Follow this podcast
Direct XML Feeds
The link(s) below can be pasted into your podcasting software.
Podcast (MP3) Oggcast (Vorbis)
Recent items from Here Now
-
"A key foundation" - memories of football in Gaza
5:00 AM.The beautiful game became an expression for solidarity through World of Cultures' Football Fest this month bringing players together from several diaspora communities in Auckland. Kadambari Raghukumar… Read more Audio
-
Cushioning the culture shock
5:00 AM.Indian classical music is alive and well in Auckland and Ruwani Perera gets to discover how the people behind Migrant Heritage Trust keep the tradition thriving in the diaspora. Read more Audio
-
Leaning into virtuosity with Sam Low
5:00 AM.Chef and food creative Sam Low talks about finding virtuosity and his life before and after winning Masterchef 2022. Read more Audio
-
"For a small country, it packs a punch" - Dave Phillips on Jamaica
5:00 AM.Extolling the virtues of his home country in this episode, Jamaican Honorary Consul Dave Phillips talks about his love for his island in this episode. Read more Audio
-
Sharing Common Ground at WOMAD
5:00 AM.Singers from across the world found common ground through their journeys, convening at WOMAD this month. Kadambari Raghukumar speaks to Lady Shaka and Pongo in this episode of Here Now. Read more Audio
-
Tarik Rahim - Making the Mount home for a while
5:00 AM.Tarik Rahim grew up drawing from a rich pool of cultures and finding expression through surf and music. In this episode, Kadambari Raghukumar talks to him about calling NZ home, for a short while. Read more Audio
-
Yānum - Fragments of Femininity
5:00 AM.Artham Dance Company want to shake up both an ancient text and a revered dance tradition. The company founders tell Justin Gregory they are not afraid of a challenge. Read more Audio
-
Reflections from Anakiwa - Outward Bound
5:00 AM.The latest Outward Bound programme saw a whole cross-section of New Zealanders take part and this week we're featuring some of them on Here Now. Read more Audio
-
The Magic of Masks - Live podcast from Q Theatre
5:00 AM.Earlier this month, Here Now went live in front of an audience at the Podfest at Q. Producer and host Kadambari Raghukumar spoke to thespians Jacob Rajan and Pedro Ilgenfritz all about the magic of… Read more Audio
-
Shy Boy - Izzy Abdallah mixing it up
5:00 AM.MIXIT in Tāmaki Makarau uses drama and dance to help young refugees gain confidence and in this Here Now episode, Phil Vine talks to former graduate Izadine Ahmed Abdallah about his story. Read more Audio
-
Tacos, mariachi and other tropes - Mexico
5:00 AM.In this third part of the conversation around stereotypes, we're chatting about Mexico. Here Now is produced and presented by Kadambari Raghukumar. Read more Audio
-
Cartels, clichés and salsa - Colombians on their cultural stereotypes
5:00 AM.In part two of a series around cultural stereotypes, Kadambari Raghukumar talks South America through the eyes Auckland-based Colombians. Read more Audio
-
"Stereotypes are my toolkit" - diaspora creatives on cultural tropes
5:00 AM.Here Now's first episode for 2024 is all about creatives drawing from or away from cultural stereotypes. Join Kadambari Raghukumar as she talks about some Indian tropes around Mumbai and Delhi. Read more Audio
-
Join the audience at Here Now live recording at PodFest at Q
4:00 PM.RNZ producer and host of Here Now Kadambari Raghukumar is taking her podcast live at Auckland’s Q Theatre’s PodFest at Q on 8 February 2024. Read more
Coming up
-
Going beyond Afrobeats in Auckland with Dj Banty and Orikol
8:00 AM.Djs Banty and Nadine talk to Kadambari Raghukumar in this latest Voices episode on bringing African music to the club scene in Auckland. Read more Audio
-
Being 'woke' and how it became a catchall phrase
5:00 AM.Breaking down the background to the idea of 'wokeness' are Ira Munn and Andreea Calude, in this episode of Voices.
Read more Audio
-
The Little Clay Cart and NZ's first Afro-Kiwi Xmas concert
5:00 AM.Voices this week looks at some December events to look forward to from the south Asian and African diaspora in Auckland. Read more Audio
-
Making films from South India to the South Island
5:00 AM.In this episode of Voices, producer Karthic SS talks to Siddharth Nambiar, a wildlife filmmaker based in Dunedin.
-
"Everthing's gone, except the band members"
5:00 AM.A fire gutted an Auckland sports club and took with it all the instruments of a Caribbean steelpan orchestra that also used the space. In this episode we chat to Camille Nakhid about what next for the… Read more Audio
-
The best of two worlds
5:00 AM.New Zealand has one of the world's biggest export-driven wine industries - that attraction is huge for people from overseas who arrive here exploring opportunities in the industry. In this episode… Read more Audio
-
Thousands across NZ continue to rally calling for a ceasefire in Gaza
5:00 AM.In this episode we talk to members from Palestinian and Jewish communities in New Zealand about the attacks on Gaza by Israel. Read more Audio
-
Space technology for climate change
5:00 AM.Each year, a New Zealand social enterprise runs a space research incubator to help explore space-related technologies for climate change. Kadambari Raghukumar talks to the founders of Spacebase. Read more Audio
-
"It would be a foolish move" - Community organizations speak up against closing ministries
5:00 AM.ACT Party wants to close demographic ministries like the Ministry for Ethnic Communities, and in this episode we're talking to community organizations who are concerned about this possibility and it's… Read more Audio
-
"A way of making people move" - Coaxing veggie gardens in Christchurch
5:00 AM.It takes a bit of grit to grow veges in the Christchurch winter, but a group of Fijian families are rising to the challenge via a University of Canterbury-led project. Read more Audio
-
"Is this your Grandfather?" - A quest to join the dots
5:00 AM.Wellington woman Lalita Kasanji is on a mission to identify the pioneering Indian immigrants depicted in a collection of studio portraits taken on Cuba Street in the early 1900's. Read more Video, Audio