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Recent items from Summer Times
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Gardening with Gerard Martin
11:20 AM.It's been a hot dry summer on the East Coast, but Gerard Martin of Kings Seeds says there are 200 millilitres forecast for today. Audio
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NZ Principal's Federation gets a new president
11:10 AM.If you have senior secondary school-aged children, today is likely to be quite a big day for your family, with NCEA results out this morning. It's also a big year in education for Whetu Cormick… Read more Audio
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Crafting resistance
10:45 AM.Have you heard of crafting resistance? To look at Arpillera (to use its Spanish name) you may not think it is anything but beautiful, colourful, patchwork art. But actually, it's a form of artistic… Read more Audio
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Managing Kauri Dieback disease
10:27 AM.Kauri dieback is a serious disease that kills Kauri trees. It's decimating kauri forests in northern New Zealand, and is partiucalrly severe in the popular Waitakere Ranges in West Auckland. The… Read more Audio
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Banning microbeads
10:13 AM.Cosmetic products containing microbeads will be banned under a proposal announced by the Minister for the Environment, Nick Smith. Marine scientists have been advocating for a ban on the… Read more Audio
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Don't kill kākā with kindness
9:30 AM.They were extinct in Wellington for around 100 years before Zealandia re-introduced them in 2002, but now kākā are making themselves at home again in the capital. Read more Audio
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Should housing be a human right?
9:20 AM.It is estimated there are about 40,000 homeless people in New Zealand, more than half of them are under 25 and many of them children. Read more Audio
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Studying pedestrian accidents
9:10 AM.Thirty percent of pedestrians - that's 104 - killed between 2006 and 2015 were aged 65 and over. That outnumbers the number of cyclists killed: 90 during the same period. Audio
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Food with Julie Biuso
11:16 AM.Julie offers suggestions for sweet corn, zucchini flower, and eggplant. Audio
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The Haiku Walkway
11:07 AM.If you're looking for somewhere to meditate, or walk off the effects of too much Christmas indulgence, then why not try the Katikati Haiku Pathway? The Pathway has recently celebrated the addition of… Read more Audio
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What Are You Reading?
10:50 AM.Auckland City Councillor Efeso Collins tells Jesse about one of his favourite recent reads. Audio
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Permaculture & Brian von Helzen
10:35 AM.Brian von Helzen is the US-based founder of the Climate Foundation which looks in depth at food security and carbon balance in soils and seas, and mitigating climate disruption in critical eco-systems… Read more Audio
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Preparing for Te Matatini
10:25 AM.Te Matatini is the national Kapa Haka festival, and it's being held from February 22nd - 26th in Hastings. It's a giant feat of logistics: 47 performing teams, 35,000 people in attendance and a… Read more Audio
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Otago Uni recipient of amazing Xmas gift
10:10 AM.The University of Otago has received from a local family a very special Christmas gift - a property worth milions of dollars. Part of the Remarkables Station, it was founded during the days of the… Read more Audio
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NZ's pollination population
9:30 AM.Pollination makes the world go round, and plants in New Zealand have evolved clever strategies to get the pollination services they require. Read more Audio
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Rise in river drownings
9:11 AM.Though the overall number of drownings is slightly down this summer, there has been a marked rise in one particular 'category' of drowning deaths: those in rivers. Jonty Mills from Water Safety NZ… Read more Audio
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Wine with Yvonne Lorkin
11:21 AM.Yvonee tells us about "the best new vineyards you've never heard of". Audio
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Black Dogs
11:15 AM.Our unenlightened forebears had some strange superstitions regarding animals, including ones about black dogs: "It's good luck if a black dog follows you at home, but bad luck if it follows you on the… Read more Audio
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Auckland Arts Festival - Miriama McDowell
11:08 AM.The Auckland Arts Festival is on between the 8th and 26th of March. One of the plays being prepared for the festival is co-written and co-performed by Miriama McDowell, who is well known to New… Read more Audio
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Home for Christmas - Rebecca Denton
10:50 AM.Rebecca Denton is on the cusp of releasing her first book. She's originally from Dunedin and left Logan Park High School with an impressive outstanding 54 detentions. Audio
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What are you reading?
10:43 AM.Maori Party MP Marama Fox tells us what she has been reading this Summer. Audio
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Employee of the Month - John Rae
10:30 AM.Musician John Rae offered to be an employee of the month during the Nelson Jazz festival. We were a bit late getting back to him, and the festival is over and John's gone fishing. Nonetheless, John… Read more Audio
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Hector's dolphin calf sighted in Otago waters
10:20 AM.A very young Hector's dolphin calf has been spotted in Otago waters this week. It was sighted by crew on the Monarch Wildlife Cruises and Tours boat on Tuesday. Naturally, Dr Liz Slooten, a whale and… Read more Audio
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Chilean telescope to be modified in search for life
10:10 AM.A huge telescope in Chile is going to be modified so that it can look for signs of life in the Alpha Centauri star system, the system closest to us. The European Southern Observatory's Very Large… Read more Audio
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Thoughts on The Lighthouse
9:37 AM.Aucklanders are divided on the brand new piece of public art at Queens Wharf – Michael Parekowhai's The Lighthouse. Read more Audio