Jesse Mulligan
The innovative women of 'Beethoven's Vienna'
We go to Vienna - to an era - around 1800 - which is commonly considered 'Beethoven's Vienna' At that time women weren't really allowed to play music in public - and it was expensive to go to a… Audio
Councils downplay powers to enforce healthy home standards
Councils have been downplaying the powers they have in enforcing healthy homes Renter advocacy group Renters United has found that across 68 councils only 14 repair orders have been issued by council… Audio
Call for more protections over Covid app data
There are calls for legislation to be put in place to protect how the data collected by the Covid tracer app is used. Dr Andrew Chen from Auckland University has written to Health Minister Chris… Audio
Regional Round Up
Felix Desmaris - where is he? We'll ask him for some hints, and listeners can text in their guesses. Audio
Local music - OdESSA
One of Wellington's favourite live bands, is back! OdESSA frontman Matthew Pender joins Jesse Mulligan for a chat. Audio
Bookmarks: Simon Wilson
This summer we're talking to some of RNZ's favourite hosts and contributors about their favourite books, songs, podcasts and more. Today, it's NZ Herald senior writer, Simon Wilson, who often joins us… Audio
Finding happiness in 52 weeks
The story of Lauren Keenan's life wasn't going according to script in the winter of 2017. The Wellington writer's marriage had broken down, loneliness soared while her confidence plummeted. . She took… Audio
Imperfect flowers bringing perfect joy
Emma Bass is a photographer who creates beauty to help lighten the darker aspects of life She takes flowers that are imperfect - and turns them into big, colourful works of art During lockdown she… Audio
Photographing the country's fish
You all would have seen it - the poster detailing the fish of New Zealand's waters in every fish and chip shop in the country. Audio
Swapping chief executive role for climate change campaigning
Conor Twyford has shepherded Wgtn Sexual Abuse Help through some tough times in the past few years and surprised many when she stepped down from the chief executive's role after lockdown to go to NZEI… Audio
Where is safe to swim?
Now to a question a lot of New Zealanders may be asking themselves, just where is it safe to swim this summer?
This comes as the Auckland Council's Safeswim website showed a 'high risk' of illness… Audio
The Story of the Old Slaughterhouse
David Bridger bought a piece of land in Westport 30 years ago with an old abbatoir that used to provide for the local townships. It closed down in the 1940s, and the remains of the old slaughterhose… Audio
Getting wetapunga back in the treetops where they belong
One of the world's biggest insects is now back in Northland tree tops after more than 180 years. More than 120 wetapunga - the biggest of New Zealand's 11 species of giant weta - were released earlier… Audio
Summer Bookmarks Paula Morris
The University of Auckland's director of the Master of Creative Writing, associate professor Paula Morris chats about her favourite books, a much-loved K-Pop group, K-dramas on Netflix and Sonya… Audio
Jacob Goldstein - the fiction of money
Those coins jangling in your pocket or the numbers on the ATM screen are part of the greatest fiction ever created. That's how Jacob Goldstein thinks of money. It's only worth something only because… Audio
Sea swimming: Feeling the freezing cold and doing it anyway
David McGowan never imagined he would enjoy waking up at 5.30 on a weekday before going to a full time challenging job, but a friend persuded him to meet at 6:15am for a dip on Wellington's Freyberg… Audio
Camping hacks from Dwights Outdoors
Forty years ago, David Dwight's dad set up a company in Upper Hutt north of Wellington called Dwight's Canvas. They sold big canvas tents and Kiwis loved them. Now they're called Dwights Outdoors and… Audio
How the Stoics can help today
Stocism is a school of philosophy that came about in ancient Greece. But thousands of years later - it can still be used to help us manage disappointment, and misfortune. William Irvine is a… Audio
Finding ways to fix waste problems
Now to a young entreprenuer who's doing more than his part in the battle to reduce waste. Jayden Klinac is the founder and chief executive of For The Better Good - a bottled water company that… Audio
Massive jump in dangerous stimulant masquerading as MDMA
Drug testing group Know Your Stuff says there's been a massive jump in a dangerous stimulant called eutylone masquerading as the party drug, MDMA. Countless young people have taken what they thought… Audio