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Nashville Babylon 25 February, 2019
On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark celebrates the birthday of country music legend Johnny Cash with an hour-long special dedicated to the Man In Black. Audio
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Tia Fuller, Pat Bianchi, Stacey Kent
Audio 23 Feb 2019Nick checks out a new recording from Pat Bianchi, classics from Stacey Kent, and Tia Fuller’s Grammy-nominated album. Audio
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Yonathan Avishai, Samsom Nacey Haines
Audio 23 Feb 2019Nick heads to the Netherlands with the Koninklijk Conservatory Band, to Israel and the Congo with Yonathan Avishai, and back to NZ with Samsom Nacey Haines. Audio
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Nick Offerman - Carpenter and character actor heads to NZ
Actor, writer and comedian Nick Offerman is known best in New Zealand for his role as Ron Swanson in Parks and Recreation (2009), which earned him a Television Critics Association Award in the US for… Audio
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On the farm: Our guide to what's happening this week around rural NZ
Even previously green areas in the North Island are suddenly looking very dry. Southland's still got green grass and crops are growing, but all farmers, and some orchardists, want the predicted rain… Audio
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On the farm: Our guide to what's happening this week around rural NZ
Even previously green areas in the North Island are suddenly looking very dry. Southland's still got green grass and crops are growing, but all farmers, and some orchardists, want the predicted rain…
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The Park Mews Effect
There’s this amazing apartment block in central Wellington that could teach us a lot about building affordable houses and great communities for people of all ages. It’s called Park Mews - but the… Audio
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First Song: Australian blues man C.W. Stoneking
Australian musician C.W. Stoneking plays a mixture of spoken word ambient music and traditional blues that has led him to work recently with Nick Cave and Josh Homme. Audio
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Nauru pushes through laws to restrict medical transfers
Nauru's government has rushed through new laws to prevent residents being granted medical transfers based on online recommendations.
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Sick refugees to go to Christmas Island
Refugees transferred from offshore detention for medical treatment will be taken to Christmas Island, Australia's senate has been told.
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Gene therapy first in bid to halt blindness
A British woman has become the first person in the world to have gene therapy to try to halt the most common form of blindness in the Western world.
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Aus author 'shattered' about his novel's resemblance to Boyle film
Australian author Nick Milligan is reeling after seeing the trailer for a big-budget film that appears to have a similar storyline to a book he published six years ago. Video
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Nashville Babylon 18 February, 2019
Audio 18 Feb 2019On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark plays new music from William The Conqueror, Boo Ray and Lula Wiles, spins classic country from the Louvin Brothers and a slice of West Coast bliss courtesy of… Audio
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Tackling single-use culture one cup at a time
As we're being warned we need to take a different approach to waste and recycling, an initiative to improve sustainability is saving thousands of single-use coffee cups from the bin.
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High Court declines injunction on Viagogo
The Commerce Commission has hit a hurdle in its fight against controversial ticket re-seller Viagogo.
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Law to punish firms that exploit workers hurts migrants, advocates say
A law designed to protect migrant workers from exploitation is actually punishing them, advocates for migrants say.
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Auckland dad suffers broken jaw after Lime sends him flying
An Auckland man who was catapulted ten metres off a Lime e-scooter when it stopped suddenly wants them pulled from the road immediately. Video, Audio
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Super Rugby: week one breakdown
A surprise win from the Highlanders and a few head scratching moments from the referees - RNZ reviews week one of the 2019 Super Rugby season.
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Sport: Three first-time quarterfinalists in OFC Champs League
Three new teams have qualified for the knockout rounds of the OFC Champions League football competition for the first time.
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Aus govt to be grilled over security contracts awarded to 'shonky' company
Opposition parties are expected to grill the Australian government over the awarding of $420m in security contracts to a little-known firm whose registered address is a beach shack on Kangaroo Island.
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Migrant protection law punishing workers - lawyer
Audio 18 Feb 2019Under a new law introduced two years ago, businesses caught exploiting workers - even if those employees are New Zealanders - are banned from hiring new migrant workers. But critics say the policy… Audio
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Migrant protection law punishing workers - lawyer
Audio 18 Feb 2019An immigration and employment lawyer says a law designed to protect migrant workers from exploitation, actually punishes them. Companies caught exploiting workers are banned from hiring new migrant… Audio
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Kuchar hopes belated caddie payment will save his reputation
Golfer Matt Kuchar said on Saturday he had been stubborn and hard-headed over the furore surrounding his $US5000 payout to a substitute caddie from his Mayakoba Classic winner's take, but hoped the…
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Crusaders beat Blues in Super Rugby opener
The Crusaders have opened their Super Rugby title defence with a dramatic 24-22 win over the Blues in Auckland, aided by two penalty tries.
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Blue Note Records: part one
Audio 16 Feb 2019In honour of Blue Note Records’ 80th birthday, Nick presents a highlights reel of the best in 1950s and 60s Blue Note jazz. This hour: Jimmy Smith, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Hank Mobley, Lee… Audio
