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Vincent Heeringa: Idealog, it’s good [MAGS]
Vincent is chuffed about the content in the new Idealog magazine plus looks at why 2Degrees took out the marketing awards. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzgg_xCLrs4 More like this...Vincent Heeringa: App...
Sep 01, 2010
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Sam & Luke from The Phoenix Foundation [AWARDS]
The Phoenix Foundation were big winners in the technical section of the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards. Sam & Luke chat about music geekery and studio malarkey. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV76...
Sep 01, 2010
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New Scientist: Disaster from the deep [OIL]
Janine Young from New Scientist says that rusting ships on the seabed will soon be gushing millions of tonnes of oil into the oceans, potentially making the Deepwater Horizon accident look small. A...
Sep 01, 2010
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Tahuna Breaks on Tour [SPRING]
Marty from Auckland based Tahuna Breaks chats about their NSFW video and their spring tour. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk53yJelBzY Check them out and about in September Fri 3rd Nelson Phat Club Sat 4t...
Sep 01, 2010
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Te Radar’s Issues: It starts with a Daffodil [SAD]
Today’s issues according to Te Radar. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ASGtEHw4-Q More like this...Te Radar’s Issues: Talk to the Animals [NEWS DAY]Te Radar: Smooth Commute [ISSUES]Te Radar liv...
Aug 31, 2010
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Jehan Casinader: Classroom Politics [EDUCATION]
Many teachers want their students to learn how to deal with real-life situations -- but where is the line between fiction and reality? www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqvNwasdqyg More like this...Jehan Cas...
Aug 31, 2010
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Get Smart – Episode 9 – Trip It :: Vlingo :: World Clock
In this episode we review ‘Trip It’ -- for Android, organises travel you itinerary onto the phone so that you don’t need to carry paper documents, ‘Vlingo’ -- for Noki...
Aug 30, 2010
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Ben Young: The Matthew Effect [OUTLIERS]
You know the saying “The rich get richer and the poor get poorer”, well here’s a theory that goes some way to explaining this social injustice -- The Matthew Effect. www.youtube.c...
Aug 29, 2010
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David Allen & Chris Opdahl from Bungie: Halo Reach [GAMES]
Ahead of the release of the biggest game for 2010 ‘Halo Reach’, David Allen (multiplayer producer) & Chris Opdahl (mission design lead) joined me to discuss this final Bungie produ...
Aug 29, 2010
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Phil Goff: OpenLabourNZ [GOVERNMENT]
Phil Goff and the Labour party held its first OpenLabourNZ conference at the weekend, promising to improve transparency and ways the public can engage the Government. So what was discussed? www.you...
Aug 29, 2010
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Paul Brislen’s Tech Week: Gmail Calling & Tech Ed Meter Maids [WOOPS]
Google releases yet another missile to take on it’s competitors, this time the ability to make phone calls from inside Gmail. Also Microsoft have been left red faced after parading near naked...
Aug 27, 2010
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New Music: Tommy Ill [ROBOT]
Just released on Loop Recordings is the new long-player from rap musician Tommy Ill. Combining samples and tracks long thought forgotten, Mr Ill mashes them up with his upbeat and often humorous vo...
Aug 27, 2010
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Wine Vault Radio: Patutahi 2007 Gewurztraminer [GREAT WINE]
Jayson Bryant really brings in the sunshine with a bottle of Patutahi 2007 Gewurztraminer and recalls a time when he made friends with a honeybee. Check out more Jayson at Wine Vault TV. www.youtub...
Aug 27, 2010
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Sam Hunt’s Little Something for the Weekend [TGIF]
Taking a break from dancing, Sam revisits an old favourite and recalls the time he went round and round a roundabout. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3WGHl5ypsI More like this...Sam Hunt’s SOMETHING...
Aug 26, 2010
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Dylan Storey’s Astronomy: Scorpius [SPACE]
The constellation Scorpius is in prime viewing position at the moment, so where can you see it and what does it look like? www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8LPY7_6IrE More like this...Dylan Storey’s...
Aug 19, 2010
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Spida Hunter: Don’t forget to Breathe [DEEP]
It’s as natural as, well as -- breathing. But how many of us actually breathe in an efficient way? Spida has some breathing tips. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTSeH4SrypY More like this...Spida Hu...
Aug 19, 2010
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Paul Brislen’s Tech Week: Going Naked [INTERNET]
Paul Brislen talks about the Facebook geo-location announcement ‘Places’, the Wikileaks time bomb and Vodafone going naked. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvCZHE4iEeY More like this...Paul Bri...
