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  • Multiple failures before helicopter crash that killed 7

    News
    New Zealand transport
    23 May 2019
    A recovery team made it onto Fox Glacier during a break in the weather on 25 November 2015.

    Transport investigators have found numerous failures by both the operator and aviation watchdog in the lead up to a helicopter crash on Fox Glacier which killed all seven on board.

    Multiple failures in lead up to Fox Glacier helicopter crash that killed 7
  • Govt to announce cannabis referendum question

    News
    Politics
    6 May 2019
    50549923 - marijuana background. cannabis joint, bud in plastic bag and hemp leaves on wooden table. addictive drug or alternative medicine.

    The government has formed a consensus on what form next year's cannabis referendum will take, and plans to announce it tomorrow.

    Cannabis referendum: Government to announce consensus on question
  • NZ Music Month at Dunedin’s Hocken Collections

    Audio 6 May 2019
    No caption

    Otago University’s research library, archive and art gallery, Hocken Collections has a number of special events taking place throughout NZ Music Month.

    Coming up

  • Helicopter crew members survive crash after swimming to shore

    News
    New Zealand
    24 Apr 2019
    Two helicopters transports three rescued crew members to Southland Hospital in Invercargill, where their will be assessed.

    Three helicopter crew members who survived a crash in the subantarctic ocean have been flown to Invercargill where they walked unaided into Southland Hospital for check-ups. Audio

    Helicopter crash in Auckland Islands: Three crew members found alive
  • Concerns over single brand move for epilepsy sufferers

    News
    New Zealand health
    16 Apr 2019
    No caption

    Epilepsy New Zealand is raising concerns about Pharmac changing its funding to just a single brand of Lamotrigine epilepsy medication.

    Concerns over single brand move for epilepsy sufferers
  • Today's sports news: What you need to know

    News
    Sport
    22 Mar 2019
    Sharks skipper Paul Gallen

    In today's sports news Paul Gallen to retire from NRL

    Today's sports news: What you need to know
  • Today's sports news: What you need to know

    News
    Sport
    22 Mar 2019
    Young New Zealand driver Marcus Armstrong.

    In today's sports news - Young Kiwi driver impresses in Europe

    Today's sports news: What you need to know
  • Benneydale vs Te Māniaiti: Entire town against name change

    News
    In Depth
    6 Mar 2019
    Graeme Reinhardt

    Should a King Country town change its name? Susan Strongman heads to the heartland and can't find a single person who backs a new proposal.

    Benneydale vs Te Māniaiti: Entire town against name change
  • The Verlaines vent their Spleen

    Audio
    music
    6 Mar 2019
    The Verlaines at 2016 NZ Festival

    Music commentator Graeme Downes joins us for the last time before he takes a sabbatical with a very personal look at the Verlaines 10th studio album Dunedin Spleen, to be released on May 10. Video, Audio

  • All signs pointing to DOC's predicted 'mega mast'

    News
    New Zealand environment
    1 Mar 2019
    Forest of native trees - New Zealand

    The Department of Conservation has been working to confirm the size of the mast and preparations are well underway for controlling rodents if they reach threat levels. Video

    All signs pointing to predicted 'mega mast' which will fuel predator numbers
  • Fatal jet boat crash was during annual race

    News
    New Zealand Otago
    24 Feb 2019
    Clutha river near where the crash happened.

    A jet boat that crashed near Hawea this afternoon, leaving one person dead and another with moderate injuries, was racing in the annual Otago Rivers Race.

    Jet boat crash near Hawea leaves one person dead
  • Music with Graeme Downes

    Audio
    music
    20 Feb 2019
    Graeme Downs

    Music correspondent Graeme Downs focuses on two songs from Canadian-American roots rock group The Band: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down and The Weight. Audio

  • Auckland business owners disappointed by convention centre delay

    News
    Business Auckland Region
    13 Feb 2019
    SkyCity Convention Centre construction

    Auckland businesses and hotels are feeling the pinch from repeated delays to the opening of New Zealand's largest convention centre.

