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Busy time for charity rehoming old and injured farm dogs
Retired Working Dogs has been hit by a "double whammy" as both farmers and potential adopters struggle with increased costs. Audio
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Why New Zealand's oldest female boxer can't fight at home
20 Jul 2024At 55, Lisa Ryan is officially too old to box competitively in Aotearoa. Audio
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New Horizons: Ani DiFranco & John Grant as Good as Ever
21 Jul 2024William Dart looks at new releases from songwriters Ani DiFranco and John Grant, both released within the same month, with songs that reach out to their audiences with the artists' familiar tenaciousness. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 21 July 2024
21 Jul 202419th-century lawyer and politician Robert Grant only wrote a few hymns, but there's one you'll still find in many hymnbooks today: O worship the king. Sing along in this week's programme. Audio
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Teenager's dream lands him a historic home
20 Jul 2024At just 19 years old, Taylor Henderson has bought and renovated a once-rundown cottage. Audio
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Helping teens make peace with anxiety
18 Jul 2024While it can be “really, really uncomfortable” anxiety is a natural experience we can learn to work with, says clinical psychologist Dr Toni Lindsay. Audio
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From pup to pro: Following a Wairarapa working dog's journey
Miley is a seven-month-old huntaway bred by award-winning dog triallist Chris Shaw. Country Life follows along as he trains her up. Audio
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'Brown girls like me do not go on to become writers'
19 Jul 2024Award-winning poet Samoan poet Tusiata Avia shares her story in a new documentary by Frank Film.
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Mia Makaroff and the 'Butterfly' effect
19 Jul 2024Choral composer Mia Makaroff talks with Bryan Crump about how she came to write her best-known song, 'Butterfly', and being a juror at the World Choir Games. Video, Audio
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Turning food waste into wealth
Avocado seed powder, fish skin for wound healing, bioactive compounds made from brewer’s waste... Claire Concannon visits a food lab at AUT. Audio
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How China's underground historians are fighting for the truth
18 Jul 2024Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ian Johnson highlights the Chinese citizens who challenge Communist Party narratives in his new book Sparks.
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Singakademie Graz: 'Singing is an adventure'
18 Jul 2024Singakademie Graz, one of over two hundred choirs in Auckland for the World Choir Games, squeezed in to the RNZ studio to perform live on RNZ Concert’s Three to Seven show. Video, Audio
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Cheeseburger Hill Choir
17 Jul 2024Cheeseburger Hill, a choir of young voices from Thailand, are in New Zealand to take part in the World Choir Games. They perform live in the RNZ Auckland studio. Video, Audio
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Teenagers' secret pact explored in psychological thriller Silent as The Snow
16 Jul 2024Author Emily Pattullo's new novel explores decisions we make when we're young, and the far- reaching consequences they can have. Audio
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Review: The Great Wave by Michiko Kakutani
17 Jul 2024Michiko Kakutani's The Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the Outsider reads like a synthesis of modern maladies with few solutions offered, Jeremy Rees writes.
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Simone Biles: Rising - The biggest revelations from new Netflix documentary
18 Jul 2024Analysis - It's her raw approach to battling mental health "demons", and the decision to return on her terms that may cement Simone Biles as one of the greatest athletes of our time, Amberleigh Jack writes. Video
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How do they get our horses to the Paris Olympics?
18 Jul 2024The highly-trained Olympic animals come with their own passports, in-flight meals, and frolicking time during layovers.
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Rebel Wilson's directorial debut to premiere at Toronto International Film Festival despite defamation suit
Despite producers allegedly threatening to block the premiere, and then filing a lawsuit against actor-director Rebel Wilson, The Deb will close Toronto International Film Festival.
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Is there any truth to the 'man flu'?
17 Jul 2024It's that time of year where winter colds are doing the rounds and the term 'man flu' often comes up to poke fun at symptoms which are seemingly exaggerated by men. But is there any merit to it? Audio
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The reason birdsong is so varied and what birds meme
17 Jul 2024Why do no two bird songs sound the same? Evolution, a birdsong expert says, and their songs might be warning challenges or advertising for a mate. Audio
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How to make the best custard squares in New Zealand
17 Jul 2024From the firm, smooth custard, hand-piped icing to the passion-fruit filling, it's verging on perfection. Audio
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Easy Eats: Sam Parish's leftover roast chicken soup
17 Jul 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 leftover roast chicken soup that the whole whānau will love.
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The Kiwi medical pioneer you haven't heard of
16 Jul 2024A surgeon originally from Cromwell - who worked in the Spanish Civil War and World War II - is being credited with influencing the way modern day hospitals run their A and E departments. Audio