Aug 19, 2010
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Sam Hunt’s Little Something for the Weekend [LEGEND]
Sam Hunt delivers us once again into the waiting arms of a glorious weekend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8KVaauUwBM More like this...Sam Hunt’s Little Something for the Weekend [H5N1]Sam Hunt: A...
Aug 19, 2010
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Wine Vault Radio: Saint Clair 2009 Pinot Noir [DRINK]
Jayson Bryant is all excited about Facebook offering e-commerce. He’s also impressed with this Pinot Noir. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLL7sq4m2Kk More like this...Wine Vault Radio: Eve 2008 Pino...
Aug 19, 2010
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Hamish Coleman-Ross: Modesty Patch [TV]
Hamish is back with a chat about the True Blood Rolling Stone cover, a new show on TV3 called Road Cops, Idol judges and Prince Harry. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV-_HGwLG_0 More like this...Hamish Co...
Aug 19, 2010
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Film Review: Harry Brown [CINEMA]
John Henderson takes a look at Michael Caine’s 110th outing at the cinema in this gritty old school meets new school revenge flick. www.youtube.com/watch?v=shT56XE3GNg More like this...Film R...
Aug 18, 2010
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New Scientist: Pee Power [ENERGY]
Janine Young from New Scientist reports that scientists may have found the answer to the world’s energy crisis – urine. Also A study by the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Princeton, N...
Aug 18, 2010
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Simon Pound: The yMedia Challenge [CREATIVE]
Simon offers up some of his favourites from this year’s yMedia challenge. Awards will be given out at a lavish ceremony in Auckland tonight. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6OK-Q7Gaig More like this...
Aug 18, 2010
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Kevin Biggar: Escape to the Pole [ADVENTURE]
Kevin Biggar talks about his new book ‘Escape to the pole’ and the amazing trek to the south pole, why he did it, how he did it, who inspired him and what he found there. It really was ...
Aug 17, 2010
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Briar March: There Once Was An Island
If ever you need to be confronted with the real truth of actual climate change and how real people are being effected right now, this documentary is it. Briar March joins me to discuss the plight o...
Jul 16, 2010
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Paul Brislen: Old Spice Ranga
An offensive edition of Paul Brislen‘s tech week featuring a Twitter Twit, a Red Head, the iPhone 4 and the old Spice Guy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjralP088Ic
Jul 16, 2010
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Wine Vault Radio: Ara 2008 Pinot Noir
An entirely disappointing edition of Wine Vault Radio with Jayson Bryant. Not even a Kinder Surprise can pick this one up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVg0mviZURA
Jul 16, 2010
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Spida Hunter: Eating for Fat loss
Spida has what he says is the number one tip when it comes eating for fat loss. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq31O8f8-cc
Jul 15, 2010
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Star Gazing: The International Space Station
Astronomy enthusiast Dylan Storey kicks off a new feature on the show with a round-up of a few interesting facts about the International Space Station. How can you see the space station from New Ze...
Jul 15, 2010
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Hamish Coleman-Ross: Outrageous One News
The final series of Outrageous Fortune just kicked off this week, Larry King is calling it quits and what’s with the skits they’re calling news on TVNZ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTwa-gR6Nko
Jul 15, 2010
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New Scientist: Laughing & Crying
This week Janine Young looks at laughing. What makes us laugh and why is it so contagious? Do any other animals laugh quite like we do? Can you tell the difference between human laughter and synthe...
Jul 14, 2010
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Peter Esmonde: The Sound of Invention
An interview with Peter Esmonde the Director of Trimpin: The Sound of Invention. It’s a fascinating sonic journey with the inventor, engineer, composer and artist, Trimpin. This film is scree...
Jul 14, 2010
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Simon Pound: Hyper Special Old Spice
In todays Ad Mash Simon busts out the news that cellular pioneers The Hyperfactory have been sold. There’s a call for entries into the The Creative Challenge and Old Spice Man is back and he ...
Jul 14, 2010
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Film Review: I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive
John Henderson reviews the French true story ‘I’m Glad My Mother is Alive’ screening at the New Zealand international Film Festival. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmckQWQnVNU
Jul 14, 2010
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Russel Norman: GST on Healthy Food
Green Party co-leader Russel Norman says he likes the idea of removing GST on “healthy food” but there are some very convincing arguments against the idea. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UfvU...
Jul 13, 2010
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Russell Brown: Flowers from Banks & Curse words on telly
The Auckland City mayoral candidate John Banks has spent $11,523 on flowers during his term. Is this simply irrelevant trivia? Russell Brown discusses this and the news that a federal appeals court...
