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Critter of the Week: Papapa kopure | Orange-spotted ladybird
3:35 PM.Is it a bird or a bug? The answer is neither! Ladybirds or ladybugs are beautiful beetles that are a great help in the garden, where they can eat up to 100 aphids per day. This week's critter is the… Read more Audio
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Weekend Stuff: cleaning/house keeping with Rachael Quinn
3:25 PM.Rachael Quinn is a professional organsier and housekeeper, she's here to answer any and all questions around cleaning and keeping the house shipshape. Today she's talking about ways to create a… Read more Audio
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Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
3:16 PM.Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from 1pm talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend. Read more Audio
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Food: Glynn Christian's Pork & Chestnut Stuffing
3:08 PM.Sabato's director Jacqui Dixon shares a special delicious stuffing recipe just in time for Christmas. Read more Audio
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NZ Live: Goodwill
2:20 PM.Live from the Otautahi, Christchurch studio RNZ presents Goodwill, the latest project from Will McGillivray. Read more Audio
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Film Review: Saturday Night and My Old Ass
2:10 PM.Hotshot producer and film review Sam Hollis reviews Jason Reitman's Saturday Night Live and Aubrey Plaza's latest: My Old Ass. Read more Audio
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Freaky Friday: Don't cut the Kauri
1:45 PM.Greg tells a tale of a scared stand of trees and the spookiness that ensued. Read more Audio
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Old greyhounds deserve a great retirement
1:35 PM.Greyhounds As Pets is a charity organisation dedicated to finding homes for retired racing greyhounds. Read more Audio
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Why food labels should show environmental impacts
1:25 PM.Planetary health labelling is food labelling which contains data that can be used to calculate the environmental impact of the product. Read more Audio
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How to go dark sky
1:15 PM.A couple of months ago the wider Kaikōura district became our newest Dark Sky Sanctuary. Exciting news for Kaikōura, but it does mean the Council will have to make some changes. Read more Audio
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History with Dr Grant Morris: Victoria, Australia
3:24 PM.Today historian Dr Grant Morris joins Jesse from Victoria, Australia. He's been learning all about the region's history and has prepared a few tidbits to share with us today. Read more Audio
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Solving the World's Problems with Steve Wyn-Harris
3:15 PM.Why has wool it been in terminal decline? Read more Audio
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NZ Sporting History: the Black Caps and the 2021 World Test Championship
2:32 PM.Today seasoned sports journalist Dylan Cleave joins Jesse to talk cricket, specifically the Black Caps winning the inaugural World Test Championship. Read more Audio
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Podcast Critic: 'A Curling Scandal' and 'The Banksy Story'
2:10 PM.Afternoons podcast critic Nick Robinson joins Jesse to review two podcasts. The first tells the story of the broom that very nearly destroyed curling, while the second details the rise of one of the… Read more Audio
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Advocates fear Health Star system has negative impacts
1:38 PM.The Eating Disorder Association of New Zealand (EDANZ) has expressed concerned that the Health Star rating adorning products on supermarket shelves may have negative impacts. Read more Audio
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A month with a dumbphone
1:25 PM. Photographer and journalist Vivien Beduya wanted to cut back on her screen time and found the solution in "dumbing down" her phone. Read more Audio
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National table football tournament coming to Auckland
1:15 PM.Invented in 1947, Subbuteo players simulate a game of football by flicking miniature figures to try and score goals and win matches. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World – MRI research at the Mātai Medical Research Institute
The MRI technique advances coming out of the Mātai Medical Research Institute in Gisborne have been described as ‘pioneering’, ‘groundbreaking’ and ‘world leading’. Claire Concannon speaks to chief… Read more Audio
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Feature interview: behind the Manson murders
3:10 PM.For 20 years, journalist Tom O'Neill immersed himself in an investigation of one of the most bizarre and gruesome crimes in America, the Manson Murders. Read more Audio
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Bookmarks with Te Kahu Rolleston
2:30 PM.Te Kahu Rolleston is an award winning spoken word poet. Read more Audio
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Easy Eats: Late spring vegetable and white bean soup
2:20 PM.A simple weeknight soup with the most gorgeous flavour. Read more Audio
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Music Critic: Christoph El' Truento and Flying Lotus
2:12 PM.Sarah Thomson plays and discusses two new tracks; Performer Dub by Christoph El' Truento and Let Me Cook feat. Dawn Richard by Flying Lotus. Read more Audio
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Heading Off: Michael Szabo's Wild Wellington
1:45 PM.Wellington resident Michael Szabo is editor of Birds New Zealand magazine, and he has written Wild Wellington Nga Taonga Taiao - published by Te Papa press. Read more Audio
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Shortland St music writer wins national choral music comp
1:35 PM.Wellington-based composer and multi-instrumentalist William Philipson writes the music for Shortland Street. Read more Audio
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Making water cool again
1:25 PM.It's National Oral Health Day and the 'Switch to Water' campaign focusses on the 15 to 25 age group, who consume the sugariest drinks. Read more Audio