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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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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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Media chaplain and broadcaster Rev Frank Ritchie sits down with top New Zealand journalists to unpack that one story that most impacted them, personally and professionally.
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Tune in to Nights every weekday from 8pm to midnight for a delectable buffet of creative ideas, open-minded conversations, music, musings and daily stimulation.
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Gail Maney spent 15 years in prison for putting a hit on a man who stole drugs from her. She always insisted she knows nothing about his disappearance. The podcast that sparked a new investigation.
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In this episode, Oliver talks to special guest US broadcaster and historian Alexander Heffner, the host of The Open Mind on PBS. They talk about the current state of American politics and media, focusing on the 2024 presidential election and the decline of intellectual discourse in public debate. They explore various aspects of the campaign between…
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Marriage Week is an opportunity for people to be reminded about the importance of marriage, why it matters, and what you can do to strengthen your marriage relationship. Today’s discussion is part of a 2 part discussion we had before and during marriage week this year - we talked about the importance of investing in your marriage and discussed some…
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Former Wallaby Justin Harrison is coming in hot and the lads are feeling the heat, especially Marshy!!! We start by unpacking whether or not Justin Harrison eye-gouged Justin Marshall during a Bledisloe Cup test match. Then we dig into the Harrison's childhood, playing for the Barbarians, the 2003 RWC final, almost being eating by crocodiles, his f…
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Europe correspondent Diane To spoke to Lisa Owen about the British luxury department store, Harrods, making an apology a few days ago, after some harrowing details of sexual assault claims came to light against its former owner, reports saying the honeymoon period for Britain's new Labour government is already over and London getting a large public…
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Bargain hunters are continuing to flock in their thousands to Auckland's newest outlet mall, Manawa Bay, which is less than 3 kilometres from the city's airport. A wave of shoppers heading there for it's opening caused major congestion on the main route to the airport yesterday. Today there was barely any respite as, inside the mall, long queues fo…
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A code to protect New Zealand's elite athletes and grassroots participants from sexual abuse, bullying, racism and match-fixing is up for public discussion. The Code of Integrity for Sport and Recreation has been developed in collaboration with community groups and athlete representatives. This is the first time New Zealand has had such a code for …
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Some shops selling nitrous oxide said they're still getting their heads around what a government crackdown could mean for them. The Health Minister Shane Reti is considering urgent options to try and stop people selling and using the substance which is often called 'Nos' or 'Nangs'. These include penalties of up to two years in jail or a hefty fine…
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Former eye surgeon Philip Polkinghorne has been found not guilty of murder. An 11 person jury has ruled the former eye surgeon did not kill his wife, Pauline Hanna, in 2021.Outside the court this afternoon, Pauline Hanna's best friend said she was an amazing person and the decision was 'crap' but her family say whilst they're disappointed, they've …
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A potential leap in ACC payments of about 360 percent has the Royal New Zealand ballet spinning. ACC's consulting on poposed changes that would see ballet dancers move out of the low risk performing arts category that they currently share with the likes of theatre and opera into a medium to high risk classification. That could mean annual acc levie…
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New Zealand lawyers are apparently among the unhappiest in the world . The University of Melbourne surveyed 800 New Zealand based lawyers and law students between 2021 and 2023. It found almost 35 percent of them reported moderate to severe psychological distress.A quarter of those experiencing distress described it as severe or extremely severe. T…
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"We're reaching a crisis point now, I can see a lot of harm coming," that's the message from some GP clinics desperately trying to avoid closing their doors or putting up prices for patients. GPs had their funding increased by 4 percent in July - and were given the greenlight to lift their fees by more than 7 percent. But some clinics, whose margin…
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Some schools are abandoning take-home essays and assignments because students are using artificial intelligence to cheat.The misuse of AI has even prompted changes to the national school qualification, the NCEA. But teachers say there is no point banning AI and instead, schools need to change the way they assess students, education correspondent Jo…
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Lydia Ko won back-to-back LPGA Tour titles for the first time in eight years when she lifted the Queen City Championship trophy in Ohio. The 27 year old was back on the golf course after taking a three-week break to reflect on her Olympic gold medal and Women's Open win. The time off didn't hurt her form as she won by five shots today, sports repor…
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A stoush over a single kaka parrot is seriously ruffling feathers. The bird known as Charlie Girl spent almost a quarter of a century at Te Anau Bird Sanctuary, where she fostered chicks, hatching and rearing them for release, she can't return to the wild herself because of a damaged wing.But a few months ago DOC moved Charlie Girl to the Dunedin B…
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After an eight week trial, and 10 hours of deliberations over two days, former eye surgeon, Philip Polkinghorne has been found not guilty of murdering his wife Pauline Hanna three years ago. Jurors heard from more than 80 witnesses during the trial at the High Court in Auckland. The Crown claimed Polkinghorne killed his wife and staged her death as…
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Is the government retiring work from home for public servants? It has just announced it wants to see more public servants back in the office each day and has issued new guidlines for CEO's. In a three point directive to the public service commissioner Minister, Nicola Willis said; working from home is not an entittlement, it should only be agreed t…
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