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WOMAD 2018: Highlights of Day Two
Solemn sounds, party vibes, sublime saxophony... and just what were Antipodean classic rockers Dragon doing at a world music festival? Nick Bollinger explores Womad.
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High country sheep in hot water
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Bits + Bytes: warning for electric vehicle drivers
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Girl dies after being hit by train at Ngaruawahia
18 Mar 2018A girl has died after being hit by a freight train on a railway bridge at Ngaruawahia, north of Hamilton.
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Politics
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Widower welcomes plans to repeal 'one year and a day' law
18 Mar 2018The husband of Doctor Maysoon Abbas - who died of multiple injuries in the CTV building collapse - welcomes plans to change the so-called "year-and-a-day law".
NZ govt considers further measures against Russia
SSC appoints senior public servant to investigate spying allegations
Sport
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Paul Henare leaves the Breakers?
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Pacific
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Deported from the US, returned Samoans learn a new way of life
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GALLERY: WOMAD 2018 - part two
less than a minute agoDay two of WOMAD 2018 saw performances from Kamasi Washington and Dragon; and once again lots of smiling WOMAD festival-goers.
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REVIEW: WOMAD 2018 day two - meditative moods and pounding pop hooks
less than a minute agoRNZ Music's Nick Bollinger is at WOMAD 2018 in Taranaki. He gives us his impressions of day two at the world music festival.
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VIDEO: the sights and sounds of WOMAD 2018
less than a minute agoWe met a whoopie cushion and ID-ed some over-65s on day two of WOMAD! Yadana Saw gives us the full tour.
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Live session: Violons Barbares at WOMAD 2018
less than a minute agoViolons Barbares perform 'Krushoritza' especially for RNZ music at WOMAD 2018 in New Plymouth.
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