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Here Now
What do 27% of NZers all have in common? They were born overseas. Here Now is about the journeys people make to New Zealand, their identities and perspectives, all of which shape their life here. Here Now was previously titled Voices and is produced and presented by Kadambari Raghukumar.
Mondays 3:30pm. Repeats at 5:15am on Saturdays and 6:40pm on Sundays
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Krishnan's Dairy - 'It was a simpler time'
4 Jul 2022In this episode, writer and performer Jacob Rajan talks to Kadambari Raghukumar about his journey starting in 1997 with his debut, Krishnan's Dairy. Read more Audio
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Shifting the narrative - One conversation at a time
27 Jun 2022Helping shift the refugee and immigrant experience one conversation at a time, is Tanya Nock and her space - Cultural Conversations. In this last Voices episode of a month-long series on former… Read more Audio
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Threads that bind - Kayan weavers 12 years on
20 Jun 2022On World Refugee Day, Kadambari Raghukumar speaks to the first family of Kayan refugees to ever arrive in Nelson, back in 2008. How has life changed for the family over the years? Read more Audio
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Taking flight with Takraw
13 Jun 2022Sepak Takraw has helped some former refugees tap into a taste of home despite challenges to keep the sport going in Auckland. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar Read more Audio
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The Tide Flows from Vancouver to Auckland
From Vancouver to Auckland: violinist Andrew Beer prepares to debut a major new work in his adopted home. Read more Audio
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Getting into the game - Oasis AR
23 May 2022At 22, David Huang founded his first AR startup called Oasis AR, continuing the 20-year-old lineage of such startups from University of Canterbury's HIT Lab. He spoke to Kadambari Raghukumar in this… Read more Audio
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Girls who Invest - on friendships and finance
16 May 2022Two best friends who started a finance podcast at the start of the pandemic look back two years later. Simran Kaur and Sonya Guptham talk to Kadambari Raghukumar in this episode of Voices. Read more Audio
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Chasing stormwater from Ireland to New Zealand
9 May 2022Growing up in Ireland with a fascination with stormwater, set Aisling O'Sullivan on a lifelong mission to keep waterways free from pollutants, even here in New Zealand. She speaks to Kadambari… Read more Audio
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Behind the mask - Pedro Ilgenfritz on his growing collection
2 May 2022How did Pedro Ilgenfritz go from accounting to clowning? He talks to Voices producer and presenter Kadambari Raghukumar about his love for acting - and a growing theatre mask collection. Read more Audio
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Healing wounds - Hussam Razzaq on his time in Iraq to working with bioplastics in Canterbury
11 Apr 2022How did a stint in the army lead Canterbury scientist Hussam Razzaq to wanting to change lives through research? He spoke to Kadambari in this week's episode of Voices. Read more Audio
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In the spirit of hope
4 Apr 2022How does being a master distiller and Honorary Consul come together when your country is being ravaged by war? Kadambari Raghukumar talks to Oleksandr Kirichuk in this week's episode of Voices. Read more Audio
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Tackling 'isms' and intra-ethnic prejudice
28 Mar 2022Inter-ethnic prejudice and discrimination were the subjects on the table at a recent online hui attended by a collective of New Zealand creatives and activists. Organisers and participants of the… Read more Audio
Here Now
A new episode every Monday on podcast platforms, at rnz.co.nz/here-now and as part of Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan on RNZ National at 3:30pm on Mondays.
Here Now was previously titled Voices and is produced and presented by Kadambari Raghukumar. In 2023 Voices won three bronze awards at the NZ Podcast Awards and was a finalist in Best Weekly Factual category in the NZ Radio Awards.
Mondays 3:30pm. Repeats at 5:15am on Saturdays and 6:40pm on Sundays
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Produced by Kadambari Gladding (Kadambari Raghukumar)
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