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Recent items from Easter Monday
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Emily Nagoski: Why women burn out faster than men
10:05 AM.What is burnout and what does the patriachy have to do with the way women experience it? Read more Audio
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Guerilla Girls: Conscience of the Art World
9:45 AM.The Guerilla Girls have been creating protest posters for 30 years - calling out the art world,using fact, statistics, shame and irony to call for then end to all forms of gender and racial inequality… Read more Audio, Gallery
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The insanity of Auckland's hot sauce festival
9:30 AM.In just over a month, hot chilli lovers from all over the country will gather in an Auckland bar to witness an event you might describe as sheer lunacy - the chilli eating champs. Read more Audio
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Tarns Hood - Poet
9:20 AM.Tarns Hood is a Wellington performance poet who describes ordinary things with witty, rhythmic quick verse. She's the 2017 national slam poetry champ. Her style is raw and linguistically twisted and… Read more Audio
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Haritina Mogosanu - To the Moon and back
9:05 AM.The Moon and space travel are magical for Bucharest-born Hari Mogosanu, who loves them so much she has an asteroid named after her. She explains why Easter is the only public holiday that revolves… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Shaun Hendy and Quentin Atkinson - Grounded for climate change
8:45 AM.Criticism is piling up for politicians and climate change scientists for the carbon emissions they use flying to conferences. In 2017, two Auckland University professors made the decision not to fly… Read more Audio
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Frances Mayes - The Italy only the locals know
8:30 AM.Celebrated Italophile Frances and her husband, Ed eat and drink their way through regional Italy from Friuli to Sicily. They seek out the cultural and historic gems not found in traditional… Read more Audio
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Alayne Dick - Poet
8:25 AM.Poetry slam is where poetry meets sport and the first of our poets this morning is a 2018 national poetry slam finalist, she's a playwright and writes for film. Alayne Dick has been performing at the… Read more Audio
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Uber Funny - Tarun Mohanbhai
11:45 AM.Tarun Mohanbhai is a comedian, writer, and screen and theatre performer who's been performing stand-up since 1996. His work often takes on topics from his real life - including arranged marriage and… Read more Audio
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Should ethics be part of the school curriculum?
11:40 AM.Deborah Stevens from the Centre for Science and Citizenship, which teaches ethics workshops, and former president of the Secondary Principal's Association, Patrick Walsh, discuss how to encourage kids… Read more Audio
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Museum of Broken Relationships curator Olinka Vištica
11:06 AM.When Croatian couple Olinka Vistica and Drazen Grubisic broke up 15 years ago, they wondered what to do with the objects they'd accumulated during their long relationship. That wondering turned into a… Read more Audio
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Singer-songwriter Nadia Reid in session
10:25 AM.Folk singer-songwriter Nadia Reid is in the RNZ studio with her band. She's nominated for this year's Taite Music Prize, she toured the UK and Europe last year off the back of her second album, Preser… Read more Video, Audio
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Birthday cakes for kids who'd otherwise go without
10:06 AM.In less than a year, marketing assistant Emily Cornwall and her team of bakers have made 200 birthday cakes for South Auckland 5 year olds. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Sharlene Teo on the monstrous woman
9:40 AM.Singaporean writer Sharlene Teo's debut novel Ponti won the inaugural Deborah Rogers Foundation Writer's Award and was praised by Ian McEwan for its brilliant descriptive power, and for characters… Read more Audio
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Professor Richard Layard - Creating happiness
9:13 AM.The London School of Economics professor, and founder of the Action for Happiness movement has spent decades studying what makes people prosper in life. He argues that emotional health and life… Read more Audio
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Fiji - Tropical Cyclone Josie
9:05 AM.Fiji national disaster management director Anare Leweniqila. Audio
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Why scientist Shaun Hendy has grounded himself
8:45 AM.Scientist Shaun Hendy decided he needed to put his money where his mouth was on climate change, so he's not flying anywhere - even for work - for a whole year. A few months in, he takes stock of the… Read more Audio
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Has our personal data been weaponized against democracy?
8:10 AM.Justin Hendrix is the executive director of NYC Media Lab, and David Carroll is Associate Professor of Media Design at Parsons School of Design. They say citizens must put pressure on technology… Read more Audio
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Glass Art - Silvia Levenson
11:51 AM.In Whanganui an Argentinian born, Italian based glass artist is holding a special masterclass on the process of open lost wax casting. Silvia Levenson will be talking about her unique installations… Read more Audio
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World Masters 2017 in Auckland - Sir Peter Snell
11:29 AM.Sir Peter Snell is making a stop in Wellington with gifts for the Te Papa collection including two of his gold medals before he heads to Auckland to compete in the World Masters Games. He's in the… Read more Audio
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Puha and Pakeha - Belinda and Jarrad McKay
11:10 AM.The Puha and Pakeha food truck offers a unique blend of traditional Maori food with a modern twist. Belind and Jarrad McKay spotted a gap in the market for the food of Aotearoa in the sea of foreign… Read more Audio
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Squawk Squad - Fraser McConnell & Alex Hannon
10:30 AM.Squawk Squad is a start up which was born in a competition in Auckland last year and is going strong. The winning formula means that the public can join the fight in protecting native birds from… Read more Audio
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From celebrity to serenity - Elandra and Antion Meredith
10:07 AM.Elandra and Antion Meredith are yoga experts and host wellbeing workshops around the world. Their lives now are a far cry from their beginnings with Elandra acting alongside some of the biggest stars… Read more Audio
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Waste Warrior - Kate Meads
9:40 AM.Kate Meads started to take notice of the waste produced in her household when her son Daniel was born 12 years ago. She also became aware of the amount of money which was being spent on disposable… Read more Audio
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Philanthropic leadership - Akaya Windwood
9:17 AM.Akaya Windwood is globally recognised for her work in the not-for profit and social benefits sectors. She is the President of Rockwood Leadership Institute in the United States which means she trains… Read more Audio