Stories by Megan Whelan

International students, being young and plus-sized, comedian Alan Davies, and we dissect Meghan Trainor’s latest music video.

Vanuatu reggae band Young Life holds fundraising gig for their devastated islands.

At least eight people are dead and thousands homeless following Cyclone Pam.

Megan Whelan speaks to Roxane Gay, the essayist, novelist, and Hunger Games fanatic.

Women in beer aren't just bikini-clad brewery assistants, despite what advertising might have you believe.

Is confiscating someone's car keys the act of a responsible driver or dangerous vigilantism?

More than 20 years after he was sent to prison, Teina Pora's convictions are overturned.

An X Factor contestant raises the question of when a killer's debt to society has been paid.

Is privacy dead, or is it just taking a nap while social etiquette and the law catch up with technology?

A social media heavy On The Dial this week, plus Auckland theatre, and karaoke.

Fifty Shades of Grey isn't shocking, it's mostly just dull, writes Megan Whelan.

Take a tour of the heart of Parliament - the debating chamber.

In On The Dial this week, we talk housing and renting, water safety, and Music 101 heads home with Connan Mockasin.

Seventeen people have drowned this year. Why aren't water safety messages working?

This week we ask if the work to get out the youth vote paid off and we look ahead to the Oscars.

Last year's election saw unprecedented efforts to get out the youth vote. Did they work?

This week's podcast looks at social media and mental health, joblessness and a new street patrol.

Megan Whelan takes a pause from her smartphone.

Tabby Besley is honoured by the Queen for her work with queer and trans* young people.

In NZ, the age at which people use drugs for the first time is dropping.

Protests are held across Europe after three gunman open fire at the office of French magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12.

The hurdles for women in science and technology are well known - so what is being done about it?

The Wireless team and contributors put together essential playlists for your summer roadtrips.

'Tis the season to look back on the year that was. And this one was pretty bleak!

Sassy Lorde, Kim K, ebola, the election and air disasters. We look back at 2014.