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Recent items from Labour Day
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How to dispose of an old phone
9:50 AM.Planned obsolesence isn't a new concept - most of us probably get a new phone every year or two, without necessarily thinking about the impact on the environment, or how we might've prolonged the… Read more Audio
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Hone Tuwhare's legacy in crib residency
9:40 AM.More than a decade after commiting to make poet Hone Tuwhare's final home a creative residence - his whanau is almost finished restoring and refurbishing the property. In 1992 poet Hone Tuwhare bought… Read more Audio
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Remembering Mary Tyler Moore actor Ed Asner
9:06 AM.At the end of August, a true veteran of the entertainment industry died at the ripe old age of 91 - actor Ed Asner. Ed Asner appeared in movies and TV shows from the mid 1950s onwards - but became a… Read more Audio
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Settling the Score
8:50 AM.Settling the Score is RNZ Concert's annual countdown of New Zealand's favourite classical music. Listeners have voted online for their favourite piece of classical music and Concert will spend Labour… Read more Audio
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Nicola Legat on Covid-19's effect on publishing
8:20 AM.The lockdown in August and the lockdown dragging on in Auckland has seen people turn to books for an escape This despite bookshops unable to sell books during level 4, and only post them to online… Read more Audio
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Huge sports scores in Dubai and Manchester
8:11 AM.A couple of stunning results in Dubai and in Manchester. Pakistan has blown away India in the T20 World cup, winning by 10 wickets, while Liverpool humiliated Manchester United in the English Premier… Read more Audio
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Karena Kelly: Translating Dr Seuss into te reo Māori
11:45 AM.Dr Karena Kelly, a specialist in Māori language and linguistics, took on the task of translating Seuss’ last book published before his death Oh, The Places You’ll Go. Read more Audio
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Geoff Knorr: creating the soundtrack to Civilization
11:05 AM. Chief composer for the Civilization game series Geoff Knorr joins the show to chat about creative freedom, the importance of having authentic instrumentation, and the challenges involved in… Read more Video, Audio
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Are horror fans coping better with the pandemic?
10:30 AM.A recent study suggests that people who enjoy consuming frightening fiction may be better adapted to cope with the fear and anxiety surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more Audio
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The unsung heroes behind the hand-painted photos of NZ's past
10:04 AM.Peter Alsop's new book Wonderland collects some of the striking hand-coloured photographs captured around New Zealand in between the 1950s and 1970s. Read more Audio, Gallery
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RNZ Concert starts Settling the Score
9:55 AM.Our friends over at RNZ Concert have tallied the votes to find out listeners' favourite piece of Classical Music for 2020, and are playing the countdown between 6am-7pm. Read more Video, Audio
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Is 'eight hours rest' outdated in today's society?
9:30 AM.'Eight hours labour, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest' is the slogan that arose as part of New Zealand's eight-hour day movement, but in our modern lives is it still applicable? Read more Audio
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What cheese can teach us about human evolution
9:06 AM.It is thought humans started consuming dairy products around 4500 years ago, during the Neolithic period when we started living alongside animals - however, we didn't always have the stomach for it.
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Preserving the endangered Tokelauan language
8:36 AM.Less than 4000 people speak Tokelauan, and the majority of them live in New Zealand - rather than in Tokelau itself. Read more Audio
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Armageddon Expo marks its 25th anniversary
8:22 AM.Gamers, anime fans and cosplayers are out in full force this long weekend as the Auckland Armageddon Expo marks its 25th anniversary. Read more Audio
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Countdown to the US Elections
8:14 AM.With the US Elections just over a week away, we catch up on the latest news coming out of the States with correspondent Jagruti Dave. Read more Video, Audio
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Te Pūtake o te Riri
11:55 AM.New Zealand Land Wars commemorations are getting underway with Te Putake o te Riri, He Ra Maumahara in Waitara to commemorate the wars that took place in Taranaki. RNZ is releasing a documentary this… Read more Audio
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Semi Finals weekend in Japan
11:45 AM.RNZ sport reporter Joe Porter joins us from Japan to take the pulse of the crowds after a huge semi-final weekend. Read more Audio
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The enduring legacy of the tin can
11:30 AM.What did a bronze age cook keep their food in? No tin cans then, but the humble object has transformed human life over millennia. Michael Cortie is a Physicist for the University of Technology, Sydney… Read more Audio
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Football media in ascendance?
10:45 AM.Earlier this year American sporting journalism website The Athletic made the ambitious move of buying up football writers across the UK and Europe. It's a bit of a head scratcher. In a period where… Read more Audio
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Lists! What are they good for?
10:45 AM.A list of the greatest hundred singers of all time from 2008 surfaced this week and caused all sorts of people to stop and scratch their heads. RNZ Music's Waveney Russ joins us to try and work out… Read more Audio
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#Tumeke!
10:30 AM.What is a children's book in 2019, what language do children and young adults communicate in and has it changed since the days of Beatrix potter? Wellington Author Michael Petherick has a new book out… Read more Audio
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Minor political parties in 2019
10:05 AM.The 2020 election is shaping up to be a pretty interesting period for minor parties. Will they survive, are they the linchpin for a new Government? Can the ones that do exist get along? And, on a… Read more Audio
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Voicing an opinion
9:30 AM.How do our voices sound to others and where does emotion come from in the voice? The University of New England's Dr Kristal Spreadborough researches the links between physiology and sound… Read more Audio
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Cooking and growing for life
9:05 AM.It's spring and we can start thinking about all that fantastic produce that turns up at this time of the year! But how do we go about growing and cooking it all? Especially if we feel like we have no… Read more Audio
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