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Jacinda Ardern's travel plan for Nauru sends media into a spin
Hard on the heels of Limogate, flying the PM to Nauru this week turned political pundits into amateur accountants - and talk radio hosts into advisors in parenting and Pacific diplomacy. Audio
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Silos and sexism: addiction services and mental health
Despite addiction often being tied up with other mental health problems, treatment tends to be separate and siloed - and aimed primarily at men - author, journalist and former addict Jenny Valentish… Audio
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Nurses' pay deal - Can it heal the staffing crisis?
Audio 9 Sep 2018Will the latest nursing pay and staffing deals ease the pressure? Karen Brown heads into a ward in one of the country's busiest hospitals to find out. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 9 September 2018
Today's selection of traditional and modern hymns includes Reginald Heber's great Trinitarian hymn Holy, holy, holy as well as hymns by 19th century newspaper editor and poet James Montgomery. Audio
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Sound Lounge: Kyle Gann's modern alternative to Holst's Planets; Michael Norris's electrically charged Volti; Contemporary vinyl releases
Audio 8 Sep 2018Comparing his updated version of the Planets to Holst's, Kyle Gann says; "My Planets may be better, may be worse, but their raison d'etre is that they are more suggestive of contemporary astrology… Video
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Rugby World Cup: The Facts
Interested in the Rugby World Cup in Japan in 2019? Here's 12 things you need to know.
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Plane quarantined as passengers fall sick
Nineteen people are taken ill after an Emirates airline plane lands at JFK airport in New York.
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Renowned Samoan academic awarded Emeritus Professor title
Tagaloatele Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop's philosophy is that there is always work to be done. "I guess when I look back, where did the years go? But you do have to move... Audio
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Tim Price wins Burghley Horse Trials
The New Zealand equestrian Tim Price has won the Burghley Horse Trials in England and equalled British royalty in the process.
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Rafael Nadal pushed all the way by Karen Khachanov
Rafa Nadal has feasted on Russian opposition in the past but Karen Khachanov nearly served up a major U.S. Open upset.
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Kiwis poised to pounce at Burghley
New Zealand are placed one and two at the end of the dressage at the Burghley Horse Trials in the UK, with Sir Mark Todd sitting in first place.
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Ngā Taonga archives: NZ's first international flight
New Zealand had never seen a plane from overseas, so fears were high in 1928 for captain Charles Kingsford-Smith's crew as - just months after a first attempt had vanished - they lost contact in a… Video, Audio, Gallery
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A socialist defence of golf
Our left-thinking regular pundit, University of Otago political historian Professor Brian Roper dissects the game of golf and how it has been influenced by political and ideological thinking. Audio
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'We largely live in a domestic military occupation' - Chelsea Manning
The former US Army soldier who in 2013 was sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking classified documents to Wikileaks says it's been difficult to adjust to life outside prison. Audio
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'We largely live in a domestic military occupation' - Chelsea Manning
Chelsea Manning is an activist, politician, and former US army solider. Encouraged to join the army by her father while living as an openly gay man, Manning began training in 2007. She was deployed to… Audio
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Legendary hip-hop act Wu-Tang Clan are coming to New Zealand
Wu-Tang Clan have announced they’ll be playing with their full lineup at Christchurch’s Horncastle Arena on Thursday, December 13, and at Auckland’s Trusts Stadium on Friday, December 14.
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Shihad announce 30th anniversary tour
New Zealand’s greatest ever rock band, Shihad have announced they’ll be touring the country in October to celebrate their 30th anniversary. Video
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Whanganui shooting a 'one-off event' says mayor
A large police manhunt is underway in Whanganui after a gang-related shooting left a man dead.
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Vanuatu hit by 6.5 earthquake
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of the Vanuatu island of Ambrym.
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Reducing prison numbers 'one mighty challenge' for Little
Analysis - If Andrew Little had forgotten how hard it will be to liberalise the criminal justice system, two colleagues reminded him on the very night he began his task, writes Guyon Espiner.
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Lombok rattled by big aftershock, Pacific hit by rare quake
Audio 20 Aug 2018The Indonesian island of Lombok has been rocked by two more major earthquakes within hours overnight. A 6.3 magnitude tremor was recorded early in the day that caused a landslide on Mount Rinjani and… Audio
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How I swapped crime for Krump
William Rakena was wagging school and committing crime. Then his aunty and a new interest in dance turned his life around.
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Urgency in the House
Occasionally the House needs to do something quickly and this week it needed to help keep track of cattle. Audio
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Urgency in the House
Occasionally the House needs to do something quickly and this week it needed to help keep track of cattle.
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Queenstown’s mayor taken to court by liquidators
Queenstown's mayor is being taken to court by liquidators for a building company.
