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  • Labour weekend gardening tips and trips

    October 23, 2026 · 21 min

    Labour weekend is traditionally the long weekend we rip into the garden. There are sales on, the sun (hopefully - whereever you are in the motu) is shining! It's a time for clearing out the weeds and new plantings... a time of new…

  • En pointe with the ballet classic Sleeping Beauty

    October 23, 2026 · 19 min

    Sleeping Beauty is back with the Royal New Zealand Ballet this month - and touring around the country. The ballet steps us into a fairytale of magic, telling the story of Princess Aurora, a wicked curse and of course, true love. It's all…

  • Belonging in Aotearoa

    October 23, 2026 · 20 min

    More than a century after his great-grandfather arrived in New Zealand, Harpreet Singh still gets told he doesn't belong here. Sikhs have been confronted at public events, racist graffiti has appeared outside schools, and anti-immigration…

  • Talking to your loved one about dementia

    October 23, 2026 · 26 min

    Three people develop dementia every hour - that's 500 new cases every week. And our aging population means the number of people with dementia is expected to nearly double by 2050. But navigating the disease is incredibly difficult, both…

  • Penguins go bush

    October 23, 2026 · 18 min

    Around the world most people imagine penguins on icebergs and icy plains, while here in Aotearoa we're more likely to see the Little Blue paddling in through the waves and nesting on our bountiful rocky shores. But the elusive Fiordland…

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  • Tracking social media's role in NZ elections

    October 23, 2026 · 27 min

    Social media bans for under 16s have seen cross-party support this election. But while most parties are wary of it - social media has also become a crucial pillar in campaigning. Dr Mona Krewel from Victoria University of Wellington Te…

  • Breakthrough Treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

    October 23, 2026 · 25 min

    Dr Marthinus Bekker, clinical psychologist and senior lecturer at the University of Auckland, is behind a new programme which offers a breakthrough treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder that's being offered in New Zealand for the…

  • Should We Rework Work?

    October 23, 2026 · 19 min

    Perpetual Guardian founder and four-day work week advocate Andrew Barnes has been putting some work into answering whether the way we think about the work week fit for purpose.

  • Behind the moustache for 20 years

    October 16, 2026 · 23 min

    Australian comedian Heath Franklin has spent 20 years in the iconic Aviators, fake horseshoe moustache and Sharpie tattoos that transform him into his stand-up comedy version of infamous Aussie jailbird Chopper Read. Ahead of returning to…

  • Graham Leonard on tsunamis and next week's drill

    October 16, 2026 · 22 min

    It's Shakeout 2026, a day and set time to practice your drill if you're in a potential tsunami danger zone. Principal Scientist at Earth Sciences NZ's Graham Leonard dropped into the studio to talk us through the dangers, and what…

  • Fifty years of Otara Markets

    October 16, 2026 · 9 min

    On any given Saturday, before much of Auckland is stirring the Ōtara Markets are already humming. For 50 years they've been a fixture of South Auckland life - rich in Pacific culture and vibrancy, offering food, music, crafts and art.  One…

  • The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse

    October 16, 2026 · 16 min

    The Kiwi-born best-selling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz is back with another work of historical fiction, this time detailing the story of a young Jewish woman in World War Two era Paris who is protected by her piano teacher at…

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In-depth feature interviews, current affairs and news across a broad range of topics.