Jesse Mulligan

John McDougall was on the first passenger flight out of Invercargill in 1944 - now more than 70 years later he's booked to fly on the first international flight out of the city. Audio

Today Hannah Curwood is 'Hannah in the Wars' and she joins us live from the Dunedin studio. Audio

Bec Deacon of Mapua has chosen "All Night Long" by Lionel Ritchie. Audio

Sound and Color is the second album from American rock band Alabama Shakes. The group was first formed in 2009 in a town called Athens in Alabama, where lead singer-guitarist Brittany Howard and… Audio

Joan Jett has been in the music industry since she was 17 and she told Rolling Stone this week that she's in the process of creating new music and a new film, both called Miss You Already, which she… Audio

We play the songs, and you guess the link and give us a call. Audio

Television writer Gavin Strawhan, with credits including two recent series 'Nothing Trivial' and 'Go Girls', on his new work 'When we go to War'. Audio

Dutch scholar Douwe Draisma, an expert on memory, and his new book 'Forgetting: Myths, Perils and Compensations' where he argues that forgetting can sometimes be the kindest thing. Audio

Waiouru Army Museum curator Windsor Jones on some of New Zealand's war heroes whose songs were never sung. Audio

Critically acclaimed U.S. based New Zealand singer songwriter. The girl from Gore was back in the country recently; she chatted with Jesse Mulligan and sang in Radio NZ's Auckland studios. Audio

Reporter Michael Allan gives an update on the massive earthquake which struck central Nepal on Saturday, and the subsequent 6.7 aftershock. Audio

Today's feature album is 'Contra' by Vampire Weekend. Audio

Today's feature album is Speaking in Tongues by Talking Heads. Audio

Our expat this week has gone from Lower Hutt school boy to owner of a luxury perfume business in London. Christopher Yu develops high-end fragrances, candles and soaps Audio

Today's album is Ryan Adams by Ryan Adams (2014). Audio

It's been four years in the making but Ohaupo resident Barry Cox has finally finished building his own personal church. But, it's not your typical church. It's alive and it's constructed from trees… Audio

The topic of immunisation has been making headlines lately with Australia's 'no jab, no pay' policy. And new research out of the University of Otago has found a way of predicting if parents will… Audio

This morning it was announced that Air New Zealand will start a new trans-Pacific route to Houston. The nonstop service to George Bush Intercontinental Airport will start in December. Air New Zealand… Audio

With Mrs Pam Findlay - marcher, coach, administrator. Jan Hoad - director of judging at Marching NZ. Jody Jenkins - coach of the Ashton U16 marching team, Nelson. Fran Kennedy - a member of the… Audio

Today's song is Blues in Hoss' Flat by the Count Basie Orchestra as chosen by Scotty Barnhart. Audio