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10:20 Local bars stop selling Eagle Brewing after posting an online comment

Eagle Brewing's David Gaughan posted a racist comment on a news website describing Maori as the scourge of New Zealand, and said the quicker they were put in prison the better. His comments have led to some retailers pulling his products from their stores. Karyn speaks with one of them, Newtown's Moon pizza, craft beer bar and music venue in Wellington.

10:30 Dame Gaylene Preston: supporting artists in New Zealand

Dame Gaylene Preston has produced and directed many classics of New Zealand cinema. Karyn Hay speaks with Dame Gaylene about her recent column in Stuff that asks "...why do we think than an artist starving in a garret is romantic?"  

Gaylene Preston

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10:45 Kiwi Rules: Soft Plastics

Lately's Friday night music feature Kiwi Rules where a New Zealand artist or band plays it forward. Tonight it's the turn of Sophie Scott-Maunder, bass player and vocalist for the Wellington three-piece Soft Plastics.

Soft Plastics

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