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The boss of the agency set up to ensure Māori get the same chance of surviving cancer as Pākēhā doesn't know if that's achievable within the 10-year time frame the government's set.

Māori are 20… Video, Audio

Dr Xand van Tulleken joins the show to discuss his new documentary Stopping Male Suicide and why his brother now regularly calls him to ask if he's thinking about ending his life. Audio

Dr Alex Pang is the author of the best-selling book Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less. He explains why Darwin was a slacker and you probably should be too.  Audio

Short, succinct opinions from New Zealander on subjects of their choice. Here's AUT Business School Senior Lecturer, Department of Marketing Patrick van Esch on why New Zealand needs equality in… Audio

Dr Mere Whaanga is the first Māori writer to be awarded the prestigious Michael King Writer's Fellowship. The two year award provides the writer a grant of $100,000 to enable the research for their… Audio

Taiwan's Foreign Minister says his country's ties with Solomon Islands are strong, as debate rages between MPs there over whether to switch ties to China. Audio

Alex Perrottet talks with Dr Wayne Ngata and Mai Chen about race, colonisation, and identity from the different perspectives of tangata whenua and tauiwi. Recorded in Gisborne's Smash Palace. Audio

Dr Andrew Klein explains how the medical research sector can clean up the scientific record and get rid of "fake data". Audio

Dr Lauren Rosewarne from the University of Melbourne has written a new book, Sex & Sexuality In Modern Screen Remakes which raises questions about how women are seen on screen now.  Audio

Pressure continues to mount on Chinese president Xi Jingping as unrest continues in Hong Kong after more than two months of protest action. Dr. Azeem Ibrahim joins the show to discuss the situation. Audio

The role of gaming and online games is often questioned in instances such as mass murders and terrorism acts, but Dr. Pete Etchells has a different take on why people play video games and what they… Audio

A new study from Dr. Saul Newman, a researcher at the Australian National University, suggests the concept of age-enhancing 'Blue Zones' might in fact be fraudulent. 

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Indigenous Pacific knowledge should inform the science to save the world's oceans. Audio

Samoa's nurses association says the country's health system has better monitoring systems in place after the deaths of two vaccinated infants. Audio

Dr. Nick Duffell says former boarders who suffer 'privileged abandonment' often turn out to be bumbling politicians because they have grown up in an institution, rather than a family environment. Audio

Dr Kaaren Mathias is medical doctor who's been living in India since 2006. She's working in community health in the Northern Indian province of Uttarakhand. Audio, Gallery

Blood-letting, tying a dead mole to the head; these are just a few of the ways migraines have been treated over the centuries. The pain is so debilitating, patients have agreed to have holes drilled… Audio

Psychiatrist Dr Ceri Evans has worked with the All Blacks since 2010 and has just published a new book explaining some of his techniques, Perform Under Pressure. Audio

Dr David Halpern, an experimental psychologist, was part of the original nudge unit put together by the British government to address policy challenges where human behaviour was a key component. Audio

Three Minutes Max: succinct opinions from a variety of New Zealanders on all sort of topics. Here's Dr Betty Ofe-Grant, a lecturer in management at AUT, on the subject of weight bias in the clothing… Audio

Dr Florian Graichen is Science Leader, Biopolymers and Chemicals, at Scion in Rotorua. Scion is a Crown research institute that specialises in research and technology development for the forestry and… Audio

A new Pacific wide Institute of Human Rights Research is being launched in Suva today. Audio

International health and safety advocate Dr Todd Conklin has spent 25 years at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, in New Mexico, where America's atomic bomb was developed. Throughout his career Todd… Audio

Guam's Governor Lou Leon Guerrero is under pressure to pause activities related to the United States military build-up on the island. Deep community concern over the military's plans at local historic… Audio

Dr Paulina Sliwa is a Philosopher at the University of Cambridge and has figured out the formula for coming up with a great excuse. She discusses her study, The Power of Excuses, and what separates… Audio