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The Budget: Shades of debate
MPs spend many hours shouting past each other about the budget, but have tactics and objectives behind all the hubbub. Phil Smith dissects the year’s first budget debate-fest - the eight hour long… Audio
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The Budget: Shades of debate
MPs spend many hours shouting past each other about the budget, but have tactics and objectives behind all the hubbub. Phil Smith dissects the year’s first budget debate-fest - the eight hour long…
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Why do I need to pee more in the cold?
You're taking a stroll through the park on a cold winter's morning, when it hits you - the need to find a bathroom, and quick! Is there something about winter that makes us need to pee more? Video
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Feed My Flat - a food bag for Dunedin students
Meal kits are getting increasingly popular, and there's a new kid on the block aimed specifically at the budget-conscious student market. It's the brainchild of Otago University Nutrition research… Video, Audio
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Ethically influencing the world around us: Dr Zoe Chance
In her new science-based book, Influence Is Your Superpower: How to Get What You Want Without Compromising Who You Are, Dr Zoe Chance explains the new rules of persuasion and the science of… Audio
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Eat of the Week - Onion
Audio 24 May 2022To help you keep the cost of your kai down, each week we feature an item that represents great value and easy eating. The eat of the week is ONION. The best buying we found is a kilo of loose brown… Audio
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Eating game meat killed with lead bullets could make you sick, researcher warns hunters
A group of researchers are trying to find out whether traces of lead can be found in game meat.
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Diabetes and Me: Can I still eat carbohydrates?
What exactly are carbohydrates and why am I so scared of them, asks Megan Whelan in this week's Diabetes and Me. Turns out, they're not that scary after all.
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Eat of The Week
To help you keep the cost of your kai down, each week we feature an item that represents great value and easy eating.With prices around $2.99, tonight we head to the the capital of kumara -… Audio
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Concerns fall armyworm caterpillars may survive winter
New infestations of a crop-killing moth could cost New Zealand farmers tens of millions of dollars if populations survive winter.
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Abbey and Money Singh on being The Modern Singhs
How a video of Abbey and Money Singh's spectacular nuptials propelled them into social media stardom as The Modern Singhs. Audio, Gallery
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People with lingering Covid-19 symptoms struggling with brain fog, returning to work
Post-viral brain fog is causing forgetfulness, fuzziness, and frustration for New Zealanders trying to return to work after Covid-19.
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'It's bigger than both of us': Voters urged to push govt on climate after major report
A loud message is coming through the new UN climate change report - it is time for us all to radically change our lifestyles. Audio
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Optimism? Pessimism? What should we feel about the climate crisis?
At the time of the COP26 summit held in Glasgow, Kim Hill speaks with journalist Tom Doig and veteran scientist Dave Lowe about the climate crisis. A highlight of 2021 Word Christchurch. Audio
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Has butter become a luxury - or was it always?
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… Audio
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Prof David Hayman: hunting for the next pandemic virus
Audio 26 Mar 2022As the world wrestles with trying to end the Covid-19, professor David Hayman is on the hunt for our next pandemic foe. An infectious disease ecologist at Massey University, Hayman has travelled the… Audio
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The town that backed a child sex abuser
When a firefighter abused his young son, many in their small town refused to believe it. Fire and Emergency kept him on, and locals turned on the boy's mum, saying she'd made up the allegations.
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Brooklyn Creamery: fresh goat milk from suburban Wellington
After a decade working in the construction industry, Naomi and Frans Steenkamp now run Wellington's first fresh goat milk creamery. The Steenkamp's 15-acre hillside property is likely "the only goat… Audio
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'We were gutted': Studies disrupted as Covid-19 spreads at universities
Lectures started at some universities this week and the Union of Students' Associations said there had been cases of the virus among students at several institutions.
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How to reduce the risk of catching Omicron
As Covid cases rapidly climb, just how can you minimise the risk of catching it - specially when you might be mixing and mingling over the weekend?
University of Otago infectious diseases expert… Video, Audio
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New lending rules confusing aspiring homeowners
Aspiring homeowners are locking up their lives - including possibly cutting health costs - to try increase their chances of getting loans approved by banks under stricter rules.
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'No more scarves, bandanas': Govt update on types of masks
The government is tightening its rules for mask use under the 'red' traffic light setting.
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Covid-19 vaccination for children: What you need to know
Explainer - With the roll out of Pfizer's paediatric Covid-19 vaccine for children beginning next week, RNZ helps parents and caregivers answer some of the basic questions they might have.
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The success of Greytown's alcohol-free bar
Audio 12 Jan 2022Greytown has a new alcohol-free bar which is proving to be a big hit this Summer! Adam Blackwell opened the Greytown Truck Stop in early December - which is an entertainment venue for food trucks. His… Audio
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The science of pizza
After years of research, food writer and tech inventor Nathan Myhrvold has produced a gigantic three-volume guide to the world's most beloved food - Modernist Pizza. Video, Audio
