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Fossil fuels, intensive farming, deforestation, waste disposal, overconsumption, pollution, the 6th mass extinction, climate change is all on everyone’s mind. But what can we do? How do we make a difference? What do we have to change now? The How to Be Good podcast asks these questions. Join Gareth and Anca as we speak to specialists, scientists, activists, providers and more, and ask what we can do in our everyday lives to make a difference and debunk many of the myths and misinformation.
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Do you ever go somewhere, and have a strong emotional response to it, such as happiness, nostalgia or fear? Have you ever wondered why we look for meaning in places and develop stories or legends about them over time? Well these behaviours are known as a sense of place. In general, a sense of place describes our relationship with places, expressed through the tangible and intangible aspects of human life: emotions, imagination, sound, touch, smell, and personal experiences. Sense of place ca ...
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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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Screentime: Jurassic World: Rebirth, F1: The movie, The Sender
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11:45Film and TV reviewer Tom Augustine looks at the latest Jurassic World offering - the seventh installment in the franchise - which is out in cinemas now. Brad Pitt stars in F1: The Movie about a racing driver who returns after a 30-year absence to save his former teammate's underdog team from collapse. He'll also review The Sender, which is a new TV…
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Parenting: How to look after your children's teeth
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17:56The costs - and pain - associated with poor oral health care has become a huge burden on families and the health system - so how can parents get it right for their kids - and encourage good dental habits that last into their later years. Basic dental care is free in New Zealand for children from birth until they turn 18. But there are thousands of …
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Technology commentator Mark Pesce looks at what studies are discovering about our brains as we use AI.
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Around the motu: Jonathan Leask in Ashburton
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8:03Selwyn mayor hits back at rates rise criticism, does Selwyn have the lowest rates n Canterbury?
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Elizabeth Heritage reviews Slowing the Sun by Nadine Hura published by Bridget Williams Books
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UK: Chancellor's tears in Parliament, Welfare Bill watered down
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9:38Natasha Clark is political editor for LBC London.
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Women's homelessness less visible than men's
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9:18Homeless women are less visible than men and often have children - The Coalition to End Women's Homelessness.
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Local Government embracing AI to cut costs
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22:46A council in the Hutt Valley is using artificial intelligence to cut LIM wait times, inform residents during emergencies and cut staff workloads.
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Weather warnings across many parts of the country
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8:45Heavy rain warnings for several parts of the motu today, including the sodden top of the South Island.
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Earth traps more heat, star-navigating moths, chemo gene test
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10:33Science commentator Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn to talk about how the Earth is trapping more heat in the atmosphere and what happens when its energy balance is out of alignment.
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$10,000 coat could help more customers access quality clothing
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17:52A coat worth $10,000 is out of reach for most of us, but a Wanaka-based design label has come up with a creative way to put quality goods in front of more customers.
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Gail Pittaway reviews My Sister by Emmanuelle Salasc, translated by Penny Hueston published by Text Publishing.
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Gisborne council will be investigating the return of ancestral land to Ngati Oneone, the NZ record was broken twice at the East Coast Angus bull sales, and more Gisborne drivers have been fined for mobility parking violations since the fine increase to $750. James Pocock is the Gisborne Herald Editor.…
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The need for trees in increasingly hot New Zealand cities
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7:56Many parts of Europe are still baking under a heatwave, and as New Zealand cities also heat up - could there be a simple answer?
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John Clarke to Fred Dagg to dad. A daughter's documentary tribute
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31:50Comedian and satirist John Clarke made audiences laugh over 40 years. Now an intimately produced doco from his filmmaker daughter Lorin tells his story in his words.
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Australia correspondent Karen Middleton has the latest on the storm rocking the country's south-east coast and a horrific and widespread child abuse case .
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A New Zealand taxpayer-funded climate satellite has lost contact with the ground and "is likely not recoverable."
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NZ Game developers are confident of continued growth
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9:08Game developers in New Zealand are confident of continued growth in the industry as it aims for $1 billion in export revenue by 2028.
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Ports and maritime select committee inquiry underway
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14:09Yet another inquiry's to be held into the country's ports, this time by Parliament's Transport and Infrastructure select committee, amid concerns the sector isn't earning as much as it should.
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Foodstuff's North Island gets warning from Commerce Commission
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16:19The Commerce Commission has sent a warning to Foodstuffs North Island for 'uncooperative and unreasonable' behaviour towards a supplier.
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Liam Lawson finishes 6th at the Austrian Grand Prix, the best of the Red Bull-aligned racers. The ANZ Netball Championship continues to heat up, while the Warriors lose again in the rugby league. And despite a brilliant Super Rugby season, the funding behind Moana Pasifika is in doubt.
