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  • Dream to dare: Inside the NZ School of Dance

    News
    The Wireless
    16 Nov 2017
    Mali Comlekci.

    We meet the school’s aspiring dancers on the eve of its 50th graduation season.

    Dream to dare: Inside the NZ School of Dance
  • Stephen Fry: comic god on why Greek myths are the best

    Audio
    history author interview
    12 Nov 2017
    Stephen Fry

    Stephen Fry fell in love with Greek mythology as a young boy. Now the acclaimed British actor, comedian and writer has written a book about them: Mythos - The Greek Myths Retold. Audio

  • John ELMSLY: Partita for solo flute

    Audio
    music
    10 Nov 2017
    John Elmsly

    Ingrid Culliford (flute). Recorded by RNZ Concert, 10 August 1995. Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

  • John ELMSLY: Intoit

    Audio
    music
    10 Nov 2017
    John Elmsly

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich. Recorded by RNZ Concert, 27 November 2013. Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

  • Should NZ offer some academic roles only to women?

    Audio
    inequality
    9 Nov 2017

    If 91 percent of Australian maths professers are men, and 28 percent of maths students are women, how many men should be allowed to apply for a vacancy as a mathematics lecturer at the University of… Audio

  • An Aussie university is just hiring women for jobs in its Maths department

    News
    The Wireless
    9 Nov 2017
    Women scientists

    Should NZ universities do the same?

    An Aussie university is just hiring women for jobs in its Maths department
  • Political football: Labour and National tied at 2-all

    News
    Politics Comment & Analysis
    8 Nov 2017
    National, in opposition, and Labour struck a hasty deal on the first day of the 52nd Parliament to increase the number of select committee positions to 108.

    Opinion - MMP doesn't remove the combative element of parliamentary politics, but yesterday's debacle was puerile, writes Finlay Macdonald.

    Political football: Labour and National tied at 2-all
  • Tiling the Plane

    Audio 7 Nov 2017

    In May of this year, the French mathematician Michaël Rao announced that he had catalogued all families of convex pentagonal tiles that can be used to tile the plane. This resolves a problem that is… Audio

  • Fourth world title in Hamilton's sights

    News
    Sport
    27 Oct 2017
    Lewis Hamilton powered to a dramatic win in Spain.

    Lewis Hamilton says he wants to secure his fourth Formula One title by winning the Mexican Grand Prix, rather than finishing fifth.

    Fourth world title in Hamilton's sights
  • All Blacks poised to crack 2000 tries

    News
    Sport
    21 Oct 2017
    Rieko Ioane celebrates scoring a try against South Africa in 2017, the last time the All Blacks played in Cape Town.

    There's been a distinct lack of buzz around the All Black test tonight, but here's a reason to keep an eye on it - especially if you're a stats geek. Video

    All Blacks poised to crack 2000 tries
  • Team NZ designer: How we won the Cup

    Audio
    sport
    10 Oct 2017
    Emirates Team New Zealand in action on 24 June, 2017.

    From the finely tuned dagger boards to the complex foiling systems Team New Zealand's design boss Dan Bernasconi reveals how they won the America's Cup and how the future is monohull. Audio

  • Peter Wadhams: Preparing for an Arctic without ice

    Audio
    environment author interview
    2 Oct 2017
    No caption

    The ice cover at the top of the world is thinning and disappearing at an alarming rate. It's something that can even be seen from space. Peter Wadhams, Emeritus Professor of Ocean Physics at the Dept… Audio

  • Drawing lines between mathematics and art

    Audio
    arts
    27 Sep 2017
    Lines Across New Zealand by Peter James Smith

    Artists find inspiration everywhere. For Kiwi-born, Australia-based artist Peter James Smith another passion – mathematics, influences his art. Peter is in New Zealand for Artweek Auckland next week… Audio

  • The Mixtape: Andrew Dubber

    Audio
    music
    23 Sep 2017
    Andrew Dubber

    Andrew Dubber is a music technologist, author, broadcaster, and academic. Along with his partner Michela Magas he runs Music Tech Fest, and lives in Sweden with two big fluffy dogs. Back in NZ to… Audio

  • Tackling red needle cast

    Audio
    farming Bay of Plenty
    22 Sep 2017
    No caption

    Red needle cast is a relatively new disease hitting pine plantations in New Zealand and retarding tree growth. Plant pathologist Dr. Nari Williams has been looking at ways to manage it. Audio

  • Tackling red needle cast

    News
    Country Life farming
    22 Sep 2017
    No caption

    Red needle cast is a relatively new disease hitting pine plantations in New Zealand and retarding tree growth. Plant pathologist Dr. Nari Williams has been looking at ways to manage it.

    Audio

    Tackling red needle cast
  • Teacher shortage reaching crisis point - Principals Council

    News
    New Zealand education
    30 Aug 2017
    University or secondary school students study in a classroom.

    One in five secondary schools has axed a subject because of a lack of staff, and half have teachers working outside their areas of expertise, a survey shows.

    Teacher shortage reaching crisis point - Principals Council
  • Nights' Pundit - Dillon Mayhew

    Audio
    life and society
    22 Aug 2017

    Dillon joins Brian Crump to talk about Maryam Mirzakhani who was the first woman and the first Iranian to win the Fields medal - considered to be the preeminent prize in mathematics - "for her… Audio

  • Pacific embracing more sophisticated weather analysis tools

    News
    Pacific Samoa
    21 Aug 2017
    The system develops to the northwest of Samoa

    Samoa is adopting a new weather and climate prediction model, saying climate change is making historical data irrelevant.

    Pacific embracing more sophisticated weather analysis tools
  • Samoa embracing more sophisticated weather analysis tools

    News
    Pacific Samoa
    18 Aug 2017
    A satellite image of Cyclone Amos as it nears Samoa, supplied by the US National Weather Service.

    Climate change has been blamed for making historical weather data undependable and prompted Samoa to look for a new weather and climate prediction model.

    Samoa embracing more sophisticated weather analysis tools
  • National standards pass rates plateau as distress rises

    News
    New Zealand education
    18 Aug 2017
    No caption

    The number of children passing the national standards in reading, writing and maths has dropped slightly, new figures show.

    National standards pass rates plateau as distress rises
  • Sport: PNG's AFL title defence on tenterhooks

    News
    Pacific Fiji
    14 Aug 2017
    Papua New Guinea are hoping Ireland slip up to boost their chances of making the grand final.

    Papua New Guinea need other results to go their way if they're to defend the AFL International Cup title.

    Sport: PNG's AFL title defence on tenterhooks
  • At least 11 killed in Kenya during post-election riots

    News
    World
    13 Aug 2017
    Kenyan riot police officers patrol a neighbourhood in Nairobi following riots.

    Kenyan police have killed at least 11 people in a crackdown on protests over the re-election of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.

    At least 11 killed in Kenya during post-election riots
  • Nights' Overseas - Japan

    Audio
    spiritual practices life and society
    2 Aug 2017

    Palmerston North raised journalist Motoko Kakubayashi now resides in Tokyo and works for University of Tokyo's Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, pop. 126,434,964 (est… Audio

  • Cowards, liars and great apes - Parliament's zingers

    Audio
    politics
    23 Jul 2017
    No caption

    Sometimes a good quip is too tempting for MPs to resist but who decides when they've gone too far? Jamie Tahana takes a look at Parliament's 'sickest burns'. Video, Audio

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