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"We need the arts and we need music to be fully human."
12 May 2023Elizabeth Kerr talks with Bryan Crump about her online music review blog, Five Lines. Audio
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Andy Warhol: the original influencer
14 May 2023Was the artist Andy Warhol the first influencer of our age? The curator of Andy Warhol & Photography: A Social Media, a new exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia, reckons he would be all over social media if he were alive today. Audio, Gallery
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Alison Goldfrapp goes it alone, heads for the dance floor with The Love Invention
14 May 2023At 57, it's hard to believe Alison Goldfrapp is only just now dropping her first solo album.After all, for the past two-and-a-half decades she's been the face and voice of a synthpop duo that bore her own name. Video, Audio
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The Sampler: new music to explore
13 May 2023Tony Stamp reviews the reissue of an ambient album by Brian Eno and Fred Again…, Terrible Sons' hushed and wholesome debut LP and a reissue by Dunedin band Cloudboy. Audio
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Music: Where does the money come from?
"It's an absolute roller coaster, to be honest" This New Zealand Music Month, The Detail takes a closer look at how local musicians are paying the bills. Audio
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Offshore outfit rating the reliability of our media
Mediawatch - US-based NewsGuard is rating New Zealand's significant news sites for reliability - and even preparing ‘nutrition labels’ to warn users to treat them with caution. Video, Audio
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Music Alive: Van Diemen's Band - Borderlands
16 May 2023Australian early instrument ensemble Van Diemen's Band explore music by a variety of 17th-century composers who worked as borders shifted beneath their feet, as well as new works for baroque instruments from Iceland and New Zealand.
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Mstyslav Chernov: Pulitzer prize winner on Mariupol atrocities
13 May 2023Mstyslav Chernov is part of a small team of Associated Press Ukrainian journalists who last week won a Pulitzer Prize for their fearless reporting from Mariupol last year, he spoke to Kim Hill about his experiences. Audio
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Alison Goldfrapp goes it alone, heads for the dance floor
14 May 2023At 57, it's hard to believe the voice behind synthpop duo Goldfrapp is only just now dropping her first solo album. Video, Audio
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Anyone for a crumbed tongue?
15 May 2023Recipe relics from New Zealand’s food past might be unpalatable to modern tastes, but we should be grateful to the cooks who created them says comedian and vintage cookbook collector Te Radar.
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Music Alive: Heavenly NZSO
15 May 2023Mahler’s Fourth symphony - a picture of the perfect childhood - is paired with Gabriella Smith's Tumblebird Contrails, a hauntingly evocative work inspired by the Pacific Ocean. The soprano is Madeleine Pierard, conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya.
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At The Movies: Cairo Conspiracy
10 May 2023Cairo Conspiracy is a thriller set in Al-Azhar university, the centre of Sunni Islam. An innocent young student finds himself being used as a spy to manipulate the election of a new leader. Video, Audio
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Binge-reading Shakespeare’s plays in order
13 May 2023Known for his contemporary takes on Shakespeare, Aotearoa theatre director and scholar David Lawrence believes the Bard’s intentions have been long compromised by being organised into the genres of comedy, history and tragedy. Audio
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The Song I Wish I'd Written - part two
15 May 2023Teremoana Rapley, Lou'ana, Erny Belle and others share the song they'd most love to have their name on.
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Does book banning have the opposite effect?
14 May 2023Books are where people find themselves, and banning them is ultimately counterproductive because it tends to draw further attention to these controversial texts, argues a professor at Oxford University. Audio
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'I knew that I was bisexual ... and I wanted to be fully happy'
8 May 2023Mahe Pofele and his dad Tui share a heartfelt conversation in the final episode of Conversations With My Immigrant Parents. Video, Audio
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Some NZ broadcasters still shrugging off storm warnings
14 May 2023Some in the media made a concerted effort to take last week’s severe weather warnings seriously - others, not so much. Audio
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New Horizons: Kiwi Music in Great Variety
14 May 2023New Zealand Music Month is in full swing and to celebrate it, William Dart features the music of Douglas Lilburn (courtesy of guitarist Gunter Herbig), along with Seth Haapu, Lips, Robbie Ellis and that dauntless ukulele trio, The Nukes. Audio
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Pain, people-pleasing and Mother's Day
14 May 2023Westport writer and mum Becky Manawatu hasn't been able to do as much as she's wanted to for her kids, herself or anyone else for some time.
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It turns out MPs make great talkers but terrible tellers
14 May 2023Traditionally, the total parliamentary votes for each side of a question are counted by an MP - but it turns out they just aren’t that good at counting. Audio
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Cautions over cosmetic injectables: 'Oh my god what have I done?'
12 May 2023Botox and fillers are increasingly popular with Kiwis, but there are concerns that our regulations are too lax.
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How anyone can get onto a plane under your name
13 May 2023A New Plymouth woman trying to check in for a flight discovered her ex and his new partner were on the same flight - and had used her name to check in. (Originally published on Stuff)
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'Music keeps me sane, motivated and inspired'
Waikato sculptor Adrian Worsley creates giant animals from scrap metal with a soundtrack of "really heavy and loud" music. Audio
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Mel Parsons: 'I'm sure parenting is the hardest thing I'll ever do'
Folk songwriter Mel Parsons gets real about the highs and lows of raising four kids in her new song 'Tiny Days'. Video, Audio