Cynthia Morahan

The government is asked to offer help to those caught up in holiday pay problems; A lack of resources may stymie a flagship project for at-risk children. Audio

Tens of millions of dollars could be owing in holiday pay and Police conduct drug raids across the upper North Island. Audio

New Zealand overtakes Australia to lead the world in melanoma rates; A world expert on narcotics says the War on Drugs is not working. Audio

Cynthia Morahan chats with Conrad Johnston about how he listens to music, and asks him to choose one piece that has particular significance to him. His choice: Tchaikovksy's Romance Op. 5 Audio

Robyn Jaquiery talks to Cynthia Morahan about the Album The Very Best of Hugh Tracey and his historic recording of Skokiaan by August Musarurwa performed by the African Dance Band of the Cold Storage… Audio

Cynthia Morahan's conversation with Chris Whitta about how he listens to music, and asks him to choose one piece that has particular significance to him. His choice: Ich Grolle Nicht from Schumann's… Audio

Robyn Jaquiery talks to Cynthia Morahan about the Album The Very Best of Hugh Tracey and his historic recording of Chemirocha sung by Chemutoi Ketienya & girls. Audio

Cynthia Morahan's conversation with Mark Amery about how he listens to music, and asks him to choose one piece that has particular significance for him. His choice: Tui from Dudley Benson's album… Audio

This week Cynthia Morahan is transported to France with tenor Juan Diego Florez's latest album L'amour. She also features piano works by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven that were all composed in 1789; and… Audio

This week Cynthia Morahan reviews four recent recordings. The Puertas Quartet have a new release on the Atoll label, and pianist Hélène Grimaud has recorded the two Brahms concerti. You'll also hear… Audio

Cynthia Morahan has some 'light' topics for Friday's show... stage fright and fear of failure. Katie Lee's self-deprecating lyrics in her song "The Will to Fail" are tempered by what Cynthia thinks is… Audio

Cynthia Morahan thinks that the beauty of Debussy's Clair de Lune hasn't entirely been tarnished by its overuse in the media, but invites you to listen to it 'Now, as if for the first time…'… Audio

For the day's Undercover Track, Cynthia plays the lovely and talented jazz vocalist Stacey Kent's performance of Stevie Nicks' Landslide, and on "Now, as if for the first time..." Bach's Air on a G… Audio

Cynthia's Under Cover track is the Calmus Ensemble's a cappella version of Billy Joel's Lullaby. Cynthia acknowledges that today's 'Now, as if for the first time…' may be a tall ask with Vivaldi's… Audio