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Coco and Angelman syndrome: 'My baby is too happy'
14 Dec 2018An Auckland mother felt she was seen as crazy for telling doctors "my baby is too happy and likes water too much", until little Coco was diagnosed with Angelman syndrome. Video
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Watch: Pax Assadi's 5 Star Stories
7 Dec 2018Comic Pax Assadi is always taking taxis. But what would happen if he grilled the drivers? Video
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Candy Crush: Transitioning from bullied kid to wrestling champ
23 Nov 2018Leilani Tominiko watched wrestling to escape from transphobic bullying as a child. Now she's the first trans champion in the ring. Video
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WATCH: The ex-league star wanting bros to change
12 Nov 2018Jaye Pukepuke was once a league star but he became 'a thug' and went to prison. Now he's started Bros for Change to help kids heading down the wrong path. Video
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Watch: When big shot artist Hundertwasser moved to Northland
30 Nov 2018Austrian-born artist and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser was a superstar in the 1970s when he arrived in the Bay of Islands, and became friends with the locals. Video
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Wireless Docs: Two Flowers
8 Nov 2018A new, short documentary follows the journey of a bloom from cutting to bouquet to the moment it wilts, while exploring what different flowers mean to different people. Video
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Wireless Docs: In Search of Tūrangawaewae
17 Oct 2018He's met the Queen, helped a prime minister's Private Secretary give a coup leader the slip, and built a new life from scratch after fleeing Fiji for New Zealand. In a new short film, Prabodh Kumar…
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Wireless Docs: Suspended Generation
25 Sep 2018A new short documentary tells the story of the kids of Kiribati who face the harsh realities of climate change.
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The 20-year-old pushing Pacific people to get involved in politics
14 Sep 2018Latayvia Tualasea-Tautai is pushing for Pacific people to get involved in politics. Ahead of a Both Worlds documentary on her work, she tells The Wireless how growing up in poverty motivated her.
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Someday Stories: Repugnant
10 Sep 2018In this short film, Grace must prove to the world that her pray-away-the-gay dog therapy works by trying to "cure" Fergis the pug of his homosexuality.
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Using dance to push back against toxic masculinity
7 Sep 2018Jacob Tamata is an exciting emerging dancer, voguing his way across Auckland. Ahead of a Both Worlds documentary on directing his first show, he explains why vogue isn't just a genre of dance, it's a…
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Someday Stories: UAPŌIFALEMALU
7 Sep 2018A short film about pylons, telephone poles and the songs we sing from home.
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Wireless Docs: What Becomes of Me?
5 Sep 2018In a new documentary, Jessie Casson tracks down people she interviewed and photographed when they were teenagers and finds out if their lives turned out as they expected.
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Someday Stories: FOODIE
4 Sep 2018Flo's love for her new home is tested when her papa changes the menu at his traditional Chinese restaurant.
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How noodles are connecting me to my roots
31 Aug 2018Artist Ruby White, 25, learned to make silver needle noodles in a bid to connect with her Malaysian roots. Ahead of a Both Worlds documentary on her pop-up noodle restaurant, she talks about the art…
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Someday Stories: Bloom
31 Aug 2018A young New Zealander and her mother live with grief in a toxic environment - can the river and their relationship be saved?
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Someday Stories: DISORDER
27 Aug 2018An intimate insight into the perspectives of New Zealanders who have lived with disordered eating.
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Someday Stories: I am Waru
24 Aug 2018A single dad whose “normal” childhood was underscored with violence is determined to create a new normal for his own children – and for all children.
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The delights and dangers of artificial affection
20 Aug 2018Social robots are charming humans, providing company to elderly people and giving joy to children. But is there a danger in letting data-collecting robots into our lives? Thomas Phillips reports.
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How I swapped crime for Krump
17 Aug 2018William Rakena was wagging school and committing crime. Then his aunty and a new interest in dance turned his life around.
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How getting a job turned into a series of tests
15 Aug 2018Pre-employment drug tests, psychometric tests, aptitude tests, credit checks, police checks and health tests add up to a lot of work before you even get the job - or don’t get it - Naomi Arnold…
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The 1.5 generation
7 Aug 2018What happens to your identity when you immigrate to New Zealand as a child? Hye Ji 'Erica' Lee reports.
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The kids left bed-bound by chronic fatigue
31 Jul 2018What do you do with a child who falls ill and is never again well enough to return to school? Felicity Monk reports on the illness striking down thousands of Kiwi youths.
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The battle over Wellington’s ‘ugliest building’
26 Jul 2018For six years, the towering Gordon Wilson Flats have sat empty and decaying, as its owner has fought to demolish the heritage-listed building. Now it hopes it can end the impasse by capturing the…
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