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'Caught between the endless ocean and an unseeing earth, we chose life' – Tampa refugee Abbas Nazari
7:05 PM.In 2001, the Norwegian freighter Tampa - crammed with more than 400 asylum-seekers rescued from a sinking fishing boat - was turned away from Australia. Abbas Nazari, aged seven, was onboard. Read more Audio
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Ian Rankin’s latest work of tartan noir completes the unfinished novel of another Scottish crime writer
7:05 PM.Ian Rankin, the creator of Inspector Rebus, talks live from Edinburgh with New Zealand crime writer Vanda Symon at Word Christchurch 2021. Read more Audio
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“Society would label him a gangster, but I was honoured to see the little boy” – Matt Brown
7:05 PM.Christchurch barber Mataio (Matt) Brown wrote She is Not Your Rehab with his wife Sarah. They discuss the book and the global anti-violence movement it has spawned at 2021 WORD Christchurch. Read more Audio
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1984 Trades Hall bombing a defining moment in the life of unionist Helen Kelly
7:05 PM.Unionist Helen Kelly left a huge impact on New Zealand's political and industrial landscapes. Helen's biographer Rebecca Macfie speaks with Jo Malcolm about her life, times and legacy. Read more Audio
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The whakapapa of a story from imagination to understanding, laid out by Lyttelton poet Ben Brown
7:05 PM.Ben Brown (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Koroki, Ngāti Paoa) speaks about the power of imagination and its deep roots in te ao Māori at the 2021 WORD Christchurch Festival. Read more Audio
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Exactly 100 years after the birth of radio in NZ, Sarah Johnston looks back at its early decades
7:05 PM.Sound historian Sarah Johnston explores 100 years of radio in a talk at the National Library, focusing on the early decades and the innovative World War II radio Mobile Unit recordings. Read more Audio
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How Billy Goats Gruff can help children understand the world - and change it: Prof. Peter O’Connor
4:05 PM.In an update of his 2017 talk, Prof. Peter O'Connor explores the complexities of terrorism from an educator's perspective. From the online version of Auckland University's Raising the Bar. Read more Video, Audio
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Psychology can help us form herd immunity against misinformation - marketing expert Dr Mike Lee
4:05 PM.Marketing expert Dr Mike Lee has kept a ten-year watch on the anti-vaccination movement. In this illuminating talk, he explores how we could develop herd immunity against harmful misinformation. Read more Video, Audio
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Siouxsie Wiles on Covid-19, women in science and being called a Satanist
4:05 PM.Science communicator Siouxsie Wiles spoke about Covid-19, conspiracy theories and how being a goth teenager led her into microbiology, at the 2021 NZ International Science Festival. Read more Audio
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'Gene editing does feature in Māori narratives. What I’m wary of is people running off and weaponising that.'
4:05 PM.A team of experts discuss the future of gene editing to control pests, and how it connects with mātauranga Māori. A highlight of the NZ International Science Festival from July 2021. Read more Audio
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An angler and a surfer on the rivers, riptides & roads of New Zealand
4:05 PM.Angler Dougal Rillstone and surfer Derek Morrison talk to fellow explorer Bruce Ansley about their love for the wild places of Aotearoa. Read more Audio
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There are 800 Māori with PhDs, so why are there only five Māori HoDs other than in Māori Studies?
4:05 PM.Prof. Jacinta Ruru talks with fellow Māori academics about being Māori in a university. A highlight of 2021's Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival. Read more Audio
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Steve Braunias: 'Neither writing nor reading crime stories is a trivial or sordid exchange'
4:05 PM.Jared Savage and Steve Braunias explore the art of crime writing in Aotearoa. Rob Kidd chairs this highlight of 2021's Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival. Read more Audio
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“There was a woman beside me on a plane and she was reading my book!” – Becky Manawatu
4:05 PM.Lynn Freeman talks with Becky Manawatu about her acclaimed debut novel Auē in this highlight of 2021's Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival. Read more Audio
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Wellington writer HG Parry imagines an alternative history of slavery in new novel
4:05 PM.The emerging author HG Parry writes complex and engaging fantasy novels. She talks to Lynn Freeman about reinventing the 18th century in this highlight of 2021's Dunedin Writers Festival. Read more Audio
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“I make no apology for writing what I called the Māori Sublime” – Witi Ihimaera
4:05 PM.Master storyteller Witi Ihimaera talks with Jacinta Ruru about Navigating the Stars: Māori Creation Myths, in which he explores Māori history and identity through its mythology. Read more Audio
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What non-fungible tokens are, and how they change owning art for young people
4:05 PM.Lisa Reihana, Ane Tonga, Scott Lawrie and Deborah Rundle discuss a time of change for visual art with Claire Ulenberg at Creative Matakana. Recorded in May 2021. Read more Audio
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Tax is Love, says Shamubeel Eaqub
4:05 PM.A panel at Wanaka's Festival of Colour considers whether taxation is love. Lynn Freeman talks to Max Rashbrooke, Prof. Lisa Marriott and Shamubeel Eaqub in April 2021. Read more Audio
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Are referendums the key to improving democracy, or a way for the majority voice to overrule everyone else? Three experts disagree.
4:05 PM.Lynn Freeman talks about democracy with Max Rashbrooke, Oliver Hartwich and Katherine Errington in this highlight from Wanaka's Festival of Colour in April 2021 Read more Audio
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How can e-commerce reduce its environmental footprint?
4:05 PM.A trans-Tasman panel explores how e-commerce can operate in an environmentally sustainable way. Paul Barclay hosts this ABC discussion with experts from NZ and Australia. Read more Audio
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Remarkably, a Coney Island freak show has a proud place in the history of care for premature babies
4:05 PM.Huge strides in the care of pre-term babies have been made in the last few decades. Prof. Frank Bloomfield reports on this history, and current research, in this Raising the Bar 2021 highlight. Read more Audio
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There’s a big difference between health promotion and health education, says Auckland University expert
4:05 PM.In a Covid-19 era of fevered concern about health, why is health education in schools not done better? Assoc. Prof Katie Fitzpatrick considers why at Raising the Bar 2021. Read more Audio
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Research into the medical use of psychedelics is underway but don’t expect results soon – expert
4:05 PM.Since the 1950s researchers have known psychedelic drugs could have medical applications, but what of research today? Associate Professor Suresh Muthukumaraswamy talks at Raising the Bar 2021. Read more Audio
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The western academic framework completely misses the mark, according to a Pasifika university leader
4:05 PM.A brown girl is in the ring. Dr Jemaima Tiatia-Seath (the co-Head of the School of Māori Studies and Pacific Studies) explores life as a Pasifika academic. A highlight from Raising the Bar 2021. Read more Audio
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So vaping does less harm than smoking, but is it actually safe? Dr Kelly Burrowes clears the air
4:05 PM.How safe is vaping as an alternative to smoking? The bioengineer Dr Kelly Burrowes talks about what current research shows in this highlight from the Auckland University's Raising the Bar 2021. Read more Audio