Here Now
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Here Now
Here Now is about the journeys people make to New Zealand, their identities and perspectives, all of which shape their life here.
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Fertility and her future - Shamin Yazdani's deep dive
Filmmaker Shamin Yazdani tackles a personal dilemma in her latest documentary - to freeze her eggs or not. She chats to Kadambari Raghukumar about the...
Share Kai - towards closer communities in Christchurch
A collective of former refugee women come together in Christchurch to share stories, kai and community.
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More wiggle room - Home-based care and new migrant mums
As home-based early childcare picks up in popularity, Barnardos-employed mother and daughter duo Iman and Hanin Taqieh speak about how it helped chang...
Will sanctions work?
Last week, New Zealand upped its ante by lowering the cap on Russian crude oil as part of its sanctions, while about 20,000 people rallied in Aucklan...
A matter of Afghan pride - Breaking Bread: Part 4
Breaking Bread this week features Kadambari Raghukumar in conversation with Agha Naqshbandi and his wife Wahida Niazi, who are mastering with pride, t...
Breaking Bread with pide - "Nothing like woodfire"
The humble pide, is a historic staple from Anatolia and at this bakery in West Auckland, Mustafa Suphy and Anil Ozbal sing praises of their Turkish tr...
"No Injera, no life" - an ode to the Ethiopian staple
No Ethiopian meal is complete without this fermented staple accompaniment and in today’s podcast, Kadambari Raghukumar is breaking bread with her Ethi...
Breaking Bread with Meinolf Kraeling: "Old bread is not hard, having no bread is."
This one's for the carb connoisseurs amongst us - Breaking Bread features our community's beloved bakers and in this first part, master baker Meinolf...
Of grains and gods - Yuki Fukuda's trials with rice
What started out an a backyard experiment for Nelson-based Yuki Fukuda, her patch of rice paddy is now showing promise of growing further. Yuki’s an e...
A square at a time - moving pieces from Argentina to the South Island
Rami Riachi's love for chess is creating a generation of players in Nelson through his workshops and classes throughout the region. How did the Argent...
Beyond goldfields - documenting the history of early Chinese settlers
Dr Phoebe Li and Cameron Sang talk to Kadambari Raghukumar about their contribution toward constructing a more nuanced picture of how New Zealand's Ch...
Keeping it crisp - NZ apples to the world
We all love a good crunchy apple – but how do they stay like that for months after being picked? Find out in this episode featuring South African-born...
Studio Sessions with Back to Basics
In our final part to the series, Leandro Vasques (cavaco), Jay Moyo (bass) and Manjit Singh (tabla) meet for the first time for a session in RNZ's stu...
Zimbabwe to Auckland - Back to Basics with Jay Moyo
For so many of us in the diaspora the music we grew up immersed in and for some, trained in, remains a bedrock to our lives here in New Zealand.
Holding on to hope after the 12 Day War - Iranians in New Zealand
In what’s being called the 12 Day War, 627 people have been killed in Iran by Israeli strikes and nearly 5000 injured, and Iran's retaliatory bombardm...
Beyond Bhangra and Bollywood - Back to Basics with Manjit Singh and Kooshna Gupta
In our second part to this series, we dive into another sonic universe - the fascinating connection between ancient Indian musical tradition and the m...
Back to Basics - the sounds of Brazil with Leandro Vasques
The unmistakable sounds of Brazil, even to the untrained ear are an instant invitation into the world of carnival and caipirinhas – but that’s the goo...
Health span versus life span -Dr Sharad Paul on 'biohacking our genes'
With his latest book, globally renowned skin cancer surgeon Dr Sharad Paul, reflects on habits and tweaks that may just allow us to hack into genomic...
Pepa Torre - Digging into definitions of self
Pepa Torre first came to New Zealand in the mid 90s. In her recent multimedia art installation called "23, 24, 25…Life U-Turns...Fate?", Torre looks b...
Accidental Comics - Sameena Zehra and Eddy Rodriguez
In our final episode of Accidental Comics - We're with guests Sameena Zehra and Eddy Rodriguez both of whom stepped into the world of comedy after com...
Accidental Comics - David Stuart
This week, Scotland to Auckland was a circuitous route for comic David Stuart who came seeking love and a laugh - he's gets there in the end. Produced...
Accidental Comics - Annie Guo and Summer Xia
In part two of our series with funny folk, we're joined by Summer Xia and Annie Guo who found comedy through chance in New Zealand. Produced by Kadamb...
Accidental Comics - Edd Rivera
In this four-part series, Kadambari Raghukumar talks to folks with jokes - people from overseas who’ve ended up as stand-up comics out of chance - th...
Javier Murcia's sculpture - a question of matter and time
Javier Murcia's got his hands full rather literally. The sculptor is a master at casting in clay and bronze, the intricacies and subtleties of the hum...
Protoje - Keeping an even keel
Reggae artist Protoje who graced The Bowl stage at WOMAD Aotearoa this year, speaks to Kadambari Raghukumar in this episode on all things from patties...
Trinidad to Taranaki - Queen Omega's humble heights
This year's WOMAD Aotearoa saw reggae icon Queen Omega draw crowds - she spoke to Kadambari Raghukumar about how it began for her.
One of the h...
A space for connection - centre in Queenstown built on community
Making that settling-in process a little easier, the small and welcoming Happiness House has been making an big impact on several lives in Queenstown....
Looking back at a year - Women's Day
Here Now looks back at some the conversations we had with women this past year on the series across all sorts of topics - Colombian stereotypes, medic...
"We need a solution soon" - conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo
Over 7000 people have been killed since January this year in the conflict that's ongoing in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kadambari Raghukumar tal...
Nadia Freeman's "The Girmit"
Artist Nadia Freeman's performance, The Girmit, explores a slightly unconventional approach to telling the story of how Indians came to be taken to Fi...
Exploring Solidarity through CARE (Part 2)
What does culture-centred communication look like in a suburb of Palmerston North trying to shift narratives around it's reputation? Professor Mohan D...
Exploring Solidarity through CARE (Part 1)
Exploring cultural communication around sex and health, Fullbright scholar at Massey University Prof Angela Cooke-Jackson talks to Kadambari Raghukuma...
A Mixtape for Maladies
Ahilan Karunaharan returns with his final in a trilogy of plays - A Mixtape for Maladies with Ambika GKR in a leading role. Kadambari Raghukumar talks...
Tech is where it's at - the NZ India bilateral link
As New Zealand courts India seeking deeper bilateral ties, what does the ideal relationship look like and what's in it for us? Sunit Prakash talks to...
"The diaspora is political" - Reflections on 2024
As the year comes to an end, five activists in the diaspora reflect on the wars in Palestine, Sudan and Lebanon and how it has affected them. This epi...
Forging Futures on Foreign Soil
Finally getting to forge their futures on New Zealand soil is a long-awaited moment for so many would-be Kiwis at the citizenship ceremony. Ruwani Per...
The price for polished tips
The nail salon industry is booming but still largely unregulated. Vietnamese couple Tri Phung and Ngi Dinh are trying to challenge the status quo by t...
Valle - reflections on Papua New Guinea, barbering and songwriting
Musician Vallé talks to Kadambari Raghukumar about rediscovering his connection to Papua New Guinea, his music and running his barbershop alongside e...
Changing period care for good
Christine Keller was the Head of Textiles at the Otago Polytechnic for 5 years, but things changed in 2010 when her role was made redundant. Turns out...
COP16 - an urgent call to invest resources in nature conservation
Combating climate change, protecting biodiversity and sustaining food systems of the world were top of the agenda at the COP16 in Cali, Colombia. In t...