Lately

Mr Finnbar Johansson with our Friday night grab bag of new music. Read more Audio

The most distant single star ever seen has been captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. It's been nicknamed Earendel, from the Old English word meaning "morning star" or "rising light." The light from… Read more Audio

Along with bread and milk, butter has long been a staple in the Kiwi supermarket shop. However, with 500 grams now costing much as $7.50, is butter becoming a luxury item? Northland farmer and writer… Read more Audio

Research shows that a cohort of almost half a million New Zealanders will go into retirement as renters. But what is flatting like in your golden years? Edna Nicholson, who is in her 70s and is… Read more Audio

The abuse of female politicians online is being put under the microscope, with the National Party now holding an investigation into the trolling of female politicians online, including Labour Minister… Read more Audio

Aucklanders are being warned by Auckland Transport that they may lose the right to park on the road outside their house under a proposed change to the parking rules. The new strategy would turn… Read more Audio

This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about TVNZ keeping our allies abandoned in Afghanistan on the agenda, an unusual movie censorship decision, a revealing front page exclusive with a fallen… Read more Audio

It is more than a hundred years in the making, but Transmission Gully is finally expected to be open to the public in the early hours of this morning. RNZ's Charlie Dreaver takes us for a spin to when… Read more Audio

The Police Minister has blocked the Opposition police spokesperson from meeting with the Police Commissioner. National's Mark Mitchell requested the meeting, as the party's incoming police… Read more Audio

To explain what this means, Karyn speaks to Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen. Read more Audio

Spiders are looking for love and they're going inside  of our homes in pursuit of a mate. Autumn is spider mating season and it's luring the male spiders indoors in search for a female. Karyn speaks… Read more Audio