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Six reasons diners avoid plant-based meat
26 Apr 2024Turns out 'critical meat-lovers' are just one group who reject restaurant dishes with vegan protein.
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Pianist Liam Wooding
29 days agoMorton Trio pianist Liam Wooding talks with David Morriss about his recent experiences as a Fulbright Scholar in the United States, and the concert of sextexts the Trio (and friends) are currently touring in partnership with Chamber Music New Zealand. Audio
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What it takes to take out rats
Kate Evans joins a passionate team carpeting a remote Tongan island with poisoned bait. Audio
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Easy Eats: Loaded Larb Eggplant with Brown Rice
10:00 am todaySam Parish likes to jazz up seasonal eggplants in a citrus-drunk mince medley.
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The Taranaki gym encouraging seniors to lift weights
24 Apr 2024Gym coach Dane Carr tells Kathryn Ryan how strength training is improving the lives of his older clients. Audio
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How to help free your kids from screen addiction
24 Apr 2024Ten years after her teen son developed an addiction to gaming, American nurse Melanie Hempe helps other parents redirect their children back to the "real in-person world". Audio
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Jimmy Barnes: 'I've grown up a hell of a lot!'
25 Apr 2024Scottish-born Aussie rocker Jimmy Barnes has a new lease on life but also finds comfort in looking back. Audio
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Preview: 2024 Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival
26 Apr 2024Dan Slevin checks out three documentaries screening at this always-intriguing festival.
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30 with Guyon: Roseanne Liang
24 Apr 2024Film director Roseanne Liang tells Guyon Espiner about her huge new Hollywood project, why she's obsessed with Terminator 2, and what movies tell us about humanity. Video, Audio
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The Dandy Warhols on where it all began, new album and NZ show
20 Apr 2024Psychedelic rock band the Dandy Warhols have been making music for 30 years, but they still only feel "pressure to blow our own minds", their frontman says. Audio
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Illmatic - one of the greatest hip hop albums ever recorded.
20 Apr 202430 years after the debut album by New York rapper Nas, Kiwis pay tribute to a rap classic. Audio
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Celebrating two decades of Nota Bene
23 Apr 2024Ahead of its 20th anniversary concert, Nota Bene's founding music director Christine Argyle and current music director Maaike Christie-Beekman join Bryan Crump to discuss the Wellington chamber choir's secrets to success. Audio
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Untold Pacific History
Watch - Papa Tom, an extraordinary Kiwi-Pacific Islander who smashed new frontiers in space and the ocean in a life that spanned many fields of work. Video, Audio
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To pee, or not to pee on the lemon tree
23 Apr 2024Is this old trick good gardening, or just a bit weird? Landscape designer Justin Newcombe tells Nights he's tried it - and it works. Audio
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Nici Wickes' Sesame Anzac Biscuits
25 Apr 2024Feeling the baking urge and want a classic biscuit recipe? Look no further.
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10(ish) war films for Anzac Day
25 Apr 2024This Anzac Day special from last year was very popular. Combat movies can be fantastic delivery machines for anti-violence messages, and sometimes thrilling and visceral entertainment as well, Dan Slevin picks his favourites.
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Easy Eats: Sam Parish's loaded larb eggplants on brown rice
24 Apr 2024Not sure what to eat tonight? Christchurch-based chef, author and busy mum Sam Parish knows the feeling. She shares a simple and super-tasty recipe for loaded larb eggplants that the whole whānau will love. Audio
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Game Boy at 35: 'I never put it down'
23 Apr 2024The iconic Game Boy console is turning 35 this week and brought gaming to the masses, helping to launch the modern video game industry with a mix of accessibility and strong titles. Video, Audio
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'Every time I feel like I’m leaning into one thing, I want to go somewhere different'
1 Apr 2023Wellington artist Vera Ellen has won the Taite Music Prize for 2024 for her album Ideal Home Noise. Last year RNZ's Tony Stamp visited Ellen in her Poneke home for an in-depth chat following her return from a stint in the US. Audio
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Recycling textiles for a living: 'The fabric tells me what it wants to be'
23 Apr 2024Gayle Heath recycles discarded fabric in a studio at her Rotorua home and says her hands are always busy: "I can't just sit and do nothing." Audio
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'I was really impacted by the ideas in the book'
21 Apr 2024US filmmaker Ava Duvernay’s new film Origin is based on the New York Times bestselling book Caste: The Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson, she joined Culture 101 to talk about the film. Video, Audio
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Private Equity: Memoir explores dark side of wealth
20 Apr 2024At the age of 29, New Yorker Carrie Sun bagged a top job at a top Wall Street hedge fund. But as the demands of the job took a toll on her physical and mental health, Sun began to question everything she had worked for. Audio
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Dealing with trauma through poetry
21 Apr 2024Abdul Samad Haidari became a refugee at the age of 10. Poetry has been a way for him to cope with the trauma and to turn it into empowerment. His second book of poetry was launched recently at Unity Books in Pōneke Wellington. Audio
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Whakataukī of the week with Dr Hirini Kaa
22 Apr 2024Anglican Priest and manukura Dr Hirini Kaa shared his favourite whakataukī, all about celebrating children finding their way. Audio