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The homespun honesty of Pickle Darling
24 Jun 2023Tony Stamp reviews a new album from Ōtautahi bedroom-pop musician Lukas Mayo on The Sampler. Audio
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Mooving with the times
With crop fields, solar panels and a few hundred Wagyu beef cattle, Ryan Cockburn is transforming the landscape on his grandparents' traditional Canterbury farm. Audio
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Mr Lyttle Meets Mr Big: Top 10 police disclosure failures
24 Jun 2023Can defendants get a fair trial if they’re not given access to information about them held by police? Does this problem undermine the entire criminal justice system?
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At The Movies: The Flash
21 Jun 2023The Flash sees a super-hero go back in time to save his mother, and runs into the usual time-travel, alternate realities problem. Starring Ezra Miller and both Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck as two conflicting Batmen. Video, Audio
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Recipe: Cauliflower Cheese Baked Potatoes
24 Jun 2023Chef and local councillor Martin Bosley shares a great family recipe that's easy to make.
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The realities of life as a digital nomad
23 Jun 2023"There's a level of connection you find [with a place] when you're not just seeing the sights" - Nathan James Thomas. Audio
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What I wish I'd known while battling anorexia
21 Jun 2023Mindset coach Brittany Farrant-Smith gets real about eating disorder recovery in her new book Living Full. Audio
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Gender Bender: the story of Hjelmar Dannevill
23 Jun 2023Black Sheep - In the 1910s, Hjelmar Dannevill wowed Wellington high society with gripping tales of adventure as a medical researcher and journalist. Audio
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Thousands of starfish removed to save Cook Islands' reefs
23 Jun 2023More than 6500 coral eating crown-of-thorns starfish have been removed from Cook Islands' reefs since 2020 when the latest outbreak was first detected. Audio
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No doughnuts for Damian as Chiefs chase tastier fare
23 Jun 2023Hamilton is humming with activity as the Chiefs' home gets ready to host the sold out Super Rugby Pacific final, writes Leonard Powell. Audio
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Orchestra Wellington: Fantastic Symphonies
23 Jun 2023Experience the rage, fury and opium-addled love of French composer Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique - the original anthem to sex, drugs and rock and roll. Here it is paired with it's sequel Lelio, devised for an invisible orchestra!
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At The Movies: You Hurt My Feelings
21 Jun 2023You Hurt My Feelings asks what do people want to hear: the truth or a comforting white lie? Written and directed by Nicole Holofcener, it's a brilliant modern comedy of manners, writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio
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The Mystery of Accessible Fashion
22 Jun 2023This is Wheel Life - in episode 4, Soph and Indy go shopping at Storm to find wheelchair-friendly outfits. How does one look fashionable with so many things to consider? Wheelchair, catheter, binder... the list goes on.
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Star gazing: Celebrating Aotearoa's spectacular night skies
22 Jun 2023Our Changing World - Here in Aotearoa, it's the winter solstice: the shortest day (and longest night) of the year. We're marking the occasion with an episode celebrating the starry night sky. Audio
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Rēwena bread: 'Its main ingredient is time'
19 Jun 2023Rēwena baker George Jackson is making bread from a starter that’s been alive since the middle of the 19th century. Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra: Brahms 4
22 Jun 2023Pianist Sylvia Jiang makes her debut with the Auckland Philharmonia in Liszt's Second Piano Concerto. The orchestra rounds out the programme with music by Stravinsky and Brahms. Giordano Bellincampi conducts.
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Houses drives inequality – why not just tax them like any other income?
21 Jun 2023Opinion - The Green Party made waves recently when it proposed to tax net wealth over $2 million for individuals and $4m for couples, Susan St John writes .
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RNZ Concert Host Leah Thomas wins Fullbright Graduate Award
21 Jun 2023RNZ Concert host and promoter of classical music for younger people, Leah Thomas is leaving for New York City to study a Master of Arts Management. Audio
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On gourd: How to cut pumpkins safely
21 Jun 2023Hold onto your knives and watch your back: it’s peak pumpkin season. This is great news for lovers of roast pumpkin and all the iterations of pumpkin soup, but a risky business for the untrained home cook.
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The Sampler: Nabihah Iqbal, Tom Lark, Feist
17 Jun 2023Tony Stamp reviews poetic British post-punk, local space-folk, and the return of a Canadian great. Audio
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Does This House Come with a Ramp?
21 Jun 2023This Is Wheel Life - As if house-hunting wasn’t hard enough, being quadriplegic makes it a whole new level. Soph and Indy check out Soph’s current home and explore the current housing market.
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Sorting folklore from fact: Vitamin C and the common cold
21 Jun 2023Does taking vitamin C really make a difference to winter colds and flu, or does it just empty your wallet? Niki Bezzant reports.
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Turbo-charged tenor Simon O’Neill "New Zealand makes great opera singers!”
20 Jun 2023World-class heldentenor Simon O’Neill tells Bryan Crump about the pressures on New Zealand’s classical arts and the courage it takes to put on major works of Opera ahead of a performance in Dunedin this Saturday. Audio
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Are humans the smartest animal, or the dumbest?
17 Jun 2023Are humans really the smartest animal? Animal cognition expert Dr Justin Gregg thinks maybe not. Audio