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'I reveal very true parts of myself each time I perform'
11 May 2024Kiwi soprano Madison Nonoa will use an "absolutely life-changing" $50,000 grant to develop her professional opera-singing career in Europe. Video, Audio
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Feeding time at the Wellington Zoo
WATCH - Have you ever wondered where all the food for Wellington Zoo's 500 animals comes from? The answer might surprise you... Video, Audio
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New Horizons: The Taite Music Prize
12 May 2024For his second NZ Music Month programme, William Dart looks back at the history of the Taite Music Prize as well as the hopefuls and winner of this year's big prize. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 12 May 2024
12 May 2024Hymns with the theme of mercy feature in this week's programme, and there are some hymns to Mary to mark Mother's Day. Audio
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NZ Live: Wurld Series
10 May 2024Internationally acclaimed indie rock band Wurld Series perform live in our Christchurch studio. Video, Audio
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Inside Out: Eight Kiwi jazz women you need to hear
11 May 2024Nick Tipping plays tracks from eight NZ women leading their own jazz bands, including pianists Charmaine Ford and Anita Schwabe, saxophonist Louisa Williamson, singer Alannah Goldsmith, and drummer Lauren Ellis. Audio
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Supertonic turns 10
10 May 2024It started out as group of friends who wanted to continue singing together after 'ageing out' of Wellington Youth Choir. Ten years later, Supertonic choir is still going strong. RNZ Concert's Andrew Clark talks with the choir's founder and co-musical director, Isaac Stone. Video, Audio
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Movie review: The Moon is Upside Down
8 May 2024This star-studded comedy by Loren Taylor features three linked stories of love, loneliness and death. Video, Audio
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Recipe: Lemon & Coconut Raw Balls
11 May 2024Fresh lemon zest and juice make Jess Daniell's high-protein bliss balls POP.
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'I'm really lucky I wasn't one of those girls who grew up wanting desperately to have children'
8 May 2024New Zealand women share their experiences of being child-free and childless in the new essay collection Otherhood. Audio
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Eurovision 2024 - what you need to know
The final of the infamous 68th Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Malmo, Sweden this weekend.
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The captivating sound of the baroque cello
9 May 2024Virtuoso baroque cellist Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann is joining NZ Barok for a series of concerts featuring three contrasting concertos. She tells RNZ Concert's David Morriss why she loves the period instrument sound. Video, Audio
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Jo Peck on being 'suddenly single' at 60
10 May 2024The end of a long-term relationship can mark the beginning of a better life, says Australian advertising exec Jo Peck. Audio
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'We're going through a rough patch - as a country and as a planet'
8 May 2024WATCH - Former Green Party leader James Shaw chats with Guyon Espiner. Video, Audio
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'Everything about it is just joy' - the secret to The Wiggles' success
10 May 2024WATCH - Simon Pryce - aka the Red Wiggle - chats to First Up's Nathan Rarere.
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Red flags to watch for in your AI chatbot 'friend'
9 May 2024AI scholar Raffaele Ciriello urges lonely people not to get sucked in by the "fake psychopathic empathy" of AI chatbots.
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'We now have our distinct Kiwi way of using the ukulele'
7 May 2024The New Zealand Ukulele Trust is a volunteer-run charity that's provided schools around Aotearoa with thousands of ukes. Video, Audio
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Why there's more to the blink than you think
5 May 2024Research out of the US suggests that blinking does more than just lubricate the eye, it found eye blinks aren’t just a mechanism to keep our eyes moist; they help our brains process visual information. Audio
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Understanding our nearshore island volcanoes
9 May 2024Our Changing World - A multi-year research project aims to find out the risks from two Bay of Plenty offshore island volcanoes: Tūhua / Mayor Island and Whakaari / White Island. Video, Audio
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Creating community through collective music making
7 May 2024Congratulations to the New Zealand Ukulele Trust, this year's recipient of the Baysting Prize for Children's Champion at the NZ Children's Music Awards. David Morriss talks with Maria Winder, one of the founding trustees. Video, Audio
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Steve Albini: Nirvana, Pixies producer and indie musician dies.
US musician and producer Steve Albini was an instrumental and uncompromising figure in the indie scene in the 1980s and '90s, leading bands including Big Black and Shellac, and producing albums by Nirvana, The Pixies and PJ Harvey.
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Three films on the streamers not to miss
9 May 2024Widescreen - Series TV is increasingly sucking up our streaming attention, but Dan Slevin has found three recent feature films that also deserve consideration - The Beautiful Game, The Greatest Hits, The Idea of You.
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Dirty Work: An Ode to Joy
6 May 2024David Morriss talks with Josh Clark, music director for Indian Ink Theatre Company's latest production, Dirty Work. Audio
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Are you more suited to being single?
5 May 2024Why are some long-term single people secure and thriving while others struggle? A new study suggests attachment style could be a major factor. Audio