Jul 13, 2010
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Gillian Armstrong: Love, Lust & Lies
An interview with Gillian Armstrong, director of Love, Lust & Lies screening at the New Zealand International Film Festival. Readily described as Australia’s answer to Michael Apted’s Seven...
Jul 13, 2010
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Vincent Heeringa: The problem with Wool
The wool industry has been in decline for many years in New Zealand and Vincent says it’s about time we started working a bit smarter with such a versatile resource. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y...
Jul 13, 2010
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Gerard Campbell: Crackdown 2 Review
Game Junkie says that Crackdown 2 is… er… not what it’s all cracked up to be… www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7dax24CbwM
Jul 12, 2010
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Te Radar’s Issues: A Change of Accent
Te Radar reports on the fascinating story of a Winton woman who woke up one day with a new accent. Plus we take a look at what we’re earing to work www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnnB4U7bUyg
Jul 12, 2010
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Live Stream and Show Highlights
Click the video stream for a live feed of the show between 7am and 10am NZ time weekdays and on demand Highlights at all other times.
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Oct 08, 2009
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Jeff Dudas: Freediver relives perilous cave swim
Freediver Mike Wells has relived his perilous swim through a 120-metre undersea tunnel off the New South Wales north coast - on a single breath. Also The Grassy Key facility conducted a study on d...
Sep 14, 2009
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Ross Bell: Drugs & Driving
Results from the Drug Foundation’s survey into driving and drugs suggest “cannabis driving” is a serious road safety issue in New Zealand.
Nearly 1200 New Zealanders completed the anonymous ...
Sep 14, 2009
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Spida Hunter: Protein Powder
Our personal trainer explains what Protein Powder is, what it does and who should use it. Is it only for body builders? Spida Hunter is from EHPFitness.com and you can follow him on Twitter.
List...
Sep 14, 2009
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Cut Collective: Art on Buses
Tiger beer and street-artists the Cut Collective are painting the town literally – with 10 artworks sprayed on to the back of inner city Auckland buses.
The backs of the 10 Metrolink and Link bu...
Sep 14, 2009
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Sam Hunt: Lost Weekend
Sam looks forward to another weekend and puts out the offer to budding poets that they can have their poems looked at by Sam. Listen to find out how.
Listen/Download Sam Hunt for the 11th Septemb...
Sep 13, 2009
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Pete Bethune: Earthrace to take on the Whalers
The Skipper of the Earthrace boat are about to embark on their most dangerous mission yet when later this year they head down towards Antarctica to protest against the Japanese Whaling operation.
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Sep 10, 2009
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Film Review: The September Issue
John Henderson reviews a documentary chronicling Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour's preparations for the 2008 fall-fashion issue.
Listen/Download John Henderson on The September Issue
Sep 10, 2009
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New Scientist: Warmer Climate, Worse Meat
For meat lovers, expect to eat soggier pork chops and smellier steaks as global temperatures continue to rise. Also talk of icy stares and dirty minds might be closer to the mark than we thought, ...
Sep 09, 2009
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Letter from Copenhagen 10-9-09
Our correspondent from the Copenhagen Post reports on the latest from Demark. Daniel Neilsen is a journalist at the Copenhagen Post and dabbles in international cricket.
Listen/Download Daniel Nei...
Sep 09, 2009
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Spash of Trash! MJ, Sex & City and Urma
Michael Jackson all buried now – huge tribute concert announced. Chris Brown to headline
Sex And The City mayhem as sequel starts filming in NY
Uma Thurman planning wedding at Princess Diana’s...
Sep 09, 2009
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Russell Brown: IMO
This week's Media 7 is looking at the way science issues are reported in the media, also Russell gives his view on the TVNZ vs TV3 Qantas media awards footage debate and an opinion piece in the Wa...
Sep 09, 2009
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A Warning for the Future
Dr Wayne Cartwright from Sustainable Aotearoa NZ joins me to discuss a think tank paper just released that predicts a catastrophic future for New Zealand if we do not embrace "Strong Sustainabilit...
Sep 09, 2009
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Vincent Heeringa: Fonterra, Milk & Honey
Vincent speculates on closed door talks between John Key and Fonterra executives. Will Fonterra move towards more value added products or keep groning by producing more. Is what is good for Fonterr...
Sep 09, 2009
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Te Radar: This place is too small
Issues of the day include DIY accidents, the death of MySpace, the death of the recession, TV3 vs TVNZ, awards ceremonies and a van crossing the cook straight.
Listen/Download Te Radar with issues
Sep 08, 2009
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Spida Hunter: Spring Clean Transformation
Our personal trainer says it's time to come out of winter hibernation and start a body spring clean transformation. Spida Hunter is from EHPFitness.com and you can follow him on Twitter.
