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  • Marc Masters: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

    Audio
    history music
    6 Jan 2024

    Marc Masters is a music journalist, host of "The Music Book Podcast" and now an author. His book High Bias - The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape is a deep dive into how the humble cassette… Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

  • Tongan-American wrestler announces his retirement

    News
    Pacific
    6 Jan 2024
    Tama Tonga

    Japan Pro-Wrestler Tama Tonga has announced an end to his 14-year career with New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

    Tongan-American wrestler announces his retirement
  • The oddest news RNZ covered in 2023

    News
    New Zealand Comment & Analysis
    30 Dec 2023
    A collage of people and things involved in the oddest news RNZ covered in 2023.

    It was a year in which Aotearoa had three prime ministers, two of them named 'Chris', so the bar was set very high.

    The oddest news RNZ covered in 2023
  • 'A turtle is quite different': Plea to new owners over need for 'long-time commitment'

    News
    New Zealand animals
    24 Dec 2023
    Donna Moot with turtle

    Donna Moot is an expert on the shelled creatures, having run Turtle Rescue and Rehoming out of her house in Christchurch for almost 20 years.

    Owning a turtle is 'a long-time commitment', veteran rescuer warns
  • Nepal registers first same-sex marriage

    News
    World
    30 Nov 2023
    (FILES) In this picture taken on August 30, 2023, Surendra Pandey (L) and Maya Gurung, a transgender woman, take part in an interview with AFP in Kathmandu. An LGBTQ couple has acquired a marriage certificate in Nepal, officials said on November 30, a first in South Asia and hailed by the pair as a win "for all". Transgender woman Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey obtained a marriage certificate from a local ward in Nepal's Lamjung district the previous day. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP)

    Activists have hailed the legal recognition as a victory for LGBT rights.

    Nepal registers first same-sex marriage hailed as win for LGBT rights
  • The troubled past of Lynne Martin, found dead after being jailed for murdering her father

    News
    New Zealand crime
    25 Nov 2023
    Lynne Martin at her trial in the High Court at Gisborne.

    It is difficult to imagine a level of sibling enmity greater than that which existed between John Allison and his sister Lynne Martin.

    The troubled past of Lynne Martin, found dead after being jailed for murdering her father
  • Thabani Gapara: The accidental Aotearoan

    Audio
    music
    24 Nov 2023
    Saxophonist Thabani Gapara

    Zimbabwe-born saxophone player Thabani Gapara is embracing the opportunities afforded him by his adopted homeland. Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

  • Why the Jehovah's Witnesses' legal effort failed

    News
    New Zealand
    1 Nov 2023
    Te Kuiti Kingdom Hall of Jehova's Witnesses

    The church wanted to evade the scrutiny of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. A High Court judge tossed out their claim.

    Why a legal bid by the Jehovah’s Witnesses to evade the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care failed
  • Enji merges Mongolian vocal style with jazz on Ulaan

    Audio
    music
    28 Oct 2023
    Enji

    Tony Stamp reviews a Mongolian/ German/ Brazilian jazz cocktail. Video, Audio

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  • Enji merges Mongolian vocal style with jazz on Ulaan

    News
    The Sampler music
    28 Oct 2023
    Enji

    Tony Stamp reviews a Mongolian/ German/ Brazilian jazz cocktail.

    Video, Audio

    Review: Ulaan by Enji
  • India Supreme Court declines to legalise same-sex marriage

    News
    World
    18 Oct 2023
    A lawyer can be seen wearing a rainbow flag wristband at the courtyard of the Supreme Court of India, during the judgement on same-sex marriage by Supreme Court in New Delhi, India on October 17, 2023. India's top court said on Tuesday that it cannot legalise same-sex marriages. (Photo by Kabir Jhangiani/NurPhoto) (Photo by Kabir Jhangiani / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

    India's Supreme Court has declined to legalise same-sex unions, dashing the hopes of millions of LGBTQ+ people seeking marriage equality.

    India Supreme Court declines to legalise same-sex marriage
  • Man wins Family Court order to disown twins likely sired during threesome

    News
    New Zealand children
    11 Oct 2023
    Hand with pen over application form on blure water glass background

    A man has successfully won a court order to legally disown twins who were likely fathered during threesomes between him, his wife and another man.

    Man wins Family Court order to disown twins likely sired during threesome
  • Labour's Rainbow Manifesto promises reformed surrogacy laws and LGBTQ+ refugee quota

    News
    Politics Election 2023
    30 Sep 2023
    Labour leader Chris Hipkins at Ngāti Hine Health Trust in Kawakawa.

