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An angler and a surfer on the rivers, riptides & roads of New Zealand
5 Sep 2021Angler 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?
29 Aug 2021Prof. 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'
22 Aug 2021Jared 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
15 Aug 2021Lynn 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
8 Aug 2021The 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
1 Aug 2021Master 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
25 Jul 2021Lisa 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
18 Jul 2021A 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.
11 Jul 2021Lynn 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 Jul 2021A 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
27 Jun 2021Huge 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
20 Jun 2021In 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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