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The Mixtape - RNZ's audio old hand Jeremy Ansell
about 1 hour agoThis week's guest on the Mixtape is long-time RNZ studio engineer Jeremy Ansell. Not only an audio operator and team leader at RNZ, but equally a much-respected music researcher. Over the years Jeremy… Audio
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An experiment in your pint glass
Fourteen breweries have submitted unusual flavours, and tomorrow expert judges and regular punters alike will be taste-testing them. The challenge is run in tandem with a fundraiser for Rare Disorders… Audio
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What can your vocabulary say about your creativity?
An experiment developed by a Canadian behavioural scientist asking you to think of ten words that are as unrelated as possible can predict your verbal creativity. Audio
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Did Phil Goff deserve to go?
10:17 pm todaySome commentators have called it an excuse to cut Goff from the post of UK high commissioner, but analyst Geoffrey Miller says diplomats simply can't have political opinions. Audio
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The Reread with Ashleigh Young
The managing editor of Te Herenga Waka University Press joins Emile Donovan to brave the challenge of rereading a significant book from her past: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. Audio
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Myth Takes: Mythbusting Julius Caesar
Was caesar salad named after the famous dictator? What about the caesarean section? Audio
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Proud to be Bogans: Upper Hutt embraces its reputation
8:30 pm todayUpper Hutt may have once shied away from its bogan side but is now set to embrace and celebrate it with a two-day festival of all things bogan. Audio
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The Panel with Scott Campbell + Sarah Perriam-Lampp (Part 2)
6:30 pm todayTonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists with Scott Campbell + Sarah Perriam-Lampp. They discuss whether a Horowhenua District Councillor who is working from Scotland should… Audio
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The Panel with Scott Campbell + Sarah Perriam-Lampp (Part 1)
6:00 pm todayTonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists with Scott Campbell + Sarah Perriam-Lampp. They discuss Phil Goff's sacking and potential tariffs on New Zealand agricultural exports to… Audio
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Queensland residents wait as Cyclone Alfred progress slowing
5:43 pm todayAustralia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen about how there's been an anxious wait for residents as Tropical Cyclone Alfred bears down on the Queensland and New South Wales coastline and a… Audio
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Evening business for 6 March 2025
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Black Caps into Champions Trophy final
5:28 pm todayAfter scoring a record total in Lahore the Black Caps are into the Champions Trophy final with a record amount of prize money on the line. New Zealand beat South Africa by 50 runs this morning to… Audio
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Tongan family left broken as they fight deportation order
5:22 pm todayA Tongan family whose eldest son is seriously ill say they've been left broken as they fight an order for deportation. Tina and Tafuna Vea'ila were served a deportation order at the end of last month… Audio
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Bowel screening age to drop from 58 to 60
Sacrificing Peter to pay Paul, institutional racism, disappointing, light on detail. These are some of the reactions to Health Minister Simeon Brown's announcement that the bowel screening age in New… Audio
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Adrian Orr, Greg Foran resign, Phil Goff sacked in 24 hours
4:46 pm todayPolitical Editor Jo Moir spoke to Lisa Owen about the resignations of Reserve Bank head Adrian Orr and Air New Zealand CEO Greg Foran, as well as the sacking of UK High Commissioner Phil Goff. Audio
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Winston Peters sacks Phil Goff over comments on Donald Trump
4:43 pm todayPhil Goff remaining as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom has been labelled "untenable" by the Foreign Minister, after comments criticising Donald Trump. Political reporter Russell Palmer has… Audio
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Finance Minister insists Orr's resons for resigning are his own
4:37 pm todayThe Finance Minister insists the Reserve Bank governor's reasons for resigning are his and his alone, as questions continue to be asked over exactly why Adrian Orr has gone. Mr Orr's immediate… Audio
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Ardie Savea set to lineup against his old side for first time
The captain is bracing for a bruising battle against the Hurricanes in Albany on Saturday, the side he played 131 times for between 2013-2023. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio
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Vintage car restored after being swamped by Cyclone Gabrielle
It's taken hundreds of hours, but a vintage car that was swamped in silt and water in Cyclone Gabrielle has been lovingly restored to its former glory and is back on the road. The 1934 Plymouth Coupe… Audio
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America stops sharing intelligence on Russia with Ukraine
4:15 pm todayUnited States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about how America has stopped sharing intelligence on Russia with Ukraine, the latest on the Trump administration and tariffs and a giant… Audio
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Kiwis spent 24 million hours on hold last year - report
4:08 pm todayA new customer service report has found New Zealanders spent 24 million hours on hold in 2024, or more than eleven hours each. The report's author is ServiceNow and its New Zealand manager Kate Tulp… Audio
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The Pre-Panel for 6 March 2025
3:45 pm todayToday on The Pre-Panel producer Olivia Wilson joins Jesse Mulligan & Wallace Chapman to preview tonight's show. Audio
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History with Dr Grant Morris
3:21 pm todayToday, Grant presents the history of New Zealand and NATO. Audio