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Bargains galore as veggie prices plummet
The price of veggies is tumbling after hitting record highs in the last two years. Extreme weather such as Cyclone Gabrielle wiped out many crops, but the recovery is underway, says United Fresh President Jerry Prendergast. Audio
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Ann Patchett: writing books that speak 'to how good people are'
16 Mar 2024Ann Patchett is one of the world's most acclaimed, prize-winning novelists and non-fiction writers, she wants to write books that "don't destroy your soul," she tells Susie Ferguson. Audio
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Twenty years of sonic healing
18 Mar 2024Dame Hinewehi Mohi celebrates the 20th anniversary of her first Music Therapy Centre, and the crucial role her daughter's cerebral palsy played in its formation. Audio
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Surf's up for Mount musician
18 Mar 2024Musician Tarik Rahim talks about his journey from working beside his father shaping surf boards in Gijón, Spain, to making a life - and music - in Mount Maunganui. Audio
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Walk 15000 steps a week to add 3 years to life - study
17 Mar 2024A research team in the UK has found adopting habitual exercise can add up to three years to life expectancy. Audio
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Amiria Grenell performs songs from new album ‘The Winter Light’
16 Mar 2024Following the success of her 2012 release Three Feathers (winner of Best Folk Album at the Tūī Awards), Amiria Grenell performs songs from new album The Winter Light on Music 101. Video, Audio
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'I'm really proud of what our family achieved'
16 Mar 2024Before there was OMC and 'How Bizarre', the Fuemana siblings laid down a record that would be dubbed a classic. Audio, Gallery
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Is there a good way to tell someone they're losing their job?
16 Mar 2024Employment lawyer Susan Hornsby-Geluk discusses the fallout from New Zealand's recent media redundancies. Audio
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Young fruit growers climb the ladder
15 Mar 2024Kaahu Birdling and Jordan Popata are embracing leadership roles at Thomas Brothers Orchard in Riwaka. Audio
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What we're watching: The Walk-In
18 Mar 2024The febrile post-Brexit environment and rise of neo Nazism in the UK is expertly captured in this taut series on TVNZ+. Graham Smith explains why it's worth a watch.
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Amiria Grenell: live session
16 Mar 2024Award-winning Christchurch folk singer Amiria Grenell performs tracks from her new album ‘The Winter Light’. Video, Audio
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Freebirth: Why women are choosing to give birth alone
What motivates women to deliver their babies without hospital care or midwife support - and how risky is it? Audio
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Womad wraped up with notes of humour and solidarity
18 Mar 2024REVIEW: Baaba Maal's group's synchronicity and cohesion was captivating and their vibrant, upbeat music was the perfect end to a great weekend of music.
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Lulu Wang examines the cultural class divide in her TV series Expats
In a new Amazon Prime series American filmmaker Lulu Wang depicts the complex power dynamics between Hong Kong's rich expats and their domestic 'helpers'. Video, Audio
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A decade of Canterbury Nor'westers
13 Mar 2024Ten years after Bill Vail helped found it, in an effort to rejuvenate the Christchurch brass scene, Nor'west Brass is still blowing strong. Bill Vail and fellow band member Nic Scott speak with RNZ Concert host Bryan Crump. Audio
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'Fuemana Mania’: 30 years of New Urban Polynesian
16 Mar 2024In the early 90s, siblings Phil, Christina, Tony and Pauly Fuemana would lay down a record that would soon be dubbed a classic. Thirty years on New Urban Polynesian is set to be reissued to the world. Tony Fuemana and his sister Christina Fuemana join Maggie Tweedie on Music 101. Audio, Gallery
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The Mixtape: Katchafire’s Logan Bell
16 Mar 2024To mark the release of Legacy - a new RNZ doco about the Māori reggae band Katchafire - frontman Logan Bell shares some of his favourite songs. Video, Audio
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Tom Sainsbury on comedy, characters & children
15 Mar 2024Watch - Comedian Tom Sainsbury chats to Anika Moa about his career and some personal highlights and lowlights along the way. Video, Audio
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Album of the week: Siempre Tiene Flores by Hannah Everingham
15 Mar 2024Christchurch musician Hannah Everingham's charming, breezy second album leans into Latin-American influences. Video, Audio
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Recipe: Guacamole INCA style
17 Mar 2024Nic Watt has a delicious suggestion for the creamy green gems that are still in abundance.
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Trevor Reekie: a tuneful life
16 Mar 2024RNZ presenter Trevor Reekie is a quiet legend in the music industry. Audio
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From woolshed to bed - the sisters spinning their homeware dreams
Kate Cullwick and Prue Watson share the secrets of Foxtrot Home. Audio
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New Horizons: The Last Dinner Party
17 Mar 2024William Dart listens to The Last Dinner Party, the five woman band which carried off the Rising Star award at the recent BRITS. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 17 March 2024
17 Mar 202419th-century English architect James Edmeston wrote around 2000 hymns - it was said that he produced one every Sunday. We'll hear one of his best-known hymns this week: Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us. Audio