Jesse Mulligan

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 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

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

One of Wellington's favourite live bands, is back! OdESSA frontman Matthew Pender joins Jesse Mulligan for a chat. Audio

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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