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Sticky situation: Where are all the stick insects?
15 Oct 2024One of the country's top bug experts fears her favourite insect is running out of places to live. Audio
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What's it like to travel the world with kids?
15 Oct 2024Ella Ewens' family of four is travelling the world for a year to make some family memories and learn a lot too. Video, Audio
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What is the new boss of The Office Australia like?
14 Oct 2024Felicity Ward, who plays the character, describes her as "a baby goat on ice". Video, Audio
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Sir Cliff Richard announces four NZ gigs
14 Oct 2024The 84-year-old singer is returning to Aotearoa after an 11-year absence.
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Old Havelock post office for sale - shark included
14 Oct 2024Audio
Fancy a Havelock property including a 12-foot great white shark? Now's your chance. Audio
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Bay Dreams 2025: 'We took action before it was too late'
14 Oct 2024It was once the country's biggest music event, but organisers say 'it's hard to sell tickets at the moment'. Audio
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Why are people getting freckles tattooed?
14 Oct 2024Freckles, perhaps the ultimate expression of a natural face, are in. Ironically, people will now go to great lengths to achieve them.
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How a home invasion changed Celebrity Treasure Island host's life
13 Oct 2024Originally hailing from Queensland, Bree Tomasel is best known on this side of the ditch as the co-host of Celebrity Treasure Island and a radio host on ZM. Audio
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Remember when the Sunday social pages were the place to be seen?
13 Oct 2024Before social media and the age of influencers, grabbing a coffee and the Sunday paper was an adrenaline-filled moment to see if you'd made the cut.
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‘There was no reason to say no so I said yes’
12 Oct 2024In the new book Bloody Minded, RNZ's Ferguson reflects on how a "stubborn" Scottish child became an award-winning journalist despite the crippling pain of endometriosis. Video, Audio
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Are your friendships filling you up or sucking you dry?
12 Oct 2024If a friendship is negatively affecting your mental health, it's probably time to either move on or step back, says psychologist Karen Nimmo. Audio
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Mark van Kaathoven's recipe for a spongy garden
13 Oct 2024Just like a sponge cake, a sponge garden needs the right ingredients to make it rise, landscape gardener Mark van Kaathoven says.
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'I wanted to be a KIND dental nurse'
11 Oct 2024After 50 years peering into kids' mouths, Tararua dental nurse Glenda Young still gets excited about going to work. Audio
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Mother of missing Marokopa children: 'I'm a good mum'
12 Oct 2024Cat, the mother of three kids missing since 2021, is dumbfounded at being a target for online trolls. Audio
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'We're not blasting Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath'
11 Oct 2024Auckland pensioners claim Kāinga Ora has quashed their regular Friday afternoon drinks. Audio
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New Horizons: Nick Cave's Wild God
13 Oct 2024Can it be true that Nick Cave has emerged from the darkest of shadows to spread unabated joyousness on his new album, Wild God? William Dart checks out the press releases. Audio
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Tim Winton on climate change: 'We're on the razor's edge'
12 Oct 2024The West Australian writer told RNZ's Saturday Morning about the barbaric and blistering future depicted in his epic new novel Juice. Audio
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What it takes to be a stunt artist
12 Oct 2024"I didn't realise that you could break your back and not know it and I didn't realise that you could totally recover from something like that" - Patricia Tallman. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 13 October 2024
13 Oct 2024An atmospheric recording of Psalm 23 this week, along with some hymns given 'the Vaughan Williams touch'. The English composer (born on 12 October 1872 in the village of Down Ampney) was music editor of the 1906 English Hymnal, and particularly remembered for his use of folk tunes. Audio
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Inside Out: The best live jazz of all time
12 Oct 2024There's something about live recordings - they have an energy and excitement that can't be found anywhere else. This week on Inside Out, Nick Tipping selects two hours' worth of the best live recordings in jazz history - from Benny Goodman's Carnegie Hall concert, to Bill Evans' Sunday at the Village Vanguard. Audio
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'You want to give that bird a good second life'
12 Oct 2024Chase Voss is a Wellington-based taxidermy hobbyist who specialises in preserving winged creatures.
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In pictures: Aurora australis makes spectacular return to NZ skies
12 Oct 2024Kiwis from Southland to Northland caught the Southern Lights doing their thing on Friday night.
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How AI could help detect dementia and Parkinson's in a voice
12 Oct 2024AUT lecturer Sam Madanian is developing an AI-powered speech analysis tool that can detect mental health conditions and brain disorders.
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Remembering Fleur Adcock - 'There weren't many women poets around so I just did it'
16 Feb 2019New Zealand poet Fleur Adcock has died at 90. She spoke to Kim Hill about her life back in 2019. Video, Audio