Listen/D...
Sep 08, 2009
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Russell Brown: Patched
Russell muses over the farce that was the gang patch protest in Wanganui yesterday, he also gives his verdict on a couple of controversial documentaries screened on Maori TV and he gives Apple's S...
Sep 02, 2009
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Russel Norman: Sliding Backwards
The Green Party co-leader says that despite recent setbacks in the local effort to be more mature about the our place in the world, we should still persist in trying to make New Zealand a better p...
Sep 02, 2009
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Vincent Heeringa: Stop Press!
Vincent explains the new news service for the New Zealand marketing, advertising, media and PR industries, Stoppress.co.nz. The current hot topic is what could possibly be an industry-defining mov...
Sep 02, 2009
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The MsBehaviour Files: Fashion your Firefox
MsBehaviour is a big fan of the free and open source browser, Firefox. She's got a bunch of tips to make it look pretty and also useful. Full notes and more over at the G33kshow.com.
Listen/Downl...
Sep 02, 2009
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Phil Goff: Is Frank in a Gang?
Labour leader Phil Goff tackles the political issues of the day including a possible review of legal aid, Fiji booted out of the commonwealth (again) and gang patches in Wanganui.
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Sep 02, 2009
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Game Junkie: Red Dead Redemption
The new western themed title from Rockstar is set for release in the first half of 2010 and Gerard managed to get an eyes on look. He's also finished Shadow Complex so what does he think? Gerard ha...
Sep 02, 2009
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Te Radar: Issues on his birthday
It's Te Radar's birthday and he's woken up with issues. It's also random acts of kindness day as well. Does that include being kind to the environment?
Listen/Download Te Radar on his birthday
Sep 02, 2009
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Jehan Casinader: Voluntary Student Union Membership
For many years, tertiary students have been required by law to be members of students associations at their universities. Those associations have, at times, been accused of misusing students’ le...
Sep 02, 2009
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Jeff Dudas: Flushed goldfish rescued in sewer
A goldfish that was flushed down a toilet has been rescued by a worker at a sewage plant in Lanarkshire. Treatment works operator Jake Huey noticed the floundering fish, now nicknamed Pooh, as he w...
Sep 02, 2009
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Sam Hunt: Pushed Along the Bookcase
Sam is back from his tour with David Kilgour and the Heavy 8. Home is good and he has had time to catch up with some european poets and he shares them with us.
Listen/Download Sam Hunt for the 28t...
Aug 28, 2009
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TheG33kShow.com: Opera Unite
Chelfyn tells us about Opera Unite which allows you to easily share your data: photos, music, notes and other files. You can run chat rooms and host entire Web sites. It puts the power of a Web ser...
Jul 09, 2009
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Chris Mason: Live from the G8
Chris Mason reports from the G8 Summit where leaders of the G8 industrialised nations have been meeting in the central Italian town of L'Aquila which was badly hit by an earthquake in April. What i...
Jul 09, 2009
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New Scientist: Parasite Prescription
Are you disgusted by the idea of parasitic worms burrowing through your skin? Imagine being prescribed some of these worms to harness your allergies… New Scientist investigates the radical new th...
Jul 09, 2009
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Jeff Dudas: French man breaks record for holding breath
A 37-year-old French man has shattered the world record for holding one's breath while under water. The old mark of 10 minutes and 12 seconds was set by a German man in 2008. For more under the sea...
Jul 09, 2009
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Spida Hunter: Pyramid Scheme
Our personal trainer takes a look at the Food Pyramid and asks whether it needs a complete re-think. Does it make sense to have grains, pasta and rise as the foundation and then fruit and veges? Wh...
Jul 08, 2009
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Vincent Heeringa: Cadbury Fail
Vincent reports on the poor handling by Cadbury of it's changes to packaging and it's recipe for the king size range of products. Cadbury has come under attack from consumers venting their displeas...
Jul 08, 2009
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#NZFF: Best Worst Movie
Director Michael Paul Stephenson talks about his debut documentary about the undisputed Worst Movie in History: TROLL 2.
Two decades after TROLL 2 was released, the legendarily inept film's child ...
Jul 08, 2009
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Mark Orams: Fancy yourself as a leader?
New Zealand lost one of its favourite sons when Sir Peter Blake was shot and killed in the Amazon in late 2001, and his many accomplishments demonstrate his skill at assembling, managing and leadin...
Jul 08, 2009
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Jehan Casinader: Imagine Cup
The Imagine Cup is a global student technology competition in which university students are challenged to use tech innovation to solve the world's toughest social problems. Each year, there are reg...
