Education correspondent John Gerritsen explores why poverty is so closely linked in NZ to poor grades Audio

Rocky is the much-loved pet at the Tainui Village Rest Home in New Plymouth. That is until about seven months ago. Then Rocky just disappeared. For seven months the residents would ask, "Where's… Read more Audio

This week in his Counterpoint, Wayne Brittenden looks at Orwell's legacy. Audio

Till Roenneberg's a German sleep scientist who reckons blackout curtains, computer screens, and artificial lighting are all shifting us away from the natural lighting cycle of sunrise and sunset. Audio

Kicking off a series of lively panel discussions on the Seven Deadly Sins, theologian Sir Lloyd Geering, designer Denise L'Estrange Corbet and artist Reuben Paterson consider Envy with moderator… Read more Audio

Writer, director, radio presenter, comedian, and actor, best known in New Zealand for his television collaborations with Ricky Gervais, returns to his stand-up comedy roots with upcoming shows around… Read more Audio

Before our own times, there were three great revolutions in scientific thought: the Copernican Revolution (c 1550 - 1650), the Chemical Revolution (c. 1750 - 1800), and the Darwinian Revolution (c… Read more Audio

Wendi Roe and Laryssa Howe have identified toxoplasmosis as the cause of death for dolphins recently found on New Zealand shores Audio

Described by Atlantic magazine as "America's foremost thinker and writer on the single experience", Bella DePaulo is a professor of social psychology at the University of California in Santa Barbara… Read more Audio