Jesse Mulligan

Concert presenter Clarissa Dunn talks to Jesse about the upcoming Whakatipu Music Festival, saying the area is fast becoming a performing arts hotspot.  Audio

Four hundred kids in the Waikato will get a birthday cake this year thanks to local baker Laura Casey. She's been making cakes for local kids who live in hardship for about five years, recently via… Audio, Gallery

New Zealanders have a growing love of gin, but a key ingredient, the juniper berry, is yet to be grown on our soil. A research team at Massey are currently investigating the potential and Project… Audio, Gallery

Now Covid restrictions have started to ease, businesses in our city centres are cautiously optimistic about returning workers and shoppers.. Behind this recent push is Vanessa Williams, she speaks to… Audio

This week's critter is a taonga species on the brink of extinction. The broad-cheeked gecko, Mokoprirakau "Okarito", lives in lush forests and alpine shrublands in South Westland.  Audio, Gallery

For today's food chat, we speak to the owner of Culley's, a company which makes a lot of sauces and condiments, many of them spicy! Chris Cullen joins Jesse.

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Lazy Susan celebrates Auckland's hospitality scene in the second volume of their 'Auckland Eats' series. Subtitled 'The Prequel', this one looks back at the trail blazers of the industry. Lazy Susan… Audio

A new programme for children is being launched today. News 2 Me is a collaboration between RNZ and TVNZ. We speak to RNZ's Gill Bonnet, who's producing the weekly series. Audio

Just over a million dollars has been granted to researchers to look further at the possible benefits of goat milk powder for older people. Professor of Nutritional Study's at Massey University's… Audio

A new tool is being developed at the Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies that can instantaneously detect whether tissue is cancerous or not. Dr Claude Aguergaray talks to Jesse. Audio

Fifty women-led Kiwi businesses will get a boost in the next four years from a new $20 million investment fund. Prominent businessperson Theresa Gattung is a cornerstone investor in the fund, which… Audio

This week financial journalist and author Mary Holm talks to Jesse about the latest Canstar Consumer Pulse report. It shows that 55% of New Zealanders are spending more than they earn. Audio

Today for NZ Sporting History we're revisiting a golden moment in rowing when the New Zealand eight won the 1982 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland. Mike Stanley was one of the… Audio

A small Southland town is in danger of running out of water unless residents make some drastic changes to how much they're using.  Southland District Councillor John Douglas lives near the town and… Audio