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Australian journalist and former Wallaby Peter FitzSimons is causing a stir in his home country by comparing it unfavourably with New Zealand. Audio

Sally Carson is the Director of the University of Otago NZ Marine Studies Centre and the co-author of the Collins Field Guide to the New Zealand Seashore.  Audio, Gallery

Underground Kitchen cook Jess Daniell talks pickling and shares a recipe for pickled red onions – "a crispy tangy little condiment that goes with everything". Audio

From being home schooled to a Rhodes Scholar. Jean Balchin is not your average student or scholar. Audio

A New Zealand company that makes self-setting traps for local predators is sharing its technology to those tackling mongoose in Hawaii, American mink in Scandinavia and grey squirrels in the UK. Video, Audio

The self-help industry focuses too much on self, says journalist and author Ruth Whippman. She says happiness is other people. Audio

Hamilton mother of three Angela Cuming says destination playgrounds are worth keeping and is calling out her local council for deciding to no longer invest in them. Audio

Fixed, floating, revolving, long-term, short-term... How do you work out which mortgage is best for you? A mortgage is a "huge big loan" that it's worth putting some thought into, says personal… Audio

Laurie Winkless is an Irish born physicist-turned-science-writer looking at how cities are built and the interesting ways around the world of keeping up with population growth. Audio

Joyce Yang is performing Sergei Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Audio

Lisa Johnston is immersed in the science of permaculture, which includes composting toilets and she reckons they don't have to be smelly at all. Audio, Gallery

The second season of the Wireless Docs kicks off tomorrow with the fly-on-the-wall documentary, Kwitchatown. Audio

Mention the word poetry and many of us will flashback to the time when we were forced to recite from Homer's Odyssey, a poet from the US says we are over-complicating a simple pleasure. Video, Audio

American magician Rob Zabrecky is on tour in New Zealand with a group of other performers for the New Zealand Magical Convention, which opens tonight in Wellington. Audio

We cross to our parliamentary team for what is happening today, including the announcement of ministerial roles by the new Prime Minister-elect Jacinda Ardern Audio

Mary Holm is a columnist, author and educator. She discusses investment, shares, mortgages, Kiwisaver and other personal finance issues with Jesse Mulligan every second Thursday. Audio

Wellington-based poet Hera Lindsay Bird says she was shocked to get a phone call saying she had won a $25,000 arts prize. Audio

Attempts to protect your kids from anxiety can end up making it worse, says psychotherapist Lynn Lyons. She talks to Jesse Mulligan about what actually works. Audio

Did you know that just 17% of New Zealand's top 60 firms have an executive that identifies as non-European, and there isn't one NZX listed company with a Maori or Pasifika CEO. Audio

Rachel Benefield's family of five hasn't bought single-use plastic for six months. After attending a talk on zero-waste living, Rachel tried to do her first plastic-free grocery shop and hasn't looked… Audio

Writer Vaughan Rapatahana talks to Jesse Mulligan about existentialism, Pawn Stars and the snacks at Phil Goff's 13th birthday party – and shares his favourite books and songs. Video, Audio

Alternative Folk / Pop artist Bryony Matthews released her debut album "Little Queen" earlier this year and we can finally get her into the studio and have her play some songs from it. Audio