Jim Mora

Cooked food, rates for public buildings, forecast temperatures. Audio

There's the meteorological storm and there's the political one. The latest on monster storm Hurricane Florence as it ominously approaches the South East Coast of the United States. Audio

Free trade, lap top noise, and MyLotto. Audio

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has come out with figures on spending on tertiary education. New Zealand is middle of the pack with about $15,000usd per student… Audio

Giraffes and lightning strike, milk consumption and the ethnic mix in North America when the civil war broke out. Audio

Paramore is refusing to play their number 1 hit in concerts anymore - they aren't the first band to do this though. Led Zeppelin refuses to play 'Stairway to Heaven' and Madonna wants mega-bucks to… Audio

Arts news, speed around schools and sea level. Audio

San Francisco is getting a bad name for its smelly problem. Susan Baldacci discusses the impact of the dramatic rise in homelessness in the city and the lack of public toilets Audio

Rugby, squirrels and plane windows. Audio

Tandi Wright got her big break playing nurse Caroline Buxton on Shortland Street, she has gone on to a prolific and diverse acting career. Born in Zambia, Wright moved with her family to New Zealand… Audio

Craig Callender is a Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Institute for Practical Ethics at UC San Diego. Prior to that he worked in the Department of Philosophy, Logic & Scientific Method… Audio

Richard Clayderman is a best selling recording artist and concert performer. Born Philippe Pagès in 1953, he was accepted at the Conservatoire of Music, but in his late teens cast aside his classical… Audio

Aussie-based Kiwi Phil Barker is a commentator on the life and style of Australian men. His recent column for Fairfax's Executive Style website entitled 'There's a scientific reason why people can… Audio

Expat New Zealander Amanda Jones live in California and is the co-founder of a company called Kikoko, which produces cannabis infused herbal teas with specific cannabinoid ratios to treat various… Audio

Children who spend the bulk of their school day in front of a computer will too often end up physically unfit, depressed and low on social skills, political scientist and author Nicholas Tampio says… Audio

Author, inventor, entrepreneur, and self-described "eternal optimist", Texas-based Byron Reese started his first business while an undergraduate. He later founded and sold two companies: Hot Data… Audio

Jim talks to Studebaker enthusiast John Everiss to mark International Drive Your Studebaker Day. To the Otaki-based owner of the country's first and possibly only Studebaker museum, the car, an… Audio

Social services in New Zealand are an antiquated relic of the British Empire and have failed to serve Māori for the past 60 years, but hope can be found in community-led services, former Labour MP… Audio

An audacious idea was hatched 18 months ago in Nelson, when city chiefs and private sector heads got together to bid for the first home All Blacks test of 2018. With a stadium that only seated 7,000… Audio