Features

Elysian Foods has been delivering a taste of Greece to New Zealanders for over 20 years, producing a range of popular Greek dips.   Audio

The bicycle has been at the centre of the culture wars for more than 200 years, says author and bike enthusiast Jody Rosen.  Audio

Jimmy Barnes' Soul Deep 30 topped the Australian album charts this week. The rocker talks to Music 101 about the album's lasting appeal, and how NZers got his sound from the start. Audio

Broadcasting minister Willie Jackson tells Mediawatch how New Zealand's new public media entity will work. Audio

Russian opposition leader and former presidential candidate Alexei Navalny was on a flight from Siberia to Moscow in 2020 when he started to feel ill.   Video, Audio

Tony Stamp explores the second stadium-sized album from Oklahoma rocker Bartees Strange, a diaristic debut LP by RnB musician Yaya Bey, and some forest-set freeform jazz courtesy of Shabaka. Audio

Our guest on the Mixtape this week - picking their favourite 6 songs and talking life is one of the biggest names in comedy, multi-award-winning Urzila Carlson. Audio

Charlotte Ryan talked to Jimmy about his love of Aotearoa, the upcoming tour for the re-release of Soul Deep, for its 30th anniversary, and his love of soul music. Audio

New Zealand children's author Emma Wood had no idea her children's book Tulip and Doug was being presented to Prince William.

Prefabricated housing is making a modern day come back across Europe, with 23 percent of Germany’s housing stock now made up of prefab houses, a UK company has plans to build one house an hour. Audio

Two retired Auckland University lecturers argue New Zealand's indigenous trees can help us reduce carbon emissions. Audio

The managing director of Microsoft NZ chats to Jesse Mulligan about inclusivity, leadership and her favourite podcasts to walk with. Video, Audio

The sound of a didgeridoo marked the first show on Kiwi band Six60's Australian tour.

Some said the US Supreme Court’s controversial ruling on abortion was none of New Zealand's business but our opinion leaders didn't agree. Audio

Children's author Dame Lynley Dodd tells Kim Hill she "sweated blood" to get the rhyming lines just right in her in her beloved Hairy MacLary books. Video, Audio

Disability advocate Dr Huhana Hickey hopes the establishment of Whaikaha will spark some much-needed change.

There are, according to reliable sources, over 700 versions of The Beatles' 'Eleanor Rigby'. William Dart plays eleven of them: Brazilian maestro Caetano Veloso gives a classy take, prog-rockers Vanilla Fudge go all weird on us, and Aretha funks it out. Audio

Plastic Free July is underway and targeting young people with much of its messaging. Environmental educator and parent Sara Tolbert has thoughts.

Chris Falconer is the first Kiwi farmer in New Zealand to trial the Happy Cow system in which milk is pasteurised on-farm, and then sold directly to customers. Audio

Chef Kelly Gibhey shares easy recipes for Banana and Blueberry Baked Oatmeal and Chocolate & Raspberry Granola. Audio

The Teddy Bear's Promise by award-winning author Diana Noonan is just one of the fresh stories to land in Storytime this year.

Julian Wilcox and Rob Ruha present a selection of waiata, both archival and newly recorded, in celebration of 50 years of kapa haka competition at Te Matatini. 

It’s the middle of winter, and we’re celebrating the cold and dark in this week’s programme with some carols of the snowy variety: it’s the perfect time of year to sing In the Bleak Midwinter! Audio

On Inside Out, Nick Tipping previews a New Zealand tour by Lithuanian-born jazz vocalist and kanklés player Simona Smirnova. And you can hear tracks by Kenny Garrett and Christian McBride. Audio