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    • Untouchable Girls: The Topp Twins in their own words

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      media life and society
      7 Oct 2023
      Untouchable Girls: The Topp Twins Story by Jools and Lynda Topp

      For over 40 years, twin sisters Lynda and Jools Topp have performed as the joyfully anarchic and comedic country music duo The Topp Twins. Now 65, Dames Jools and Lynda Topp speak to Kim Hill about… Video, Audio

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      Untouchable Girls: The Topp Twins in their own words
    • Optimism? Pessimism? What should we feel about the climate crisis?

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      3 Apr 2022
      Residents defending a property from a bushfire at Hillsville, north of Sydney, in November 2019.

      At the time of the COP26 summit held in Glasgow, Kim Hill speaks with journalist Tom Doig and veteran scientist Dave Lowe about the climate crisis. A highlight of 2021 Word Christchurch. Audio

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      Two experts talk about the climate crisis with Kim Hill at Word Christchurch 2021
    • Danny Elfman: Film score maestro releases solo album

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      8 May 2021
      Danny Elfman

      Danny Elfman is best known for writing the theme tune for The Simpsons, but as a film composer he's had a stellar career - four Oscar nominations and collaborations with directors Tim Burton, Sam… Video, Audio

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      Danny Elfman: Film score maestro releases solo album
    • Nahaja Black: Why the Bahamas is a haven for sexual predation

      Audio 17 Apr 2021
      Nassau, Bahamas (file)

      Attitudes to rape and women's rights in the Bahamas make it an ideal hunting ground for an alleged sexual predator, Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard, according to outspoken Bahamian radio host… Audio

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      Nahaja Black: Why the Bahamas is a haven for sexual predation
    • Grammys 2021: Seven things to look out for

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      World music
      15 Mar 2021
      File pictures of, from left, Dua Lipa, Beyonce and Taylor Swift.

      Everything you need to know about this afternoon's show, from who's performing to potential controversies.

      Grammys 2021: Seven things to look out for
    • Why whistleblowers are forgotten or vilified

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      23 Nov 2019
      Carl Elliott

      We don't remember their names, sometimes we don't even know they existed, but whistleblowers have exposed some of the biggest scandals in history.  Audio

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      Carl Elliott on the importance on whistle blowing
    • 'It was really exhausting being Alice'

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      9 Nov 2019
      Alice Cooper in Hamburg, 2019

      Alice Cooper was originally the name of a band. Then singer and harmonica player Vincent Damon Furnier took the name for himself and went solo. In the Seventies he became a bona fide rock legend and… Video, Audio

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      Alice Cooper: Godfather of shock rock
    • Alejandro Escovedo: Mexican-American sings of American dream

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      2 Mar 2019
      Alejandro Escovedo

      Mexican-American singer/songwriter Alejandro Escovedo is one of 12 children, eight of which went on to be musicians: two were members of Santana, and his niece is Prince protege Sheila E. Kim Hill… Video, Audio

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      Alejandro Escovedo: Mexican-American sings of American dream
    • Mick Fleetwood: 'We had no raging ambition to be pop stars'

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      18 Nov 2017
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      Mick Fleetwood got first drum kit at 13. A new book chronicles the early days of the band that would make his name. It's dedicated to original lead guitarist Peter Green, without whom Fleetwood Mac… Video, Audio, Gallery

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      Mick Fleetwood: 'We had no raging ambition to be pop stars'
    • Hot 8 Brass Band: genre-busting band from New Orleans

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      11 Feb 2017
      Hot 8 Brass Band - Bennie Pete (leader) back row, centre.

      The Hot 8 Brass Band are coming from the US to play WOMAD in mid-March. The band, direct from the streets of New Orleans, has re-cast traditional marching band jazz with funk, R&B and hip-hop. Kim… Audio

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      Hot 8 Brass Band: genre-busting band from New Orleans
    • Peter Black

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      5 Nov 2016
      Peter Black

      Peter Black has been photographing the social landscape of New Zealand since 1975, and his work has been widely exhibited and published, most notably in a major survey show at City Gallery… Audio

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      Peter Black
    • The Mixtape: DJ Mu

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      music Wellington Region
      18 Oct 2016
      DJ Fitchie AKA Mu behind the controls

      DJ Mu of Fat Freddys Drop digs into his vinyl bag of party faves and lifelong loves for his C60 selections for the M101 Mixtape Audio

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      The Mixtape: DJ Mu
    • A History of Student Radio - Episode Three

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      10 Jan 2015
      Tim and Fraser in the RDU studio.

      Student radio stations tap into the 'youth market' to generate advertising revenue; the 'alternative' becomes mainstream; and we hear about some of the non-musical exploits of student radio, including… Audio

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      A History of Student Radio - Episode Three
    • Best of the Week - 10 October 2014

      Audio 10 Oct 2014

      Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 10 October. This week.....is overseas betting hurting the local racing industry; the rise of Islamic State; the media… Audio

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      Best of the Week - 10 October 2014

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