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Pat McMinn: NZ's Voice of the 1950's
8:30 AM.In 1994, the popular singer of the 1950's Pat McMinn talks to Jim Sullivan about her musical career and especially her recordings with TANZA, the record label started "To Assist New Zealand Artists'.
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To Have an Ordinary Life - part 4
12:30 PM.Mike Gourley critically examines the latest government foray into disability issues - The Enabling Good Lives initiative. Read more Audio
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To Have an Ordinary Life - part 3
12:30 PM.Mike Gourley looks at the support available for disabled people making the transition from school to further training or work. Read more Audio
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To Have an Ordinary Life - part 2
12:30 PM.Mike Gourley explores the current state of employment options for disabled people in the aftermath of the repeal of the Disabled Persons Employment Promotion Act. Read more Audio
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To Have an Ordinary Life - part 1
12:30 PM.Mike Gourley profiles the people and issues in play at the time of the decision to close the Kimberley Centre (once a housing facility for the intellectually disabled) ten years ago this year. Read more Audio
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Forty-four years ain't bad
12:15 PM.In this final spectrum Justin Gregory presents a series of Spectrum stories past and present that represent the wondrous array of every day Kiwis. Read more Audio
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Silent cries
12:10 PM.In New Zealand one in four children under the age of 18 are said to be living in a situation of physical violence, neglect or abuse. Men are often the perpetrators, but women also have a hand in… Read more Audio
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Twenty five dollars and a dream - the story of Tapu te Ranga Marae
12:15 PM.An urban marae built from scavenged materials by homeless youth, ex-cons, and gang members in the 1970s in Wellington is struggling to keep its whare open after the council deemed several of its… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery
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Gustav Kronfeld Redux
12:10 PM.Even after 100 years, they can't cover over G Kronfeld's name! Read more Audio
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David Drops the Mic
12:15 PM.Spectrum producer David Steemson says he has worked at RNZ since "before the coming of mankind". But in July 2016 he's hanging up his headphones and retiring, at about the same time as Spectrum itself… Read more Audio
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Still Loved
12:10 PM.Part 2 in our series on stillbirth. The loss of a child affects hundreds of families around New Zealand each year. In this episode Katy Gosset talks to South Island parents about how they coped with… Read more Audio
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No Heartbeat - Coping with Losing an Infant
12:10 PM.Four parents share their first-hand experience of losing a baby and some volunteers who assist with the process of creating memories. Read more Audio
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The Taxpayers' Artist
12:15 PM.Spray can wielding vandals and council cleaners open up about tagging on the streets of Wellington. Read more Audio
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Can a late harvest help the hungry?
12:15 PM.Every year in New Zealand more than $800 million worth of good food goes to waste while families in need go without. At a time when lines for food banks seem to be growing longer, what can be done to… Read more Audio
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Circus Kumarani
12:10 PM.For the last 13 years, Whangarei residents of all ages have learnt juggling, acrobatics, rope work and even fire play with Circus Kumarani. Read more Audio
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Safe Passage
12:09 PM.Locomotive engineers talk to Katy Gosset about fatalities, close calls and how KiwiRail's trauma response programme is helping. Read more Audio
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Global artists spread message of marine conservation
12:15 PM.Earlier this year, high profile local and international artists converged on Napier to paint inner city walls with a message about the importance of marine conservation issues. Read more Audio
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The Stromboli Connection
12:12 PM.A special reunion when descendants of Italians from the island of Stromboli gathered in their childhood home, Wellington's Island Bay, to celebrate their culture and history. Read more Audio
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Singing for Natasha
12:10 PM.Any week on a Tuesday night at an Auckland marae you'll hear members of the kapa haka group Ahakoa te Aha singing for their dead sister Natasha Allen Hohepa. Read more Audio
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Aboard the Bobbie C
12:15 PM.Spectrum producer Justin Gregory spends one week aboard a tall ship, sailing from Auckland to the Bay of Islands in the company of 22 American college students. Read more Audio, Gallery
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A business with heart
12:15 PM.Southland Disability Enterprises is a place where people with disabilities find work and friendship - but it depends, in part, on a scheme that pays its workers less than minimum wage. Read more Audio
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Inside iD Fashion Week
12:10 PM.Frankenstein's lover, pan-sexuality, torture devices and animal rights provide unexpected inspiration and stories behind the work of emerging designers at Dunedin iD Fashion Week 2016. Read more Audio
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Going under kava
12:15 PM.The popular narcotic drink, kava, doesn't always mix with modern-day activities like driving - and its increased consumption by followers of teetotal religions is cause for conflict. Read more Audio
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Westminster Pilgrimage
5:00 PM.Reading music in braille is a daunting challenge especially when you're a member of a choir. Read more Audio
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Horeke Shipyard
12:10 PM.Digging up secrets of New Zealand's first commercial shipyard. Read more Audio