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Recent items from Summer Times
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Iceland
11:05 AM.We've been travelling around the country over the past three weeks on Summertimes, today though we're in Iceland. This chilly part of the world is a super hot tourist destination these days. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Got the kiwi blues
10:40 AM.Blues man Darren Watson has a gig on this Saturday in Wellington and he's dropped into our wellington studio to talk NZ blues. Read more Audio
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Pip Tamahere
10:05 AM.Piles of uncollected rubbish everywhere, potholes that could swallow a car, and long queues outside ATMs that never have enough money - no wonder Kiwi journalist Philippa Stevenson's called one of her… Read more Audio
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Singing together
10:05 AM.The New Zealand Secondary Schools Choir is joining is joining Choirs Aotearoa New Zealand. The number of secondary school students involved in choral singing is huge and this marks a major change in… Read more Audio
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Families on the Spectrum: Hilary Stace
10:05 AM."If you have met one person with autism you have met one person with autism'". During this week's series talking to families with children on the autism spectrum, along with many parents sharing the… Read more Audio
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Hamilton in 2019
9:50 AM.We are looking now at what the year ahead is likely to feature in Hamilton and Waikato with our reporter Andrew McRae. Read more Audio
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Adoption in New Zealand
9:30 AM.Around 300 couples and individuals are waiting, hoping to be able to adopt a baby in New Zealand at any one time. But in the past year the number available for adoption is down to around 20. Read more Audio
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Brexit
9:09 AM.We check in on breaking news from the UK about the no confidence vote in the House of Commons. We're joined by Reader in Sociology Dr Katy Hayward from Queen's University Belfast. Read more Audio
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Hurling in Aoteaora
11:45 AM.Hurling - described as the fastest game on grass - has been played in Ireland for around 4-thousand years. Hurling is the men's stick and ball team sport, women play by the identical rules and it's… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Rita Angus mural project
11:30 AM.There's something going on in Bond Street in Wellington. This summer renowned street artist, Elliot O'Donnell aka Askew One, will be working with street art advocate, muralist and museologist, Bruce… Read more Audio
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Keeping Kaikoura's little blue penguins safe
11:20 AM.The Kaikoura Ocean Research Institute (KORI) wants get the word out about responsible behaviour on the water and they are using social media to encourage jet skiers and boat operators to take special… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Otago University at 150
11:05 AM.Now though we're heading south to New Zealand's oldest university! This year the University of Otago celebrates its 150th anniversary, having been founded back in 1869. Read more Audio
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Volunteering as a Justice of the Peace
10:50 AM.Justices of the Peace are vital for our justice system but it's a huge undertaking for the thousands of people who sign up to be one. Read more Audio
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Taking the proverbial
10:20 AM.We're about to talk proverbs and, well, we're running just a touch late to this story but hey better late than never. After all, you can't always get what you want. It's a little upsetting though… Read more Audio
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Vaccinating asthma
10:12 AM.Developing vaccines against asthma, allergy and human hookworm is the long-term ambition of Professor Graham Le Gros. Read more Audio
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Brexit
10:05 AM.For the latest on Brexit in the UK we're crossing to London to RNZ's correspondent Natalie Powell. Read more Audio
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Hawke's Bay in 2019
9:45 AM.Our regional series is moving north and east today. The Hawke's Bay is coming in for a big 2019 and RNZ correspondent Anusha Bradley joins us now from Napier to talk a year of water on farms, water in… Read more Audio
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Scenic Playground
9:30 AM.Aotearoa is a country packed to the brim with mountains. The South Island bristles with them and the North Island peaks loom over the landscape like guardians. Read more Audio
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Families on the Spectrum
9:20 AM.Rachael is from the next family to share their story of trying to secure the best possible education and future for their children who're somewhere on the autism spectrum. Read more Audio
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Right to repair in NZ
9:05 AM.Consumer NZ's head of research Jessica Wilson on consumer rights here, and whether New Zealand could use right to repair legislation itself. Read more Audio
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Ceramics
11:45 AM.Tatyanna Meharry loves nothing more than to immerse her hands in clay. The Christchurch based ceramicist creates artworks, homeware and World of Wearable arts garments - she and her sister Natasha… Read more Audio, Gallery
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One Day Ahead: the story of eight Kiwi blokes supporting each other through the Tour de France
11:30 AM.Mental health is like fitness – we all have good and bad days, according to Auckland business manager and keen cyclist Mike Conza. He says his crew of amateurs could not have successfully completed… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery
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Volunteering with the Community Comms Collective
11:15 AM.Our series profiling volunteers continues, this time with someone who is a matchmaker, of sorts. Hamish Girvan works with the Community Comms Collective it's aim is to help out organisations that are… Read more Audio
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NZ comedy in 2019
11:05 AM.The New Zealand Comedy scene is gearing up for another big year on the local and international stages. Read more Audio
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On the ketch
10:45 AM.Time to talk music and today we're on a boat! Hopetourn Brown is an Auckland two-piece band which recently embarked on an interesting tour of the country - circumnavigating it in a 30-year old ketch… Read more Audio