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How AI has taken over our decision making
7 May 2024Once you start noticing, you can see it everywhere; the 'sameness' of style, music, art and even food. New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka blames algorithms that direct our attention to what works… Audio
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Preschool concerned over govt provided lunches
An Auckland preschool is worried that the government-provided lunches could lack in nutrition for children under five. Te Papapa Preschool in Onehunga has been getting lunch support from the charity… Audio
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The Nomad: Behind the decks at NZ's famed 90s underground raves
9 May 2024It's New Zealand Music Month and we're talking to Damon Schwalger, aka The Nomad, who was behind the decks at NZ's famed 90s underground raves and outdoor dance parties. Audio
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8 Kiwi Jazz Women You Need to Hear
11 May 2024Nick plays tracks from eight NZ women leading their own jazz bands - including pianists Charmaine Ford and Anita Schwabe, saxophonist Louisa Williamson, singer Alannah Goldsmith, and drummer Lauren… Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - StuffHub takes shape
8 May 2024Midweek Mediawatch: Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about new hires for the upcoming Stuff-Newshub 6pm bulletin. Also - TVNZ and the journalists’ union face off over job cuts while the outgoing… Audio
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What is structured literacy and why is the government talking about it?
Education minister Erica Stanford has announced that New Zealand schools will be pivoting to teaching structured literacy. Dr Nina Hood joins Nights to explain the approach. Audio
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Driver licencing is fraught from start to finish
8 May 2024There are traffic jams at the young end of driver licencing and fear and trepidation at the other end. Audio
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John Adams: stopping the Stonehenge road tunnel
4 May 2024From the A303 in Wiltshire, motorists can catch sight of the megalithic structure of Stonehenge. But as a primary route for both commuters and holiday makers the road is notoriously traffic-clogged… Audio
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Westpac CEO on tough times for customers and combatting scams
Westpac says many households and businesses are struggling with high interest rates and costs and the coming months will be challenging. Chief Executive Catherine McGrath talks about the sluggish… Audio
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The case for living on Mars
11 May 2024In the race to colonize Mars, millions - if not billions - of dollars have been poured into research by people like Elon Musk to see what would make the planet's environment less hostile for humans… Audio
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Framing a life: Ans Westra
11 May 2024Over almost sixty years, Dutch-Kiwi photographer Ans Westra took hundreds of thousands of pictures of life in New Zealand. A new illustrated biography Ans Westra - A life in photography interrogates… Audio, Gallery
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Social housing opens in Dunedin heritage building
The Loan and Mercantile building on the city's waterfront will have 30 apartments for low-income tenants from the government's Housing Register. Audio
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UN treaty seeks to tackle plastic pollution
9 May 2024Proponents of a strong global plastics treaty are raising concerns about the influence of lobbyists on the process. This as research seeks to establish a link between microplastics and a rise in bowel… Audio
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Understanding our nearshore island volcanoes - Whakaari and Tūhua
9 May 2024A multi-year research project aims to find out the risks from two Bay of Plenty offshore island volcanoes: Tūhua / Mayor Island and Whakaari / White Island Video, Audio
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Otherhood: women without children get personal in new essay collection
8 May 2024More than 30 New Zealand women who are not mothers write about their experiences in Otherhood. The essay collection explores what it means to live a fulfilling life while giving "a middle finger" to… Audio
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KidsCan on school lunch changes
9 May 2024The government yesterday anounced its carving more than a hundred million dollars off the cost of the school lunch programme ..but it says even more kids will get a free feed. CEO and Co-founder of… Audio
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A curse and a genetic code: PM's Science Prize winners
Thirty years ago, nurse Maybelle Ngapere McLeod realised a genetic link to the stomach cancer which killed many of her whanau was much more likely that the effect of a curse. She took her suspicions… Audio
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Josie Brennan: Fabric Celebrate 15 Years
12 May 2024Fabric-a-brac is a fabric and sewing market that brings the sewing community together to buy and sell with all profits going to local hospices. Josie Brennan joins us to tell us more. Audio
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Will bird flu be the next pandemic?
5 May 2024Dr Richard Webby is a prominent infectious diseases researcher at St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Audio
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Litigation log-jamming the courts
There's evidence New Zealanders are getting more trigger-happy when it comes to using courts to stamp down on competition Audio
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Vector chief executive calls for EV charging rules
10 May 2024The country's largest electricity distributor is warning authorities to hurry up with rules for charging electric vehicles or face unnecessary bills in the billions. Phil Pennington spoke to Corin… Audio
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Suze Wilson: The Glass Cliff
12 May 2024It's been nearly 20 years since the researchers, Michelle Ryan and Alexander Haslam, documented a phenomenon they called the glass cliff. Audio
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James Shaw on what he's got planned after politics and what advice he has for the Green Party
8 May 2024Former Greens Co-Leader James Shaw on why the party should consider working with National in future, why he's been called a "tree Tory", and what he's got planned after politics. Video, Audio