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LIVE: The Phoenix Foundation play Horsepower at The Hollywood
25 Apr 2024Listen to The Phoenix Foundation in concert, performing songs from their celebrated debut album Horsepower, along with crowd favorites from their back catalogue, live at The Hollywood Cinema in Tāmaki Makaurau. Audio
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Independent Spirit winner is living with incurable brain cancer
28 Apr 2024Award-winning musician Teremoana Rapley has revealed she is living with inoperable brain cancer - and possibly has only months left to live. It comes days after she was recognised for her contribution to music and advocacy for Pacific artists.
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At The Movies: Challengers
24 Apr 2024Zendaya shines in this Luca Guadagnino-directed tale of tennis and romantic triangles, writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio
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Much of NZ 'dotted' with little-known volcanoes, scientist reveals
27 Apr 2024Northland was built on a volcanic field while the Otago Peninsula is "one big volcanic complex", says geologist Graham Leonard Audio
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Arovision: NZ's little battler in the digital streaming wars
28 Apr 2024King Loser, an independent New Zealand documentary won the Taite Music Prize for music journalism last week. But where do you go to see it? Netflix, Neon, Disney? Think again. TVNZ Plus? Not even. Fortunately, Arovision is keeping the local streaming flame alive. Audio
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How to tell if your preschooler is autistic
27 Apr 2024Many children with autism show signs from the age of one, says Victoria University researcher Dr Hannah Waddington. Audio
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A love for Clydesdales - 'they just become your mates'
Steve Muggeridge chats to Country Life about the changing use of Clydesdale horses and hitches a pair up to a vintage wagon for a ride. Video, Audio
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Backstage at the Taite Music Awards
Charlotte Ryan speaks to the Taite nominees about why being independent is important to their music. Audio
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How recording their latest album helped Sleater-Kinney work through 'incredible grief'
Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker say finishing their band's 11th studio delivered "a sense of purpose" in the face of sudden loss. Audio
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'It's well past time Pākeha sung to Māori'
27 Apr 2024New Zealand poet and doctor Glenn Colquhoun has released two new books of poetry in te reo Māori, both accompanied by soundtracks. Audio
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The last of the ballot blocks - farm sale reflects tough few years
One of the last remaining rehab soldier farms in Wairarapa has been sold for forestry, and the farm gear is going under the hammer. Audio
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Peter Hook on playing bass with Joy Division and New Order
27 Apr 2024"What I hope is that people will see me and go, 'Oh my God, if he can do it, anybody can do it.'" Audio
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How NZ sheep are helping find a treatment for Alzheimer's
27 Apr 2024A New Zealand geneticist says his research into the minds of genetically modified sheep may hold the key.
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New Horizons: A Tribute to Henry Mancini
28 Apr 2024William Dart salutes Henry Mancini, born 100 years ago, a man whose music provided a stylish backdrop for the best of America's more conservative popular culture. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 28 April 2024
28 Apr 2024A great rendition of William Kethe's hymn All people that on earth do dwell begins this week's programme. You can also hear harvest hymns, and hymns of thanksgiving. Audio
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Six reasons diners avoid plant-based meat
26 Apr 2024Turns out 'critical meat-lovers' are just one group who reject restaurant dishes with vegan protein.
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Pianist Liam Wooding
27 days agoMorton Trio pianist Liam Wooding talks with David Morriss about his recent experiences as a Fulbright Scholar in the United States, and the concert of sextexts the Trio (and friends) are currently touring in partnership with Chamber Music New Zealand. Audio
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What it takes to take out rats
Kate Evans joins a passionate team carpeting a remote Tongan island with poisoned bait. Audio
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Easy Eats: Loaded Larb Eggplant with Brown Rice
27 Apr 2024Sam Parish likes to jazz up seasonal eggplants in a citrus-drunk mince medley.
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The Taranaki gym encouraging seniors to lift weights
24 Apr 2024Gym coach Dane Carr tells Kathryn Ryan how strength training is improving the lives of his older clients. Audio
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How to help free your kids from screen addiction
24 Apr 2024Ten years after her teen son developed an addiction to gaming, American nurse Melanie Hempe helps other parents redirect their children back to the "real in-person world". Audio
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Jimmy Barnes: 'I've grown up a hell of a lot!'
25 Apr 2024Scottish-born Aussie rocker Jimmy Barnes has a new lease on life but also finds comfort in looking back. Audio
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Preview: 2024 Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival
26 Apr 2024Dan Slevin checks out three documentaries screening at this always-intriguing festival.
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30 with Guyon: Roseanne Liang
24 Apr 2024Film director Roseanne Liang tells Guyon Espiner about her huge new Hollywood project, why she's obsessed with Terminator 2, and what movies tell us about humanity. Video, Audio