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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 we're talking to two wine professionals from India and France who now call New Zealand home. In this episode we're meeting two people who moved to New Zealand in the pursuit of their love for winema...

In this episode we talk to members from Palestinian and Jewish communities in New Zealand about the attacks on Gaza by Israel. In these past few weeks across cities in New Zealand, thousands have been showing up to rallies and marches to condemn the bombings of civilians in Gaza and demand an immediate ceasefire. In this episode we're talking to Ahmed Saadeh, national coordinator for Palestin...

Each 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. Each year, the New Zealand social enterprise SpaceBase runs a research incubator to help explore space-related technologies for climate change. In this episode of Voices, Kadambari Raghukumar talks to the...

ACT 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 potential impact. The ACT Party intends to shut down demographic ministries, and this week on Voices we're out in the community talking to groups with concerns around how this policy could possi...

It 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. It 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. The project, which has established 20 backyard vegetable gardens...

Wellington 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. One of the portraits, likely taken between the 1910s and 1940s. Sometime in 1998 Te Papa Museum in Wellington acquired a collection of 4000 glass plate negatives that had been found in a cupboard in what was once the cen...

Floods 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. Floods 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. Listen to the story Massey doctoral graduate Areef Shaik came...

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 Kadambari Raghukumar Researchers at Nelson's Cawthron Institute are working to help Marlborough's salmon industry survive the challenges of climate change. This week Voices visited the institut...

Using natural build techniques, a group of Takaka-based social entrepreneurs are excited about getting closer to the finish line of their cohousing project in development. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar. A growing, intergenerational community is taking shape at a Takaka cohousing cluster of houses. The last few houses, including the common house, are being built in a race towards the finish line...

A group of South American migrants spoke out recently about allegedly misleading job contracts they signed with the Auckland construction company Buildhub as part of New Zealand's Accredited Employers Work Visa (AEWV) scheme. On Voices, Kadambari Gladding sits down for an exclusive interview with Buildhub's commercial administrator Ricardo Corona-Perez. A group of South American migrants spoke out...

Supporting their families back home in Samoa is the main drive of a group of ten young men. Some of them feature in this episode of Voices, produced by Justine Murray. FOLLOW Voices on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Supporting their families back home in Samoa is the main drive of a group of ten young men who have jumped at the chance to work at Ngai...

After a three-year absence, the most powerful images from professional photojournalists across the globe are now showing in Auckland at the World Press Photo Exhibition. RNZ's Justin Gregory speaks to the exhibition's curator Marika Cukrowski (who is visiting from Amsterdam) and one of the winning contestants, Egyptian photographer Mohamed Mahdy. After a three-year absence, the most powerful image...

Timpanist Steven Logan chats with Voices about his love for classical music, growing up in the US and joining the APO seven years ago. Timpanist Steven Logan chats with Voices about his love for classical music, growing up in the US and joining the APO seven years ago. Steven's always passionate about timpani but right now he's even more excited than usual due to the arrival of some new...

Sheila Nguyen talks to Kadambari Raghukumar about the focus on sustainability in this FIFA Women's World Cup. United States forward Megan Rapinoe in action against Vietnam during -the FIFA World Cup match at Eden Park. The sheer scale of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 presents opportunities on several levels, particularly in driving messages of sustainability and inclusion. In this episode o...

Yoga - when does appreciation become appropriation? In this two-part series, Voices talk to New Zealand practitioners about the commodification of ancient Indian practice. Yoga - when does appreciation become appropriation? In this two-part series, Kadambari Raghukumar talks to New Zealand practitioners about the commodification of ancient Indian practice. FOLLOW Voices on Apple Podcasts, Spotify,...

Yoga - when does appreciation become appropriation? In this two-part series, Voices talk to New Zealand practitioners about the commodification of ancient Indian practice. Yoga - when does appreciation become appropriation? In this two-part series, Kadambari Raghukumar talks to New Zealand practitioners about the commodification of ancient Indian practice. FOLLOW Voices on Apple Podcasts, Spotify,...

Mexico and New Zealand first began bilateral relations in 1973. 50 years on, what does this connection mean to both the diaspora living here in New Zealand and the for Mexico? FOLLOW Voices on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or wherever you listen to your podcasts. In this Voices episode we look at the significance of celebrating 50 years of bilateral relations between Mexico and New Zealand...

Jess Karamjeet talks to Kadambari Raghukumar on finding comedy through her time in New Zealand. In this episode of Voices, UK born standup comic and screenwriter Jessica Karamjeet shares her story of coming to New Zealand and making her foray into comedy, while managing a chronic health condition. … Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Growing up in Germany, researcher Mirjam Schindler always had an interest in how green spaces shape the way people interact with each other and spaces around them. In this episode, she talks to Kadambari Raghukumar about the future of New Zealand's urban geography. As house intensification is on the rise and measures to increase climate resilience become critical, what does the future of green spa...

In the events in the early 1990s after the collapse of Yugoslavia Vukan Cavor's family to fled to Aotearoa. In this Voices episode we meet Vukan about keeping up his connection to his home country of Montenegro. Vukan Cavor may have lived in New Zealand for almost thirty years, but he's still as connected as ever to his beloved country of Montenegro. He's passionate about teaching Monten...

In Xinjiang, more than a million Uyghurs and Kazakhs have been arbitrarily held in "re-education" camps. In this episode of Voices, Kadambari Raghukumar speaks to people behind a new documentary based on testimony from family members of the detained and survivors of the camps. FOLLOW Voices on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Across Xinjiang, the Unite...

In this episode, we look back at the historical ties between tangata whenua and Indian settlers in New Zealand, through NZOM Professor Edwina Pio's latest research. Professor Edwina Pio's latest academic manuscript, "Aotearoa & Bharat, Māori-Indian" honours historical connections between Maori and Indians as well as more recent families that are Maori-Indian. In this episode of...

In this episode, composer and vocalist Briar Prastiti talks about bridging her two worlds through her music - Greece and New Zealand. Briar Prastiti is the latest Composer-in-Residence at the New Zealand School of Music-Te Kōkī for 2023. The vocalist-composer draws deeply from her Greek background and in this episode of Voices, she talks from the Lilburn Residence in Wellington, about how being Gr...

In this episode, Labour's Ibrahim Omer talks to Kadambari Raghukumar on what the nomination to contest for Wellington Central means for him. In March this year, Ibrahim Omer - a list MP since 2020 - was selected as Labour's candidate in Wellington Central at this year's election. Arriving in New Zealand as a refugee in 2008, Ibrahim rose through the trade union movement and became first...

In this episode, as the conflict in Sudan is driving thousands of people to cross borders, diaspora in New Zealand are trying their level best to help family members reach safety. As the conflict in Sudan drives thousands of people to cross borders, members of the diaspora in New Zealand are trying their level best to help family members reach safety. Since April 15 when fighting broke out between...