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The first women to front a hard rock band, Ann and Nancy Wilson, of 1970s band Heart, were pioneers. How did they break into a male-dominated industry “You cannot lead with your vagina,” says Ann Wilson down the phone from Seattle

Vicki Anderson talks to Christchurch teenager Maya Payne about recording in the same studio as Lorde, working with Grammy Award-winning producer Dru Castro in a garage and having her song played on the BBC.

Radio New Zealand news boss Don Rood has stepped down after 31 years with the state broadcaster. Rood said his position as Head of News had been disestablished and would be replaced with a new role, Head of Content, that would oversee content across news, current affairs, drama, features and music.

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Besides being a rattling good read, the Harry Potter novels may also help reduce prejudice towards gays, immigrants and refugees among readers, according to new research.

Besides being a rattling good read, the Harry Potter novels may also help reduce prejudice towards gays, immigrants and refugees among readers, according to new research. The Potter stories are littered with groups who suffer discrimination, from “mud-bloods” (with only one magical parent) to elves, goblins and “half-giants”.

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He’s got a Physics Phd in particle theory and has been a key crew-member for the likes of David Fincher and Anthony Minghella. As his new documentary Particle Fever prepares to screen to sell out audiences in Wellington and Auckland this weekend he talks to James Croot

Child protection groups say victims of sexual abuse have been let down by the decision not to appeal the sentence handed down to Rolf Harris. The UK government announced on Wednesday (local time) it would not refer Rolf Harris’s jail sentence for sex offences back to the Court of Appeal for reconsideration, despite receiving 150 complaints from the public.