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Engineered stone is a popular choice for benchtops in modern kitchens - it's cheaper and less porous than marble and more hard wearing than formica. However its production creates tiny dust particles that can cause silicosis - which damages lungs and can even be fatal. As of this month, Australia has banned the manufacture of engineered stone due t…

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Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Mike Moynihan & Cindy Mitchener discuss our Olympic swimming chances, and whether Kiwibank should remain 100% Government owned. Mike Moynihan is managing director of Echo Tech Cindy Mitchner is ex-CEO of eVentures, former TV and Marketing executive, now running her own specialist Executive Search…

This week on Tagata: More violence in PNG; France says it will talk about New Caledonioa in September; Is mining the ocean floor now very close? A media operator in Solomons unjustly targetted by Facebook; How to save the forests of PNG; Is divorce in Fiji putting kids on the street? What Pacifika abuse victims now expect.…

Dr Jo Burzynska has her nose in a book, literally. The wine writer, sound artist and multisensory researcher is turning her attention to the smell of books. She's sniffing out stories, from the scent of Shakespeare, to recreations of book smells in an age of digital reading. Dr Burzynska is appearing at WORD festival next month.…

The release of the final report from the Abuse in Care inquiry on Wednesday was an important day for Keith Wiffin, but not the end of his 22 year fight for justice. He was a member of the survivors' advisory group attached to the Royal Commission, and has been part of the design team that put together the independent redress proposal last year. Des…

The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris is under way. James Bond upped the ante in London, and the 2024 Olympic Games is introducing Parisian culture to the world in a similarly ambitious and spectacular style. For the very first time it's happening on a river, with a 6km flotilla along the Seine to welcome the world to Paris. Some are billing it as the gr…

Catherine Russell is UNICEF's first Executive Director to visit the Pacific. Before she took over the top job at UNICEF, Catherine held senior positions in the White House under presidents Biden and Obama and was the Ambassador-at-Large for Global Womens' Issues at the US Department of State. She now oversees UNICEF's work for children in more than…

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport

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The latest news in Niuean language (Vagahau Niue) - brought to you by our partner - Pacific Media Network.

Horrific attacks in East Sepik leave 26 people dead; Bougainville drafts up new constitution; New Cal's pro and loyalist parties look to resume talks; Fiji 7s team chases third Olympic gold medal.

There are calls for support for the survivors of deadly violence in Papua New Guinea.

The autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville, which expects to have won its independence by 2027, has now drawn up a draft of a new constitution.

Talks between pro and anti independence parties in New Caledonia could resume in September.

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Mental toughness is what the Fiji sevens rugby team needs now to go through and make history at the Paris Olympics over the weekend.

The latest news in Cook Islands Maori (Te Reo Kuki Airani), brought to you by our partners Pacific News Media.

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The most powerful telescope mankind has sent into orbit is opening up our understanding of how life began

You can hear hymns based on the psalms in this week’s programme, including All people that on earth do dwell (Psalm 100), O God, our help in ages past (Psalm 90), and I to the hills will lift mine eyes (Psalm 121).

He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music. Tonight, a new acoustic track from indie artist Nilüfer Yanya, 'Guns Buried In The Front Yard' by Montreal hardcore group Truck Violence, and Manchester drum and bass project OneDa.

A new show sets a performer on a bike tied to the theatre's lights, and if they stop peddling, that's curtain. It's being called 'performance essay meets spin class'. 'A Short History of Asian New Zealand Theatre' is written and directed by Auckland playwright Nathan Joe. He joins Emile Donovan.

A series of what are being described as co-ordinated sabotage attacks has caused chaos with the French rail system ahead of the opening ceremony in the early hours of tomorrow morning, New Zealand time. RNZ's reporter Barry Guy is in Paris and talks to Emile Donovan.

A wrap of the day's big stories

A wrap of the day's big stories

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin is in with some essential viewing, including five picks for the New Zealand International Film Festival, a limited edition boxset of Martin Scorsese's Films of Faith, and the Vanguard Film collection streaming on YouTube.

This Saturday in Christchurch, Christchurch ice hockey team The Kraken will play the internationally touring Moose team from Canada. It's a historic friendly match - the first one to be played at the venue in 18 years.

ABC Wantok Program for 26 July 2024.

A South Wairarapa riverside farm is turning into a rich classroom, offering lessons in science and the environment, maths, language, and legends of the land.

David Shaw has been on a 35-year goat fibre journey on his farm in South Otago. It began with 50 multi-coloured feral goats and now, through selective breeding, he runs 700 creamy white goats and believes their fine cashmere fibre is cut out for the world's top fashion brands.

The latest news from Melanesia.

A round-up of the week's agricultural news.

Four of the country's champion endurance motorbike riders are offering lessons around the country on how to ride farm bikes safely. They're hoping the fundraiser will help them get to Spain in October for the world's premier off-road motorbike event, the International Six Days of Enduro.

Country Life meets a farmer who's been on a 35-year quest to breed the perfect cashmere goat, a dirtbike enduro champion is helping farm workers ride their two wheelers safely, and a riverside farm restores its wetland and gets kids excited about freshwater science.

The latest RNZ Pacific news.

The Royal Commission of Inquiry's report into abuse in state and faith-based care unveiled this week lays bare an ugly history, offering damning evidence and denouncing leaders for silencing or ignoring survivors for decades. The government has promised to listen, but how it responds and whether justice is served remains to be seen. In this week's …

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Mike Moynihan & Cindy Mitchener discuss our Olympic swimming chances, and whether Kiwibank should remain 100% Government owned. Mike Moynihan is managing director of Echo Tech Cindy Mitchner is ex-CEO of eVentures, former TV and Marketing executive, now running her own specialist Executive Search…

Asia correspondent Erin Hale speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about a powerful typhoon rocking parts of Asia and North Korea sending more rubbish balloons to the South, which have landed close to the presidential office.

News from the business sector, including a market report.

Sports reporter Jonty Dine speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about New Zealand being knocked out of Paris after going down in their quaterfinal to South Africa.

Invercargill mayor Nobby Clark will be formally censured for a second time this year - this time for insulting and degrading behaviour during a TV interview. An independent investigation found he breached the council's Code of Conduct multiple times, using racial and homophobic slurs while appearing on satirical news show, New Zealand Today, in Mar…

Auckland CBD businesses said they're seeing progress in cracking down on crime and anti-social behaviour, following the government increasing police foot patrols in the central city. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Police minister Mark Mitchell took a tour through the city today, talking to businesses about whether the extra police on the beat…

There are now at least two complaints laid against Law Society president Frazer Barton after it was revealed he advised a church group it could destroy records for children in its care, hindering the Royal Commission of Inquiry into abuse in state and faith-based care. Sam Benton a partner at Cooper Legal, a law firm representing survivors of abuse…

All the top stories and other headlines from the day

All the top stories and other headlines from the day

Visual journalist Nick Monro asked people in Auckland what they think about military style boot camps.

The inquiry estimated up to 200,000 people were abused in care between 1950 and 2019 and revealed that during that time, Maori survivors reported higher levels of physical abuse compared with other ethnicities. The Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, the Minister Leading the response to the Commission's report, and the Minister for Children are all s…