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Epicurean Auckland: Whangaripo Buffalo Cheese
Audio 2 Aug 2013While buffalo cheese is common in some parts of the world, NZ only has two milking herds: Clevedon and Whangaripo. Amelia Nurse visited one of Whangaripo's properties run by Phil and Annie Armstrong… Audio
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Spiritual Outlook for 28 July 2013 - Numerology and Bach
Amelia Nurse joins Erin Halyard, harpsichordist and lecturer in historical performance at the NZ school of Music to discuss the role of numbers in music and especially in Bach's music. They discuss… Audio
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Local Table_ A Competition with Locally Sourced Produce
Audio 26 Jul 2013Amelia Nurse visits the inaugural Local Table competition in Paekakariki where the challenge is to prepare a dish with ingredients sourced entirely and only from the village of 1600 people. The judges… Audio
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NZ Society - Cafe Abyssinia
Audio 26 Jul 2013In the second of our Auckland food series, Amelia Nurse visits New Zealand's only Ethiopian restaurant, Cafe Abyssinia. Audio
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Epicurean Auckland: Cafe Abyssinia
Audio 26 Jul 2013Amelia Nurse visits Bebeta, the sole cook in New Zealand's only Ethiopian restaurant for an introduction to the flavours of that cuisine. Then she joins forces with Spectrum's David Steemson to… Audio
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NZ Society
Audio 19 Jul 2013Amelia Nurse kicks off her new Auckland foodie series talking to Paolo and Luca from Otello's Artisan Cured Meats. Audio
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Epicurean Auckland: Otello's
Audio 19 Jul 2013Otello's is named after the founder of a historical artisan meat shop in Bologna - though Paolo and Luca come from the Lombardia region, south of Milan near the Appenino mountains. They each grew up… Audio
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Spectrum for 16 June 2013
Audio 16 Jun 2013Cavaliere Signor Giovanni Mersi is 83, and for the last 70 years he's been the self-appointed guardian of the first Italian edition (1787) of Captain Cook's journals. Amelia Nurse visits Giovanni to… Audio
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NZ Society for Fri 17 May - Synesthesia (Part 2)
Audio 17 May 2013The second in Amelia Nurse's little series on synesthesia, a neurological condition where one or more of the senses will evoke others. Sophie Wilson is a cellist - but her experience of music is… Audio
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NZ Society - Synesthesia (Part 1)
Audio 10 May 2013Amelia Nurse finds out about Synesthesia from someone who experiences blended sensory perceptions. Audio
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Spiritual Outlook for 17 March 2013
Audio 17 Mar 2013Amelia Nurse talks to Belgian neurosurgeon and brain researcher Dirk De Ridder about the five stages of drug induced spiritual experiences; how repetition - of anything - can change your brain… Audio
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Regional Wrap
Audio 15 Mar 2013The whole of the North Island is now officially in drought, while in the South the ground is too hard for direct drilling. Audio
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Spiritual Outlook for 10 March 2013
Amelia Nurse talks to Belgian neurosurgeon and brain researcher Dirk De Ridder about what goes on in the brain when you have a spiritual experience; whether repeated spiritual experience can change… Audio
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Amelia Nurse Cook Island Feature
Audio 18 Feb 2013Amelia travels to the Cook Islands and experiences the local musical styles. Audio
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The Arts Report
Audio 7 Feb 2013Palm trees, turquoise lagoons, trade winds, music wafting on the breeze - Amelia Nurse takes us along as she discovers the music of the Cook Islands. Audio
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Missing Something: Loss of Smell
Audio 4 Feb 2013Radio NZ's Jack Perkins lost his sense of smell recently; Amelia Nurse conducts a series of experiments on him, then chats to ENT specialist Simon Robinson about the causes and treatment for loss of… Audio
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The music of the Cook Islands
Audio 3 Feb 2013Amelia Nurse discovers that Cook Islands music is alive and well in New Zealand. Fairoa Aporo offers 'The beginners guide to strumming' and plays some tunes on his eight stringed ukulele. Audio
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Missing Something: Colour Blindness
Audio 3 Feb 2013Colour blindness is a misleading term because people who have it are not blind to all colours, just certain ones. Amelia Nurse visits an art gallery with colour challenged Richard Hulse and chats to… Audio
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Missing Something: Tone Deaf
Audio 2 Feb 2013This is defined as the inability to hear and/or reproduce pitch. People who have it often feel maligned in social musical situations. Amelia talks to Christine Cessford, John Hedges, scientist David… Audio
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Missing Something: Left Right Confusion
Audio 1 Feb 2013Put up your right hand. Did you do it automatically? If you had to think about it you might have something called left/right confusion. Amelia Nurse talks with University of Auckland psychologist Mike… Audio
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NZ Society - Missing Something (Part 4)
Audio 31 Jan 2013Another in our Missing Something series from Amelia Nurse, which looks at abilities and senses some people don't have and how it affects them. Today - "left right confusion" Audio
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NZ Society - Missing Something (Part 4)
Audio 31 Jan 2013Another in our Missing Something series from Amelia Nurse, which looks at abilities and senses some people don't have and how it affects them. Today - "left right confusion" Audio
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NZ Society - Missing Something? (Part 3)
Audio 14 Dec 2012Amelia Nurse continues her series which looks at abilities and senses some people don't have and how it affects them. This time Amelia's focus is tone deafness. Audio
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NZ Society - Missing Something? (Part 2)
Audio 2 Nov 2012Amelia Nurse talks to Richard Hulse at Exhibitions Gallery and optometrist Renee Edgar from McLellan Grimmer about what people who are colour blind might be missing. Audio