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Easy Eats with Sam Parish: Mongolian Lamb Noodles
2:20 PM.Sam offers this delightful dish that is ready in 30 minutes: includes 'velveting'! Get the full recipe here. Read more Audio
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Podcast Critic: 'The Rest is...'
2:12 PM.Podcast critic Jemima Huston reviews two installments of the 'The Rest Is...' series by Goalhanger: 'The Rest is Money' and 'The Rest is Politics'. Read more Audio
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Heading Off: Visiting Torquay with Basil Faulty
1:45 PM.Today Jesse heads to the Devonshire seaside town of Torquay, which local hotelier Basil Faulty says is well worth the visit. Basil is currently in New Zealand running a series of informational… Read more Audio
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Turning bread waste into award-winning gin
1:35 PM.Dunedin Craft Distillers' has been transforming bread waste into award-winning gin since 2020. Now the company is looking to speed up production with the goal of processing up to a third of Dunedin's… Read more Audio
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The rise of 'meatfluencers'
1:25 PM.Cutting out fruit and veg from your diet doesn't sound like the best health advice, but "meatfluencers" - those who promote a carnivore diet - have reported impressive weight loss results. Some have… Read more Audio
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Documentary aims to create support for people with dementia
1:15 PM.This month the Doc Edge Film Festival is screening "Human Forever". The film follows 24-year-old activist Teun Toeves as he strives to improve the lives of people with dementia. His journey spans… Read more Audio
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How you can use the past to navigate the present
3:10 PM.Think historically, act with the future in mind. Read more Audio
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Post-Punk with Todd Zaner
2:30 PM.RNZ's very own Todd Zaner shares his love of post-punk. Read more Audio
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What's happening in Oz?
2:20 PM.Our Australian correspondent Brad Foster share the latest news from across the ditch. Read more Audio
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Tech Tuesday with Tim Batt
1:50 PM.Tim Batt joins Jesse to discuss the main news from Apples "It's Glowtime" launch event. Read more Audio
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Mpox: What you need to know
1:34 PM.Associate Professor of infectious diseases Mark Thomas joins Jesse to share everything you need to know about latest Mpox (nee. Monkey Pox) outbreak. Read more Audio
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Aotearoa welcomes the contributions of new immigrants
1:26 PM."Welcoming Week" is a celebration of communities in Aotearoa New Zealand working to be more welcoming places for all. Kirikiriroa. Read more Audio
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The wrong crown - a Fijian "conspiracy"
1:15 PM.The Miss Universe Fiji pageant has taken an ugly turn ... Read more Audio
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Here Now: Capoeira in Auckland
3:40 PM.With its origins in Angola and later in communities of enslaved in Brazil in the 1800s, the once-banned martial art of Capoeira has grown in popularity over the world in recent years. In Auckland, a… Read more Audio
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How a man's brain changes when they have kids
3:10 PM.Parents don't just change their children; children change their parents. Becoming a father results in changes in men's brains says Dr Darby Saxbe, the Founder of the Center for the Changing Family at… Read more Audio
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Expert Feature: everything you need to know about flying
2:34 PM.Chris Smith is an Australian pilot who flew with Jetstar for over 40 years. He was inspired to get into the aviation industry by his parents and a love of flying clearly runs in the family with… Read more Audio
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Made in NZ: WW1 rotary engines
2:20 PM.Today we're touching down at Omaka Aerodrome, just outside Blenheim. For the last twenty years Tony Wytenburg has been running 'Classic Aero Machining Service'. He manufactures bespoke aircraft parts… Read more Audio
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TV Critic: Industry, Slow Horses and Kaos
2:09 PM.Our TV reviewer Brooks Alexander reviews the tense drama series Industry; the Gary Oldman staring Slow Horses and Kaos, a retelling of the Greek myths feturing Jeff Goldblum as Zeus. Read more Audio
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The Wellington Girls College student competing for a massive science prize
1:36 PM.Tali Whiteridge is a year 12 Wellington Girls College student who has just made it into the semi finals of the global Breakthrough Junior Challenge. It's a science competition for students aged 13 to… Read more Audio
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New Billy T. James cabaret - Be like Billy?
1:27 PM.A new cabaret show Be like Billy? explores the legacy of one of New Zealand's greatest entertainers: Billy T James. Rutene Spooner grew up watching Billy's work on old VHS tapes with his whanau, and… Read more Audio
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A new waka hits the water
1:14 PM.A couple of weeks ago the first new Waka in over 100 years was launched onto te awa Kaituna. The river runs from Lake Rotoiti, and flows into the sea just south of Papamoa Beach. It was built at the… Read more Audio
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Musket Missionary - the story of Thomas Kendall - Part 2
5:00 AM.Early NZ missionary Thomas Kendall arrived in London in 1820 with the Ngapuhi Rangatira Hongi Hika. He would return to Aotearoa a year later with the first ever written dictionary of Te Reo Maori, a… Read more Audio
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Critter of the Week: common robber fly (Neoitamus melanopogon)
3:35 PM.The common robber fly (Neoitamus melanopogon) lives in tussock grasslands and forest clearings throughout Aotearoa. It's only the size of a paperclip but don't be fooled - the common robber fly is a… Read more Audio
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Weekend Stuff: getting ready in the garden for summer
3:20 PM.Kate Hillier, garden consultant and horticulturist, has the perfect plan to get your garden ready for summer. It begins with the lawn ... Read more Audio