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12:10 PM.On April the 8th 1945 the New Zealand Division, including the 28th Maori Battalion, launched an offensive from the banks of the Senio River in northern Italy and then dashed towards Trieste where a… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Maori nurse Dean Cowles worked a 23-hour shift at Christchurch Hospital on the day of the 2019 mosque attacks in which 51 people died. He describes it as 'organised chaos with blood everywhere.' Now… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The Dowse Art Museum in Lower Hutt has just launched a new exhibition Pohatu Roa, Stories in Stone. The museum's director Karl Chitham also recently accompanied a group of Maori artists to Germany… Read more Audio

1:40 PM.Musician Laughton Kora is the frontman for Black Comet whose sound is described as 'multi-dimensional galactic funk' They will be on stage at Wellington's CubaDupa Festival tonight. Audio

1:10 PM.Professor Meihana Durie was recently appointed Te Toi Aronui at Te Wananga Aronui o Tamaki Makaurau - AUT, and last month he was appointed Tumuaki-chief executive of Te Wananga o Raukawa. Professor… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Director Jason Te Kare talks about the production of Nga Whakamaoritanga which is a Te Reo Maori version of the Irish play Translations which was written in 1980 by playwright Brian Friel and set in… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Julian Wilcox hosts a special Mapuna from the Pukekura Bowl of Brooklands stage on the final day of Te Matatini. Audio

1:10 PM.Professor Poia Rewi is the Tumu Whakarae-Chief Executive of Te Matawai the independent organisation established in 2016 with the mission to 'restore Maori as a nurturing first language within Maori… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Te Matawai is the independent organisation established in 2016 with the mission to 'restore Maori as a nurturing first language within Maori homes and communities'. Professor Poia Rewi was appointed… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Festival director, Vanessa Stacey, gives an overview of the next three weeks featuring local and international acts at New Zealand's largest open-access arts festival. Emerging talent will be… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Maori bass baritone and vocal coach Robert Wiremu has developed a work which commemorates the Erebus air disaster in Antarctica through the lens of Mozart. Air New Zealand Flight TE901 was on a sight… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Last September marked 40 years since the Te Maori exhibition opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and recently its Oceania galleries underwent a major renovation. They will reopen in… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Last September marked 40 years since the Te Maori exhibition opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and recently its Oceania galleries underwent a major renovation. They will reopen in… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Black Ferns Sevens captain Sarah Hirini has just returned from Cape Town where she led her team to victory in a tournament there. It adds to a trophy cabinet that includes Olympic and Commonwealth… Read more Audio