Jul 08, 2009
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Film Review: A Bunch of Amateurs
A sleazy Hollywood agent tricks one of his clients, a faded action star, into playing King Lear in an amateur charity production in England. Directed by Andy Cadiff. With Burt Reynolds, Alexandra W...
Jul 06, 2009
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Lindon Puffin’s Week that was Waiata 22nd May 09
The news of the week in song form. Lindon Puffin on the vocals & ukulele delivers a wrap up of the stories that hugged the national headlines throughout the week. From the Maori dictionary, pun...
May 22, 2009
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Chris Hart: Real Groovy
Downloads and declining CD sales have dominated the recording industry headlines over the past few years and commentators have predicted the total demise of the retail record store. What is the tru...
May 19, 2009
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Te Radar: Pork
This week pigs are in the headlines again after former Pork man Mike King went for a stroll through a dirty filthy pig farm. He was outraged at the swine treatment and by the looks of it so is the ...
May 19, 2009
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Jehan Casinader: Privacy & Safety Online
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In recent years, online social networking has become an integral part of youth culture. New research by Netsafe, however, shows that half of New Zealand young people post sensitiv...
May 19, 2009
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Spida Hunter: Lessons Learned
In the process of training for his first marathon our personal trainer has learnt some valuable lessons this week including the importance of hydration, vegetables and the role of fear. Why fear an...
May 19, 2009
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Live: Pitch Black
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Mike Hodgson and Paddy Free mash up sound and visuals live on Kiwi FM and Sunrise for a special 31 Bands in a Box performance. Pitch Black have just released a new remix CD called Rhythm, So...
May 19, 2009
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Toby Hadoke: Moths Ate His Dr.Who Scarf
Part memoir, part tribute, part stand-up, Toby chats about this award-winning comedy show that is a must for anyone who's ever had a passion for anything.
The blurb: Charting the rise, fall and su...
May 19, 2009
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Week That Was Waiata 15th May ‘09
The news of the week in song form. Lindon Puffin on the vocals & ukulele delivers a wrap up of the stories that hugged the national headlines throughout the week. From Motorways, snake bites, b...
May 15, 2009
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Spida Hunter: Better Cardio
Our personal trainer explains that Cardiovascular exercise means that you're involved in an activity that raises your heart rate to a level where you're working but can still talk. Spida says ther...
May 13, 2009
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TheG33kShow.com: Commercialising Ideas
MsBehaviour says one thing successful entrepreneurs have in common is that they share their dreams with a team of experienced mentors. Access to the knowledge, and networks of a mentor you trust wi...
May 13, 2009
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Phil Goff: The Environment will not wait
Last week The Business Roundtable said any climate change measures should wait until economic recovery is firmly established. However Labour leader Phil Goff says there is no time to delay in imple...
Mar 23, 2009
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TV Guide Awards: The Aftermath
Editor of the New Zealand TV Guide, Julie Eley, examines the winners and losers from the only TV awards that the public can vote on in New Zealand. Sidelined sports broadcaster Tony Veitch controve...
Mar 23, 2009
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Sam Hunt: A Change of Season
This week Sam can feel a definite change in the air and its something about the light... Other than that its birds, the equinox, Lindon Puffin, bread and generally staying alive!
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Mar 23, 2009
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@twitchhiker checks in to Kiwi
After a 13 hour flight Paul Smith aka The Twitch Hiker touched down before dawn in Auckland City. MsBehaviour of theG33kshow.com spirited him straight to the Kiwi FM studio for a coffee and a chat....
Mar 23, 2009
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The G33kshow.com: Creative Commons
MsBehaviour from theG33kshow.com says that artists across the world are taking their careers into their own hands, opting out of the 'All Rights Reserved' way of thinking, and publishing under Crea...
Mar 18, 2009
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Russel Norman: TVNZ, Investment and Bags
The Green Party Co-leader says the Government should not expect a dividend from TVNZ at a time when they are making 90 employees redundant.
Russel is also concerned that Bill English is looking in...
Mar 18, 2009
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Russell Brown: What you want to hear
The announced lay-offs at TVNZ present some interesting questions about the future of the state owned broadcaster and its current direction and whether or not the Government should be accepting a d...
Mar 18, 2009
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Spida Hunter: Fitness Primer
A new feature to the show, Spida Hunter from EHPFitness.com is here to deliver advice on health, nutrition, fitness and motivation. Spida briefs us on what to expect over the coming weeks and touch...
