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Dame Wendy Pye: Teaching the World to read
After almost 40 years of creating literacy tools for children all over the world, Dame Wendy Pye has written her memoir TEACHING THE WORLD TO READ - My multi-million dollar story covering her life… Audio
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NZ jazz legend Rodger Fox dies
New Zealand jazz legend, Rodger Fox, has died at the age of 71. Fox founded the Rodger Fox Big Band in 1973 and toured extensively here and overseas, playing at international jazz festivals including… Audio
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The public housing problem
29 May 2024Is Kāinga Ora, the government's social housing arm, a total mess or a 'stonking financial success'? Audio
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Mark Antony: ally, enemy, lover and the fall of Rome
27 May 2024Professor of Classics at Victoria University in Wellington Jeff Tatum, has released a new book, called A Noble Ruin, which examines Mark Antony's life and career and a pivotal time in history. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 26 May 2024
26 May 2024Celebrating Trinity Sunday this week with a selection of hymns including Holy, Holy, Holy and Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us. And we mark the start of Samoan Language Week with a hymn of praise and… Audio
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Tax cuts expected in budget, but may not be enough for some
29 May 2024The government has signalled tax relief is on the way, most likely in the form of adjustments to the thresholds for different tax rates. RNZ's money correspondent Susan Edmunds spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
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Best Country Music Song winner a tribute to a 'real cowboy'
25 May 2024South Island folk songwriter Holly Arrowsmith has won the 2024 APRA Best Country Music Song for 'Desert Dove' - a song about "distance, loss and grief". Video, Audio
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Expert Feature: Electricity
27 May 2024Electricity - how do we generate it, how does it get from a hydro-station to our kettles, and where is the technology involved heading? Audio
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NZ Live: The Rodger Fox Big Band
23 Jun 2017Wellington's Rodger Fox Big Band were invited to perform at the prestigious Monterey Jazz Festival recently. We captured their live session in a 360-degree video. Video, Audio
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Women speaks of sexual violence she faced in Two by Twos
23 May 2024A woman who was a victim of sexual violence as a child has spoken for the first time of the abuse and how the secretive sect she was raised in turned a blind eye and later condoned her husband's… Audio
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The surprising way Mars affects our oceans
26 May 2024A study from the University of Sydney has revealed a surprising link between Mars and Earth. The gravitational interaction between the two planets drives a 2.4-million-year cycle of global warming -… Audio
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Nashville Babylon: 25 May 2024
25 May 2024On this week's Nashville Babylon there's blues from Junior Wells and RL Burnside, swamp rock courtesy of Tony Joe White, reggae from Susan Cadogan plus an Americana classic from the Willard Grant… Audio
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Pasi Vainikka: The next step in the food revolution
25 May 2024Creating food from 'thin air' sounds like a futuristic dream. But it's a future that's already arrived in the form of Solar Foods - Europe's first factory dedicated to making human food from… Audio
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Community housing providers on the way ahead
28 May 2024As the government puts tens of millions of dollars more into community housing, the sector says it is up against unfair headwinds. Audio
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Metal detectorist finds AK-74s in Wellington
23 May 2024An AK-74, shotgun, machete and ammunition stashed deep in the ground was not what an amateur metal detectorist thought he'd find on his first outing. Dan O'Donnell spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio
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Mapuna for 25 May 2024
Ngai Tahu academic Matthew Scobie has co-written a new book with Anna Sturman from the University of Sydney, called The Economic Possibilities of Decolonisation in which they write 'the future of… Audio
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Kate De Goldi: reading for pleasure
25 May 2024Kate De Goldi is one of New Zealand's most celebrated authors, an Arts Foundation Laureate, and a voracious reader. She joins Susie to share three books she's loved; Ironopolis by Glen James Brown… Audio
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The Mixtape: The Bat’s Paul Kean
25 May 2024Musician Paul Kean from The Bats is picking the tunes on the Mixtape this week. Paul has been a member of several bands, The Basket Cases, Toy Love, The Bats, Minisnap, and more recently a musical… Audio
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Tamariki wellbeing and ways to document it
23 May 2024Gratitude journals have been embraced by some adults in recent years - but what about children? An electrician turned writer, and an Auckland teacher have now created a wellbeing journal for tamariki… Audio
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Waipā mayor on fatal accidents in Waikato area
29 May 2024Police are still investigating what caused a horrific head-on crash that killed five people on Ōhaupō Road, the second fatal accident in four days. Waipā Mayor Susan O'Regan spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
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Sweating it out. Are saunas good for you?
28 May 2024The tradition of sauna bathing is thought to have originated in Finland over 2000 years ago and is gaining in popularity around the world. Audio
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Why Chinese migrants change their names when they emigrate
28 May 2024We often have multiple layers of names and nicknames for different groups and situations. But increasingly many Chinese given those as a child are choosing - when they grow up - to revert back to… Audio
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Police investigate crash that killed five in Waikato
29 May 2024Police are still investigating what caused a horrific head-on crash that killed five people in Waikato late Tuesday afternoon. Waikato Reporter Natalie Akoorie spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
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Country Life for Friday 24 May 2024
This week Country Life meets a traditional Māori healer helping shearers around the motu and things heat up in a blacksmith's forge in Norsewood. Later we explore a native forest that grew from rough… Audio