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Why is 1984 still relevant in 2019? It is question that Robert Hassan from Melbourne University thinks can be answered by looking at words.  Audio

New Zealand songwriter Aldous Harding teases with cryptic lyrics and a feather-weight feeling on her third album Designer. Kirsten Johnstone speaks to the woman behind the songs.  Video, Audio

Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little is again being accused of steamrolling ahead to finalise treaty settlements despite desperate pleas for him to stop. An Eastern Bay of Plenty iwi voted… Audio

The Song Crush squad gets swept away by Weyes Blood, celebrates staying home with Hybrid Rose and Fanfickk, and samples Meer's aural cuisine. Video, Audio

Olia Alpatskaya is from the Ural Mountains in Russia and trained as a mining engineer. She came to New Zealand for a better life with her children and to escape biting minus 30 winter temperatures… Audio, Gallery

Health authorities in Papua New Guinea's Eastern Highlands are worried that water supplies are being put at risk by protesting landowners. Audio

A young Papua New Guinean film-maker says her recent feature highlighting repression of women in PNG is making an impact.  Audio

It has long been thought it is too cold to grow taro in New Zealand, but research by a team of archaeologists from Auckland University and Auckland Museum has found Māori grew taro in Aotearoa in the… Audio

Nick Tipping plays 9 different tunes based on the 12-bar blues, including tracks by Count Basie, Oliver Nelson, and Charlie Parker. Audio

The tiny northern Hawkes Bay settlement of Nuhaka has chess champions, a large Latter-day Saints congregation and a large apple & kiwifruit orchard that looks like it will need more than 100 seasonal… Audio, Gallery

A group of six Wellingtonians planning to build a co-housing complex say the dramatic increase in the cost of building, and the difficulty some people in finance and regulations have in understanding… Audio, Gallery

A woman who complained about the culture of the Hamilton council two years ago says nothing has changed. Councillor James Casson is in the middle of a storm after criticising commemorations for the… Audio

Hamilton's mayor says voters will have the final say on the future of councillor James Casson. Mr Casson, who is running for mayor in October, sparked outrage at the weekend when he criticised New… Audio

Adam Hattaway from Adam Hattaway and The Haunters introduces their song 'Turn Around'. Audio

CHAII came to New Zealand as an 8-year-old Iranian immigrant who learned to speak English by rapping to Eminem. Her debut single 'Digebasse (Enough)', with lyrics in both English and Farsi, has taken… Video, Audio

In 2017 the New Zealand media featured 14,349 stories that included the word Islam - nearly 13,000 of those stories mentioned either terrorism or Islamic Jihad. Mediawatch's Jeremy Rose talks to Karyn… Video, Audio

It's a brand of noisy folklore, injecting gypsy brass and Balkan music with modern electronica - totally designed for good vibes and dancing. Audio

This five-piece acoustic band from Athens plays Greek music from the Rebetiko tradition that gets people singing and dancing. Audio

Two teenagers have opened fire at a school in south-eastern Brazil, killing at least seven students and one employee. The shooting happened at about 9:30am when the students were on a break at the… Audio

The new French Film Festival may have a leaner organisation but it has made no sacrifices in its programme, says Dan Slevin. Video

Artist Harry Sangl immigrated to New Zealand in 1971 and soon set off in his caravan to the rural Tuhoe Valley to ask kuia – elderly Māori women – if he could paint their portraits. Sangl was met with… Audio

Beautiful gentle rain has been falling in King Country and Nelson/Mouteka has had a good dose too. Audio

Last night Six60 attracted the largest crowd of any NZ band ever to Auckland’s Western Springs Stadium, playing to around 50,000 people at the sold-out venue. Waveney Russ was there.

The town of Kawerau in the Eastern Bay of Plenty is reeling from the news of an armed robbery and then fatal shooting of a man by police near the town yesterday. The 29 year old man, who was a gang… Audio

On this week's Pocket Edition we chat with Aussie teen punks The Chats, go deep with Christchurch stalwarts Al Park and Adam McGrath, and host a live performance from ex-pat Lydia Cole. Audio

A recent stock-take of network television news in the USA found that up to a quarter of the content consisted of amateur video clips –that were typically shocking, dramatic or humorous. Professor… Audio

A recount of votes for the Chimbu Regional seat in Papua New Guinea is expected to get underway today in Goroka. Audio