
Sir Jonathon Porritt lays out the science that has led to a new sense of exasperation in his book, Hope in Hell: A Decade to Confront the Climate Emergency. Audio
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Catherine Robertson's new venture: Opening a bookshop
Audio 4 Aug 2020Novelist, reviewer and Writer in Residence at Victoria University, Catherine Robertson, tells Jesse about opening her own bookshop. Audio
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Book review - Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh
Kiran Dass of Time Out Bookstore reviews Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
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Book review - Kiwi School Days: Interviews and Memoirs
Leilani Tamu reviews Kiwi School Days: Interviews and Memoirs 1927-2019. A multi-cultural perspective, Volume 3 by Ross Sutton. Published by Ross Sutton. Audio
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Call for Defence Force to apologise to villages where civilians were killed
The New Zealand Defence Force is being urged to apologise to the villages in Afghanistan where it killed civilians in 2010.
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Operation Burnham: Decisions that led to child's death justified, inquiry finds
A child was killed during Operation Burnham in 2010, but an inquiry has found the operation that led to their death was justified under international law. Video
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Operation Burnham report: NZDF 'deeply sorry' for misleading ministers and public
The chief of the Defence Force has apologised after inaccurate information was given to the public, saying the mistake continued "for a number of years". Video
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Book review - When She Was Good by Michael Robotham
Sally Wenley reviews When She Was Good by Michael Robotham, published by Hachette. Audio
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Book review - A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom by John Boyne
Elisabeth Easther reviews A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom by John Boyne, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
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Book review - Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
Tamsin Martin of Scorpio Books, Christchurch, reviews Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore, published by HarperCollins. Audio
