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Recent items from Labour Day
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Tasty and controversial: the Cornish Pasty
11:45 AM.Historically, the Cornish pasty was the convenient one-stop lunch box for west country tin miners. The pasty's history goes back thousands of years further: to Ancient Roman times and the Bronze Age… Read more Audio
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Live studio session with Lawrence Arabia
11:05 AM.Just back from a European tour, musician James Milne plays his favourite Lawrence Arabia tunes from the new album Absolute Truth, and shares stories of his latest adventures. Read more Audio
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How should I choose study and career paths in 2016?
10:40 AM.Are our schools, universities and trades training preparing students and graduates for the future of work? A panel discussion about how our higher education and training can best serve New Zealand… Read more Audio
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David Pizarro: the science, morality and politics of disgust
10:10 AM.Why are some of us so easily disgusted, and how does it tie into our moral and political beliefs? Psychologist David Pizarro reveals some surprising links. David is an Associate Professor of… Read more Audio
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The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra turns 70
9:35 AM.70 years ago, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra was born; it's grown up to be a 90-plus strong ensemble. The orchestra has played numerous royal performances, overseas tours, and collaborated with… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Suzanne Lee: creating materials from bacteria
9:05 AM.Rather than using plant or animal materials, fashion designer and bio-materials engineer Suzanne Lee formulated a method of growing clothes in a laboratory vat, using bacterial cellulose. Her high… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Planning for the decline of cities
8:45 AM.Justin Hollander is a proponent of smart decline, a strategy for deliberately shrinking declining cities. The Tufts University Professor is interested in the role of planning and public policy in… Read more Audio
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Andrew Robinson: too much peace in the ancient Indus Valley?
8:10 AM.Peace-loving, egalitarian and wealthy: could the utopian environment of the ancient Indus Valley civilisation have been what caused its downfall? British science and history writer Andrew Robinson… Read more Audio
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The Shape of the Media
8:00 PM.A panel discussion about the media now and in the future. Read more Audio
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New Music with Ollie Wards
11:10 AM.New music for a day off your labours with Australian music station Triple-J's content director. The expat Kiwi DJ Ollie Wards and host Colin Peacock bring us tracks from A$AP Rocky, Jamie XX, Leisure… Read more Audio
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Magic with David Merry
10:48 AM.Top Canadian magician and comedian in New Zealand for the Wellington Magic Convention. Audio
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Walter Brasch - The Unknown Holiday
10:30 AM.American writer Walter Brasch on how Labor Day in the US is just another day off, its meaning lost in the past. Audio
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Laura McQuillan - In Rio
10:20 AM.New Zealand journalist freelancing in Brazil, which is gearing up for the Olympics. Audio
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Alex Hazlehurst - what happened next?
10:10 AM."I'm talented. I'm hard-working. I'm blonde. So why can't I find a job in London?" Expat would-be broadcaster Alex Hazlehurst went public in August about not being able to find a media job there. She… Read more Audio
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Naomi Arnold's Good Reads
9:25 AM.Naomi Arnold is a Nelson-based freelance writer. At Featured.org.nz she collates outstanding feature articles from New Zealand and around the world and sends them out in a handy weekly email. We asked… Read more Audio
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Dr Alun Withey - History of the Beard
9:07 AM.Expert in modern medical history undertaking the first major academic study of facial hair. Read more Audio
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David Cross - The Social Pantry
8:50 AM.Food sharing social media site set up in Wellington which is taking off around the country. Audio
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Dave Lee - the tech capital of the world
8:30 AM.The BBC's North America Technology correspondent who has a grandstand view of the hot bed of innovation that is Silicon Valley. Read more Audio
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Gerd Leonhard - technological unemployment
8:15 AM.Swiss futurist who is among many experts warning that machines are taking over our jobs. Audio
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Labour Day Music Special
11:06 AM.Triple J content director Ollie Wards picks some tunes from New Zealanders (and a few Australians) doing well across the ditch. Read more Audio
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Tiny house, big movement
10:38 AM.New Zealand is facing a housing crisis, but one solution could be to build and live in tiny homes. Andrew Morrison explains thinking big on keeping it small. Read more Audio
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New Zealand Geographic
10:07 AM.The magazine is celebrating 25 years by looking forward another 25 to the big issues. Editor James Frankham on why we are not 100% pure. Audio
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Choosing your own holidays
9:45 AM.What if you were able to take as many days off work as you feel you need - or deserve? Mark Gilbert analyses what Richard Branson's suggestion might mean. Audio
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Labour day question
9:31 AM.Which country was the largest exporter of wine in 1960? We have the answer. Audio
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Gender discrimination in China
9:30 AM.Author of "Socialism is Great!" Lijia Zhang has written about her own experience of working in a rocket factory back in the days of China under Chairman Mao - right through to today's fast growing… Read more Audio