Mar 18, 2009
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Vincent Heeringa: John Stewart vs Jim Cramer
The epic battle between the Daily Show's Jon Stewart and money channel CNBC hit a climax last week when Mad Money host Jim Cramer appeared on Jon's show. Apart from being a brilliant and awkward p...
Mar 18, 2009
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Bank to the Future
ASB is bringing back the original school banking programme that spawned generations of savers, conscious of putting their pounds, shillings and pence into the bank. This comes after the first ASB...
Mar 13, 2009
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New Scientist: Dark side of the Lottery
Billions of years ago, the man in the moon may have performed the ultimate about-face, when an asteroid flipped the moon around. The far side of the moon never faces us, because it rotates once for...
Jan 21, 2009
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Film Review - Gran Torino
Clint Eastwood's fourth directorial feature in the span of two years starring Clint himself as well as Christopher Carley and Bee Vang.
Disgruntled Korean War vet Walt Kowalski sets out to reform ...
Jan 21, 2009
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Splash of Trash: Trash the Inauguration
Holly Wainwright from OK Magazine talks about the celebrity power at the inauguration. The Oscar nominations are tomorrow, who are the front runners? Madonna and Guy are talking once again and Kell...
Jan 21, 2009
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Russell Brown - Inaugurated
From his power deprived hotel room in central Wellington Russell Brown deconstructs Barack Obama's Inauguration speech and highlights some of the main messages America and the world can take from i...
Jan 20, 2009
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TheG33kshow.com - Alternative Search Engines to Google
It is very easy to forget with the omnipresence of the Google search engine that there are other ways to find digital media and information online. MsBehaviour from TheG33kshow.com rounds up some o...
Jan 20, 2009
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Russel Norman - The Way Forward
Barack Obama made it clear in his inaugural address today that the US needs to tackle global warming and switch to renewable sources of energy.
Russel Norman was watching and listening and gives h...
Jan 20, 2009
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Splash of Trash! Globes, Amy’s Trapeze and Harry Antics
Holly Wainwright from OK Magazine has the latest gossip on The Golden Globes, our mate Amy Winehouse who's Hubby has filed for divorce, she has spoken out about being clean and a new man, its the O...
Jan 14, 2009
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Vincent Heeringa - This Year is About Hard Yakka
This year will be tough. Vincent says 2009 will be the year for the hard worker, the individual who puts in the hours and does not rely solely on talent to succeed. Two books have inspired Vincent ...
Jan 12, 2009
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Te Radar - Tis the Season to Die
The last few weeks have been carnage for some seeking fun, adventure and relaxation during the holiday season. Will the economic gloom put and end to the kinds of activities that lead people to an ...
Jan 12, 2009
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Juha Saarinen - The problem with Ferrit
Telecom's online shopping mall Ferrit.co.nz announced it has become too expensive to run and would be shut down this week.
Tech insiders have been predicting Ferrit's downfall for some time now an...
Jan 12, 2009
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Paul Brislen: Tweet to Stephen Fry
Funny man and broadcasting legend Stephen Fry is also a super geek and has just reviewed a bunch of smart phones but Paul reckons he should get himself a PsP as well. Paul also suggests checking ou...
Dec 12, 2008
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Sam Hunt: A little something for the weekend
Sam's been out on a boat three sheets to the wind and has been enjoying some live music around the house. Also he's been looking at the best NZ poetry list of 2008 and gives us some classic CK Stea...
Dec 12, 2008
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Ross Feeney: How to Pour a Guinness
What should Kiwi drinkers look for in the perfect pint of Guinness? Ross Feeney along with fellow bartender Jim Griffiths recently won the Guinness Pint Master Competition in Auckland and he explai...
Dec 10, 2008
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Splash of Trash! Spears, Ramsay & Balfour
Britney’s big comeback week. She’s had a huge public birthday and done a whirlwind publicity tour of Europe. But she says she’s sick of being under her dad’s control. Gordon Ramsay story de...
Dec 03, 2008
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Russel Norman: Thanks for all the Fish
What is the state of New Zealand fish stocks and how do we know which fish are ethical to consume? Norman run through some of the endangering and dodgy practises employed by the New Zealand and ove...
Dec 03, 2008
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Paul Sheltus: Going Back In Time
Paul has been travelling through the north of Argentina in the provinces of Salta and Jujuy. When you mention the Andes and the Inca empire, most people think of Bolivia and Peru, but northern Arge...
Dec 03, 2008
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The G33kShow: The Freelancer’s Toolkit
Many talented people have become freelancers due to redundancy, or have been forced to move away from permanent to contract positions. So is this a good opportunity to work from home or venture int...