    Auckland business owners disappointed by convention centre delay
  • SkyCity first half net profit down 11%

    News
    Business
    13 Feb 2019
    SkyCity signage

    SkyCity Entertainment has reported a weaker first half profit as it earned less from its high roller business and flagged further delays for its convention centre.

    SkyCity first half net profit down 11%
  • Aria Sports Day: a time-honoured community event in the King Country

    Audio
    farming Waikato
    8 Feb 2019
    No caption

    On Waitangi Day, hundreds of King Country residents gathered in the tiny town of Aria for its 115th annual sports day. Some came to compete in dog trials, motocross and egg & spoon races. Some, like… Audio, Gallery

  • Aria Sports Day: a time-honoured community event in the King Country

    News
    Country Life farming
    8 Feb 2019
    No caption

    On Waitangi Day, hundreds of King Country residents gathered in the tiny town of Aria for its 115th annual sports day. Some came to compete in dog trials, motocross and egg & spoon races. Some, like…

    Audio

    Aria Sports Day: a time-honoured community event in the King Country
  • Joni Mitchell: Reckless Daughter

    Audio
    music
    23 Jan 2019
    Joni Mitchell Don Juan's Reckless Daughter

    Graeme Downes has been listening to Don Juan's Reckless Daughter a 1977 double album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Graeme Downes is a musicologist and senior lecturer in the Department… Audio

  • Striking a chord

    Audio
    music
    11 Jan 2019
    Graeme Downs

    Music! It's a world of endless complexity, limitless possibilities ... over the course of human history we've written millions of songs, concertos, jams and ditties.  Audio

  • 'Mega mast' prompts biggest ever DOC 1080 drops

    News
    New Zealand Country
    10 Jan 2019
    When beech trees flower and produce large amounts of seed it provides food for pests such as rats.

    Forest and Bird is calling on the Department of Conservation to ramp up its responses to what's being called a mega mast, which could unleash a plague of predators on threatened native species.

    'Mega mast' prompts biggest ever DOC 1080 drops
  • Mediawatch Midweek 19 December 2018

    Audio
    media
    19 Dec 2018
    Graeme Hill, host of Weekend Variety Wireless  - on a station doing away with variety on the wireless.

    Mediawatch's regular catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock chats to Karyn Hay about Grace Millane coverage, murder podcast enthusiasm, A Spinoff series spinning out of control on the author… Video, Audio

  • Mediawatch Midweek 19 December 2018

    News
    Mediawatch media
    19 Dec 2018
    Graeme Hill, host of Weekend Variety Wireless  - on a station doing away with variety on the wireless.

    Mediawatch's regular catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock chats to Karyn Hay about Grace Millane coverage, murder podcast enthusiasm, A Spinoff series spinning out of control on the author…

    Video, Audio

    Mediawatch Midweek 19 December 2018
  • Musical endings and new beginnings

    Audio
    music
    19 Dec 2018
    The late Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks, Brue Springsteen and Beethoven

    Musicologist Graeme Downes marks the recent death of Pete Shelley, founder of the Buzzcocks, by sharing something of the great musical wit we've lost. There's also room for some Bruce Springsteen… Audio

  • Quote of the Year: Simon Bridges' Paula 'Benefit' gaffe

    News
    New Zealand
    13 Dec 2018
    Simon Bridges and Paula Bennett, during the press conference regarding the Jami-Lee Ross tape

    A slip of the tongue by National Party leader Simon Bridges has become the winner of this year's best quote.

    Quote of the Year: Simon Bridges' Paula 'Benefit' gaffe
  • Australia chasing record for first test win

    News
    Sport
    9 Dec 2018
    Nathan Lyon

    Australia will set an Adelaide Oval record if they manage to win the first test against India, having been set an imposing target of 323 on day four.

    Australia chasing record for first test win
  • Coach and athlete exchanged sexually explicit messages

    News
    New Zealand
    5 Dec 2018
    Outside the Auckland District Court on Albert Street.

    The jury in the trial of a sports coach accused of sexually abusing a female athlete has seen sexually explicit text messages the pair exchanged.

    Coach and athlete exchanged sexually explicit messages
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