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Dianne Brunton: bird songs and dialects
Kim Hill talks to Professor Dianne Brunton, who founded the Ecology and Conservation Group at the Albany campus of Massey University, and currently heads the Institute of Natural and Mathematical… Audio
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Grotesque Girls: What's the appeal of Real Housewives?
Opinion - How has yet another reality show managed to lure New Zealand eyeballs? Paul Casserly explains the appeal of the Real Housewives of Auckland.
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How to fix the Warriors, NZ’s most tortured sports franchise
The Warriors are playing some of the worst rugby league you’ll ever see, but we’re not about to give up on them just yet.
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Otago to announce cuts to arts departments
Otago's pro vice chancellor of Humanities, Professor Tony Ballantyne has told staff there will be job losses across several humanities subjects, believed to include English, linguistics, music… Audio
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Teachers' judgements of national standards 'lack dependability'
Teachers' judgements of national standards cannot be relied on and some children's results might be wrong, a government-funded report says. Audio
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Nights' Pundit - Mathematics
Making the numbers add up is Dr. Dillon Mayhew from Victoria University's School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research. Tonight he's looking at a recent discovery based on the game SET. Audio
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Education Ministry helps kids staying at Te Puea
The Ministry of Education has come to the tēpu - or table - to help some of the tamariki at Te Puea marae in Auckland.
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Solve for X - 26 June
Audio 26 Jun 2016Mathematics intimidates a lot of us, but it can deliver surprising answers to life's pressing questions. In this episode, TED speakers discuss the elegant simplicity, and giddy complexity, of solving…
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Danyl McLauchlan's Mysterious Mysteries of the Aro Valley
Some streets have their own personality - Beale Street in Memphis, Bourbon Street in New Orleans - and in Welllington, that haven of Bohemians, Aro Street. A mystery about mathematics, labyrinths… Audio
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Chancing It
Robert Matthews' book 'Chancing it: The laws of chance - and what they mean for you' is published by Profile Books. Audio
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NZ First labels Labour-Green deal 'worthless'
The agreement by the Labour and Green Parties to work together is worthless, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says.
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Women only job ads for University mathematics roles
Melbourne University has taken the bold move of opening up jobs to women only. It's all part of an attempt to redress the gender imbalance in fields such as mathematics. The university is advertising… Audio
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Only women need apply, says Melbourne university
An Australian university has taken the extraordinary step of opening up jobs to female applicants only in the male-dominated area of mathematic academia.
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Joseph Mazur: The math and myth of coincidence
Audio 17 May 2016Give a monkey a keyboard and eventually, it will type out a line from Shakespeare. Is a miracle or just maths? Retired mathematics professor Joseph Mazur explains how likely the unlikely really is in… Audio
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Mathematics and Black holes: Professor Roy Kerr
Emeritus Professor Roy Kerr who has just received the highest academic title the University of Canterbury can bestow - Canterbury Distinguished Professor. He is one of only three in the university's… Audio
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Silencing Scientists: Shaun Hendy on why science should be 'open'
How are New Zealand's scientists being silenced and what can be done about it? Shaun Hendy is the former president of the New Zealand Association of Scientists who's investigated the question in a new… Audio
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Nights' Pundit - Mathematics
Dr Dillon Mayhew from Victoria University's School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research... Looking at the life and work of self-educated Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan - the… Audio
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USP teachers take science skills to cyclone hit Fiji schools
Staff from the University of the South Pacific in Fiji have been taking their skills to help students in areas severely affected by Cyclone Winston.
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I created Bitcoin, Australian entrepreneur says
Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright has publicly identified himself as Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.
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Republican rivals agree 'stop Trump' deal
Donald Trump's two rivals for the Republican party's presidential nomination say they will now co-ordinate strategies against him.
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Trump, Clinton win in New York
Republican front-runner Donald Trump has easily won the presidential nominating contest in his home state.
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Black Sticks stay alive in Malaysia
The New Zealand men's hockey team has beaten India 2-1 to keep their hopes alive of qualifying for the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia.
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Nights' Overseas Reports - Japan
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. Audio
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STIs and monogamy
Enjoying a long and happy marriage? Well you can thank sexually transmitted infections for that. A new study out of Canada suggests monogamous societies may have evolved to combat the spread of STIs.
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Barks in parks: Mass dog walk for charity
Hundreds of people and pets have gathered in Wellington and Auckland today for a simultaneous mass dog walk.