Dec 03, 2008
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Russell Brown: Can see your house
Like almost everyone else in New Zealand, Russell has been checking out the sights in Google's Street View. Including this person who looks very familiar... Russell also went to see the newly refor...
Dec 02, 2008
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Street View Launched in NZ
Annie Baxter from Google explains how Street View for New Zealand has been put together. Street View is a new feature for Google Maps that lets internet users view and navigate 360 degree street-le...
Dec 01, 2008
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Film Interview: Richard Jenkins
Richard Jenkins has become one of the most in-demand character actors in Hollywood, featuring in films such as Flirting with Disaster, There’s Something About Mary, Me Myself and Irene, The Man W...
Dec 01, 2008
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Chris Mason: Solutions, Spats & Footy
Another week and another solution to the economic crisis, Chris reports on the latest ideas from the EU. Also a large football row is brewing and a potential spat in the air as Virgin Airlines urge...
Nov 27, 2008
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Splash of Trash! Gordon’s scandal
Madonna and Guy Ritchie’s divorce finalised in record time, Michelle Williams talks about her grief over losing Heath Ledger – says it just ‘gets worse’, Amy Winehouse back in hospital agai...
Nov 26, 2008
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The G33kshow: Monty Python
MsBehaviour over at the TheG33kshow has been distracted by the Monty Python tubes this week. The smart chaps at Python control have set up a YouTube channel and are already reaping the rewards with...
Nov 26, 2008
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The Goodfella: The Art of Shaving
Andrew James is the creator of the Kiwi made Goodfella razor, 100% produced and hand finished in New Zealand. The Goodfella is a precision-made metal shaving tool inspired by the old fashioned meth...
Nov 26, 2008
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Steve Gurney: Back, Crack and Lucky Legs
In this revealing interview we find out what its like to go from being the underdog to the top of the game. The ego, the depression and the epiphany.
Steve Gurney is an exceptional athlete. He has...
Nov 26, 2008
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Film Review: Suddenly, Caramel & American Teen
John Henderson gives us a film trifecta with the first being Suddenly, a film about an unexpected tragedy where a father and son survive a car accident that claims the life of the mother and younge...
Nov 26, 2008
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New Scientist: Getting it On
Why do individuals have such very different attitudes to sex? What makes one person sexually restrained and another outrageously promiscuous? Researchers are trying to explain the variation in peop...
Nov 26, 2008
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Brent Taylor: The Creative Edge
What accounts for the difference between the mega-success of Madonna and a thousand other wannabes waiting in the wings? Why did JK Rowling succeed where so many others aspiring writers have failed...
Nov 26, 2008
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Splash of Trash! Australia
Australia premiere was in Sydney last night. It's all anyone’s talking about! Jennifer Aniston is still talking – says she’s ‘really in love’ with John Mayer, as the fallout from her Ang...
Nov 19, 2008
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The G33kshow: MediaPortal
Why bother with a new TV and a set-top box when you can buy a TV tuner device for the computer for $80? Chelfyn explains how he created a media server, and got all his other computers to stream TV,...
Nov 18, 2008
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Russel Norman: Hide’s Wierd Science
The UN Climate Change Secretariat in Oslo released figures on Monday showing the growth in New Zealand's emissions between 1990 and 2006 to be among the worst in the world's industrialised nations....
Nov 18, 2008
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Paul Sheltus: Killing the Innocent
It seems extra judicial killings in Colombia are an all too frequent occurrence. The army is killing innocent people and passing their bodies of as slain guerrilla fighters in an effort to boost th...
Nov 18, 2008
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Russell Brown: Stuff we missed
Russell reports that John Key has agreed to adopt Rodney Hide’s New Zealand Taxpayers Bill of Rights Bill as a government Bill - "with the aim of passing into law a cap on the growth of core Crow...
Nov 18, 2008
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Te Radar: Kiwi O.E. Dead
Is the classic big ol' Kiwi OE dead and why are the Polish going home? A New Zealand icon would rather have sex with an ugly crayfish than... and where did Timaru police find their first cannabis p...
Nov 18, 2008
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Vincent Heeringa: Doing more with less
The National party cabinet is shaping up and coalition agreements are being set in stone, giving us a better idea of where policy is headed, in particular investment in broadband infrastructure. Ho...
Nov 18, 2008
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A Little Something for the Weekend
Sam is reunited with an old friend that he misplaced 40 years ago. Is the world working in some strange cosmic way?
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Nov 17, 2008
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Interview: Craig Hall
Outrageous Fortune star Craig Hall chats about his latest movie roll in Show of Hands, an off-beat love story centred on a car yard in an everyday suburb, where an endurance competition with a diff...
