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From a brutal Balkan conflict to the Pacific - Kosovar refugees mark 25 years

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"Nothing harder" - Refugee resettlement

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“Iceland: Same, Same, Different”

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Sudan - a year on and 8 million displaced

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"Only the best for our birds" - rescue centre's credo

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"It's like the hype around rugby" - Kabaddi's loyal following

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'A key foundation' - memories of football in Gaza

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Cushioning the culture shock

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Leaning into virtuosity with Sam Low

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"For a small country, it packs a punch" - Dave Phillips on Jamaica

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Sharing Common Ground at WOMAD

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Tarik Rahim - Making the Mount home for a while

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Yānum - Fragments of Femininity

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Reflections from Anakiwa - Outward Bound

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The Magic of Masks - Live podcast from Q Theatre

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Shy Boy - Izzy Abdallah mixing it up

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Tacos, mariachi and other tropes - Mexico

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Cartels, clichés and salsa - Colombians on their cultural stereotypes

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"Stereotypes are my toolkit" - diaspora creatives on cultural tropes

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Going beyond Afrobeats in Auckland with Dj Banty and Orikol

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Being 'woke' and how it became a catchall phrase

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The Little Clay Cart and NZ's first Afro-Kiwi Xmas concert

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Making films from South India to the South Island

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"Everthing's gone, except the band members"

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The best of two worlds

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Thousands across NZ continue to rally calling for a ceasefire in Gaza

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Space technology for climate change

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"It would be a foolish move" - Community organizations speak up against closing ministries

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"A way of making people move" - Coaxing veggie gardens in Christchurch

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'Is this your Grandfather?' A quest to join the dots

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A design to the rescue - lifejackets for use in India

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How to get salmon out of hot water

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"It opens people's eyes to what's possible" - Takaka cohousing

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'This is not the image we want to put out' - claims of exploitation by migrant workers on Accredited Employers Work Visa scheme

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Home for a bit - RSE workers in Matapihi

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World Press Photo Exhibition returns to NZ

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'You have to experience it live' - Steven Logan on the APO

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'Sport needs to have an existential conversation with itself' - Sheila Nguyen

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The Elephant in the Yoga Studio - Part 2

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The Elephant in the Yoga Studio - Part 1

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Marking five decades of Mexico-New Zealand relations

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Finding comic relief - Jess Karamjeet

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Critical spaces - green areas and urban planning

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"We got there in the end" - Vukan Cavor on life in Montenegro

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'It's all just static' - Uyghurs and Kazakhs detained in Xinjiang

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'Aotearoa and Bharat' - new manuscript on historical Indian-Maori links

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Reconciling worlds - vocalist Briar Prastiti

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'Into it to win it' - Ibrahim Omer MP on the Wellington Central seat

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'It's just beyond description' - NZ diaspora desperate to evacuate family members from Sudan conflict

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NZ on Air leads 'a cultural shift' with new music fund for Pan-Asian artists

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Race Unity Speech Awards marks 21 years

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"To live within the dissonance of yourself" - Hweiling Ow

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'There is no logic' - former Afghan refugee on ban on women's education

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"We all dream of going to Banaba" - Phosphate plunders from the Pacific and a forgotten community

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"We're just doing this out of our own hearts" - Hawkes Bay relief volunteers

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'A social science perspective is needed'- Bruce Glavovic on climate change

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"It began with wanting to know how things work"- Kartikay Lal on curiosity, and robots

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Loan words and linguistics - "Children are drivers of change"

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Celebrating seabirds - from the Mediterranean to the Pacific

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Decolonising design as a practice of care

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'Design is political' - looking beyond Frida Kahlo's pop icon status

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'No estamos solas' - Latin feminists in Auckland

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It's not something we think of - 'where do you fit in?'

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'Rumba is the soul of Cuban music' - Vivio Ramos

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Misko Cubrinovski - Right time, right place for quake research

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"If you're not seen, you're missed" - Wellington charity EKTA

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Bringing Pacific values into New Zealand classrooms

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Po' Boys and Oysters - a hearty serving of Afro-queer in Aotearoa

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'You need a hundred eyes to see it' - International winner WOW 2022

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Afghan rugby team - "The sport has always been there for us"

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Breaking the stigma - South Asians and mental health 

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A Type of Font Fascination - celebrating 'Kaishu'

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Food to fix the world

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Return of international students marks new era for sector

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"We have a lot to learn and the world has a lot to learn from us"- marine ecologist Deanna Clement

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Reading into Margaret Mahy's writings

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Unpacking The Mysteries of English Grammar

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Ulumate - revitalizing a Fijian tradition

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In the Driver's Seat

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"The goal is still the same" - Ali Mashal

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Tuning into their beat - Nelson scientist's research on paua

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Krishnan's Dairy - 'It was a simpler time'

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Shifting the narrative - One conversation at a time

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Threads that bind - Kayan weavers 12 years on

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Taking flight with Takraw

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APO concertmaster Andrew Beer to premiere major New Zealand work

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Getting into the game - Oasis AR

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Girls That Invest - on friendships and finance

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Chasing stormwater from Ireland to New Zealand

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Behind the mask - Pedro Ilgenfritz on his growing collection

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Healing wounds - Hussam Razzaq on his time in Iraq to working with bioplastics in Canterbury

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In the spirit of hope

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Tackling 'isms' and intra-ethnic prejudice

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Esther's Expo: "You eat with your eyes first"

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The Griot's Path - Thabani Gapara on telling stories through jazz

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"It's ironic, not inclusive" - Footballers on the foreign-player regulation

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'Several countries could benefit from our research here'- Emmanuel Chakwizira

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Building resilience - a former refugee on using architecture to change lives

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An eye for detail - Yumiko Baba

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Third time lucky - Kamasutra Chronicles