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Recent items from Summer Times
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Summer Reading: A critical eye
11:20 AM.Today we're continuing our series looking at what a summer read is. I'm joined by editor, publicist and critic Elizabeth Heritage to mull over how the language around books classified as holiday reads… Read more Audio
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Preserving your photographs
11:05 AM.In the cloud, in your phone, on your laptop, maybe on a memory stick - this is how most people store their photos these days. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Volunteer - CJ
10:50 AM.Our series on volunteering continues with 17 year old Whakatane high school student CJ Poole who's involved in youth council, environmental issues and a new organisation to address period poverty. Read more Audio
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Music Feature: Anxiety Club
10:36 AM.Wellington band Anxiety club are releasing a new single today called Ginger in the Summer and their singer Kev Fitzsimons and keyboardist and harmonica player Clint Meech are in the studio with Robert… Read more Audio
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Lacrosse
10:20 AM.We're profiling sports that have a low profile here but are fast catching on, today it's the turn of Lacrosse. Lynn heads to training in Kilbirnie in Wellington. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Dan Slevin goes to the movies
10:05 AM.Dan Slevin is here to talk new release films and this week he's been on a trip to the spider verse. Read more Audio
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Fire Risks: Myles Taylor
9:52 AM.The pre-Christmas 'big wet' in many parts of the country has been replaced by not just hot but in places really high temperatures. Myles Taylor is the FENZ Principle Rural Fire Officer for… Read more Audio
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Tokelau in 2019
9:40 AM.We're taking our regional series further afield with RNZ Pacific reporter Mackenzie Smith who's going to fill us in on Tokelau, and New Zealand's relationship with the territory. Read more Audio
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Antarctic Podcasts
9:30 AM.Harry Seagar has come up with an ambitious plan for a podcast series about Antarctica - but wait, there's much, much more as he aims to spread the word across numerous digital platforms. Read more Audio
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100 Objects: Ledger
9:25 AM.One of our listeners Kitty has an excellent family suggestion for our collection of NZ History in 100 Objects. Read more Audio
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Saving Lives
9:05 AM.Already this summer our news bulletins have been full of stories of people dying in the water, or surviving a close call. There are happy endings of course. Read more Audio
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100 Objects Half G
8:20 AM.we invited you to contribute to a list of 100 objects reflecting Aotearoa New Zealand..prompted by a book that historian Dr Jock Phillips is writing on this very subject. Read more Audio
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Stitch Kitchen
11:50 AM.The Fashion industry's had to do a lot of soul searching in recent years - it's been responsible for wastage on a vast scale for decades. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Summer reading: the bookseller
11:34 AM.How well do we know our loved ones' reading habits and do we know how they like to unwind? Books are a hugely popular Christmas present and don't appear to be going anywhere. But do people get it… Read more Audio
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York
11:18 AM.We're travelling further afield now, to York in northern England, a city with a rich and fascinating history, a remarkable Cathedral, a wall that encircles most of it, the inward leaning shopping area… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Cycling off the beaten track
11:05 AM.Traveller and documentary maker Elisabeth Easther is back to talk about new ways to see Aotearoa. Today we're talking about cycleways around the country and the new ways to see places that might be… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Ozzy Osbourne in Aotearoa
10:35 AM.It was Ozzy's Birthday in December and as he's coming next year we thought we should celebrate! Read more Audio
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The future of content
10:24 AM.The name Trevor Agnew might ring a bell to some Christchurch-based listeners. Trevor was the TV critic for the local newspaper, The Press, for nigh-on 30 years. And what a time to be a TV critic… Read more Audio
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Netball volunteering
10:06 AM.There's concern about a drop off of younger volunteers willing to work with the next generation of netball players. Read more Audio
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Cricket in Timor Leste
9:54 AM.We're heading to Timor-Leste now, previously known as East Timor. It's had a pretty rough time of it - but some Kiwis are trying to help out, through the power of sport! Read more Audio
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Youth Justice in 2019
9:32 AM.The youth justice organisation JustSpeak is now heading into its eighth year of existence and has a lot of plans for 2019. Tania Sawicki-Mead is the director of JustSpeak. Read more Audio
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Rebekah White
9:05 AM.This year New Zealand Geographic magazine marks its 30th year reporting on issues that affect us all. It co-incides with another notable anniversary in 2019- the 250th of Cook's arrival in Aotearoa… Read more Audio
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Learner gardening workshop
11:40 AM.The Sustainability Trust in Wellington runs workshops for people keen on the idea of gardening but unsure how to get started. Lynn joins Food is Free workshop organiser Nina Atkinson at Innermost… Read more Audio, Gallery
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A daring expedition
11:18 AM.The Daring Shipwreck has been a captivating story in 2018. After many months of debate and research the wreck was recently removed from its watery grave. But many lessons have been learnt along the… Read more Audio, Gallery
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NYE playlist with DJ Sticky Fingers
10:40 AM.We're ripping our hair out over how to put together a bangin' NYE playlist, so we've pulled in an expert. RNZ's own Brad Warrington, aka DJ Sticky Fingers, is here to sort it out for us. Read more Audio, Gallery