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"For a small country, it packs a punch" - Dave Phillips on Jamaica
8 Apr 2024Extolling the virtues of his home country in this episode, Jamaican Honorary Consul Dave Phillips talks about his love for his island in this episode.
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Sharing Common Ground at WOMAD
Singers from across the world found common ground through their journeys, convening at WOMAD this month. Kadambari Raghukumar speaks to Lady Shaka and Pongo in this episode of Here Now.
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Tarik Rahim - Making the Mount home for a while
18 Mar 2024Tarik Rahim grew up drawing from a rich pool of cultures and finding expression through surf and music. In this episode, Kadambari Raghukumar talks to him about calling NZ home, for a short while.
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Yānum - Fragments of Femininity
11 Mar 2024Artham Dance Company want to shake up both an ancient text and a revered dance tradition. The company founders tell Justin Gregory they are not afraid of a challenge.
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Reflections from Anakiwa - Outward Bound
The latest Outward Bound programme saw a whole cross-section of New Zealanders take part and this week we're featuring some of them on Here Now.
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The Magic of Masks - Live podcast from Q Theatre
26 Feb 2024Earlier this month, Here Now went live in front of an audience at the Podfest at Q. Producer and host Kadambari Raghukumar spoke to thespians Jacob Rajan and Pedro Ilgenfritz all about the magic of…
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Shy Boy - Izzy Abdallah mixing it up
19 Feb 2024MIXIT in Tāmaki Makarau uses drama and dance to help young refugees gain confidence and in this Here Now episode, Phil Vine talks to former graduate Izadine Ahmed Abdallah about his story.
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Tacos, mariachi and other tropes - Mexico
12 Feb 2024In this third part of the conversation around stereotypes, we're chatting about Mexico. Here Now is produced and presented by Kadambari Raghukumar.
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Cartels, clichés and salsa - Colombians on their cultural stereotypes
5 Feb 2024In part two of a series around cultural stereotypes, Kadambari Raghukumar talks South America through the eyes Auckland-based Colombians.
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"Stereotypes are my toolkit" - diaspora creatives on cultural tropes
29 Jan 2024Here Now's first episode for 2024 is all about creatives drawing from or away from cultural stereotypes. Join Kadambari Raghukumar as she talks about some Indian tropes around Mumbai and Delhi.
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Join the audience at Here Now live recording at PodFest at Q
24 Jan 2024RNZ producer and host of Here Now Kadambari Raghukumar is taking her podcast live at Auckland’s Q Theatre’s PodFest at Q on 8 February 2024.
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Going beyond Afrobeats in Auckland with Dj Banty and Orikol
18 Dec 2023Djs Banty and Nadine talk to Kadambari Raghukumar in this latest Voices episode on bringing African music to the club scene in Auckland.
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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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