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100-year-old Milk Powder Found At Ernest Shackleton's Antarctica Hut
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 4:02 pm | RNZ
But how did it end up there in the first place? More >>
Fact Checking Artificial Intelligence
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 3:20 pm | RNZ
Start honing your critical thinking skills unless you want to swallow some pretty random information from generative Artificial Intelligence. More >>
Braille Surtitles For NZ Opera's Le comte Ory Season 'Life-changing'
Monday, 10 June 2024, 2:34 pm | RNZ
A blind person who was the first braille reader to test the technology said surtitles will make a huge difference for blind and low-vision audience members. More >>
Who Are New Zealand's Richest Siblings, Zuru Owners Mat And Nick Mowbray?
Monday, 10 June 2024, 2:31 pm | RNZ
They're the richest siblings in New Zealand, so what do we know about the Mowbrays? More >>
'It's Impossible' - Long Waits For Licence Tests As Demand Skyrockets
Monday, 10 June 2024, 2:18 pm | RNZ
People living in some areas are waiting more than four months to sit a full or restricted driving test. More >>
Winter Illness Puts Dent In School Attendance As Officials Mull Social Media Campaign
Monday, 10 June 2024, 2:14 pm | RNZ
Only a fraction of pupils met the government benchmark for attendance in all four terms of 2023, new figures reveal. More >>
Fijifirst Party Founders Frank Bainimarama, Sayed-Khaiyum And Others Resign
Monday, 10 June 2024, 2:11 pm | RNZ
The founding members of the FijiFirst party, including former prime minister Frank Bainimarama and ex-attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, have resigned. More >>
ACT Leader David Seymour Brushes Off Claims Party Has A 'Culture Of Fear'
Monday, 10 June 2024, 2:07 pm | RNZ
The reported complaints are not representative of the party as a whole, ACT leader says. More >>
Air New Zealand Halts Flights To Nouméa Until September Due To Unrest In New Caledonia
Monday, 10 June 2024, 2:04 pm | RNZ
Ongoing violence in New Caledonia and the closure of airport means the airline will not fly to Nouméa for the next three months. More >>
Mihingarangi Forbes To Join Susie Ferguson On RNZ National’s Popular Saturday Morning Show
Monday, 10 June 2024, 11:20 am | RNZ
When Ferguson was announced as the new host in January, RNZ said it was considering how Saturday Morning should evolve and signalled that it would likely become a co-hosted programme. More >>
Review: Sabotage By Mel Parsons
Sunday, 9 June 2024, 7:27 pm | RNZ
This album really locates the mournful quality in Mel Parsons’ voice, and highlights what a remarkable instrument it is; oceans of feeling sounded out with apparently little effort. More >>
Remembering Sandy Edmonds, A 1960s Pop Supernova
Sunday, 9 June 2024, 7:24 pm | RNZ
Rock'n'roll reporter John Baker reflects on the British-born pop singer's short but memorable music career and sudden disappearance from the scene. More >>
NZ's Top Milking Herd Is Small, But Mighty
Sunday, 9 June 2024, 7:21 pm | RNZ
The hobbies and practices of this South Taranaki dairy farmer may seem old-fashioned, but they have helped him lay claim to the highest-producing Jersey herd in New Zealand. More >>
Prof Beth Linker: In Defence Of Slouching
Sunday, 9 June 2024, 7:18 pm | RNZ
"It's an imaginary hope that we will somehow be able to, a) have perfectly controlled posture, and b) that it somehow leads to or prevents back pain or ill health in a meaningful way," she tells Susie Ferguson. More >>
Unpacking The Significance Of The Dragon Boat Festival In New Zealand
Sunday, 9 June 2024, 7:14 pm | RNZ
Celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month each year, the festival offers households in China and beyond an opportunity to enjoy a variety of zongzi (sticky rice dumplings). More >>
Can We Trust Surveys Of Our Trust In The Media?
Sunday, 9 June 2024, 7:10 pm | RNZ
Recent surveys have said our trust in media's falling fast, and made plenty of headlines. But lately new surveys say our trust isn't plummeting. The latest one is part of a pitch to persuade the government of the media's worth at a critical time for the ... More >>
Macron's 'Dialogue Mission' Takes A Break From Unrest-ridden New Caledonia
Sunday, 9 June 2024, 7:01 pm | RNZ
The pause comes ahead of pro-independence protesters' national Congress, where they will seek a common stance on the riots. More >>
The Psychology Of Buying Lottery Tickets
Sunday, 9 June 2024, 6:51 pm | RNZ
The lure of big Lotto jackpots is down to people being bad at assessing probabilities, a psychology professor says. More >>
Tough Times Even Tougher On Women - Research
Saturday, 8 June 2024, 4:35 pm | RNZ
Tough economic times, like the current cost-of-living crisis, can cause the gender pay gap to widen, a senior economics academic says. More >>
C. Zukey Creates Music From Grief On New Album Stonefruut
Saturday, 8 June 2024, 4:30 pm | RNZ
After C. Zukey's wife Lydia sustained a severe brain injury, he ran the gamut of emotions. "I just wanted to write it all down," he says. More >>
