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Stitching bling, satin & velvet into Toi Māori
28 Apr 2024The large wall hung quilts of takatāpui fabric artist and storyteller Maungaronga Te Kawa (Ngāti Porou) leap and sparkle as joyous dance. They are blankets of aroha for a world that needs it. Audio
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What we're watching: Home (Season One)
29 Apr 2024Beautiful and unusual buildings paired with fascinating human stories: Dan Slevin recommends a real estate show with a difference.
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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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Sarah Watkins: "Music is to be shared"
24 Apr 2024Pianist Sarah Watkins, one of the original members of NZTrio, is joining the ensemble again for their 'Unquiet Dream' concert series. It's the first instalment of NZTrio's 2024 season. Audio
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'Nothing like it': Running, solving riddles around Canterbury high country
29 Apr 2024For 24 hours over the weekend, 500 people sprinted, ambled and wandered around the grassy plains of Canterbury's high country, searching for small markers and solving silly riddles in a rogaine-style event.
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Could your anxiety be a superpower?
Treating anxiety as a kind of superpower that can help you perform better is a powerful reframing tool, science writer and researcher David Robson says. Audio
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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
26 Apr 2024Morton 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