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The shady, controversial and sometimes downright villainous characters of NZ history. Join William Ray as he explores history through the lens of Kiwi dirtbags in NZ's most awarded podcast.
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Join Meghan Don, Award-winning author, mentor, and mystic teacher as she takes us on this podcast pilgrimage into and through the magic of her birth country of New Zealand. "Soulful Thoughts from New Zealand " will take us in and through stories retold, interviews, and evolutionary ways that are helping to birth the new Earth we are all yearning for. Visit https://MeghanDon.Life for more.
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From nine to noon every weekday, Kathryn Ryan talks to the people driving the news - in New Zealand and around the world. Delve beneath the headlines to find out the real story, listen to Nine to Noon's expert commentators and reviewers and catch up with the latest lifestyle trends on this award-winning programme.
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In this “unashamedly homegrown” podcast we tell the story of our islands from the time before people arrived all the way up to the year 2000. Winner of the bronze award for Best Indie Podcast in the NZ Podcast Awards 2021, Silver for Best Educational and Best Indie in 2022 and Silver for Best History in 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A daily current affairs programme that delves deeper into the major stories of the week, through a Pacific lens, and shines a light on issues affecting Pacific people wherever they are in the world.
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In this episode, marking the eve of the Berlin Wall's anniversary, New Zealand filmmaker Tony Forster joins Oliver to share his powerful experience of witnessing its fall on November 9, 1989. He reflects on the stark contrasts between East and West Berlin at that time and how this pivotal moment reshaped his personal outlook, deepening his belief i…
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A scheme incentivising veterinary graduates to move to rural regions has hit record participation levels - but industry leaders say more are needed. 35 graduates have been placed in rural areas this year under the Voluntary Bonding Scheme, the highest number the programme has ever had since it started in 2009. Participants are paid $55,000 over fiv…
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The global climate conference COP 29, gets underway today in Azerbaijan, focussing on how much money should to developing countries to cope with climate related costs. The UN summit comes against a fading hope of containing global warming to 1.5 degrees, and the US election result that could see it exit the Paris agreement. The Guardian's Environme…
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A new report warns the way local councils are applying government freshwater rules will hamstring vegetable production and could lead to sharp price rises for consumers. The report, for Horticulture NZ by the Institute of Economic Research, gives the example of broccoli going as high as 27 dollars a kilo - that's about 9 dollars a head - if vegetab…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Tuesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. Today we lead with news that there was little economic data released overnight, so this report will be quite thin - and short. First up today we sho…
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Almost a year on from the Auckland anniversary floods and cyclone Gabrielle, residents in Auckland's Muriwai are still picking up the pieces from their ruined homes and trying to move on. The area of Auckland's West Coast was severely damaged with landslips cutting off communities, destroying homes and killing two volunteer firefighters. For some r…
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A tongue in cheek tweet by a New Zealand oncologist after Donald Trump's presidential win, could entice sought after cancer specialists to Aotearoa. On the night of the United States election Professor of Cancer Chris Jackson fired off a tweet, it read; 'Hello US oncologists - anyone interested in moving to NZ, we're recruiting. Fixed term position…
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The Prime Minister has promised that tomorrow's national apology to survivors of abuse in state care will be more than just words - announcing a raft of law changes he hopes will stop it ever happening again. Speaking alongside him at a media conference moments ago, the minister in charge Erica Stanford said she was incredibly nervous ahead of the …
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Any government investment in reviving the mothballed historic Tongariro Chateau will end up costing it financially according to advice from the Department of Conservation. A briefing paper to the Minister recommended shelving plans to find an investor, instead cabinet will decide what to do next. The deteriorating building, that is in urgent need o…
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From the misty peaks of Cape Reinga to the rain soaked streets of Kawakawa, the national hikoi mo Te Tiriti today rolled through the north and will soon arrive in Whangarei. Since setting off this morning numbers have swelled from a couple hundred to well over a thousand people, demonstrating their opposition to the coalition government's controver…
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Tourism businesses in Westland are facing uncertainty heading into their busy season - as the main highway remains closed after this weekend's storm - with no firm re-opening date. State Highway 6 is shut from Fox Glacier in the north, to Haast in the south, until the end of this week, at least. Many say the road has long been vulnerable to severe …
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A lower North Island free counselling service is facing an uncertain future after one of its government contracts was drastically reduced this year. The Marton Counselling Centre's annual budget's taken a $30,000 hit this year during Oranga Tamariki funding cuts. The centre's now fighting for survival, leaving its manager furious about its plight, …
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New Zealand golfer Steven Alker has had a $2.1 million payday on the seniors Champions Tour in Phoenix, Arizona. Alker finished atop the tour's points list for the second year running. He just fell short of also winning the Charles Schwab Cup Championship on a dramatic final hole this morning. Sports reporter Bridget Tunnicliffe spoke to Lisa Owen.…
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Gulls are well known for swooping in and flogging food off your plate or picnic and now they are making a complete menace of themselves in Christchurch's New Regent street. Local businesses are being over-run by the red and black-billed gulls that are nesting on the rooves of buildings along the street, swooping and pooping all over the place. It's…
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The research from Age Concern found 59 percent of kiwis aged 65 plus had recently felt lonely or socially isolated. But up to 30% feel that way a lot or all the time. Last year, the US surgeon general described loneliness as public health crisis, with a report saying the mortality impact of being socially disconnected is similar to smoking up to 15…
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If genius is the ability to see things exactly as they are, singer, songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen fits the bill according to Professor Christophe Lebold. For 20 years, Lebold has traveled in Cohen's footsteps and poured over his writing. The two became friends after a chance meeting and spent time together before Cohen's death. In a biography t…
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Dr. Traci Wolbrink on Healthcare Simulation Behind a Screen Season 2. Episode 5 Dr. Traci Wolbrink is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and an Intensivist at Boston Children's Hospital in the PICU. Traci co-founded OPENPediatrics alongside Dr. Jeffrey Burns. OPENPediatrics is an innovative online platform, aimed to revo…
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