Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa
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NZ Radio Awards 2009
15 March, 2010
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Lectures & Forums
This section has Radio New Zealand Lectures & Forums on demand, and information about past and future broadcasts.
There is a separate section for Documentaries.
- Advancing Sustainability
- This series provides five public panel discussions from the PCE20 Environmental Sustainability Conference.
- Are Angels OK
- A series of programmes arising from a collaboration between eminent New Zealand writers and physicists.
- Brainstorm
- Kim Hill talks with some of Britain's top scientists
- But Is It Science?
- Kim Hill and a panel of experts explore the issues around alternative medicine.
- Concepts Of Nationhood
- A lecture series recorded in the Great Hall, Parliament Buildings, at a symposium exploring the significance of the declaration of Dominion status for New Zealand in 1907.
- He Waka Tangata
- The innaugural He Waka Tangata Lecture in Social Science was presented by Professor Richard Bedford who reflected on contemporary social science in New Zealand.
- Janet Frame Memorial Lectures
- The 2009 Janet Frame Memorial Lecture features the acclaimed author William Taylor, reflecting on a forty-year career of writing for children and young people, and the letters he has received from his fans.
- Smart Talk
- Exploring the theme of migration from a variety of perspectives – economic, environmental, linguistic, historical, social, and geological.
- The Darwin Lectures
- Eminent New Zealand scientists explore the ideas of Darwin and their impact on society over the last 150 years.
- The E=mc2 lectures
- A series of lectures from the Royal Society in association with Radio New Zealand to mark the centenary of Albert Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity.
- The Galileo Lectures
- A lecture series marking 400 years since Galileo used a telescope to view the solar system and transformed our understanding of Earth’s place in the Universe.
- The Macmillan Brown Lectures
- The 2009 Macmillan Brown lectures explore how Maori culture operates as a force for New Zealand's social and scientific advancement.
- The Treaty Debates
- The Te Papa treaty debates from 2005 up to the present.
- Two Views of Creation
- British Nobel Laureate Sir Paul Nurse looks at two views of creation.
- Waitangi Rua Rau Tau Lectures
- The annnual Waitangi Rua Rau Tau lecture looks forward to the Waitangi bicentenary in 2040.
- Writers' Festivals
- Coverage of New Zealand Writers' Festivals
Information
Spectrum
The essence of New Zealand through stories, landscape and people.
Find out more about Spectrum.
Current Affairs
In-depth analysis of a topical issue.
Find out more about Insight.
Replay Radio
A number of documentaries are available to purchase through Replay Radio.
International Sources
The sources for features on Radio New Zealand National include:
A World of Possibilities from USA
CBC Massey Lectures from Canada
BBC Reith Lectures from UK
American RadioWorks from USA
The Forum from the BBC World Service