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In her deeply personal memoir Faking It, Kyle Mewburn recounts a life in transition
3 Jul 2022Well-known children's author Kyle Mewburn talks with Jane Arthur about her life, which has recently changed radically. (A highlight from the 2021 Verb Readers and Writers Festival in Wellington) Read more Audio
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Wellington writer Clare Moleta explores the dark side of motherhood in her debut novel
26 Jun 2022Unsheltered is the riveting story of one mother’s search for her child across a climate-ravaged continent in a dystopian future. Clare Moleta talks with Pip Adam about her inspirations. Read more Audio
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'If you don’t get your head out of a book, my girl, you’ll end up on Queer Street'
19 Jun 2022In a personal address tracing a lifetime of reading, the renowned playwright Renée explores the power of literature, and its role in shaping her own professional and imaginative worlds. Read more Audio
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Word of mouth: What is it, does it work and how can it be used?
12 Jun 2022Marketing expert Assoc. Prof. Bodo Lang explains what word of mouth is, why it works, and how much it can be trusted. And he reveals that whether it's online or face to face really matters. Read more Audio
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How genome-mapping all NZ children could help combat disease
5 Jun 2022How could DNA improve our health? Prof. Justin O'Connor advocates sequencing the genomes of all the 60,000 children born in NZ each year. A highlight of Auckland University's Raising the Bar series. Read more Audio
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Tastes like climate change: Wine expert Ali Lowrey has a sobering warning
29 May 2022Ali Lowrey talks about the future of winemaking in this highlight of Auckland University's Raising the Bar Home Series. Read more Audio
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A top ice-hockey player is deeply involved in research into brain disease triggered by contact sports like hers
22 May 2022Dr Helen Murray explores the relationship between repetitive head injuries, contact sport and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) - a progressive brain disease that causes dementia. Read more Audio
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How to make our democracy better? Try sortition, once practised in Ancient Greece – Prof Matheson Russell
18 May 2022Assoc. Prof. Matheson Russell explores different models for democracy in action during an era of unprecedented polarisation. His focus? Sortition. A highlight of Raising the Bar Home Edition. Read more Video, Audio
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From hard genetics to lifestyle genetics – how genes do, and don’t, predict our health and life outcomes
8 May 2022Prof. Andrew Shelling sorts fact from fiction when it comes to 'blaming your genes,' and discusses the role of genetic testing in controlling common diseases. From Raising the Bar Home Edition. Read more Video, Audio
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Being pākehā means being in a state of permanent lively discomfort, says Alison Jones
1 May 2022What does it mean to be Pākehā today? Prof. Alison Jones from the University of Auckland talks to the University of Canterbury's Jeanette King in this highlight of WORD Christchurch 2021. Read more Audio
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Leadership means learning when to take your coat off, even though it’s freezing – Mark Solomon
12 Apr 2022Mark Solomon, the former kaiwhakahaere (Chair) of Ngāi Tahu's governing council, speaks with Nic Lowe about leadership in this highlight of WORD Christchurch 2021. Read more Audio
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How to write a killer plot - two crime writers tell all
5 Apr 2022Two crime writers - Jacqueline Bublitz and Paul Cleave - discuss how they create memorable stories in this highlight of 2021's Word Christchurch festival. Read more Audio
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