Episodes

  • Nalini Singh -"A stillness and depth in reading"

    Nalini Singh -"A stillness and depth in reading"
    Jul 21 2024
    Nalini Singh is a best-selling author of a very particular genre - paranormal romance - and she's now finding a creative reset in writing murder mysteries set in New Zealand.
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    13 mins
  • African Film Festival returns to New Zealand for the ninth year

    African Film Festival returns to New Zealand for the ninth year
    Jul 14 2024
    Bringing the best of Pan African cinema to New Zealand each year, the African Film Festival returns this month.
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    9 mins
  • Persian Zurkhaneh alive and kicking in Canterbury

    Persian Zurkhaneh alive and kicking in Canterbury
    Jun 30 2024
    Zurkhaneh - an ancient Persian system of athletics combines martial arts, music, strength and spiritual devotion and is picking up serious momentum in Canterbury.
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    12 mins
  • "I had to find a way" - Naeem Hashemi

    "I had to find a way" - Naeem Hashemi
    Jun 23 2024
    From having to start afresh as a refugee in New Zealand to adjusting to a whole new life as a new amputee- Naeem Hashemi's life is a remarkable story of grit and faith.
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    12 mins
  • From a brutal Balkan conflict to the Pacific - Kosovar refugees mark 25 years

    From a brutal Balkan conflict to the Pacific - Kosovar refugees mark 25 years
    Jun 16 2024
    Twenty-five years ago when the Kosovo war ended, nearly 800,000 Kosavar Albanians were left displaced. Some went to Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro and a small number arrived in New Zealand as refugees.
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    14 mins
  • "Nothing harder" - Refugee resettlement

    "Nothing harder" - Refugee resettlement
    Jun 9 2024
    What's it like for a new refugee to arrive in New Zealand, get resettled and start a new life here? This month we are marking World Refugee Day with 3-part series on stories on refugee resettlement in New Zealand.
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    15 mins
  • “Iceland: Same, Same, Different”

    “Iceland: Same, Same, Different”
    May 26 2024
    The Pacific and Nordic regions couldn't be further from each other but in this episode Phil Vine's out to find discover some uncanny similarities between NZ and Iceland, and where we really are poles apart.
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    14 mins
  • Sudan - a year on and 8 million displaced

    Sudan - a year on and 8 million displaced
    May 19 2024
    A year into the civil war, millions of Sudanese have been forcibly displaced while diaspora here are desperately holding on to hope for their family members directly impacted. Produced and presented by Kadambari Raghukumar.
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    13 mins