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The Week that Was with Te Radar and Irene Pink
7 Apr 2017Bill English's pineapple, spaghetti pizza offends New Zealand, the six-year battle at a Christchurch retirement village over a fence, and it is now illegal in Russia to share an image of Vladimir… Audio
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Theatre Critic - Alistair Browning
6 Apr 2017Actor, director, writer and dramaturge Alistair Browning reviews Kate McGill's "WEAVE" - Yarns with New Zealanders" in which Kate plays the characters of 20 people she interviewed before writing the… Audio
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Attention buglers! Andy Zaltzman
5 Apr 2017Andy Zaltzman is one of Britain's leading comedians best known for writing and presenting the hit satirical podcast, the Bugle which he created with John Oliver. He is also a top cricket writer. He's… Audio
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Can't pop this: bubble scientist's passion for physics
Dr Helen Czerski talks to Kathryn Ryan about how looking closer at everyday objects opens the door to the fundamentals of physics. She is a lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Department at… Audio
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Facing death in Colombia to life in NZ
3 Apr 2017Daniel Gamboa is 22, an actor, son, humanitarian, student, young leader and former refugee. In 2006 Daniel and his mother fled Colombia when rebels threated to kill the then 12-year-old boy because… Audio, Gallery
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Facing death in Colombia to life in NZ
Daniel Gamboa is 22, an actor, son, humanitarian, student, young leader and former refugee. In 2006 Daniel and his mother fled Colombia when rebels threated to kill the then 12-year-old boy because…
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Remembering actor Bernard Kearns
Respected New Zealand actor, Bernard Kearns, who died on the 21st of March at the age of 92. Bernard became a familiar face across New Zealand in screen roles like Sleeping Dogs, The God Boy and… Audio
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Hamilton's Meteor Theatre runs into unexpected snags
Asbestos and soggy foundations have put an expensive spanner in the works for the team behind the renovations and earthquake strengthening at Hamilton's historic Meteor Theatre. They've added around… Audio, Gallery
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Winner of the Adam NZ Play Award David Mamea
A play about a lonely octagenerian Samoan woman and her friendship with a chicken has won David Mamea the 2017 Adam New Zealand Play Award. Still Life with Chickens is David's third play and it also… Audio
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Eleanor Bishop - Foreskin's Lament revisited
1 Apr 2017New Zealander Eleanor Bishop is a theatre director and writer based in New York. She's back home for the upcoming world premiere of her adaptation of Greg McGee's Foreskin's Lament, BOYS, as part of… Audio
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The Week that Was
31 Mar 2017Te Radar and Pinky consider whether playing Ed Sheeran on repeat constitutes torture, and whether yoghurt should banned from lunchboxes. Audio
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Kiwi meets Classical
26 Mar 2017Kiwi artists, writers and musicians who feel a connection to the Ancient World are being asked to share their stories for a new website. New Zealand was after all where the long running series of… Audio
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How to Keep An Alien: Australia To Ireland
26 Mar 2017We like Irish performers here in New Zealand.
Partly it's because they're terrific - a line of genius from Oscar Wilde, Dave Allen, Father Ted and Dylan Moran.
Case in point: writer-actor-comedienne… Audio
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Armando Iannucci - satirising political spin
25 Mar 2017Armando Iannucci is a critically acclaimed British comedy writer and producer. He's best known for creating the TV shows The Thick of It and Veep. Audio
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The week that was with Te Radar and Gemma Gracewood
24 Mar 2017The Japanese town offering discount funerals for seniors who give up driving, a new perfume aims to make you smell like cat fur, and bird-watching - the new hipster rage. Audio
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Theatre Critic - John Symthe
23 Mar 2017John Symthe From Theatreview reviews Anzac Eve by Dave Armstrong, which has been on at Bats Theatre in Wellington. Audio
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53,000 Phyllis Diller jokes
21 Mar 2017Phylis Diller was a famous comedian in the U.S, and her gags were all typed on small cards. The Smithsonian is trying to archive them all. Meghan Ferriter joins us to explain. Audio
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Funny women
20 Mar 2017Women are funny. Full stop. That’s what Hens’ Teeth is all about. It began 30 years ago, when female comedians were considered to be as scarce as hens’ teeth. Women, from all walks of life, and… Audio
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Theatre in the heart of the Southern Lakes
Premiering at the upcoming Festival of Colour in Wanaka is a play set in the heart of the Southern Lakes. No Science to Goodbye is by Wanaka writer Annabel Wilson and she describes it as a story about… Audio
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Playwright looks for Twelve Angry Kiwi Women Writers
19 Mar 2017Visiting British playwright Sara Clifford is searching for Twelve Angry Kiwi Women Writers. She is coming to Wellington to take a workshop with writers in any genre who are angry about something and… Audio