Nov 17, 2008
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Film Review: Children of the Silk Road
About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937. Starring J...
Nov 13, 2008
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Chris Mason: The Shape and the Colour
Chris Mason from the BBC is just back from Verdun in eastern France, covering the 90th anniversary of the end of World War One and hes also been looking at new rules in Europe regarding the shape o...
Nov 13, 2008
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Barbara Kendall: Wind Driven
What does a successful wind surfer think about when she's out on the water all alone and how do you keep up a beauty regime in the harshest of conditions? Its these questions and more that Barbara ...
Nov 13, 2008
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Splash of Trash! Wheeling out the trash
Britney Spears’ youngest son is hospitalised overnight, our friend Amy Winehouse’s husband is released from prison and goes straight to rehab and Sienna Miller confirms that she has broken up w...
Nov 12, 2008
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New Scientist: Dumb Eco-Questions
Trying to do the right thing by the planet raises some pretty silly questions. New Scientist has compiled the definitive guide to everything you wanted to know about being green. Also If you're loo...
Nov 12, 2008
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Juha Saarinen: Windows 7 First Look
Windows Vista was only released last year and already Microsoft are preparing to release a new operating system. Juha has managed to grab a copy and after a week of bashing it about and trying to b...
Nov 12, 2008
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Paul Sheltus: We want our artefacts back!
Peru is threatening to sue Yale university to force the return of over 40,000 artefacts from Machu Picchu it says the museum should have given back a almost a century ago and a canine club in Peru ...
Nov 12, 2008
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Russel Norman: Where did the Green vote go?
Russell ponders where the Green vote went on Saturday given that the polls had them a few percent higher than the final result, however Russell is not too disappointed given that they managed to pu...
Nov 11, 2008
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Russell Brown: Still something to talk about
Despite a new government in New Zealand the right-wing blogs are still moaning post election. Russell wonders how much influence ACT is having in negotiations to form the National government this w...
Nov 11, 2008
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The G33kshow: In Video Where Available
Google has just announced video and voice chat for Gmail. Gmail voice and video chat takes place all without leaving the browser – no more switching to another window or running another program. ...
Nov 11, 2008
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Helen Clark will fight to the grave
Prime Minister Helen Clark has said she will "play opposition" to what John Key stands for "to the grave"
When asked if she was prepared to face John Key and National from the opposition benches M...
Nov 03, 2008
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Te Radar: Live in the Nevada Desert
During the final week of the 2004 US Presidential Election Te Radar found himself in Pahrump, Nevada. Now he is back there to cover this week's election and he reports on the tension and anticipati...
Nov 03, 2008
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Paul Brislen: Regeneration
Paul has the deets on two regenerations in this issue of Suckling on the Teet of Tech. David Tennant is calling it a day on Doctor Who at the end of 2009 and Microsoft has dished out some details o...
Nov 03, 2008
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David Slack: Halloween Advice
It gives me chills to think of the pointless waste of money spent on cheap costumes and plastic rubbish made in China every Halloween. So in the spirit of the day David dishes out sage advice for t...
Oct 31, 2008
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Interview: Young @ Heart Chorus
Young @ Heart is a New England senior citizens chorus that has amazed audiences worldwide with their covers of songs by everyone from The Clash to Coldplay
Young @ Heart Chorus Director Bob Climan...
Oct 31, 2008
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New Scientist: Suspicious Minds
Women beware. Men are better at detecting their partner's infidelities than women. In a US study of heterosexual couples, 80 per cent of women's inferences about fidelity or infidelity were correct...
Oct 29, 2008
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Vincent Heeringa: Who is going to save the planet now?
Vincent reports that New Zealand is a victim of its own success. The latest WWF report says that we punch above our weight when its comes to leaving a dirty smudge on the planet. This is not good n...
Oct 29, 2008
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Film Review ‘Choke’
Offensive, hilarious and obscene is how John Henderson describes this week's Rialto Pick.
Directed by Clark Gregg. With Kathryn Alexander, Teodorina Bello, Kate Blumberg. A sex-addicted con-man pa...
Oct 29, 2008
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Another FARC Escape
Paul Sheltus reports from Buenos Aries that after 8 years another hostage has escaped from the jungle clutches of the FARC. Its an incredible story of survival. Also the big news in Argentina is th...
Oct 29, 2008
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Splash of Trash! Bono’s Facebook pics
Jennifer Hudson’s family tragedy – mum, brother and nephew all shot to death, Jennifer Aniston – back with John Mayer but secretly dating Gerard Butler, Madonna pushing ahead with new adoptio...
Oct 29, 2008
