Earlier this month Dame Kiri Te Kanawa celebrated her 80th birthday and in this podcast you'll hear from Dame Kiri herself and singers she's mentored such as baritones Robert Wiremu and Samson Setu. The general director of NZ Opera Brad Cohen gives his insights on why Dame Kiri's voice is considered one of the greatest the world of opera has ever heard.

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Mapuna looks back at 20 years of Whakaata Māori which started out in 2004 as the Māori Television Service. It's now an established and popular part of Aotearoa's media landscape will celebrate its 20th anniversary on March 28.

Mapuna looks back at 20 years of Whakaata Māori with CEO, Shane Taurima, and Ngatapa Black who was a young production assistant back in 2004 who then went on to do "a gazillion" different jobs at the Maori Television Service. Now it's called Whakaata Māori and is an established and popular part of Aotearoa's media landscape. On March 28 it will celebrate 20 years since its first broadcast.

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In the first episode of our new podcast we talk to New Zealand rugby league legend Stacey Jones about his dual roles as assistant coach of the Warriors and also his new role as the head coach of the Kiwis.

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