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The whakapapa of a story from imagination to understanding, laid out by Lyttelton poet Ben Brown
Ben Brown (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Koroki, Ngāti Paoa) speaks about the power of imagination and its deep roots in te ao Māori at the 2021 WORD Christchurch Festival. Audio
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A Tribute to Richard Nunns
William Dart launches a new series of New Horizons with a special for Waitangi Day â€" a tribute to the late Richard Nunns and the very much alive Horomona Horo, masters of the taonga puoro. Audio
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Book Review - Holly Walker's top 3 for 2021
Holly Walker reviews three of her favourite reads from 2021: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark published by Jonathan Cape; See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control, and… Audio
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Like father, like son: Artist Ai Weiwei's memoir
Chinese contrarian artist Ai Weiwei writes a memoir that is as much about his dissident-poet father and his hopes for his son, as it about himself. Reviewed by Jeremy Rees.
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The Sampler: Best International Albums of 2021
Tony Stamp looks back at some of his favourite international albums of 2021, including UK soul, Scottish post-rock, American folk songs about movies, and more. Audio
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Bryan Walpert and the matter of time
Time spent at the Centre of Time at the University of Sydney helped writer Bryan Walpert get his head around the logistics of time travel for his new novel Entanglement. Bryan is a Professor in… Audio
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Warren Ellis: how Nina Simone’s gum became a sacred totem
Audio 11 Dec 2021A piece of chewing gum snatched from the side of Nina Simone's Steinway piano more than 20 years ago has become the subject of a new book by musician Warren Ellis. Best known for his work with Nick… Video, Audio
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The Sampler: French For Rabbits, Jason Isbell, FABLE
Tony Stamp marvels at the new album by Whanganui-a-Tara folk outfit French for Rabbits, and a deeply spiritual EP from anonymous South Auckland artist FABLE, while Elliott Childs assesses a… Audio
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Nathan Joe - this is clearly his year!
It's been a tough secret to keep but we are delighted to announce the winner of this year's Bruce Mason Playwriting Award. The $10,000 prize goes to Chinese-Kiwi, Christchurch-based playwright Nathan… Audio
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Jeffrey Holman is a real Southern Man
From heading out into the wilds of the South Island to thunderous dancing in country halls, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman takes us on many an adventure with fishermen and musterers in his new poetry… Audio
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Canterbury writer Joanna Preston's eclectic collection
A poem told through the eyes, or keys, of an abandoned piano... fallen angels... forgotten women... and an astronaut - all feature in Cantabrian Joanna Preston's second poetry collection, tumble. She… Audio
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Award-winning poet Anne Kennedy offers to support schools
One of the first Kiwi creatives to put up their hands to help schools struggling with post-Covid-mandate staff shortages has also just won a Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement. And to… Audio
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Fergus Barrowman: Giving writers a sporting chance
Preeminent literary magazine Sport was founded by writers Damien Wilkins, Elizabeth Knox, Nigel Cox and their Victoria University Press (VUP) publisher Fergus Barrowman in 1988. Sport folded in 2020… Audio
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Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: Raise the Roof
Charlotte Rayn talks to Alison Krauss and Robert Plant about the joy and friendship of recording their new album Raise the Roof. Audio
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Global human rights campaigner and Chinese political activist Ai Weiwei
Audio 15 Nov 2021Ai Weiwei has been described as the most important artist working today, and an `unsilenceable voice of freedom'. His sculptures and installations have been viewed by millions around the world. His… Audio
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Composer Jenny McLeod on her 80th birthday
This interview marked the 80th birthday of “one of the most naturally gifted of all New Zealand composers”. Jenny McLeod died in November 2022 aged 81. Audio
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Booker Prize winning author Bernardine Evaristo on her new memoir
Audio 10 Nov 2021Bernardine Evaristo won the Booker Prize two years ago for her novel Girl, Woman, Other, but she has been writing plays, poetry, short stories and novels for over four decades. She's just published… Audio
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Wellington crime writer Anne Harré
It's taken a while but finally Wellington joins New York, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Paul Cleave's Christchurch as a cool crime novel city. As Anne Harre described it: "Dig a little deeper and the… Audio
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Pasifika voices heard on the mainstage at COP26
Audio 3 Nov 2021Real people from across the Pacific reflect on climate change in Our Ancestors Speak - a nine-minute video currently screening at the UN Climate Conference. Video, Audio
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Whangnaui pound adopts out record number of dogs
Lockdown and the power of poetry are being credited for the Whanganui pound re-homing a record number of dogs this year.
The council-owned facility found new owners for all of the 175 dogs in its… Audio
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Why horror movies can be good for us
Halloween is fast approaching, and for many people that means it's time for an annual dose of cinematic spookiness. Horror entertainment, says horror expert Professor Mathias Clasen, aims to evoke… Audio
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Hone Tuwhare's legacy in crib residency
More than a decade after commiting to make poet Hone Tuwhare's final home a creative residence - his whanau is almost finished restoring and refurbishing the property. In 1992 poet Hone Tuwhare bought… Audio
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Listeners tell us which classical music they'd love you to hear, and why
We received hundreds of suggestions of classical music you'd love to share with the rest of New Zealand on RNZ Concert. Here are some of the stories which inspired those choices. Video, Audio
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Velvet Revisiting
William Dart looks at a new tribute to The Velvet Underground's debut album titled I'll Be Your Mirror, featuring St Vincent, Sharon Van Etten, Matt Berninger, Courtney Barnett and others. Audio
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Kate De Goldi & Susan Paris: Skinny Dip poetry collection for kids
Audio 16 Oct 2021Rainy day lunch times, kapa haka practice, first crushes and classroom pets are all captured in Skinny Dip, the new poetry anthology curated by Kate De Goldi and Susan Paris. Audio
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The NZ Young Writers Festival takes on the conventional
There have never been so many outlets for young writers wanting to share their work with their friends and indeed the world. But there's nothing like a festival to allow them to get together, talk… Audio
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Poet Tim Grgec and All Tito's Children
Tim Grgec's grandparents escaped communist Yugoslavia in the 1950s, and came to Aotearoa as refugees. Tim's debut poetry collection weaves some of their memories into the story of two siblings who… Audio
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The Sampler: Big Red Machine, quickly, quickly, Sulfate
Tony Stamp surveys new albums from the Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) and Aaron Dessner (The National) project Big Red Machine, 21yr old beat-maker turned singer-songwriter wunderkind quickly, quickly, and… Audio
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Loading Docs 2021: Wind Song and Rain
Audio 9 Sep 2021Hone Tuwhare, New Zealand’s most famous Māori poet, leaves a legacy to the granddaughter he left behind. To reconnect, she writes a love letter to the world. Video
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The winners of our National Poetry Day competition
Audio 27 Aug 2021We gave you 30 minutes to write a six line flash poem using these words: Cloud Sound Orange Clear Shark Break Poet Johanna Emeney judged the winners... Audio