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  • Movie review: 'For Sama' is simply amazing

    Audio
    movies
    12 Feb 2020
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    The Oscar-nominated war documentary For Sama is co-directed by Syrian film-maker Waad al-Kateab and dedicated to her baby daughter. It's deserving of every accolade, says Simon Morris. Video, Audio

  • Movie review: 'For Sama' is simply amazing

    News
    At the Movies movies
    12 Feb 2020
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    The Oscar-nominated war documentary For Sama is co-directed by Syrian film-maker Waad al-Kateab and dedicated to her baby daughter. It's deserving of every accolade, says Simon Morris.

    Video, Audio

    Movie review: 'For Sama' is simply amazing
  • Book review - Social Media by Mary Macpherson

    Audio
    books
    12 Feb 2020

    Harry Ricketts reviews Social Media by Mary Macpherson, a New Zealand poetry collection published by The Cuba Press. Audio

  • Book review - Family Instructions Upon Release

    Audio
    books
    11 Feb 2020
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    Phil Vine reviews Family Instructions Upon Release by Elizabeth Kirkby-McLeod, published by The Cuba Press. Audio

  • Southland coming to grips with scale of flood damage

    News
    New Zealand weather
    10 Feb 2020
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    Southland is still in a state of emergency as farmers say another shower is needed to help clean the muddy paddocks. The road to Milford Sound for tourists is unlikely to open any time soon. Audio

    Southland coming to grips with scale of flood damage
  • Book review - American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

    Audio
    books
    10 Feb 2020
    Jeanine Cummins

    Cindy Kiro reviews American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins, published by Hachette NZ. Audio

  • Author behind book JoJo Rabbit based on in Hollywood for Oscars

    Audio
    arts
    10 Feb 2020
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    JoJo Rabbit, the film written and directed by Taika Waititi is up for six Oscars later today, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.

    The movie is based on a book by Belgian New Zealander… Audio

  • “Legal” corrruption and inequality – two intertwined issues corroding our sense of nationhood

    Audio
    crime
    9 Feb 2020
    Corruption

    Corruption at government level and within society is discussed by Assoc. Prof. Tim Kuhner from the University of Auckland during the 2019 Raising the Bar night. Audio

  • Book review - Best of 2019

    Audio
    books
    7 Feb 2020
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    Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews her favourite reads of last year: Will and Testament by Vigdis Hjorth (Bloomsbury, $23), No Friend But the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani (Pan Macmillan, $25)… Audio

  • Midweek Mediawatch: 5 February 2020

    Audio
    media
    5 Feb 2020
    Former World Trade Organisation chief Mike Moore speaks at a press conference 14 February 2000 in Singapore.

    Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talks to Bryan Crump about RNZ's big music shake-up. Also - the media memorialising Mike Moore, an ODT reporter's sudden departure -…

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  • Midweek Mediawatch: 5 February 2020

    News
    Mediawatch media
    5 Feb 2020
    Former World Trade Organisation chief Mike Moore speaks at a press conference 14 February 2000 in Singapore.

    Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talks to Bryan Crump about RNZ's big music shake-up. Also - the media memorialising Mike Moore, an ODT reporter's sudden departure -…

    Audio

    Midweek Mediawatch: 5 February 2020
  • Book review - Best of 2019

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    books
    5 Feb 2020
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    Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore with her favourite books of 2019: Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellman (Text Publishing) and Childhood by Tove Ditlevesen (Penguin). Lucy Ellmann's Ducks, Newburyport is… Audio

  • Book review - Best of 2019

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    books
    4 Feb 2020
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    Elisabeth Easther with her top picks from last year: Pathway of the Birds by Andrew Crowe (David Bateman Ltd), The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (Hachette), and a round-up of Ann Patchett books. Audio

  • New Zealanders going through rigorous testing before flight from Wuhan

    News
    New Zealand Covid-19
    4 Feb 2020
    New Zealand resident Lily GAO and her two and half year old daughter Elysse are one of those who stuck in Wuhan.

    New Zealanders stranded in Wuhan due to the city's deadly coronavirus outbreak will later today undergo rigorous testing before boarding a government-chartered plane to fly home.

    New Zealanders going through rigorous testing before flight from Wuhan
  • Book review - Best of 2019

    Audio
    books
    3 Feb 2020
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    Sonja de Friez with her best magical realism reads:The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (Penguin,$38), and Margaret Mahy's The Tricksters and The Changeover (both published by Hachette). Audio

  • Australians told not to travel to mainland China due to coronavirus

    News
    World Covid-19
    2 Feb 2020
    A medical staff member checking a patient infected by the novel coronavirus in an isolation ward at a hospital in Zouping in China's eastern Shandong province.

    Australia has upgraded its travel advice in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak to include all of mainland China to level four, "do not travel", Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced.

    Australians told not to travel to mainland China due to coronavirus
  • Today’s sports news: What you need to know

    News
    Sport
    1 Feb 2020
    MELBOURNE, VIC - JANUARY 29: Dominic Thiem of Austria returns the ball during the quarterfinals of the 2020 Australian Open on January 29 2020, at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Jason Heidrich/Icon Sportswire)

    In today's sports news - Thiem ends Zverev's Australian Open run, Nike running shoes banned and Brumbies open season with narrow win.

    Today’s sports news: What you need to know
  • Major blow to Democrats at Trump impeachment trial

    News
    World
    1 Feb 2020
    US president Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 21, 2020.

    US President Donald Trump seems bound for acquittal in his impeachment trial after a closely watched Republican senator opposed calling more witnesses.

    Trump impeachment: Major blow for Democrats in witnesses battle
  • Book review - Best of 2019

    Audio
    books
    31 Jan 2020
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    Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews her top picks of 2019: The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold and Gun Love by Jennifer Clement (both published by Penguin). Audio

  • Book review - Best of 2019

    Audio
    books
    30 Jan 2020
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    Louise Ward of Wardini Books with her top picks from 2019: Running With Sherman by Christopher McDougall (Allen & Unwin), The History Speech by Mark Sweet (Huia), and The Good Thieves by Katherine… Audio

  • Auckland Council in talks with Rainbow Tick over controversial event

    News
    New Zealand
    29 Jan 2020
    LGBT rainbow flag (file photo)

    Auckland Council's handling of an event hosted by a group described as anti-trans will not be reviewed by Rainbow Tick until its re-certification period rolls around.

    Auckland Council in talks with Rainbow Tick over controversial event
  • The Panel with Niki Bezzant and Bill Ralston (Part 1)

    Audio 29 Jan 2020

    Govt details $12b infrastructure spend; Keep superannuation age at 65 for future generations - review; Trump still popular in polls despite 'horror story' new book. Audio

  • Govt to team up with Australians to get NZers out of Wuhan

    News
    New Zealand Covid-19
    29 Jan 2020
    Staff members take passengers' body temperature at Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 21, 2020.

    New Zealand will team up with Australia to get citizens out of the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed.

    Wuhan coronavirus: Govt to team up with Australians to get NZers out of city
  • Book review - Best of 2019

    Audio
    books
    29 Jan 2020
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    Louise O'Brien with her favourite books from 2019: The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox (Victoria University Press), To Calais, in Ordinary Time by James Meek (Allen and Unwin) and Big Sky by Kate… Audio

  • Book review - Best of 2019

    Audio
    books
    28 Jan 2020
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    Ralph McAllister with his picks for the best books of 2019: Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconner (Hachette NZ), Find Me by André Aciman (Faber), The Offing by Benjamin Myers (Bloomsbury). Audio

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