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Being 'woke' and how it became a catchall phrase
11 Dec 2023Breaking down the background to the idea of 'wokeness' are Ira Munn and Andreea Calude, in this episode of Voices.
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The Little Clay Cart and NZ's first Afro-Kiwi Xmas concert
2 Dec 2023Voices this week looks at some December events to look forward to from the south Asian and African diaspora in Auckland.
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Making films from South India to the South Island
In this episode of Voices, producer Karthic SS talks to Siddharth Nambiar, a wildlife filmmaker based in Dunedin.
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"Everthing's gone, except the band members"
20 Nov 2023A fire gutted an Auckland sports club and took with it all the instruments of a Caribbean steelpan orchestra that also used the space. In this episode we chat to Camille Nakhid about what next for the…
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The best of two worlds
New Zealand has one of the world's biggest export-driven wine industries - that attraction is huge for people from overseas who arrive here exploring opportunities in the industry. In this episode…
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Thousands across NZ continue to rally calling for a ceasefire in Gaza
6 Nov 2023In this episode we talk to members from Palestinian and Jewish communities in New Zealand about the attacks on Gaza by Israel.
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Space technology for climate change
16 Oct 2023Each year, a New Zealand social enterprise runs a space research incubator to help explore space-related technologies for climate change. Kadambari Raghukumar talks to the founders of Spacebase.
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"It would be a foolish move" - Community organizations speak up against closing ministries
9 Oct 2023ACT Party wants to close demographic ministries like the Ministry for Ethnic Communities, and in this episode we're talking to community organizations who are concerned about this possibility and it's…
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"A way of making people move" - Coaxing veggie gardens in Christchurch
2 Oct 2023It takes a bit of grit to grow veges in the Christchurch winter, but a group of Fijian families are rising to the challenge via a University of Canterbury-led project.
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"Is this your Grandfather?" - A quest to join the dots
25 Sep 2023Wellington woman Lalita Kasanji is on a mission to identify the pioneering Indian immigrants depicted in a collection of studio portraits taken on Cuba Street in the early 1900's.
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A design to the rescue - Areef Shaik on his version of lifejackets for use in India
18 Sep 2023Floods in India claimed hundreds of lives this monsoon season, but an Indian expat in New Zealand is hoping his new invention will help bring the toll down. Produced by William Ray.
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How to get salmon out of hot water
Scientists are looking for ways to adapt salmon fisheries for climate change. In this episode we talk to UK-born Dr Jane Symonds about how to save the industry from mass fish die-offs. Produced by…
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Takaka cohousing 'opens people's eyes to what's possible'
4 Sep 2023Using natural build techniques, a group of Takaka-based social entrepreneurs are excited about getting closer to the finish line of their cohousing project in development. Produced by Kadambari…
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'This is not the image we want to put out' - claims of exploitation by migrant workers on Accredited Employers Work Visa scheme
28 Aug 2023A group of South American migrants spoke out recently about allegedly misleading job contracts they signed with the Auckland construction company Buildhub as part of New Zealand's Accredited Employers…
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Home for a bit - RSE workers in Matapihi
21 Aug 2023Supporting their families back home in Samoa is the main drive of a group of ten young men. Some of them feature in this episode of Voices, produced by Justine Murray.
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World Press Photo Exhibition returns to NZ
14 Aug 2023After a three-year absence, the most powerful images from professional photojournalists across the globe are now showing in Auckland at the World Press Photo Exhibition. RNZ's Justin Gregory speaks to…
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"You have to experience it live" - Steven Logan on the APO
7 Aug 2023Timpanist Steven Logan chats with Voices about his love for classical music, growing up in the US and joining the APO seven years ago.
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'Sport needs to have an existential conversation with itself' - Sheila Nguyen
31 Jul 2023Sheila Nguyen talks to Kadambari Raghukumar about the focus on sustainability in this FIFA Women's World Cup.
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The Elephant in the Yoga Studio - Part 2
24 Jul 2023Yoga - when does appreciation become appropriation? In this two-part series, Voices talk to New Zealand practitioners about the commodification of ancient Indian practice.
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The Elephant in the Yoga Studio - Part 1
Yoga - when does appreciation become appropriation? In this two-part series, Voices talk to New Zealand practitioners about the commodification of ancient Indian practice.
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Marking five decades of Mexico-New Zealand relations
10 Jul 2023Mexico and New Zealand first began bilateral relations in 1973. 50 years on, what does this connection mean to both the diaspora living here in New Zealand and the for Mexico?
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Finding comic relief - Jess Karamjeet
Jess Karamjeet talks to Kadambari Raghukumar on finding comedy through her time in New Zealand.
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Critical spaces - green areas and urban planning
26 Jun 2023Growing up in Germany, researcher Mirjam Schindler always had an interest in how green spaces shape the way people interact with each other and spaces around them. In this episode, she talks to…
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"We got there in the end" - Vukan Cavor on life in Montenegro
In the events in the early 1990s after the collapse of Yugoslavia Vukan Cavor's family to fled to Aotearoa. In this Voices episode we meet Vukan about keeping up his connection to his home country of…
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