• Here Now

  • By: RNZ
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • Here Now is about the journeys people make to New Zealand, their identities and perspectives, all of which shape their life here.
    (C) Radio New Zealand 2024
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Episodes
  • Wellington's Hidden Chinatown
    Sep 29 2024
    A hundred years ago Haining and Frederick Streets in central Wellington were the heart of the capital's Chinese quarter. Today, all but a few fragments are gone. Wellington Chinese Historian Lynette Shum takes producer William Ray on a tour of the Wellington's long lost Chinatown.
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    10 mins
  • "Some genius thought it up, some thrifty genius"
    Sep 22 2024
    As the cost of living hits home, what practical, money-saving tips can we learn from some of New Zealand's diverse cultures? In this cross-over episode with RNZ's money saving podcast, Thrift, Katy Gosset joins a cooking class at Canterbury's Refugee Resettlement and Resources Centre.
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    14 mins
  • "Plants don't know borders" - a tropical obsession from Canterbury
    Sep 15 2024
    Canterbury-based botanists Dr Julie Barcelona and Pieter Pelser met in the US in the mid 2000s and it was their shared love for plants in tropical jungles that brought them together. What ensued has been years of botanical discovery and adventure - and some peculiar romantic gestures.
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    16 mins

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