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Does New Zealand need a common will repository?
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17:23One of the most common queries the Citizens' Advice Bureau fields is to do with death and dying. The organisation's Deputy Chief Executive is Andrew Hubbard, and he joins Kathryn to talk about why New Zealand needs a common will repository and a publicly funded service for wills and setting up EPAs.
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Chinese consumer confidence is low, and New Zealand exports to its biggest export market are flatlining. Dan reports from his trip observing the Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in China. T
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Around the motu: Jared McCulloch in Queenstown
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11:00I News report Jarrod McCulloch on Queenstown's plan over freedom camping, interest in a gondola-style public transport network, and dealing with historic landfills.
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Book review: 2024 by Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager & Isaac Arnsdorf
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4:46David Hill reviews 2024 by Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager and Isaac Arnsdorf,
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Former war surgeon finds solace in wild trout fishing
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29:30Robin Coupland worked as a frontline field surgeon - where he witnessed horrific injuries resulting from conflict. To find solace he turned to fly fishing in New Zealand and Scotland.
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The latest from the One Big Beautiful Bill being voted on in the Senate, while the Supreme Court delivers a win for Trump on birthright citizenship.
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Underfunded: fighting invasive seaweed in Fiordland
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7:03Fiordland is known for its stunning natural beauty - a magnet for visitors - but not all are welcome.
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It's now been more than a year since legislation aligned recycling rules for most of the country, how has that gone?
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The complex task of establishing fitness to stand trial
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19:13Last year 185 people, charged with 729 offences, were deemed unfit to stand trial.
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Kennedy brings us up to date on some mid-winter happening, including Glenorchy's 'creatures of the night' fancy dress community dinner, and the annual Garden Bird Survey, now in its 18th year.
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A juicy history of the fruit industry's evolution and politics
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15:43Where Have All the Apples Gone? Chris Smellie's juicy expose of the fruit industry's evolution and politics.
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Political commentators Gareth Hughes and Fletcher Tabuteau
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20:45Gareth and Fletcher discuss the week's politics, including the death of sitting MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp.
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A council survey has revealed that the people of Wellington don't trust their city council.
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One doctor's diagnosis after a decade in the health service
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25:46Ivor Popovich has spent a decade working his way through the health system on a mission to become an ICU specialist.
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Banned pride event in Budapest grows into anti-Orban rally while protests in Venice force change of venue for the Bezos' wedding.
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Google rolls out its Gemini chatbot to Kiwi kids
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9:51Kiwi kids can now access Google's Gemini AI chatbot, now the company has made it available to the under-13s.
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Little change in gender based deaths - report
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8:56A report into deaths from gender-based violence has found there's been no significant reduction in the number of victims between 2009 and 2022.
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Te Pukenga is in the process of being wound up, with individual polytechs around the country working to show whether they can stand on their own.
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The week that was with Elizabeth Easther and Pinky Agnew
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10:33The comedians chat about massaging orca whales, pork intestine coffee and honey chasing bears.
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Dana Johannsen discusses referees being abused in Horowhenua Kapiti and funding for Moana Pasifika.
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Around the motu: Jimmy Ellingham in Palmerston North
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12:58Jimmy Ellingham is a RNZ Checkpoint reporter based in Palmerston North.
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Leah McFall reviews Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton published by Canongate.
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The Nelson students behind a ballwear pop-up shop
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5:56A group of school students in the Nelson region have come up with a way to ease the financial load and make ball attire more sustainable.
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Making sure children see themselves reflected in books is a driving force for author and publisher David Riley, who calls himself The Reading Warrior.
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Ed White discusses how China is responding to the Iran-Israel conflict.
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Retirement Commission launches a new calculator to help make savings last
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11:39The Retirement Navigator - as it's called - is being described as a one-of-a-kind tool for spending in golden years.
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Flooding in Nelson/Tasman and watch in Marlborough
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15:38Heavy rain, surface flooding and slips have forced more evacuations the top of the South Island, in the Tasman district.
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Screentime: Sirens, Playing Nice, Long Bright River
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9:54Film and TV reviewer Perlina Lau joins Kathryn to talk about new Netflix series Sirens, starring Julianne Moore as an enigmatic billionaire who may have trapped her young employee into a manipulative web. Playing Nice (Three) sees James Norton facing a parent's nightmare of their child being swapped at birth and Long Bright River (Three) is an Amer…
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Parenting: How to talk to your children about conflict and war
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20:04It can be hard to avoid what's going on in the world right now, including for children. How can parents help their kids make sense of what's going on, without scaring them?
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