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Pheasant Surprise
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Pheasant Surprise

Experiments in animal husbandry, and appreciative readers, bring joy to life in the country.

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3 mins  |
January 5 - 11 2019
A hero's instinct
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A hero's instinct

Crash investigator Scott Quate didn’t hesitate to risk his own life to try to save others.

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4 mins  |
January 5 - 11 2019
Get Smart
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Get Smart

Making New Year’s resolutions is easy, sticking to them is another matter entirely.

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3 mins  |
January 5 - 11 2019
Unhappy Landings
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Unhappy Landings

Going once more onto the beach with private perspectives on D-Day.

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2 mins  |
January 5 - 11 2019
Book A Bach With True Character
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Book A Bach With True Character

A second stay at Gabriel’s Bay reinforces what a refreshingly funny place it is.

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2 mins  |
January 19 - 25, 2019
Untold Stories
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Untold Stories

British historian Sir Max Hastings reasoned that there was room for another book about the war in Vietnam because he wanted to bring the Vietnamese “back to the centre of the story”.

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8 mins  |
January 12-18, 2019
Finding Time To Reflect
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Finding Time To Reflect

After a very big year, soul man Teeks is facing the challenge of a debut album.

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3 mins  |
January 19 - 25, 2019
Death In Ōnehunga
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Death In Ōnehunga

A funeral home is the unlikely setting for a local reality show that has attracted international interest.

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2 mins  |
January 12-18, 2019
A Sense Of Place
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A Sense Of Place

A 30-year-old Rotorua-born, Melbourne-based writer had publishers fighting for the rights to his debut novel.

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5 mins  |
January 12-18, 2019
Go With The Slow
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Go With The Slow

New Zealand jumps on the captivating, if time-consuming, bandwagon of televising cross-country journeys.

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2 mins  |
January 19 - 25, 2019
Lime Of The Times
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Lime Of The Times

Even our footpaths are no longer safe, thanks to reckless scooter-riders.

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2 mins  |
January 12-18, 2019
Snore Or Less
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Snore Or Less

A New Year resolution to give up snoring is easier to make than to keep.

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3 mins  |
January 12-18, 2019
Wider World Of Wilde
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Wider World Of Wilde

Biography shines light on icon’s wits, writs, writings and woes.

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3 mins  |
January 19 - 25, 2019
A blank slate that's spellbinding
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A blank slate that's spellbinding

A grim fantasy of stolen memories and sexual abuse is leavened by a love story.

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2 mins  |
February 2-8, 2019
Sit Back And Miss The Action
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Sit Back And Miss The Action

Prime TV jumps on the watching-logs-burn bandwagon with a 12-hour look out the window

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3 mins  |
February 2-8, 2019
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The Keys To Life

Two years ago, Hungarian pianists – and married couple – Dénes Várjon and Izabella Simon were at the airport waiting to leave New Zealand when the invitation came to return.

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2 mins  |
February 2-8, 2019
A Head For Science
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A Head For Science

Sometimes the sick and injured are the keys to scientific knowledge.

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2 mins  |
February 2-8, 2019
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Young At Heart

Latest research shows a lifelong fitness regime can shave decades off your biological age.

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8 mins  |
February 2-8, 2019
To Pokeno With Them!
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To Pokeno With Them!

A Labour minister delivers an ultimatum to ornery Aucklanders.

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5 mins  |
June 9 - 15 2018
You're Under Arrest
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You're Under Arrest

A woman who went to the police to complain of rape was herself charged with having underage sex with her alleged assailant. She says the experience has broken her.

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10+ mins  |
June 9 - 15 2018
Grace Under Fire
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Grace Under Fire

The Student Volunteer Army is teaming up with US student leaders who emerged in the wake of the Parkland school shooting.

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5 mins  |
June 9 - 15 2018
The Mineral Multitasker
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The Mineral Multitasker

We are falling short of our daily zinc requirements, but a diverse diet can boost levels of the mineral.

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2 mins  |
June 9 - 15 2018
There Be Demons
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There Be Demons

Anxiety and depression are rife, lending weight to the need for the inquiry into mental health.

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3 mins  |
June 9 - 15 2018
Wheels On Fire
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Wheels On Fire

Dancer Rodney Bell is taking his multimedia show behind bars and home to Te Kuiti.

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3 mins  |
June 9 - 15 2018
Darkest Peru
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Darkest Peru

A Nobel laureate’s new novel is set in a murky time in his country’s history.

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2 mins  |
June 9 - 15 2018
Going Mobile
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Going Mobile

Kiwi-Aussie rivalry plays out in typical win-some, lose-some fashion in the internet access world.

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3 mins  |
June 16-22 2018
Getting Bolder
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Getting Bolder

Nadia Reid tours at home before recording her third album in the US.

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2 mins  |
June 16-22 2018
Grafting A Tradition
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Grafting A Tradition

A survey of modern African tyranny is a catalogue of horror and sheer looniness.

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2 mins  |
June 16-22 2018
Who Do You Trust?
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Who Do You Trust?

Maybe our system of government isn’t so bad after all.

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4 mins  |
June 23-29 2018
Lady & The Trump
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Lady & The Trump

Even before her recent “disappearance”, US First Lady Melania Trump’s commitment to the role was publicly doubted.

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7 mins  |
June 23-29 2018