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The history of the living wage
1:25 PM.Lyndy McInyre has dedicated her life to fighting for the rights of low wage workers... A long-time community organiser.. in 2011 she was a part of a social movement to address "in-work poverty"… Read more Audio
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Supergroove to super movies
1:15 PM.Today a handful of New Zealand's best composers received nominations for three major awards that will be presented at the APRA Silver Scrolls later this year. Looking down the list, one name appeared… Read more Audio
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Our Changing World – Genomics in Aotearoa
From helping taonga species such as the kākāpō, to early identification of cancer, to tackling food security: New Zealand scientists are using genomics – the study of DNA or genetics – to find… Read more Audio
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Feature interview: How refrigerators changed the world
3:10 PM.107 times a day, we open the doors to one of the most consequential inventions in the history of food and drink. The refrigerator. Read more Audio
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Bookmarks with Emily Perkins
2:30 PM.Emily Perkins is an award-winning novelist; these are her bookmarks. Read more Audio
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Easy Eats with Sam Parish: Mexican Bean Toasties with Salsa
2:20 PM.Sam has an inspired Mexican touch for Father's Day. Access the recipe here. Read more Audio
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Podcast Critic: Handsome and All Songs Considered
2:12 PM.Elliott Childs reviews Handsome and revisits All Songs Considered. Read more Audio
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Heading Off: the Whanganui River
1:45 PM.River guide Willie Huch from Owhango Adventures gives Jesse the lowdown on how to enjoy the mighty Whanganui River. Read more Audio
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Angel at the microphone
1:35 PM.Today marks 100 years since the birth of one of our most beloved authors: Janet Frame. Read more Audio
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The bat-bridge
1:25 PM.Hamiltonians are always working hard to protect and nurture their population of long-tailed bats - or pekapeka-tou-roa - a species under critical threat. Read more Audio
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Olympian inspiration
1:15 PM.As if our most decorated Olympian Dame Lisa Carrington hadn't done enough to inspire the up-and-coming generation, she's now poised to release her first children's book. Read more Audio
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Thrift
3:30 PM.Katy Gosset meets a Christchurch woman who's teaching a new generation of New Zealanders how to pickle and preserve. Read more Audio
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The reasons why we fall out of love with our job
3:10 PM.Breaking up is hard to do in relationships, but also breaking up with your job. Read more Audio
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Music feature: Neil Young
2:30 PM.The multitalented Finn Johanssen joins Jesse to talk about Canadian songwriter Neil Young. Read more Audio
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Book Critic: travels in post-war Vietnam and Marxism in NZ lit
2:10 PM.Dougal McNeill's Forms of Freedom, Marxist essays in New Zealand and Australia literature and Mary McCarthy's Vietnam. Read more Audio
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Tech Tuesday: The arrest of ‘Russia’s Zuckerberg’, Pavel Durov
1:45 PM.Tim Batt is in studio to look at the biggest story in tech right now: the arrest of Telegram's CEO. Read more Audio
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Some brand-new wallabies and what they mean for the environment
1:35 PM.Researchers have discovered a new species of wallaby living undetected around Rotorua. Read more Audio
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Our history mapped
1:25 PM.Matt Smith, a designer teamed up with his history buff father Mark, to create something unique. Read more Audio
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Can you give Melatonin to kids?
1:15 PM.A recent RNZ investigation found dozens of parents jumping through hoops to import melatonin to help their kids sleep. So what are the safety concerns involved? Read more Audio
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Fareed Zakaria: Age of Revolutions
3:10 PM.We are living in the age of revolution, where economic and technological change is happening so fast it creates anxiety that spills over into politics. Populism rises along with scepticism about… Read more Audio
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Expert: Op-shopping
2:32 PM.Op-shopping; some are born with an eye for it, some aren't so lucky. But according to today's experts, it doesn't have to be this way. Afternoons newsreader and vintage-shopping Queen Marama T-Pole… Read more Audio
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Made in NZ: Dust & Glow
2:23 PM.Did you know that 80 to 90 percent of most beauty products are made up of water? But not Gaelle Thieme's. Her brand 'Dust & Glow' creates shampoos and other personal hygiene products that take the… Read more Audio
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TV Critic: ‘Douglas is Cancelled’, 'Guy Mont-Spelling Bee' and ‘The Night Manager’
2:08 PM.Afternoons TV critic Linda Burgess reviews British comedy-drama 'Douglas is Cancelled', Kiwi comedy 'Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee' and revisits the popular 2016 series 'The Night Manager'. Read more Audio
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The physics of light
1:35 PM.Professor Sir Michael Berry is one of the world's leading theoretical physicists with a special interest in light. He's been in the country to deliver a lecture titled "The Physics of Light in Eighty… Read more Audio