    The party also wants to look at possibly removing the stand-down period for blood donation men who have sex with men currently face.

    Labour releases Rainbow Manifesto, promising reformed surrogacy laws and LGBTQ+ refugee quota
  • Kristin Hersh talks about her new album Clear Pond Road

    Audio
    music
    16 Sep 2023
    Kristin Hersh

    Throwing Muses frontwoman, solo artist and indie-rock icon Kristin Hersh returns to Aotearoa for a run of solo shows in November. She spoke to Elliott Childs about her new album Clear Pond Road and… Audio

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  • Dilworth sexual abuser granted 5-month sentence discount after appeal

    News
    New Zealand court
    15 Sep 2023
    No caption

    A former Dilworth teacher, convicted of sexual abuse of multiple young boys, will spend less time behind bars after a court decision.

    Dilworth sexual abuser granted 5-month sentence discount after appeal
  • Virus spread via bodily fluids of infected bats, pigs or people kills two in India

    News
    World
    14 Sep 2023
    Encephalitis and pneumonia caused by Nipah viruses, computer illustration. Nipah virus is zoonotic (transmitted to humans from animals) and was first found in Malaysia and Singapore in people who had close contact with pigs. It was initially isolated in 1999 upon examining samples from an outbreak of encephalitis and respiratory illness among adult men in those two countries. (Photo by KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRA / KKO / Science Photo Library via AFP)

    The southern Indian state of Kerala shut some schools, offices and public transport on Wednesday in a race to stop the spread of the rare and deadly Nipah virus, which has killed two people.

    Over 700 people tested for Nipah virus after two deaths in India
  • Lloyd Cole on Bowie and ambiguity

    Audio 2 Sep 2023
    Lloyd Cole in a beige jacket looking into the distance.

    Singer-songwriter Lloyd Cole discusses Bowie, collaboration and the ambiguity of song writing with Elliott Childs. Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

  • 'Completely shattered': HDC, parents scathing over baby's care before his death

    News
    New Zealand health
    28 Aug 2023
    Oamaru Hospital.

    The parents of a baby who died of meningococcal disease say "there were so many holes that we fell through every single one" in regards to their child's care.

    Parents say Oamaru Hospital had more holes than 'swiss cheese' after their baby dies
  • A secret child of the Catholic Church

    Audio
    books
    28 Aug 2023
    Brendan Watkins

    When Brendan Watkins was a child, he was told he had been adopted through a catholic welfare agency in Melbourne in the 1960s. As an adult, he eventually tracked down his biological mother, and was… Audio

  • Company sentenced over bus crash that killed schoolgirl Hannah Francis

    News
    New Zealand court
    23 Aug 2023
    The bus is still on its side and a salvage team will work to remove it.

    A ski field operator has been convicted after admitting endangering the lives of workers and passengers five years on from a bus crash that killed an 11-year-old schoolgirl on Mt Ruapehu.

    Ruapehu Alpine Lifts sentenced over bus crash that killed schoolgirl Hannah Francis
  • Election 2023: RNZ's guide to party policy

    Audio
    politics
    22 Aug 2023
    Icons of election issues

    Promises, promises: it’s easy to forget which party has pledged what. Welcome to RNZ’s go-to guide for party policy ahead of the 14 October election day. We’ll keep updating this guide as policies are…

    Coming up

  • How the case against Lauren Dickason unfolded

    News
    New Zealand crime
    16 Aug 2023
    Lauren Dickason has been found guilty on three counts of murder of her children, six-year-old Liane and two-year-old twins Maya and Karla at their Timaru home on September 16, 2021.

    Lauren Dickason, 42, has been found guilty of the murder of her three young daughters after a month-long trial.

    Lauren Dickason found guilty: How the case unfolded
  • School cellphone bans: Unworkable or no big deal?

    News
    New Zealand Politics
    9 Aug 2023
    Woman writing and consulting a mobile phone on a desk at home or office

    Many schools with phone bans already in place report students are happy with the measure. Audio

    School cellphone bans: Unworkable or no big deal?
  • The digital sanctuary for men to help break the cycle of domestic violence

    News
    Pacific
    25 Jul 2023
    Sarah and Matt Brown

    The founders of global anti-domestic violence movement She Is Not Your Rehab have released a free mental health tool called innerBoy. Video

    The digital sanctuary for men to help break the cycle of domestic violence
  • What disinformation has taken from us

    News
    New Zealand New Category
    22 Jul 2023
    No caption

    Disinformation looms over the 2023 election campaign, threatening the basis of our democracy. How has it come to this in Aotearoa?

    The dark shadow of disinformation cast over our election
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